Permission To Be Human - the podcast
Welcome to Permission To Be Human where we tap back into the human part of being a mom with big audacious dreams.
If you have a dream simmering under the surface but you keep questioning whether you should pursue it, this space is for you.
If you are on your way to making your dream a reality but keep second guessing yourself, this space is also for you.
The world needs the impact that only you can make.
Let’s do this!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 103
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Episode 22 - How to retrain your brain to see possibility
When we feel stuck, it's hard to see possibility. When our brains are so full of, well everything, it's hard to see possibility. When we are in fight or flight, it's hard to see possibility. But what…
Episode 21 - Permission to feel overwhelmed - the Motherload
Permission Granted Series: Do you ever feel like you are exhausted? Like your brain isn't working anymore? Overwhelmed? There's a reason, and I call it The Motherload. Have a listen to what it is, wh…
Episode 20: I wanted to go out and change the world but I couldn't find a babysitter with Catherine Edsell
This is a behind the scenes interview with Catherine Edsell, whose TedX talk inspired Mel at exactly the right moment in her journey through motherhood. Catherine speaks of the shift into this new ro…
Episode 19 (Permission Granted) - Permission to stop planning
This is the first in our new series of Permission Granted. Have you ever stopped and thought about why you are hesitating to do something? Or why you feel guilt? So often it's because we as women hav…
Episode 18: Practical wellbeing tips from the founder of the Canadian Positive Psychology Association Louisa Jewell
In this episode we hear from Louisa Jewell about all things wellness, even in hard times, dreaming big, not caring what others think and so much more. Louisa Jewell is one of Canada’s leading experts…
Episode 17: Being a Dreamer while being a Mama, with Emily Felt
In this episode I speak to Emily Felt about her journey into motherhood, living the two country life, and how to come back and learn from burnout. Emily says: My dream is to learn to live wholehearte…
Episode 16: Identity, shedding should and finding your support circle with Michelle DeKeyser
In this episode we hear from Michelle DeKeyser - mother and founder of Connecting Mamas. Michelle envisions connecting mamas by building a support system to remove the loneliness and isolation that c…
Episode 15 - We Are Nature, learnings from the IPPA World Congress
In this episode your host, Mel Findlater, updates you on her experience at the International Positive Psychology Association's World Congress, which was recently held in Vancouver, BC.
Positive Psyc…
Episode 14 - Practical tools for feeling good and bouncing back better, expert interview with Kari Gormley
In this expert interview with Kari Gormley, we not only hear about her incredible story as a mother being resilient and pursuing her big, audacious dreams, but we also get some really practical, rese…
Episode 13: what to do when self care is taking the back burner with Lina Braun
Lina Braun is such a gentle and loving mom who is so easy to identify with. Having taken care of everyone for so long and neglected herself, she has a complete transformation of mind and body and sta…
Episode 12: When your big, audacious dream comes as a surprise with Jenelle Wakeman
In this episode I interview Jenelle Wakeman, a mom who overcame many challenges to get back to her best self and find a new big, audacious dream in the process. Jenelle is a working mom of two young …
Episode 11 - Permission to want to be mom and more
In this episode I talk about how so many of us mothers, myself included, have this often secret desire, craving, a whisper even, to be mom and more. We discuss mattering, purpose, meaning, and why it…
Episode 10 - How nature relates to your big, audacious dream, with Jena Jauchius
If you like this episode on nature, be sure to check out episode 9's micro episode and join us in the #permissiontonoticenature challenge.
Meet Jena Jauchius, mom of twins and a landscape architect a…
Micro Episode 9 - A research based 10 day challenge #PermissionToNoticeNature
In this first of many micro episodes, we have a look at a piece of research that was completed on noticing nature and leave you with a 10 day challenge of a super simple but oh so worthy task to do t…
Episode 8: Retraining brains and how to find you again after giving so much with Darci Hawxhurst
In this episode with see the seemingly impossible in action. We interview Darci Hawxhurst, M.S.Ed. who is a founding member of certified MAF Method Health Coaches, a member of the Conscious Feminine …
Episode 7 - How to connect with your big, audacious dream
In this episode Mel talks you through 3 steps to connecting with your big, audacious dream.....because here's the thing, we can say it and believe it sounds great all we want but how do you actually …
Episode 6 - how pursuing your dreams is exactly what your kids need with Anna Wolfman
Anna Wolfman of Femunify chats to us about what it has been like to know she wants something different and to pursue it even though she wasn't sure exactly what the idea would be. We talk about fears…
Episode 5 - what to do when your stories are no longer serving you
In this episode we will dig into the stories we tell ourselves, explore whether they are serving us, and how to shift them if they are not. You will get a description of the ever important self care …
Episode 4: Using Havening to get unstuck from our stories with Caryl Williams Love
Today we interview Caryl Williams Love, a having practitioner who is seriously like magic. Her knowledge of the brain and how to rewire it and our unhelpful stories to serve us better astounds me and…
Episode 3: How life is one path not two with Sara Treadwell
Today we chat with Sara Treadwell and explore her story of becoming a mother at a young age working as a social worker, and then starting her dream business. Sara is such a breath of fresh air and th…