Chronicles of Nannya

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Chronicles of Nannya is a resource podcast meant to help connect and inspire nannies from around the world. Every week we cover a new activity, issue or aspect of nannying in the hopes that you can use the information with your little ones! For more resources, visit the "Episode Resource" Page on the Chronicles of Nannya website for pictures, print outs, links and more. If you have any questions, suggestions, encouragements or stories you'd like to share, please send us an email here. Nannying is hard work, but the rewards are endless! Thank you for all your support! 

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Chronicles of Nannya
Nanny Relief Fund (Update) with Rachael Lubin
Nanny Relief Fund (Update) with Rachael Lubin

As a community, we have come together to support each other a lot of the past two years! When the leaders of Nanny Relief Fund saw that almost 1/3 of nannies were out of work, they decided to take action! Two years later, we're check back in on how things are going and how we can continue to help out. Rachael Lubin joins us to tell us about all the great progress and the upcoming Walk-A-Thon!

Nanny Portfolios with Angela Johnson
Nanny Portfolios with Angela Johnson

Nanny Portfolios are often our first impression when interviewing for a new job! Angela Johnson, of Ask The Nanny fame, joins us this week as an absolute expert on nanny portfolios and how to create a perfect one!

Finding Your Why with Crystal Gail
Finding Your Why with Crystal Gail

This week we have the fabulous Crystal Gail back on the pod to talk to us about finding your why! So many nannies have been pivoting in their careers lately. Crystal has such excellent advice on how to pivot by finding your why. This interview is jam packed with great advice!

Library Curating Nannies with Nanny Miss Monique
Library Curating Nannies with Nanny Miss Monique

Nanny Miss Monique is back on the pod to talk about how to step up our game as nannies! Do you love children's books? Is the library one of your favorite places? Learn this week how to turn your love of books into a resume builder and a gift to your nanny children! This episode is jam packed with book recommendations but if you missed one, just visit Nanny Miss Monique on Instagram for hundreds of books to check out today!

Radical Candor (Part 1) with Cassandra Quinn
Radical Candor (Part 1) with Cassandra Quinn

"When you are a phenomenal communicator and relationship-builder, success naturally flows to you." This quote from Cassandra Quinn's website is so true. We so often talk about how communication is key in nannying. This week, we're talking through Radical Candor and how this communication style can really help you up your nanny game! Cassandra Quinn joins us and we got so into this conversation that we needed to break it into two episodes!

Coloring Outside The Lines with Parker Guidry
Coloring Outside The Lines with Parker Guidry

Parker Guidry is back on the pod to talk about LGBTQ+ education for nannies and nanny kids. Approximately 5-10% of the general population is a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Chances are, you will nanny for a LGBTQ+ kid! In this episode we discuss everything from basic terminology to how to respond when a child points out someone who is not following society's strict gender norms to book resources. This is an episode all about coloring outside the lines and the beauty of that journey!

The Nanny Cards with Sherry
The Nanny Cards with Sherry

Have you ever walked into the card section of a store and struggled to find a card that speaks to you as a nanny? Well, The Nanny Cards is here to solve that problem! Nannies have so many reasons to celebrate and now we have the cards to help us do so! This interview also goes into why celebrating and sending cards is so important to our industry. Sherry is lifting up our industry, join her, won't you?

Playful Acre
Playful Acre

We hear it all the time; it's so important to get kids outside! But how do you do it?! Luckily, this week we have nature play expert, Reagan Fulton, on the pod to talk us through how to get them outside! We discuss why it's important and how to start incorporating risky play into your nanny day too! This episode was a blast to record! Now get outside!

Boundaries with the Modern Nanny
Boundaries with the Modern Nanny

This week we're talking Boundaries with the Modern Nanny, Sarah Carlisle Stewart. Sarah brings such wonderful tips on how to check in with yourself and create healthy boundaries that will serve both you and your nanny family well.

Social Emotional Media with Danny "Danny Joe" LaBrecque
Social Emotional Media with Danny "Danny Joe" LaBrecque

Media is just like any other tool. It really depends on how you use it. Danny Joe returns to the podcast - almost 4 years later to the day! He's back to talk with us about social emotional media and how we can help kids (and ourselves) navigate it in a healthy way. He also offers tips for how to spot beneficial kid's TV, including his wonderful show, Danny Joe's Tree House!

Meditation and Mindfulness with Jill Stansbury
Meditation and Mindfulness with Jill Stansbury

If meditation and mindfulness were easy, "we would all be doing it all the time." Our guest this week, Jill Stansbury, talks us through some reasons why meditation and mindfulness might not come to us so easily and how to help build a practice into our work with children and into our own lives. I always learn so much from Jill and I know you will too!

New Book Joy
New Book Joy

You know that feeling you get when you find a book that just grabs you and holds you close with its beautiful language or epic storytelling or complex characters? Connie and Mandy of New Book Joy create that feeling for the whole family! New Book Joy is all about turning reading into a fun experience and they can help you and your nanny kids find the perfect book!

Care for the Caregiver
Care for the Caregiver

We, as nannies, are so often outpouring care onto others. Sometimes this can leave us with empty buckets which makes it impossible to do our best work. This week, Cady Andresson is back on the podcast to talk about how to care for the caregiver and to talk about our new business, Compassionate Childcare!

Nannying as a Catapult
Nannying as a Catapult

This week we're doing a CROSSOVER episode with the wonderful ladies of SheNANNYgans Podcast!!! Marie and Tessa join us to talk about all the ways nannying can catapult us into other careers and how every nanny's journey is a little different! Happy International Nanny Recognition Week!

Same Team Childcare with Dr. Sarah B. Nadimpalli
Same Team Childcare with Dr. Sarah B. Nadimpalli

As nannies, we're working on the same team with the parents to make sure the children in our care are given as much support as possible. Sometimes it can be hard to remember we're all on the same team. So our guest this week, Dr. Sarah B. Nadimpalli, created an awesome solution to this: Same Team Childcare! Sarah and I talk through the many ways nannies and parents can improve communication and honor each other's boundaries to create a harmonious work environment! Doesn't that sound wonderful?

Rayz Kidz with Annie Delaney
Rayz Kidz with Annie Delaney

Rayz Kidz is a powerful app for high quality childcare! Rayz Kidz creator, Annie Delaney, joins us to talk about why she saw a need for an app to help nannies communicate with their nanny families as well as a place for activities and much more! With Rayz Kidz 2.0 being released on September 2nd, this childcare app just keeps getting better and better!

Applied Behavioral Happiness with Kellie Syfan
Applied Behavioral Happiness with Kellie Syfan

This week we speak with Applied Behavioral Happiness founder, Kellie Syfan. Kellie talks us through ways we can better support families and children who are experiencing challenging behavior. She provides so many resources!

Nannies as Educators and Advocates
Nannies as Educators and Advocates

This week we're joined by the fabulous Nanny Thaty to talk all about nannies as educators (both to children and other caregivers) and nannies as advocates. We have come a long way with domestic workers' rights but we have a long way to go! This is such an important conversation and I am excited to share it with you!

Six Figure Nannying
Six Figure Nannying

This week we're talking with Brie Johnson about her journey from making under minimum wage to learning how to negotiate her way up to a six figure nannying life. We also discuss her work as a travel nanny and her agency! I learned so much from chatting with Brie and I hope you do too!

A Conversation About Communication
A Conversation About Communication

This week we have two special guests, Glenda Propst and Becky Kavanagh, who talk us through ways to more effectively communicate as nannies. Communication is key to a successful nanny career and Glenda and Becky are pros! This is an episode I'll be listening to again and again because it's jam packed with great information!

Screen Time with Dr. Colleen Russo Johnson
Screen Time with Dr. Colleen Russo Johnson

This week we tackle the dreaded "Screen Time" Dun Dun DUN! Luckily, Dr. Colleen Russo Johnson is an expert and she walks us through when screen time can actually be useful and help children grow and learn! Like any tool, it depends on how you use screen time!

Way Past Books with Hallee Adelman
Way Past Books with Hallee Adelman

This week is an author interview for the ages! Hallee Adelman joins us to talk about her amazing "Way Past" series that's all about feelings! These books have been really popular with every kid I've read them with and are such a great springboard for conversations about feelings! You'll hear the delight in our voices as we discuss methods for working with kids on expressing and working through their feelings!

Work Life Balance
Work Life Balance

Finding the balance between our jobs and our lives can be extra tricky for nannies. Sometimes our identity is wrapped up in being a nanny. Luckily, this week we have Amber Noelle to walk us through how to maintain our work life balance! I am constantly inspired by her Instagram account and was delighted to have her on the show!

Let's Learn About Science
Let's Learn About Science

Dr. Stephanie Ryan is back to talk us through some fun 4th of July science experiments! These are a wonderful way to celebrate an often very loud holiday for kids who may not enjoy fireworks or if it's raining! All of these experiments can be done any other time of the year too! Make sure you follow both Dr. Stephanie and Chronicles of Nannya to see videos of how all of these are done!

Emergency Helpers
Emergency Helpers

Emergencies happen when we least expect them. As nannies, it can be really anxiety provoking to think that a major emergency may happen on our watch. Brigid Murphy joins us to talk about her use of "Emergency Helpers" with her nanny kids and how it has come in handy over the years! This interview certainly changed how I talked about emergencies with my nanny kids!

Nannypalooza
Nannypalooza

"Nannypalooza is a national nanny conference. Designed by nannies, for nannies, the gathering is an amazing weekend of learning, connecting and growing as a professional." Sue Downey joins us this week to talk about Nannypalooza! If you haven't heard of Nannypalooza, do not pass go, do not collect $200, please just listen to this episode because it's one of the best conferences around!

Clearly Nanny
Clearly Nanny

Crystal Gail was on our 10th ever episode! Now she's back to talk about Clearly Nanny and Nanny Pride! This episode was so uplifting and helped me feel connected to the nanny community! I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed recording it!

Dyspraxia
Dyspraxia

Rob Fox (The Cambridge Manny) joins us again to talk about Dyspraxia. We talk about being a nanny while also being neurodivergent and how it can be your greatest strength! This uplifting and moving episode brings me so much joy to share with you!

My Gnome on the Roam
My Gnome on the Roam

"My Gnome on the Roam ® is a collection of toys and tools designed to help families bring more adventure to their lives, it's a suitcase full of memories waiting to be unpacked. It’s an invitation to explore, create and connect with your family. It's a brand with a mission…designed help busy families build adventure and create stronger, happier kids, and more present and connected adults." This week we talk with My Gnome on the Roam's creator, Anne Armstrong, about how she developed this idea and how you can use My Gnome on the Roam in your nanny day! These little guys are so much fun!

Nannying with Anxiety
Nannying with Anxiety

We've talked before about how to help kids who have anxiety, but on this episode we cover how to help when you, the nanny, have anxiety! Morgan Rohloff joins us to discuss ways nannies with anxiety can navigate our days, which can be fully of stress and anxiety provoking situations. This past year hasn't been an easy one and many nannies have found that they are feeling more overwhelmed than ever! I truly hope this episode helps you as much as it did for me!

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Noni Ammidon
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Brad Kemp
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Martha Reddick
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Logan Nielsen
Producer/Engineer