A Mother Far From Home
The Mother Far From Home podcast, with host Rachel Norman, helps moms desperately needing a common sense down-to-earth perspective on how to mother well without losing it, living in stress, or needing to escape your life.
Episodes
During playtimes, we create a safe place where we can deepen our understanding of our children and the things they are working through.
The testimonials for these playtimes are amazing! So many families have experienced deeper connections while getting to the root of behaviors during these playtimes.
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Nurture & Play is for you if your child has:
- difficulty with transitions,
- big emotions,
- anxiety, or
- been through a major life event or transition
In Nurture & Play, we coach our kids as they work through their struggles and build strong connections with them - without mom being triggered!
Join the waitlist of Nurture & Play here : https://www.nurtureandplay.com/join
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This episode goes into DRAMA. It's part of my series on the 3 D's that disrupt family life. Defiance, disrespect, and drama.
Go here to get on the waiting list for Nurture and Play: https://www.nurtureandplay.com/join
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This episode goes into DISRESPECT. It's part of my series on the 3 D's that disrupt family life. Defiance, disrespect, and drama.
Go here to get on the waiting list for Nurture and Play: https://www.nurtureandplay.com/join
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This episode goes into DEFIANCE. It's part of my series on the 3 D's that disrupt family life. Defiance, disrespect, and drama.
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In this episode we're going to talk about how your calming presence can help with accountability and avoidance of the tasks at hand. Tomato staking is the term I'm using, and it isn't punitive, it's supportive!
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- Life School At Home (my community that helps prepare kids for life!) https://www.lifeschoolathom...
- Simple School Routines - https://www.simpleschoolroutines.com/workshop
- Goodnight Bedtime Battles - https://www.goodnightbedtimebattles.com/join
- Daily Mom Routines - https://go.amotherfarfromhome.com/mom-routines
- Chore Routines- https://learn.amotherfarfromhome.com/chore-routines-freebie
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- Life Sch...
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- YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU2ZHnfr48zvs79ME8NofxQ
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Nurture and Play: https://www.nurtureandplay.com/join
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We all have routines - whether they are purposeful or not.
Getting routines in place that work for us AND our kids makes home life feel more manageable.
Here is part of my story of how routines have shaped my home - including a funny story about mustard 🤣
Links mentioned in this episode:
Simple School Routines
Family Routines Reboot
Goodnight Bedtime Battles
Summer Rhythms
Mot...
There are skills that our kids need to know in modern life to navigate the challenges they will face.
Today we are diving into some examples of these skills and how we can best equip our kids with social media, boredom, how to disagree, and more!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Life School at Home (My monthly membership to teach kids life skills)
Nurture and Play (My 8 week class to teach you how to do...
This week we're talking about using the holiday season to recenter our goals in parenting and how to help our kids grow in certain skills based on how they are acting.
AND I share some of the skills I want my kids to have ❤️
Links mentioned in this episode:
Life School at Home (my membership to teach life skills to our kids)
If Mama Ain't Happy (my book on boundaries)
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I have had some embarrassing moments during the holidays with my kids!
Today we are talking about how to equip our kids with skills to make the holidays go smoothly.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Life School at Home (my community to help you equip your kids with life skills!)
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Being nonchalant is an underrated silver bullet in parenting.
Today we're diving into what a nonchalant voice is (and isn't), why it's effective, and how we can use it to promote peace in our homes.
Links mentioned in this video:
Why moms yell | How people work (Youtube video)
If Mama Ain't Happy (my book on boundaries)
Nurture and Play
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We've all been there... repeating ourselves a million times and feeling like our kids aren't even listening.
This week we're talking about 3 things to do instead of repeating yourself. You've got this, mama 🥰
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Today we're chatting about a breakthrough parenting tool that will change your family life - in just 30 minutes a week!
Learn more about power playtimes and join my 8 week program at https://www.nurtureandplay.com/join
Mentioned in this episode:
The Reason Some Kids Are Sore Losers -- And What To Do (amotherfarfromhome.com)
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Kids communicate through their behavior when something happens to them, and it sometimes plays out through escalation (anger, defiance, irritability) or taking the issue underground (internalizing, insecure, lack of confidence).
Today we are going to dive into practical steps on how to identify these behaviors and help our kids process things that happen to them to avoid escalation and taking issues underground.
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- Life School At Home (my community that helps prepare kids for life!) https://www.lifeschoolathome.com
- Blog https://www.amotherfarfromhome.com
- Shop https://shop.amotherfarfromhome.com/
- YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU2ZHnfr48zvs79ME8NofxQ
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True: food, sleep, house, etc. we do meet their needs. But, some of their other needs (connection, power, etc.) THEY MEET ON THEIR OWN.
You just may not like how they're meeting them. Let's make sure they're meeting their needs in a way that works for the whole family.
Watch/listen to all the workshops here: https://nurtureandplay.com/workshops
Want to listen to (and watch) all the workshops in this series? Go here!
https://nurtureandplay.com/workshops
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Get things mentioned in the podcast here: https://amotherfarfromhome.com/podcast
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- Blog https://www.amotherfarfromhome.com
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