This week coaches Bonnie Blackstone and Remi Gibbs chat with Deanna Marie about living with an alcoholic. There is so much out there for the alcoholic, but not so much for spouses. Taking care of yourself is the first step in healing from being with an alcoholic or addict. Then you must address your codependency. If you are making your decisions around their drinking, then you are codependent. Whether you choose to stay or go, you are worthy of a good life, and don't have to live in their hell.

Connect with Deanna Marie at www.deannamarielifecoaching.com

Author and Hypno-therapist Pamela Topjian joins coaches Bonnie Blackstone and Remi Gibbs to share her story and discuss her book, I Didn't Come This Far, to Only Come THIS Far. We discuss doing what you love and not what you don't. She discusses the importance of doing the work to heal so that you can build a life you love. Her story is one of betrayal, abuse and neglect that was healed through therapy, writing and art and is now happy and full.

Connect with Pamela:

www.petsitroseville.com

www.hypnobreakthrough.com

On this episode, Coaches Bonnie and Remi chat with Laura Marie Rubin about being a "Wild Awake Woman." The focus of the conversation is on identifying how you want to show up in the world and then pursuing a life that achieves that. With the goal being, that you lived the life you wanted...no regrets, no bitterness.

Connect with Laura Marie:

www.wildawakewoman.com

On Instagram at LivingWildAwake.

Coaches Bonnie Blackstone and Remi Gibbs have a conversation about men and the concerns women have with them. They start with Man vs. Bear. Women are raised to fear men and they should be. 1 in 3 women have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner.

Men objectify women and treat women as their father treated their moms. They are generally not taught emotional intelligence. They stonewall and generally don't accept their partner's influence.

What can we do? Create a safe place for men to express their feelings. Help them develop their emotional intelligence. Mirror the way you want them to behave and react. Applaud positive behaviors. Have deep meaningful conversations.

Moms how are you raising your boys??

Need help? Check out these references:

Domestic Violence Hotline: 1.800.799.7233

https://www.thehotline.org

https://www.womenhelpingwomen.org/home/services/

https://www.rainn.org/resources

https://www.nsvrc.org/find-help

https://youtu.be/3UGjdaNjxA8?si=ev7F3eDfew1igoFv YouTube video Bonnie mentioned re: raising boys.

This week coaches Bonnie Blackstone and Remi Gibbs chat with teacher Joy Robertson about her new book: How to Teach Joy—A Simple Guide to Nurturing a Child's Development. Joy discusses the process of writing her first book, what went into it, and the mental fortitude it took to get it done. She also discusses changing her life's path at 49 and how thrilling yet terrifying it is. She encourages women to build their tribe. She encourages parents to be present with their young children and enjoy playing with them and connecting with them. The more purposeful we can be with early childhood the better it will be for the Universe.

Her book launches on Sunday, June 23. Join the launch on Zoom from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84959703764

Purchase her book: How To Teach Joy: A Simple Guide to Nurturing a Child’s Development https://a.co/d/dC4Fey9

Check out her website: www.teacherofjoy.com

Bonnie and Remi have a conversation with transformational coach and COO of Lumia, Chris Clark. They discuss tearing down, rebuilding, and coming into alignment with self. They examine suffering and the activated nervous system. They discuss life's journey and finding what is not yet healed, then doing the work to heal.

More on Chris Clark:

www.firebirdrise.com

Coaches Bonnie Blackstone and Remi Gibbs have a conversation with sociologist, parent and teen relationship coach, and author, Laura Lyles-Reagan about the importance of having conversations with our children and with people in general. There is a parenting movement away from an authoritarian style and into a conscious parenting style. The purpose of the switch is to create humans that can critically think, be able to process their emotions, and believe that they are important. It's focused on having genuine, thought-provoking conversations. The conversations need to be focused on reinforcing that they matter, the emotional content of the day, and affirming love. Genuine questions need to be asked. The parent's role is to honor the gifts and struggles of their children and help them become their best selves. Laura specifies that the most important times for parents to show up for their kids daily are when they first wake up, after school, and before bed.

Imagine if we were having these conversations not only with our children but the people in our lives in general. What a different world it would be.

For more on Laura:

Website: https://lauralreagan.com/

Book: How to Raise Respectful Parents

Holistic Health Practioner and Life Coach, Bonnie Blackstone chats with Remi Gibbs about her new program - Self-Care To Move Forward, a 9-week customized coaching experience designed to take you from surviving to thriving when you're going through an extremely stressful time. Learn how her program can work beautifully in sync with therapy or on its own to help you learn to nourish your body, regulate your nervous system, and make goals and plans for your future.

Self-Care To Move Forward with Coach Bonnie Blackstone www.bonnieblackstone.com

Midlife Unraveling with Coach Remi Gibbs: www.renovatedrealities.com