Last week at the beautiful scenic Orchid Hotel, I had the absolute pleasure to meet the founders of Unplugged Parenting. We all had so much in common that the conversations flowed and flowed ( yup…4 very fast hours worth of flowing!) with genuine ease. Todd and Laura Mansfield live in Portland where I spent 5 years while at NCNM, Laura spent time in Africa and shares the same desire as I do – get our feet back in African soil…soon!, and of course, we have the mutual mission of being the best we can to support our children and other parents around.
Their URL is pagatim.fm/ which I found curious…so we talked about it and I was WOWed. So much intention and awareness which, cRaZY, but at the same time excites and calms me!
Here is what it says on their site:
“The Latin word for “in a village manner,” Pagatim.fm was founded to support intentional, authentic living. It is our mission to cultivate brave conversations, seed true communities and stumble towards the authentic life.”
The History & Philosophy
Pagatim.fm was conceived by Laura Mansfield out of a desire to include her husband, Todd, as an equal partner in raising their two boys. Mission accomplished! It was also designed to connect, educate and support parents and their communities in modeling authentic conversation around family and parenting. It is our intention to rewrite the parenting handbook to include the importance of being a self-aware parent who intentionally guides their children, to the best of their ability, towards being compassionate and engaged adults. We know that parenting is a journey and that we are all human and we all do the best we can with the tools we have. So, our hope is that Pagatim.fm engages parents from all walks of life in conversations that results in new tools that can support us in being more aware in our decision making with our children.
Personally, our goal is to “walk the talk” and live an “authentic life,” where we integrate our work, our love, and our passion for education and family.
We firmly hold to the adage “it takes a village to raise our children.” In order to flourish as parents and citizens of the world we trust and acknowledge that we are all interconnected. By creating Pagatim.fm we are trusting in the power of the collective, of the “Village” and we are committing to living our life “in a village manner.” We believe that we all have to build community: based on interdependence and collective wisdom. Aunts, uncles, grandparents and chosen family are all vital to a healthy social eco-system. This includes those who don’t have children of their own, but who are vital contributors to their community and who serve as wonderful examples to the next generation.
To listen to part of what talked about click here, but do browse through their site and listen to their other amazingly informative and fun-going broadcasts!
Be well,
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Hi Dr. Heather -
I am also a big fan of Parenting Unplugged (I was a former guest and now my husband and I are regular listeners!). My husband listened to your show and now we are the proud owners of your Battle with the Bugs workbook and CD….we had fun talking about the facts (you can’t sneeze with your eyes open!) and my daughters are loving the stickers. Thanks for all you do!
Cathy Adams
Hi Cathy,
Nice to meet you and thanks so much for purchasing Battle with the Bugs! I am glad that all of you like it and that it has brought up some conversations.
Yes, Parenting Unplugged is fantastic and I feel so fortunate to have met them – it’s a great resource for parents.