
All Things Parenting, Episode 5: Finding Power in Your Cycle with Lauren Barton
Today, I sit down with the incredible Lauren Barton to talk all about womanhood, motherhood, and our cycles. We touch on how to talk about periods with children, how we experience them ourselves, and ...
3 Feb 202539min

The Montessori Planes of Development
This week, we are going back to basics and breaking down the first and second plane of development. The first plane of development centers on 0-6 years of age. This child loves order, movement, and so...
14 Okt 202417min

All Things Parenting, Episode 4: Age Gaps Between Kids, Building Traditions, and Getting Outside with Leah O'Connell
On this fourth episode of All Things Parenting, my dear friend Leah returns to the podcast to talk about parenting. She has three beautiful children spanning the ages of 9, 4 and 16 months. We talk ab...
1 Okt 202433min

All Things Parenting, Episode 3: Taking Lessons from Our Own Upbringing with Zander Merle-Smith
On this episode of All Things Parenting, Zander is back to share his observations about entering a new phase of fatherhood. We discuss the hardship of watching your child get hurt, how to regulate our...
29 Aug 202452min

Montessori, Anxiety, and IVF - Rachel's Journey to Motherhood
This week I'm sharing my interview on the wonderful podcast, Know Ya Flow produced and hosted by my friend Lauren Barton. I'm sharing it here because I detail a very low point in my life that led me t...
12 Aug 20241h 29min

Encouraging Curiosity about Social Justice with Shelby Kretz
Dr. Shelby Kretz is back on the podcast! Rachel and Shelby talk all about Little Justice Leader's new digital resource, how to have hard conversations with children, and how to move past shame and emb...
12 Jul 202431min

All Things Parenting, Episode 2: Raising Babies at Home with Alex Parris
The second episode of the All Things Parenting series focuses on raising children from a stay at home mom perspective. One of my best friends, Alex joins me for this incredible conversation all about ...
7 Jun 202424min

Kei Ikeda Returns: Incorporating Dance into the Montessori Classroom
Kei joins Rachel to talk through Montessori Dance and how it can help educators introduce dance into their classrooms. They discuss how music is innate in humans, ideas of how to introduce dance to ch...
31 Mai 202443min



















