Playing The Fool

Welcome to the PLAYING THE FOOL Podcast, I am your host Jarna Saunders.

I am a proud as fuck Life and Relationship Coach and personal development nerd, with a HUGE passion to get every single woman in the arena of their own lives.

I have over 10 years’ experience coaching 100's of women and couples.

I've been where you may be right now: for years I sat on the side-lines of my life, stuck in fear, in my head, in the past of that ONE TIME I was put back in my corner and I let it cripple me with fear.

That was until one day when the PAIN of staying hidden was too much to take and I made the choice to get my butt in the ARENA of MY OWN life.

To take the risk of looking like a beginner, looking silly and GOD forbid looking like a FOOL.

My promise to you is to show up here in all my parts and seasons with my heart proudly on my sleeve, gate keeping nothing but asking us all to WALK OUR GOD DAM ARSES out of the corners we were never born to exist in.

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Playing The Fool

Episode 19: When Parenting Pulls us Apart: And How to Find Your Way Back

October 23, 2025 • Jarna Saunders • Season 1 • Episode 19

This week on Playing The Fool, I’m diving into something that has been one of the most challenging and transformative parts of my relationship — parenting.

Last week, I talked about why being a “high maintenance” woman actually makes you low maintenance in the long run — because when you have high standards for how you love, communicate, and show up for yourself, life becomes more peaceful, grounded, and aligned.

But this week, I wanted to explore a truth that hits a little closer to home: how parenting can quietly create distance between partners and how healing that gap starts with awareness, not blame.

I open up about my own experiences with Shane the times we clashed over how to parent, how my fears shaped my reactions, and how his confusion or frustration often came from his own old wounds, not from who he truly was in the moment.

I also share one of the most vulnerable parts of my parenting journey, a moment I deeply regretted and how I used it as an opportunity to repair, rebuild safety, and model accountability for my kids.

Because parenting isn’t about perfection. It’s about presence.

It’s about showing our children that love can evolve, that even when we mess up, we can come back softer, safer, and stronger.

Every child deserves to feel safe.

Every woman deserves to feel seen.

And every man deserves to be loved for who he’s becoming, not just who he’s been.

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