A Mother Far From Home
The Mother Far From Home podcast, with host Rachel Norman, helps moms desperately needing a common sense down-to-earth perspective on how to mother well without losing it, living in stress, or needing to escape your life.
Tune in to learn how to create family practices, routines, and home systems that keep you out of burnout and help you mother while staying the best version of yourself.
Episodes
43 episodes since 2022
Background Noise: When Your Kids Don't Listen (What to Do!)
September 02, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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19:06
The Listening Gap: Why Family Systems Go Awry & The Home Feels Chaotic
August 26, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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17:39
Summer Recap ~ Burnout, Routine Pivots & Stress Buildup
August 19, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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20:55
Saboteurs of Peaceful Mornings: Starting the Day Well & Removing Obstacles
Rise & Shine Challenge -> https://go.amotherfarfromhome.com/rise-challenge
July 23, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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13:41
How Your Mindset Controls Your Mom Life
The Great Re-Wiring free class: https://www.motherfarfromhome.com/great-rewiring
June 03, 2024
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26:49
Lifelong Coaching Skills: The results of playtimes with your kids
During playtimes, we create a safe place where we can deepen our understanding of our children and the things they are working through. The testimonials for these playtimes are amazing! So many families have experienced deeper conn...
April 25, 2024
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20:23
Kids, behaviors, and life circumstances that benefit from playtimes
Nurture & Play is for you if your child has:- difficulty with transitions,- big emotions,- anxiety, or- been through a major life event or transition In Nurture & Play, we coach our kids as they work through...
April 22, 2024
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22:42
Drama: 3 D's that disrupt family life (part 3)
This episode goes into DRAMA. It's part of my series on the 3 D's that disrupt family life. Defiance, disrespect, and drama. Go here to get on the waiting list for Nurture and Play: https://www.nurtureandplay.com/join
April 15, 2024
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25:42
Disrespect: 3 D's that disrupt family life (part 2)
This episode goes into DISRESPECT. It's part of my series on the 3 D's that disrupt family life. Defiance, disrespect, and drama. Go here to get on the waiting list for Nurture and Play: https://www.nurtureandplay.com/join
April 08, 2024
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22:52
Defiance: 3 D's that disrupt family life (part 1)
This episode goes into DEFIANCE. It's part of my series on the 3 D's that disrupt family life. Defiance, disrespect, and drama. Go here to get on the waiting list for Nurture and Play: https://www.nurtureandplay.com/join...
April 01, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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29:10
Tomato staking (accountability) to avoid power battles and meltdowns
In this episode we're going to talk about how your calming presence can help with accountability and avoidance of the tasks at hand. Tomato staking is the term I'm using, and it isn't punitive, it's supportive!
February 12, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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25:28
Best routines of 2023 (these saved my bacon!)
Simple School Routines - https://www.simpleschoolroutines.com/workshopGoodnight Bedtime Battles - https://www.goodnightbedtimebattles.com/joinDaily Mom Routines - https://go.amotherfarfromhome.com/mom...
January 15, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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31:26
Boundary-less, triggered, and heavy motherhood (part 3 of my story)
December 18, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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28:20
When my focus went to THE KIDS (part 2 of my story)
Nurture and Play: https://www.nurtureandplay.com/join
December 11, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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26:27
The 1st thing to do when family life is chaos (part 1 - my story)
We all have routines - whether they are purposeful or not. Getting routines in place that work for us AND our kids makes home life feel more manageable. Here is part of my story of how routines have shaped my home - including a ...
December 04, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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25:50
Modern kids need THIS
There are skills that our kids need to know in modern life to navigate the challenges they will face.Today we are diving into some examples of these skills and how we can best equip our kids with social media, boredom, how to disagree, ...
November 20, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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22:37
What kids need more than presents...
This week we're talking about using the holiday season to recenter our goals in parenting and how to help our kids grow in certain skills based on how they are acting. AND I share some of the skills I want my kids to have ❤️ <...
November 16, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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23:31
Skills kids need going into the holidays
I have had some embarrassing moments during the holidays with my kids! Today we are talking about how to equip our kids with skills to make the holidays go smoothly. Links mentioned in this episode:
November 06, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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22:48
The art of nonchalance in motherhood
Being nonchalant is an underrated silver bullet in parenting.Today we're diving into what a nonchalant voice is (and isn't), why it's effective, and how we can use it to promote peace in our homes. Links mentioned in this video:...
October 16, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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26:44
Stop repeating yourself a million times... and do this instead!
We've all been there... repeating ourselves a million times and feeling like our kids aren't even listening. This week we're talking about 3 things to do instead of repeating yourself. You've got this, mama 🥰
September 26, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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24:49
Healing play... at home? Why and how.
Today we're chatting about a breakthrough parenting tool that will change your family life - in just 30 minutes a week! Learn more about power playtimes and join my 8 week program at
September 21, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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24:53
Kids escalate or take their issues underground (what to do!)
Kids communicate through their behavior when something happens to them, and it sometimes plays out through escalation (anger, defiance, irritability) or taking the issue underground (internalizing, insecure, lack of confidence). Today w...
September 19, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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22:09