This is the story of Stephanie's health journey. From athlete to mama of 4 in six years - she has been working to find her new normal when it comes to fitness and nutrition.

In this episode, Stephanie talks about the importance of allowing our children to carry the weight of their own cross in this world. As parents, we try so hard to protect them from anything and everything but I wonder if that's not the best thing to default to.

This episode is going to be split into two parts. The first part is going to be mindset related. The second part is going to be more practical steps or things you can do to teach your children about money.

Books:

Rich Dad, Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki

Smart Money, Smart Kids - Dave Ramsey and Rachel Cruze

Games:

Act Your Wage: Dave Ramsey

Financial Peace Jr.: Dave Ramsey

Cash Flow (Richdad.com)

5-day Decluttering Challenge (starts June 1)

https://legacythroughmotherhood.lpages.co/5-day-decluttering-challenge/

In this episode, we talk about the importance of taking back control of your mornings and setting the tone for your home.

The Miracle Morning book

Okay to Wake Clock

In this episode, I got the absolute pleasure to interview Selena Frederick from Fierce Marriage. They have a new book that will release May 5 called, "See-Through Marriage". We talk about what it means to be fully known and fully loved in this episode and ways to get closer and closer to this truth.

5-day Reading Challenge

https://legacythroughmotherhood.lpages.co/5-day-reading-challenge/

I got to interview an amazing woman named Evie Takacs. Evie is a certified holistic health coach who owns Holistically Restored and a friend of mine. We have known each other for almost 10 years now. This interview is loaded with so much good practical information from things I was curious about and she also answers all the questions you guys in the legacy through motherhood community wanted me to ask. 

How to get in touch with Evie?

www.holisticallyrestored.com

Holistically Restored Facebook

Holistically Restored Instagram

SHOW NOTES:

Evie's Story: Her holistic health journey (1:00-10:00)

What is Hashimoto's?

All things PCOS: (18:00-21:00)(54:00-55:20-different types of PCOS)

PCOS cannot be diagnosed through ultrasound alone- must test androgen levels + have signs of irregular periods/do not ovulate

4 types of PCOS

• Insulin Resistant PCOS
• Adrenal PCOS
• Inflammatory PCOS
• Post-pill PCOS

Hormonal Birth Control: (21:00-26:00)

Fertility diets for men/women: (26:00-32:45)

• Diet is best way to support fertility and hormones
• Reduce inflammation (sugar, alcohol, gluten, and others)
• Eat whole foods
• Opt for organic when possible
• Healthy exercise routine
• Get enough sleep (7-9 hours/night)
• Reduce caffeine and other stimulants
• Manage stress

What do you do when all things point towards thyroid issues - but tests come back negative? (34:00-41:00)

• TSH
• Free T4
• Free T3
• Reverse T3
• TPOAb (Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies)
• TgAb (Thyroglobulin Antibodies)
• The last two listed help identify Hashimoto's (Autoimmune disease)

Stress Relief/Rest: (41:00-53:00)

Supplements and vitamins - what's worth it?: (55:30-101:20)

• Vitamin D (especially now)
• Magnesium
• Zinc
• Selenium (supports thyroid)
• Probiotic
• Digestive support (work with coach to know which one)

Food Intolerance vs. Food Allergy: (101:20-104:30)

2 Truth Bombs from this episode:

1. We are more into sick care than we are health care.
2. Everyone is bioindividual.

This episode is all about how God can use you to change hearts if you show up authentically within your community. And vice versa.⁣

This past year God has been pursuing the heart of my friend, Kelly. God put her specifically on my heart a year ago when a conversation happened at an event with our gym and someone asked her if she was involved in church or wanted to be. And her response was a “HELL NO please don’t even ask” (and actually that’s a cleaner way to put it) ☺️.⁣⁣

Now, a little over a year later she has a relationship with God and is leaning into that. Her story back to God just involved a bunch of people loving her where she was and being authentic so she could see and be in community with real, jacked-up, completely normal people who also loved Jesus.⁣⁣

This episode is my story of how God put it on my heart to pursue her and then I interview her so she could tell her story throughout this past year.⁣

Her favorite thing in the world is a Phoenix rising from the ashes. We were talking about Isaiah 61 together earlier where it talks about God making beauty from ashes and I couldn’t think of a more beautiful way to describe this past year for my sweet friend. 🖤⁣

Kelly's Salon - The Copper Pheonix

FREE GUIDE - PREWORK FOR PAYING DOWN DEBT

This episode is our journey into debt and then what made us come to a screeching halt and pivot and then our journey out of debt.

I think it can be encouraging to see someone else's journey and somewhat of a roadmap to how they made it happen. In this episode, we pull back the curtain and show you how we went from in way over our head to completely debt free in about 2.5 years.

Step-by Step guide to build your family's mission statement.

Where are all my "yes" girls at?? Below is an excerpt from the episode tomorrow. It's not all me shooting it to you straight like this...but this episode was emotional for me to write because I think trying to do 'all the things' and wearing it like a badge of honor is where we start losing the legacies we are striving to achieve.⁣⁣

SHOWNOTES

5-DAY MARRIAGE CHALLENGE (LINK BELOW)

https://legacythroughmotherhood.lpages.co/5-day-marriage-challenge/

STUDIES TALKED ABOUT IN SHOW

Lower educational attainment

More effects of divorce on kids and parents

What should come first? Your kids or your marriage? ⁣

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In this episode, I talk about ways we can prioritize our marriage - especially in the little kid years.<3 ⁣

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This is a favorite topic of mine because I think strong marriages are the backbone of so many other things in life. It can be the most difficult and the most beautiful relationship in our life and my goal is to just encourage and breathe life into your marriage and help you make it just 1% better each day. ⁣

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I invite you to listen to this episode for some encouragement and motivation to make small but mighty pivots in your day to day and prioritize your spouse and put your kids lovingly in their place. ❤️⁣