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Podcast episodes By Dianne Jimenez

Establish Your Time, Home organizing, Lead together

#48: Coping-through-Chaos

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Today, we’re delving into the challenges that resonate with every parent in the trenches – the holiday hustle, strikes, and the constant threat of illness.

🌟 Exploring Current Challenges with Compassion

Beyond the decorations and festivities, we’re acknowledging the stress many of us are grappling with. From navigating the complexities of holidays to the weight of dealing with strikes and sickness, it’s a tumultuous time for us all.

🤒 Navigating Health Struggles with Shared Stories

In this episode, we share a personal journey of recent illness and the ongoing struggle to recover. Through these narratives, we aim to foster a sense of understanding and solidarity as we collectively face the daunting challenges of illnesses, flu, and the looming presence of COVID.

⚠️ Strikes, Work, and the Overwhelming Reality

As strikes disrupt the familiar routines, parents working from home find themselves in an even more challenging balancing act. The chaos at home and the interruptions at work are all too familiar. We’re here to acknowledge the difficulties and provide a virtual shoulder to lean on.

🛠️ Empathetic Coping Strategies for Parental Survival

In the face of chaos, we share three practical coping strategies – creating personal space, tapping into creativity, and reconnecting with your support system. Our aim is to provide a supportive environment and practical tips for alleviating stress and overwhelm.

🔊 Tune in for a Compassionate Discussion

Whether you’re nodding along or seeking a moment of solace, join us at “Parenting Unplugged” for an empathetic discussion. We’re not just a podcast; we’re a community sharing the weight of these challenges, acknowledging the struggles, and offering a compassionate space for parents to connect.

👂 Because Parenthood is a Collective Journey, and Your Struggle is Validated Here.

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Home organizing

#46: Laundry: How to tackle the overwhelm when there’s too much to do

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We’re going to talk about overcoming the laundry pile, but more specifically laundry after a long holiday and after family comes to visit, what do we do?

How do we go about getting everything done in an orderly fashioned way or even with less overwhelm, especially after a busy weekend?

In other words, getting back on track. It was Thanksgiving weekend and for us, we had family staying over from Ontario for a couple of nights, but we also hosted Thanksgiving dinner. We were also invited to another Thanksgiving slash birthday event the following day. And finally, we had another cousin stay over too. You can say there was a lot going on and for sure no laundry being done, whatsoever, over the weekend. And the week, and all the demands are just about to start rolling in. It can totally get so overwhelming. Does that ever happen to you? I’m sure I’m not the only one.

So how do we go about getting organized with all this laundry and not getting so overwhelmed by the piles and piles and piles of dirty laundry so that we’re back on track as soon as possible? Now how do we go about getting organized and back on track?

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Interview, Raise Responsible Kids

45: Chores & Kids – Interview with Kai

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Listen to the third and final episode of a series where I interview my kids. Hear their perspective and thoughts when it comes to their involvement in maintaining the house, find out when they’re more resistant to doing chores, what this all means for them in the future, and so much more!

In this episode, it’s my oldest kid’s turn on the mic. Find out the differences and similarities between his take on chores vs his siblings, being the oldest child and what he’d do if he were the parent. Also, find out what it’s like at our home from following a chore chart to whether getting paid to do chores is preferred or not. Also, learn to start practicing positive parenting by listening to your children and having conversations with them about chores. Who knows what you’ll discover from these talks. You just might learn a thing, or two, about them as well as yourself!

Hope you enjoy this episode.

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Establish Your Time

#43: Adjusting To The Back to School Overwhelm

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In this episode I talk about this crazy period in the parenthood journey and that’s Back To School.

Back to school isn’t just a one day event. This is actually the starting off point of when things start to change dramatically for everyone, not just the kids. As our schedules fill up, things need to be taken care of on top of all the things LIFE is throwing at us, it’s easy to get lost, confused and overwhelmed.

This is a huge adjustment period most of us go through at least once a year. Unfortunately, some go through it alone. Listen to this much-needed-to-be-talked-about podcast episode to help you cope with the overwhelm. I give you ONE simple strategy as well as guide you to do this 1 thing, so you don’t feel like you’re at this alone.

Hope you find this episode helpful – Enjoy!

XO – Dianne

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Interview, Raise Responsible Kids

#42: Chores and Kids – Interview with Kenzo

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This is the second episode of a series of 3 where I have an honest conversation with my 9 year-old about :

helping around the house
what they’d do (better) if they were the parents, and
what’s it like being kid the 3rd kid
Chore charts
And so much more!

AS parents it’s important for us to maintain expectations and responsibilities within the household for everyone to feel more organized, fulfilled and find their place within our house. By doing so, we can ensure that everyone is working together and understanding each other’s perspectives in maintaining the home.

I hope you enjoy this episode!

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