Mom on Purpose

Ep 31:  How to Keep a Clean Home

Are you a mom who goes all-in on what you love, but you don't have the systems built within your home and then before you know it, things get really cluttered and out of control?

If you find yourself getting so overwhelmed to the point where it actually stops you from progressing forward, listen in as Lara shares a process that will help you put a plan into place, say good-bye to clutter and overwhelm, and hello to a happy, harmonious home.

This episode is for you if …

• The messes in your house are yelling at you
• The more you try to juggle, the messier and more disorganized things get
• You yell at and shame your parter and kids for not "helping" 
• You think you need to reorganize everything before working on a goal

When you think of your home like the zones of a sprinkler, you can figure it out based on the time you choose or have to give to it, not what needs to be done, but the time you choose to spend doing it. Then you can decide which zones in your home need to be "watered" most.
 
When you think of your home as a cyclical process, and not as an end destination that feels like a giant mountain to climb, the heaviness and overwhelm subside.

Click HERE to watch this video to learn The 3 Things to Avoid When Reading Self-Help Books

How to Connect with Lara:

Web: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/j.lara.johnson/ 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/larajohnsoncoaching 

Work with Lara: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com/work-with-me/ 

Ep 30: Create Your Own Goal Rulebook

Are you waiting to achieve a goal before you feel good about yourself? Chances are you have a lot of strong thoughts and feelings about goals, internalizing them in so many negative ways that you've lost sight of the direction you want to go. It's time to erase all that background chatter around goals and get back to basics. 

In today's episode, Lara Johnson walks you through the simple act of creating your own Goals Rulebook. Once you understand that you get to create the rules around your goals, suddenly, everything you want to achieve becomes clear as a bell.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• Why feeling good about yourself has nothing to do with achieving goals
• How to tap into your body to uncover how you really feel about goals
• Ways to uncover why you want to achieve a specific goal
• How to put together your own Goal Rulebook
• Why letting go of what you should do gets you closer to what you want to do

Click HERE to watch this video to learn The 3 Things to Avoid When Reading Self-Help Books

How to Connect with Lara:

Web: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/j.lara.johnson/ 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/larajohnsoncoaching 

Work with Lara: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com/work-with-me/ 

Ep 29: The Gift of Receiving
 
As moms, we love to teach our children the gift of giving. Moms are the best at giving, serving their children, family, and community. But … how are you with receiving? How about asking for or accepting help? That's a level of discomfort that can make even the strongest of us squirm. In today's episode of the Mom on Purpose Podcast, Lara Johnson takes us deep into the gifts we can receive when we let ourselves be vulnerable. 

 What you'll learn in this episode:

• Why being like Jesus Christ means receiving like Jesus Christ
• How asking for and accepting help are real acts of love
• Some resources to help you learn about and work with your vulnerability
• Why our relationships really matter

So many of us think we're failing or weak if we accept help, but Lara is here to remind us that it's not selfish or weak … it's self-love.

Featured in this episode: 

• Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction
• Brené Brown 

Click HERE to watch this video to learn The 3 Things to Avoid When Reading Self-Help Books

How to Connect with Lara:

Web: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/j.lara.johnson/ 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/larajohnsoncoaching 

Work with Lara: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com/work-with-me/ 

Ep 28: What My Birth Story Can Teach You About Goals

After a few weeks of maternity leave, Lara Johnson is back with an all-new episode for the Mom on Purpose Podcast and boy, does she have a story to tell. Lara shares the intimate details of her son's birth and the powerful lessons that came from it; lessons that are going to help you, today, make progress on your goals. 

 What you'll learn in this episode:

• Lara's birth story and how it followed the same cycle as goal setting
• How to handle stagnation in your goal progress
• What roadblocks and challenges really mean
• How to adjust expectations
• Just how close greatness is when you think all is lost

Chasing down dreams is a wild, challenging, painful process, but in the end, when you're looking at the wonder you created, it's all worth it. 

Listen now to learn how to put it all together. 

Click HERE to watch this video to learn The 3 Things to Avoid When Reading Self-Help Books

How to Connect with Lara:

Web: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/j.lara.johnson/ 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/larajohnsoncoaching 

Work with Lara: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com/work-with-me/ 

Busy Moms' Book Club: Atomic Habits by James Clear

Join Lara Johnson in the bonus audio replay of the Busy Mom's Book Club, where she talks about the self-help book, Atomic Habits by James Clear. Creating new habits is a challenge for many of us and as we make our goals for a new year, this timely book has plenty of advice and practical solutions you can implement right away. Together, we'll go over what it means to change our identity and Clear's four powerful laws to build new habits. Best of all, it ties beautifully into our calling as moms.

Every month, The Busy Moms' Book Club meets virtually over Zoom. You do not have to read the book to join. I read the book, share all the highlights with you, and then teach you how to apply it to your own life. It's the best because you can get ALL the goodness books offer in an hour (because we all know you loved Cliff Notes for your book reports as a kid).

 What you'll learn in this episode:

• The difference between outcomes and processes
• How our beliefs drive our identity
• The "habit loop" our brain follows
• The four powerful laws of habit building
• How to create a system that works for you

Featured in this episode: 

• Atomic Habits by James Clear

Book Club Information:

Click here to join: The Busy Moms' Book Club

Watch the video of this replay here on YouTube

Book club replays: Youtube Channel

Click HERE to watch this video to learn The 3 Things to Avoid When Reading Self-Help Books

How to Connect with Lara:

Web: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/j.lara.johnson/ 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/larajohnsoncoaching 

Work with Lara: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com/work-with-me/ 

Bonus Episode: Busy Moms' Book Club : The Gap and The Gain: The High Achievers' Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success by Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy

Join Lara Johnson in this bonus audio replay of the Busy Moms' Book Club, where she discusses the book The Gap and The Gain: The High Achievers' Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success by Dan Sullivan with Dr. Benjamin Hardy.

If you've ever felt like goals seem like a lot of work, or if everyone else seems to have the secret sauce to reach their goals, then this book club is the one for you. Together, we'll explore Sullivan & Hardy's concept about standing in the gap vs living in the gain. We all have something we're striving for, but our ideals of success come from how where we measure from. 

Every month, The Busy Moms' Book Club meets virtually over Zoom. You do not have to read the book to join. I read the book, share all the highlights with you, and then teach you how to apply it to your own life. It's the best because you can get ALL the goodness books offer in an hour (because we all know you loved Cliff Notes for your book reports as a kid. 😉). 

 What you'll learn in this episode:

• What it means to be in the gap vs. being in the gain
• How to really measure success
• Symptoms and behaviors of living in the gap
• Simple steps to get yourself out of the gap and moving into the gain
• The four-step process the brain goes through
• How to know what you really need to be happy

For more information, visit larajohnsoncoaching.com/podcast 

Book Club Information:

Click here to join: The Busy Moms' Book Club

Watch the video of this replay here on YouTube

Book club replays: Youtube Channel

Click HERE to watch this video to learn The 3 Things to Avoid When Reading Self-Help Books

How to Connect with Lara:

Web: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/j.lara.johnson/ 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/larajohnsoncoaching 

Work with Lara: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com/work-with-me/ 

Ep 27 How to Love Your Story with Lori Lee

If you're stuck in shame because of the past and the stories you've built around those experiences, then you might not be living your full, authentic self. Those closed-off places impact our parenting, relationships, communication, and work more than we think. 

In this episode, author and podcast host Lori Lee shares just how much we create our own reality and walks us through the steps it takes to not only accept our past, but to learn how to love yourself, and your story, here and now. 

What you'll learn in this episode: 

• Why sharing your story is powerful
• How stories (and the surrounding shame) are created in the first place
• The first three steps to reframing your story
• How owning your story helps you become a better mom
• A simple technique to rewrite the negative beliefs

About Lori:

Lori Lee is the host and producer of the Love Your Story podcast, a podcast dedicated to sharing candid interviews and conversations about living our best life stories on purpose. Lori pulls no punches in capturing interviews that shine a light on how we make it through the hard stuff – stress, anxiety, suicide, eating disorders, rape, the death of children, abuse, divorce and the real stuff that creates our dark and sacred pathways.  She also shares interviews with Olympians, athletes, life coaches, therapists, and influencers who are changing the world. Lori has a master’s degree in Folklore. She is the author of six books and over 100 magazine and newspaper articles, including her latest book, L.I.F.E. – Living Intentional and Fearless Every day: The 21 Life Connection Challenges. She has been on radio and TV shows to discuss her work, and currently helps people recognize and manage the stories they tell themselves so they can live intentionally as they live their life story moving forward.

How to Connect with Lori:
Website: https://loveyourstorypodcast.com
Dealing with Anger: Interview with Lara Johnson: https://loveyourstorypodcast.com/captivate-podcast/episode-177-dealing-with-anger-interview-lara-johnson/
L.I.F.E.: Living Intentional & Fearless Everyday - 21 LIFE Connection Challenges (Book): https://loveyourstorypodcast.com/shop/
The Five Steps to Reframing Your Story, and its episodes 46 through 51 on Love your Story Podcast

Click HERE to watch this video to learn The 3 Things to Avoid When Reading Self-Help Books

How to Connect with Lara:

Web: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/j.lara.johnson/ 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/larajohnsoncoaching 

Work with Lara: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com/work-with-me/ 

Ep 26 Love Yourself to Your Goals with Dara Tomasson

Self-love, self-acceptance and reaching our goals starts with taking care of ourselves. You don't need permission to unconditionally love yourself and your body. The journey begins with curiosity, like a child at play, delighting in all the countless ways our amazing body has our back every minute of every day. 

Dara discovered this for herself, and she invites you to explore this for yourself. She found that the true secret to weight loss was not focusing on the next app or shake, but instead choosing appreciation of where she was, no matter the size and shape of her body, and to have fierce self-acceptance of herself. 

You'll know this episode is for you if ...

• You find yourself engaging in negative mental self-talk
• You say you love yourself, but you're not a priority on your to-do list
• You're stuck playing the comparison game
• You're living in the land of shoulding yourself

About Dara:

Dara Tomasson spent 6 years as a professional long arm quilter. She is a free motion quilting liberator who helps fellow quilters find their own ‘free motion quilting voice’. Through her in-person workshops, her Youtube channel and online classes, she uses her professional teaching background to build a curriculum that takes the quilter from where they are, helping them to develop new skills.

You will find Dara spending her days helping fellow quilters lose weight and create more joy in their lives as she uses her life coaching skills to help them. Not only does Dara liberate your free motion quilting skills but, she liberates your mind to create what you truly want.

Dara is a certified life coach through the Life Coach School where she has her specialization in weight loss.

Dara has lived in many Canadian cities but currently resides on Vancouver Island with her husband and 5 children. Balancing her creative career and raising kids is the best recipe for success.

How to Connect with Dara:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/dara_tomasson/
Website: https://daratomasson.com
Podcast: https://daratomasson.com/podcast/
Perfectionist Quiz: https://daratomasson.com/quiz/

Click HERE to watch this video to learn The 3 Things to Avoid When Reading Self-Help Books

How to Connect with Lara:

Web: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/j.lara.johnson/ 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/larajohnsoncoaching 

Work with Lara: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com/work-with-me/ 

Ep 25 Opening the Door to Connection with Marla Beech
 
Wouldn't it be amazing if every woman could feel the excitement of endless possibilities because of the unique gifts and talents she possesses? No two women are alike and none of us should plan to live our lives the same.  

Self-Connection Coach, Marla Beech shows us what we can do to create connection with our time, life and ourselves to help us on our own unique paths. 

You'll know this episode if for you if ...

• You've ever put yourself at the end of your to do list
• When you do have time to connect with yourself, you have no idea how
• You engage in a lot of negative talk with yourself
• You have the desire to connect with yourself and be your own best friend

Mentioned in this episode:
7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

Learn more about Marla, through her website, https://hunkeedori.com and how she mentors women through her public speaking, her Camp Connection online workshop, and one-on-one coaching.

Other places to connect: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hunkeedori/

Podcast:  Overburdened No More

Click HERE to watch this video to learn The 3 Things to Avoid When Reading Self-Help Books

How to Connect with Lara:

Web: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/j.lara.johnson/ 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/larajohnsoncoaching 

Work with Lara: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com/work-with-me/ 

Bonus Episode: Busy Moms' Book Club : Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking  by Jon Acuff

In this bonus audio replay of the Busy Moms' Book Club,  we explore the book Soundtracks, by author Jon Acuff, and learn how he changed his life by rewiring his overthinking, and by writing this book, it became an offering to others who might benefit from what he discovered.  

As Acuff reminds us that overthinking isn't part of one's personality. It's actually a form of fear that steals our time, creativity, and snuffs out our dreams and goals.

Every month, The Busy Moms' Book Club meets virtually over Zoom. You do not have to read the book to join. I read the book, then will teach it to you and how to apply it.

It's the best because you can get ALL the goodness  books have to offer in an hour. Because we all know you loved Cliff Notes for your book reports as a kid ;)

What you'll learn in this episode ...

• How we spend too much time thinking about our thinking 
• Why we're afraid to plan our goals because the voice inside says NO!
• How we allow our looping thoughts to douse our dreams
• Why we don't have control over our thoughts, they control us 

As Acuff says, "The solution to overthinking isn't to stop thinking. The solution is running our brains with better soundtracks. Once we learn how to choose our soundtracks, thoughts become our best friend, propelling us toward our goals."

For more information, visit larajohnsoncoaching.com/podcast 

Book Club Information:

Click here to join: The Busy Moms' Book Club

Book club replays: Youtube Channel

Click HERE to watch this video to learn The 3 Things to Avoid When Reading Self-Help Books

How to Connect with Lara:

Web: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/j.lara.johnson/ 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/larajohnsoncoaching 

Work with Lara: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com/work-with-me/