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Rise with Mital

by Mital Patel

Each Friday, join your host Mital Patel, parenting junkie, Ayurveda enthusiast, an advocate of conscious living and founder of Ayurvedic Seva as she shares bite-sized wisdom nuggets with easy to follow practices to live a better life.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 0: the season of loud...

    Well… look who’s back. 👀 If you’ve been here since my Raise to Rise days, you know I’ve never been afraid to talk about the messy, the magical, and the downright human parts of life. And if you’re new here — hi, I’m Mital: cancer survivor, parent coach, professional plot-twist navigator, and the...

  2. Overcoming People Pleasing with Ilaria Petrucci

    Self-discovery, improving oneself, and being the best version of yourself are intriguing to me. This is because, as a parent and role model, I want my children to model the behaviors that I want to instill in them. I want to plant the seeds for my kids, and in order for me to do that, it's very...

  3. Intuitive Eating at Your Dinner Table with Jennifer D’Amato

    How many of you are concerned about your eating habits? As the first month of the year is settling down, we've all seen a number of goals floating around the internet world. One of those goals is our eating habits. We look to find our ideal weight without taking into account that weight…

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  4. Healing through the Emotional Freedom Technique with Maria

    For today’s episode, you are going to be mind blown. Believing in prevention and looking for a root cause can be the cure to many emotional struggles. Parents like us heal our own inner childhood traumas, break free from dysfunctional familial patterns and eliminate shame and guilt. Today's guest...

  5. Find Your New Year’s Resolution Momentum Now

    Happy 2023! I am very excited about this new year. But before we dive into the newness and what to expect, I'm going to take a pause and be transparent. I want to hear your thoughts. Do you ever feel as though you're sleepwalking through life with no real idea of what you want and where you are...

  6. A Bit of Reflection for the New Year

    What would you tell yourself about 2022? How honest can you be about the lessons you learned throughout this year? Personally, I should be planning and talking about the upcoming new year but instead, I'm doing a bit of reflection. I was just thinking if I could sit down for a cup of tea with the...

  7. Telling Stories With Terri Huggins Hart

    The way we model our lives as parents has a tremendous impact on our kids. When we decide to know better for ourselves and our children, we start doing better. I am so excited to bring you my guest for this week, Terri Huggins Hart. She is an award-winning journalist who lives in a constant state...

  8. Trust and Inspiration in Parenting

    As parents, we are not going to be with our kids 24/7 for the rest of their lives. Instead of commanding and controlling their lives all the time, we should rather equip our kids with the tools they need to empower themselves to make the choices that are best for them. In today’s episode, I will…

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  9. Taking Care of Mind, Body, and Spirit With Laura

    As mothers, we all are so busy maintaining our complex lives that there are times when we neglect our wellness. How can we ensure that we're not neglecting our wellness while maintaining our complex lives? In today’s episode, our guest Laura will explain how we can simplify our motherhood and...

  10. Leadership In Family Life And Parenting

    Parenting is the most challenging leadership role out there. In fact, it is a leadership journey that never ends. But what does leadership have to do with parenting? There are so many myths about leadership where people believe that the term is just for Fortune 500 companies and high-flying...

  11. Investing In Yourself Instead Of Spending On Black Friday

    It is that time of the year when retailers start bombarding us with ads for Black Friday sales. And I am sure that like every other year you are tempted to spend. While it's enticing to take advantage of all these sales and buy a bunch of stuff we don't really need, I want to encourage you to…

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  12. The Myth Of Motherhood With Haley

    Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you truly believe you are being seen, heard, and understood? Mothers often keep their emotions bottled up in order to show their bravery in front of their children. They want the best for their children, so they will go to any length to ensure…

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  13. How To Deal With Guilt And Shame

    It is natural for parents to feel guilty when they leave their children for a vacation, a business trip, or even for making poor decisions. This guilt is because we know we could do better leads to self-destructive behavior and, in the worst case, shaming ourselves. You can feel guilty and shame...

  14. The Four Tendencies Framework: Facilitate A Growth Environment For Your Kids

    One of the most difficult challenges we face as parents on a daily basis is how to get our children to listen. When we say that we want our children to listen to us, we mean that we want them to follow whatever instructions, recommendations, or tasks we give them. Not just with our children, but…

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  15. Connecting With Our Kids Through Humor: Using It As A Tool’ With Doug Schneider

    Laughing with your kids and enjoying the moment of connection is one of the best feelings ever as a parent. Parents, particularly dads, tend to rely on humor to connect with their children. You know, the ones that lead to loud groans or sometimes lots of eye-rolling. They're appropriately called...

  16. Parenting 101: What Exactly Is Parenting?

    You immediately think of children when you hear the word parenting. I have been a parent for more than ten years, and in the first five of those years, I struggled a lot because I didn't know any better. Since then, I've realized that parenting is more about us parents than it is about our...

  17. Designing Our Home to Meet Our Children’s Needs

    The home environment of a child has a significant impact on their development and overall well-being. A positive home learning environment encourages children and young people to be curious about learning and to believe in themselves. As parents, we must be responsible for providing a growth...

  18. How Can We Communicate Effectively Using The 5 C’s

    Communication is the way for us to connect with each other and lack of communication or miscommunication might lead to frustrations, anxiety, or worse failed relationships. Families, teenagers, and relationships are better off when families use effective communication, but how can we communicate...

  19. How To Handle My Kids’ Throwing Tantrums Or Acting Out?

    What should you do if your child is acting out? Our kids have strong emotions that they want to express, and throwing tantrums or acting out is one way for them to show it. Seeing your child throwing tantrums or acting out can be upsetting, and sometimes our way to solve it is to yell at them…

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  20. A Heartfelt Gratitude To All Stay-At-Home Parents

    Being a stay-at-home parent is not an easy job; you are raising your children to be the best leaders of tomorrow and to be the best versions of themselves. Some stay-at-home parents underestimate their own abilities. Just because you aren't making money doesn't mean the worth of your efforts is…

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  21. Effective Communication Is The Key To A Good Relationship

    How important is effective communication in the parent-child relationship? A good relationship is built on effective communication. Have you ever ended a relationship because of misunderstandings caused by poor communication? Or when you're talking to your children or loved ones and find yourself...

  22. How To Connect With Your Children On A Deeper Level Without Them Pushing You Away?

    As our kids grow, they develop their own uniqueness at the same time they create their own space, their own views, and characteristics, so they are more influenced by their peers, their surroundings, or devices. It gets a little harder for us parents to get into their space. What if they allow…

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  23. Being Present And Showing Up: A Tool To Understand Our Kids

    Why is my child behaving a certain way again? When a child acts out frequently, it can strain the parent-child relationship, causing frustration and resentment in the family. A lack of parental attention can sometimes result in children carrying on with this behavior as adults. In today’s…

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  24. Ways To Help Your Child’s Distress During Back-to-School

    Returning back to school might provide additional difficulties for our kids. It’s a parent's responsibility to help them cope with the stress and anxiety. Have you ever had a bad conversation with your children? When you try to compliment them, do they become offended? Or when you wish to know...

  25. Life Lessons To Remind Yourself

    We continually rise and fall throughout our lives, learning valuable lessons along the way. Everything that happens to us teaches us lessons. It is our responsibility to pay attention and keep learning so that we might become better at this, and possibly become more successful in life. In today’s...

  26. Back To School Practices In Your Household

    When school starts back up, are your kids prepared? Going back to school will always be associated with a certain amount of nervous excitement or anxiety, but as a parent, you can help to reduce your kid's fear by preparing them for the upcoming school season. In today’s episode, we will talk…

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  27. The Importance Of Our Role In Achieving Our Kid’s Goals

    How can we use our parental responsibilities to support our kids in achieving their goals? Parents have a significant influence on their children's lives. They are the pillars of support, wisdom, and love. They play a role in a child's life beyond simply providing guidance. Parenting involves…

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  28. How Being Too Busy Affects Your Productivity

    Have you ever asked yourself: was today's work productive or was it just me being too busy and distracted? Being busy is often seen as a sign of self-worth. Especially when you have been assigned a role where huge responsibility comes with it. However, being too busy can negatively affect your...

  29. Phrases To Use To Remind Yourself Be A Self-regulated Parent

    As we go through our parenting journey we encounter different challenges. May it be good or bad, it is inevitable. But, how do we handle it? What should we do or say to our children in those situations? Last episode, we talked about how to identify anxious behaviors and how to identify symptoms…

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  30. Phrases To Use To Calm An Anxious Child

    We all have heard this term, big feelings, big emotions. But, how do we do it? And what do we say to our children in those moments? Last week, we talked about what to say to a child who is feeling angry. And today, I want to share some of the phrases that we can use with kids when they're feeling...

  31. 10 Phrases That Calms An Angry Child

    Two common emotions that I witness with my children are anger and anxiety. And summer is here, everybody's together, no school. My 12-year-old and five-year-old will be together in the same space, just on top of each other, while I'm not home. And it has been a challenging transition from school…

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  32. Teaching Our Children The Value Of Failure

    Failure is devastating. There is nothing worse than watching our most significant project fail. You may have spent weeks and even months working on a project that fails. Or you have a great idea but get shut down. And I think failure is an experience we need to share with our kids. In this…

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  33. How Rituals Can Help You Become A Better Parent

    Do you want to get more out of life with your performance or happiness level? Do you believe there’s not enough time to get everything done? Are you looking for a new and creative approach to time management? We all know that as a parent, 24 hours is not enough for everything that we have to do,...

  34. How Pre-planning Ended Our Morning Struggles

    The ability to choose and change is a gift, especially since so many of our habits and identities that we're walking around with, we're just not consciously chosen by us. What do I mean by that? As parents, we consciously want to show our children to be positive. We want to show them that it’s a...

  35. How To Deal With Interruptions In Parenthood

    As parents, we have so many responsibilities and priorities in life. It’s like we never have enough time to accomplish everything. And because of our hectic schedule and our long list of priorities, we end up forgetting about our dreams and neglecting our other tasks. These are what we call...

  36. How Do We Protect Our Children?

    Last week’s news was sad and shocking to everyone, especially parents and children. It was devastating and tragic and has brought fear to many. In this episode, I just want to share my perspective, my conversation with my son, and how confidence plays a huge role in how we raise our kids and how…

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  37. What Should You Do When You Feel Triggered?

    Do you ever feel triggered by your kids' behaviors or by something someone said to you? I know I certainly do. And what can we do when we feel triggered? Wouldn't it be wonderful if someone could just give us a magic pill that solved what to do when we feel triggered? There's no magic pill, but...

  38. Teaching Our Kids About Mindset

    I believe our mindset shapes whether we believe we can learn, change and grow or not. I’m saying this because I want to teach my children about mindset even as young as they are. Growing up, kids go through a lot of changes not only physically but most especially mentally and emotionally. And I...

  39. Hey Mom, You Are Good Enough

    Last weekend, we celebrated Mother’s Day. And all over social media, moms from different parts of the world posted about their celebrations, reflections, joy, and even grief for the moms who lost a child. In this episode, I would like to discuss how being enough is all we need as a person, a...

  40. It Takes 10,000 Hours

    Did you know that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to master something? Yes, you heard that right. It takes about 10,000 hours of practice to achieve a world class mastery of anything. This information came from the book Outliers, and the author, Malcolm Gladwell, mentioned that talents are...

  41. How To Discipline Our Children In A Positive Manner

    Disciplining a child can be a challenge, and sometimes it can be emotionally draining. As kids are growing up, their emotions and attitudes are just developing. And sometimes they are still not able to control their emotions. Things as simple as doing chores can cause arguments and pressure in…

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  42. Reframing The Sibling Dynamic

    Six years ago, I made a mistake in my parenthood. When I was expecting my second child, I made a mistake by not having a conversation with my older child about having a sibling. I got so carried away with the excitement of adding another bundle of joy to our family, that I totally forgot to…

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  43. Three Strategies To Take When Parenting Seems Imperfect

    Recently, I came across a metaphor that was said by Stephen Covey. He said, before the plane takes off, the pilot has a perfect plan. A perfect strategy. But, what happens during the course of the flight? There’s wind, rain, turbulence, air traffic, human errors, and so forth. No matter how...

  44. How Aiming For Perfection Hurts Our Children

    Do you believe in the saying that says, “A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure?”. I used to believe that, I used to believe that perfection is everything, that perfection is the goal. And I used to believe that success is a result of perfection. Little did I realize that...

  45. What Do You Do When Your Child Throws A Tantrum?

    Have you ever gone out in public and suddenly your child throws a massive meltdown? As he kicks and screams, you feel eyes starting to stare at you. Your heart keeps on pounding and you start sweating. Does this sound familiar? Guess what, I’ve been there, my child had a meltdown in a library....

  46. Getting Rid Of Society’s Standards To Tune In With Our Kids

    How is parenting nowadays? How do we stay in tune with our kids? I noticed that today’s society has the power to dictate how we parent our children. And oftentimes, these standards overpower our judgment. But, are these standards really helpful? Does it make us better parents? Does it keep us...

  47. How I Found Healing In A Place I Call Home

    I’m back! It has been 8 weeks since I last released an episode. I recently took a 2 month break which is long overdue. This break was special, I was able to tune in with myself and my family. I wanted to rest, repair and reflect on my purpose. And that meant going back to my roots, India. In this...

  48. Creating A Family Vision for 2022

    Happy New Year everyone! 2022 is a new chance for new beginnings. And as we start the year, let's be more aligned, and live a meaningful conscious life with our children. I believe that for dreams to come true, we should speak our dreams out loud. And it’s important to show that to our children,...

  49. Journaling Prompts That Can Make This New Year Your Biggest Breakthrough

    Last week I shared with you some of the journaling prompt reflection questions for the past year, to look back and learn from what went by. And today, I want to share some journaling prompts on how you can make this new year your biggest breakthrough. Journaling helps in organizing thoughts,...

  50. Seven Journaling Prompt Questions To Reflect On For 2021

    The past two years have been tough for most of us. And as we look forward to the new year, it is only right to look back, reflect, and learn from the past year. In this episode, I would like to share some of the reflection questions you can ask yourself and your family which you can learn from.…

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Each Friday, join your host Mital Patel, parenting junkie, Ayurveda enthusiast, an advocate of conscious living and founder of Ayurvedic Seva as she shares bite-sized wisdom nuggets with easy to follow practices to live a better life.

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