EP06: It’s All One Big Experiment

Clarity begins with you. And, the first step is identifying where in your life clarity might be needed. Taking stock of all the things that are pertinent to one's personhood, parenting, partnership, and life, and then going inward to clarify what is needed will bring more alignment.   Together, Carrie and Kristen emphasize the importance of doing inner work to feel more fortified and connected to something bigger than oneself. They discuss how using daily prompts can help individuals tune in and tune up, including checking in on one’s brain state, weather inside, and body sensations. Carrie shares her process of taking a broad survey of what is going on in her life, identifying what requires her energy, and finding clarity around her intentions and essential practices for the season. She believes that regularly taking stock seasonally leads to a different level of fulfillment.  If you are looking for more clarity around your life, join Carrie for “Clarity with Carrie” what she deems as “yoga for the soul”. This new program offers four seasonal guidebooks with prompts and reminders, and a monthly 90-minute call to stay present and aware of life. The program is designed to help individuals get clear about what matters to them and be intentional about their lives. The program includes a reset every month, where individuals can explore themselves and their lives and continually ask themselves what matters. What would change in your life if you dedicated 90 minutes a month to creating the life of your dreams?   CLARITY WITH CARRIE is ideas, tools, skills and support for living your life with presence, awareness and intention.   * A quarterly guidebook to keep you tuned in and tuned up all season long. * A monthly workshop to give you an "on the calendar" date with yourself for settling, listening and clarifying what matters and how you want to meet the moments. * A weekly deeper dive prompt to spark self-inquiry and give you more practice listening and clarifying. * A daily inspiration to remind you to come back to your heart and trust your gut, over and over and over again.   What you can achieve if you commit to your own understanding and deepening and expansion is astounding.    www.claritywithcarrie.com/      BIO Carrie Contey, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized coach, author, speaker and educator. Her work offers a new perspective on human development, parenting and family life. She guides, supports and inspires her clients to live with wide-open and courageous hearts so they can approach family life with skill and spaciousness. Carrie received her doctorate in prenatal and perinatal psychology and is masterful at synthesizing and articulating the science, psychology and spirituality of humanhood. She is the co-founder of the Slow Family Living movement, the co-author of CALMS: A Guide To Soothing Your Baby and creator of a variety of impactful parenting courses intended to support and guide parents from toddlerhood all the way through teenhood. Carrie has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, NPR, CBS radio and in many publications including Time, Parenting and The Boston Globe. You can learn more about Carrie at www.carriecontey.com.    CONNECT & LEARN MORE Parenting Courses: https://www.carriecontey.com/ Clarity with Carrie: www.claritywithcarrie.com/  Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology  Email: [email protected]  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carrieconteyphd  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claritywithcarrie/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carrieconteyphd 

Modern life is full, fast and loud. There are endless choices and decisions that need to be made, especially when parenting growing people.  Cultivating the skills of finding clarity from within -- the ability to know and trust one's self, deeply -- is invaluable for several reasons. First, it brings awareness to what's truly meaningful. Living a satisfying life is very personal so being able to listen and clarify what matters allows for a sense of agency, fulfillment and aliveness. Second, clarity calms the fears that arise as a result of living in the 21st century and caring for the people who mean the most. Even though it can sometimes feel like it is, fear is not a requirement of parenting. When a parent knows how to find clarity from within, it quells and calms the worrying. Third, because there's no way to predict how life will unfold, modeling how to find clarity from within -- day by day, month by month and year by year -- is one of the most powerful things you can teach your children. By living with clarity, you are showing others how to handle all that life presents with presence, calm and confidence.     CLARITY WITH CARRIE is ideas, tools, skills and support for living your life with presence, awarenss and intention.   * A quarterly guidebook to keep you tuned in and tuned up all season long. * A monthly workshop to give you an "on the calendar" date with yourself for settling, listening and clarifying what matters and how you want to meet the moments. * A weekly deeper dive prompt to spark self-inquiry and give you more practice listening and clarifying. * A daily inspiration to remind you to come back to your heart and trust your gut, over and over and over again.   What you can achieve if you commit to your own understanding and deepening and expansion is astounding.    www.claritywithcarrie.com/      BIO Carrie Contey, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized coach, author, speaker and educator. Her work offers a new perspective on human development, parenting and family life. She guides, supports and inspires her clients to live with wide-open and courageous hearts so they can approach family life with skill and spaciousness. Carrie received her doctorate in prenatal and perinatal psychology and is masterful at synthesizing and articulating the science, psychology and spirituality of humanhood. She is the co-founder of the Slow Family Living movement, the co-author of CALMS: A Guide To Soothing Your Baby and creator of a variety of impactful parenting courses intended to support and guide parents from toddlerhood all the way through teenhood. Carrie has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, NPR, CBS radio and in many publications including Time, Parenting and The Boston Globe. You can learn more about Carrie at www.carriecontey.com.    CONNECT & LEARN MORE Parenting Courses: https://www.carriecontey.com/ Clarity with Carrie: www.claritywithcarrie.com/  Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology  Email: [email protected]  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carrieconteyphd  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claritywithcarrie/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carrieconteyphd 

Clarity is one of the most important tools to have in your tool kit as you navigate the wild and wonderful seas of life. On Episode 1 of "Clarity" Carrie and Kristin explore the challenges of finding clarity when information is coming at us, endlessly.   Clarity helps individuals make intentional decisions and take meaningful actions. When we practice "coming in for a landing" we allow ourselves to pause, notice and consider what is going on -- around us and within us. And in doing that we don't just hear ourselves, we actually learn to know and trust ourselves, deeply.   Cultivating clarity is a skill set that can be learned, practiced, and when used, is a powerful tool for operating in the world that will benefit you, and your children as they embark on life beyond the home. When you tap into your knowing, alignment is not far behind.        CLARITY WITH CARRIE is ideas, tools, skills and support for living your life with presence, awarenss and intention.   * A quarterly guidebook to keep you tuned in and tuned up all season long. * A monthly workshop to give you an "on the calendar" date with yourself for settling, listening and clarifying what matters and how you want to meet the moments. * A weekly deeper dive prompt to spark self-inquiry and give you more practice listening and clarifying. * A daily inspiration to remind you to come back to your heart and trust your gut, over and over and over again.   What you can achieve if you commit to your own understanding and deepening and expansion is astounding.    www.claritywithcarrie.com/      BIO Carrie Contey, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized coach, author, speaker and educator. Her work offers a new perspective on human development, parenting and family life. She guides, supports and inspires her clients to live with wide-open and courageous hearts so they can approach family life with skill and spaciousness. Carrie received her doctorate in prenatal and perinatal psychology and is masterful at synthesizing and articulating the science, psychology and spirituality of humanhood. She is the co-founder of the Slow Family Living movement, the co-author of CALMS: A Guide To Soothing Your Baby and creator of a variety of impactful parenting courses intended to support and guide parents from toddlerhood all the way through teenhood. Carrie has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, NPR, CBS radio and in many publications including Time, Parenting and The Boston Globe. You can learn more about Carrie at www.carriecontey.com.    CONNECT & LEARN MORE Parenting Courses: https://www.carriecontey.com/ Clarity with Carrie: www.claritywithcarrie.com/  Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology  Email: [email protected]  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carrieconteyphd  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claritywithcarrie/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carrieconteyphd   

Navigating boundaries and technology for you and your family is the work of modern parenting. It’s an opportunity to examine what’s really happening with you and your children and clarify value-based guidelines and develop self-awareness around what truly matters. These skills are what will safeguard your children as they move into life beyond the growing years. There's no way to prepare them for the technological world that is emerging. It's changing too fast. However, by modeling clear boundaries and self-knowing, you can teach them what it means to be a healthy, aligned, compassionate human while bringing more ease and connection to family life.  Enrollment for my Untangling Technology Course is now open. Devices are here to stay… How will you navigate, guide and prioritize the use of devices in your family’s life this Summer and beyond? Beginning May 10, 2023, this 4 week course will guide you in creating realistic boundaries and developing balanced relationships with technology for yourself and with your people. Give yourself the time and space to stop the swirling, gain clarity and put the devices in their rightful place. Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology    BIO Carrie Contey, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized coach, author, speaker and educator. Her work offers a new perspective on human development, parenting and family life. She guides, supports and inspires her clients to live with wide-open and courageous hearts so they can approach family life with skill and spaciousness. Carrie received her doctorate in prenatal and perinatal psychology and is masterful at synthesizing and articulating the science, psychology and spirituality of humanhood. She is the co-founder of the Slow Family Living movement, the co-author of CALMS: A Guide To Soothing Your Baby and creator of a variety of impactful parenting courses intended to support and guide parents from toddlerhood all the way through teenhood. Carrie has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, NPR, CBS radio and in many publications including Time, Parenting and The Boston Globe. You can learn more about Carrie at www.carriecontey.com.    CONNECT & LEARN MORE Website: https://www.carriecontey.com/ Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology  Email: [email protected]  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carrieconteyphd  Instagram: @carrieconteyphd https://www.instagram.com/carrieconteyphd/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carrieconteyphd     

Young people today are growing up with devices and technology in a way that most adult people never did. It’s a part of our lives whether we want it or not, so taking the time to examine what’s really happening with you, and your children when it comes to screen time is an important step in moving toward a healthy relationship with technology. In this episode, Kristen and I talk about how parents can shift from a place of fear to appreciation, concern to curiosity, and manager to mentor.   BIO Carrie Contey, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized coach, author, speaker and educator. Her work offers a new perspective on human development, parenting and family life. She guides, supports and inspires her clients to live with wide-open and courageous hearts so they can approach family life with skill and spaciousness. Carrie received her doctorate in prenatal and perinatal psychology and is masterful at synthesizing and articulating the science, psychology and spirituality of humanhood. She is the co-founder of the Slow Family Living movement, the co-author of CALMS: A Guide To Soothing Your Baby and creator of a variety of impactful parenting courses intended to support and guide parents from toddlerhood all the way through teenhood. Carrie has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, NPR, CBS radio and in many publications including Time, Parenting and The Boston Globe. You can learn more about Carrie at www.carriecontey.com.    CONNECT & LEARN MORE Website: https://www.carriecontey.com/ Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology  Email: [email protected]  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carrieconteyphd  Instagram: @carrieconteyphd https://www.instagram.com/carrieconteyphd/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carrieconteyphd    Enrollment for my Untangling Technology Course is now open. Devices are here to stay… How will you navigate, guide and prioritize the use of devices in your family’s life this Summer and beyond? Beginning May 10, 2023, this 4 week course will guide you in creating realistic boundaries and developing balanced relationships with technology for yourself and with your people. Give yourself the time and space to stop the swirling, gain clarity and put the devices in their rightful place. Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology 

It all starts with you. Being the guide for your kids requires a certain level of consideration and clarity of your habits. In this episode, we discuss the importance of sorting out your own relationship with devices and technology. We know one thing for sure, they are always watching! In order to be a steady guide for your children, understanding how devices add to, or take away, from your own life is the first step. Showing them through your own exploration and experimentation models for them a way of being with devices that is thoughtful and discerning. The self-awareness and clarity you cultivate around your relationship with technology is a gift to you and your people.    BIO Carrie Contey, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized coach, author, speaker and educator. Her work offers a new perspective on human development, parenting and family life. She guides, supports and inspires her clients to live with wide-open and courageous hearts so they can approach family life with skill and spaciousness. Carrie received her doctorate in prenatal and perinatal psychology and is masterful at synthesizing and articulating the science, psychology and spirituality of humanhood. She is the co-founder of the Slow Family Living movement, the co-author of CALMS: A Guide To Soothing Your Baby and creator of a variety of impactful parenting courses intended to support and guide parents from toddlerhood all the way through teenhood. Carrie has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, NPR, CBS radio and in many publications including Time, Parenting and The Boston Globe. You can learn more about Carrie at www.carriecontey.com.    CONNECT & LEARN MORE Website: https://www.carriecontey.com/ Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology  Email: [email protected]  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carrieconteyphd  Instagram: @carrieconteyphd https://www.instagram.com/carrieconteyphd/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carrieconteyphd    Enrollment for my Untangling Technology Course is now open. Devices are here to stay… How will you navigate, guide and prioritize the use of devices in your family’s life this Summer and beyond? Beginning May 10, 2023, this 4 week course will guide you in creating realistic boundaries and developing balanced relationships with technology for yourself and with your people. Give yourself the time and space to stop the swirling, gain clarity and put the devices in their rightful place. Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology 

What would it mean to feel clear, calm and confident in your role as the family guide navigating the ever-changing landscape of technology? In this episode, Carrie and Kristen dive into one of the top parenting struggles of today: devices. It’s the aspect of modern life that has most parents tangled up. The truth is, we are all in relationship with these devices and apps and we are being tempted by new things, regularly and this can leave us feeling swirly. But with self-awareness, clarity and value-based boundaries we can put it in its rightful place for ourselves, and our family.   BIO Carrie Contey, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized coach, author, speaker and educator. Her work offers a new perspective on human development, parenting and family life. She guides, supports and inspires her clients to live with wide-open and courageous hearts so they can approach family life with skill and spaciousness. Carrie received her doctorate in prenatal and perinatal psychology and is masterful at synthesizing and articulating the science, psychology and spirituality of humanhood. She is the co-founder of the Slow Family Living movement, the co-author of CALMS: A Guide To Soothing Your Baby and creator of a variety of impactful parenting courses intended to support and guide parents from toddlerhood all the way through teenhood. Carrie has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, NPR, CBS radio and in many publications including Time, Parenting and The Boston Globe. You can learn more about Carrie at www.carriecontey.com.    CONNECT & LEARN MORE Website: https://www.carriecontey.com/ Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology  Email: [email protected]  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carrieconteyphd  Instagram: @carrieconteyphd https://www.instagram.com/carrieconteyphd/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carrieconteyphd    Enrollment for my Untangling Technology Course is now open. Devices are here to stay… How will you navigate, guide and prioritize the use of devices in your family’s life this Summer and beyond? Beginning May 10, 2023, this 4 week course will guide you in creating realistic boundaries and developing balanced relationships with technology for yourself and with your people. Give yourself the time and space to stop the swirling, gain clarity and put the devices in their rightful place. Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology 

Guess what? This parenting thing can feel really good. As Carrie wraps up this mini-series, she reviews some of her foundational concepts (understanding the nervous system, self-awareness, transcending fear, finding your way, etc.). Turns out that in the midst of all of this child development there’s a lot of parent development going on, too. We’re evolving, growing, and learning right alongside our kids. How cool is that?       BIO Carrie Contey, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized coach, author, speaker and educator. Her work offers a new perspective on human development, parenting and family life. She guides, supports and inspires her clients to live with wide-open and courageous hearts so they can approach family life with skill and spaciousness. Carrie received her doctorate in prenatal and perinatal psychology and is masterful at synthesizing and articulating the science, psychology and spirituality of humanhood. She is the co-founder of the Slow Family Living movement, the co-author of CALMS: A Guide To Soothing Your Baby and creator of a variety of impactful parenting courses intended to support and guide parents from toddlerhood all the way through teenhood. Carrie has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, NPR, CBS radio and in many publications including Time, Parenting and The Boston Globe. You can learn more about Carrie at www.carriecontey.com.    CONNECT & LEARN MORE Website: https://www.carriecontey.com/ Knot Parenting: www.carriecontey.com/knotparenting  Email: [email protected]  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carrieconteyphd  Instagram: @carrieconteyphd https://www.instagram.com/carrieconteyphd/  TikTok: @carrieconteyphd https://www.tiktok.com/@carrieconteyphd  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carrieconteyphd  Mentioned in this episode: Free resources: https://www.carriecontey.com/resources 8 Reminders for Creating a Connected Family Life: https://www.carriecontey.com/knotparenting-reminders    Knot Parenting Mentorship: Enrollment for my Knot Parenting mentorship is now open. If you've been enjoying the ideas from my podcast, and want to understand how to put them into practice then this mentorship is for you.  After 20 years of coaching and supporting thousands of families, I know it’s possible to feel clear, confident, and connected with your people in all phases of development. Let me mentor you toward knowing and trusting yourself to feel skillful as a parent. We'll create a community of support, and we'll get to work untangling all of the knots that come up! Visit  www.knotparenting.com today to learn more and enroll today!

What role do appreciation, love, and savoring play in this parenting journey? They are the things that bring richness, joy, and meaning to family life. In this episode, Carrie shares her insights on the importance of paying attention to what really matters and focusing on what’s working and what’s good. We all know what it’s like to get stuck in a drudgery mindset of raising our kids. But when we learn to train our focus towards what’s good and give ourselves permission to delight in the miracle of this parenting experience, we begin to create the habit of appreciating, loving, and savoring… and life starts to feel really good.     BIO Carrie Contey, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized coach, author, speaker and educator. Her work offers a new perspective on human development, parenting and family life. She guides, supports and inspires her clients to live with wide-open and courageous hearts so they can approach family life with skill and spaciousness. Carrie received her doctorate in prenatal and perinatal psychology and is masterful at synthesizing and articulating the science, psychology and spirituality of humanhood. She is the co-founder of the Slow Family Living movement, the co-author of CALMS: A Guide To Soothing Your Baby and creator of a variety of impactful parenting courses intended to support and guide parents from toddlerhood all the way through teenhood. Carrie has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, NPR, CBS radio and in many publications including Time, Parenting and The Boston Globe. You can learn more about Carrie at www.carriecontey.com.    CONNECT & LEARN MORE Website: https://www.carriecontey.com/ Knot Parenting: www.carriecontey.com/knotparenting Email: [email protected]  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carrieconteyphd  Instagram: @carrieconteyphd https://www.instagram.com/carrieconteyphd/  TikTok: @carrieconteyphd https://www.tiktok.com/@carrieconteyphd  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carrieconteyphd  Mentioned in this episode: Free resources: https://www.carriecontey.com/resources   Knot Parenting Mentorship: Enrollment for my Knot Parenting mentorship is now open. If you've been enjoying the ideas from my podcast, and want to understand how to put them into practice then this mentorship is for you.  After 20 years of coaching and supporting thousands of families, I know it’s possible to feel clear, confident, and connected with your people in all phases of development. Let me mentor you toward knowing and trusting yourself to feel skillful as a parent. We'll create a community of support, and we'll get to work untangling all of the knots that come up! Visit  www.knotparenting.com today to learn more and enroll today!

Imagine approaching parenting like a curious researcher running experiments and greeting the results with openness and non-attachment. In this episode, Carrie shares her insights on seeing the parenting journey like it’s one big experiment. When we cultivate a spirit of play, curiosity, and non-attachment–instead of resisting how life unfolds–we gain access to a lightness that brings ease and grace to the journey.     BIO Carrie Contey, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized coach, author, speaker and educator. Her work offers a new perspective on human development, parenting and family life. She guides, supports and inspires her clients to live with wide-open and courageous hearts so they can approach family life with skill and spaciousness. Carrie received her doctorate in prenatal and perinatal psychology and is masterful at synthesizing and articulating the science, psychology and spirituality of humanhood. She is the co-founder of the Slow Family Living movement, the co-author of CALMS: A Guide To Soothing Your Baby and creator of a variety of impactful parenting courses intended to support and guide parents from toddlerhood all the way through teenhood. Carrie has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, NPR, CBS radio and in many publications including Time, Parenting and The Boston Globe. You can learn more about Carrie at www.carriecontey.com.    CONNECT & LEARN MORE Website: https://www.carriecontey.com/ Knot Parenting: www.carriecontey.com/knotparenting  Email: [email protected]  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carrieconteyphd  Instagram: @carrieconteyphd https://www.instagram.com/carrieconteyphd/  TikTok: @carrieconteyphd https://www.tiktok.com/@carrieconteyphd  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carrieconteyphd  Mentioned in this episode: Free resources: https://www.carriecontey.com/resources The Essentials of Familyhood: https://www.carriecontey.com/essentials-of-familyhood    Knot Parenting Mentorship: Enrollment for my Knot Parenting mentorship is now open. If you've been enjoying the ideas from my podcast, and want to understand how to put them into practice then this mentorship is for you.  After 20 years of coaching and supporting thousands of families, I know it’s possible to feel clear, confident, and connected with your people in all phases of development. Let me mentor you toward knowing and trusting yourself to feel skillful as a parent. We'll create a community of support, and we'll get to work untangling all of the knots that come up! Visit  www.knotparenting.com today to learn more and enroll today!