Street Parking Podcast

9 years ago today - my fitness saved my life. Literally. A car accident that could have paralyzed or killed me didn't - because of the fitness lifestyle I was a part of. If you are looking for a "why" that is deeper than how you look in your swimsuit, or what size jeans you wear - this story will remind you just how important having control of our fitness and nutrition really is. Miranda Alcaraz - Street Parking

How much effort is your favorite food worth? How much would you pay? How far would you travel? How much effort is too much to deter you from your lifestyle related goals? Will traffic prevent you from going to the gym? What about hard to make class times? Parking? Getting off of the couch to change your clothes? How can we use what we know about effort cost to set up our environment for our ultimate success?

At the end of the day, lifelong fitness means that getting your workouts in is just a part of your daily life. And life....is messy. Expecting the unexpected can set us up for success - so that a bit of a mess doesn't steal our results.

How often do you make yourself uncomfortable on purpose? How often do you take the opportunity to do something you don't want to do, but do it anyway - for the sole purpose of reminding yourself that you are capable of hard things? Do you take opportunities in your fitness routine to improve your MENTAL toughness, so that real life challenges seem less daunting?

Being in control of your health, nutrition, and fitness is the most BOLD and audacious move you can make. It's time we stop chasing a "magic trick" to fix our health and fitness forever. We are OVER being sold a bunch of crap that doesn't work, and we don't need. But - QUITTING?? Giving the middle finger to the idea of making healthy choices....isn't it either. Miranda Alcaraz is co-founder and CEO of Street Parking. An at home fitness program and community for those who are serious about their fitness - but don't want to allow it to take over their life. She has over 20 years in the fitness industry. As an athlete, gym owner, CrossFit seminar trainer, and coach.

As we bring the 4th annual Street Parking Project April to a close, I took a moment to reflect on the massive importance of this yearly challenge - that might otherwise not seem like such a big deal. It is up to YOU to find all of the reasons that you SHOULD want the best possible health and fitness for yourself. My job, and the role of challenges like Project April, are to show you that you can. No matter what your personal circumstances, setbacks, challenges, or history might be - what is necessary is actually SO simple. The sooner you believe that - the sooner you will find your own version of fitness freedom - and completely change how you view fitness and nutrition for good.

Felicia is a fiercely strong mom, new grandma (aka "Queen"), and a joyful and inspiring athlete and woman. She shares about how becoming a mom helped her learn how to be patient with herself and be more compassionate towards others. She emphasizes the importance of learning to create time for herself, her "me time", for fitness and self care as an essential part of being the best parent should could be. As a mother of young adult children she is able to look back with some perspective around things she wishes she would have learned a little earlier, while still holding no regrets and being able to take pride in knowing that she did her best. Felicia is full of joy and no doubt you'll find yourself smiling as you get to know her a little better on this week's episode! IG Handle: @sandbagsandbarbells Content Warning: Our desire with this podcast is to share the many different pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences of the people in our community. Therefore the nature of the podcast, although very personal, has what could be sensitive and/or triggering content including, but not limited to, experiences with medical emergencies, loss, miscarriage, PPD and anxiety. Topics: 3:17 - Getting started in fitness 5:46 - Challenges with being a young mom and managing new responsibilities 12:10 - Learning about herself from by watching her children 13:51 - Making sure to have "me time" for a workout 21:00 - Learning to change her mindset about parenting with her 3rd daughter 28:41 - Feeling a little unprepared for the process of her first birth 35:24 - Wishing she would have known more about home births 44:00 - Viewing parenthood and all of the challenges it brings as a gift 47:48 - Building her own brand and helping women learn to own their lives Links: Carolina's Instagram Street Parking Street Parking Instagram Reviews: If you love this podcast please click HERE to leave us a review. If you enjoyed this podcast please share it with someone else that you think needs it! Thank you

We've been really big on the idea of #controlyourfitness this past year. What a great reminder of both our empowerment and our responsibility. But what happens when you've got consistency dialed in, but you just want to keep things interesting or maybe focus on developing a more specific area of your fitness? Enter the 2021 Street Parking Focus Group! Starting March 1, 2021 we have 3 Focus Groups you can take part in. Check out this episode for more details and if you want to participate, click on the links below to join the focus group Facebook page. While You Were Sleeping - https://www.facebook.com/groups/472935380756280 Oly EMOMs - https://www.facebook.com/groups/324421795586689 Mindfulness in Motion - https://www.facebook.com/groups/838976499989736 00:45 - Breathing 03:00 - Consistent Action 05:00 - Storytime! 07:22 - Fitness ADD 08:20 - Pay Attention, Nothing Gets Boring 10:58 - Street Parking Focus Groups Got ideas for an episode topic? Hit me up on IG @jebstone

I got to sit down with Carolina and talk about our definition of love and how that definition informs our relationship and communication. Love has no limits, yet we often put limitations on it. How has your understanding of love played a role in your relationships? 01:00 - Callie 05:10 - What is Love? 07:39 - Love or be Loved? 14:20 - Love Languages 24:50 - Limits on Love 32:30 - Realizing that we love each other 36:00 - Jeb's Chillness 38:00 - Meeting Each Other 41:20 - Only Seeing the Highlight Reel 49:15 - The Definition of Love 51:51 - Together 57:10 - Focus Group Got ideas for an episode topic? Hit me up on IG @jebstone

On this week's episode, we get to talk to Michelle Brooks, SP Nutrition Coach, mama, and the creator of the SP Women's Loss and Infertility Support Group. She shares about her struggles with fertility and experience with multiple losses. She opens up about investigating many healthy and not so healthy ways to cope and shares ways that we can all learn to support our community members who have gone or are going through this type of experience. Her story is one of deep heartbreak and even deeper promise and it's an honor to be able to share some of it with you all. IG Handle: @mbrooks_fitlife Content Warning: Our desire with this podcast is to share the many different pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences of the people in our community. Therefore the nature of the podcast, although very personal, has what could be sensitive and/or triggering content including, but not limited to, experiences with medical emergencies, loss, miscarriage, PPD and anxiety. Topics: 6:20 - First miscarriage at 6 weeks and subsequent pregnancy 9:59 - Missed miscarriage at 10 weeks 11:48 - Some healthy and not so healthy coping mechanisms 15:24 - Conceiving again and being anxious from the beginning 16:54 - Positive screen for Trisomy 18, another loss, and a D&C 22:32 - One of the worst things you can say about and early miscarriage 24:00 - Further investigating fertility after 3 losses 28:25 - Currently (at time of recording) 34 weeks pregnant 30:30 - Scaling back intensity of exercise and stress while trying to conceive or early pregnancy 32:53 - Returning to fitness after a loss 34:44 - Creating the SP Women's Loss and Infertility Support Group 40:00 - Using fertility related mindfulness and meditation tools 43:45 - The impact of SP on her life Links: Carolina's Instagram Street Parking Street Parking Instagram Reviews: If you love this podcast please click HERE to leave us a review. If you enjoyed this podcast please share it with someone else that you think needs it! Thank you

Join us for today's LIVE COACHES' ROUNDTABLE as Miranda, Julian, Jeb, and Alex discuss the 7 ways to control your fitness! Enjoy!

"Is that really all you do?" is probably the most asked question we get. The answer is yes. More is not necessarily better when it comes to exercise duration or work performed in a single session. But, the more mentality can also carry over into other areas of your life, perhaps not in a good way. 01:00 - Breathing 03:00 - More, more, more 09:10 - Unlocked Series SP 10:10 - Results are not an outcome of more 11:15 - Coaches' Roundtable - Do I Need To Workout More 17:15 - Intensity is Relative 21:21 - Action Item: Check Out Unlocked Series: Do I need to Work Out More? What or WHO would you like me to have on the show? Leave me a message on the hotline 360-524-3313 Or hit me up on IG @jebstone

So, what exactly do the Street Parking coaches do? Perhaps it's more, or in some cases less, than you might think. In this episode we dive into everything you can expect from your Street Parking coach and what we expect of you! 01:00 - Breathing 03:14- What is a Street Parking coach? 03:30- Guide, Educate, Inspire, Engage 06:30 - We are not salespeople, personal trainers, doctors 14:06- Action Item: Check out our resources! Coaches' Instagram: Jeb Stone: @jebstone Alex Trahan: @itsalextrahan Mazie Derrick: @coachahmazing Seb Felipe: @seb_felipe What or WHO would you like me to have on the show? Leave me a message on the hotline 360-524-3313 Or hit me up on IG @jebstone

From the Crossfit Games, challenges with conceiving, and IUI to a complete 180 in her birth plan and making it through the toughest "workout" of her life, Carleen Mathews opens up on this week's episode of the podcast and tells us about it all. She shares about her experience with changing her identity from an elite athlete to a mother and all of the ups and downs in between. She is honest and vulnerable with sharing her experience with disordered eating and addiction to alcohol and the role that surrounding herself with support and reaching out to others plays in her being able to stay vigilant in her recovery. Carleen is a true inspiration and getting to hear some of her story was such an honor! IG Handle: @teamcarleen Content Warning: Our desire with this podcast is to share the many different pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences of the people in our community. Therefore the nature of the podcast, although very personal, has what could be sensitive and/or triggering content including, but not limited to, experiences with medical emergencies, loss, miscarriage, PPD and anxiety. Topics: 02:00 - Shifting from competing at the Games to trying to conceive 09:18 - Grieving her changing identity and loss of intensity 14:04 - Following Street Parking programming for her pregnancy 18:20 - Finding a Doula and learning about potential options for a birth plan 21:20 - Charlotte's Birth Story 33:30 - The turning point and tapping into her athleticism during labor 42:46 - Postpartum recovery 53:17 - The ebb and flow of managing her recovery from an eating disorder 1:02:29 - Being a sober mom and being in recovery from addiction to alcohol Links: Carolina's Instagram Street Parking Street Parking Instagram

Today we chat about all things nutrition with the Street Parking coaches! Enjoy! For more from us: https://streetparking.com/ Follow Street Parking at: Instagram: @streetparking (https://www.instagram.com/streetparking/) Facebook: facebook.com/streetparkingfitness (https://www.facebook.com/streetparkingfitness/) Youtube: youtube.com/streetparking Miranda Alcaraz: @fearlessmiranda (https://www.instagram.com/fearlessmiranda/) Julian Alcaraz: @009julian (https://www.instagram.com/009julian/) Thanks for watching!

Well, safe to say that 2020 didn't exactly turn out like we thought it would. This may affect our attitude as we go into the new year. Most of us know WHAT we need to do in order to get healthier and more fit. It's the HOW that often trips us up. Especially how to deal with the loss of motivation, how to sustain the momentum that a lot of us create in the early part of the year. To get to the root of all this, we go beyond the physical, to mental and emotional fitness. 01:00 - Breathing 04:50 - Waves 07:05 - 2020 and the New Year 08:40 - Changing Behavior 13:00 - Attitude 15:30- Action Item: Pay Attention to Your Attitude What or WHO would you like me to have on the show? Leave me a message on the hotline 360-524-3313 Or hit me up on IG @jebstone

On this week's episode, I get to sit down with the ever so lovely and brave, Desiree Toppings. She's a pillar of the Street Parking community, always encouraging others through her social media channels and by showing us what true strength looks like, inside and out. Join me as I get to know her a little better by talking about the birth of her children, healing from disordered eating and fitness habits with help of Street Parking, and turning her insecurities into strengths by "baring it all" for the Self Love Club. IG Handle: @lincolns_treasures Content Warning: Our desire with this podcast is to share the many different pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences of the people in our community. Therefore the nature of the podcast, although very personal, has what could be sensitive and/or triggering content including, but not limited to, experiences with medical emergencies, loss, miscarriage, PPD and anxiety. Topics: 04:10 - First pregnancy and the complications in the birth of her son, Lincoln 09:16 - Faced with choosing forceps or cesarean 13:20 - Postpartum recovery and healing from the episiotomy and forceps delivery 16:08 - How she found fitness and sports at a young age 17:50 - Developing bulimia and an unhealthy obsession with exercise 20:36 - SP Nutrition Templates 22:15 - Discovering her 2nd pregnancy and making healthier choices 26:10 - Suffering from a postpartum hemorrhage 32:54 - How we minimize our own challenges or feelings around motherhood 35:44 - Learning to love her body 36:31 - Deciding to go public with her body and her stretch marks 40:24 - Working to take the power away from our insecurities 45:54 - Self Love Club

Your fitness is YOUR fitness, no one else's. Think about the best fitting clothes you could ever wear. They would be custom fitted to your exact specifications. Why not treat your workouts the same way. We'll give you the framework and the tools, you customize your fitness program so it fits you better than anything! 01:00 - Breathing 02:44 - Custom Made Suit 03:45 - Customization 09:24- Personalize it for you! 11:30 - Rx 14:54 - Time under Tension 18:45 - Comparing our exercise to others 20:17 - Action Item: Customize some workouts! What or WHO would you like me to have on the show? Leave me a message on the hotline 360-524-3313 Or hit me up on IG @jebstone

This week on the podcast we're joined by, Pregnancy and Postpartum Athleticism Coach and Women's Health Physical Therapy Assistant, Nicole Goss. She talks about navigating fitness during her first pregnancy and learning that she had pelvic organ prolapse almost immediately after the birth of her son. She shares about how adaptable and resilient our bodies can be with the right tools, resources, and strategies and how she's found hope and a new kind of athleticism as she navigates her 2nd pregnancy. Nicole is a WEALTH of knowledge and shines a bright and positive light on how to thrive in fitness and in life with pelvic organ prolapse. IG Handle: @ncgoss08 Content Warning: Our desire with this podcast is to share the many different pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences of the people in our community. Therefore the nature of the podcast, although very personal, has what could be sensitive and/or triggering content including, but not limited to, experiences with medical emergencies, loss, miscarriage, PPD and anxiety. Topics: 02:48 - Getting started as a PTA and Personal Trainer 03:39 - Finding the Brianna Battles PP&A Course 05:11 - First pregnancy and "Athlete Brain" 07:45 - Feeling disrespected during labor and delivery 9:58 - Early signs and symptoms of prolapse 11:34 - What is pelvic organ prolapse? 14:07 - Brianna Battles and Haley Shevener on resources and tools for navigating POP 18:20 - Warning signs of POP 22:35 - Strategies for managing core and pelvic floor dysfunction 34:12 - Managing "Athlete Brain" 41:20 - More resources on pelvic health and athleticism Links: Carolina's Instagram Street Parking Street Parking Instagram Reviews: If you love this podcast please click HERE to leave us a review. If you enjoyed this podcast please share it with someone else that you think needs it! Thank you

There are 28 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas. You can choose to stay committed to a lifestyle of health and fitness while still enjoying a few treats along the way, or you can let wheels fall off the wagon and just say "eff it" for a month. Here at Street Parking, we have a fun way to stay the course without feeling like you are completely missing out. 01:00 - 28 Days later 05:34 - 28 Days of Fitness 07:34 - That One Thing 10:45 - To Do Lists 11:30 - Checking the Boxes 12:59 - Action Item: 28 Days in between Thanksgiving and Christmas What or WHO would you like me to have on the show? Leave me a message on the hotline 360-524-3313 Or hit me up on IG @jebstone

Mom of 2, traveling nurse, wife to SP Coach Sebastian Paz, and budding RV Adventurer, Kelsey Paz joins me this week to share her story. She opens up her heart and share honestly about her experience with her first baby being born in the winter, husband being away starting at 2 months old, and feeling the heavy mixture of seasonal and postpartum depression. She talks openly about the pitfalls of social media and comparing other people's highlight reels to her own seemingly messy life and how she had to learn to be honest, receive help, and listen to her own intuition. So grateful for this mama's vulnerability and authenticity on this week's episode! IG Handle: @kelsey.paz Content Warning: Our desire with this podcast is to share the many different pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences of the people in our community. Therefore the nature of the podcast, although very personal, has what could be sensitive and/or triggering content including, but not limited to, experiences with medical emergencies, loss, miscarriage, PPD and anxiety. Topics: 01:29 - Summer Camp and falling in love with the SP Moms community 05:39 - Being a military wife and pregnant for the first time 07:04 - Husband getting deployed when the baby was 2 months old 16:00 - Adjusting expectations for a more comfortable 2nd pregnancy 19:32 - Social media and the impact on your own parenting instincts 21:00 - Struggling with judgemental mom groups on social media 24:32 - Parenting isn't black or white 29:21 - We're all a mess! 32:06 - Being more proactive about her needs for the 2nd baby 36:27 - The RV Adventure Links: Carolina's Instagram Street Parking Street Parking Instagram Reviews: If you love this podcast please click HERE to leave us a review. If you enjoyed this podcast please share it with someone else that you think needs it! Thank you

So many things to be thankful for! Let's not reserve one day out of the year to give thanks. And why not practice gratitude not just for the good things, but also for the challenges, the adversity, and the opportunities for growth? 01:00 - Breathing 03:00 - Reflection 08:50 - The meaning of gratitude 12:40 - Thankful for these 15:15 - Puddles 16:09 - Action Item: Practice Gratitude What or WHO would you like me to have on the show? Leave me a message on the hotline 360-524-3313 Or hit me up on IG @jebstone

My guest this week is none other than the fabulous Coach Mazie! (@coachahmazing) She is one incredible human being and brings so much fun, wit, tough love, and fighting spirit to this community. This is one you won't want to miss! 01:56 - Breathing 03:54 - Musical Albums 06:23 - One Workout Equipment 10:20 - Horse Blinders 17:45 - Murder Mysteries What or WHO would you like me to have on the show? Leave me a message on the hotline 360-524-3313 Or hit me up on IG @jebstone

This week's episode was such a gift! We get to hear TWO generations of Street Parkers with guests Debra Egli Flanagan and her mother. Please join us this week for a heartfelt talk about what it was like for Debra to grow up and fulfill her "dream of all dreams" of becoming a mother of a large family and to now be exploring the journey of her own personal growth in an empty nest. She shares about the value of sisterhood and community and how Street Parking is providing a new version of the tribe of women she calls on for support. Sitting down to chat with Debra and her mother feels like chicken soup for the Mama's soul! IG Handle: @streetparkingat61 Content Warning: Our desire with this podcast is to share the many different pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences of the people in our community. Therefore the nature of the podcast, although very personal, has what could be sensitive and/or triggering content including, but not limited to, experiences with medical emergencies, loss, miscarriage, PPD and anxiety. Topics: 03:12 - Meeting Debra and Mom and learning about their home and history 07:00 - The birth of her first child 11:02 - Women holding each other up 15:44 - Dreams of being a mother of a large family since childhood 20:21 - The importance of Street Parking in her life 21:30 - "Mom's" philosophy on giving the children too much responsibility at home 24:05 - Going back to grad school in her 40s 26:52 - Mom's perspective on the importance of being at home with the children 40:45 - Knowing what it's like to walk a hard journey 44:42 - You're never alone Links: Carolina's Instagram Street Parking Street Parking Instagram Reviews: If you love this podcast please click HERE to leave us a review. If you enjoyed this podcast please share it with someone else that you think needs it! Thank you

The Street Parking Coaching staff rounds up to discuss customizing your workout and making it work for you.

We all know and maybe have experienced personally the annual cycle of the recreation exerciser. It's like being on a carousel, going around season to season, sometimes up and sometimes down. Real fitness happens when it is no longer a pursuit of some aesthetic or to be able to wear a certain outfit at a certain time. It happens when it becomes just what you do. 01:00 - Real Fitness is Made in the Winter 02:35.- Recreational Exerciser 09:45 - Don't chase aesthetics 10:44 - Real Fitness 16:42- ACTION ITEM: How can you maintain consistency in the winter? 20:50 - Don't be basic What would you like me to talk about on the show? Leave me a message on the hotline 360-524-3313 Or hit me up on IG @jebstone

On this week's episode, Lauren K. helps break down some of the stigma around mental health issues and shares her experience with postpartum depression and anxiety. From being proactive, informed, and educated in mental health concerns to voluntarily committing herself to a behavioral health clinic when she knew she needed more support, Lauren's story is one of courage and recovery. IG Handle: @fitness.and.frenchies Content Warning: Our desire with this podcast is to share the many different pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences of the people in our community. Therefore the nature of the podcast, although very personal, has what could be sensitive and/or triggering content including, but not limited to, experiences with medical emergencies, loss, miscarriage, PPD and anxiety. Topics: 01:23 - Introduction 07:15 - Starting labor and Ethan's birth 09:27 - 5 Catheters after birth for help with peeing 16:26 - Feeling unprepared for the intense fatigue after birth 18:25 - From baby blues to ppd and ppa 20:38 - Adverse reaction to first antidepressant medication 21:20 - Tongue and lip ties and struggles with feeding 23:29 - Thoughts of not wanting to be around anymore 24:14 - Voluntarily checking into a behavioral health clinic 28: 39 - Her symptoms of postpartum anxiety 30:53 - Getting perspective and connecting with other people in the clinic 36:45 - Going home and moving forward 43:16 - The stigma around mental health issues and medication Links: Carolina's Instagram Street Parking Street Parking Instagram Reviews: If you love this podcast please click HERE to leave us a review. If you enjoyed this podcast please share it with someone else that you think needs it! Thank you

Welcome to the Jeb in Flow Book Club. This book is fascinating and compelling. It is a short read too, with lots of stuff you can actually experiment with and integrate into your life. Long story short, we all need to be breathing through our noses a lot more. I used this book to embark on some experiments of my own, like nasal breathing only for 30 days of workouts. The results were pretty incredible! 01:00 - Breathing 04:15 - The Air We Breathe 06:00 - Nasal Breathing 13:15 - Lung Capacity 24:30 - Box Breathing 26:00 - Action Item: Nasal Breathing What would you like me to talk about on the show? Leave me a message on the hotline 360-524-3313 Or hit me up on IG @jebstone

For this 50th episode, why not talk about consistency. What does it actually mean and in what context? We talk about it so much in the Street Parking community but sometimes it can be really difficult to actually implement and maintain. Consistency is a matter of behavior. It is replacing one pattern of behavior with another. Our behaviors are tied into our emotions, our environment and our relationships. So, something as simple as doing the same thing over and over can become more complicated if we let it. It comes down to making small changes over time and being patient! 01:00 - Breathing 04:20 - Tim Riggins 08:00 - Consistency 13:30 - Eating whatever I want! 17:30 - The Shift Track 19:30 - Behavior 22:30 - Action Item: Behavioral Change What would you like me to talk about on the show? Leave me a message on the hotline 360-524-3313 Or hit me up on IG @jebstone

Trust is not a four letter word. Sometimes we have a hard time trusting others or putting our full faith in the process of achieving our goals. On some level, we may even be uncertain of the level of trust we have in ourselves. Trust is both active and passive. How can you be more worthy of trust? How can you become more willing to trust others? 00:52 - Breathing 03:51 - Trust 08:45 - You have to trust yourself 12:40 - Earning my trust back 13:00 - Action Item: Practice Active and Passive Trust What would you like me to talk about on the show? Leave me a message on the hotline 360-524-3313 Or hit me up on IG @jebstone

You might know her from her hilarious and brilliant SP rap skills or from smack talking during the Miranda vs. Julian challenges, this week's guest is none other than SP OG and fan favorite, Stacey Dalton! She shares about her struggles with being super uncomfortable during pregnancy, being prescribed progesterone after multiple miscarriages, and the wild ride inductions, epidurals and the birth of each of her two boys. She's hilarious and honest and such a breath of fresh air. Tune in for some real talk with "yer girl" Stacey Dalton! IG Handle: @Stacey stacey_sings_for_sp_swag Content Warning: Our desire with this podcast is to share the many different pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences of the people in our community. Therefore the nature of the podcast, although very personal, has what could be sensitive and/or triggering content including, but not limited to, experiences with medical emergencies, loss, miscarriage, PPD and anxiety. Topics: 01:35 - How she found Street Parking 02:51 - Feeling like a miserable pregnant person 03:24 - 2 miscarriages and being prescribed progesterone 09:36 - Being induced at 38 weeks and Henry's birth 18:30 - More on the epidural and episiotomy 25:58 - Pitocin and inducing her second birth 28:31 - Complications with the epidural and needing to turn it off 31:11 - The urge to push 32:33 - Husband needing to sit down and put his feet up during pushing 36:06 - Healing from episiotomy vs. natural tear 36:56 - Intense shaking experience after birth 39:55 - Making sure to get 5 minutes for herself 42:39 - "He is mad but he is not hurt" 45:21 - The role Street Parking has played in her life as a mom Links: Carolina's Instagram Street Parking Street Parking Instagram

Treat your future like it's your child. Would you let your kid eat pizza and cake all day and watch cartoons, and never go outside and give them whatever they wanted whenever they wanted because that's what they wanted right now? Or would you make decisions that would allow them to become a successful adult with tools to effectively navigate the world? The past does not make you. It does not predict your future unless you let it. 00:40 - Breathing Exercise 02:45 - Use Your Imagination 06:15 - The Futurist " We should try to be the parents of our future, rather the offspring of our past." 10:45 -The past does not predict the future 16:10 - Action Item: Use Your Imagination What would you like me to talk about on the show? Leave me a message on the hotline 360-524-3313 Or hit me up on IG @jebstone

Welp, I am now officially in my 40s. That used to sound so old to me. Now that I'm here, I couldn't be more excited to embark on this next decade of life. Life is what we make it, 40, 50, 60 and beyond, is what we make it! 00:00 - Breathing 01:20 - 40th Birthday 05:00 - Quarter Life Crisis 11:00 - Reflecting on my Birthday 13:50 - Action Item: Love Yourself and Others What would you like me to talk about on the show? Leave me a message on the hotline 360-524-3313 Or hit me up on IG @jebstone

On this week's episode of the SP Mamas Podcast, I had the pleasure to speak with Nelly Perin. She shares about the birth of her oldest daughter and her intense struggles with breastfeeding, postpartum anxiety, and dealing with the guilt of not being able to connect with her first born child. Nelly is such a bright light in the Street Parking Community. Her authenticity and vulnerability is inspiring and her energy is contagious. I'm so honored to be able to share some of her story with you. IG Handle: @nellyp_sp Content Warning: Our desire with this podcast is to share the many different pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences of the people in our community. Therefore the nature of the podcast, although very personal, has what could be sensitive and/or triggering content including, but not limited to, experiences with medical emergencies, loss, miscarriage, PPD and anxiety. Topics: 00:29 - Welcome and introduction 02:35 - Starting a small business with her husband 04:55 - Getting pregnant with a "lovely surprise" 05:48 - Guilt of not being able to connect with her first born 07:28 - Feeling like a disappointment to her parents 09:57 - The start of labor 17:54 - Feeling motivated by seeing the baby's head while pushing 20:00 - Getting home and feeling like everything is not ok 20:10 - The struggle with breastfeeding and feeling resentment towards her baby 30:53 - Default parenting role 35:07 - How she makes taking care of herself non-negotiable 35:49 - Finding a tribe in SP

Comparison is in our DNA. Sometimes comparing ourselves, comparing others, comparing ideas and things is important and constructive. Sometimes it is negative and destructive. We make comparisons constantly. It makes sense that would develop our ability to make comparisons that serve and enrich us, and avoid comparisons that steal our joy! 00:00 - Breathing 01:25 - Comparison is the thief of joy 05:30 - 5x a Minute! 07:20 - FOMO and Keeping Up with the Joneses 12:00 - Growth vs. Fixed Mindset 13:30 - Action Item: Making Comparisons