I AM MOM Parenting Podcast

In this episode, we speak about how to set healthy boundaries for yourself and your child in order to create an environment at home that fosters potential win-win scenarios for everyone. We speak on why boundaries are necessary, the benefits of setting boundaries and give examples of how to set boundaries. A boundary is what allows you to show your child what you stand for, what you believe about yourself and what you expect from them...

Emotional resilience is a life skill that allows us to adapt to stressful situations and crises. In this episode, we provide the seven integral traits that makeup being resilient based on the work of child paediatrician and human development expert, Dr.Ginberg. We elaborate on each of these traits providing you with the best strategies to use to build each trait and emotional resilience in your child.

While it is normal for most kids to feel a degree of separation anxiety from their caregivers in certain circumstances, there are ways to manage the separation anxiety effectively to prevent children’s separation anxiety disorder, which can then lead to adult separation anxiety disorder in the future. Separation anxiety disorder occurs when an individual experiences excessive fear or anxiety concerning separation from those they are attached to...

Doing all the right things and still not reaching your weight and fitness goals? We brought on a true fitness expert to speak about how to feel good while getting fit! In this episode, our guest, Nishma Karim, speaks about the healthy way to become fit and how to feel good while doing it.

With August here, parents, teachers and kids are experiencing heightened anxiety about transitioning back to school. In this episode, we provide out of the box strategies and concepts to be mindful of in order to manage the back to school transition for your child and the entire family. We discuss how to feel confident about returning to academic learning, whatever that may look like for your family...

During this episode, we discuss the effects of miscarriage and infant loss with Registered Therapeutic Counsellor, Natasha Virani. Natasha shared her own personal story of multiple miscarriages, infertility, and infant loss. She also delves into the stages of grief, ways to honor the lost child, and ways to help family members cope with the loss.

This week’s episode takes a dive into parental burnout! We will describe the signs and symptoms of parental burnout, what happens in your body when you are experiencing burnout and ways to take care of yourself when you are utterly worn out!

During this episode, Allison Villa, psychotherapist, relationship expert and host of the Couplehood podcast outlined The 4 Relationship Seasons™ that every relationship progresses through. She explained what the seasons are, why every couple goes through them and why naming them is empowering and provides clarity and direction in the relationship. Allison’s honest approach to parents in love has impacted couples, and families, worldwide...

In this episode, Dimple and Shaista discuss the importance of creating a culture where calm, respect and dignity is the norm. They give useful strategies on how to achieve this; particularly in ways in which you can communicate with your children without yelling.

In this episode, Dimple and Shaista give a few tips and tricks that you can incorporate immediately during summer break. These tips will ensure that “summer free” feeling for the whole family and help combat the summer slide phenomenon.