Welcome to episode twenty-six of the Honest Mamas Podcast, today Claire speaks to Kathleen Harper about cultivating more joy in motherhood.

Kathleen Ann Harper is the author of two books, The Well-Crafted Mom and Signs of a Happy Baby. In her life coaching groups for moms and in her one-on-one coaching practice, Kathleen integrates coaching support with creative activities to help moms manage the transitions and challenges of motherhood. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Francisco State University in Integrative Healing, a specialized major that incorporated studies in psychology, philosophy and religion, holistic health, and kinesiology. Kathleen is married to William Paul White, her co-author on the baby sign language book, Signs of a Happy Baby. They are parents to two boys who both still sign.

 

What you’ll hear in this episode

 

• How Kathleen came to be working in this field
• The way in she cultivated joy into her life
• How to best allocate small amounts of free time in your life
• Learning to accept and be comfortable with your vulnerabilities
• How our modern lives can leave us with analysis paralysis
• The best ways to manage expectations
• Understanding that your self-care helps you care for others
• The concept of inner circle friends

 

Resources

http://www.thewellcraftedmom.com