Mom: In-Process

Winning as a SAHM takes an act of selfishness at times, in order to accomplish your goals, and that’s okay. There are moments in motherhood where we need to put ourselves first. You have to look at self-improvement within the 4 Foundational Elements of Home, Health, Wealth, and Love as investments and get selfish in order to take action and make a change.

This doesn't mean you give up your responsibilities and duties of motherhood. It means saying “no” to things so you can say “yes” to yourself. That means we lock the bathroom door to use the bathroom by ourselves. That means we say no to the birthday party on the weekend because we need to tackle a household project that will make your family life easier. That means we say no to television and take the kids outside so you can get a 30-minute walk in. The only way to win at life, to accomplish your goals, to take care of your needs, is to squash the guilt of being selfish and realize these moments are investments for the greater good.

Book Referenced
Winning by Tim S. Grover

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In this episode, I wanted to take some time for you to get to know me a little better, especially with so many new listeners. I wanted to approach this episode as if you and I were sitting down at the park or the coffee shop drinking a warm beverage, getting to know each other as new friends.
 
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Happy 1st Anniversary, mama friends! In this episode, I want to dive into some tough-love conversation on taking action. MASSIVE action, to be specific. I started a podcast 4 days after receiving my microphone! Can you believe that!? I sure can’t. One year later, we are building this incredible community of like-minded women, but it took one very specific thing to get going—me, taking MASSIVE ACTION toward my goals and my dream.
 
You know how much I love takeaways, so in this episode, I give you 3 tangible tips for you to remember when taking massive action. Please remember, these are 3 of the dozens of tips other experts and those experienced in massive action would give you. For me, these are the 3 that continue to fuel me in my life. Don’t hesitate to share what works for you in our Facebook Group!  We’d all love to hear them.

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Holistic Parenting. What does that even mean? I chat with Julie Hatch, a pediatric nurse practitioner, acupuncturist, and holistic child health expert in this episode. Julie blends her knowledge and experience in Western medicine with Eastern medicine studies to help parents using a holistic approach. Julie and I dive into what holistic parenting looks like, How to apply it, and how it benefits us as SAHMs. Julie's book, "A Parenting Revolution for Higher Evolution: Raising resilient, responsible, compassionate kids from the inside out," hits shelves on February 24th but you can buy it digitally now.

Julie's passion to help struggling parents comes from a place of understanding and awareness that we live in a society filled with pressures we aren't taught to handle. If we know better, we can do better. Our conversation touches on the indoctrination we are all accustomed to, which dictates how we parent in this new Era. But, what if we approached parenting the way it was approached for hundreds of years prior? Would we be teaching our children skills to be more resilient, responsible, and compassionate? I had Julie come on today, so we have the tools and knowledge needed to best raise the future generation. My hope is that Julie can help YOU feel more confident as a mother. Enjoy.

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If you follow me on social media, you would have seen the cake I made for Olivia’s birthday party. What you see is an ishly-beautiful cake. What you don’t see is the chaos that ensues when baking these gifts for our children. Let’s be clear. I am not the cupcake baking mom. I will do them on occasion, but it is not something I pride myself in doing, love, or really enjoy. I baked this cake and cupcakes out of love to make her feel special, but I was NOT expecting to make a 4 layer rainbow cake with 4 different colors of rainbow frosting on the cupcakes—the sh*t we do for our kids sometimes.

After reflecting on what could be considered an absolute sh*t show of a baking experience, I realized there were so many beautiful aspects of the process I needed to take into consideration. I took this experience and shared with you the 4 life lessons I was reminded of in baking Olivia’s birthday cake. Consider it life lessons from a perfectly imperfect mom: in-process. Yours truly. 

1. Don’t ask a question you don’t want the answer to
2. Just because you aren’t great at something doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it
3. Create realistic expectations for yourself
4. There is beauty in the struggle

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This episode is for anyone who is struggling to find a community of like-minded women. I invited Karen Poole, founder of Heroic Mama Fitness, to join me on the podcast and share her story about how she took action to build her own community of mama friends using her past experience and knowledge. Karen has 3 years of experience working with moms and kids in an outdoor fitness environment, both as a client and as a certified instructor. She’s been a certified personal trainer since 2014, and has been very involved in athletics for most of her life. She played college basketball and was formerly an Athleta Sponsored Athlete.

When they moved to be closer to family, she found herself in a new town with no friends and missing the mama group fitness community, FIT4MOM; she had grown to love. After realizing the franchised group was not available in their new location, Karen shares how she used her knowledge and past experience to create a similar opportunity for local women, in turn, building a community of mama friends at the same time. Heroic Mama Fitness became the group she needed and the growing business she envisioned. Karen shares with me the ups and downs of creating a community, how to prepare and pack if you’re interested in joining a similar group in your area, and where she plans on taking her business in the future. Of course, we add in all the mom-talk with a little side dish of business chat in this one.

Contact Karen:
Heroic Mama Fitness
Karen Poole
https://www.heroicmamafitness.com/our-coaches
@heroicmamafitness & @karenpoolefitness

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The name change is here! Welcome to Mom: In-Process! A podcast where we, well, do exactly what we did in Mama Mindset but under a new name.

In this episode, I share why we are changing the name, how this process went, and what we will be doing moving forward. I unpack what Mom: In-Process means and how I chose this title. I'm excited to move forward in this community with this unexpected opportunity for growth and development under the new title. This was a beautiful example of when we embrace change as an opportunity instead of a setback — incredible things can happen.

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This isn't your average mom podcast: this is going to be your voice for tough love and reason. Join me in this journey!

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Grab your cozy beverage for this one because my conversation with Belinda was fantastic! Belinda McCall is the founder of WomanBeeWell Magazine and WomanBeeWell.com. These online resources help busy women ditch the damaging diet and mindsets in order to live holistically and fiercely well. She stands for the unique, informed, and empowered wellness of all women. She is also a Certified Holistic Nutritionist and an AADP Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner. In addition to serving other women and providing insightful and approachable content to help them in their wellness journey, she is a wife and mom to a busy 2-year-old boy. In this conversation, Belinda and I talk about ditching the diet culture mindset and living a more holistically healthy lifestyle. We chat about how Woman Bee Well was born and the pull she felt to share her knowledge and personal wellness journey in order to help other women. We dive into topics around the importance of correct word usage when it comes to our health and how it can impact our mindset around various aspects of it, such as diet vs. nutrition, workout vs. movement, etc. I ask Belinda tough questions and her thoughts on wellness in relation to Covid as well as mindset when weight loss is necessary. Belinda started Woman Bee Well with a passion and honest desire to help others. Her spirit in this conversation is very apparent, and my hope is her website and magazine can be used as a tool for you on your wellness journey. 

CONTACT BELINDA:

Follow her on Instagram @womanbeewell for holistic health tips and to join her private, supportive wellness group for women.

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The fourth Foundational Element to living a fulfilled life as a SAHM is LOVE. In this episode, I go over the four main components of love we can reflect on when we’re feeling unfulfilled. As with the other three elements (home, health, and wealth), there are areas you can make small intentional efforts with every day. Or, if you feel like you need to place greater effort in one area, I provide resources as starting points for you to do so. Love is an important element we must consider because, as SAHMs, we can spend all day being with and giving to others without realizing we haven’t truly connected with those we love the most. Oftentimes, we also haven’t taken the time or created space for self-care, which builds a great sense of love for oneself.


Resources Mentioned:
The Love Dare by Stephen Kendrick: https://amzn.to/3ueBJvU

The Love Dare for Parents by Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick: https://amzn.to/3udp0d1

The 5 Love Languages by Dr. Gary Chapman: https://amzn.to/3KWW5Qb

The 5 Love Languages of Children by Dr. Gary Chapman and Dr. Ross Campbell: https://amzn.to/3ALPHqn

Marriage365: https://marriage365.com/

365 Connecting Questions for Couples: https://amzn.to/34oMPUl



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