I was previously an educator and early child interventionist speech therapist but was brought to my knees when I became a parent

I tried to fit into the box of what parenting should be like but realized that I needed to follow my own heart and gut feelings as well as my child's cues about sleep schedule, nursing times, and other parenting pieces right from the start of becoming a parent

I learned to throw out the parenting books which really made me so nervous about labor and delivery- but it wasn't until after I had my first baby. Luckily, I grew so much in that first experience that I was in such a different place with my second baby. I got to have a mother's blessing before having my second baby and even though she came a month early and was in the NICU for a couple of days, we had such a better experience because we were all connected with ourselves and with each other, including the connection between my husband and myself

I love sharing these pieces with the listeners of my podcast and other podcasts so that parents can look at empowering themselves and hearing their own hearts and guts before they even have kids. We can get so swept up in trying to stick inside of society's box of how we should parent even during our pregnancies

I host a conscious parenting podcast where we provide parents tools for raising mindful children. I was an educator and early intervention speech therapist before having my two spirited, gifted, highly sensitive, and neurodivergent kids. I love connecting with other parents who are also raising conscious kids so that we don't feel alone in our parenting journeys.

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https://hearttoheartlife.myflodesk.com/hearttoheartlife

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https://youtube.com/@hearttoheartparentspodcast?si=ZU_czMCjqzzLaW4y

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*I fell pregnant easily, the first month trying with my daughter, and a surprise with my son!

*That was the only easy part of my journey, both pregnancies were challenging!

*My daughter's birth was quite traumatic, 5 days of induction resulting in an emergency c-section.

*My son's birth was very healing, a planned c-section.

*I was unable to breastfeed either child, and had a lot of feelings of guilt and failure that took MANY years to overcome.

*My son is on the spectrum, the official diagnosis took over 2 years, and I'm blessed to live in a country that has so many supports in place for him.

I'm The Nope Coach, I help women overcome self-doubt, set boundaries and Say 'No" without feeling guilty! I do this through online coaching and courses.

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Website: https://www.suzanneculberg.com/

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*Infertility/miscarriage led to divorce

*Infertility continued after remarriage; adoption decision made

*Unexpectedly became pregnant

*Infertility issues continued when we wanted to grow our family

*Decision to adopt again, this time internationally after failing with several other agencies

*Adopted our daughter from Mexico at age six

*Trauma behaviors were obvious but we were a bit clueless

*Trauma education and research enable us to see what was happening

*With professional help, and our own parenting formula, we were able to thrive as a blended family

Anna is a writer, speaker and educator

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