As a community, we have come together to support each other a lot of the past two years! When the leaders of Nanny Relief Fund saw that almost 1/3 of nannies were out of work, they decided to take action! Two years later, we're check back in on how things are going and how we can continue to help out. Rachael Lubin joins us to tell us about all the great progress and the upcoming Walk-A-Thon!
Nanny Portfolios are often our first impression when interviewing for a new job! Angela Johnson, of Ask The Nanny fame, joins us this week as an absolute expert on nanny portfolios and how to create a perfect one!
This week we have the fabulous Crystal Gail back on the pod to talk to us about finding your why! So many nannies have been pivoting in their careers lately. Crystal has such excellent advice on how to pivot by finding your why. This interview is jam packed with great advice!
Nanny Miss Monique is back on the pod to talk about how to step up our game as nannies! Do you love children's books? Is the library one of your favorite places? Learn this week how to turn your love of books into a resume builder and a gift to your nanny children! This episode is jam packed with book recommendations but if you missed one, just visit Nanny Miss Monique on Instagram for hundreds of books to check out today!
"When you are a phenomenal communicator and relationship-builder, success naturally flows to you." This quote from Cassandra Quinn's website is so true. We so often talk about how communication is key in nannying. This week, we're talking through Radical Candor and how this communication style can really help you up your nanny game! Cassandra Quinn joins us and we got so into this conversation that we needed to break it into two episodes!
Parker Guidry is back on the pod to talk about LGBTQ+ education for nannies and nanny kids. Approximately 5-10% of the general population is a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Chances are, you will nanny for a LGBTQ+ kid! In this episode we discuss everything from basic terminology to how to respond when a child points out someone who is not following society's strict gender norms to book resources. This is an episode all about coloring outside the lines and the beauty of that journey!
Have you ever walked into the card section of a store and struggled to find a card that speaks to you as a nanny? Well, The Nanny Cards is here to solve that problem! Nannies have so many reasons to celebrate and now we have the cards to help us do so! This interview also goes into why celebrating and sending cards is so important to our industry. Sherry is lifting up our industry, join her, won't you?
We hear it all the time; it's so important to get kids outside! But how do you do it?! Luckily, this week we have nature play expert, Reagan Fulton, on the pod to talk us through how to get them outside! We discuss why it's important and how to start incorporating risky play into your nanny day too! This episode was a blast to record! Now get outside!
This week we're talking Boundaries with the Modern Nanny, Sarah Carlisle Stewart. Sarah brings such wonderful tips on how to check in with yourself and create healthy boundaries that will serve both you and your nanny family well.
Media is just like any other tool. It really depends on how you use it. Danny Joe returns to the podcast - almost 4 years later to the day! He's back to talk with us about social emotional media and how we can help kids (and ourselves) navigate it in a healthy way. He also offers tips for how to spot beneficial kid's TV, including his wonderful show, Danny Joe's Tree House!
If meditation and mindfulness were easy, "we would all be doing it all the time." Our guest this week, Jill Stansbury, talks us through some reasons why meditation and mindfulness might not come to us so easily and how to help build a practice into our work with children and into our own lives. I always learn so much from Jill and I know you will too!
You know that feeling you get when you find a book that just grabs you and holds you close with its beautiful language or epic storytelling or complex characters? Connie and Mandy of New Book Joy create that feeling for the whole family! New Book Joy is all about turning reading into a fun experience and they can help you and your nanny kids find the perfect book!
We, as nannies, are so often outpouring care onto others. Sometimes this can leave us with empty buckets which makes it impossible to do our best work. This week, Cady Andresson is back on the podcast to talk about how to care for the caregiver and to talk about our new business, Compassionate Childcare!
This week we're doing a CROSSOVER episode with the wonderful ladies of SheNANNYgans Podcast!!! Marie and Tessa join us to talk about all the ways nannying can catapult us into other careers and how every nanny's journey is a little different! Happy International Nanny Recognition Week!
As nannies, we're working on the same team with the parents to make sure the children in our care are given as much support as possible. Sometimes it can be hard to remember we're all on the same team. So our guest this week, Dr. Sarah B. Nadimpalli, created an awesome solution to this: Same Team Childcare! Sarah and I talk through the many ways nannies and parents can improve communication and honor each other's boundaries to create a harmonious work environment! Doesn't that sound wonderful?
Rayz Kidz is a powerful app for high quality childcare! Rayz Kidz creator, Annie Delaney, joins us to talk about why she saw a need for an app to help nannies communicate with their nanny families as well as a place for activities and much more! With Rayz Kidz 2.0 being released on September 2nd, this childcare app just keeps getting better and better!
This week we speak with Applied Behavioral Happiness founder, Kellie Syfan. Kellie talks us through ways we can better support families and children who are experiencing challenging behavior. She provides so many resources!
This week we're joined by the fabulous Nanny Thaty to talk all about nannies as educators (both to children and other caregivers) and nannies as advocates. We have come a long way with domestic workers' rights but we have a long way to go! This is such an important conversation and I am excited to share it with you!
This week we're talking with Brie Johnson about her journey from making under minimum wage to learning how to negotiate her way up to a six figure nannying life. We also discuss her work as a travel nanny and her agency! I learned so much from chatting with Brie and I hope you do too!
This week we have two special guests, Glenda Propst and Becky Kavanagh, who talk us through ways to more effectively communicate as nannies. Communication is key to a successful nanny career and Glenda and Becky are pros! This is an episode I'll be listening to again and again because it's jam packed with great information!
