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April 22, 2025 27 mins

Welcome back! This episode's guest, Ayana Rodriguez, is the founder behind the award-winning premium childcare brand: Itavi. 

Itavi has gained undivided popularity across Florida and Hawaii. Born in 2019, Itavi was a response to what Ayana, a mother of three, saw as a gaping void in the childcare industry. 

Today I am so excited to speak with Ayana about the importance of raising resilient children in our modern society and how to cultivate a once highly dependent mindset of: ‘it takes a village.’ 

So with that, let's get started with Ayana Rodriguez. Tune in!

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Nikki Spo





In this episode…

  • When We Know Better, We Do Better
  • Perspective is Changeable 
  • Resiliency
  • “Show Me the Landscape, & I’ll Learn How to Navigate it”
  • Generational Shifts with Approach in Parenting
  • Thrive in the Environment
  • Fix It vs. Sit With It Mindset

 


Quotes

 

“I am a parent in therapy working on my own childhood, so that I can go on and be a better mother.” - Nikki Spo


“Perspective is Changeable. You can learn to change your perspective, which is going to give you the tools, the approach, to adjust to a resilient resolve in a situation.” - Ayana Rodriguez


“I’m going to prove to you that I can, and this is how I’m going to. I may not have the tools now, but I'm going to figure it out because I know I want to.” - Ayana Rodriguez


“When we give everything to our children and problem solve for them, we are removing the opportunity for them to build the muscle of resilience.” - Nikki Spo




Timestamps:

0:00 - 0:21 | Raising Resilient Kids

0:21 - 0:53 | Intro

0:53 - 2:14 | Introduction to Ayana Rodriguez

2:14 - 3:48 | “Our Village is So Important to Who We Are & What Builds Our Resiliency”

3:48 - 5:02 | “The Village That Raised Us Wasn't Always Doing It the Right Way”

5:02 - 6:51 | When We Know Better, We Do Better

6:51 - 10:05 | Concept of ‘A Village’ Changing Over Time

10:05 - 11:37 | Resiliency Comes From Perspective 

11:37 - 13:06 | Perspective Changes Overtime

13:06 - 13:38 | Join the Becoming: HER Online Community

13:38 - 16:21 | “You Are the Blue Sky”

16:21 - 18:37 | Power of Choice

18:37 - 20:44 | It's Never Too Late to Make that Choice.

20:44 - 22:13 | How Can We Thrive in These Circumstances, Whatever Those Circumstances May Be

22:13 - 23:09 | Perspective is Everything. 

23:09 - 26:11 | Giving Your Kids the Opportunity to Problem Solve On Their Own 

26:11 - 27:09 | Outro


 

 

  

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