Feeling the heat? How about downloading a mindful parenting podcast or two? The thing about podcasts is that you can listen to them whenever you have a spare moment, even when you’re doing other things. Here are some of the best mindfulness podcasts for parents. Listen up: they offer lots of advice on how to de-stress your life.
Mindful Mama
(Available at: Apple, Podbean, Podchaser)
Created and hosted by Hunter Clarke-Fields, the mom of two daughters, Mindful Mama is one of the most widely listened to mindfulness podcasts for parents. Episodes explore things like how parents can use meditation, music and yoga to keep themselves and their kids calm and grounded. Clarke-Fields offers a popular online course on mindful parenting, and she’s the author of the international bestseller, Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids.
Our Mindful Way
(Available at: Apple, PlayPilot, Spotify)
Like Mindful Mama, Our Mindful Way is also devoted to helping families stay centered and peaceful no matter what challenges they may face. The podcast is produced by Megan Wolfe, a certified mindfulness and meditation practitioner, who’s spent more than a decade teaching general and special education kids, as well as athletes of varying ages and abilities, how to use mindfulness to improve their performance. Episodes examine topics like how to find harmony in your life and the importance of expressing gratitude to those you love.
The Balanced Parent
(Available at: Apple, Audible, Spotify)
As the name implies, The Balanced Parent is all about helping parents find balance in their own and their kids’ lives. The brainchild of Dr. Laura Froyen, a family therapist and mother of two daughters, the podcast features conversations between Froyen and various experts on such themes as kindness, resilience and the importance of play. As a former academic researcher, Froyen often brings her own research to bear on those conversations.
The Motherkind Podcast
(Available at: Apple, Rephonic, Spotify)
Zoe Blaskey, the creator of The Motherkind Podcast, actively involves listeners in her popular podcast by soliciting input for future topics and guests. The podcast focuses on such important mindfulness principles and practices as self-acceptance, forgiveness and working through one’s thoughts and feelings through journaling.
Vibrant Happy Women
(Available at: Apple, Audible, Podbean)
Like Froyen of The Balanced Parent, Dr. Jen Riday of Vibrant Happy Women also started out her career by obtaining a doctorate in human development and family studies, a qualification which is evident in her popular podcast. Through conversations with other experts and drawing on her own experiences as the mom of six kids, she covers topics such as how you can learn more about yourself by reflecting on your dreams, how to achieve a soulful approach to health and how to emotionally co-regulate with your partner.
Zen Parenting Podcast
(Available at: Apple, Audible, Spotify)
Unlike the other parenting podcasts included here, Zen Parenting Radio is created and hosted by a wife-and-husband team, Cathy and Todd Adams – a self-described “spiritual, emotional mom” and a “logical, practical dad.” On the podcast, they share their experiences with raising three daughters, focusing on such questions as how to practice self-compassion, how to nurture emotional wellness and how to engage in emphatic listening. Their motto: “The best predictor of a child’s well-being is a parent’s self-understanding.”
