Finding Flow Parenting

Emily Hughes

Welcome to Finding Flow Parenting the podcast where we help you find more flow, ease and joy in family life. Each week I will be joined by a special guest to explore a question posed by you my lovely audience. Expect expansive reframes, tools, self awareness and a whole load of empathy. Parenting is a wild ride but together we’ve got this. Find out more about working with Emily www.findingflowparenting.coach and find her on instagram www.instagram.com/findingflowparenting

Episodes

  1. 23 MAR

    A More Present Parent: With Somatic Therapist Charlotte Mindel

    The conversation explores the challenges of being present in parenting, emphasizing the importance of embodiment, capacity building, and setting boundaries. It delves into the impact of cultural pressure, parental enjoyment, and the role of environment in fostering presence. The discussion highlights the significance of integrity, energy protection, and collaborative parenting in creating the right conditions for presence. Charlotte Mindell is a UK-based somatic therapist, writer, and mother who specialises in supporting women—particularly mothers—to reconnect with themselves through body-led healing. Her work focuses on helping mothers move beyond stress, resentment, emotional exhaustion, and inherited patterns by using trauma-informed somatic therapy that works with the nervous system rather than only the thinking mind. Charlotte’s approach is gentle, intuitive, and grounded in helping women feel safer in their bodies so they can parent, relate, and live with greater authenticity. She is also the creator of The Embodied Mother, her signature therapeutic programme designed to support mothers in releasing stored emotional tension, rebuilding self-trust, and experiencing motherhood with more presence and ease. Website: Charlotte Mindell official website The Embodied Mother programme: The Embodied Mother programme page Instagram: @the_embodied_mother on Instagram Takeaways Building capacity for presence is a gradual processSetting gentle boundaries to protect energy is vital for sustained presence Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Finding Flow Parenting06:15 Embodiment and Distraction12:29 Acceptance and Fighting with Oneself18:20 Children's Play and Parental Presence24:10 Integrity, Boundaries, and Energy Protection

    25 min

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Welcome to Finding Flow Parenting the podcast where we help you find more flow, ease and joy in family life. Each week I will be joined by a special guest to explore a question posed by you my lovely audience. Expect expansive reframes, tools, self awareness and a whole load of empathy. Parenting is a wild ride but together we’ve got this. Find out more about working with Emily www.findingflowparenting.coach and find her on instagram www.instagram.com/findingflowparenting