Mom on Purpose

Ep 48: Have You Forgotten the Magic?

Have you ever wondered if there's a magical element to life, just waiting to be rediscovered? Are you curious about manifesting but unsure of how it works or if it's even real? 

In this powerful episode, you'll learn the 3 components to manifesting magic in your life: belief, action, and trust and how to make this practice even more powerful by leaning into faith and trusting in God's will.

This Episode is For You If: 

• You're curious about manifesting, and have experienced things working out unexpectedly
• You're hesitant to pray or ask for help, or want to learn how to embrace the magic of life and take control of your destiny
• You have heard about manifesting but are unsure of how it works or if it is real
• You want to learn how to harness the power of affirmations and follow their joy to attract good things into your life

If you're ready to embrace the magic of life and take control of your destiny, this episode is a must-listen! So, get cozy and let's make some magic together.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Ep 43: How to Make Affirmations Work for You

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 47: Happy Birthday to the Podcast!

This is a slightly different episode today, considering we are approaching a ONE YEAR milestone with the Podcast! Happy bday Mom on Purpose!  Join me as I reflect on this past year of climbing some metaphorical personal mountains, as I literally record this episode hiking a mountain with a baby in tow.

This Episode is For You If: 

• You're ready to face your fears and climb your own "mountains"
• You need encouragement to know you are more resilient than you think
• You're ready to view your obstacles as opportunities
• You intuitively know there is a unique path to success just for you

Listen in and learn from my journey as I discuss complicated pregnancies, learning to rest and take care of my body, and navigating the unique path of success for my children. This episode serves as a reminder that you too can conquer the mountains in your own life, no matter how daunting they may seem.

So let's celebrate our achievements together and continue to live our lives on purpose!

Mentioned in this episode:

• Ep 1: You are Worth Celebrating

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: Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab

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. 😉

In today's episode, you'll learn how transform your relationships and discover the power of setting boundaries with the book: Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself .

Our conversation explores the different layers of boundaries - from physical to emotional - and their significance in avoiding resentment, overwhelm, and burnout.

We also break down the dangers of neglecting self-care and offer insights on how to establish and communicate boundaries effectively. Learn how to create a healthier work-life balance, model healthy boundaries for your children, and identify unhealthy communication patterns.

Click HERE to watch the Busy Moms' Book Club on YouTube

This Episode is For You If:

• You've ever found yourself neglecting self-care, feeling resentful, avoiding things or people, and feeling overwhelmed
• Think you have good boundaries but still feel discomfort in certain situations
• You often say yes to things but then get frustrated and feel obligated to follow through
• You avoid calls, texts, or emails from people asking you to do things
• If you have ever felt so burned out that you want to run away from life or imagine going to the hospital for a break

Don't miss this life-changing episode, where we dive deep into the six types of boundaries, with guidance on how to put these into action in your life.

Featured on the Show: 

• Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab

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 46 From Stuck to Thriving with Aubry Martinez-McGraw

What if life coaching could help you navigate your life with confidence, even when adversity arises? Join me as I talk with one of my amazing clients, Aubry Martinez-McGraw about her journey in life coaching and how it has impacted her life.

Aubry shares her background, which includes teaching math at an alternative high school and being a certified life coach, and how her coaching niche has shifted from focusing on youth to college athletes.

Together, we explore how Aubry has learned to process emotions differently, leading to a positive change in the way she shows up in her life. By investing in herself, she has created an eternal ripple effect and now uses the tools she has learned to navigate her life with confidence.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• How Aubry navigated her journey from struggle to success 
• How she embraced change and learned to unlock her potential 
• How Aubry learned to separate identity from external circumstances
• The advice Aubry shares for investing in yourself 

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Life Coach School

How to connect with Aubry:

• Website | Elite Athlete Life Coaching
• Instagram | @eliteathletelifecoaching
• Work with Aubry 

About Aubry:
Aubry Martinez-McGraw is a certified life coach, mother to three beautiful sons, wife, and former collegiate athlete. She holds a M.S. in Psychology with an emphasis in Life Coaching along with a B.S. in Sport Management. In 2021,  she embarked on a career in life coaching, and never looked back. When she discovered the power of coaching and working with a life coach herself, her world changed for the better. 

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 45: The Compound Interest of Parenting

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the weight of parenting decisions, especially during the summer months? Are you constantly worrying about the long-term impact of your choices on your kids' future? 

In this episode, I share my insights about effectively managing parenting decisions without getting bogged down by every single choice. I explain how our parenting decisions can have a compounding effect, just like our finances. I emphasize the importance of focusing on the present moment, rather than the next 20 years, in order to build trust and communication with our children.

We also address how to manage power struggles between parents and kids, and how to recognize when our own subconscious thoughts and behaviors may be contributing to these struggles.

This Episode is For You If:

• In the moment of parenting your child, you are thinking about their future and fear that if you don't hold your ground on a particular issue, your kids won't learn a particular lesson. 
• You feel like certain parenting decisions have the weight of the next 20 years and that if you "give in" to something, your child won't turn out to be a responsible, caring human. 
• You have a distinct physical response or reaction when you feel like your child is being disrespectful to you, leading you to snap at, yell, or give consequences to your child.

As we explore the compound interest of parenting and the importance of teaching healthy disagreement, I challenge you to consider when you want your children to disagree with you and how you're teaching them to do so in a constructive way.

By doing this hard but rewarding work, you'll not only transform your family dynamics but also experience a shift in your own mindset. 

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 44: 7 Micro-Steps No One Talks About with Forgiveness

Have you ever struggled with forgiving someone, even when it feels impossible? Join me on this personal journey as I share my experiences and beliefs about the power of forgiveness, and how it can play a crucial role in navigating towards our dreams and purpose.

Together, we'll explore the 7 micro-steps that no one talks about to help you when things feel impossible, how to deal with anger, and move forward when it feels like you've taken a step back in your healing journey.

This Episode is for You If: 

• You know you "should" forgive but don't want to
• You're feeling legitimately angry, confused, or worried about an outcome 
• You thought you moved past a certain issue, but when it resurfaces, you feel as if you've taken a step backwards
• You've tried positive thinking but haven't found success
• You've seen someone else struggle to forgive and want to offer support 

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 43: How to Make Affirmations Work for You

Ever wondered why affirmations just don't seem to work? In this episode, I share when I first discovered what worked, and what didn't, and how I cleared up many misconceptions and confusion about how to use affirmations in a useful way.

I'll show you how to create your own meaningful mantras by following 3 fun steps to help you identify your current beliefs, brainstorm new thoughts and perspectives, and then try them on for size to see what truly resonates with you.

This Episode is For You If:

• You have used a mantra someone wrote and wondered why it just fell flat
• You think an affirmation is like making a magic wish
• Your affirmation sounds flowery, or too formal and not in your own voice
• You think affirmations will fix your problems or will make things happen

Discover finding the sweet spot that lies just 1% beyond your current beliefs and watch as your life transforms when you live by your own mantras.

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 42: 5 Steps to Being More Present in Your Life

If you're constantly saying to yourself  "I want to be more present," you're discrediting everything that you are already doing that creates the presence you seek.

You get trapped in this framework of  "not enough-ness," and the drive to do more, be more becomes a tiring cycle, and that in order to check off the good mom box, you have to be fully engaged every moment of every time of the day. 

This episode invites you to really step back, and ask yourself:  why am I not actually present right now? 

When you tune in, you'll learn these 5, easy to put into practice steps: noticing, pausing, giving your brain something to solve, breathing in the moment, and how to give your brain a focused container of time to practice presence.   

This Episode is For You If:

• You have said you want to be more present in your life
• You feel bad that your mind is wandering when you're with loved ones
• You have a hard time turning your brain off 
• You forgot who you were before you had kids
• You think you'll feel less guilty once you master being more present 

You can give yourself permission to add these daily little on-the-go moment to moment bits of awareness, and even just a minute or two is progress. 

When you test drive these easy steps to be more present, you just may catch yourself by surprise and notice without even trying that you have more presence in your life. 

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 41: 3 Guidelines to Effective Self-Care

You feel guilty, you shame yourself for taking time out for self-care. The meaning has become so skewed over the years, but in reality when you take care of yourself, it's the BEST way to take care of everyone else in your life. 

In this episode, you'll learn 3 guidelines for your own self-care, self-preservation practice that feeds and nourishes your mind, body and soul. 

This Episode is For You If:

• You're good at keeping commitments to other people but not yourself
• Self-care becomes one more thing on your to do list that you can't get to
• You think self-care takes too much time, money and energy
•  You view self-care as indulgent manis and pedis

"Caring for myself is not self-indulgent, its self-preservation."
-Audre Lorde, Burst of Light

When you take time for you, time expands, it's like a "universal exchange of energy." You'll create more space, and come back rejuvenated and with a fresh new outlook to everything you do.

Self-care is a way of preserving yourself, and you may choose to take hours and hours where you may want to cook a "full meal" of self-care things. That is okay, but also recognize that the "protein bar option" of self-care is also available to you too.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Audre Lorde

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 40 When Your Husband Doesn't Support Your Dreams with Sharon Costanzo

Sharon Costanzo is a relationship and communication coach, and she's on the podcast today to discuss the challenges women face in pursuing their goals and dreams while maintaining their roles within the family.

We dove into the importance of being honest and vulnerable with one's spouse, even if it means letting go of control over the conversation's outcome. Sharon empowers women to stop walking on eggshells, and have conversations that matter.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• How to negotiate healthy conflict in a partnership
• Why it's important to maintain individuality in relationships
• How to navigate discomfort in your marriage 
• How to stop asking for permission  

Mentioned in this episode:

• Fair Play by Eve Rodsky

How to connect with Sharon: 

• Website | Keep Talking Revolution
• Podcast | Keep Talking Revolution on Apple Podcasts
• Send Sharon a DM on Instagram @KeepTalkingRevolution 

About Sharon:
Sharon Costanzo left her job after her second child was born to become a very unhappy and unfulfilled stay-at-home mom to two babies under two. She argued with her husband constantly about his lack of support and appreciation for all the work she was doing on her own. After she hit rock bottom, Sharon finally learned how to speak up for herself.  Today, Sharon helps women with their own transformation, and provides insights on what it takes to stop having unproductive conversations and start talking about what really matters. 

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/