Thriving In Motherhood Podcast

So many things can be the catalyst for a bad day: not enough sleep, changing schedules or routines, grief, sickness, current events in the world. When I notice myself feeling grumpy or trying to hide from my kids (either behind a door or a screen), then I know it's time for an adventure. All the details for how we pull off a last minute adventure in this weeks episode.

Going to the library has been an integral part of my life and it has continued into motherhood. But there is a bit of a learning curve to make it a positive experience for everyone involved. This week I'm sharing my best tips and tricks for navigating the library with young children and when we read all the books we bring home. What are your best tips for tackling the library as a family?

This weeks chat with Emily McDermott @simplebyemmy covers how to simplify the choices we make, how to make progress in small pockets of time, and the power of energy mapping in helping you be confident in navigating your days.

Postpartum depression and anxiety is something that many of us have battled in our own unique way. One thing that kept @Jacquie Erickson going is resilience to just face another day. For her this skill was born from an earlier season in her life serving a 18 month mission in Taiwan where she didn't speak the language. A theme that the missionaries shared was "If you have faith, there is a way", a message that still rings true today. So many more gold nuggets and wisdom in this chat - I'd love to hear your biggest take-away.

A great question came in from Mary, a long time listener of the podcast: "I was thinking about the pillar of structure. What daily rhythms have you found to be effective for your kids? What tools do you use to figure those structures out?" This week we are diving deep into structure on the podcast and how to build systems that work for YOU and YOUR FAMILY and your individual personalities, situations, stories, strengths, and weaknesses. Let me know your biggest take-away!

As more and more people are being vaccinated, the opportunities for leaving the house with our kids are increasing for many of us. If you are like our family we all felt a little bit rusty heading out out first. Fortunately it didn't take too long to remember old patterns for a successful shopping trip. All my secrets in this weeks episode. Let me know your biggest take-away!

This weeks chat with Leila Mireskandari @kidsgrowingcity encouraged me to have hope that each of our struggles and challenges can lead to something good for our lives. Her own unique experiences of growing up during a war and knowing hunger and discovering her daughter's food allergies have culminated in a passion for helping kids become connected to nature and know how to grow their own food. I'd love to know your big take-aways!

I've discovered that when I'm in a hard season I'm quick to try and compensate my perceived shortcomings by being "Fun Mom". Fun mom goes above and beyond her capacities and ends the day as grumpy mom - the very thing I was trying to get away from. But there is another way. Let me know you biggest take-away from today's episode.

For so long my goal was to get out of surviving motherhood and start thriving. But I discovered something wonderful. Thriving - growing - isn't the end of the road. Once you've built your foundation with the three pillars of thriving, Soaring awaits you. This weeks episode shares the path and vision of what is possible.

The daily big three is my secret sauce when it comes to weekly planning - you can absolutely get away without it but it adds extra power when you incorporate it into you planning routine.

This weeks conversation with Rachel Miller @rachelmillermarketing is one that will get you looking back what you wrote about your gifts and talents when we were creating our visions together at the beginning of the year. Her story of how she was able to pivot her innate gifts from teaching into running businesses so she could be home with her children is sure to inspire. We chat about much more from mom guilt to adoption.

In this weeks chat with Ashley Brown we talk about how to shift from thinking about routines as something we have to do to get the house clean to "routines help me live in alignment who I am and connect with who I am every day." That is a powerful Thriving Thought that has already made a huge impact on my life in the last few weeks since we recorded this episode and I'm excited to see what it does for you!

Do you ever feel trapped in your home? I certainly did...until this one thing changed: a paradigm shift. All of a sudden I was back in my circle of influence. I was empowered to take action and make choices. I left my victim thinking behind and started actually creating a space where I love to be. What is a favorite space in your home that you just love being in?

Today I'm chatting with @madelinecasey about how to start something new. This is a packed episode covering the practical realities, fears, things that hold us back as well as what we can do about them to move forward and explore.   How Can I Support You?

We are nearing the end of our Essentialism book club discussion with covering the important idea of how do we, as moms, make space to figure out what is important to us. Life fills up so fast - especially when we consider the needs and wants of everyone in our household. But what is essential? Join Madeline Casey and I as we get to the root of making space for things that matter most to us in practical ways.

Do you feel the drive to just squeeze one more thing into your day? One more load of laundry? One more phone call? One more store? I know I sure can fall into that trap, completely erasing all the margin into my day. Now I'm feeling rushed because I didn't budget for the diaper blow out or children wanting to help me make dinner. But after reading Essentialism I'm learning to say no to "just one more". The unexpected result is the ability to just live in the present, and that brings so much joy into my life. I'm able to just enjoy what is going on in front of me. 

This weeks focus from my Essentialism book club discussion with Madeline Casey is to Choose Your Priorities or Someone Else Will. We tackle some tough realities in this chat and it left us with lots to think about. But it didn't stop there. The breakthroughs led to me figuring out what mattered to me and making changes in our home which in turn allowed me to have both a bigger impact and and be less frazzled by the end of the day. 

Today Madeline Casey and I are kicking off a five part series discussing the book Essentialism by Greg Mckeown. To start off we are diving deep into the concept of Protecting the Asset - which means YOU. We recorded this series back in November which means I've been thinking about these chats for months and it's been changing me. I'm thrilled I can finally share them with you! 

This week we are celebrating all of YOUR hard work in creating your vision for 2021! Listen in and be inspired by mothers in this community share their words and what it means to them. I learned so much from all of you and I'm excited to use your insights and epiphanies moving into 2021.

This week we are talking all about how to use color to make planning as simple as possible. Adding color is not something I do well so I chatted with an expert, Pamela Moose (my mother!!!) about the why, what and how.