This is the final episode of the Soul Path Parenting podcast and it's a special one!  The catalyst for the podcast was a simple yet powerful question that Amy's daughter Ayla asked when she was 3. "Mommy, what's going to happen to me when I die?"  Now, as we complete our podcast journey, we are joined by Larry Cooper, Ayla's grandpa and Amy's father-in-law, to gain perspective from what he learned from multiple near death experiences.  Also joining the conversation are Ayla, now 7, and Axel,...

In our penultimate episode, Lauren and Amy talk about the various ways people handle endings and transitions, the transformations that have taken place throughout their podcasting & parenting journeys, and what's next after co-creating Soul Path Parenting.

This is a topic that we've been planning to talk about for quite some time and (ironically!) it finally became very alive for us.  In our chat about Lauren's "love affair with death" (her words!) we talk about the role of death in transformation  -- what it means to allow our old stories and beliefs to die.  We also talk about our relationship with our own eventual physical death and what that means for how we live.  Join us for a lively conversation about death!

We're back!  After a Covid-induced hiatus, we're back and talking about aliveness.  What happens when we follow our sense of what's most alive in the moment and create from that space?  What does this mean for our work, our passion projects, our family life?  How does this idea of "aliveness" interact with our relationship with time?  And, how might we learn from and with our children about this?  

This episode has been a long time coming! Two years ago in Episode 16, we had our first conversation on education with Dr. William Spady, the father of outcome based education. He said that only a quarter of learners learn best in the traditional academic way, which is truly astonishing how few of us are thriving in the school setting. This sparked the question, what about the rest of learners? How do people learn and how can we better support them in schools?  We’ve done a whole series on...

For beginners, the act of meditating can feel intimidating and complicated. You might feel like you can’t quite get it right or are doing it “wrong”, but this week’s guest helps us rethink the notion that there’s a right and a wrong way to meditate. Helping us demystify meditation is Gloria Gonzalez, Certified Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher, and Lauren’s good friend! Join us as we explore the art of mediation and we hope you find some inspiration for how to start or expand your...

Grief, death, and loss can be such painful subjects to discuss, understand, and live with. We may struggle under the weight and pain to process our grief, as well as that of those around us, but life cannot exist without death.  This week we are honored to once again be in the presence of Sherri Doucette, yogi, lifespan doula, and founder of Litehouse Wellness, as she shares her professional and personal wisdom surrounding grief. When we last spoke to Sherri in Episode 69, we intended to...

Inspired by Eckhart Tolle’s book, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose, Amy and Lauren explore the idea of authentic connection. We discuss how the roles we inhabit and the stories we construct around who we are “supposed” to be can hold us back from deeper connection. Joined by Lauren’s husband and life partner, Brett, we delve into what it means to be truly authentic, in our relationships and within ourselves. In this episode we talk about: Lauren and Brett’s love story, their...

It’s Thanksgiving week and what better way to celebrate than by talking about giving and gratitude! This week our conversation found itself centering around the Rumi quote, “Never give from the depths of your well, but from your overflow,” as we explore how our gratitude, unconditional love, and healing can all come from a place of overflow.  Joined by the inspiring Sherri Doucette, founder of Litehouse Wellness, we delve into the possibilities life holds when we let our needs be met, as...

It’s our anniversary! It’s been two whole years since Soul Path Parenting launched and one year since Lauren joined us as our brilliant, insightful, and overall spectacular co-host! In this episode, we're going to talk about our partnership and transformation, because, as the last year has highlighted, it's through relationships and partnerships that we all learn and grow.   We'll talk about how our partnership got started, some bumps in the road, and how we challenged each other. We’ll talk...

Have you ever felt two seemingly contradictory feelings or thoughts at the same time? It can be confusing, frustrating, and make us feel like we have to choose between those feelings or thoughts, but do we really have to fight against the contradictions? This week Amy and Lauren explore how we can live in - and love - the contradictions that are inherent to life and find beauty in both/and. In this episode we talk about: Breaking down false dichotomies and holding space for all things.How...

Calm and content reflect the opposite of some of the more volatile, unpleasant, and high energy feelings like anger, anxiety, and fear that we’ve discussed in prior episodes. Often seen as a desired destination on the feelings spectrum, calm and content are pleasant, but can be more difficult to embody than other feelings. So how do we get there?  This series has been an invitation to feel all of your feelings and connect authentically in the moment with all parts of yourself. While we leave...

Play - it’s fun, it’s joyous, it’s creative, it’s good for our bodies and souls - so why don’t we do it more often? Why are work and play considered polar opposites? And why is play largely confined to early childhood?  This week we join the Play Revolution with parenting coach, educator, play enabler, and self-proclaimed joyous parent, Sivanne Lieber! Tune in as we explore the power of play and the ways we can all benefit from a little more joy in our lives. In this episode we talk...

One of the things that most lights us up here at Soul Path Parenting is talking about what’s possible. In our Reimagining Education Series we’ve been focusing on what's possible in education, and this episode’s guest wrote an entire book about exactly that called, What School Could Be. Ted Dintersmith spent his career in innovation before becoming a change agent in education, focusing on reimagining school to keep pace with the tsunami of innovation that is reshaping society.  This begs the...

In this installment of the Reimagining Education Series, Lauren is joined by prolific author and lecturer, Alfie Kohn, described in Time magazine as “perhaps the country’s most outspoken critic of education’s fixation on grades [and] test scores.” Some of Alfie’s most popular books include Punished by Rewards, Unconditional Parenting, Beyond Discipline, and The Myth of the Spoiled Child.  Join us as Alfie and Lauren discuss what it means to be a reflective rebel and how we can make trouble by...

How does the way a school views its students impact their learning? What happens when we radically trust students and educators? How can we better integrate communities into schools? And what could alternatives to large class sizes look like?   This week, we explore these questions as we continue to Reimagine Education with our inspiring guest Miguel Gonzalez, the Director of Embark, a micro-school here in Denver, Colorado embedded into a coffee shop and a bike shop! Join us as Miguel...

Anxiety can show up for us in many different ways. For some, it is an ever present companion, for others it’s triggered by work, social interactions, or new experiences. It can motivate or debilitate us, but no matter how anxiety presents itself in our lives, it is an unpleasant feeling that can be hard to shake once it takes root.     Join us in the second to last installment of the Feeling Our Way to Wholeness Series, as Amy and Lauren discuss anxiety! In this episode we talk about: How...

In this episode, Lauren is joined by fellow parenting coach and host of the Happier Mom By the Minute podcast -- Stacey Yates Sellar -- as they discuss Conscious Parenting and Stacey’s specific niche: Conscious Parenting children with ADHD! Stacey shares her wisdom and personal experience on how to consciously face the unique behavioral challenges of a child with ADHD, but don’t worry, these insights can apply to just about anyone. As Stacey puts it, “The techniques, the tools, and the...

Fear is one of our most primal feelings. The feeling of fear can lie on a spectrum from an agitated bubbly excitement to a survival level driver that activates our fight, flight, or freeze response. Fear can live in our bodies - taking root with trauma - and can easily overwhelm us. As parents, fear for our children can be extremely painful and all consuming. So how do we live with our fear? Tune in as Amy and Lauren explore how we can parent and move through fear in this episode of the...

In this week’s episode, Amy is joined by certified professional astrologer and parenting coach, Tara Vogel, as they explore how astrology can help guide us in our parenting journey!  Astrology can be a tool for awakening and self-actualization that gives insight into our struggles, pain points, and gifts -- so what does that mean for us as parents? Tara shares how understanding natal charts can help us better connect with our children and ourselves, so we can be more in-tune with one another...

Anger, it can one of our most volatile feelings. Like a fire breathing dragon, it can feel out of control, consume us, and scorch those around us. So how can we process anger in a healthy manner while being authentic with our feelings?  In this installment of the Feeling Our Way to Wholeness Series, Amy and Lauren share their thoughts on anger and passion! In this episode we talk about: What the somatic, bodily experience of anger feels like.How anger shows up in our lives and relationships...

In our second installment in the Feeling Our Way to Wholeness Series, Amy and Lauren tackle joy and sadness! While we might assume that joy and sadness are perpetually at odds with one another, these interconnected feelings are more like two sides of the same coin, essential and inseparable from one another. So how do we reconcile these differing energies and move past some of the misconceptions and harmful hierarchies around joy and sadness?  Join us as Amy and Lauren share their insight...

In this episode we’re kicking off another new series that’s all about feelings! Sometimes our feelings can be overwhelming and confuse us, making it difficult to express what we’re really going through. So how do we become welcoming towards whatever it is we are actually feeling in the moment? How do we face it, acknowledge it, engage with it, feel it, and allow it to be what it is, and then consciously and intentionally move from there?  This series centers around becoming empowered and...

Yes and no aren’t always the polar opposites we make them out to be. There can be hell yeses and hell noes, maybes, I don’t knows, and everything else in between. So how do we make decisions and speak our minds when the answer isn’t always simple? In this episode, Amy and Lauren discuss the yes-no spectrum, how we can give authentic answers and teach our children to do the same.  In this conversation, we explore: The yes-no polarity misconception and how we can instead see yes and no as a...