Sensational Moms: For Overstimulated Homeschool Moms
Mom, are you living in sensory overload? If you’re touched out and talked out, this podcast is for you. Whitney is your coach in your backpocket, here to share:
-Encouragement
-Lifestyle help
-Tips
...All to help you move from overstimulated and reactive mom to the present, connected, and responsive homeschool mom your kids need.
Hit subscribe and join her every two weeks with expert interviews and one-on-one chats featuring holistic, sensory-based, polyvagal, and other topics.
Whitney brings her extensive training and experience as a sensory-based occupational therapist to the day to day reality of homeschooling as a highly sensitive mom of 4 kids.
She specializes in looking at the connected nervous system of the family unit and how we influence each other and brings body/brain-based understanding into everyday life!
Episodes
18 episodes
What is Cortisol and Why Should Moms Care?
The demands you place on yourself as a homeschool mama are heavy and many. You rise to the occasion time and time again, often because there's no other choice... but sometimes, there is! What's the ultimate cost to your health & re...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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40:52
Why You're Overstimulated: 20 Reasons
How did you get in this cycle of overstimulation and reactivity anyway?More importantly, how can you ask someone to help you if you don't know how you got here in the first place? So listen along as Whitney takes a step back...
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25:21
5 Strategies for Sensory Overload: No Equipment Needed!
In the heat of the moment, moms don't always have clarity of mind or luxury of time to go grab some support. You need something NOW (or maybe even 5 minutes ago). Join Whitney as she lists 5 specific strategies she a...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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17:19
Finding Motivation for Movement with Evgeniia of At Nourished Motherhood: Part 2
Moving to help with overwhelm, overstimulation and burnout as a mom sounds great in theory, but what about:getting started when it's been a while!when you're in a hard seasontaking the hardest (first!) step
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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31:47
Movement for Emotional & Sensory Regulation with Evgeniia of At Nourished Motherhood: Part 1
You know all the "shoulds" of MOVING your body, but how does it help with your EMOTIONAL regulation? In PART 1, Whitney & Evgeniia get personal and dive deep into:how movement has helped in Evgeniia's journey & learning to m...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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35:18
Sleep Help for Overstimulated Moms: Barriers, Tips, and More
So much of sleep is out of our control as moms. Is it even worth the effort? And what do you do when it really is out of your control?Sleep used to be like a 4-lettered word around here. Between the kids and our own difficulties, ...
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35:59
Mystie Winckler on Habits, Routine, and Mindset for the Homemaker
Feeling overwhelmed by visual clutter, cleaning, and daily homemaking tasks? Pile that on top of homeschooling and feeling overstimulated, and the stress is REAL.Join Mystie Winckler and Whitney as we talk about baby steps toward do-able ro...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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32:25
Decluttering Your New Year: The Goal for Overstimulated Moms
Before you respond to that "new year, new you!" pressure, consider decluttering where it really matters so that you can have the flexibility and resilience that the sensory overload of motherhood demands of you.In this e...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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18:44
How co-regulation helps overwhelmed moms
In the last episode of the year, Whitney shares how co-regulation is for moms, not just their kids. Listen along and learn:What is co-regulation?How does it help moms who are overwhelmed or overstimulated?Wha...
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21:33
5 Reasons Why Sensory Differences are Actually GOOD
If you're a mom who's overstimulated by her kids, it can be easy to focus on the negative because it is HARD! It can feel even more difficult when your kids' needs feel so at odds with your own. Indeed, it can lead to major miscommunications an...
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23:12
Overwhelmed Moms Wishlist
Do you feel like a deer in headlights when people as what you want for a gift? Why not ask for something that benefits the whole family by helping you feel more grounded and present, despite the chaos of mom life. Whitney dives straight...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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24:44
Visual Clutter, Minimalism, & the Overstimulated Homeschool Mom
Welcome back to Episode 6 of the Sensational Moms Podcast! In this episode, we dive straight into the question:Can minimalism solve the problem of visual overload for moms or not?Spoiler alert: It doesn't. Listen along to find o...
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25:46
How to mom through crisis as a highly sensitive person
If you're overstimulated by your kids, then it could be just part of a bigger puzzle as a highly sensitive person. In today's episode, Whitney scratches the surface of what it means to be a highly sensitive person according to Elaine Aron. ...
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30:05
3 More Signs of Burnout & What To Do for Sensory Overload
In Episode 4, Whitney finishes 3 more common causes of homeschool mom burnout AND what you can do about them. Homeschool mom or not... these things affect all of us as moms, especially if you're highly sensitive or overst...
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17:44
Signs of Sensory Overload
In the first episode, Whitney dives straight into:--Why it's helpful to call sensory overload by its name--Physical signs of sensory overload--Mental and emotional signs of sensory overload--Surprising signs of sensory overload<...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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9:50
3 Reasons for Homeschool Mom Burnout
In Episode 3, Whitney discusses 3 of the most common reasons that highly sensitive homeschool moms (all moms!) hit burnout. Think it's just your kids? Let's dig deeper."Saying yes to ourselves means saying NO to otherwise good things so...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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16:14