High Capacity – Nervous System Regulation, Stress Management, Burnout Recovery, Somatic Tools, Anxiety, Boundaries, Overwhelm

Hope is like a muscle – if we want to strengthen it, we’ve got to train it.  And it's so much more than a wish or a want.  Hope is an embodied confidence in God – even when things aren’t going our way.  And because it’s a skill, we can teach our kids how to be hopeful.

In today’s episode you’ll learn why reminding our kids of the seasonal and cyclical nature of life is so important to cultivating hope.  I also coach on how we can lovingly hold space for our children so they know they don’t have to face anything in life alone. And finally, we discuss how teaching them to question their thoughts can change the way they see the world and strengthen their hope.

• Episode 58 – Encouraging Optimism Without Toxic Positivity
• From Helplessness to Optimism Study
• TAKE THE PERSONALITY PATTERN QUIZ - Personality Quiz
• 1-ON-1 COACHING: From Insight to Outcome - Life Coaching with Michelle
• CHECK OUT MY FREE 5-STEP MORNING ROUTINE FOR MOMS: My 5-Step Morning Routine
• MOTHERHOOD VILLAGE FB COMMUNITY: The Motherhood Village
• MOTHERHOOD INSTAGRAM: @michellegrosser.coach

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Real talk – I’m the parent of a picky eater, and it can be so frustrating. If any of you have faced mealtime meltdowns, picky-eating battles, non-stop snackers, or kids who refuse to touch anything green, this episode is for you!

Courtney Bliss, Pediatric Dietician and founder of Feeding Bliss, is changing the narrative around healthy eating.  Her perspective is so refreshing as she shares insight and practical tips on how we can all raise great eaters without pressure, bribing, manipulation, or guilt.

Three things you’ll learn in this episode:

1. How to approach selective (picky) eating
2. How to introduce non-preferred/new foods
3. Why we should avoid labeling foods as healthy/unhealthy, good/bad, etc.

To connect with Courtney, head to:

• Her website: https://feedingbliss.com/
• IG: @feedingbliss
• Picky Eating Blog
• Book a Free Call with Courtney

“It's this idea that we have - eat your dinner, and then you get your sweets. Have the body that you want, and then you get happiness. Have these perfect, organic, balanced meals that Goop is telling you about, and then your children will be angels. It is such a mind trap! But if you teach your kids to listen to themselves, and if you do that work in yourself - if you bust some of those myths of being perfect enough, looking the right way, serving the right foods - you will do such a service for your children.” – Courtney Bliss  

• TAKE THE PERSONALITY PATTERN QUIZ - Personality Quiz
• 1-ON-1 COACHING: From Insight to Outcome - Life Coaching with Michelle
• CHECK OUT MY FREE 5-STEP MORNING ROUTINE FOR MOMS: My 5-Step Morning Routine
• MOTHERHOOD VILLAGE FB COMMUNITY: The Motherhood Village
• MOTHERHOOD INSTAGRAM: @michellegrosser.coach

“I love The Motherhood Podcast!” ← if that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing our show!  This helps us support more women, just like you, on their motherhood journey.  Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.”  Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!

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Compassion is the ability to be with someone else in their pain.  And the degree to which our kids are comfortable with their own emotions, is the degree to which they can hold space for others. 

So, if we want our kids to be compassionate – getting in the muck and mire of human emotions with others – they’re going to need to learn how to be with uncomfortable emotions.

In today’s episode you’ll learn why we want to teach our kids compassion instead of sympathy (and why the difference is critical).  I also coach on how we can safely expose our children to others’ suffering, so they can practice compassion. And finally, we discuss how showing compassion in our discipline can be one of our greatest opportunities as parents.

• TAKE THE PERSONALITY PATTERN QUIZ - Personality Quiz
• 1-ON-1 COACHING: From Insight to Outcome - Life Coaching with Michelle
• CHECK OUT MY FREE 5-STEP MORNING ROUTINE FOR MOMS: My 5-Step Morning Routine
• MOTHERHOOD VILLAGE FB COMMUNITY: The Motherhood Village
• MOTHERHOOD INSTAGRAM: @michellegrosser.coach

“I love The Motherhood Podcast!” ← if that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing our show!  This helps us support more women, just like you, on their motherhood journey.  Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.”  Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!

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→ Take the Capacity Pattern Quiz

If you’re a mom, you’ve probably run into Libby Ward on TikTok or Instagram at Diary of an Honest Mom.  She’s a thought leader and mental health advocate with a deep commitment to breaking the cycles of trauma. Libby joins us to discuss how we can re-write the narrative on what it means to be a good mom.

Three things you’ll learn in this episode:

1. The roots of mom rage and what we can do about it
2. How to set more realistic expectations for ourselves as mothers
3. What it means to be the default parent and how we can lighten our mental load

To connect with Libby, head to:

• Her website: Diary of an Honest Mom
• IG: @diaryofanhonestmom
• The Honest Mom Journal
• Free Printable -The Honest Mom Journal

“I don't want to pour into my cup just so I can pour out. I want to pour into my cup because I deserve to feel like I have a whole cup. I want to pour into me so that I feel peace, so that I find joy, so that I can find fulfillment, because I deserve to have all the good things that I believe in my heart that my children also deserve to have.  It's really a full circle moment that is hard to live out in a society that praises mothers for being martyrs.” – Libby Ward  

• TAKE THE PERSONALITY PATTERN QUIZ - Personality Quiz
• 1-ON-1 COACHING: From Insight to Outcome - Life Coaching with Michelle
• CHECK OUT MY FREE 5-STEP MORNING ROUTINE FOR MOMS: My 5-Step Morning Routine
• MOTHERHOOD VILLAGE FB COMMUNITY: The Motherhood Village
• MOTHERHOOD INSTAGRAM: @michellegrosser.coach

“I love The Motherhood Podcast!” ← if that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing our show!  This helps us support more women, just like you, on their motherhood journey.  Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.”  Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!

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Take the free 2-minute quiz and unlock The Capacity Code — a personalized private podcast episode for your specific nervous system. 

→ Take the Capacity Pattern Quiz

What can we do to help our kids get along?! One of the most effective ways we can encourage harmony in our homes, is by teaching our children how to resolve their own conflicts.

Listen to today’s episode as we discuss the importance of emotional vocabulary and EQ in promoting harmony.  I also coach on how our children’s self-regulation skills are vital as they're learning to get along with others and how we can start to teach them to regulate their nervous systems.

• TAKE THE PERSONALITY PATTERN QUIZ - Personality Quiz
• 1-ON-1 COACHING: From Insight to Outcome - Life Coaching with Michelle
• CHECK OUT MY FREE 5-STEP MORNING ROUTINE FOR MOMS: My 5-Step Morning Routine
• MOTHERHOOD VILLAGE FB COMMUNITY: The Motherhood Village
• MOTHERHOOD INSTAGRAM: @michellegrosser.coach

“I love The Motherhood Podcast!” ← if that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing our show!  This helps us support more women, just like you, on their motherhood journey.  Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.”  Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!

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Take the free 2-minute quiz and unlock The Capacity Code — a personalized private podcast episode for your specific nervous system. 

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Is a stress-free bedtime routine and kids who sleep through the night really possible?! Becca Campbell, certified pediatric sleep consultant and the CEO and founder of Little Z’s Sleep, says YES! 

She has guided tens of thousands of families through the exhausting world of newborn, baby, and toddler sleep and is trusted by pediatric clinics and medical specialists across the country.

Three things you’ll learn in this episode:

1. Sleep training tips for children ages 0-5
2. How to set a bedtime routine and respond to stalling tactics
3. How to get back on track after missed naps or late nights

To connect with Becca, head to:

• Her website: https://littlezsleep.com
• Her podcast: https://littlezsleep.com/podcast/
• Her socials: @littlezsleep
• Little Z’s Bedtime Routine Chart

“If you don't sleep train your child, that's okay. That's totally up to you. But if you are not happy and you are not healthy and your family is not well rested, you can change that. It does not have to be that parenthood equals sleep deprivation.” - Becca Campbell  

• TAKE THE PERSONALITY PATTERN QUIZ - Personality Quiz
• 1-ON-1 COACHING: From Insight to Outcome - Life Coaching with Michelle
• CHECK OUT MY FREE 5-STEP MORNING ROUTINE FOR MOMS: My 5-Step Morning Routine
• MOTHERHOOD VILLAGE FB COMMUNITY: The Motherhood Village
• MOTHERHOOD INSTAGRAM: @michellegrosser.coach

“I love The Motherhood Podcast!” ← if that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing our show!  This helps us support more women, just like you, on their motherhood journey.  Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.”  Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!

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Take the free 2-minute quiz and unlock The Capacity Code — a personalized private podcast episode for your specific nervous system. 

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To honor someone is simply to put value on them.  In today's episode, I share three strategies for raising kids who honor others.

The first step to teaching our kids to honor others is learning how to honor ourselves.  The ways in which we value our worth and honor our needs are a great way to start teaching our children about honor.  We can also teach about honor in the way that we repair with our kids after we've messed up or lost our cool.  And finally, we'll discuss how being generous with our words is a simple way for our kids to honor others.

• TAKE THE PERSONALITY PATTERN QUIZ - Personality Quiz
• 1-ON-1 COACHING: From Insight to Outcome - Life Coaching with Michelle
• CHECK OUT MY FREE 5-STEP MORNING ROUTINE FOR MOMS: My 5-Step Morning Routine
• MOTHERHOOD VILLAGE FB COMMUNITY: The Motherhood Village
• MOTHERHOOD INSTAGRAM: @michellegrosser.coach

“I love The Motherhood Podcast!” ← if that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing our show!  This helps us support more women, just like you, on their motherhood journey.  Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.”  Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!

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Take the free 2-minute quiz and unlock The Capacity Code — a personalized private podcast episode for your specific nervous system. 

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How good would it feel to declutter your home before the start of the new year, without having to be a full-blown minimalist?  In today’s episode, the Founder of Motherhood Simplified, Krista Lockwood, teaches us how to master the balance of having enough, but not too much.  As a mom of 5, Krista shares how being intentional about our stuff can help save our sanity.

Three things you’ll learn in this episode:

1. How clutter can affect our mental and emotional health;
2. Where to start the decluttering process in our homes; and
3. ​​How to get our family on board with decluttering.

To connect with Krista, head to:

• Motherhood Simplified
• Motherhood Simplified Courses
• Motherhood Simplified Instagram
• Motherhood Simplified Facebook

“Being a mom is hard.  And sometimes, something’s gotta give.  It can't be your kids, and it shouldn't be you, and it shouldn't be your relationship. But it can be your stuff. You can get rid of that stuff, so you can focus on the things that really matter.” – Krista Lockwood

• TAKE THE PERSONALITY PATTERN QUIZ - Personality Quiz
• 1-ON-1 COACHING: From Insight to Outcome - Life Coaching with Michelle
• CHECK OUT MY FREE 5-STEP MORNING ROUTINE FOR MOMS: My 5-Step Morning Routine
• MOTHERHOOD VILLAGE FB COMMUNITY: The Motherhood Village
• MOTHERHOOD INSTAGRAM: @michellegrosser.coach

“I love The Motherhood Podcast!” ← if that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing our show!  This helps us support more women, just like you, on their motherhood journey.  Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.”  Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!

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Kids are such big dreamers.  They’re born visionaries.  And at one point in time, so were we.  And then somewhere along the way, someone told us to get realistic or get our heads out of the clouds, and maybe some of those big dreams started to fade.

In today’s episode, I share 3 ideas for raising big dreamers with big vision.  We all want our kids to live fulfilling, impactful lives.  And teaching our kids to dream big is going to help lead them there.

Listen in to learn about family vision board nights, why we need to pay attention to our children’s self-talk, and how we can surround our kids with other big dreamers to help keep them inspired.

• TAKE THE PERSONALITY PATTERN QUIZ - Personality Quiz
• 1-ON-1 COACHING: From Insight to Outcome - Life Coaching with Michelle
• CHECK OUT MY FREE 5-STEP MORNING ROUTINE FOR MOMS: My 5-Step Morning Routine
• MOTHERHOOD VILLAGE FB COMMUNITY: The Motherhood Village
• MOTHERHOOD INSTAGRAM: @michellegrosser.coach

“I love The Motherhood Podcast!” ← if that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing our show!  This helps us support more women, just like you, on their motherhood journey.  Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.”  Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!

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Take the free 2-minute quiz and unlock The Capacity Code — a personalized private podcast episode for your specific nervous system. 

→ Take the Capacity Pattern Quiz

Today’s episode is going to make you cry, it’s going to make you smile, it's going to inspire you, and my prayer is that it’s also going to ignite deep compassion within you.  My guest is Megan Hillukka, a bereaved mother with 7 children, whose daughter Aria passed away at 15 months of age.

Whether you've experienced loss yourself, or have walked alongside someone who's experienced deep loss, you’re going to get so much out of this conversation. Join us in this episode, as Megan beautifully shares her journey and experience processing and moving through grief.  

Three things you’ll learn in this episode:

1. How to begin to ease the pain of grief,
2. How to best support someone you love who’s grieving, and
3. How breathwork, EFT tapping, and mindfulness practices can help us feel and deal with our painful emotions.

To connect with Megan, head to:

• Her website: https://www.meganhillukka.com/
• Her coaching program: Grieving Moms Haven
• Her socials: @cultivatedfamily

“There's nothing wrong with you grieving. You don't need to be fixed and you're not broken. It's just about how can you support your experience so that you can find a place of calm or peace or healing in whatever way you want in your life”. - Megan Hillukka

• TAKE THE PERSONALITY PATTERN QUIZ - Personality Quiz
• 1-ON-1 COACHING: Coaching with Michelle
• CHECK OUT MY FREE 5-STEP MORNING ROUTINE FOR MOMS: My 5-Step Morning Routine
• MOTHERHOOD VILLAGE FB COMMUNITY: The Motherhood Village
• MOTHERHOOD INSTAGRAM: @michellegrosser.coach

“I love The Motherhood Podcast!” ← if that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing our show!  This helps us support more women, just like you, on their motherhood journey.  Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.”  Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!

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🧠 What's your capacity pattern? 

Take the free 2-minute quiz and unlock The Capacity Code — a personalized private podcast episode for your specific nervous system. 

→ Take the Capacity Pattern Quiz