<p>Wayfinding Moms: Conscious Parenting, Cycle-Breaking, and Finding Your Inner Compass</p><p>Host Amy Pons of Women Making Moves interviews Dr. Priyanka Venkataraman, a board-certified OBGYN, life and parent coach, and founder of Wayfinding Moms, about helping parents understand their nervous systems, break generational patterns, and build emotionally safe homes. </p><p>They discuss “remembering” an inner truth center/inner compass, leaving mainstream career molds after breaking points, and how grief and discomfort can guide healing and course-correction. Dr. Priyanka describes conscious parenting as doing internal work to recognize triggers and projections from upbringing and ancestry, regulate the nervous system, and teach children emotional resilience and compassionate leadership rather than chasing quick behavior fixes. She shares creating “the village,” a monthly community gathering for women, and offering a 12-week group parenting program, and provides her website, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://wayfindingmoms.com">wayfindingmoms.com</a>, for calls and registration.</p><p>00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro</p><p>02:02 Cycle Breaking and Lineage</p><p>04:22 Remembering Your Path</p><p>05:35 Inner Compass Wayfinding</p><p>07:39 Magic School and Truth</p><p>09:29 Parenting Without the Noise</p><p>10:18 Truth Center and Alignment</p><p>13:19 Grief and Course Correcting</p><p>14:59 Feeling Triggers to Heal</p><p>16:03 Ignoring the Body in Medicine</p><p>17:38 Breaking Point and Surrender</p><p>19:03 Ego After Leaving Work</p><p>19:57 Remembering What Matters</p><p>20:32 Earth School Talk With Kid</p><p>22:59 Wayfinders And Matriarchy</p><p>23:41 Building The Village</p><p>26:01 Lighthouse Healing Paradigm</p><p>27:46 Cycle Breaking And Boundaries</p><p>34:41 Conscious Parenting Explained</p><p>38:15 Schooling Choices And Values</p><p>40:17 Where To Find Wayfinding</p><p>Thank you for tuning in to Women Making Moves, be sure to rate and subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast platform and follow along on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/women_making_moves_?igsh=ZWVqdmhxbmdjc2d0&amp;utm_source=qr">Instagram</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bsky.app/profile/womenmakingmoves.bsky.social">Bluesky.</a> Visit Amy at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://unlockthemagic.org/">Unlock the Magic</a>, and follow on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/unlockthemagic_/profilecard/?igsh=MTVjNm0zY2t5NGVlMg==">Instagram</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://linkedin.com/in/amyponsismagic">LinkedIn</a>.</p><p><em>Women Making Moves is for personal use only and general information purposes, the show host cannot guarantee the accuracy of any statements from guests or the sufficiency of the information. This show and host is not liable for any personal actions taken.</em></p>