The Livin'Sky Podcast
Welcome to The Livin’Sky Podcast — where whole-child wellness meets real-life parenting.
Hosted by Lena Livinsky — mom, pediatric speech-language pathologist, and holistic feeding specialist — this show is your go-to guide for raising healthy, resilient kids in today’s world.
Here, we don’t settle for surface-level advice. We dig deep into the root causes of picky eating, developmental delays, gut issues, and more — because your child’s symptoms are always trying to tell you something. And you deserve real answers.
Each week, you’ll hear a mix of solo episodes and expert interviews covering the full spectrum of childhood health:
🧠 Gut-brain connection
🍽️ Feeding challenges
😴 Sleep + circadian rhythm
🫶 Nervous system regulation
🌿 Nutrition, nature, and everyday wellness
Whether you’re a parent, caregiver, or pediatric professional — this podcast offers both science and heart to help your family thrive.
Let’s take the pressure off, reconnect with our intuition, and raise kids who feel safe, nourished, and understood.
✨ Let’s Livin’Sky together.
The Livin'Sky Podcast
Unburdening Motherhood: Healing Your Inner World to Support Your Child with Dr. Angele Close
Motherhood has a way of cracking us open in ways we never expected.
In this episode of The Livin’Sky Podcast, I’m joined by Dr. Angele Close, clinical psychologist, author, and mom of three, for a powerful conversation about what really shapes the way we parent our inner world.
After becoming a mother herself, Dr. Angele realized that despite years of clinical training, parenting surfaced deep emotional patterns, reactions, and beliefs she didn’t know were still there. That experience led her to Internal Family Systems (IFS), a model that helps parents understand their inner “parts,” soften reactive patterns, and heal the generational cycles we unknowingly pass on to our children.
Together, we talk about:
- Why motherhood often feels harder than we expected
- The hidden myths of the “good mom” and how they fuel stress and shame
- How unhealed inner parts show up at the dinner table, especially with picky eating
- The connection between a parent’s nervous system and a child’s ability to feel safe, regulate, and explore food
- Why repair matters more than perfection
- How healing yourself creates ripple effects throughout your home
If you’ve ever found yourself overwhelmed, reactive, questioning whether you’re doing enough, or wondering why mealtimes feel so tense, this episode will help you see that nothing is wrong with you and that real change starts from the inside out.
Dr. Angele also shares more about her upcoming book, Unburdening Motherhood, which brings Internal Family Systems into everyday parenting and offers practical tools for releasing shame, softening survival patterns, and reconnecting with yourself.
This conversation is for moms who want to parent differently, support their child’s nervous system, and raise resilient, connected kids without losing themselves in the process.
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Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Always consult with a qualified healthcare provider before making significant dietary changes.