As mamas, we're facing some uncharted territory with school starting this fall. With so many choices we're all asking, "What's the best option?" Today's episode is all about the homeschool option and answers questions like, "How do I do this and continue to work?" "What's the best curriculum choice?", "Am I even equipped to handle this?", "Will my child even learn anything?", "What if they fall behind?" We hear from Jen Myers, the founder of Homeschool CEO, an online community exclusively for entrepreneurs who homeschool. Over the past 16 years, Jen has graduated 3 of her four children from homeschooling, relocated three times, built three successful businesses, and now helps other entrepreneurs homeschool their kids without sacrificing their business or their sanity. When she is not coaching entrepreneurs, she can be found building community, drinking coffee, and exercising at her local gym. Jen openly admits homeschooling was the last thing on her radar when she started homeschooling her young children, then ages 8, 6 and 5. She had a thriving business and life was going according to plan. That was, until a surprise pregnancy threw the family a curveball. What started out as a last resort revealed the unexpected surprise of total freedom and flexibility for their entire family. Show Note: Here

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Do you ever have days where you just feel tired and no amount of coffee seems to give you the boost you so desperately need? The stress and fatigue our bodies feel day to day can be a sign of something more than just needing a caffeine boost- it could indicate we're facing adrenal fatigue. Some of us are all too familiar with navigating postpartum depression and anxiety while balancing family time and business but adding adrenal fatigue to the mix could be why you're feeling the way you feel. In today's conversation, we chat with Caroline Potter. She's a wife, mama and the voice behind Flourish where she encourages women to cultivate conscious living, balance grace with gumption and make small changes to have a big impact on their health, joy and energy! Caroline believes that as women we don't have to be tired and overwhelmed all the time and shows women how to take steps towards healing so that we can thrive, not just survive day to day. Caroline is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, leads a team educating for safer beauty with Beautycounter and is the author of the cookbook, All American Paleo Table. So let's dive in to learn from Caroline and hear her recommendations for taking practical steps to overcome adrenal fatigue and find healing in your life. More Show Notes: Here

Have you ever wondered how do I know what I'm passionate about? What if I have multiple passions, how do I know which one to pick to start a business?

Listen friend it's ok to have a passion outside of motherhood if you aren't feeling filled in your daily mom life. It's actually healthy to have something that is just for you.

This episode walks you through and exercise I love to do a few times a year to make sure I an aligned in my business and to help me find a new outlet to try!

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What does it look like to balance entrepreneurship and motherhood? If you're in the throes of business and mothering, you know that there's an art to not only finding but also maintaining a healthy balance. Throw owning multiple businesses, your husband being your business partner and a global pandemic in the mix and you've got a plate full! Today, my friend Bailey Allen reminds us of the importance of establishing intentional boundaries around family time and business time to be able to thrive in both. She shares with us how having a solid foundation, learning through trial and error and evolving as a business owner has brought her to where she is today. Show Notes: Here Connect With Michelle Hagen: Instagram Facebook Hey Mama Let's Connect - Podcast Community

So if you've spent any amount of time online, you've probably heard of a little thing called TikTok. In today's episode, we change things up a bit and have a Q&A chat with Natasha Jade where you, the listener, ask the questions and she shares with us her wisdom on all things TikTok. From content creation to editing tips and strategies, Natasha dives in deep with some insightful ways to not only see growth on your TikTok page but also how to authentically engage with your followers.

Natasha began using TikTok after a suggestion from her husband to try it out and has now become a TikTok ballerina queen with a following of over 158,000 and multiple million-view videos.

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If you've been a parent for long, you've probably realized that it's not an easy job. There's not a lot of glamour, but there sure is excitement. #hotmessexpress You've more than likely faced sleepless nights and tantrums and meltdowns that have left you reeling from whatever it is your child just went through. More often than not we're wondering, "What the heck just happened and how do we get off this rollercoaster ride!?" Can you relate? Figuring out how our child is feeling and dealing with their emotions is a big challenge, but it's one we thankfully don't have to face alone.

In this episode we'll chat with Danielle Bettmann, a mama of 2 who started her own Parent Coaching business, Wholeheartedly in 2019. She uses her skills and training as an early childhood educator to come alongside other parents and encourage them in their goals of providing what's best for their kids. She shares about why it's important to connect with our kids on a deeper level so as a family we can develop problem solving strategies when faced with big emotions. We dive into some tips and resources we can use as parents to help set our kids up for success when their emotions start to take over.

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I can't be alone in the fact that my creativity feel like it has been sucked dry. I am in a creative drought and girl I need a drink of fresh water right now! I know most other like minded people have to be feeling the same way, with your head just above the water yelling for someone to throw you a life raft. Listen friend you and I are in this treading water side by side right now. So today I wanted to share a few tips that might help you and I want you to join me over on instagram today and tell me what sparks creativity for you? Let's join together and link arms like we were in the same room and help a sister out!

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So you've started your business….YAY!! Go you! So what's next? Creating a stellar email welcoming sequence is most likely the next step in your entrepreneur journey. The purpose of this is to gain your reader's trust and build a lasting relationship that deepens over time. Your welcoming emails should really show your readers just who you are and what you're bringing to the table. Portraying yourself authentically and enthusiastically will most likely be the thing that keeps people coming back for more of what you're offering so it's important to know how to craft those kinds of emails using copywriting tips and tricks that are tried and true. When it comes to copywriting, it's not important that you reinvent the wheel. Just by using some strategic elements in your email sequences can help increase your open rates and get people to buy what you're selling. Emily believes in the power of words to create connections and make sales. Emily currently lives in Nashville, TN with her husband and curious two-year-old daughter. She's been writing online for years and finally opened the doors to her own copywriting business, Emily Writes Well, in August 2019. She also shamelessly loves a cold White Claw while relaxing by the pool. So let's dive in and learn about all her copywriting skills! Show Notes: Here Connect With Michelle Hagen: Instagram Facebook Hey Mama Let's Connect - Podcast Community

No one tells you that you might not remember motherhood, you might not remember things that you thought would be memories that are clear as day. Motherhood is hard, and sometimes our brain thinks it's protecting us in moments that maybe we didn't want to be protected, but none the less it does and our memories of some of the happiest moments of our lives get blurred.

Today we are going to talk about the tool that helped me remember the parts of motherhood that I thought were lost and how I have learned to create deeper memories in motherhood. I have also used this tool to deeply remember childhood memories and I have been using it with my kids to help them build memories as well!

I also want to note friend, if you are deep in postpartum depression that you are not alone. You are not alone in your feelings and that you will get through this and you will feel like you can keep your head above water again.

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This year has proved to us that online businesses are with way for the future and that even if you have a client facing business there is a piece of it that you can move to be online. If you haven't thought about moving a piece of your business online, you should!

In this episode I talked with my friend Kylie Kelly about how she moved her business online and how you should too!

Kylie is currently a wedding photographer and mom from New South Wales, Australia. She owns KKStockShop, an online business providing styled stock imagery to help female entrepreneurs & creative businesses elevate their brand online and in their social media.

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