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Kylie van Gelder

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Join Kylie van Gelder, as she explores life outside of motherhood and shares her tips and tricks for becoming more than just a mom, so you can enjoy your life without giving up your identity. Kylie is a mom of two wild little miracles and a certified Life Coach, with a Master's in Psychology. She knows all too well what it's like to feel stuck in the cycle of motherhood while neglecting her own needs. That's why this show is dedicated to helping moms become who they're truly meant to be. Aft ...
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Golpo is the Bengali word for stories. It is a curious little word, both a verb and a noun at the same time. As a child Rituparna would insist on two stories and two songs every night. She would pretend to go off to sleep testing her parents to see if they'd finish the story they started to tell. When her grandmother told her stories she would kick her legs in the air fighting sleep before it wrapped her in. Golpo, the joy of oral storytelling returned to Rituparna's life as a mother. From a ...
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In today's show, we dig into sleep deprivation and the impact this can have on your mental and physical well-being. The long-term effects are shocking. I've been experiencing some of the short-term effects of chronic sleep deprivation, and it's not pretty. This is why I wanted to bring awareness to such an important topic. During the episode, I talā€¦
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In today's show we dive into a topic that affects the majority of the population, including yours truly. Imposter syndrome, or as I prefer to say imposter thoughts. Imposter thoughts are thoughts that regardless of your achievements, you think you are not good enough. Often you feel like a fraud and fear others might find out. Imposter thoughts wilā€¦
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Welcome to Season 3 of Mama Needs More! We're back with a new lineup of shows starting with today's episode on learning to set boundaries. This is such an important topic for overwhelmed moms. Learning to set boundaries helps you protect your energy, lowers stress, models positive behaviours for your children, increases your self-worth, and so muchā€¦
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In today's episode, I dig into the topic of the inner child and how to reparent her. We all have an inner child. She doesn't live in the past. Many of the emotions you feel today as an adult ā€“ positive and negative ā€“ are what she felt and learned growing up. This means she is very present. It's the negative emotions I focus on in today's show. Whenā€¦
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In today's episode, Sharla Mandere, a certified holistic coach and personal trainer, joins me to discuss perimenopause and women's health. Sharla highlights the importance of getting the right type of exercise for women in this phase of life. Personally, I'm in denial but when you're a woman in your 40's perimenopause is a subject you want to know ā€¦
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Today's episode takes a slightly different approach compared to my shows. This is because of the amount of information coming out about the negative impact screen time can have on our brains. And by our brains, I'm not just talking about the adult brain, but also our kids. Areas that are hit the most are important things like sleep, mental health, ā€¦
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In today's short and sweet episode, I discuss a quote I needed to hear to get me out of my head. Do you ever have this? You're watching TV or listening to music and you hear something that feels like it was meant specifically for you. This is exactly what I felt. In this case, it's about snapping at your kids, beating yourself up because you've beeā€¦
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In today's episode, I talk about an experience where I quickly judged another parent. His daughter was feeling emotionally overwhelmed (a.k.a. having a temper tantrum) and oh, I had some judgment going on about his response. In the show, I explain the story and my realization at that moment that I am also an imperfect parent, which is ok. Perfectioā€¦
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In today's episode, we're talking about all things resilience. It's a word that's used so often, yet at the same time, it's also underestimated. In the show, I get into the details of what it means to be resilient and how important it is to acknowledge your inner strength. Resilience is something you need to practice. It's not an overnight sensatioā€¦
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It's a celebration! Today's episode marks the 1 year Mama Needs More anniversary and I'm giving away a free session. Listen to the show for the exact details. Hurry, because the offer ends on April 30, 2024. In today's very special anniversary episode, I talk about what happens to your life and your mind when you stick to your goals. More specificaā€¦
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This episode is a vulnerable one where I share my recent experience facing my fear... public speaking. In the episode, I talk about an opportunity I had to speak in front of hundreds of people. After the talk, my inner critic went wild, dishing out all sorts of harsh comments because things didn't go as planned. Instead of sinking deeper into a blaā€¦
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As great as it would be to have a miracle way to know exactly what you're purpose is, it doesn't work like this for most people. In today's episode, I share some no-BS info on the hype that is finding your purpose, while offering you 10 steps to discover yours. One thing I point out is that you do not need to have a flashy purpose for all to see. Aā€¦
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Today's episode is number 25! It feels like a big number, so I'm celebrating with a guest. Nicole Dake is a mother, an award-winning author, a spiritual life coach, a blogger, and a social media influencer. In the show, Nicole shares her personal story and her trauma-healing journey. She talks about awareness of what's happening, self-acceptance byā€¦
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In today's episode, I'm joined by Karen Smith. Karen is the owner of Aunties Kitchen, an Indigenous business providing fresh, healthy and delicious catering services. After working for 25 years in the government, Karen decided it was time to stop working for someone else and instead, follow her dreams. During the show, we talk about reconnecting toā€¦
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In today's minisode, you will discover 8 strategies to help you find that much-needed work-life balance. I call it the work-life-motherhood balance or integration. As mothers, this almost seems like a mythical creature at times. But your life does not have to be a juggling act of swapping from one role to the next without a second to breathe in betā€¦
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In today's episode, I dive into a topic I'm passionate about: food and the impact this has on your mental and physical health. I briefly explain what unhealthy food is and what it does to your mind and body. So I don't scare you off, I am all about balance ā€“ don't touch my pasta! In balancing things, this also means getting enough of the good stuffā€¦
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In today's episode, I give you my top 10 busy mom strategies to set yourself up for success in the new year. I make it easy to combine things, so you feel like you achieve more throughout the year. If you follow the tips, you will definitely do just that! I also highlight why starting before the year ends can help you get the most out of the year tā€¦
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In this minisode, I talk about the fantastic ways daily self-reflection can help you increase your self-awareness and confidence. It's super simple and doesn't require much time. Bonus! As it's the end of the year, I also share the benefits of reflecting on your year and what you want to do going forward. I walk you through the questions I ask myseā€¦
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Have you ever wondered about the benefits of being positive? What about when someone is too positive? In today's episode, I dive into the good things that happen when you have a healthy balance of positivity. I also get into toxic positivity. This is when someone ignores negative emotions and covers them up with extreme positivity, to the point thaā€¦
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It's almost the New Year and I'm sure you're thinking about a New Year's resolution. Let me stop you right there. This show is all about creating healthy habits starting now. In the episode, I explain why postponing a new habit won't get you very far. I also emphasize how important it is to start taking action today. Luckily, the action I'm suggestā€¦
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I end this season with a story that is close to me. I read this one as a young student of Literature and found it echoing through many of the things that have 'repeated' in my life! When does a task become a punishment? When does an endless loop feel overbearing? When and how do you find purpose in something that doesn't seem to end? Listen to thisā€¦
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Mama Needs More season 2 returns! In this episode, I open up about the challenges my husband and I have been facing and how we have been practicing the ā€œsometimes annoyingā€ art of accepting and letting go. If youā€™re like me, those words might drive you crazy. Well, in this show, I give you ACTUAL STEPS to learn the technique and release yourself frā€¦
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Here is a story that I had shortlisted many many weeks ago, but I hadn't recorded it. In ways, I am glad I waited to put this episode together. My response of the story changed after a visit to the Partition Museum earlier this week and I cannot ignore the metaphor that speaks to me. I donā€™t imagine you will retell Dividing the Goose in your historā€¦
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The Peasant's Riddle is a story suggests an investment strategy that will provoke both your thoughts and emotions. At the face of it, this is a story seeped in patriarchy. It is easy to overlook it, but I chose to retell it to enable immersive conversations in the Classroom, Living Room and the Boardroom. Remember to listen to the original story soā€¦
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You may have heard this one as the Talkative Tortoise or The Tortoise who Wanted to Fly. A tale so popular that Panchantra, Aesop Fables, Jataka Tales, Katha Sarit Sagar all have versions of this. A cautionary tale that warns the 'talkative' to not talk out of turn, I think we have always misunderstood this story. Listen in and let me know what do ā€¦
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This is a story about sleep. If you are listening to this at night, take a moment to listen to your body. Do you know when it needs sleep? Or have you surrendered to sleepless nights like the owl. Here is a story that will spark conversations about sleep in the classroom, living room and boardroom...because sleep is a primal need. **** š™‚š™¤š™”š™„š™¤: š™Žš™©š™¤š™§š™žā€¦
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What if you could get a route map out to wherever you want to be! That goal you have set in your life, your dream job, a promotion, better grades, that medal, award or certificate, social media growth, a sales target, or revenueā€¦the quest for a better health, your peace of mind, happiness perhaps? Listen to this story, it may hold the clue to "How ā€¦
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This week we decided to go back to Chelm, the fictional town of fools and bring to you two stories. Are fools really fools? Or are they so wise that we don't see their wisdom...? Listen to two pretty, pithy and powerful stories that will leave you with enough to talk about. **** š™‚š™¤š™”š™„š™¤: š™Žš™©š™¤š™§š™žš™šš™Ø š™›š™§š™¤š™¢ š˜¼š™§š™¤š™Ŗš™£š™™ š™š™š™š š™’š™¤š™§š™”š™™ š™žš™Ø š™– š™˜š™¤š™”š™”š™šš™˜š™©š™žš™¤š™£ š™¤š™› š™Øš™©š™¤š™§š™žš™šš™Ø š™©š™š™–š™© š™˜ā€¦
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Quarrel of the Quails is the origin story behind the phrase "United we Stand, Divided we Fall", that simple phrase that we have all heard since we were young. Unity, a virtue as old as the ages, this adage has been illustrated in teaching tales and fables. They have also been retold in history, art and popular culture. Growing up as a child in Indiā€¦
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Welcome back to spooky season! šŸ‚šŸ‘» Our favorite season for cartoons. And weā€™re diving right into all things gothic and skeletal with stop-motion favorite, Tim Burtonā€™s Corpse Bride! In this episode, Sonya and Deidra break down the gothic and tubercular aesthetic, the ā€œwight in a wedding dressā€ trope, Russian Jewish fairy tales, the fraught nature ofā€¦
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The Teapot is a fairytale with a fable-like overtones. Here is an inanimate object telling its story, personified and humanised with a distinct character and personality. The Teapot has emotions, it transforms and learns a valuable lesson through the course of the story. It is also vulnerable to sounding too didactic a story! Particularly the kindsā€¦
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Fables are some of the world's oldest set of stories. They stories have survived the times, been passed on orally for centuries, instructed and inspired listeners in every era. While it is easy to tell a fable and prescribe a moral, I feel its power is better utilised when it is told to invite introspection, dialogue and discovery. Listen to The Peā€¦
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This weekā€™s episode from Africa brings together myriad themes of #SpeakingUp #Truth #Whistleblowing #Proactiveness #ActionTakers If you want to encourage a listener to speak up, or talk, retell this story by assuring a safe space for freedom of speech and opinion. Celebrate the power of voice by sharing what happens when you speak up. Tell this stoā€¦
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"For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost." You have surely heard the proverb before! Here is the story that inspired English writer and George Herbert to write it. A crisp story that will help you gently nudge conversations around procastination, be careful when retelling thisā€¦
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Even if you have watched An American Tail, youā€™ve probably never watch its straight-to-video sequel, ā€œThe Treasure of Manhattan Islandā€, and you know what? Thatā€™s okay! Think of this episode as our pitch to you, our listeners, as to why these films are worth taking ā€œout of the vaultā€ for another look. In this episode, Sonya and Deidra dive into "Anā€¦
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ā€œThe Boy who wanted the Moonā€ is our little tribute to the scientistā€™s of ISRO who achieved the momentous success of Chandrayan-3. The moon has charmed humans forever, we have always tried to reach for the moon, to see what lies in the glittering and shimmering land of craters. This pourquoi tale from Africa is a living proof of that. While the worā€¦
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Why Trees Stopped Moving is a fascinating folktale from Nicobar Islands that blends in ideas of forests, trees, climate change, intergenerational relationships and migration. Like always, this story resonates equally within the classroom, living room and boardroom. As a storyteller I feel deeply indebted to folklorists who have gathered these storiā€¦
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Gopal Bhand is a legendary court jester from Bengal, India. Growing up as a child in a Bengali household the stories of Gopal Bhand filled my childhood with a lot of laughter. This one is a very popular story that may be familiar with Indian story lovers, but it may be new to listeners around the world. Here is a story that talks of measurement, scā€¦
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"What's the one story you remember from your childhood?" I asked a room full of IT professionals. "Emperor's New Clothes" was the story that I heard in my first corporate workshop. "Does the story speak to you today?" I asked. "More than it did in my childhood," came the reply. This was in 2014. Since then, Emperor's New Clothes has been in my storā€¦
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Before Barbie (2023) dir. Greta Gerwig, there were over 40 animated movies produced for the Barbie franchise with beloved classics like Barbie as Swan Lake, Barbie as Princess and the Pauper, and more. Deidra and Sonya dive into the history of Barbie, the influence of the animated films and todayā€™s Barbiemania as a result of the recently released mā€¦
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A Story about money, negotiations, buying, selling and bargaining! Tell this at home to discuss money with your child, or take it to the math or economics classroom, or sprinkle some humour in your next sales meeting! This versatile story will make you smile. ***** š™‚š™¤š™”š™„š™¤: š™Žš™©š™¤š™§š™žš™šš™Ø š™›š™§š™¤š™¢ š˜¼š™§š™¤š™Ŗš™£š™™ š™š™š™š š™’š™¤š™§š™”š™™ š™žš™Ø š™– š™˜š™¤š™”š™”š™šš™˜š™©š™žš™¤š™£ š™¤š™› š™Øš™©š™¤š™§š™žš™šš™Ø š™©š™š™–š™© š™˜š™–š™£ š™—š™š š™Øš™š™–š™§š™šš™™ š™–ā€¦
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Do you have the skill to turn a 'useless' thing into a valuable and useful thing with the power of storytelling? How does changing the narrative of an object change the perception of people? This week's episode takes you into this familiar and powerful use of storytelling. **** š™‚š™¤š™”š™„š™¤: š™Žš™©š™¤š™§š™žš™šš™Ø š™›š™§š™¤š™¢ š˜¼š™§š™¤š™Ŗš™£š™™ š™š™š™š š™’š™¤š™§š™”š™™ š™žš™Ø š™– š™˜š™¤š™”š™”š™šš™˜š™©š™žš™¤š™£ š™¤š™› š™Øš™©š™¤š™§š™žš™šš™Ø š™©š™š™–š™© š™˜š™–ā€¦
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Rivers have a life of their own. They too have stories of their own. Listen to this snappy Russian Folktale, the story of two Russian Rivers and their dispute to which is greater? Does it matter which is the greater river, as long as they both flow into the same sea? Listen to the podcast, to see how you can integrate it into your Classroom, Livingā€¦
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The Legend of Mullah Nasruddin never fails to create magic! The stories make you laugh, make you think, and question something that you know. If told right, every story will give you something to talk about. In the previous season, we had a story, The Smell of Bread, another Nasruddin Story that opens up interesting thoughts and conversations aboutā€¦
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Kokras Kuni Zang is a Kashmiri Proverb that means "an adamant / stubborn person." This is one of the few proverbs that has an 'original' story attached with it. Or at least, that's how I found it and so did the writer / storyteller who wrote the book I found it in. Proverbs, idioms or Corporate Jargons are extremely popular in everyday vocabulary. ā€¦
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This week, we are retelling a story from Season 1, retelling a Hindi story in English and bringing it in context of this season of the podcast. In the process of translating this story I noticed some finer nuances about the Mountain and his personality that I had overlooked earlier. Here is an example of Story Pedagogy with concepts of Geography. Iā€¦
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Today's episode is the final show of the season and it's one you don't want to miss! I interviewed Angela Boyd from Angela Boyd Coaching. Angela is Mindset & Accountability Coach. In the show, she shares an insane amount of knowledge. So much so that I had a hard time selecting key topics because everything she says is jam-packed with wisdom from sā€¦
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This Norwegian Folktale is entertaining wherever you choose to tell it...in the Classroom, Living Room or Boardroom. And true to every other story in this podcast, this one will trigger conversations, introspections and discussions. There is a WOLF in this one...two, in fact! And like every other story about wolves, I suspect these are NOT the bad ā€¦
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Today's show is all about journaling! It's my favourite tool on this personal development adventure. When you put pen to paper, something magical happens. Your words are seen, you are seen. Everything comes to life as you tell yourself your story and you start to feel heard by the most important person in your life, YOU. Journaling has by far been ā€¦
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I was listening to a podcast on the theme of Incognito when I was reminded of this story! Isn't it amazing when ONE thing reminds you of a story and then links to many concepts, themes, ideas? Here is a short, crisp Chinese wisdom tale with themes of #Perspectives #Optimism, #Pessimism, #Opportunity, #Setback and #Disguise **** š™‚š™¤š™”š™„š™¤: š™Žš™©š™¤š™§š™žš™šš™Ø š™›š™§š™¤š™¢ ā€¦
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