Poised & Powerful: Presence, Performance, Parenting

08/31/2024

09/25/2023

Have you ever felt the kind of overwhelmed, overstimulated, or triggered that we might call being “all touched out”?

Maybe you’ve even felt guilty about not being available to your kids or spouse, or surprised by the intensity of your feelings.

If you ever wondered why your body doesn’t feel like your own, if you are grappling with how to parent in a post-Roe, post world, you might be realizing how much bigger this is than just you.

Amanda Montei is here to talk about the histories we carry in - our culture and in our bodies - themes she discusses in her new book: Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent and Control.

This week, episode 48 of Poised & Powerful Podcast is about why we might feel touched out and how we can understand women’s bodily autonomy.

Tune in to Poised & Powerful Parenting on your favorite podcast listening app today!

CW: brief mention of sexual assault.  Have you ever felt the kind of overwhelmed, overstimulated, or triggered that we might call being “all touched out”? Maybe you’ve even felt guilty about not being available to your kids or spouse, or surprised by the intensity of your feelings.&

06/26/2023

🎧 Mindfulness Together: Easing Transitions for Yourself and Your Child with The Ready List

Self-regulation is a lifelong skill that’s important for everyone to learn. Early childhood is a pivotal time for children to learn the skill, and we as parents can set a helpful learning example by not only demonstrating the skill.

But also providing the resources for them to continue practicing on their own. This week, episode 47 of Poised & Powerful Podcast is sharing mindfulness together: easing transitions for yourself and your child with The Ready List!

Tune in to Poised & Powerful Parenting on your favorite podcast listening app today!

http://poisedpowerfulparenthood.com/blog/mindfulness-together-easing-transitions-for-yourself-and-your-child-with-the-ready-list

06/09/2023

Do you feel like your shoulders are always up at your ears? Listen to this guided audio to help support you.

06/09/2023

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06/05/2023

🎧 How to Unstick Your Shoulders from Your Ears (Guided Audio)

This is a gentle reminder to be gentle with ourselves. It’s a practice we can use to help us unhunch, unscrunch, and take up more space.

Tune in to Poised & Powerful Parenting on your favorite podcast listening app today!

https://poisedpowerfulparenthood.com/blog/how-to-unstick-your-shoulders-from-your-ears

06/02/2023

The world of parenting is full of stereotypes and toxic narratives, which can be even harder to deal with when you’re a parent managing chronic pain, neurodivergence, or anything that doesn’t fit the mold of “normal”.

Learning strategies and methods of coping that work for your needs will help smooth out the journey of parenthood. This week, episode 45 of Poised & Powerful Podcast with .us is about parenting with chronic pain and self-regulation as a parent!

Tune in to Poised & Powerful Parenting on your favorite podcast listening app today!

05/25/2023

🎧 Neurodivergent Parenting with Chronic Pain with Graeson Harris-Young

On Episode 45, This Might Help Us and I uncover:

• Why chronic pain is hard to address in our current medical system.

• Toxic narratives around chronic pain.

• How to balance overstimulation as parents to young children.

• The day-to-day of being a neurodivergent parent.

The world of parenting is full of stereotypes and toxic narratives, which can be even harder to deal with when you’re a parent managing chronic pain, neurodivergence, or anything that doesn’t fit the mold of “normal”.

Learning strategies and methods of coping that work for your needs will help smooth out the journey of parenthood.

This week, episode 45 of Poised & Powerful Podcast is about parenting with chronic pain and self-regulating as a parent!

http://poisedpowerfulparenthood.com/blog/neurodivergent-parenting-with-chronic-pain-with-graeson-harris-young

04/05/2023

Check out my spiffy new letters in the window! That new line on the bottom - that’s ME!
Chicagoans, come see me to un-hunch, un-scrunch, and take up space!
https://www.learnalexanderchicago.com/online-booking
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03/22/2023

🥳 New review! Artists get that their body is their instrument, but this is true for everyone. We can all stand to take up space and be able to express ourselves authentically.