Family Yields Podcast
Episodes
35 episodes
035 - Simplifying Isn't Simple
Like most things in the modern age, we're sold the idea that it's easy to simplify. But simplifying is a lifelong process. It takes time and consistent effort to realize what is and is not important to you. This podcast digs into why simplifyin...
034 - Growing Ourselves Up
When we become parents, or even as we make our way in the world, it becomes clear that we are all still learning. This reality might not match the inner voices we have telling us we should have things figured out by now, be better at something,...
033 - Unschooling our Mindset (even if your children are in school)
Homeschooling is not a viable option for everyone. Many parents want something different for their children, but are still participating in the school system. The system itself is not interested in changing (there will remain curriculums, teach...
032 - Choosing Curiosity Over Control
Many of our cultural patterns and socialization have been established though the use of control. As a result, we as parents, need to rewire our brains to look at situations with curiosity rather than defaulting to tactics of control. This appli...
031 - How to Build Resilience in Children (and yourself)
We often expect children to be resilient without teaching them how. In this podcast I talk about false resilience, how it impacts the nervous system, and how to cultivate genuine resilience in our children...and spoiler alert, it has something ...
030 - Making Sustainable Change
Making the decision to change something and creating the habit of change are two different things. In this episode, Julie Walter digs deeper into how to create the situation where sustainable change is possible. Nature does a great job of model...
029 - Parenting to Perfection: Avoiding Shame by Embracing Self-Compassion
No one is the perfect parent. Why do we expect ourselves to be? This episode explores how we can parent with more self-compassion. We must recognize our humanity in our parenting and grow our self-compassion so that we can also grow compassion ...
028 - Cultivating Belonging: Sustainable Community Building
A huge part of our human need is to feel a sense of belonging within community. The current models of community, particularly those in schools, do not cultivate belonging, they encourage 'fitting in.' When we forego authenticity in order to 'fi...
027 - Connection to Our Children and Ourselves
In gentle parenting, we often hear how important it is to connect with our children. In this episode, I look at how we can show up for this in an authentic way. Connection isn't the healing balm for everything in parenting...although it i...
026 - No One Right Way to Educate a Child
We have been educated to think there is one right way to educate children. Having come through the mainstream education system, the educational root is for us to choose the right curriculum and walk a child through it from start to finish to ga...
025 - Managing Overwhelm
In this episode I talk about a couple of practical strategies I use and recommend when feeling overwhelmed. There are many strategies out there, but for me, these ones give me perspective and allow me to move through difficult feelings with a b...
024 - On Being Human
In this episode I share about my personal journey to uncovering an unconscious belief I have been holding for a very long time...perhaps a lifetime?! Uncovering it has led me to understanding things in new ways, and allowed me to have more comp...
023 - Creating Space
Things move so quickly in our modern age that it feels normal to expect ourselves to move through learning (emotional or academic) at a quick pace.This podcast is about creating space around our child's learning (and our own learning) t...
022 - Control in Education and Parenting
In this episode I take a look at the ways in which it is culturally accepted to use control (a power over dynamic) in education and parenting. In an effort to support the unlearning of this I get really specific about the examples I use and jus...
021 - How to Know if You're Getting it Right in Parenting and Homeschooling
Thank you for joining me for the first episode of Season 2 of the Family Yields Podcast!This episode came about because I was feeling the urge to 'get it right' in my own home - as if there is a right and wrong way to do things in paren...
020 - Entertaining Polarities
Our world is growing increasingly polarized. It is becoming necessary to develop the skill of entertaining polarity in order to navigate increasingly frequent difficult situations. The idea of holding both/and is very helpful when t...
019 - Challenges as Opportunities
Although it can be hard to see in the moment, it is not uncommon for difficult situations to become learning experiences that lead to new opportunities. In this podcast Julie Walter of Family Yields takes a deeper look at this idea and ho...
018 - Small Steps Lead to Big Change
Often we make choices in our everyday lives because they are the easiest in the moment. If we can hold ourselves accountable to our values, even in our small choices, we'll turn around one day and see that we have made great gains toward ...
017 - Dealing With Not Fitting In
It is difficult to make decisions that diverge from the mainstream culture. It is even harder to keep showing up in them when you get constant questions and comments about your choices. In this episode, I take a look at ways to show up when we ...
016 - Scarcity vs. Abundance Thinking
We are living in a culture which breeds scarcity thinking. This episode takes a look at what scarcity thinking is so that we can identify when we are using that thought pattern. When we can identify it, we have agency to change it.Scarc...
015 - Normalizing Discomfort
We are given lots of ways to avoid our uncomfortable feelings...but rarely are we shown how to sit with them, let alone consider why we might want to. In this episode, I look at the reasons why we should normalize feelings of disco...
014 - The Limits of Standardization
The illusion in education that standardization is important is so prevalent. Although standardization within education has its place, this podcast takes a look at the limitations proposed by standardized education when it begins in childhood.&n...
013 - The Importance of Rest
In a culture that values productivity, we have to make a conscious effort to bring rest into our lives. This podcast looks at the reasons why rest is important and a few ways our family incorporates rest into our days.
012 - Slowing Down in a World That is Speeding Up
This podcast episode looks at ways we can create space for ourselves to set priorities in a busy world that will always demand more from our time than we have to give. It offers a systems based approach for looking at different aspects of how w...
011 - Motivating our Homeschooled Child
Motivation is so key to having a functional homeschooling program! In this episode, Julie Walter discusses the various different ways to motivate your child that will have staying power. Many commonly used systems of motivation are not helpful,...