Simple on Purpose | Intentional Living and Parenting

Simple on Purpose | Intentional Living and Parenting

Shawna Scafe, Professional Counsellor

Episodes 210
Avg. Duration 16m
Activity Moderate
Since Oct 2018
Latest Episode May 2026

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About This Podcast

Helping women and moms simplify their homes, hearts and lives. From decluttering to mindsets to intentional parenting. Shawna Scafe is your Nerdy Girlfriend and Counsellor, and mom of three, who is doing the work with you. Shawna Scafe runs a therapy practice in British Columbia Canada. She talks about the enneagram, being a mom of three, marriage, and creating a simple life. She is a Christian who is also undergoing her own faith deconstruction (affirming and inclusive therapy)

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Recent Episodes

ME: Time out for the mom on purpose

May 11, 2026 6m

This Mindful Exercise (ME) is a quick one for the caregivers.  Use this a check in to help de-stress, calm down and regulate. It will also focus on paying attention to your own needs and shedding…

ME: ‘Being’ instead of ‘doing’, body scan

May 11, 2026 9m

This mindful exercise (ME) is focused on getting out of your head and into your body. But not in a hurried and busy sense. More in the sense of ‘being’ and not ‘doing’ These exercises are made by a…

ME: Building Inner Resilience and Self Leadership

May 11, 2026 13m

This Mindfulness Exercise (ME) is focussed on building your sense of inner resilience and self leadership.  It uses elements of IFS (Internal Family Systems) which explains that we have ‘parts’ of…

Intro to the mindful exercises (ME time for moms)

May 11, 2026 4m

Therapist guided exercises for modern woman and moms

209. What I hope you take away from the Simple on Purpose podcast (retirement party!)

Jun 25, 2024 21m

Dearest listeners, today is the finale episode where I share with you my experience of the podcast, answer your questions and sum up the takeaways I hope you have had from listening to the…

208. Improve relationships with this simple tool (bids for connection)

May 28, 2024 16m

Years ago I learned a simple tool that has improved all my relationships. This tool is about looking for the cues that others are giving us – and using those times to connect. They are called Bids…

207. Our judgements and assumptions of others (fundamental attribution bias and how it impacts our relationships)

May 10, 2024 17m

We all make assumptions and judgments of others – but did you know there is a bias we have in our judgements? This bias shows up in all of our relationships and it can create an opposition and divide…

206. Finding peace through downsizing + decluttering the closet and shopping, with Renee Benes of the Unstuffed Podcast

Apr 30, 2024 17m

When you think you need all the things and the dream home to be happy…. then you realize you need to shed the weight of ‘stuff’ and consumerism in order to find yourself and find peace. Renee Benes,…

205. Finding balance through ‘ENOUGH’: motherhood, minimalism, self-worth, and personal growth

Apr 12, 2024 14m

Our relationship to ‘enough’ can show up in all the areas of our life. Whether we struggle with discomfort, self-worth, setting limits, or offering ourselves more – we all can consider how the…

204. Reframing BALANCE in motherhood and work life

Apr 04, 2024 16m

The most common question I get is “how do you balance motherhood, life and work?”. We are all seeking to have more balance in our daily lives and make sure we get everything done.  In this episode, I…

203. Being a mom who enjoys her life

Mar 19, 2024 13m

There are seasons in life where we feel like we have lost ourselves, especially in motherhood. We might feel stuck and like we aren’t enjoying our lives. I want to talk to how we can move ‘away from…

202. Introducing the Life on Purpose Community Patreon

Mar 07, 2024 12m

I am going to stop spreading myself thin across the internet, and I am launching a member community in Patreon called the Life on Purpose Community. I chose this name because I want one of the…

201. Overcoming negative self-talk and to moving towards positive self-talk

Mar 06, 2024 21m

Negative self-talk can our work-life balance or ability to manage parenting challenges. In this episode, Shawna Scafe, Counsellor and Coach, discusses how to identify common cognitive distortions and…

200. Motherhood, decluttering, mindsets (the 200th episode, listener Ask Me Anything)

Feb 20, 2024 22m

As a way to celebrate 200 episodes and 5 years together, I asked listeners for their questions on any topic. In this episode, I’m answering questions on the most important question to ask when…

199. Mindset traps to be aware of (cognitive distortions that might be holding you back in motherhood and life)

Feb 06, 2024 16m

How we talk to ourselves matters. I was asked to share an episode on positive self-talk and want to open up with a review of the common mindset traps (cognitive distortions) we can have. By noticing…

198. How to live each day with intention, as a mom (life on purpose and intentional living while in motherhood)

Jan 25, 2024 17m

What does it mean to live on purpose? This is a question I get from listeners who want to live intentionally but aren’t sure how to apply it to daily life (as a mom, because mom life has a lot of…

197. Holidays + Grief, Family Dynamics, Boundaries, Self-Care and Joy – tips from a counsellor

Dec 19, 2023 17m

This is part 2 of the situations that can feel tough around the holidays. We explore how we deal with grief, family dynamics and clashes and ways we can take care of ourselves and look for ways to…

196. When The Holidays Feel Hard (stress, anxiety, loneliness, overspending, transitions)- tips from a Counsellor

Dec 19, 2023 16m

I asked listeners to share the tough scenarios they expect to encounter during the holidays and Christmas. I will start with Part 1, going through the themes of scenarios and sharing an idea on a…

195. The cost of ‘earning’ your rest

Dec 07, 2023 12m

A major hurdle that many of us moms to rest is the underlying belief that we need to ‘earn our rest’. In this episode, Professional Counsellor and mom of three unpacks how this belief impacts our…

194. I stopped calling myself a lazy mom (addressing the overwhelm of motherhood)

Dec 07, 2023 13m

Do you ever find yourself trying to rest or relax and get this nagging voice telling you that you are being lazy? As moms, this can be a nightly experience, when we finally get the kids down and…

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