How to Reduce Fear and Build a Courage Habit — Episode #073 With Kate Swoboda
Kate Swoboda built her coaching practice on the idea that fear-based habits can be replaced with courage-based behaviors: we can be afraid and do it anyway.
What Surprised Me Most About Parenting — Episode #070
I asked the Startup Pregnant community to share what surprised them most about pregnancy and parenting. Today, I’m sharing those responses with you.
What I Wish I Knew About Having A Second Kid
What changes when you have two kids? I’m currently pregnant with our second kid, due later this year, and I started wondering what I might need to think about, prepare for, and learn. How would our lives change as two parents with one child, adding a newborn to the mix? How would my older kid react? Would our schedules change? I decided to ask my community for advice, and I received a ton of replies, full of advice and notes I would not have considered if I were left to my own devices. Here’s what my parent friends had to say.
Should My Kid Have An Instagram Account?
Today I got a great reader question about social media: should my kid have social media accounts? And how much do you share as a parent about your kid? There are so many new considerations for parents today, in 2018. This is a hard question to answer because I don’t think there are hard and fast rules—I think there are a lot of ways to do parenting, and social, and it depends on your kid and your life. Here’s what I think, and what works for me, and what I’ve been doing.
Mental Health Toolkit — Episode #064
Pregnancy and parenting present a brand-new set of challenges, so having a mental health toolkit handy is essential to navigating this new phase of life.
Building a Postpartum Support Team & Roadmap to Recovery — Episode #062
What can you do during pregnancy to prepare for the first weeks and months after you’ve given birth? How can you build your own support team to get through the challenging period of brand spanking new motherhood? What might a roadmap to recovery look like?