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Mindfulness, Wellness, Solo Parenting and Faith

Our guest on this episode of Village Mama is Sjoukje Kramer, a solo-mom of three kids (including one very active toddler) and the owner of a busy massage therapy clinic.

Sjoukje believes that it is essential for everyone to feel valued and empowered and to live life with higher health. She believes that healthy living is more than being illness free, it’s about cultivating a life where you can find happiness in the now, and to experience a passion that drives you to better your life and the lives of those around you. Through Massage Therapy and educational workshops, she’s able to share her passions and knowledge on how to live a more balanced life so that her clients can feel better, sleep better and breathe better.

Sjoukje is keeping it real with us in this episode about, ‘Mindfulness, Wellness, Solo Parenting and Faith’. We’re grateful to you for sharing your story mama!

+ Check out Sjoukje at: Continuum Wellness
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Anxiety, Depression and Trying To Live A Badass Life

Our guest on this episode of Village Mama is Dr. Karen Hudes, mama of one and Toronto based chiropractor.

Karen has spent the last 18 years helping people understand their bodies, recover from injuries or pain, and achieve wellness and optimal health. She cares for people from every age group with problems ranging from pain in the big toe, achy knees, colds and flu, back pain and sciatica, headaches and migraines etc. She has a passion to help pre and post-partum moms with the aches and pains of pregnancy and breast feeding and more importantly, she’s an advocate for women’s health.

Karen is keeping it real with us in this episode about, ‘Anxiety, Depression and Trying To Live A Badass Life’. We’re grateful to you for sharing your story mama!

+ Check out Karen at: Dr. Karen Hudes
+ Facebook Page

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Foreign Mission Trip with a Young Family and Learning to Enjoy the Moments with Your Kids

Our guest on this episode of Village Mama is Kim Trimboli and awesome mom of 3.

She spent her 30s climbing the corporate ladder and is spending her 40s trying to raise healthy, compassionate kids who do their best and never dial it in. When Kim isn’t trying to pack lunches that won’t get returned you can find her planning events, fundraising, playing sports or organizing the next family adventure.

Kim and her family travelled to Nicaragua in March 2017 with an organization called SchoolBox. After months of political unrest that began in early 2018, SchoolBox operations have now resumed and in September 2018 they completed construction on their 100th classroom.

Kim is keeping it real with us in this episode about ‘Foreign Mission Trip with a Young Family and Learning to Enjoy the Moments with Your Kids!’ We’re grateful to you for sharing your story mama!

+ Check out SchoolBox here: SchoolBox

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Creating a Mommy Community, Expat Living and Learning to Just Do You Boo!

Our guest on this episode of Village Mama is AmandaMuse, a mom of 2 and one of YouTube’s original Mom’s!

While living as an expatriate in Malaysia, Amanda started her YouTube channel “AmandaMuse” to document her journey into motherhood with her children, and connect with woman around the world on a similar path. She has created an engaged community online. Her authenticity and optimism through the highs and lows resonates with her audience.

Now living in the Toronto area, AmandaMuse has become a lifestyle brand, where she shares her views on life through videos on YouTube, traditional media, social media, a webseries and her live online shows. In 2018, Amanda was featured on TIME.com, appeared several times as a Lifestyle Expert on Global’s The Morning Show, and was nominated for Livestream of the Year Iris Award.

Amanda is keeping it real with us in this episode about ‘Creating a Mommy Community, Expat Living and Learning to Just Do You Boo’. We’re grateful to you for sharing your story mama!

+ Check out Amanda on: The Sandwich Podcast
+ Facebook Page
+ AmandaMuse YouTube Channel

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The Enneagram, Slow Living and Flourishing in Parenting

Our guest on this episode of Village Mama is Courtney Pinkerton, a mom of 3, a certified holistic life coach and the author of the Amazon best-seller, The Flourish Formula: An Overachiever’s Guide to Slowing Down & Accomplishing More.

She is a student and a teacher of the Enneagram who has helped hundreds of busy women slow down and accomplish and enjoy more in their life. She holds dual master’s degrees from Harvard Divinity School and Harvard Kennedy School, and is the creator of the eight-step Flourish Formula Coaching program.

Courtney hosts international retreats for women. After selling their house and all their belongings and a year adventuring in Nicaragua, Courtney and her husband Richard Amory and their three children are making a new home in a co-housing community in Asheville, North Carolina. She is keeping it real with us in this episode about ‘The Enneagram, Slow Living and Flourishing in Parenting’! We’re grateful to you for sharing your story mama!

+ Check out Courtney on her website: Courtney Pinkerton
+ Facebook: Courtney Pinkerton Coach
+ Instagram

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Healing, Wholeness and Trying to Live Out Your Mompreneurship Dreams

Our guest on this episode of Village Mama is Marta Spirk, a mom of 2.5 year-old triplets and a health & success coach.

She works closely with moms and mompreneurs to help them find their path and purpose by identifying their passion and talents. After being a teacher/tutor/mentor for nearly 20 years, motherhood opened up a new doorway into encouraging and motivation moms to believe in their power and have more fulfilling lives.

Marta is keeping it real with us in this episode about ‘Healing, Wholeness and Trying to Live Out Your Mompreneurship Dreams’; we also discussed the joys and challenges of parenting multiples and a bit about the Enneagram. We’re grateful to you for sharing your story mama!

+ Check out Marta on her website: Marta Spirk Coach
+ Podcast: Mom Does it All
+ Facebook: Page
+ Instagram

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+ Join the Village Mama community @ Village Mama
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Your written reviews and positive ratings encourage me so much. Plus they help introduce the Village Mama community, and ‘keep it real’ message, to other moms far and wide. If you love the Village Mama Podcast, please leave a review over on iTunes. Even one positive sentence would be amazing!
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The Enneagram: Parenting and the Head Center of Intelligence

On this episode of Village Mama, Char Lekx is sharing a bit about, The Enneagram: Parenting and the Head Center of Intelligence, specifically Types 5, 6 and 7. She’ll be discussing some strengths of these types, some challenges they may have and she’ll be giving some mindful parenting tips to help them deepen their connection with their children.

Self-reflection is such an important part of our parenting journey. It helps us to be aware of how we’re showing up, how we’re behaving and how the people around us may be experiencing us. If you’d like to dive deeper into this topic of identifying your Enneagram type and figure out how to parent from a healthier and happier place, check out the e-course, Parenting from YOUR best self.

Char is a transformation coach, mom to two kids 8 & 9 and loves to travel.

+ Freebie from Char: The Blueprint of a Mindful Mama: 8 Steps to Parenting from a more mindful space
+ Facebook Page
+ Village Mama Group
+ Instagram

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The Enneagram: Parenting and the Heart Center of Intelligence

On this episode of Village Mama, Char Lekx is sharing a bit about, The Enneagram: Parenting and the Heart Center of Intelligence, specifically Types 2, 3 and 4.

She’ll be briefly looking at how they may be showing up in their journey of parenting. The unconscious childhood message that they have received and internalized as a child. And the message they need to hear now to begin their own healing and their journey towards living a healthier and happier life.

Char is a transformation coach, mom to two kids 8 & 9, loves to be at the beach and has quite a kooky sense of humour.

+ Freebie from Char: The Blueprint of a Mindful Mama: 8 Steps to Parenting from a more mindful space
+ Facebook Page
+ Village Mama Group
+ Instagram

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The Enneagram: Parenting and the Gut Center of Intelligence.

On this episode of Village Mama, Char Lekx is discussing a bit about The Enneagram, Parenting and the Gut Center of Intelligence.

The intersectionality between the Enneagram as personality typing system and parenting has been a fascinating area of interest for her. In this episode, she introduces the 3 types in the gut centre of intelligence, type 8s, 9s and 1s. She is intentionally not using the type names in the hopes that parents who are listening in, will simply focus on the characteristics and traits of each type, in an attempt to discover where they might land.

Char is a transformation coach, mom to two kids 8 & 9 and loves chocolate with hazelnuts a little too much. 😉

+ Freebie from Char: The Blueprint of a Mindful Mama: 8 Steps to Parenting from a more mindful space
+ Facebook Page
+ Village Mama Group
+ Instagram

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Mental Health, Parenting and Personal Growth

Our guest on this episode of Village Mama is Cherene Francis an International Television Host, Producer and Personal Branding Consultant who helps entrepreneurs craft their message and confidently market themselves through television, video & online marketing, so they can grow their following, attract more opportunities and get more clients.

Cherene’s superpower is Contagious Communication; the key ingredient that her clients use to inspire, influence and impact. She has formal education and experience in Personal Branding, Marketing, Image Development, Stage Performance, Religious Studies, and Philosophy.

She is also an Internationally Board Designated Institute and Trainer of Hypnosis, Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Master Practitioner of Time Line Therapy and Master NLP Coach.

When Cherene isn’t interviewing entrepreneurs on her television show, teaching in business circles, or serving at community churches, you can find her watching Netflix at home with her husband and two daughters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is open to working with you and your business.

Cherene is keeping it real with us in this episode about mental health, parenting and personal growth. We’re grateful to you for sharing your story mama!

+ Check out Cherene on her website: Cherene Francis
+ Facebook Page
+ Instagram
+ LinkedIn

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