Voices of Parenting

This week, Mussi sits down with Dr. Karla Shockley to explore what happens when the Nurtured Heart Approach leaves the home and enters the workplace.
How do you lead with empathy and create successful environments without micromanaging? What changes when people feel truly seen for their strengths while still being held accountable?
Dr. Karla shares how she brings Nurtured Heart into leadership—creating environments built on clarity, psychological safety, connection, and accountability. She and Mussi unpack why great leadership isn’t about hovering over people or fixing things for them, but about creating a clear system where people know what’s expected, recognize their own greatness, and have the support and autonomy to rise to it.
Whether you’re a parent, teacher, therapist, manager, or anyone responsible for bringing out the best in others, this conversation will give you a whole new way to think about leadership.

Dr. Karla’s contact information
Email: Karlashockley@gmail.com

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You don’t want to miss this episode!
If you’re wondering how to prepare you children 
This week, Rivkie and Mussi get personal about the messy, imperfect reality of parenting. They talk about bad moods, stress, losing your cool, and what changes when we stop expecting ourselves to be perfect.
From learning to give ourselves grace, to owning our mistakes, to teaching our kids not to take other people’s emotions personally, Rivkie and Mussi explore how accepting ourselves exactly where we are can actually help us show up better for our children.
An honest, relatable conversation about parenting, self-compassion, and raising kids who know that someone else’s hard moment doesn’t define them.
If you’re wondering how to prepare your children for the world while giving them the confidence to show up as their most authentic selves, this episode is for you.

Rivkie’s Contact Information
Email: Rivetingrelationships@gmail.com

For more from me visit my website MussiDiskin.com or email me at EnergizingHearts@gmail.com Check out my free parenting course called Parenting 101 at MussiDiskin.com/freecontent

What if the most powerful thing you can change in a difficult parenting moment isn’t your child’s behavior—but your own energy?
In this episode, Mussi sits down with Nurtured Heart coach and trainer Rivkie Brownstein, for a conversation about what they love most about the Nurtured Heart Approach. Together, they explore how our thoughts, fears, assumptions, and emotional state shape the way we respond to our children.
Through relatable stories and honest reflection, Mussi and Rivkie offer a powerful reminder: we can’t control our children, but we can pay attention to what we’re bringing into the moment. Sometimes the best thing we can do for our kids is put down our own emotional “baggage” first—and then come back with open hands and an open heart.

Rivkie’s Contact Information
Email: Rivetingrelationships@gmail.com

For more from me visit my website MussiDiskin.com or email me at EnergizingHearts@gmail.com Check out my free parenting course called Parenting 101 at MussiDiskin.com/freecontent

This is part 2 of our conversation last week with Yiska. Mussi invites Yiska to look beneath her anger and discover what’s fueling it: deep love, fierce protectiveness, and a powerful determination to give her child the best life possible. Together, they explore how the Nurtured Heart Approach can help us stop fearing our most intense emotions and instead harness their energy, uncovering the strength and greatness within them.

You can connect with Yiska at monseynurturedheart@gmail.com

For more from me visit my website MussiDiskin.com or email me at EnergizingHearts@gmail.com Check out my free parenting course called Parenting 101 at MussiDiskin.com/freecontent

What happens when life feels so overwhelming that you wonder if the Nurtured Heart Approach is even working anymore?
In this deeply honest conversation, Mussi sits down with Yiska, a longtime Nurtured Heart practitioner navigating an extraordinarily difficult season of life. Together, they explore anger, conflicting emotions, surrender, and what it means to stay present when you simply don’t have the energy to “get it right.”
Through the lens of the Three Stands, they uncover a powerful reminder: struggling doesn’t mean you’ve failed. Sometimes Nurtured Heart isn’t about finding greatness right away—it’s about staying present, refusing to make a hard moment harder, and trusting that the reset will come.
A vulnerable conversation about giving ourselves permission to be human, lowering the bar of expectation, and simply reapplying the approach—again and again.

You can connect with Yiska at monseynurturedheart@gmail.com
For more from me visit my website MussiDiskin.com or email me at EnergizingHearts@gmail.com Check out my free parenting course called Parenting 101 at MussiDiskin.com/freecontent