Progressive Parenting

We are excited to be back on the air after a long break!  Join Ruby Powers and I as we discuss being a parent in politics and how you too can make a difference.    Ruby Powers is running for State Representative to make sure everyone in District 134 has a voice in the Texas state house. Here is more about her in her words:    About Ruby Powers I’ve spent my life serving my community, and I’m ready to take my experience to the Texas statehouse as your representative in Austin. I grew up in San Antonio, and spent my childhood on both sides of the border. My mother’s family was still in Mexico, and we’d go there regularly to see our grandparents. I never had health insurance as a child, so we would also go to see a doctor when we needed to get stitched up. Growing up, I always knew I’d have to create opportunity for myself. I put myself through college at UT, where I met my husband, Burak. After we got married, I decided to go to law school, where I specialized in immigration. As the daughter and wife of immigrants, I knew that I wanted to focus my career on helping people create opportunity for themselves. I opened my law firm, Powers Law Group, and started my family with Burak in House District 134. We’ve lived here for over a decade now, and we love our community. I would be honored to represent my neighbors in the Texas state house, and I hope to earn your vote.  

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How To Stop Beating Yourself Up In Your Parenting *Why Mamas Have A Hard Time Giving Up Guilt *The Shadow Side Of Conscious Parenting *How Feeling Like A “Good” Mom Can Lead To Acting Like A “Bad” Mom *Why Controlling Behavior Is a Bad Idea *How Emotional Baggage From Childhood Keeps Moms From Staying Present With Their Child Leslie Potter is the founder of Pure Joy Parenting, a joy based parenting model based on her experience raising her daughter as a single mom as well as working with families.   She supports parents in moving from a traditional fear-based model to a joy-based one focusing on relationship and healthy attachment. She is a co-author of Chaos to Connection: 9 Heart Centered Essentials for Parenting your Teen. Leslie is a Parent Coach with a background as a body centered therapist.  She has unschooled her daughter as well as supported her going back to school on her own terms as a homeshooler.   Her greatest love is hanging with other parents who are determined to challenge their conditioning and open to the wonder of parenting on their own terms.    

Your moods affect you deeply. Find out info on how to get a handle on your moods using herbs. 

Breast is not best and Breastfeeding doesn't make you smarter. In this segment International board Certified Lactation consultant and breastfeeding expert, Edith Kernerman admits breastmilk doesn't cure everything, . As she relates stories from the trenches in a world where money talks and breasts are silent. My guest is Edith Kernerman, she is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and clinician in Toronto, Canada,  who has seen thousands and thousands of babies and their families over the past 21 years. She was the co-founder and President of theInternational Breastfeeding Centre (IBC), co-founder and Clinic Director of the Newman Breastfeeding Clinic, (NBC), senior faculty at IBC’s Centre for Breastfeeding Studies, and an IBLCE pathway 3 mentor.  Kernerman speaks internationally at conferences on various clinical and ethical topics in lactation medicine.  She has co-developed “Beyond the 20 hr—Advanced Course In Lactation Medicine” a programme for healthcare professionals and she is the creator and founder of the International Meeting of the Minds, a forum for world experts to discuss issues in lactation medicine for which there have been controversial diagnoses and treatments.

Join me live as I discuss this not for profit's message and motive. On the show I will be joined by breastfeeding experts. Iam hoping to answer unanswered questions and get to the bottom of this groups message and what it means for families and breastfeeding.My guest are : *Jennifer Tow LLC,IBCLC, RLC, OMT has practiced holistic lactation for 18 years. Through her clinical experience, diligent research, she specializes in helping dyads with compromised gut health, functional restrictions and tongue-tie.  *Edith Kernerman is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and clinician in Toronto, Canada. She was the co-founder and President of the International Breastfeeding Centre (IBC), co-founder and Clinic Director of the Newman Breastfeeding Clinic, (NBC), senior faculty at IBC’s Centre for Breastfeeding Studies. *Ashley Pickett, IBCLC, is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) in private practice. She also works as a part time staff member at the Newman Breastfeeding Clinic and Institute in Toronto.  

Amy L. Gilliland, Ph.D., BDT(DONA), CD(DONA), CSE (AASECT) researches and teaches about doula labor support, women’s sexual experiences, and the psychological needs of mothers and fathers during the birth experience. She is an AASECT certified sexuality educator, a past member of the psychology faculty at Madison College, and one of the first DONA International birth doula trainers.  Over her twenty-five year career, her work has spanned the perinatal spectrum. Dr. Gilliland’s research has been published in JOGNN, Midwifery, Journal of Perinatal Education, Sexuality and Culture, and the Wisconsin Medical Journal.  She is considered to be a “thought leader” on birth doula issues through her influential blog, Doulaing The Doula.  For more information, please go to www.amygilliland.com.

In rural Costa Rica, a 95-year-old midwife passes on the wisdom of her craft to a new generation of women fighting for their right to choose how they give birth. I will be speaking with the film maker. Don't miss it! 

We will be talking about the importance of research for the case of improving birth outcomes for families of color, and the why “Giving Voices to Mothers” of color is so important. And about Shafia's dream regarding the Ancestral Midwife Learning Institute (AMLI) in Alabama, and her work for supporting healthy families and a healthy world, more from the preconception and rites of passage angle.

Even women who want a homebirth and even unassisted births seem to have forgotton a lot or nver learend about what birth can truly be like. I talk with Margo Blackstone (AZ Midwife) about what we seem to have forgotten