UnMuted Love with Ce Eshelman

Ce welcomes you to the first podcast of 2025 and shares her thoughts about resolutions and why she doesn't make them anymore, plus some of her thoughts on how to deal with social media in the years ahead. 

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Contrary to popular belief, Ce doesn't work around the clock. She is on a holiday break from the podcast, and her incredible producer, Siah Clark, has stepped in to give you a little mash-up of podcasts past. Thank you for being such loyal listeners. You are the moon and the stars to us here at UnMuted Love. Let's sail into the new year with intention in our minds, determination in our bones, and love in our hea...

UnMuted Love - Episode 37: Before all Else Fails Use A Mantra... Sometimes we, parents, just need something running through our minds that reminds us that "every little thing is gonna be alright." Today's podcast is a very long list of mantras you can pick from to run around in your brain to remind you of what is important while living with children from difficult beginnings. You can also listen to this podcast on repeat ...

UnMuted Love - Episode 36: Spotlight on Holidays and Vacations with Ce Eshelman. Holidays and vacations require just a little bit more thought than most of us wish. If you are visiting friends and family for the holidays or going somewhere new, beware, kids like routine and by definition holidays and vacations are off routine. That means the dy...

UnMuted Love - Episode 35: Taking the Wild Out of The Holidays. The holidays" start every year in October and they keep on rolling until after the New Year. Let's face it, "fun" can be stressful for everyone. Ce Eshelman knows you can create joyful experiences this holiday when you consider each person's capacity to tolerate social, physical, and emotional stimulation. It helps to have the right tools, too. It is possible to enjoy...

UnMuted Love - Episode 34: Ce Eshelman interviews Ginger Healy, the Director of the Attachment and Trauma Network (ATN), a parent-created national organization supporting traumatized children and their parents. In 1995 three mothers who were parenting children diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder met to support one another only to find how similar their journeys were and that they t...

UnMuted Love with Ce Eshelman - Episode 33: Brave Love (Part 6 of 6) Grief and Surrender in Parenting Children from Difficult Beginnings brings it all together in this last episode. Amanda Savarino and Ce Eshelman wrap up the Brave Love Series with a recap of the important concepts in the series and a frank discussion about gri...

UnMuted Love - Episode 32: Brave Love (Part 5 of 6) Creating Parental Capacity for Regulation. Amanda Savarino again joins Ce Eshelman for an informative discussion about narrow bandwidth, low charge in the battery, and increasing capacity for one's parenting life in any given moment. You won't want to miss this episode. Brave ...

UnMuted Love with Ce Eshelman - Episode 31: Brave Love (Part 4B of 6) Behavior, A Nervous System Perspective. Ce Eshelman and Amanda Savarino discuss the ins and outs of trauma behavior in children. If all behavior is communication, what is your child's behavior telling you? Brave Love is a 6-part series created by Amanda Savar...

UnMuted Love - Episode 30: Brave Love (Part 4A of 6) Ce Eshelman and Amanda Savarino discuss Behavior, A Nervous System Perspective. If all behavior is communication, what is your child's behavior telling you? Brave Love is a 6-part series created by Amanda for parents loving children from hard places.

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UnMuted Love with Ce Eshelman - Episode 29: Brave Love (Part 3 of 6) Finding Community is devoted to the importance of finding "your people" when parenting children from difficult beginnings. Amanda Savarino again joins Ce Eshelman for a lively discussion of how they weathered the storms of their early parenting years alone and isolated until they found real hope in the form of others on the same journey. Brave Love is a 6-part ser...

UnMuted Love - Episode 27: Brave Love Series (Part 2-6 ) with Amanda Savarino and Ce on The Antidote for Shame. Ce Eshelman and Amanda are kindred spirits who love talking together about the things they each learned from parenting their children from difficult beginnings. Both women have professional careers dedicated to supporting parents with what they learned when they were first parenting their own children.

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UnMuted Love - Episode 27: Brave Love (Part 1-6 ) with Amanda Savarino and Ce Eshelman on Blocked Care. The series begins with these two moms chatting about their lived experience. Ce and Amanda both struggled separately with feelings they came to understand as "Blocked Care." Little by little both found their way to living a life they love. If you find you resonate, there is a...

UnMuted Love - Episode 27: Laura Stillmunkes and Ce Discuss Race in Multiracial Families.  Ce and Laura, Executive Director of Capitol Adoptive Families Alliance in Sacramento, CA, have a frank conversation about the issues that arise when Caucasian people adopt Black children. You won't want to miss this enlightened conversation on Laura's lived experience of race in America.

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Unmuted Love - Episode 24: Your are in for a real treat today. Amanda Saravino, Parent Extraordinaire, shares with Ce in an incredibly meaningful interview aimed right at the hearts of parents who are learning to love living with children from difficult beginnings. Amanda is a Parent Partner in Koinonia's Post Adoption Wraparound Program in Loomis, CA. She shares straight from the heart in this beautiful exchange with Ce.

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UnMuted Love - Episode 23: Ce interviews Janessa Joy, a Canadian mother, who supports families to see their neurodivergent children with compassion, grace, and love. Her program One Red Zebra is the outgrowth of her vision. You can check it out here: oneredzerbra.com

If you would like to register for Ce's upcoming free webinar on June 18th and again on June 25th, The Truth About Complex Developmental Trauma, you can do that righ...

UnMuted Love - Episode 22: Ce reaches out to interview a parent, Kyle Jetsel, who has raised 4 "spirited" bio-children successfully. He has an interesting origin story and transformation. Listen while he shares a few of his strategies that he and his wife put together to change the trajectory of their lives. It is a unique journey filled with God, love, and redemption. I hope you enjoy it.

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UnMuted Love - Episode 20: Mental Health Awareness Month in the U.S. is significant because it allows us to bring ourselves out of the cultural stigma of mental illness. Children from difficult beginnings often have a comorbid mental health condition. No shame. No blame, Just support and acceptance.

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UnMuted Love - Episode 19 with the intrepid Amanda Molenaar: Ce interviews Amanda, a former diplomat turned Life Coach for ex-patriots who want to live in other countries but need support to have the courage and the mindset to do so. Amanda shares her early traumatic years at home and in foster care as a teen and how those experiences have shaped her into the person she is today. Don't miss this lovely transformation story from a c...