Simple on Purpose | Intentional Living and Parenting
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 ab...
Recent Episodes
May 11, 2026
ME: Time out for the mom on purpose
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 some of the ‘shoulds’ we have. At the end you should feel ready to go back into the day feeling more purposeful as a mom Remember, these exercises are made by a registered counsellor, but they are not a replacement for 1:1 therapy. Enjoy! And if you like it, please let me know you want more, drop me
May 11, 2026
ME: ‘Being’ instead of ‘doing’, body scan
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 registered counsellor, but they are not a replacement for 1:1 therapy. Please let me know what you think about them. Drop me a note @simpleonpurpose.ca
May 11, 2026
ME: Building Inner Resilience and Self Leadership
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 us. And that our ‘self’ is the one listening to the parts of us. This exercise will discuss the 8 C’s, they are the 8 qualities of good self-leadership: Compassion, Creativity, Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, Calm, Connectedness, Clarity If you like this exercise, share it with a friend and l
May 11, 2026
Intro to the mindful exercises (ME time for moms)
Therapist guided exercises for modern woman and moms
June 25, 2024
209. What I hope you take away from the Simple on Purpose podcast (retirement party!)
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 podcast. Episode topics and related links the start of the blog My C-Section & The Feelings I Was Ashamed to Admit my two main goals with the podcast how the podcast has changed me How To Find Your Enneagram Type (and how it has changed my life) Enneagram 101 (what is it and what are the nine types) anch
May 28, 2024
208. Improve relationships with this simple tool (bids for connection)
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 For Connection, a Gottman term. I will outline what bids are, ways to respond, and how to simplify the process. Before we jump in, 👉🏼 remember to stay connected through the Simple Saturdays email, 📧 you can sign up here. Key points and related links What bids for connection are Our marriage was str