Podcast Power-Up – The Golden Toolkit Companion
Continue the Journey… One Inspired Episode at a Time with CHATABOUT CHILDREN WITH SONIA BESTULIC
You’ve journeyed through the pages of 5 Golden Keys to Raising Empowered Humans — and now, the golden frequency continues.
As someone who’s activated these keys through reflection, embodiment, and soulful curiosity, this next step offers you another layer of integration – through value packed episodes, offering both evidence based and lived experience.
Each of the podcast episodes below has been carefully selected to align with the 5 Golden Keys.
Essentially you are parenting your own evolution… deepening your self-leadership whilst nurturing it in the children around you. These conversations offer energetic support, practical wisdom, and timely reminders of the power you hold.
Listen intuitively, follow what resonates, and allow the stories, strategies, and soul wisdom to deepen your practice.
Because your voice, your choices, and your presence ripple far and wide – and this is a space to keep you fuelled, focused, and flourishing.
Episode 28: Superpower Children’s Picture Books!
This episode, titled ‘Superpower Children’s Picture Books!’, delves into the transformative power of interactive book sharing with children. Sonia Bestulic discusses how engaging with picture books can enhance a child’s vocabulary, grammar, creativity, problem-solving abilities, and empathy. She also provides practical tips, including the ‘WH formula’ for asking questions, to make reading sessions more interactive and beneficial. This episode is a valuable resource for parents and educators aiming to foster a love for reading and support children’s holistic development.
Episode 55: The Power of Play
This episode, titled ‘The Power of Play’, features Dr. Bo Stjerne Thomsen, Vice President and Chair of Learning Through Play at the LEGO Foundation. Sonia and Dr. Thomsen explore the science and significance of play as the foundation for learning and healthy development. They discuss how free play nurtures creativity, language, problem-solving, and emotional resilience, supported by global research.
Episode 70: The Danish Way of Parenting
This episode dives into the research-based, heart-led approach from Danish parenting culture. Inspired by the globally renowned book of the same name, Sonia and her guest unpack key principles like trust, playfulness, limits with warmth, and fostering independent confidence in children.
Episode 79: Foundations for Reading and Spelling – Part 1
This episode breaks down the essential building blocks for literacy development. Sonia shares what every parent, educator, and therapist should know about phonological awareness, decoding skills, and the brain-based foundations of reading and spelling.
Episode 80: Foundations for Reading and Spelling – Part 2
This continuation of the two-part series dives into signs of literacy difficulties, home strategies for support, and ways to nurture confidence and progress in every child’s reading and writing journey.
Episode 88: The 4 Key Principles to Raising Empowered Humans
This episode marks the first in the ‘Raising Empowered Humans’ series. Sonia Bestulic introduces the foundational principles that guide nurturing self‑leadership, emotional resilience, authentic connection, and inner empowerment in children. For readers of the book, it’s an ideal companion to the conceptual framework and tone-setting of the Golden Keys.
Episode 89: The Power of Self Belief with Tory Archbold
Tory Archbold joins Sonia to explore how nurturing belief in self becomes a superpower for children—and adults too. The episode features empowering stories and practical strategies for cultivating confidence from the inside out.
Episode 90: Heart-Led Leadership with David Meltzer
Global entrepreneur and speaker David Meltzer shares insights on trust, intuition, and gratitude as tools for parenting and leadership. He explores how raising children with presence and purpose shapes resilient belief systems.
Episode 91: Shaping Future Leaders with Anna Dutton
Co-Founder of The CEO Magazine, Anna Dutton, joins Sonia to explore leadership, boundaries, and values-based parenting. Together they highlight how family life can be a powerful training ground for authentic leadership.
Episode 92: The Power of Thoughts and Words with Sonia Bestulic
Sonia explores how inner dialogue and the language we use shapes our mindset and the emotional climate we create for children. Practical techniques for conscious communication are shared to build emotional awareness and alignment.
Episode 93: The Power of Presence, Purpose & Intent with Karen McDermott
Author and entrepreneur Karen McDermott shares how presence, purpose, and intention shape a child’s development and life trajectory. A soulful conversation about living and parenting with meaning.
Episode 94: A New Paradigm of Living and Leading with Kim Woods
Master astrologer Kim Woods joins Sonia to explore blending feminine intuition and masculine logic in leadership and parenting. A practical and spiritual conversation on aligned expression and soul-led choices.
Episode 95: Helping Children Master Their Intuition with Sonia Choquette
Renowned intuitive Sonia Choquette joins to share practical ways to support children in developing their intuitive gifts. The episode explores energy awareness, soul listening, and intergenerational intuition.
Episode 96: 3 Ways to Help Kids Nurture Emotional Harmony
Sonia shares simple yet powerful practices for supporting children to understand, express, and regulate their emotions. A practical episode that highlights emotional safety and flow.
Episode 97: Instilling Grit, Resilience and Possibility with Stephenie Rodriguez
Stephenie Rodriguez shares her powerful story and practical insights into how resilience and a sense of possibility can be modeled and cultivated in children. A blend of boldness and grace.
Episode 98: Harmonising Women in Business with Motherhood with Carrie Kwan
Carrie Kwan of Mums & Co speaks to the reality of blending ambition and motherhood. The episode explores aligned decision-making, emotional resilience, and empowered parenting.
Episode 99: Stitching Legacies: Blending Fashion, Farming & Family with Vanessa Bell
Vanessa Bell shares her story of weaving values into fashion, farming, and family. A heartfelt discussion on legacy, creativity, nature, and sustainable parenting.
Episode 100: Top 3 Life Skills Helping Kids Build Flourishing Futures
Sonia marks this milestone episode by highlighting emotional intelligence, adaptive thinking, and conscious communication as key life skills—and shares how families can integrate them.
Episode 101: Wisdom, Wealth & Wonderment with Paul Sullivan
Paul Sullivan shares insight into raising kids with a sense of awe, value, and grounded abundance. A soulful conversation that bridges caregiving, ambition, and meaningful wealth.
Episode 102: The Foundations of Flourishing Finances with Robyn Saranah
Robyn Saranah discusses how to set kids up with an abundant and values-based approach to money. Topics include financial safety, confidence, and simple ways to build awareness from an early age.
Episode 103: Helping Kids Understand the Energy of Money with Julia Scott
Julia Scott offers a soulful and practical view on money as energy, helping children build a conscious, empowered relationship with money that aligns with self-worth and intention.