Celebrating Hanukkah Without the Overwhelm ft. Blair (E18)

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As the holiday season wraps us in a warm blanket, many families around the world take this time to celebrate their own unique traditions. In this special post, we're diving into the Hanukkah celebrations of Blair and her family. We hope Blair's insights inspire you to find joy in the little things and to embrace the spirit of togetherness during this festive time.

The Significance of Hanukkah

Hanukkah, often known as the Festival of Lights, is a celebration rooted in history and cultural significance. Blair explains that it marks the miraculous triumph of light over darkness and embodies the resilience and perseverance of the Jewish people. At its heart, Hanukkah is about spreading light and hope into the world—a timeless message that resonates for all.

Lighting the Menorah

One of the most cherished traditions of Hanukkah is the lighting of the menorah. Blair shares that each night, an additional candle is lit, culminating in a brilliant display of light. This simple yet profound ritual serves as a nightly meditation and reflection, offering a moment to sit back and appreciate the glow of the candles.

Togetherness and Community

Blair shares the joy of being part of a vibrant Jewish community that comes together to celebrate Hanukkah. From lighting a grand menorah to singing songs, the community gatherings reinforce the themes of unity and shared joy. Blair emphasizes the importance of community connections, especially in times of global challenges.

Traditions with a Modern Twist

Blair and her family have embraced modern twists on traditional practices, such as creating a Hanukkah sensory bin for her children. These personalized activities help to engage her young kids and infuse fun into the holiday celebrations. Additionally, they focus on meaningful family experiences rather than just gifts, choosing outings and community activities to create lasting memories.

Balancing Hanukkah and Christmas

Living in a diverse community, Blair highlights how her family embraces the beauty of both Hanukkah and Christmas. They acknowledge and enjoy the festive lights and music of the season while remaining grounded in their own traditions. Blair’s approach is one of openness and appreciation, allowing her children to experience the joy of different cultures and celebrations.

Mindfulness in Tradition

Blair shares some valuable tips for maintaining joy and mindfulness throughout the long holiday. She stresses the importance of finding enjoyment in the simplest practices, like singing songs together or lighting the menorah. These small rituals become cherished family moments that transcend material gifts.

Words of Wisdom

In reflecting on her experiences, Blair offers gentle reminders: Each of us is doing our best for our families, and it’s crucial to create traditions that bring happiness and comfort. Whether it’s making hot chocolate or lighting a menorah, what matters most is the time spent together and the love shared.

Connect with Blair

To dive deeper into Blair’s world of positivity and inspiration, you can follow her on Instagram at @birthandbalanceot. Blair's work focuses on bringing mindfulness and balance to motherhood, and she is active on multiple platforms to share her insights and offer support. --- Blair’s stories and experiences during Hanukkah encourage us all to cherish the moments that make our traditions special. Regardless of what you’re celebrating, the spirit of light, love, and togetherness unites us all. Wishing you a joyful and light-filled holiday season!

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Hanukkah

Krissy: [00:00:00] On today's episode, I talk with my friend Blair about how she celebrates Hanukkah with her family and how she works to make all of the little things special throughout the holiday season.

 

Krissy: Thank you so much for joining me for this special Hanukkah episode of the Bold Little Minds Momcast. I'm so excited to have Blair here with us today. Blair was I think guest number four on the podcast and you are here so if you want to hear her story you can go back to that one and listen. It's a really good one and Blair is a mom of three and a half and one year old kids and has one on the way you're almost half you're halfway through you're past the

Blair: 22 weeks already.

Krissy: [00:01:00] Amazing, so exciting, and you are a maternal health OT, and I'm so excited to be talking all things about your family's holiday traditions.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Yeah, I'm so excited to be here. Thank you for having me.

Krissy: thank you for coming. So please tell us, for all of us who don't know, what is the historical and cultural significance of Hanukkah?

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Yeah, that's a great question. And I know Hanukkah can also be confusing for a lot of people, us included, because the, the timing changes every year. So we go along with the, the Jewish calendar, not the American, like, holiday calendar. So Hanukkah historically is, it's called the Festival of Lights.

And what it is, is And I think almost all of the Jewish holidays celebrate that we have persevered and we've survived and we've come out stronger despite challenges that we faced historically. And Hanukkah is exactly that. So it's when a temple was going to be destroyed and the [00:02:00] Jews rose up and they said, no, no, no.

And it's always. A lot of the Jewish stories are really interesting where they, they recount that there's, you know, so few Jews, you know, generally, historically, and even today we are a minority. So there were small, but mighty. So, even though there weren't as many, we still rose above and we're able to to defeat the evil.

You could say in the story, and when we let the menorah, we had only a little bit of oil that should have lasted. I think they say, Oh, I should know this, but it should have lasted, say like a day

Krissy: Sure.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: and instead lasted eight nights.

Krissy: Yeah.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: so it's the festival of lights celebrating light. And it's also the miracle of lights.

And now, especially we kind of see Hanukkah as a way to spread light into the world. And historically, and still today we try to put our menorahs. [00:03:00] Actually, my son's. I'll show you what it is. So when you place the candles in, his is soccer themed of course, you actually want to put this either at the window or as close to the window as you can.

So anybody passing by, your neighbors, your friends can see the lights, and it's a way of spreading light into the world.

Krissy: Lovely. Oh, my goodness. That's so cute. And I love your little soccer menorah. That's so cute for your son. Do you have several?

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: So we do, we have, oh, I should have brought ours up. We have ours is downstairs. We haven't brought all of our Hanukkah stuff up yet. So ours is one we got for our wedding. It's this, you know, big, beautiful silver one. It's very pretty. My son has his and he also has one he made in school where they do, it's kind of like a tradition.

You do it like this. So you end up with the eight, the eight little bolts that you put a candle in. And then the ninth is where it's called the shamash. So that's the helper candle. And [00:04:00] while the helper candle is lighting the other candles and working, you want to kind of sit back and just admire and take in the light that's there.

Krissy: Lovely. Oh, my goodness. And

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Yeah.

Krissy: I mean, you hit a good point, too. It's a different time. I mean, it's in the general same, like, winter ish area,

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Yes.

Krissy: But it's not a predictable time, and it doesn't always line up with, you know. being near Christmas or around Christmas, and it's not even a high holiday, right?

It's just something that you've come to be important because of the cultural significance, or our culture now, like American culture.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Yeah, absolutely. And it's really cool to see how different cultures celebrate it or different countries celebrate it. But it's tough and it was really tough growing up when Hanukkah didn't fall around Christmas. It was like, we are on our own celebrating our big winter holiday. And then Christmas would come and it, a lot of people would say like, what are you doing for Christmas?

And that kind of, [00:05:00] Was challenging, I think, growing up. And now actually this year it falls exactly on Christmas Eve, which is very exciting.

Krissy: convenient, yes.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: and I think that's almost why it's, it's kind of a joke that Jewish people on Christmas go out and get Chinese food. Cause it's the only thing that's open. But it's actually become a really fun tradition for us.

So even if Hanukkah is the end of November, which it's been as early as that, we still on Christmas, it's like, well, let's get our Chinese food. Let's have a pajama party. Let's get the family together. So it's, it's fun, like finding our own traditions that way.

Krissy: That's so cute. Now when you say Hanukkah's on a specific day, are you talking about the first day? That's right.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Yeah. So the first night.

Krissy: So tell me about some of the traditions that you do every year as a family.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Yeah. So we're kind of carrying on traditions we both did growing up. So we're both from Jewish families and. For us, it's cool in our new neighborhood. Well, we moved, I guess, [00:06:00] four years ago, but there's a really cool Jewish community where usually in the very beginning of Hanukkah or maybe the first or second night, there is a really beautiful community gathering.

Well, where they're going to light a huge menorah and sing songs. And last year we did it. I think we're going to do it this year too. And you, we walked along this main street and different businesses participated and gave the kids little like arts and crafts to do.

Krissy: Yeah.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: that's something that we are going to carry with us over the years, especially while the kids are young.

So there's a lot of community celebration. And a lot of community coming together. And like I said before, it really is celebrating, it's the festival of lights and the miracle of lights, but also spreading light, especially in maybe dark times,

Krissy: Yeah.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: And especially this year and last year with everything going on in Israel, it's, it's really cool to see the Jewish community come [00:07:00] together and a holiday like this, where in the past, as a child, I saw it so much about the gifts.

Now as an adult, I see it a lot more about the togetherness and the spreading light. So for our family, we really stress that and it's cool. My son is three and a half, so he doesn't yet understand the gifts.

Krissy: Right.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: So I actually asked him, I said, what would you like for Hanukkah? And he named something that we already have in our home.

And it's cute. Just they, they don't notice it, but we also are kind of leaning into that, that for Hanukkah gifts as a family. Which is a tradition. You do one gift a night sometimes. So like eight gifts for our family, we've talked about more so gifting experiences and gifting like outings in the community, or let's go skiing or let's go see a movie.

And trying to make it more about the togetherness and the material gifts. Oh gosh, there's so many traditions though.

Krissy: I know.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: It's hard. It's [00:08:00] hard, but it's fun. So every year with both families, we get together and we do a Hanukkah party.

Krissy: Oh, fun.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: It's really fun. And we try to do like a white elephant gifting, usually with the kids.

Krissy: Cute.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: really fun. So we'll do that. And there's traditional foods we eat. So in the U S we do latkes, which are like the potato pancakes,

Krissy: Okay.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: and you usually fry them on the stove and it's. a lot to make them. It's like a whole thing and the whole house and you will smell like latkes for weeks. It's really funny.

You can tell who made the latkes at their house because everyone like, you like, I think it smells good, but you smell like it for weeks.

Krissy: Yeah.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: and so we do latkes, we make Hanukkah cookies. So different from Christmas cookies, we do just like sugar cookies in certain shapes. We decorate them and we play dreidel.

So my kids were playing with them earlier. Another tradition we're starting in our house is with our sensory bin rotating it [00:09:00] seasonally. So I actually just did our Hanukkah and like winter sensory bin. So I know I was starting to say we play dreidel. So while, so these are the dreidels. And this is what they look like. They have four sides.

Lots of colors, you said?

Krissy: I love your colors.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Oh, thank you! And they have four sides, and there's four different Hebrew letters. And there's songs about dreidels and the different letters have different meanings. So if you spin it and it lands on the none, then that means none, you get nothing.

Krissy: Okay.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: But if you get, there's like a whole thing.

If you get hey, you get half. So say the chocolate coins are all in a pile, you get half of those

Krissy: Okay.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: you kind of just, It's a very fun game with the kids and you pass them. Pass them around, you know, you win, you lose a little, but everyone gets chocolate coins at the end.

Krissy: [00:10:00] Yep.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: So that's a fun game we play.

Well, there's sparkles from the sensory bin.

Krissy: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. They get everywhere.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Oh my God. Everywhere. Yeah. 

Krissy: There's so many fun things that it sounds like you do with your family. Now, do you spread it out throughout the whole season, or is, are many of the things that you do heavily focused on the eight days of Hanukkah? Okay.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: so we'll decorate kind of before. So we put out our Hanukkah sensory bin, we put out some little twinkle lights. We're starting to get the menorahs out, but really most of it is those are during those eight days and afterwards kind of different from Christmas where the lights. So, something that's similar between the holidays that I love is that both are spreading light and both are, you know, really lighting up the world in a sense.

And with Christmas, the lights Go on because right after Thanksgiving, oftentimes last through the season, and some people leave them up even [00:11:00] after with Hanukkah, after you light the menorah those days, you don't light it extra for decoration. So then you'll put it away. Kind of similar to how we do Shabbat candles that we light them.

Friday at sundown and once they burn down, they're done. So decorative wise, we have little banners and little things we'll put around the house, but the candles, like the light part of it is, are those eight nights. That's

Krissy: there's so much to fill in to your eight nights, right? All the cooking and the baking and the magic and the toys and the this and the that. So how do you make each night special in its own way? Or maybe you don't feeling overwhelmed.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: a great question. So, especially for our family since we've decided we don't want to make it so much about the material gifting, we, it's, it's so beautiful that every night you light an additional candle. So, on the first night, you only have the helper [00:12:00] candle, And the first candle lit and then every night you get to light another candle.

So at the end, it's all lit and it's so beautiful. And I think that's something that's really cool about Hanukkah is that even if you do nothing else, just the act of lighting the candles and singing the prayers that go along with those feels very special.

Krissy: Sure.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: And it does feel like meditative in a way.

And some families do for the 30 minutes or so the candles are burning, they choose to do nothing else, but sit and look at the candles and reflect which is a really beautiful practice. I think as the kids get older, maybe we can do that more. And then otherwise, we do kind of similarly try to, if we're getting gifts, get them ahead of time, wrap them ahead of time, all of that.

And with our families, we plan to be with my husband's family one night, my family a different. So we try to kind of stagger it so that each night there's something [00:13:00] special. Even if it is just lighting the candles, we do kind of make it a big deal. And I think our enthusiasm also passes down to our children.

Krissy: I'm sure that they're just so excited every, every night just to see everything that's going to happen with you and I'm sure you make it special in your own way. Now you are amazing at keeping things low pressure like to fight the overwhelm of momhood. So what kinds of tips can you give us based on your experience with such a long holiday?

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Yeah, that's, that's a really good point. I think, I think there is a lot of pressure and I think it builds every year of like, buy this, buy that, do this, do that. And not only is it a lot, is a lot like overwhelm visually and mentally, but also financially. It's a lot to put on people and to put on different families.

And I feel like one of my greatest tips I want everyone to know is that. [00:14:00] Even if what you're doing is you're singing a song or you're baking a special treat with your kids or you're lighting a candle and maybe for people not celebrating Hanukkah, if you have Christmas lights outside, maybe when you light, when you light them up at night, making that a very intentional, mindful practice.

So that in itself is the experience. So it's not that, you know, we're putting up this tree cause we have to, it's making those special Monday moments really feel special to your family. And I just truly believe they feed off of our energy. So. For us, when we put on Hanukkah music, we don't just put it on and walk out of the room.

We, we sing with our children, we engage with them and just singing songs can become such a core memory for them and they likely will forget what presents they get, but they're going to remember that time that we spent around the candles, singing those songs.

Krissy: That's such a lovely idea. I'm going [00:15:00] to take from this conversation tonight. I think instead of, you know, we don't have our tree on our timer but we have in the past where it just turns on at a specific time and now we just kind of like, oh, it's dark. Somebody should turn it on but I think starting tonight, I'm going to suggest to my husband that we of just turning it on or sending somebody to do it, we make it really special and make it like a tree lighting all over again because you're right that just having those Little rituals, taking that pause in your day, in your moment, in your time to just come together and connect over something common is so powerful.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Yeah, exactly. I think so too. And I think starting it around, like starting those practices around the holidays and around things that are, are very tangible, like we already, we have those practices. So why not make them, try to make them a little more special and then carrying that over into our daily lives.

So once I'm always so sad when all the Christmas lights are gone in our neighborhood, but once those are gone, finding other ways. You know, now we're already being more [00:16:00] mindful about those activities. So what can we do in our daily life to continue that mindfulness and feel more grounded? Absolutely.

Krissy: for sure. Now you said that you are leaning towards experience gifts with your kids, but you're still giving maybe a gift, whether it's an experience or not each night. Do you find you have family members that are also piling on the gifts during this time of year?

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: I think it was harder, maybe like the first year or two that we had our son. And I think now our family. Has understood that we prefer experience gifts. So it's actually been really wonderful that they'll bring up ideas. Like how about tickets to this place or that place? And

Krissy: Oh,

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: I really do appreciate that.

We've also gotten really creative that like our son loves soccer.

Krissy: Mm.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: He has one soccer jersey he wants to wear literally every day. So my husband and I were like, well, you know, your sister's asking what to get. And that's so kind and thoughtful. Let's get a soccer jersey. Like, that's something you don't [00:17:00] really think about, but it's something that's more, it's functional, and I think it's going to spark joy for longer than a toy that's a little more like a more 

Krissy: Like a disposable kind of,

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: exactly,

Krissy: Yep. They'll pass. Their interests go so quick at

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: yes, yeah, and I think there's nothing wrong with like getting them the, the bluey or the blippy, like the thing they want but for us we try, he suddenly got into Spider Man, he's never seen Spider Man, doesn't know Spider Man, he's very into it. So I decided, okay, he's really into it. He's asking for Spider Man things, but instead of getting him Spider Man figurines, I actually got him Spider Man pajamas

Krissy: Yes.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: and he loves them and they, they really spark joy and he loves wearing them and he gets so excited every time he puts them on, but it, for me, it feels a little more functional and something that will last.

Krissy: Yeah, for sure. I mean, you're going to be doing the laundry anyway. It might as well be something that he likes rather than something you have to clean up when he's not [00:18:00] listening and you're going to

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Yeah,

Krissy: it anyway.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: exactly. Exactly.

Krissy: I love it. So how do you handle Christmas in your home? You live in a community, it sounds like, that isn't predominantly Christian.

Like, they don't, you don't have a lot of maybe neighbors or classmates that are celebrating Christmas, whether they're Christian or not, I suppose. So, But how would you, it's everywhere still. Even if you're not in the community, it's all over TV and all over everything. What do you do?

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: So it's really interesting. So actually in our, so our son goes to a Jewish preschool to our synagogue. So I feel like the people we generally see on a daily basis are Jewish. Our actual neighborhood is actually not very Jewish,

Krissy: okay.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: I really like because I want our children to grow up with a balance and learn that there's.

all different people of all different, you know, shapes and sizes and colors and religions and everything. But my son has a Yodo, a Yodo audio player, and there's a Yodo radio. And the songs I've noticed have [00:19:00] been not a hundred percent Christmas songs, like, you know, some radio stations right now, but

Krissy: Oh,

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: lot of Christmas songs.

And he'll say like, when's Christmas? Like, he's actually asking questions and saying like, Do you know this song? It's called Christmas tree. And he's like singing along to it. And we've really handled it more so that like, yeah, Christmas is coming and it's a beautiful, wonderful holiday. We don't celebrate it in our home, but let's enjoy it.

Like the songs are fun. The lights are beautiful. So I think growing up, I felt like maybe my parents were a little more so like, well, we don't listen to that music because we don't, celebrate it. We're Jewish. Like they wanted us to have that connection and pride to being Jewish. Or I feel like for me, I feel, I feel like I want our children to have more of like, like a realistic experience.

Like the music's all over and it's wonderful.

Krissy: Yeah.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: they ask more questions about the story, like I would love to explain it as like, you know, A historical story [00:20:00] and you know, everything that's celebrated, I think is wonderful and beautiful. And I think just like I said earlier, the similarities of we're spreading light throughout the world and that should be celebrated and not hidden or, you know, pushed aside.

No, none

Krissy: Like, this is just part of the world and where we're at and let's, let's talk about it, whether or not it's a big part of your life or it isn't. So, that's great. And so he goes to a Jewish preschool, so you're not getting any pressure to do things like the elf or Santa or anything like that.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: But I think like we were, I forget where maybe in target and he saw a little Santa and he was like, Oh, look at this guy. And I said, Oh, that's Santa Claus. You know, that's out for Christmas where I feel like. In the past, maybe when I was younger, it would have been more like, Oh, we don't, you know, we don't do that.

And you know, I think my parents did a really good job balancing all of it, but I'm always trying to think of like, I want him to see the joy in Christmas. I think Christmas is wonderful. And I [00:21:00] think my husband and I both love driving around and looking at the lights. And I think for us, I never felt pressure as a child.

Like I wish I had a tree or I wish I celebrated Christmas. And I want him to feel that way too, that it's beautiful and if we celebrate with a friend, that's awesome. We just don't do it in our home, but it's, it's not a good or bad thing. It's just different.

Krissy: Yeah, sounds like you're doing a great job of balancing it

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Thanks.

Krissy: in, in a, in a, just a welcoming, easy going way. Like there's no pressure one way or another. There's no like shame in any of it. It's just, this is how it is. This is what we celebrate. This is what other people do. And we're all just having a good time.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Yeah, exactly. Exactly. And like, let's enjoy all the lights because they're beautiful in our neighborhood right now.

Krissy: Yes, I know, right? That's the best part of this time of year, I think, is driving around and seeing all the lights and the blow up figures and

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Yes.

Krissy: things. My neighbor has a Minion, and we just, every day we look outside at the Minion that is right next to our house, and

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: That's so funny. It's [00:22:00] so fun. Yeah.

Krissy: right, like, Santa, seeing Santa at a store is just like seeing the Minions at the store, like, it's just another thing in culture,

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Yeah,

Krissy: yeah,

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: exactly.

Krissy: has to

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: And like, yeah, yeah. And I think with other holidays, a lot of times we are used to like, oh, well other people celebrate different holidays or do different things. And I think Christmas should be the same, that it's, you know, it's there and it's beautiful and we're all spreading light. And I, I, yeah.

Yeah. About

Krissy: this season special with your kids. It's just so wonderful and so many amazing takeaways that no matter what you're celebrating, you can take from this conversation to use with your kids and just like the easygoingness, the back, you don't have to be hard on yourself, just make it, make everything special in its own way, its own little thing.

Things, find those pieces. Do you have any final words of wisdom for us

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: the holidays

Krissy: or [00:23:00] anything? I

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: or in general. In life. Ooh, that's tricky. I think in general, just to know that you, you're the best parent for your child. You're doing the best that you can for your child and to do what makes you happy and do what feels good for you. So I think it's hard when we see other people doing X, Y, and A through Z, honestly, you know, there's, there's a lot.

And I think there's nothing wrong with that. And it works for their family. And that's great. And for you, if Your special tradition is that you make hot chocolate. That's wonderful. Like I think that you should be really proud of. And I think that's what we're noticing with our children is sometimes the smallest things really do make a big difference.

And if they, all they want is our love and attention.

Krissy: Yes, so true. That is a lesson we can use all the time, but especially right now when there's so

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: much pressure 

Krissy: Yeah, Oh my goodness. So where can we find more of your positivity and inspiration?

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: No thank you. [00:24:00] So on Instagram, you can find me at birth and balance ot. So I'm pretty active on Instagram there on Facebook. It's the same handle, birth and balance, ot. And I also have a website again, the same name, birth andal ot.com, and you can actually book services with me, whether you're pregnant, postpartum.

into motherhood for you or your partner just to help with this type of support. Finding the mindfulness in the mundane. I'm also a yoga teacher. So I do some mindful movement sessions and help with child development birth to three years.

Krissy: Amazing. And you've been doing workshops lately, right?

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Yeah. Yeah. It's been fun. We started a mommy and me class that's local and it's been really nice. Like a two hour session. We're doing it once a month. Me and my doula are running it. And we started that and I've been actually working on a lot of recordings for a project I can talk about soon, but not yet.

Krissy: No!

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: so those are going to be out, [00:25:00] but there's a lot of, a lot of really cool things in the works. And the classes I was doing were through this company, DOWA, D O W A another really good resource for maternal health support for moms and partners.

Krissy: Amazing. Well, definitely check all those resources out. Blair is a joy to have in your life. So make sure you, you let her be a light in your life as well. This season of

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Thank you. Thank you so much. 

Krissy: If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave a rating and review.

You can follow and subscribe on whatever channel you're listening to, Spotify, Apple, Amazon, that might be. If you'd like to share your story, please reach out to me. You can find me on Instagram at boldlittleminds or you can contact me on my website boldlittleminds. com.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Right here.

Krissy: for joining us today and we will see you next time.

squadcaster-c6d3_1_12-06-2024_130834: Yay. Thank you.

 

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