{"podcast":{"title":"Mothering Ourselves Mindfully","slug":"mothering-ourselves-mindfully-7036456","podcast_index_feed_id":7036456,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/mothering-ourselves/","website_url":"https://www.theschoolofmom.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/6828e479-dd7d-4eee-9483-f29cbf938061/New-Final-3000-x-3000-px.jpg","author":"Sarah Lowell Harmon","episode_count":105,"summary":"Welcome to Mothering Ourselves Mindfully with me, Sarah Harmon. I am the founder, head teacher, and forever student at The School of MOM. I invite you to take a walk with me to hear insights, inspiration, and practical tools to help you navigate the everyday challenges of raising kids while nurturing your own well-being. Whether you’re deep in the trenches of parenting or looking for a moment of calm amidst the chaos, this podcast is your space for reflection, affirmation, and growth. Let's create new intergenerational patterns for ourselves AND our kids together.","last_synced_at":"2026-10-01T10:18:41.772307+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mothering-ourselves-mindfully-7036456"},"episode":{"title":"76. Subscribing to Support: The Missing Piece Between Awareness and Change","slug":"76-subscribing-to-support-the-missing-piece-between-awareness-and-change","published_at":"2026-02-03T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mothering-ourselves-mindfully-7036456/76-subscribing-to-support-the-missing-piece-between-awareness-and-change","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mothering-ourselves-mindfully-7036456","url":"https://www.theschoolofmom.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/bd6bb480-c8cc-468f-8c25-ad8ef9d550ac.mp3","summary":"In this episode recorded during a snowy winter walk, I'm sharing the huge announcement I've been building toward - and it starts with a powerful truth: awareness isn't enough. You can't think your way into change. I'm opening up about why support is the missing piece in our transformation, sharing a \"weird woo\" meditation experience that reminded me why community is non-negotiable, and officially announcing that Mothering Ourselves Mindfully is opening for enrollment! This is where The School of Mom began in 2020, and it's coming back more refined, more embodied, and more essential than ever. Key Points Why awareness alone isn't enough - you can't think your way into lasting change The reality that our conscious mind is only 5-10% of our experience - the rest is driven by our nervous system The flip side of unsubscribing: What do you want to subscribe to instead? Why unsubscribing from the belief that you can do this alone is the most important unsubscription How my body speaks in full movies and visions during somatic meditation The powerful meditation vision: flying alone through the storm vs. sitting in circle with other women, stoking our inner light Why the only way to fly through life's weather is to first sit in circle and become the light The truth that we don't have many models of emotionally attuned, grounded adults in our lives You get to be the unicorn - and actually, you have to be, because no one else is stepping up Why you can only give to others what you can give to yourself (backed by my entire grad school thesis!) How every time we teach or hear something, we're different people - that's why repetition isn't redundant, it's essential The urgency and timeliness of this work for your lineage - we don't have time to put it off Quotes \"Awareness isn't eno…","meta_description":"In this episode recorded during a snowy winter walk, I'm sharing the huge announcement I've been building toward - and it starts with a powerful truth: aw…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2003,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mothering-ourselves-mindfully-7036456/episodes/76-subscribing-to-support-the-missing-piece-between-awareness-and-change/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mothering-ourselves-mindfully-7036456/76-subscribing-to-support-the-missing-piece-between-awareness-and-change.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}