The Perfect Child Podcast

This conversation is FIRE!! Warning - it might be a bit triggering because Susan McNamara, a mama bear who accepts no excuses for passive parenting, does not mince words when it comes to living a life that models our values every single day. Honestly, do we ever take the time to sink into "remembering" what matters most? If you're like me, you entered into parenting feeling "in the weeds" and the last thing on our minds was considering what are our values. This is your invitation. I loved this conversation so much because Susan shares how she felt called to dive deep into her values and hold true to them, no matter what, as she and her husband raised their two children. Her mission is to empower parents to do the same because she now has seen firsthand how this impacts our children and the humans they grow up to become. References and resources: Susan's Website - www.Rememberingwhatmattersmost.com Susan's Substacks - https://rememberingwhatmattersmost.com/substack Perfect Child is a resource for empowered parenting. Subscribe to our newsletters for courageous content that will help support a more joyful parenting path. Follow us on IG here (@perfect.child.podcast) Subscribe to our YouTube channel here. The children are perfect – the systems are not. Choose your child. If you need support choosing your child over the systems that pathologize and standardize our human existence, and that can often start with dialing down the "itty bitty shitty committee" that lives in your own head, book a discovery call with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here. Music: "This is the Day" by Jaya Lakshmi

Home education is not weird. It's empowering. Christopher Bates is a Consulting Director at a large global technology consulting firm who was partially homeschooled and is a huge advocate of home education. He has and is home educating his five children aged 13 to 23 and is also currently supporting his partner in home educating two of her children. All are thriving! Christopher is also the author of four books. Strategic Rest: Learn a new work style free of stress, tension, and anxiety, This15 Guided Journal: Simple Practices for a Better Life, Profitable Routines: Create a Winning Sales Strategy to Grow Your Business, and Brave Blind: Exploring the edges of the soul in darkness and in light. Access them here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Christopher-Bates/author/B00BNWIGC8?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=3607a98a-a512-4ef1-a077-5d822af27674 Perfect Child is a resource for empowered parenting. Subscribe to our newsletters for courageous content that will help support a more joyful parenting path. Follow us on IG here (@perfect.child.podcast) Subscribe to our YouTube channel here. The children are perfect – the systems are not. Choose your child. If you need support choosing your child over the systems that pathologize and standardize our human existence, and that can often start with dialing down the "itty bitty shitty committee" that lives in your own head, book a discovery call with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here. Music: "This is the Day" by Jaya Lakshmi

Deedee Hoover of Kids First 4ever is definitely a tool to keep in our toolbox for living a life rooted in our sense of Self. As a wellness coach, she shows up with a genuine curiosity for meeting every person exactly where they are at without any pre-conceived notions and definitely without the pretense of being an "expert". This perspective is what is needed for our teens of today. There is so much noise in the fields where they tend to occupy - school, social media, even home and parents – that I would consider Deedee to be a safe landing place to just decompress. In this conversation, Deedee shares so much wisdom that she has gained from being "Just a Mom". She also does body work for babies and up. I had no idea that body work is beneficial from the womb! Imagine, having body work done by one person from the time you were born and that person then just naturally becomes your trusted friend and confidante. It's like a breath of fresh air. Perfect Child is a resource for empowered parenting. Subscribe to our newsletters for courageous content that will help support a more joyful parenting path. Follow us on IG here (@perfect.child.podcast) Subscribe to our YouTube channel here. The children are perfect – the systems are not. Choose your child. If you need support choosing your child over the systems that pathologize and standardize our human existence, and that can often start with dialing down the "itty bitty shitty committee" that lives in your own head, book a discovery call with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here. Music: "This is the Day" by Jaya Lakshmi

This conversation is a MUST listen if you have a child who's been diagnosed with any of the alphabet soup of labels that the systems have created to pathologize our children. Beth Lambert, of Documenting Hope, has created an extraordinary resource to give parents research-backed tools to overcome almost all diagnoses. Your child is perfect and you are the perfect adult to support their wellness. When you are ready to accept that truth and step into your power, then Documenting Hope will be your next step to helping your child (and you) live their best lives. Let's uplift the children together! Follow Beth here: Documenting Hope website and IG (@documentinghope) Perfect Child is a resource for empowered parenting. Subscribe to our newsletters for courageous content that will help support a more joyful parenting path. Follow us on IG here (@perfect.child.podcast) Subscribe to our YouTube channel here. The children are perfect – the systems are not. Choose your child. If you need support choosing your child over the systems that pathologize and standardize our human existence, and that can often start with dialing down the "itty bitty shitty committee" that lives in your own head, book a discovery call with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here. Music: "This is the Day" by Jaya Lakshmi

A parent's most important work is Self Work which is why here at the Perfect Child Podcast, we cover a lot of tools to help us meet our own traumas, tenderly care for our own inner child and learn to love ourselves so that we feel safe loving our physical child unconditionally. Holly Marie Cook is a shamanic healer. In her work, she focuses on inner child work, past-lives, entity extraction, soul retrieval and restoring your connection to Creator/source energy. References and resources: Holly Marie Soul Coaching - www.hollymariesoulcoaching.com Perfect Child is a resource for empowered parenting. Subscribe to our newsletters for empowering content that will help support a more joyful parenting path. Follow me on IG (@perfect.child.podcast) Subscribe to our YouTube channel here. The children are perfect – the systems are not. Choose your child. If you need support understanding what Choose your child means...If you need support deprogramming from the conditions and systems that dim your child's light and that includes dialing down the "itty bitty shitty committee" in your own head, book a discovery call with Belinda at the Perfect Child website here. I'd like to thank Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, This is the Day, for our intro and outro.

Babies are not empty vessels just waiting to be filled. They aren't a sack of potatoes that we drag around with us until they "acquire the knowledge and the skills" to communicate. Babies are actually always communicating...their bodies are communicating with us. It's US, the adults in the room, that need to acquire the skills to understand them. What a blessing to have come across Dr. Emily's work! She is so dedicated to sharing the wisdom of our bodies, beginning with educating parents to their baby's consent cues that she has a website, podcast and business built around empowering mamas to really get to know their little humans and to build a loving partnership with this little human. This is a conversation that could be shared with everyone because Emily shares some really good tips and tools for reading a baby's cues. Consent starts with the little human at birth. This is where we can start practicing allowing our little humans agency over their own bodies and building on that muscle as they grow. Reference and resources: Be Well Baby - www.bewellbaby.or The Beyond Birth Blueprint - https://www.bewellbaby.org/beyond-birth-blueprint Perfect Child is a resource for empowered parents. Subscribe to our newsletters for empowering content that will help support a more joyful parenting path. Follow me on IG here (@perfect.child.podcast) Subscribe to our YouTube channel here. The children are perfect – the systems are not. Choose your child. If you need support understanding what Choose your child means...If you need support deprogramming from the conditions and systems that dim your child's light and that includes dialing down the "itty bitty shitty committee" in your own head, book a discovery call with Belinda at the Perfect Child website here. I'd like to thank Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, This is the Day, for our intro and outro.

The Vagus Nerve, aka "the wandering nerve" is the most important nerve in the body. It is seen as a crucial link between the mind and body as it serves as a communication pathway, transmitting signals between the brain and various organs, influencing both physical and mental well-being. And, what we will learn from Carrie is that it receives signals from the heart-center first! It plays a major part in nervous system regulation, something that Carrie specializes in which is why she did a deep dive into the Vagus Nerve. So grateful to have Carrie sharing her deep dive with us. Resources and references: Learn more about Carrie and her work here at The Innerwork Studio Perfect Child is a resource for empowered parents. Subscribe to our newsletters for empowering content that will help support a more joyful parenting path. Follow me on IG here (@perfect.child.podcast) Subscribe to our YouTube channel here. The children are perfect – the systems are not. Choose your child. If you need support understanding what Choose your child means...If you need support deprogramming from the conditions and systems that dim your child's light and that includes dialing down the "itty bitty shitty committee" in your own head, book a discovery call with Belinda at the Perfect Child website here. I'd like to thank Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, This is the Day, for our intro and outro.

Ayurveda is a centuries-old system of healing that utilizes nutrition, herbal medicine, daily practices, seasonal living, yoga, meditation and body therapies, as well as light, sound and color therapies to bring a person into their highest healthy state of being. As we learn in this interview, one can sometimes experience some beneficial unintended side effects from this form of healing! Ultimately, when we work with this healing modality, the result is that we optimize our health so that we can live out our dharma - our Divine purpose.  I'm so happy to sit down with Melanie MacDonald, a Medical Ayurveda Specialist, to learn more about this ancient science and how food as medicine and how well one digests food is at the forefront of this healing technique. Resources and references: Book and appointment with Melanie at Ayurveda with Melanie Perfect Child is a resource for empowered parents. Subscribe to our newsletters for empowering content that will help support a more joyful parenting path. Follow me on IG here (@perfect.child.podcast) Subscribe to our YouTube channel here. The children are perfect – the systems are not. Choose your child. Do you feel strongly that there is a different path for your unique child, but the fear-based voices in your head are preventing you from moving forward? Let's chat! Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here. I'd like to thank Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, This is the Day, for our intro and outro.

In this special episode, I'm excited to be part of Podcasthon 2026, an initiative to showcase charities around the world through podcasting. Joining over 1200+ global podcasts each featuring our favorite charitable organization to encourage fundraising and awareness for their good work. Today, I'm with Carla Manuel of Growing Gardens to share their Youth Grow program that is currently implemented in ten Title I schools in Portland, OR. Growing Gardens is a Portland, Oregon based nonprofit using the experience of growing food in schools, backyards and correctional facilities to cultivate healthy and equitable communities. The Youth Grow program collaborates with ten Title I schools to maintain beautiful, productive school gardens. Their educators engage youth in food and gardening, helping them develop new perspectives on food, health and the world around them. The Youth Grow Program fosters an ethic of stewardship and connection to nature while supplementing fresh food access and building healthy food habits among elementary-aged students. Since this is a special fundraising episode, please consider donating to Growing Gardens here. References and resources: Learn more about Growing Gardens here. Learn more about Podcasthon and see all the participating podcasts here. Perfect Child is a resource for empowered parents. Subscribe to our newsletters for empowering content that will help support a more joyful parenting path. Follow me on IG here (@perfect.child.podcast) Subscribe to our YouTube channel here. The children are perfect – the systems are not. Choose your child. Do you feel strongly that there is a different path for your unique child, but the fear-based voices in your head are preventing you from moving forward? Let's chat! Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here. I'd like to thank Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, This is the Day, for our intro and outro.

Sometimes, you get a winner in conventional school...David Higbee, a father of five, shares how Ashland Middle School is doing things right! No wonder Ashland Middle School's tagline is "Inspiring learning for life..." There are a myriad of ways that the school helped his children feel welcome but what stands out most is that they help each child feel seen, heard and valued. Don't we all want that for our children? Also, the school doesn't operate with the arbitrary, competition-based grading system. Instead they use Not Proficient, Proficient and Mastery to describe how each child is meeting their subjects at school. This is more of an internal state of accomplishment. This testimonial is just to show that we can be asking more of our conventional school systems. We can be asking for the children to be shown respect and this is how we can build a community that supports each child's unique gifts. We cannot just keep doing the same...the systems do not support the raising of a well-balanced, self-assured human being (unless maybe this child is of the top 1% of the grading system. Everyone else will feel "less than"). References and resources: David Higbee can be found at Trifecta Translations Ashland Middle School - https://www.ashland.k12.or.us/o/ams Perfect Child is a resource for empowered parents. Subscribe to our newsletters for empowering content that will help support a more joyful parenting path. Follow me on IG here (@perfect.child.podcast) Subscribe to our YouTube channel here. The children are perfect – the systems are not. Choose your child. Do you feel strongly that there is a different path for your unique child, but the fear-based voices in your head are preventing you from moving forward? Let's chat! Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here. I'd like to thank Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, This is the Day, for our intro and outro.

I met Vinicius Isola, a father of a young child, in an online conference. I was intrigued by the fact that he shared that while he was going through a deprogramming from the expectations and conventional "norms" in which he was raised, it began to open up in him a curiosity as to why he expected his child to be a certain way. He also started questioning his own very authoritative way of parenting. This, of course, interested me because honestly, I very rarely meet fathers that have taken the time to assess who they are and how they show up as fathers. I know there's plenty out there doing good things. I'm just saying I haven't encountered a lot and so I found his story interesting enough to share. References and resources: Follow Vini's substack - No Right and No Wrong Perfect Child is a resource for empowered parents. Subscribe to our newsletters for empowering content that will help support a more joyful parenting path. Follow me on IG here (@perfect.child.podcast) Subscribe to our YouTube channel here. The children are perfect – the systems are not. Choose your child. Do you feel strongly that there is a different path for your unique child, but the fear-based voices in your head are preventing you from moving forward? Let's chat! Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here. I'd like to thank Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, This is the Day, for our intro and outro.

What is true developmental sovereignty? As a parent, it is to encourage the healthy expression of the child as he/she develops. As we learn in this interview with Jennifer Jeffcoat, founder of The Awakened Method, the key to opening up to your child's full expression is Pausing and Observing. In the course of human development, there are seven developmental layers that unfold from pre-conception into adulthood. Here, Jennifer gives us a brief overview. References and resources: For more information on the Awakened Method, please the website. Perfect Child is a resource for empowered parents. Subscribe to our newsletters for empowering content that will help support a more joyful parenting path. Follow me on IG here (@perfect.child.podcast) Subscribe to our YouTube channel here. The children are perfect – the systems are not. Choose your child. Do you feel strongly that there is a different path for your unique child, but the fear-based voices in your head are preventing you from moving forward? Let's chat! Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here. I'd like to thank Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, This is the Day, for our intro and outro.

What a blessing to connect with Brad Korpalski of New Earth Pathways, a program that offers Rites of Passage for boys of all ages. Brad embodies a willingness to show up in unconditional love for all beings in his presence. In this luminous conversation, Brad shares his intention and dreams for New Earth Pathways and how we can continue to encourage boys to remember their brilliance and "meet their edges" with courage and resilience. I highly recommend listening to this interview whether you have boys or not because Brad's soul shines through and we are all better off in having basked in his dreams. References and resources: To learn more about Brad and his offerings, visit New Earth Pathways at www.newearthpathways.org Perfect Child is a resource for empowered parents. Subscribe to our newsletters for empowering content that will help support a more joyful parenting path. Follow me on IG here (@perfect.child.podcast) Subscribe to our YouTube channel here. The children are perfect – the systems are not. Choose your child. Are you hearing the whispers of your child’s soul? Do you feel you’d like to step away from the systems, but don’t know where to start? Are you wanting to quiet the negative and fear-based voices of others that fill your head? Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here. I'd like to thank Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, This is the Day, for our intro and outro.

Shea Bodine of Rooted Resilience has been working within the tween/teen space for a long time and she shares with me what she senses is most important for the teens of our time - a sense of belonging, learning self regulation and becoming rooted in their intuition through a deep connection with their bodies. This is stuff they don't teach in schools, y'all! Shea offers one-on-one counseling/coaching and group workshops for teens and sometimes for adults. References and resources: You can find Shea at www.rootedresilience.co IG: @rootedresilience.co We referenced a Rites of Passage program for boys at the tail end of our interview. New Earth Pathways can be found here. Perfect Child is a resource for empowered parents. Subscribe to our newsletters for empowering content that will help support a more joyful parenting path. Follow me on IG here (@perfect.child.podcast) Subscribe to our YouTube channel here. The children are perfect – the systems are not. Choose your child. Are you hearing the whispers of your child’s soul? Do you feel you’d like to step away from the systems, but don’t know where to start? Are you wanting to quiet the negative and fear-based voices of others that fill your head? Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here. I'd like to thank Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, This is the Day, for our intro and outro.

In this conversation, Anne Underwood, a mom friend of mine, shares how knowing her children's Human Design types has really helped her to recognize the gifts in her children. And, in doing so, it also allowed her to see where cultural/societal programming and conditioning sometimes clouded her perceptions of "expectations" versus her child's natural tendencies. Knowing how her children are supposed to show up in the world, according to their unique blueprint, allows her to shed any programming in favor of supporting her children's natural gifts rather than trying to coerce them into conforming to perceived cultural/societal/generational "norms". Resources and Links: Anne referenced Human Design with Jenna Zoe - https://www.myhumandesign.com/ Perfect Child is a resource for empowered parents. Follow me on IG here. The children are perfect – the systems are not. Choose your child. Are you hearing the whispers of your child’s soul? Do you feel you’d like to step away from the systems, but don’t know where to start? Are you wanting to quiet the negative and fear-based voices of others that fill your head? Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here. I want to express my gratitude to Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, “This is the Day” for our intro and outro.

In this fun conversation, Sunny Gault, a mom of four, shares how her intuition led her to want to step into self-directed learning for her two twin daughters. 2024 was their first year and they would consider it a success! As a parent, Sunny is always mindful to allow her children sovereignty over their own decisions so her two older boys have chosen to remain in conventional school. References and resources: Follow the girls' Learning Through Living Channel here. Follow Sunny's #GoodMom channel here. Sunny is a messenger for United News Network. Perfect Child is a resource for empowered parents. Follow me on IG here. The children are perfect – the systems are not. Choose your child. Are you hearing the whispers of your child’s soul? Do you feel you’d like to step away from the systems, but don’t know where to start? Are you wanting to quiet the negative and fear-based voices of others that fill your head? Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here. I want to express my gratitude to Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, “This is the Day” for our intro and outro.

It is time...in fact, it is far past time to change the paradigm of education. In this conversation that I share with Leah McDermott, founder of Bridge Academy, she talks about how the fullness of just living life offers a rich array of experiences that enlivens the soul and offers the individual the inspiration and courage to invent and create. That is the essence of humanity. Have you ever wondered, why we send our kids to school? What does school offer that is imperative to learning and living? When, in your own life, have you used Algebra 2, Trigonometry, Calculus? Do humans only learn in institutional environments? Can you think of days where you and your child learned something new just by doing and being together? Certainly, in time spent with your child, you will have learned A LOT about your child. Connection. That is essentially ALL that matters in parenting; in living and all relationships. According to John Taylor Gatto: Schools were designed by Horace Mann and Barnard Sears and Harper of the University of Chicago and Thorndyke of Columbia Teachers College and some other men to be instruments of the scientific management of a mass population. Schools are intended to produce through the application of formulae, formulaic human beings whose behavior can be predicted and controlled. Is this what we want for our children? I'm thinking no. Be a catalyst to change the paradigm for yourself, your child, your community and future generations. Let this conversation spark your journey. Leah McDermott is leading this change and lighting the path for those that "believed everything in the system was true...but now are seeing that it isn't" and want support in breaking free. ** The study and book she references in the interview is "Wounded by School" by Kirsten Olsen ** Learn more about Bridge Academy here: www.bridgeacademy.us I want to express my gratitude to Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, “This is the Day” for our intro and outro. Are you hearing the whispers of your child’s soul? Do you feel you’d like to step away from the systems, but don’t know where to start? Are you wanting to quiet the negative and fear-based voices of others that fill your head? Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here.

Your child is unique and so too will be their developmental milestones. How do we tune in? In this episode, Alison Elsberry of Embodied Brilliance shares a glimpse into her new guide, "The Truth About Developmental Milestones: A New Earth Guide to Nurture Your Child’s Bodily Freedom and Brilliance". This is a guide based on honoring individualized developmental milestones versus generalized timeline-based milestones which support and honor no one and actually causes stress and unfounded feelings of inadequacy. Definitely listen for Alison's gut-wrenching story about one of her experiences as a pediatric occupational therapist that actually set her on her current path of bringing Embodied Brilliance into the world. Our children are entrusting us to herald in a new perspective. We can do hard things. Resources and references: Get the the Guide here: https://payhip.com/b/s539B Visit Alison's website here: www.embodied-brilliance.com I want to express my gratitude to Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, “This is the Day” for our intro and outro. Are you hearing the whispers of your child’s soul? Do you feel you’d like to step away from the systems, but don’t know where to start? Are you wanting to quiet the negative and fear-based voices of others that fill your head? Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here.

In this episode, I sit down with Amanda Schenkenberger of Homeschool Family Legacy to learn some of her invaluable insights on the home/unschooling journey. Amanda was homeschooled as a child and now is committed to homeschooling her four children, as well as, supporting any other families to create easeful homeschooling rhythms. Amanda offers personalized support that is aligned with each family's unique values and lifestyle. In our conversation, she shares some common questions she's come across in her coaching experience and she sets a lot of minds at ease. What is the legacy of learning you want to impart to your children? Let this spark the conversation. Resources and references: Amanda can be found at www.homeschoolfamilylegacy.com I want to express my gratitude to Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, “This is the Day” for our intro and outro. Are you hearing the whispers of your child’s soul? Do you feel you’d like to step away from the systems, but don’t know where to start? Are you wanting to quiet the negative and fear-based voices of others that fill your head? Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here.

What does it mean to honor the Soul of a child? Is this a concept that we consider when we bring a new life into the world? In this conversation, Brianna Ladapo beautifully describes how homeschooling her children gives her the opportunity to really see her children and celebrate each one's unique gifts. She shares the contrast of seeing the light in her child's eyes diminish from time spent at conventional school versus the light and joy that innately blossoms forth from each child naturally when they are given the freedom to develop according to their own developmental timeline. Resources and references: Brianna Ladapo can be found at www.briannaladapo.com I want to express my gratitude to Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, “This is the Day” for the intro and outro. Are you hearing the whispers of your child’s soul? Do you feel you’d like to step away from the systems, but don’t know where to start? Are you wanting to quiet the negative and fear-based voices of others that fill your head? Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here.

What IS self-directed learning? Well, it's only just what animals and humans have been doing since the beginning of time...We get birthed and then we learn how to do things simply by watching, trying, practicing, modeling and doing what our elders did. Somehow...in 1850 someone decided compulsory schooling needed to be implemented and since then no one has thought to question why do we send our kids to school? What do they do there? What are they learning and why? What about life? In this wonderfully engaging conversation that I share with Bruce Gates, father of EIGHT self-directed children, Bruce shares so much about what is so inspiring about home education. He now is home educating his granddaughter! If you're one of those people who would turn your nose up at this and remark something like, "My kid needs to go to college." Well then tune in! At their own will, five of Bruce's kids went off to college, most started in community college by the time they were 16... What's become of them now? Here's a quick rundown according to their birth order: Bruce D. Gates - worked at Disney for 20+years, then recruited to consult for Deloitte Eric Gates - Self employed, real estate, dog walker, caregiver. Matthew Gates - Teaches English in Nagoya, Japan. Journeyman carpenter, UofO grad in language, Japanese. Ariel Gates - Certified chef, Portland School of Culinary Arts. Chenille Gates - Retired. Disabled, owns her home in Springfield, OR. Rainsong Gates - Self employed, service provider, caregiver, UofO grad, Ecology. Rhea Gates - Caregiver, UofO grad, Journalism Rhys Gates - Roseburg Lumber, admin, finance. UofO grad, Master, Business Shea Gates - OCCU credit union, Entrepreneur, UofO grad Business   References and resources: Bruce and his wife offer one-on-one coaching as well as workshops and books: mytaofarm.us I want to express my gratitude to Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, “This is the Day” for our intro and outro. Are you hearing the whispers of your child’s soul? Do you feel you’d like to step away from the systems, but don’t know where to start? Are you wanting to quiet the negative and fear-based voices of others that fill your head? Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here.

What are the benefits of home educating our children? Mainly, more time spent with our most precious of beings. And, allowing them the freedom to CHOOSE what you and they would like to do with their time. The conventional systems set children up to become adults that suffer their consequences and environments, ie, bide their time until "work" is over. This is not the way. In this wonderfully uplifting conversation, Erin Brindley, mother of now four children shares her journey. How she and her husband heeded the whisper of their first-born child's soul and along the way, discovering so much more of herself. She shares how expansive and rewarding this journey has and continues to be as every step opens her up to endless possibilities as to how she can show up in the world. All in service to her children and, really, humanity as a whole. References and resources: Alison Armstrong: www.alisonarmstrong.com Elimination Communication: www.godiaperfree.com/elimination-communication/ I want to express my gratitude to Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, “This is the Day” for our intro and outro. Do you, too, hear the whispers of your child’s soul? Do you feel you’d like to step away from the systems, but don’t know where to start? Are you wanting to quiet the negative and fear-based voices of others that fill your head? Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here.

What a treat it was to be able to sit with Dayna Martin and have her share her stories of radical being in raising her four children who are now grown adults. Dayna truly exemplifies what it means to love our children well and raise them with the intention to allow them their complete freedoms. I found this to be a very refreshing conversation about how we can endeavor to show up in the world when we decide to have children. It's gonna take some work to deprogram from the systems and the ways in which we were raised, but the work is well worth it. To learn more about Dayna and her offerings, please visit www.daynamartin.com To join her radical unschooling community, please visit www.radicalunschooling.com I want to express my gratitude to Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, “This is the Day” for our intro and outro. Are you hearing the whispers of your child’s soul? Do you feel you’d like to step away from the systems, but don’t know where to start? Are you wanting to quiet the negative and fear-based voices of others that fill your head? Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website: www.perfectchild.org  

"The Language of Betterarchy" is the title of Dani Katz's book, which I read and with which, I am totally obsessed. It is completely fathomable that our language absolutely creates our reality and with our awareness of the words we choose, we can absolutely shift our perceptions, our realities and the collective consciousness. I invite you to listen to this podcast with complete curiosity and a willingness to see where a shift in languaging can alter your current experiences if you are in need of a lift. More from Dani can be found here: www.danikatz.com If you enjoyed this interview, I invite you to like it, subscribe and of course, share it with your friends. The more people we can get to be aware of the words we choose, the better we can shift the collective consciousness from that of hierarchy and divisiveness to that of unity. I want to express my gratitude to Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, “This is the Day” for our intro and outro. Are you seeking to deprogram from the systems, but don’t know where to start? Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here.

In this conversation that I share with Suzy Miller, she really invites us to embrace that which is commonly outside of our learned perception. They say, “our children are our teachers” but in this conversation, Suzy clearly exemplifies that it doesn’t have to be our own children for us to learn from the brilliance within each child. We are innately omniscient and the children are here to help us remember. She shares stories of consciousness that requires us to believe in the unbelievable because, truly, hers is not the only story of these lived experiences. Resources and references: Suzy Miller - www.suzymiller.com “The Presence Process” by Michael Brown I want to express my gratitude to Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, “This is the Day” for our intro and outro. Are you seeking to deprogram from the systems, but don’t know where to start? Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here.

This conversation that I share with Whitney Tiller of Wildflower Lactation brings me so much joy! There are so many moments of yumminess as Whitney shares the most important tender moments of birthing - something that the industrial birthing complex overlooks which is a disservice to mothers, babies, and, frankly, humanity as a whole. The Golden Hour, as Whitney references, is the fourth stage of birth/labor and it is skin-to-skin contact directly after the baby has come out of the womb. It's best when it is immediately after, but even for adoptive parents, skin-to-skin is an important practice with your baby for bonding and if we're going to get woo-woo (which is a real thing), it creates a spiritual connection as well. Resources and references: Wildflower Lactation - www.wildflowerlactation.com Andaluz Waterbirth Center - www.waterbirth.net   I want to express my gratitude to Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, “This is the Day” for our intro and outro. Wanting to deprogram from the systems, but don’t know where to start? Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here.

We are all so much more than we know; and instead of having to remember what has been forgotten, our mission is to ensure our children grow up empowered in their sense of agency and sovereignty. Dr. Edith Ubuntu Chan and I talk about the Luminous beings that are under our stewardship and how we can best be of service. I think ALL children are Luminous Beings. This is exemplified in many of the ways we humans manifest. For instance, Dr. E shares her conscious conceptions and how being deeply attuned to her children, she becomes the conduit for change in service of our Luminous Little Humans. It is all within us. Dr Edith Ubuntu Chan can be found at: www.Luminousrevolution.com www.Dredithubuntu.com Instagram.com/DrEdithUbuntu T.me/DrEdithUbuntu *    / @dredithubuntuchan   I want to express my gratitude to Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, “This is the Day” for our intro and outro. Are feeling the need to deprogram from the systems, but don’t know where to start? Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here.

Never have I come across a description of what a child experiences through their senses when they come into this world. Until I picked up Brianna Ladapo’s book, "Emerging from Darkness: A Spiritual Memoir and Guide Back to the Light". Her description of the assault on her senses that she experienced as a young child brought me to tears. I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to sit with Brianna to talk more in depth about how her childhood experiences have informed how she raises her own children and how she works with children. In this light-filled conversation, Brianna shares what it was like to be her experiencing these assaults and what we, as parents, can do to really meet our children exactly where they are at and move from a place that is child-centered and respects each child's unique expressions of their truth. To learn more about Brianna Ladapo, please visit her website at www.briannaladapo.com where you can also purchase her book. Brianna's IG: @briannaladapo I want to express my gratitude to Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, “This is the Day’ for our intro and outro. Are you feeling the need to deprogram from the systems, but don’t know where to start? Book a free consultation with me, Belinda Tung at the Perfect Child website here.

In this interview with Stephen Spitalny, long time Waldorf Kindergarten teacher at the Santa Cruz Waldorf School and early childhood consultant, Stephen and I discuss the self work that is needed when we want to connect with the young child. I asked Stephen the following three questions: 1. Have you noticed a difference in the way children develop or in parenting now as compared with 10 years ago? 2. You have mentioned the three basic needs that all young children have: Safety, Contentment and Connection. Do you have any quick and easy advice for parents around these three needs? 3. Let's talk about non-judgmental parenting. What kind of inner work can adults be doing to best support the connection with their child(ren)? Stephen is a great resource for parents, caregivers and anyone else working with young children. How to connect with Stephen Spitalny: www.chamakanda.com www.chamakanda.blogspot.com I'd like to express my gratitude to Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, This is the Day, for the podcast intro and outro. If you liked this interview, please like, subscribe and share this podcast! The Perfect Child Podcast and the website has a mission to change the paradigm of parenting through stories. These are the stories that empower us to change - our narratives, our environment, our approaches, our very thoughts - in order to stand WITH our children and advocate FOR them. Your child is perfect - the systems are not. If you would like support in deprogramming from the systems and voices that dim your child's light, I'm here to help. Feel free to book a free discovery call today.

In this riveting conversation, Dr. Paul Thomas, who may be the ONLY MD to have conducted a scientific study of his own patients (over 3000, over the course of 10 years) to determine the efficacy of >accines on overall health outcomes, shares his findings and his thoughts on why we are where we are with regards to pediatric “well-visits” and the overall western allopathic medical industrial complex. We ask the question - "How 'well' are these well-visits if at each one the still developing child is being injected with poisons? And, Dr. Paul shares caution around who we choose to “partner” with when it comes to the health and well-being of our children. We are in times where we cannot just blindly trust “professionals” and those with the white coats. I want to remind my listeners that Dr. Paul is basing his perspective on HIS OWN STUDY. Likely, no one that you invite to take charge of your child’s (or your own) health has ever sat down to actually, personally study the long-term effects of medication/pharmaceuticals. They only rely on “studies” that have been conducted or funded by the pharmaceutical companies themselves. As parents, we must exercise critical thinking and be hyper-vigilant about the medications that are recommended to us by people who have no clue about the long term effects and are not educated on learning about the whole being as a means for wellbeing. The findings from Dr. Paul's study can be found here. Find Dr. Paul at the following: Kids First 4ever Doctors and Science I want to express my gratitude to Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song, This is the Day for our intro and outro. Visit the Perfect Child website and subscribe to our newsletters here.

In this enlightening discussion, Alison Elsberry of Embodied Brilliance and I dive into the Psychology of a Label - what does it mean, how does it feel, energetically, when you are given a diagnosis of a label to describe your child? Just like a label in a shirt can produce a feeling of friction, the same happens when you/your child is given a label to describe them - ADD, ADHD, and the myriad alphabet soup that the systems have created. We discuss consent and permission. Alison shares with us about biological consciousness and we discuss how the systems monetize the biology of our children.  With so many children being given an alphabet soup of labels, this interview is an important one for all parents and those who plan to become parents one day. I'd like to express gratitude to Jaya Lakshmi for lending me her song "This is the Day" for our podcast intro and outro.  For more empowered content, please visit our YouTube and our website. My work is to help parents deprogram from the systems, to help you discern other people's voices from your own truth so that you can be the best support and guide for your child. Book a discovery call today.

In this heartwarming conversation with Becky Damgaard of The Autism Treatment Center of America, she shares with us the principles of the Son Rise Program. The same principles that Barry Neil Kaufman and his wife Samahria used to reverse their child's "severe autism diagnosis". It is clear that how we currently meet the children does not support them meeting their highest potential. The child is perfect and the child lets us know exactly what he/she needs. All we have to do is listen and LOVE. To deeply love our child so that we can step away from fear (when the doctor/therapist/specialist says "your child is severely autistic and you can expect to put him in a home by the time he's 18.") and step into Love and really seeing our child with curious eyes and a willingness to step inside their world.