The Spiritual Parent: Mindful Tools for Raising Spiritual and Conscious Kids

Carrie Lingenfelter, M.A.
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Spirit led, body follows. Inner child healing, guided meditations and spiritual parenting tools for parents raising sensitive, intuitive and neurodivergent kids.Hi, I'm Carrie Lingenfelter, M.A., a former teacher, a mama of two and your host. I started The Spiritual Parent so no parent has to feel alone on this journey. If you know there's more to parenting than behavior charts and traditional advice, you're in the right place.Every week we heal, grow and learn together. We talk about spiritual parenting, conscious parenting and mindful parenting: intuition, energy, the chakras, inner child healing, generational healing, and what to do when your highly sensitive or gifted child (or you!) feels everything. Because when we heal ourselves, our kids feel it.Thursday episodes are real talk, with personal stories and practical tools you can use with your family tonight. Companion episodes are channeled guided meditations to help you move that energy up and out.I see you, parents. Follow the show, come sit in love with us, and let's raise our change makers together.Show notes for every episode: thespiritualparentpodcast.comInstagram: @thespiritualparent

  1. 5d ago

    Can You Receive Love If You Don’t Love Yourself? The Heart Chakra for Parents

    Don't you just love watching your four-year-old walk out in a bucket hat, rain boots, and a tutu like they're the most glamorous person on earth? No worries about what anyone else thinks. 💚 Wouldn't it be amazing if we could live from our hearts like that now, as parents? Read the show notes, try this week’s practice, and find more episodes on my website:  https://thespiritualparentpodcast.com/episode-117-receive-love-heart-chakra-for-parents/ In this episode, we're continuing our chakra series with the heart chakra, our fourth chakra, all about relationships, self-love, and receiving love. And something came to me that blew my mind: if we don't love ourselves, we can't receive love. We talk about: ✨ Shedding the layers and showing up as your authentic self ✨ Why friendships can shift as you raise your vibration ✨ Coming out of the "spiritual closet" at school pickup ✨ How to receive love from our kids, even when it doesn't look the way we expect ✨ Why what bugs us in others is often a reflection of ourselves (and what we love in others is in us, too!) ✨ Keeping the energy alive with your partner, spirit to spirit ✨ An affirmation to give and receive love 💚 Stay to the end: we close with a channeled guided meditation for your heart chakra, to help you open up and receive love. Meditation starts at 16:24. (If you're driving, save that part for later.) Spirit to spirit, I see you parents. You are worth it. Find all the ways to listen: https://linktr.ee/TheSpiritualParent #spiritledbodyfollows Send us Fan Mail New! Vote for Carrie to be the next Top Host here: https://tophost.org/2026/carrie-lingenfelter Connect with Carrie: *Website: https://thespiritualparentpodcast.com/ *Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespiritualparent *YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSpiritualParent *Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Spiritual-Parent/61554482625081 *Email: info@hearttoheartlife.com Also! Conscious Family Travels Channel on YouTube with Carrie: https://www.youtube.com/@consciousfamilytravels **Please remember that the information shared on this podcast is educational in nature and does not constitute licensed mental health advice. If you need such advice, you should speak with a licensed professional about your unique situation. Thanks so much happy listeners. © 2024-2026 Heart to Heart Life LLC

  2. Oct 20

    Guided Meditation for Parents: Release Control & Fill Up With Self-Love

    This guided meditation is the companion to episode 115, Releasing Control as Our Kids Grow. 💛 Read the show notes, try this week’s practice, and find more episodes on my website:  https://thespiritualparentpodcast.com/episode-116-guided-meditation-release-control-self-love/ When our kids grow and start reaching for more independence, that need to hold the reins can grip us right in the solar plexus. In this meditation, we ground in, let love rain down from a big cloud, and float above our homes and communities as a butterfly. We release any feelings of control and fill our solar plexus and heart with love. Then we visit our childhood home to reconnect with the little you who was playing, lit up, and in their true personal power. Love yourself the way you love your kids: unconditionally. 🎧 Listen to the companion episode, Ep. 115 Releasing Control as Our Kids Grow: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-spiritual-parent-mindful-tools-for-raising/id1734267748?i=1000796479084 Find all the ways to listen: https://linktr.ee/TheSpiritualParent #spiritledbodyfollows Send us Fan Mail New! Vote for Carrie to be the next Top Host here: https://tophost.org/2026/carrie-lingenfelter Connect with Carrie: *Website: https://thespiritualparentpodcast.com/ *Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespiritualparent *YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSpiritualParent *Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Spiritual-Parent/61554482625081 *Email: info@hearttoheartlife.com Also! Conscious Family Travels Channel on YouTube with Carrie: https://www.youtube.com/@consciousfamilytravels **Please remember that the information shared on this podcast is educational in nature and does not constitute licensed mental health advice. If you need such advice, you should speak with a licensed professional about your unique situation. Thanks so much happy listeners. © 2024-2026 Heart to Heart Life LLC

  3. Oct 15

    Releasing Control as Our Kids Grow: The Solar Plexus Chakra for Parents

    As our kids grow, they start reaching for more. Screens, friends, independence. Every week there’s something new, and if you’re like me, mama starts getting a little queasy!  Read the show notes, try this week’s practice, and find more episodes on my website:  https://thespiritualparentpodcast.com/episode-115-letting-go-of-control-solar-plexus-chakra/ This week we’re continuing our chakra series with the solar plexus, your third chakra and the center of your personal power. We look at what happens when we grip the reins too tight, and what opens up when we pause, tune in, and let our kids’ spirits lead. We talk about: ✨ Why “I’m not saying no, my spirit needs a moment” can be more powerful than an instant no ✨ Finding where control lives in your body, and where it comes from ✨ The thermostat moment that showed me I was overreacting ✨ Having structure without control ✨ Why your stubborn kiddo’s fire is a gift ✨ Being your child’s training wheels, not the one steering ✨ An affirmation to release control, with your hand on your solar plexus and heart Spirit to spirit, I see you parents. You’re not alone on this journey. Find all the ways to listen: https://linktr.ee/TheSpiritualParent #spiritledbodyfollows Send us Fan Mail New! Vote for Carrie to be the next Top Host here: https://tophost.org/2026/carrie-lingenfelter Connect with Carrie: *Website: https://thespiritualparentpodcast.com/ *Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespiritualparent *YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSpiritualParent *Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Spiritual-Parent/61554482625081 *Email: info@hearttoheartlife.com Also! Conscious Family Travels Channel on YouTube with Carrie: https://www.youtube.com/@consciousfamilytravels **Please remember that the information shared on this podcast is educational in nature and does not constitute licensed mental health advice. If you need such advice, you should speak with a licensed professional about your unique situation. Thanks so much happy listeners. © 2024-2026 Heart to Heart Life LLC

  4. Oct 13

    Guided Meditation for Parents: Calm Big Emotions & Heal Your Inner Child (Sacral Chakra)

    This is a guided meditation episode, you guys! Grab a cozy spot, put your feet flat on the floor, and get ready to breathe with me. (Please don’t listen while you’re driving.) Read the show notes, try this week’s practice, and find more episodes on my website:  https://hearttoheartlife.com/episode-114-guided-meditation-calm-big-emotions-inner-child/ This meditation goes hand in hand with Thursday’s Episode 113, Your Kids Meet You at Your Frequency. In that one we talked about conditioning, the FM dial, and the sacral chakra. If you haven’t heard it yet, start there: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-kids-meet-you-at-your-frequency-inner-child-healing/id1734267748?i=1000793832340 Then come back and let’s move that energy up and out together. These meditations come through me intuitively. They’re channeled, and they’re here to move the energy within us so we can heal, grow, and learn. They help us raise our vibration so we can connect with our own spirit and with the universal consciousness we’re all a part of. And here’s the thing: when I channel these, the energy moves and heals in me too. I don’t have it all figured out. We’re on this growth journey of connection together. In this meditation: Grounding into the center of the earth and draining out the energy of the dayBlowing perfection and parenting intensity into roses, and letting them goSeeing your child happy and whole, and noticing where that lights you upAsking the screen where your heart stopped beating that way this weekGoing back to a time as a child when you wanted to lash out but couldn’t, and giving little you the hug they neededReceiving golden energy from an ancestor, or a past-life version of you, through your crown chakraHands on your sacral chakra, feeling the strength of the generations before you, so you can come back to it the next time you’re about to eruptSpirit to spirit, I see you. And so it is. #spiritledbodyfollows Send us Fan Mail New! Vote for Carrie to be the next Top Host here: https://tophost.org/2026/carrie-lingenfelter Connect with Carrie: *Website: https://thespiritualparentpodcast.com/ *Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespiritualparent *YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSpiritualParent *Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Spiritual-Parent/61554482625081 *Email: info@hearttoheartlife.com Also! Conscious Family Travels Channel on YouTube with Carrie: https://www.youtube.com/@consciousfamilytravels **Please remember that the information shared on this podcast is educational in nature and does not constitute licensed mental health advice. If you need such advice, you should speak with a licensed professional about your unique situation. Thanks so much happy listeners. © 2024-2026 Heart to Heart Life LLC

  5. Oct 8

    Your Kids Meet You at Your Frequency: Inner Child Healing & the Sacral Chakra

    If I could ask my grandma anything, I'd ask her what to do with kids like mine. She was a special ed teacher until she was 72, the one schools sent kids to when nobody else knew how to help. When I call on her now, she just giggles and says, "Carrie, you have the keys inside of you." Read the show notes, try this week’s practice, and find more episodes on my website:  https://hearttoheartlife.com/episode-113-your-kids-meet-you-at-your-frequency/ In this episode we're turning up the FM dial. I share the radio message my grandmother sent through a medium, why conditioning makes it harder to hear our spirit, and the middle school mirror moment my inner child needed me to go back to. Then we move into the second chakra, the sacral: our emotions, our flow, and our joy of being in a human body. We talk about: Why your kids meet you at your frequencyInner child and shadow work so the repeats don't continue in our familiesMiddle school, "cool," and highly sensitive kidsNaming more than happy, sad and angryA breath to come back online in a meltdown (yours or theirs)Sacral decision making: does it light you up?We close with an affirmation for your sacral chakra. And so it is. Vote for us for Top Host: https://tophost.org/2026/carrie-lingenfelter All platforms: https://linktr.ee/TheSpiritualParent #spiritledbodyfollows Send us Fan Mail New! Vote for Carrie to be the next Top Host here: https://tophost.org/2026/carrie-lingenfelter Connect with Carrie: *Website: https://thespiritualparentpodcast.com/ *Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespiritualparent *YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSpiritualParent *Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Spiritual-Parent/61554482625081 *Email: info@hearttoheartlife.com Also! Conscious Family Travels Channel on YouTube with Carrie: https://www.youtube.com/@consciousfamilytravels **Please remember that the information shared on this podcast is educational in nature and does not constitute licensed mental health advice. If you need such advice, you should speak with a licensed professional about your unique situation. Thanks so much happy listeners. © 2024-2026 Heart to Heart Life LLC

  6. Oct 1

    When Will This Growth Period End? Root Chakra, Spirit-Led Kids & Inner Child Healing

    "What is this growth period stuff you keep talking about? And how do we make it stop?" That's what my husband asked me this week, and ooh, you guys, I bet you've wondered the same thing. Read the show notes, try this week’s practice, and find more episodes on my website:  https://hearttoheartlife.com/episode-112-when-will-this-growth-period-end/ Growth periods are those seasons when everything seems to go wrong at once. Maybe you feel voiceless at work, you're advocating for your kids at school, or your friendships are shifting. They're heavy, and they're hard. But they're also your spirit calling you to heal, grow, and learn. In this episode we talk about: What growth periods are and why they keep coming back if we ignore themWhy partners often go through the same lessons at the same timeThe root chakra, and why parenting challenges can shake our sense of safety and securityOur spirit-led kids who skip "I'm hungry" and go straight to hangry times 10The chakra practice we do as a family at breakfast before schoolHow we manifested a home that wasn't even for saleHealing the inner child pieces that bubble up while we're raising our kidsA heart-and-belly affirmation to help you move through your own growth periodYour spirit may already know where you're going. Your body is learning how to follow. I see you, parents, and all the healing these amazing kids bring up in us. If this episode connects with you, we'd love a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. And always share with a friend. 💜 🔗 All the places to find us: https://linktr.ee/TheSpiritualParent #spiritledbodyfollows Send us Fan Mail New! Vote for Carrie to be the next Top Host here: https://tophost.org/2026/carrie-lingenfelter Connect with Carrie: *Website: https://thespiritualparentpodcast.com/ *Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespiritualparent *YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSpiritualParent *Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Spiritual-Parent/61554482625081 *Email: info@hearttoheartlife.com Also! Conscious Family Travels Channel on YouTube with Carrie: https://www.youtube.com/@consciousfamilytravels **Please remember that the information shared on this podcast is educational in nature and does not constitute licensed mental health advice. If you need such advice, you should speak with a licensed professional about your unique situation. Thanks so much happy listeners. © 2024-2026 Heart to Heart Life LLC

  7. Sep 29

    Guided Meditation for Parents: Release Resistance to Labels & Heal Your Inner Child

    Heal your inner child and release the resistance that bubbles up when our kids receive a label or we realize they're highly sensitive. This guided meditation goes with last Thursday's episode on the grief, resistance, and big emotions that bubble up when our kids receive a label, or when we realize they're highly sensitive. Read the show notes, try this week’s practice, and find more episodes on my website:  https://hearttoheartlife.com/episode-111-guided-meditation-release-resistance-to-labels/ Sometimes what comes up in our parenting isn't only about our children. It touches the little version of us who was told, "You're too sensitive," "You ask too many questions," "Tone it down." We learned to hold it all in. Now that energy is bubbling up again as we raise these amazing, and sometimes really hard, kids in a world that isn't always so forgiving. Together, we'll ground in with our grounding tube and roses. We'll give the little you a voice, find where resistance is living in your body, and release it. Then we'll take a healing drive past everyone who's been in your life, call your energy back, and fill up with love, compassion, and self-love. This isn't about being a perfect parent or pretending this journey isn't hard. It's about healing what's coming up in you so you don't carry it forward, because when you heal, your kids feel it. If you haven't listened to Thursday's episode yet, start there. Find a quiet spot, close your eyes, and please don't listen while driving. If this resonated with you, leave us a rating and review on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube, and share it with a friend who needs it. Any love you share with me is shared with our whole community. I see you, parents. Happy times, change maker families. 🤍 #spiritledbodyfollows https://linktr.ee/TheSpiritualParent Send us Fan Mail New! Vote for Carrie to be the next Top Host here: https://tophost.org/2026/carrie-lingenfelter Connect with Carrie: *Website: https://thespiritualparentpodcast.com/ *Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespiritualparent *YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSpiritualParent *Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Spiritual-Parent/61554482625081 *Email: info@hearttoheartlife.com Also! Conscious Family Travels Channel on YouTube with Carrie: https://www.youtube.com/@consciousfamilytravels **Please remember that the information shared on this podcast is educational in nature and does not constitute licensed mental health advice. If you need such advice, you should speak with a licensed professional about your unique situation. Thanks so much happy listeners. © 2024-2026 Heart to Heart Life LLC

  8. Sep 24

    Why a Diagnosis — or Being Highly Sensitive — Can Feel Like Grief

    When my kids received their labels, it took me two solid weeks of crying to process it — while my husband moved on almost instantly. Whether it’s an official diagnosis or simply realizing “my child is highly sensitive,” this episode is about the grief that can come with naming what’s different, even when the label may help us understand and support our children. Read the show notes, try this week’s practice, and find more episodes on my website:  https://hearttoheartlife.com/episode-110-diagnosis-highly-sensitive-grief/ I share what resistance can feel like in the body, why receiving a label brought up so much emotion for me, and the unexpected grief of realizing that the picture of parenthood I had imagined wasn’t the picture I was actually living. I also talk about what happens when well-meaning people tell you your child “seems normal,” and why those comments can leave you feeling like your own experience — and even your voice — has been taken away. Most importantly, we explore what it means to stop resisting, listen inward, see our children for who they truly are, and begin healing the pieces of ourselves that their journey may bring to the surface. I close with a simple affirmation you can use anytime that energy starts to bubble up. If a diagnosis, a label, or simply seeing your child more clearly has brought up emotions you didn’t expect, this episode is for you. Send us Fan Mail New! Vote for Carrie to be the next Top Host here: https://tophost.org/2026/carrie-lingenfelter Connect with Carrie: *Website: https://thespiritualparentpodcast.com/ *Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespiritualparent *YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSpiritualParent *Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Spiritual-Parent/61554482625081 *Email: info@hearttoheartlife.com Also! Conscious Family Travels Channel on YouTube with Carrie: https://www.youtube.com/@consciousfamilytravels **Please remember that the information shared on this podcast is educational in nature and does not constitute licensed mental health advice. If you need such advice, you should speak with a licensed professional about your unique situation. Thanks so much happy listeners. © 2024-2026 Heart to Heart Life LLC

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Spirit led, body follows. Inner child healing, guided meditations and spiritual parenting tools for parents raising sensitive, intuitive and neurodivergent kids.Hi, I'm Carrie Lingenfelter, M.A., a former teacher, a mama of two and your host. I started The Spiritual Parent so no parent has to feel alone on this journey. If you know there's more to parenting than behavior charts and traditional advice, you're in the right place.Every week we heal, grow and learn together. We talk about spiritual parenting, conscious parenting and mindful parenting: intuition, energy, the chakras, inner child healing, generational healing, and what to do when your highly sensitive or gifted child (or you!) feels everything. Because when we heal ourselves, our kids feel it.Thursday episodes are real talk, with personal stories and practical tools you can use with your family tonight. Companion episodes are channeled guided meditations to help you move that energy up and out.I see you, parents. Follow the show, come sit in love with us, and let's raise our change makers together.Show notes for every episode: thespiritualparentpodcast.comInstagram: @thespiritualparent

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