Effortless Parenting with Monica Lopera Nassar
by Monica Lopera Nassar
Discover a better, less stressful and more fulfilling way to parent with ease using brain based strategic tools that allow you to get started in real time. If you are ready to start feeling better, have more energy, at peace while raising awesome little humans, this podcast is for you.Monica is a former food marketing executive turned effortless parenting advocate using brain based strategies w/ her clients to create permanent changes towards a more authentic, aligned + satisfying way of parenting right from the start. Monica has 2 boys under 8 + is the owner of Calibrate Your Wellness.
Episodes
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EPISODE 54: How your healing helps you parent
Healing yourself from the inside out is crucial to your parenting. Listen to learn how
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EPISODE 52: High Performance Parenting
If you are a high performer/achiever, this episode is for you! Discover how to use the “gap versus gains” mindset strategy to optimize the way your parenting approach.
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EPISODE 51: How your personal fulfillment is vital to your parenting
Sharing the good, the bad and the not so pretty aspects when seeking personal joy and fulfillment while raising our families with aligned intention.
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EPISODE 50: Time is an excuse
The biggest lie we tell ourselves in parenting is that we “don’t have enough time”. And on the outside, sure it appears that way because raising kiddos is 24/7 gig. This episode uncovers what truly lies beneath this common excuse for not having what we want in life or in our parenting.
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EPISODE 49: How your Identity Impacts Your Parenting
Dive beneath the surface of what is truly behind your current parenting experience.
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Reframing "Santa"
The holidays can be tricky in parenting especially if there are outdated or misaligned "traditions" that no longer feel authentic. In this episode, we talk about a NEW way to teach our kiddos about the power of our intention and words.
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EPISODE 47: The Seasons of Motherhood
No matter what season you find yourself on your mama journey - each one allows you to embrace the real you.
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EPISODE 46: Filtering out the real YOU
Parenting and being a mama can cause many of us to filter out our true essence. Now more than ever, our digital avatars can often differ from who we are in real life. And this is just one sign of not fully accepting yourself.
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EPISODE 45: What mindset are you growing at home?
Your actions and words create not only your mindset, but your kiddos too. As we kick off season 2, let’s use it to set the tone for a home culture that is centered around growth vs limitations.
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EPISODE 44: What your wardrobe says about your parenting experience
Do you dress differently now that you’re a mama? Or have you noticed a major shift in what appeals to you…whether that’s comfort or to fit in. What if you were to start dressing as a way to channel your higher self?
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EPISODE 43: Foundational Health Tips
I know how complex the food industry can be in disguising or misleading you when it comes to your health..I used to be in food marketing for over a decade! I cover the top 3 ways I keep my health number one despite my busy working mama life and having lost over 40lbs myself and keeping it off for…
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Episode 42: Channel your greatest superpower
Create a more powerful way to connect with your true self especially when navigating the parenting journey. Most of us find it easy to sideline our inner guidance and defer to experts or mama circles on the "how to".
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EPISODE 41: How Motherhood disrupts your greatest superpower
That's right mamas! Your greatest power is your intuition, but the irony is that becoming a mama totally blocks you from this. Why? Well think about how much you default to "experts" or others for advice on child rearing, best practices, doctors...the list goes on. We find ourselves tuning out of...
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EPISODE 40: The Art of Surrender
Letting go to let your child thrive is the hardest concept to adopt in your daily parenting. But this is actually how you parent at a higher level because you allow your child to become more resourceful and build critical thinking skills.
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EPISODE 39: Finding Fulfillment
Feeling personally fulfilled is absolutely possible while still raising amazing kiddos. I share three ways you can tap into this feeling effortlessly to achieve “impossibility”.
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EPISODE 38: Embracing your Challenge Zone
What happens when you encounter something that pushes against your comfort zone? Do you rationalize your way out of choice or opportunity? Do you convince yourself that now is not the "right time"? You are not alone and it doesn't have to be that way! Discover how embracing and inviting more of a...
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EPISODE 37: Doing Less to achieve MORE
Can you believe that one of the biggest myths most of us have been holding onto is the one that keeps you trapped in overwhelm and survival mode especially as parents...being busy = achievement. It has never been about doing more to get ahead or what you want in life...Doing LESS things BETTER is...
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EPISODE 36: It is NOT okay to NOT be okay
Let's be honest mamas, this concept of being okay with not feeling your best can truly be derailing many mamas to not pursue the root cause of this feeling state. Discover empowering strategies to use this emotion towards auditing and optimizing your daily routines to better support you...
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EPISODE 35: Top 8 Truths that will radically transform your parenting
Discover the greatest shortcut to better health, more balance and freedom while parenting amazing children. Don't believe this is possible, take a listen and try on a few of these and you'll experience the true gift of parenthood - your BEST version of self. After 8 years I have unlocked what it...
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EPISODE 34: Tips for Effortless Travel with kiddos
Traveling with little humans can really test our best intentions for a stress free experience. I share my most recent travel with my two young boys solo and how to set yourself up for effortless travel. Have a trip coming up and need a more specific tip, you can always send a message via…
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EPISODE 33: Reframing Anxiety (Part 2)
We continue the conversation surrounding an often "swept under the rug" daily feeling that naturally comes with parenting and that is anxiety and worry. This seems like a common default setting because we anticipate our kids needs and prepare for all the "what ifs" that come with the...
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EPISODE 32: Reframing Anxiety (Part 1)
Seems like feeling anxious, uneasy or just plan anxiety is often your default setting when you become a mama...but here's the kicker - this is can actually be a good thing because in this series you are going learn how to use this to your advantage. Now if you are like most mamas, myself…
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Episode 31: Birthing of the Real You
Pretty major statement but if you have ever felt a bit out of sorts in your parenting journey - you are not alone. This “feeling state” is by design because your brain kicks into survival mode due to the massive changes that come along when raising kiddos. Use this opportunity to get to know...
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Episode 30: Mama Health Made Simple
This is no small feat when it comes to prioritizing our health when raising a family. Everyone's needs take precedence often because we believe the "sacrifice" is a sign of "good" parenting! Let's replace this outdated and broken strategy and keep it simple. Discover my top 3 non negotiable…
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Episode 29: Reclaiming your Feminine Power
Have you found yourself stuck in the "DOing" of mama life? Constantly checking to make sure everyone and everything is taken care of all the time? You are not alone and this is often a common default setting for most mamas. Discover how staying in this masculine energy (DOing) contributes to...
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Episode 28: How to avoid mixed messages with your kiddo
We have all heard that famous "do as I say, not as I do" and well by now we know that a bunch of nonsense and truly is an inherited broken strategy in parenting. But this default and often subconscious habit leads to confusion for our child and results in them possibly tuning out their instincts....
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Episode 27: Tuning out the noise and tune into YOU
One of the biggest assets to being a mama, is your ability to use your sense/intuition especially when it comes to your kiddos. This is an incredible tool in navigating the unpredictability that comes with parenting especially if you have more than one kiddo. However, the common side effect is…
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Episode 26: How to Parent from the inside out
Let's face mamas, in this digital age of parenting, we do no lack resources or experts telling us their "right" way to parent. But this is exactly what causes you to feel so disconnected because all of these tools are external. Just imagine how simple your day to day would be like if you could be...
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Episode 25: Habits of an Empowered Mama
These three simple yet transformative habits will help you to leverage your mamahood to the next level. For more high vibe mama content, let’s connect on Instagram @effortlessparentingexpert
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Episode 24: How your partnership impacts your parenting
Are you focused on 50/50 when it comes to your partner? Discover how this outdated belief is hurting your ability to live effortlessly as a mama and a woman.
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Episode 23: Making Up with Stress
Say what?! That’s right mamas - Stress can become your new bestie when you reframe your interpretation of it. In this episode, you will discover a better way to relate to stress to better support you mentally, emotionally and physically bc as a a mama- stress is often a daily by product so let’s...
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Episode 22: How to stop blocking yourself from reaching your highest potential
Discover how you can eliminate your biggest roadblock in achieving better health, happiness and fulfillment.
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Episode 21: Treat your family like a business to parent effortlessly
Say what?! I know that the idea of treating your family like you would a business sounds loco…Discover how to use business/entrepreneurial principles that seamlessly enhance and improve everyone quality of life, health and happiness. Share this episode with a mama bestie to enhance your...
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Episode TWENTY: The biggest inheritance you give your child
It’s often the intangible that overshadows our efforts to ensure our child’s future. Discover how to leverage the golden window in your child’s development that fundamentally shapes them from the inside out. Got questions, I can help - send me a DM on Instagram @effortlessparentingexpert
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Episode NINETEEN: How to bring your vision board to life
Have you struggled with staying committed to your vision especially as a mama? Too many of us put our dreams to the side but what if that’s actually making your parenting experience harder? Discover 3 practical ways that make it achievable to stay focused on your goals and intentions. For more...
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Episode EIGHTEEN: Finding the happiness in parenting
What if you were to achieve true happiness while raising little ones?! Seems impossible in today's parenting culture of "survival" where every negative or annoying aspect is in full display whether on social media or in your mama circles. Discover a simple and effect way to activate your golden...
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Episode SEVENTEEN: Busting the Top 3 Mama Myths
If you ever wonder why parenting can feel so hard, its often due to a hefty inheritance...the myths of "good parenting". Today we cover the top most common tall tales that cripple our motherhood experience and keep us trapped in the vicious disempowered cycle of putting our health, happiness and...
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Episode SIXTEEN: What do your habits say about you?
If you want a honest look at what you value and prioritize - just look at your daily habits. That's right mamas - your habits reveal what you are committed to which can often not fit the picture of your desired outcomes or results. If you are ready to transform your habits but lack the...
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Episode FIFTEEN: Staying cool this holiday
It’s Thanksgiving week and with it comes a nice big helping of contrast. Being with our loved ones can often rub up against our view of the world which can be triggering. Discover how to bypass this with a few simple habit hacks to keep you cool and in the spirit of love + gratitude. Lastly, you...
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Episode FOURTEEN: Do you use your kids as a security blanket?
Ouch…I know it may be hard to swallow this one but when you start unveiling the root cause for not living full out. Whether that’s health, happiness or personal fulfillment- what do you dismiss for later under the perception that is “for the kids”. Discover what fears maybe disguised under this...
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Episode THIRTEEN: What does being a mama mean to you?
This is a major moment for you mama to get REAL. Ask yourself why and where you created your definition of parenthood. What you will discover is that your current way of BEing a mama may be completely ruled and defined by OTHER people's definition. And this is major because over 95% of our daily...
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Episode TWELVE: The Secret to Effortless Parenting Series (Part 3)
In the last installment of the series, let's get real about WHY creating habits that honor your highest value impact your parenting experience. Did you know that your habits aka daily actions, behaviors and thoughts are how you arrived to where you are RIGHT NOW...and chances are you want or are...
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Episode ELEVEN - The Secret to Effortless Parenting Series (Part 2)
This episode is the second of a 3 part series in uncovering the secret to making effortless parenting a reality! After you establish your habit baseline (refer to episode 10 (part one of this series for how to do this), you will use this as your foundation to help you identify your values and…
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Episode TEN: The Secret to Effortless Parenting Series (Part 1)
This episode is the first a possible 3 part series where you will discover how to leverage and accelerate the changes you want in your personal and home life so that parenting is a breeze. And yes, mama, you read that correctly. Parenting does not need to be all consuming nor does it need to…
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Episode NINE: How to navigate losing your cool
This week let's explore and discover powerful ways YOU can surrender to the expectations to achieve flow, peace and harmony at home. When you realize that this can be easier than you think, you will wonder why you hadn't tried this sooner! Want more high vibe energy while you scroll (I get it…
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Episode EIGHT: How to stop saying “later” to your best self
We’ve all said “later” to things, goals, habits that get us closer to our best version. Have you fully consider how that can impact your parenting experience? Discover in today’s episode, one simple way to end this for good! It’s time for you, mama.
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Episode SEVEN: Releasing Overwhelm
Let's be real, mama, we all face overwhelm in our parenting but it does NOT need to be part of the default setting. Discover strategic and simple ways to eliminate and release overwhelm for good! Want to connect in real time, head over to my IG and say hello! I love hearing what is on your mind...
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Episode SIX: Imperfectly perfect parenting
Perfectionism is something that can sneak up on you when you enter parenthood. Discover effective strategies for shifting this often “default” setting that we inherited from our childhood, culture + environment.
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Episode FIVE: What is it costing you to always put yourself LAST?!
Have you ever taken a moment to ask yourself what you need to feel good, happy and complete? Most mamas default to the "shoulds" of parenting which often do not factor your individual desires and wants. Today we talk about the price that not only we pay but our kiddos inherit when they experience…
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Episode FOUR: Releasing the victimhood in parenting
That's right mama! Letting go of the "struggle" that is often attached to our roles as parents is one major step in creating less effort in your daily life. We do not realize how our environment, upbringing and social circles really emphasize the pains that come with raising little humans which...
About this show
Discover a better, less stressful and more fulfilling way to parent with ease using brain based strategic tools that allow you to get started in real time. If you are ready to start feeling better, have more energy, at peace while raising awesome little humans, this podcast is for you.Monica is a former food marketing executive turned effortless parenting advocate using brain based strategies w/ her clients to create permanent changes towards a more authentic, aligned + satisfying way of parenting right from the start. Monica has 2 boys under 8 + is the owner of Calibrate Your Wellness.
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Monica Lopera Nassar