The Joyful Child! Calm the Chaos & Create More Happiness in Your Daily Routines with Kira Willey
Bottle Service
Sarah Merrill Hall
4.9 • 551 Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
If your mornings feel frantic, bedtime feels like psychological warfare, and brushing your kid's teeth somehow turns into a full-scale hostage negotiation… this episode is for you! Sarah is joined by bestselling author, recording artist, and kids mindfulness teacher Kira Willey for a conversation that every parent in the trenches of chaos, transitions, and tiny emotional breakdowns needs to hear 😅
Kira’s new book, The Joyful Child: Calm the Chaos, Connect with Your Kids, and Create More Happiness in Your Daily Routines, offers practical, playful ways to help kids regulate emotions, navigate transitions, and create more calm and connection in everyday family life, without expecting parents to become perfect zen masters overnight.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Making daily routines feel more playful and connected
- How to reduce transition meltdowns
- Simple ways to introduce mindfulness to kids
- Helping children regulate emotions before they spiral
- Why “presence over perfection” matters in parenting
- and much more!
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| 0:00.0 | Oh man, I remember this time last year, I was deep in the throes of postpartum, and it was so hard to even get up in the morning, let alone try to find a therapist. |
| 0:09.3 | I was so focused on taking care of my kids and trying to get through the day that finding a good therapist who actually took my insurance just about too much of a task to handle. |
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| 1:12.6 | Now it's talk of diapers and our pants are filling time. |
| 1:17.6 | Bottle service with BKP. |
| 1:22.6 | Bottle service with BKP |
| 1:26.6 | Hi everyone, welcome to Bottle service with BKB. |
| 1:29.1 | Hi, everyone. |
| 1:31.0 | Welcome to bottle service. |
| 1:33.3 | Guys, summer is here. |
| 1:37.1 | I hope you all had a fabulous Memorial Day weekend last week. |
| 1:39.8 | I got to say, it feels good to be back. |
| 1:43.8 | And oh, man, do we have a good episode for you today? |
| 1:49.0 | Best-selling author, recording artist, and kids mindfulness teacher, |
| 1:51.2 | Kira Willie, is in the house today. |
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