The Mainspring Family Wellness Podcast

Podcast 20 Balancing Work & Family as Working Moms with Real Estate Agents Annie Clougherty and Neda DeSigio

Mainspring is proud to present podcast 1 in our Women in Business Series featuring Newport Beach Compass Real Estate Agents Annie Clougherty and Neda DeSigio.  Being a working mom and balancing family can be quite a challenge.  This is a particular challenge when you also want to be very successful in your business and equally successful at home.  Annie and Neda share from their own experience as working moms what the balancing act has looked like for themselves, and how they manage some of the tougher aspects of working and family like organization, communication with their partners, and guilt.

Podcast 19 MFW Launch Event with Guest Nola Casserly, MFT

Marriage and Family Therapist Nola Casserly speaks at a live podcast about the order of self, partnership and raising children.  In a powerful discussion with Dr. Jenna and Kristen and Nola relevant themes about raising children in this current age are discussed and why community is also key to raising children well.  Questions from the audience are shared and discussed.  It's a must listen!

Podcast 18 Why Yoga Works!

Yoga Instructors Andrea Martin and Rachel Peterson share how Yoga can transform adults and children. Yoga for self regulation can be accessible to anyone at any time and anywhere.  Kristen and Dr. Jenna delve further with Andrea and Rachel about how Yoga for Children can be a helpful coping skill and the modeling of yoga from parent to child helps to offer a common language in reducing stress and staying present.

Podcast 17 How To Talk About Sex With Your Kids with Sex Educator Annette Castillo

Annette Castillo, RN shares how to speak to your children about sex education and current challenges for parents and for teens when addressing the conversation.

Podcast 16 The Sugden‘s Story: Adopting and Raising a biological daughter with Special Needs

Dave and Marni Sugden share their journey of when they set out to adopt a child and then discovered they were pregnant.  The Sugdens discovered their biological daughter had unilateral deafness and cerebral palsy.  Dave and Marni share their experience of how they adjusted to their parenting challenges and continued to persevere to create a the family life they both desired. 

Podcast 15 Parenting Differently Wired Children with Author Debbie Reber

Debbie Reber, Author and Founder of Tilt Parenting a community for parents with differently wired children shares her personal journey with son Asher, and how communities can be more inclusive of differently wired children.  Debbie also speaks further about the Tilt Parenting Community which was a vision she had to help parents all over the world receive support and resources from fellow parents also raising children who are differently wired.  

 

Podcast 14 Surviving Grief and Finding Solace as a Parent with Jeanne Pepper Bernstein

In 2018 Jeanne Pepper Bernstein's college age son Blaze Bernstein was murdered in Orange County during Winter Break.  Jeanne shares her journey about moving forward from loss and finding solace in advocacy for kindness and LGBTQ.  

Podcast 13 How Summer Camp Helps to Raise Thriving Kids

Audrey Monke and Sarah Kuljis Camp Directors of  Gold Arrow and Yosemite Sierra respectively share their insights and wisdom on what life skills children gain by going to summer camp.  Both share personally how camp influenced their own upbringing and guided their choices as people and as parents.

Podcast 12 Entitlemania with Richard Watts Part 2

Part II: Are well intentioned parents inadvertently raising entitled children?  How are we as parents contributing to the problem of entitlement which is becoming an epidemic in the United States.  Author Richard Watts share his wisdom as a parent himself and advisor to the extremely affluent what he has observed as the challenges of wealth, and how to raise kids to respect their own capabilities and not expect their parents to do everything for them.  You don't want to miss this.  In fact we had so much to discuss we needed to make this podcast in two segments!

 

Podcast 11 Entitlemania with author Richards Watts Part 1

Are well intentioned parents inadvertently raising entitled children?  How are we as parents contributing to the problem of entitlement which is becoming an epidemic in the United States.  Author Richard Watts share his wisdom as a parent himself and advisor to the extremely affluent what he has observed as the challenges of wealth, and how to raise kids to respect their own capabilities and not expect their parents to do everything for them.  You don't want to miss this.  In fact we had so much to discuss we needed to make this podcast in two segments!  Part One of two.