Back to school isn’t just a diary change…it’s a full nervous system reboot.

In this episode, Julie and Bridget get radically practical about what actually creates calm in the return-to-school season. Not mindset hacks. Not “just be more organised.” But the real, lived strategies that reduce friction, soften mornings, and help both parents and kids land back into rhythm; especially when neurodivergence, sensory needs, or emotional overwhelm are in the mix. This is about removing the predictable stress points so you’re not burning through your capacity before 8.30am… and so you can meet your children with steadiness instead of snapping over socks.

In this episode, we discuss:

- Why back to school dysregulates parents just as much as children, and how to work with that instead of against it
- How small, repeated friction points quietly drain your nervous system (and why it’s never really about the socks)
- Identifying your personal school-morning kryptonite before it takes you out
- Running each child individually, instead of treating the family like one blurred system
- Supporting neurodivergent kids with predictability, sensory-aware systems, and reduced decision load
- How personalised stationery, colour-coding, and clear structure can dramatically lower anxiety
- Why writing everything down actually restores capacity (and isn’t another thing to “get right”)
- Front-loading the obvious — socks, uniforms, lunches — so you’re not regulating chaos later
- The reframe: you don’t need more patience, you need more margin
- How logistics create emotional safety for kids (and parents)
- Streamlining lunchboxes and routines to reduce daily decision fatigue
- Having the conversations early that prevent meltdowns later
- Clarifying assumptions around sleepovers, screens, bedtimes, and flexibility
- Preparing for wobble: school changes, transitions, big feelings…without trying to prevent them
- Why this isn’t control… it’s care
- How planning for reality lets you soften into the year instead of bracing against it

This episode is for the parent who wants calmer mornings, steadier energy, and a school year that feels more doable - not because life is easier, but because you are better resourced.

Want support on this journey? Come join us inside Honey Club - where we melt these blocks together, one breath, one practice, one deep remembering at a time. Find out more at julietenner.love or visit: https://julie-tenner.newzenler.com/courses/honeyclub


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In this episode, Bridget shares her experience of her grandfather’s passing, and the reflections that surfaced in the aftermath. Together, Julie and Bridget explore how our understanding of the people we love is always shaped by proximity, role, and family narrative.

We unpack the idea that we never truly know a whole person; only the version revealed to us through relationship, family dynamics, and shared stories. This conversation gently examines legacy, memory, and the quiet humility required to accept that every life is larger and more complex than the slice we are given. It’s a reflection on grief, inheritance, and the ways family both connects us and limits what we can see, without needing answers, conclusions, or neat meaning-making.

In this episode we discuss:
- What it’s like to lose a grandparent and sit with what remains unspoken
- How family stories shape who someone is allowed to be in memory
- The idea that we only ever know people through our own relational lens
- How different family members can hold entirely different versions of the same person
- Why legacy is never the full truth of a life; just a fragment
- The tension between intimacy and unknowability in close relationships
- How grief can soften certainty rather than create clarity
- What it means to honour someone without needing to define them
- The humility of accepting partial knowing
- Allowing complexity to exist without trying to resolve it

Want support on this journey? Come join us inside Honey Club - where we melt these blocks together, one breath, one practice, one deep remembering at a time. Find out more at julietenner.love or visit: https://julie-tenner.newzenler.com/courses/honeyclub


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You don’t need a quiet house.
You don’t need a fresh journal, a candle, or the “right headspace.”

In this episode, Bridget and Julie walk you through 10 gentle New Year reflection questions in real time - the kind you can answer as you listen. Sitting in the car. On the couch. With a notes app open and a half-drunk cup of tea beside you.

We pause.
We give you space.
And then…imperfectly and honestly…we answer them ourselves, on the fly.

This is not about crafting beautiful intentions or saying the “right” thing. It’s about noticing what’s actually true after a full year of living, loving, mothering, working, holding, and becoming.

You’re invited to reflect alongside us - not as a student, not as someone who needs to get it together - but as a woman in motion.

Let this be messy.
Let it be simple.
Let it meet you exactly where you are.

Press play. Grab your phone or a pen.
And join us in meeting the year ahead, without forcing it.

Want support on this journey? Come join us inside Honey Club - where we melt these blocks together, one breath, one practice, one deep remembering at a time. Find out more at julietenner.love or visit: https://julie-tenner.newzenler.com/courses/honeyclub


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