HeyJaredUnder the Moonlight with Penelope Willis
A gentle children's and family podcast by author Penelope Willis, featuring bedtime stories, read-alouds and calming emotional support.
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The Quiet Courage of Staying Soft (opens the original)
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What does it mean to stay gentle in a world that sometimes gives us every reason to become harder? In this warm and reflective episode of Under the Moonlight, children’s author Penelope Willis talks about kindness, boundaries and the quiet courage it can take to remain soft after disappointment, hurt or difficult seasons in our lives. We can sometimes mistake strength for toughness. We build walls, expect less and convince ourselves that caring deeply leaves us vulnerable. But staying soft does
The Things Our Worried Minds Can Say | Overthinking, Worry & Self Compassion (opens the original)
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Have you ever walked away from a perfectly ordinary conversation and then spent far too long wondering if you said the wrong thing? In this gentle and relatable episode of Under the Moonlight, children’s author Penelope Willis talks about overthinking, worried thoughts and the things our minds can tell us when we don’t quite know the whole story. Perhaps someone seemed a little quieter than usual. A message felt different somehow. We remember something we said and wonder whether it came out the
The Quiet Power of Kindness | What Would Kindness Do? Under the Moonlight with Penelope Willis (opens the original)
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What difference could a little more kindness make? In this gentle and heartfelt episode of Under the Moonlight, children’s author Penelope Willis reflects on the quiet power of kindness and the simple question she returns to whenever life feels difficult: “What would kindness do?” Kindness cannot remove every sadness, cure every illness or make every disagreement disappear. But it can soften the way difficult moments are carried. It can help somebody feel seen, make a painful conversation less h
The Little Grey Feather Comforting Read-Aloud Story for Starting School, Nursery and New Beginnings (opens the original)
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The Little Grey Feather | A Comforting Read-Aloud Story for Starting School, Nursery and New Beginnings Starting school is a huge milestone, not just for children, but for the grown-ups who love them too. In this special Under the Moonlight read-aloud, Penelope Willis shares The Little Grey Feather, a gentle, reassuring story written to comfort children as they face new beginnings, whether that's starting school, starting nursery, moving class, making new friends or navigating any of life's litt
Sometimes Hope Arrives Quietly | A Gentle Reflection on Hope, Parenting and the Future. (opens the original)
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Sometimes Hope Arrives Quietly What if the smallest, most ordinary moments carried the greatest reminders of hope? In this gentle episode of Under the Moonlight, Penelope Willis shares a chance encounter that touched her heart and has stayed with her ever since. What began as a simple conversation with a young woman and her little dog became a powerful reminder that we can never truly know what tomorrow holds. Inspired by a real life moment, this episode reflects on the worries so many parents c
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