As we wrap up another year, it’s the perfect moment to reflect as a family and set intentions for the upcoming year. In this episode, I’m thrilled to welcome rockstar mom and business owner Vanessa Quigley of Chatbooks. Vanessa shares insightful ways to help your family make the most of this transitional time of year, including:

1. Six end-of-year questions to ask each family member to reflect on and share.

2. How to choose a "family theme" for the upcoming year.

3. A simple way to capture and look back on all of your family memories from the year.

Jump into the episode to learn more about each of these takeaways. 

To further help, I’ve also designed a printable and fillable worksheet to guide your family through the reflection process. Share it with your loved ones and spark fantastic conversations!

For full show notes, as well as a summary of the takeaways, click here. 

Happy Holidays! xo

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Feeling overwhelmed and in need of a mental health boost? Join me as I share a simple daily practice that takes just two minutes!

In this episode, I’ll explore three transformative benefits of a 2-minute journaling routine, including:

For full show notes and a deeper dive into these takeaways, click here. 

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Do you feel stuck? With the New Year coming, we're hearing a lot about goals, but maybe for you, the idea of goals feels discouraging or daunting. You want to change, but how? If this resonates, you will love today's mini-episode!

This mini-episode is part of a series we do occasionally where I introduce you to other wonderful podcasts that might bless and benefit your life. These shows are all produced by or part of the podcast network that I am a part of, Cloud10 Media.

Today's feature is a podcast called Help Me Be Me. The host, Sarah May, is a mom, break-up coach, writer, director, and former therapist. She describes her podcast as self-help for people who hate self-help.

If you want to listen to the full episode, click here!

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It’s “the most wonderful time of the year,” but for some of us, it doesn’t necessarily feel like it. I know not everyone relates to this confusing angst during the holidays, but maybe you do. Maybe you put a smile on your face for the parties and events, but inside, you might feel as alone as the Grinch sitting in his cave on top of the hill because who feels down during the holidays? Is your heart just three sizes too small? 

In today's episode, I'm joined by Dr. Tanmeet Sethi, who shares three tangible ways we can navigate these melancholy feelings during this time of year, including:

1. A simple exercise to soften your melancholy so it doesn’t overpower you. 

2. A powerful way to boost your energy and feel more at peace. 

3. The single best thing you can do to mother yourself during this season. 

Listening to Dr. Sethi’s blend of compassion and research feels like a hug for my inner Eeyore! I hope you feel the same way!

For full show notes, including takeaways, click here.

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Feeling overwhelmed by the jingling chaos of the holiday season? You're not alone!

The holidays can add a huge load on us moms. Recently, I found myself overwhelmed, so I took my own advice from the Self-Assured Motherhood program: I paused, assessed my mental load, and eliminated what I could. One of those items was this episode, which I entrusted to my wise, capable team members. And, let me tell you, they stepped up and delivered!

This week, 4 of my team members - Molly, Christy, Abby, and Emily - share three practical tips for managing the mental load during this busy time of year. Their advice is both realistic and incredibly helpful.

Wishing you all the best as you navigate the festive hustle and bustle, my friend!

Happy Holidays!

For full show notes, including takeaways, click here.

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Wouldn’t it be nice if our kids innately felt grateful for all we (and others) do for them? That they naturally expressed gratitude and could see how blessed they are? 

Certainly, some kids are more predisposed than others, but it’s been my experience, and I’m guessing yours too, that this doesn’t come naturally to most kids. Instead, gratitude is a skill that needs to be taught and practiced repeatedly. 

So the big question is: how do we teach it? 

Today’s episode will focus on three actionable, realistic ways to teach your kids gratitude. 

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Our children's reactions are often NOT logical. Their outbursts of emotion sometimes seem ridiculous and outsized, and when we try to "talk some sense into them," it usually makes everything worse. Before we know it, we find ourselves yelling and reacting with big anger, and the whole family spirals into a swamp of dysregulation. 

Can you relate? 🫣

Believe me, I've been there, and if you have too, you are going to love today's episode with a neurobiological researcher, Dr. Dan Siegel, who explains the brain science behind why children react the way that they do and how understanding the structures and functions of the human brain can help us to become more patient and ultimately effective parents.

For full show notes, including takeaways, click here. 

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Do you enjoy traveling, but financial constraints prevent you from visiting some places on your bucket list? If this sounds like you, I’d like to share a strategy I recently learned about: traveling using credit card points.

By making a few minor adjustments to the credit cards we use and when, we've earned enough points to fund a vacation for our family of four at no cost! (And that’s without going into debt or carrying a balance!)

I learned how to do this from my guest on today’s podcast, Amber Paul. She joins me to share awesome tips, including a simple swap that can earn you five free tickets to Europe (instead of one), the best credit cards to add to your wallet, and how to meet the minimum spending requirements without spending any more money than you usually would! 

For full show notes, including takeaways, click here.

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Radical gratitude is a powerful practice to help you through difficult times.

But if you’re in the thick of difficult times (which I know many of you are!), you might be tempted to click away right now. And I get why. ❤️‍🩹

When things are hard, it can often feel impossible to feel gratitude. In fact, during our most trying times, it can even feel insulting if someone suggests that we focus on gratitude! Who wants to be grateful when everything seems overwhelming, difficult, and maybe even hopeless and dark? The suggestion to “look on the bright side” or “find the silver lining” can feel invalidating and dismissive of our deep pain. 

If this sounds familiar, I send you my deepest love and empathy, and I hope today’s interview on radical gratitude with Dr. Tanmeet Sethi resonates with you. 

For full show notes, including takeaways, click here.

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Brooke Romney is the queen of modern manners for teens. 

If you missed it, our last episode was an interview I did with Brooke about friendship problems in the teen years. I hope her words in that interview resonated with you like they did with me. 

This episode is a little bonus addition where I asked Brooke to share three mini conversations we can have with our teens to help them get better at friendships. (Because, let’s face it, most teens need some help learning how to be a good friend! Does anyone else feel like they have a toddler again? 🥴)

For full show notes, including takeaways, click here.

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