Unplug, Together with Tiffany Shlain, Internet Pioneer
Webby Awards founder and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Tiffany Shlain chats with host Ellie Knaus about how we can reboot our relationship with technology.Thank goodness for the internet. We crave connectivity in these isolating times - and I felt so lucky this month to be able to meet my best friend's baby over Zoom - but what connections are we missing when we're glued to our screens?In this conversation, we examine our own impulses when it comes to social media, newsfeeds, and online shopping, and we discuss what can be gained - in loving connections and creativity - if we follow in our guest's footsteps and take a "technology shabbat" one day a week.Shlain's bestseller 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week is now available in paperback (8/20/20). Think you could do it? Listen up!x Ellie KnausAs always: subscribe, rate, and review! Your support for this independent pod never goes unnoticed!Join our @atomicmoms Instagram, Facebook, and Facebook community.This episode is sponsored by the children's sound companion Ellodee. Go to: Ellodee.com/atomicmomsShoutouts to listener Angela Burnell (@theangellaburnel) for sharing her voice (literally) and experience with sickle cell anemia and this episode's podcast guest matchmaker (and atomic moms guest) Jennifer Traig.Our sound engineer is Owen O'Neill and our composer is Jeremy Turner.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Chelsea Clinton on Empowering the Next Generation and the "She Persisted" Children's Book Series
Chelsea Clinton, former first daughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation shares with me (Ellie Knaus) steps we can take to empower the next generation. On the podcast, she gives us a glimpse of her own family life with three young children and reveals a never before shared mother-daughter moment from her own childhood when she truly "persisted”.We also celebrate her new book SHE PERSISTED IN SPORTS: American Olympians Who Changed the Game, the third book in Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger’s #1 New York Times bestselling She Persisted picture book series. She Persisted in Sports highlights American female athletes who have faced their own unique sets of challenges and excelled because of their persistence. Listen up! xx EllieAs always: subscribe, rate, and review! Your support for this independent pod never goes unnoticed!Join our @atomicmoms Instagram, Facebook, and Facebook community.Special thanks to our sound engineer Owen O'Neill and composer Jeremy Turner. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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How to Ease Our Kids' Anxiety And Our Own | Dr. Shefali Tsabary and Renee Jain
#262 - We're talking about signs of anxiety in our kids and how we can support them (and us!) in this wild and crazy, stomach churning time. 3x esteemed guest Dr. Shefali Tsabary (The Conscious Parent) is a New York Times bestselling author and world-renowned clinical psychologist who received her doctorate from Columbia University. She specializes in the integration of Eastern philosophy and Western psychology. Renee Jain, MAPP who received her masters in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania is the founder of child-psychology start-up GoZen! Together they’ve written the new kid’s book SUPERPOWERED: Transform Anxiety into Courage, Confidence, and Resilience offering tools and strategies to tap into our five inherent super powers. Do you know what they are? Listen up. xx Ellie KnausAs always: subscribe, rate, and review! Your support for this independent pod never goes unnoticed!Join our @atomicmoms Instagram, Facebook, and Facebook community. Show Notes: www.atomicmoms.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Elizabeth Lesser | Where the Feminist and Spiritual Paths Meet
Oprah Winfrey calls Elizabeth Lesser, “a friend and one of our favorite spiritual teachers.” Co-founder of Omega Institute, New York Times bestselling author (Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow and Marrow: Love, Loss and What Matters Most), former midwife, and popular Ted Talk speaker, Elizabeth Lesser is here to discuss the power of the stories we tell ourselves, the #1 game-changer when it comes to self-care, and the ways in which we can begin to heal our society from the inside out. Her latest book is my new favorite! Cassandra Speaks: When Women are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes (Sept 15,2020).xx Ellie KnausAs always: subscribe, rate, and review! Your support for this independent pod never goes unnoticed!Join our @atomicmoms Instagram, Facebook, and Facebook community.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Dr. Tina Payne Bryson Returns with Hot Button Parenting Decisions |The Whole-Brain Child's Bestselling Author
#259 Respected parenting expert Dr. Tina Payne Bryson (The Whole-Brain Child and No Drama Discipline) is back on the pod after our top-charting conversation this January on the power of showing up. (And Holy Moly have we ever needed to do that in 2020!) This time she’s here to discuss back-to-school transitions, safety-based messaging (vs. threat-based messaging), and perennial hot button early parenting decisions. We also celebrate her new book The Bottom Line for Baby (Penguin Random House, Sep 01,2020).As always: subscribe, rate, and review! Your support for this independent pod never goes unnoticed!Join our @atomicmoms Instagram, Facebook, and Facebook community.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Ellie Knaus celebrates and commiserates with world class experts, best-selling authors, and listeners around the world on Atomic Moms podcast. She shares the sweet and messy journey of her growing family and welcomes complex discussions on topics from postpartum anxiety to schooling to marriage after kids and how to build your village of mom-friends. Since 2014, listeners have found a welcoming space Ellie calls Switzerland in the Mommy Wars. Apple Podcasts features Atomic Moms podcast under its most popular Kids and Family recommendations. And Mental Floss named Atomic Moms in 19 Notable Podcasts About Parenting. Listen up anywhere you get your favorite podcasts and find us at atomicmoms.com and on Instagram @atomicmoms.