What I Meant to Say Wendy Jones

Join me with a dear friend and mentor Emily Hightower from ShiftAdapt and learn about how to optimize your nervous system through connection with nature, nutrition, and optimized human connection.

Former high school English teacher and Presence Coach Marcus Aurelius Higgs has a firm grasp on the wisdom of parenting pre-teens with presence through his SHOWUP framework that helps parenting build deeper connections with our kids. With Marcus’s deep understanding of positive psychology and the wisdom of the stoics, we were able to cut through some of the problems the ego presents and see how to create space for parents and kids to deepen their bonds for better connection through the teenage years.
Key Points & Memorable Quotes -

“Perspective is everything. There’s always something to learn.” - Wendy @ 1:42

“We form our beliefs by evidence and examples.” 3:28

“Mr. Rogers said, ‘If you want to help the kids, you help the parents.’” 8:27

“I’m going to take care of you to be in service to you. If you promise to take care of me to be in service to me.” 14:33

“Kids need a community of parents.” 7:08

“Hold space for collaboration means you’re not the problem, you are the solution to it.” 24:21

“The quality of your life is directly related to the quality of your communication.” 25:19

“What am I not willing to accept?” 42:14

“Everything that happened before prepares you for this moment.” 46:39

Guest Bio - M. Aurelius Higgs is a presence coach for parents of preteens.
He works with Certain Future to support parents of preteens (10-14 y.o.) so they can show up and maintain a meaningful relationship with their child during these natural 'identity breaking’ years. He helps the parents be present with their son/daughter before it's too late to bridge the gap.

Using The SHOW Up Framework, parents discover:
1. How to be confident in their communication when their tween starts having big emotions.
2. How to be present when their preteen starts to withdraw, so their child continues to trust them and naturally opens up difficult conversations.
3. How to support their child in ways to develop self-belief and resilience.

A perfect client is if you hear a friend or family member say, "My daughter is really hard on herself. I want to help her with her confidence." "My son is starting to pull away. How can I get him to open up?" "The teenage years are coming and I have no idea what I’m doing." "I don't know how to talk to my child anymore. They're changing.

Retired Professional Soccer Player and expert Mental Skills Coach Audrey Baldwin breaks down what she learned on her journey from youth sports to the world of professional soccer and how she is using those lessons to help other athletes thrive at every level on and off the field.

“I just wanted to keep playing and get better for me.” 12:46

“It’s more than a game, it’s beyond the game and what you’re learning in sport applies to everything in your life.” 16:51

“How you do one thing is how you do everything.” 17:04

“Sports exposes who you are and allows you the chance to change it.” 21:00

“I think to get to an elite status you have to have this sort of obsession with it.” 33:22

“What is success for you?” 39:54

Guest Bio - Audrey Baldwin is a recently retired professional goalkeeper, with 10 years of experience, in 9 different countries. Besides her playing career, she has a bachelors in Kinesiology and Masters in Sport and Exercise Psychology. She is currently using her experience and education to mentor youth athletes of all ages and sports in mental skills and mental performance. It is her goal to spread proper education at the correct time.

Join Psychologist and mother of four, Dr. Mala, for a conversation about the importance of understanding your emotions as a parent, so that you can acknowledge your children’s feelings and support them with love on their health and wellness journey.

This week on What I Meant to Say host, Wendy Jones shares her coparenting during divorce story from the Divorce Hacker. This is a powerful and down to earth conversation about parenting daughters of divorce and how to avoid common pitfalls when dealing with a challenging ex.

Torin Jefferys and I go deep on his exploration of healing modalities and how his experience and relationship to beach volleyball has changed.