The Spiritual Parent: Mindful Tools for Raising Spiritual and Conscious Kids

Spiritual Parenting: Balancing Ancient Wisdom with Modern Life with Kara Goodwin

• Carrie Lingenfelter, CCC-SLP and Kara Goodwin • Season 1 • Episode 80

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Parenting from a place of spiritual awareness brings unique challenges and profound opportunities. In this illuminating conversation with author and energy healer Kara Goodwin, we explore the delicate dance of nurturing both our children's spirits and our own.

Kara's spiritual journey began through tragedy - the sudden loss of her sister-in-law followed by multiple family health crises within weeks. Living abroad with young children during this tumultuous time, she discovered meditation as her lifeline. What starts as a deeply personal story opens into universal wisdom about the pitfalls of forcing spiritual practices on our children.

The conversation takes a fascinating turn as we discuss how cosmic events like solar flares directly impact our highly sensitive children. Those unexplained meltdowns, headaches, or sudden bursts of intuition? They might be connected to energetic shifts happening at a planetary level. Kara offers practical grounding techniques - from barefoot walking to tree-touching - that help both parents and children navigate these intense energetic periods.

Perhaps most poignant is Kara's insight into maintaining spiritual connection with teenagers who reject overt spiritual practices. When her daughter faced serious health challenges, Kara had to reconcile her preference for alternative healing with her daughter's desire for surgical intervention. This honest exploration of parental ego versus child autonomy offers profound lessons for any parent navigating health decisions.

Whether you're raising elementary-aged children who still eagerly join your meditation practice or teenagers who roll their eyes at the mention of spirituality, this conversation offers both practical tools and heart-centered wisdom. How might your parenting transform if you could connect with your children energetically, beyond words and actions? Listen in and discover the powerful intersection where parenthood meets spiritual awakening.

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Kara Goodwin:

as gentle as you can be on yourself in terms of listening, if you're tired and you can rest, if you are, if you feel like you have an overabundance of energy and you feel like you just it's like I feel like I'm just sparking and have excess energy. A really helpful thing is to go and put your feet on the ground and like your bare feet on the ground it's called grounding and feel that as you inhale, you're pulling up the energy of the earth through the soles of the feet and letting your body have that energetic exchange with the planet. Your body will know what to do, but there's an electronic exchange that happens when you do that. If it's like super cold where you are and that's just not going to happen, you can find a tree. Put both hands on a tree. That is also grounding. Having both hands on it completes a circuit, so it's a better way to communicate with the earth when you've got both hands on it.

Kara Goodwin:

Salt baths can be very helpful too. Or getting in a natural body of water, that's very helpful, but if you can't do that, or, in addition, putting some E or getting in a natural body of water, that's very helpful, but if you can't do that or, in addition, putting some Epsom salts in a bath can also be very good. Making sure you stay hydrated that's critical as well. Feeding yourself, nourishing foods If you're wired and then you're also like drinking a lot of caffeine and a lot of sugar and things like that, notice that and you'll want to adjust because that's going to just exasperate things. So lots of ways for us to cope with it, but funnily enough, sometimes it takes noticing it and noticing like that we're off, because sometimes it can feel so personal, hi Conscious.

Carrie Lingenfelter:

Parents, it's Keri here and I am here with a little info about raising our mindful kids. I've got some tips and tricks about breaking free of the box and becoming who you are and teaching your kids how to do that along the way. Join us.

Carrie Lingenfelter:

Hi there, happy listeners. It's Keri here, and I'm so excited I have a new project called Conscious Family Travels on YouTube. It's all about mindfully traveling with our highly sensitive kids. We love to give tips and tools about how you can pack traveling with dietary restrictions. We love to share in-depth guides of certain areas that we are traveling to, as well as some of the actual items that we use along our journey. So join us on this conscious family travels journey.

Carrie Lingenfelter:

Welcome back, it's your friendly, intuitive mama here, and I'm so excited to connect with another mother who brings in the spiritual side as well. I have Kara Goodwin here today. She's an author, an energy healer, meditation guide, and she hosts the Soul Elevation podcast meditation guide, and she hosts the soul elevation podcast. All right, so, kara, I would love to dive in. You mentioned you're a mom too, and I love that, and that your spiritual journey was when your kids were elementary age, and that's the age my kids are and a lot of our listeners are elementary age and a little bit above. What would you say is what have you found as spiritual pieces in parenting? How would you say those align or have overlapped for you?

Kara Goodwin:

Yeah, thank you for the opportunity to give people this chance to think about themselves, to let that intersection happen of parenting and spirituality, because sometimes we can compartmentalize our lives and not really know how those two things go together. My kids are teenagers, so I have two high schoolers and, like you said, when my awakening happened. So some people. They've had a spiritual journey that started from day one and they have kept that alive their whole. That journey has stayed with them throughout their lives. But I think for a lot of us either we don't practice the same type of spirituality that we grew up with or we didn't have a foundation. And for me, I didn't grow up in a particularly religious household but I was always interested in spirituality and then in my early 20s that part of me died. I withered up and I wasn't because I wasn't nurturing it, I wasn't feeding it, I was very much just in the material world and that was fine. And I was still interested if I heard paranormal things. That was always still really interesting to me, but I was not really sure that it was real, that people weren't just making it up and things like that. So when I underwent my spiritual awakening, it actually happened through tragedy because many different elements of my life started to fall apart and it began with the suicide of my sister-in-law, who was also a very close friend of mine, and that was just devastating. And it's actually it'll be eight years, nine, nine, nine years this week. So I'm so sorry. Yeah, thank you. And from there, in very quick succession, three weeks later our dog died and a few weeks after that my stepdad had to, was having spinal, had a spinal stenosis surgery on his brainstem. Then my mother-in-law was hit by a motorbike when she was crossing the street, so she was in re hospital for a long time and then, after a couple of months, after that accident, then my stepmom went into the ICU for a failing heart, went to the top of the heart transplant list and had a heart transplant on the day after Thanksgiving. So that was, and we were living abroad when this happened, so not near either family.

Kara Goodwin:

So it was a very tumultuous time. It was like I felt like I had been coasting through, enjoying this like Mediterranean lifestyle and enjoying life, and then it was just like one, one thing after another was getting ripped away and it was disorienting, to say the least. And so ultimately, through that I found meditation and I felt such a relief from the practice of meditation. It really helped to center me and it was still a very secular practice. It was really just about calming my nervous system. But with my kids, they're part of my family and they're going through this too and my daughter, I want to say, was like five or six at this time, my son was eight or nine and both, especially my son, I felt could really benefit from meditation. Who can't benefit from? Meditation. This place is a mess.

Carrie Lingenfelter:

Life is hard.

Kara Goodwin:

And we all yeah, we're all just who can't use some nourishment in their nervous system, and so just to feel like things are okay and to realize that we have the capability within us, like that comes from within us. It doesn't come from somebody handing us peace of mind. We can, we ignite it within ourselves even with what the external is bringing up. And and my son in particular was just a he just had a harder time generally, like socially, at that time. He's made leaps and strides since we were living abroad. We were in an international school, but we lived in Italy, and so most of the population of the school spoke Italian. There were a lot of native Italian speakers or expats, but their native language was a Latin based and so Italian was a lot easier for them. There was a really small percentage of people who were English speakers, and that just adds another layer of complexity to that. It's a hard age. Any ages are just hard. Life is hard.

Carrie Lingenfelter:

It's hard to be a human. Yes, I get it.

Kara Goodwin:

And so when you already aren't like losing confidence, and then you're put in a situation where, like you're ripped from everything that's familiar from to you and you're entering into this small environment where there's only one classroom per grade. These kids have known each other for years because they just keep moving up grades together. They can speak like the secret code that you can't crack and you're you just feel like the outsider all the time. So I kept I my mind was like this will really help my kids, like I want them to grow up with this tool. Yeah, and so I'm.

Kara Goodwin:

As I was learning meditation, I was making a point of translating that into how do you do this for kids, and so I did things before we would leave for school get your stuffed animal, get your favorite stuffed animal, let's put it on your belly and let's just take some breaths and notice the like when you inhale, make the the stuffed animal rise, and then, as you exhale, notice it fall back down and just do that and that it was great. For a couple of weeks, honestly, while they were interested in it, it was great, but it did not take long before that became a push where it was like all right, we're going to leave.

Kara Goodwin:

Guys, Come on, get your. Why are your shoes not on? All right, get on the couch, get your. Get your stuffed animals. We don't have to come on guys.

Kara Goodwin:

Yeah, Real life, yes, and it was this thing. They didn't want to do it anymore. It was this I don't want to. And that was an interesting place to be in, because and it's just a really also it's a metaphor for our roles as parents, where it is like we know things that could really benefit them. We know these tools that we have, and they're their own person, they're their own being, they have their own desires, and sometimes, the more we push, the more we're pushing away.

Kara Goodwin:

And it became this really obvious thing where it was like, wow, they're really rejecting now this mindfulness, they're rejecting this. Notice your breath Like it's got, it's like tainting because I'm pushing so hard. And I was like the last thing I want them to do is to feel like, no, that's that stupid thing that my mom makes me do. And and they're so young that it's such a that you're, there's such a deep imprint from those times. So that was something that my ego needed to recognize. Like you may know something that you think, but there's another layer to this that you would be wise to take note of, and it's not just about research, it's not just about what your meditation teacher is telling you, it's not just about what YouTube videos are telling you. You can see what's happening here and what do you really want for them. It just felt important for me to notice, like, long-term, I really want them to have a healthy relationship with these tools, and if that means that this isn't the right time for it, then that's what that means. And that kind of reared its head again because I did just drop it and it was like okay, yeah, ultimately, the and that was years ago and I have continued to uphold my role at this time is as a role model for as far as, like the meditation things go, they know how important it is and I, and they can see that the. They can see how I behave and my ability to cope with stress and the way that people comment about how they feel when they're around me and things like that. It's like that's just there for them to notice. And then, as they mature and as they deal with life and life gets more complicated for them they know very well what this tool is or these types of tools that I have. Where to find it, where to get their support?

Kara Goodwin:

But it did rear its head again recently because my daughter had a health issue and needed a very extensive surgery a few months ago. And leading up to the surgery, Okay, so my I have. I like I prefer alternative health and I like I don't necessarily run to my Western medicine doctor for them to prescribe a lot of things for me or to advise. And so when I knew that we had this problem, I we dealt with it for many years and I tried a lot of different things and she came along for the ride for a lot of different types of treatment and I think for her she was hoping for a silver bullet and I knew that none of these things were going to be a silver bullet. I would try something and it didn't immediately fix it. She would be like let's just have the surgery because this isn't working.

Kara Goodwin:

So it was another, like ego push, pull. I don't tend to go to extremes on any, so I knew that there could be a role for Western medicine into that. But I just didn't want to be like, first and foremost, let's have surgery, but I just didn't want to be like, first and foremost, let's have surgery. But that was another time where the time came and she was just done and she was just like no, I don't want being careful about the words that I chose and the energy that I put out there of okay, this is the path forward.

Kara Goodwin:

You have an amazing team, you are, you're surrounded by angels and helpers in the Pete. You have the. You have a great medical team this you have people around the world praying for you, and so it was like invoking this holistic thing. But, okay, we're moving forward. There is a place for the surgeon and the surgical team and we are blessing them and we are bringing in, like the full force of all the energy, the energetic support that we can. But it is what it is and I'm not going to go. I'm not going to like be irresponsible with either, with my egoic Nope. This is the way forward. The only way is the alternative way and also just respecting her. I've had enough. Now, when it's okay, it is your body and I'm your guardian. You're still 14. So you know, but you're 14 and this is your life, your body, and so I was like Kara listen to her. What is she wanting to tell you?

Carrie Lingenfelter:

I love how you stayed conscious in that, because I feel like the pendulum can swing so far in either direction alternative medicine or Western medicine, the pendulum tends to go really far. And being conscious as a parent and also acknowledging sometimes the mom shame that can come with it, we did not have the exact same level of intensity. My daughter recently. We were sick a week and a half ago. We're still getting over it, but she had an ear infection and I tried all the alternative methods, all of the pieces, and it was so intense and I've had a friend who the tympanic membrane, the eardrum, ruptured. So in my mind I'm like there's a balance, right, there's this balance, and then you have the mom shame of oh God.

Carrie Lingenfelter:

I have to give her antibiotics. Oh, that's the worst, and you're not supposed to do that because of gut health and all these things. Right, the pendulum as it swings in either direction. So I love how conscious you were about that and you're looking at is it my ego side saying it? And then also, once you made a choice, you jumped in and you used all your spiritual tools with you and your mindful tools along the way to really feel protected and present, and this is what we're going to do right now. So it was beautiful how you transitioned into that.

Kara Goodwin:

Thank you so much. And that's a powerful story too, and so relatable with the antibiotics, and that's another piece to our spiritual evolution, as some people come to spiritual evolution through parenthood, through the portal of becoming a parent that is that ignition within them of, okay, there's something more here, like reality has shifted.

Kara Goodwin:

What's? There's a lot deeper Things are deeper than I expected. So what does this mean? And that can take them into spirituality. But for a lot of people, that deeper than I expected. So what does this mean? And that can take them into spirituality? But for a lot of people, that entry point is health. It's a health crisis, and they go through something, whether it's a family member or themselves or both, and just what you're saying. The pendulum can go so far over.

Kara Goodwin:

And a big component, in my opinion, of spiritual evolution, spiritual growth, enlightenment, whatever you, however, you relate to, that is empowerment and it is the and understanding that your doctor is not the be all and end all. They're not a god, they are not actually the one responsible for your health. You are actually responsible for your health, and that can be a big, a big step for people to in their own growth and evolution. But that empowerment piece is critical and it requires discernment, and so we can that. What can happen in it frankly, it does happen a lot is we throw the baby out with the bathwater, whether that is oh, my eyes are open to this whole petroleum pharma big government like industrial military complex and how it all works together and it's like we're just like the what they're feeding on and it's not actually about our health. If that's like the conclusion that we're coming to, then we might say, okay, what I actually wanted to do is go to, I'm going to pick on functional medicine. Now my doctor is a functional medicine doctor. I really appreciate functional medicine in that viewpoint, but there is a watch out there because it a lot of functional medicine programs are member-based, they're subscription-based, and it can be one of those things where you get you decide that the only true medical way to go is through functional medicine. You can say the same thing about chiropractic you can say that and which I also use, say the same thing about acupuncture, which I also use.

Kara Goodwin:

No judgment, but it's like, from an empowerment standpoint, we just want, we need to stay in our discernment and not say, okay, I withdraw the power that I was giving to my primary care physician, who was a traditional Western person, or the pediatrician, who is a traditional to traditionally trained Western doctor, and I'm just going to hand that over now to this functional medicine group and if they tell me that I need 16 supplements that I have to buy through their practice. I need that every month. I need to be in a membership program and we have this even with veterinary care. Like the vets are membership based.

Kara Goodwin:

I just picture when I see these programs. I just picture these business consultants in a room with all these whiteboards like trying to finagle the system to manipulate everybody to be like, okay, they might need, is it enough that they're coming to the vet once a year if they have healthy pets? No, let's incentivize them to come as much as possible so that we can have the opportunity to one get funds from them, even when they only really need to come in once a month or once a year, if that, but also whatever we find on top of it that we can sell to them. This is the reality. So really it is Again, I've got pets, I go to the vet. I'm not like trying to shame anybody I'm in this system too, but these are the reality checks and the learnings that I have experienced along the way, where I'm like, wow, I could spend a fortune at my functional medicine doctor and I'm a really healthy. So yeah, opening our eyes and staying empowered.

Carrie Lingenfelter:

Yeah, finding a balance between it all is so important and also being conscious in it for sure. I was going to ask you when you were going through your challenging situation and you're having so many things with so many family members when you were living abroad in Italy, meditation and sounds helped you as you were going through that spiritual journey. Was there anything else? Is that when your the energy healing, or what did you do to help yourself in that time? I feel like so many parents right now are raising intense, spiritually gifted, gifted kids, highly sensitive kids, and it can feel so intense on our systems. Yeah, yeah, so I was curious.

Kara Goodwin:

Yeah, so part of my like learning meditation there was also a big breath, breath work. Focus on that too, and breath work is so helpful for regulating our nervous system. It's, it is this shortcut, it is this way to like hack in and it takes that mindfulness of noticing, cause we can just be in the thick of it. It's like when things are whirling around us and we're all caught up in everything, it can be really hard to even notice that we're not really breathing, or we're breathing really shallowly or we're holding our breath, or when it's like noticing. Even just this weekend, I didn't have anything in particular that was stressful that I could point a finger at, but I could. I just kept feeling this tightness in my solar plexus, at the top of my stomach, and I was like what is that? And then I was like just breathe down in there, and so I wanted to feel it opening up. I wanted to feel my solar plexus, which is just this bundle of nerves just below where your rib cage and you know where it comes together at the bottom. Just below that is this bundle of nerves, the solar plexus, and I was just consciously, while I was driving, like inhaling and filling that and feeling it expand and it was like I feel like that's the first breath I've taken and I don't even know why, but it was just like gosh when it was so tight. And so when we're in that constant state of worry, of anxiety, of whatever it is that we're in, getting that breath down into the belly is critical. But there are other like magical breath work, pranayama exercises, that really help to change, like the pH of our oxygen and our blood sorry, ph of the blood through the oxygen regulation. So that was a big part of it.

Kara Goodwin:

And then other components that can go alongside with meditation, like affirmations, can be huge, because the affirmations it's the repetition of a word. So if we're using your native language, you might be saying something that is. I just led an affirmation meditation yesterday and we were saying like I am love, I am loved, I love, and it was just this repetition of those three phrases. And over the more you say it, you get beyond the concept of it and there's just this energy, this like signature, and it just becomes. But words are spells. What are the gospels? God spells. There is such power, there's energetic power where the sounds that we make actually have a geometric signature. And if you've ever heard of cymatics, there's a really fascinating field of sound study called cymatics, where it's different ways that we can visually see sound, so we can see these shapes that sounds are making, and we also, fundamentally, our energy. So it's this way that we get our energy coherent and organized.

Kara Goodwin:

And I didn't have that level of insight while I was doing it, but it just was a another tool, like back then when I was just trying to keep my head above water. But, but that can be another really effective way is using affirmations. And then visualizations is another component that's really helpful if you're in a meditative state. But visualizing whether that's just being in a peaceful meadow, being on the beach, just feeling like everything dropping away, letting yourself be just with the waves, or just with the earth, just with the sun and the calmness of that, or, if it's more okay, I want to be in a sacred. I'm imagining myself in the sacred temple with my higher self, with my spirit, guides, angels, whatever it is that we resonate with. There might be some ascended masters that we feel like could bless us in this space, or whatever it might be, but those are all.

Kara Goodwin:

The imagination is a huge. It's a huge tool that can really help us. It's actually the imagination. I always say the imagination is actually a portal, it's a gateway. It's not. We're not making it up, we're just using the power of the imagination to open us up to other realities that we have the power to bring in through what might feel like make-believe. And it's a great way to also connect with our kids. Because I feel this now I have this internal resistance to like trying to force anything on my kids and if there are parents of teenagers who are listening to you get it also, because when my kids were in elementary school, we just had a different connection than what you have when they're teenagers and I never thought especially my daughter. I was like, oh, she won't be like your typical teenager, she'll we'll still be close and we have a connection.

Kara Goodwin:

And there was my ego again. That needed to be tempered, because she's a regular teenager and it can be hard to connect with her and they're in their phones and I I do try to tell them like guys, get out of your phones, come and join us, come on, we're here. Hello. 3d Physical reality it's around you, but I that is one of the things that I love to do in my meditation is just feeling like connecting with the energy, the spiritual nature of that spiritual aspect of myself, because just whoever's listening and just like you, carrie, I'm a human with a physical body.

Kara Goodwin:

I have thoughts, I have emotions, but really, beyond all of that, all of those are temporary expressions of this eternal being that I am, and that eternal being is energy, is energetic, and my kids have that too, and so in meditation that is what I really enjoy doing, especially when they're in need, if they're not feeling well or if they're, if they're having going through a hard time in some way.

Kara Goodwin:

It's like getting myself still so that I can perceive my own energy, and then I might use a visualization, and then I visualize them and a lot of times I'll see them as like a being of light, or I see them more like transparently, so that it's not even just the physical, and then feeling like that my heart is radiating to their heart, or that they're wrapped in divine energy and high frequency energy, or that they are.

Kara Goodwin:

Their connection with their guides is getting stronger and they're just receiving these blessings. And every single day I meditate and every single day I ask God to protect them, to wrap them in God's light and to strengthen their connection, that kind of sneaky way where I don't necessarily have to beat a dead horse with them of don't forget, god's there for you and all this, which is great if they will listen and they're open to that. But failing that or not, we still have power as energetic beings to bless everybody that we love, and so my kids and my husband in particular, my pets, always get that individual blessing every day as well as part of my meditation.

Carrie Lingenfelter:

That's beautiful. I love the way you describe that connection and how the process and everything, because I'm thinking in my mind yes, I have elementary kids and right now we can do the guided meditations, or every night when we're going to bed I do it with my seven-year-old and almost 10-year-old and they ask me for it, they ask me for Reiki. So they're still at that age where it's exciting and it's fun. And then I'm thinking in my mind maybe I'm like planting these seeds for when they're 16 one day. And yes, my ego is, oh, but of course we're going to be connected and we'll still be doing. No, carrie, let's be realistic here, as Kara has told you. So I'm hoping like maybe if we've planted some of those seeds, then they'll have those tools for when they're having those hard moments. But you did also help my mama heart and maybe my ego a little bit in saying we can still connect with them energetically, we can still spiritually connect with them as they're older and when they're not wanting to do the guided meditation with mom me at that point.

Kara Goodwin:

Yes, and I hope for you that they'll. That will be a habit that they'll love to continue with. Yeah, who's to?

Carrie Lingenfelter:

say don't, let me limit you. Who's to say we never know? Never know what's coming. This morning I was listening to one of your recent episodes about the solar flares and the energy with the sun and I found it so fascinating because my almost 10 year old this past week we've all been sick and I've been hearing there's been a lot of energy, like, oh, that's interesting. And my son turned to me and he said, mom, I feel like I'm, I've had this shift and I'm more intuitively connected right now. And I was like, whoa, that is really cool, dude. We were just celebrating. Okay, sometimes that can come with our headaches. Maybe that's why our head is hurting, because we're in tune and we're connected and it's just showing us. So let's release that pain, like I know that you're there and we're connected. Let's release it. Have you found any tools when you're going through this heightened sensitivity piece? My daughter's seven, she's been more agitated than normal, like just very sensitive. I was curious if you have any tools for those times.

Kara Goodwin:

Yeah, that is so fascinating with your son that he was not only just recognizing that something felt different, but that he felt a shift and that he felt more connected. That's just amazing and I think it's such an amazing indication of just the souls that are coming in, like this young generation who it's like. We have just some really incredible, like such special beings incarnating now, which is so exciting. Yeah, thinking about the solar flares, the, the geomagnetic activity on the planet people may be familiar with the Schumann resonance when that spikes, all of things work together and I'll just lay the foundation in case there are people who are like what in the world are we even talking about?

Kara Goodwin:

The sun emits frequencies or emits energies and sometimes they it will shoot out these concentrated energy bursts, and the sun is much bigger than earth. So a lot of times these huge they call them flares, solar flares, will happen and they it's not directly earth facing. We might get a little bit of side radiation. Sometimes we get a big one and it's coming right at earth. We'll have an, or there might be like a coronal hole and that emits like solar wind which increases the wind. We've had a lot of those lately. Increases the wind we can also have if we come back to the earth, so anyway. So when that happens with the sun, the energy of the sun travels. It's, it starts with the sun, but then it travels and it hits all the planets in our solar system, including the earth, and so we have this protection quote unquote protection around the planet, which is our geomagnetic sphere. It's like this magnetic force field around our planet, and so we simultaneously have these times where that's that weakens, so the magnetic sphere of the planet weakens. And so if we have a weakened magnetic sphere and then we have this heightened solar activity, it means that we're getting more radiation in the planet because that protective, like magnetic field keeps the radiation, the solar radiation, the cosmic radiation. It keeps it from coming directly into the planet and affecting us as much, those things.

Kara Goodwin:

So when we have things like geomagnetic storms, that can be that the magnetics are changing and that can be with a physical manifestation that we can see of that is the changing in the northern lights. So when you see things you might see things in the news about, oh, the Northern lights are visible like way further South than normal, or they're very active. That is what that is. And then the resonance is like the heartbeat of the planet, so that's a planetary vibration that will spike and so we have this kind of frequency that is the sort of normal frequency for the planet. Then that can get high and all of these things together affect us, just like your son was intuiting, because we are energy beings. So, even though we have physicality, we experience ourselves as solid, but we are energy, that we're comprised of energy underneath and beneath and behind, like all the physical, all the physicality where it's actually. We're an energy being and our physicality is affected by changes in energy.

Kara Goodwin:

And so, in terms of what I do, when I notice things, so a lot of times like I'll feel tired and if I can, I'll rest, but there are times where I feel like anxiety and I can't pinpoint why. I'm like gosh. It feels like I'm, it's like this anticipation of something that I feel like I'm almost like storing energy for or I'm nervous about or whatever, but I don't really know what it is that's causing that. We can, so there can be the tired or wired or headaches, like you mentioned. That can be really common one as well. We can have hormonal imbalances. It can cause physical issues where sinus pressure or cold-like symptoms. All of those things are legitimate responses from an energetic perspective and it's just our bodies taking this new information and being like, okay, this is different than what, how I'm used to vibing. And so there's this period where our energy is like integrating it or going okay, here's this new thing I'm getting hit with and I don't already have. It doesn't have anywhere to go because I don't know what to do with it, because this is new, and so your body's trying to figure out what do we do with this?

Kara Goodwin:

And so, as gentle as you can be on yourself in terms of listening if you're tired, and you can rest if you are, if you feel like you have an overabundance of energy and you feel like you just it's like I feel like I'm just sparking and have excess energy. A really helpful thing is to go and put your feet on the ground and like your bare feet on the ground it's called grounding and feel that as you inhale, you're pulling up the energy of the earth through the soles of the feet and letting your body have that energetic exchange with the planet. Your body will know what to do, but there's an electronic change that happens when you do that. If it's like super cold where you are and that's just not going to happen. You can find a tree. Put both hands on a tree. That is also grounding. Having both hands on it completes a circuit, so it's a better way to communicate with the earth when you've got both hands on it. Salt baths can be very helpful too. Or getting in a natural body of water that's very helpful, but if you can't do that, or, in addition, putting some Epsom salts in a bath can also be very good. Making sure you stay hydrated that's critical as well.

Kara Goodwin:

Feeding yourself, nourishing foods If you're wired and then you're also like drinking a lot of caffeine and a lot of sugar and things like that, notice that and you'll want to adjust because that's going to just exasperate things. So lots of ways for us to cope with it. But funnily enough, sometimes it takes noticing it and noticing like that we're off, because sometimes it can feel so personal. It's like people are triggering us and we can think like why is that person saying these, why is everybody annoying me? And it can feel like other people are doing it to us and we don't recognize. Wait a second. Maybe it's me, maybe I'm extra sensitive or I'm irritated or I need to take care of myself. There's something within me that's calling out for some nourishment or some TLC.

Carrie Lingenfelter:

Yeah, I love the way you describe it. I think so many of us may have those heightened sensitivities here and there and not know how to describe it. And it's interesting because as an adult, you can be like oh, I'm feeling more anxious, oh, I'm feeling more agitated, I'm tired, all these pieces, whereas my seven-year-old she might just be erupting a lot during the week and she can't tell us why. She doesn't know why yet, maybe. But, yes, understanding seeing the pattern in your kids and then, like you said, finding some of these tools, slowing things down and knowing it's not always going to be like this it's a it's a phase with your kiddo right now, possibly, and my daughter's better now.

Carrie Lingenfelter:

So we slowed everything down for a couple of weeks and we went through that period and now we're back to normal. Yeah, hang in there, parents, it's not forever. Yes, I love it. Yeah, so you wrote a book. Can you tell us about it? It sounds really nice.

Kara Goodwin:

Yes, thank you. It's called your Authentic Awakening a guide to everyday spiritual living. So this is more for nourishing our own spiritual journey as parents. It's not so much it can be for any age, but it's not really written for kids. But really we need to know how to fill our own cup so that we have more to give to our kids, and the more that we're in alignment within ourselves body, mind and soul the better parents we are and the better we can emulate or that our kids have that role model to emulate and our energy ripples out to everything. But it really it talks about my journey, but it also it's more about the awakening process and some of the ways that things can become tricky and sticky and and be hard terrain to navigate.

Kara Goodwin:

There are a lot of practical tools. Every chapter finishes with a do it section, which is okay. Here's here are the concepts that we talked about and the examples that you saw. Here are practical things that you can do to help integrate what we've been talking about. So that is the nuts and bolts of it.

Carrie Lingenfelter:

Great, and it's called your authentic awakening.

Kara Goodwin:

Yes.

Carrie Lingenfelter:

Okay, great, yeah, and we'll include I can include all of your info in our show notes today, and thanks so much for coming on and sharing all of your background and all of your stories with us. It's been such a treat.

Kara Goodwin:

This has been wonderful. Carrie, thank you for everything that you're doing for parents and for kids and helping people to open up their hearts and increase that heart to heart connection with their kids. It's so critical, and thanks for having me on your great host.

Carrie Lingenfelter:

Thanks so much. I look forward to connecting with you on your show.

Kara Goodwin:

Yes, I can't wait.

Carrie Lingenfelter:

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