I’m really excited to share today’s episode with you. Today I am talking with you about the 12 things that women who thrive in both career and motherhood have in common.

Throughout my work with Type A, high-achieving women who struggle with anxiety and guilt in motherhood, these 12 mindsets are universal in the women who end up having the lives they most want, for both themselves and their kids.

I invite you to listen today with pen and paper if you can, or come back and jot down some takeaways later. And, please, listen with a boatload of self-compassion and respect for all the things that you have on your plate… Mothering is not supposed to be easy and mothering while also committing to your growth in the things outside of motherhood that are important to you takes total commitment.

Here are the 12 things that you can work towards:

1. Extreme Clarity

2. Focused Prioritization

3. Burning Desire

4. Unwavering Commitment

5. Courage

6. Extreme Ownership

7. Resourcefulness

8. Stamina

9. Abundant Thinking

10. Be a Grow-Giver

11. Self-belief/Self-love

12. Success Surroundings

For more info about Kate Kripke, LCSW visit www.katekripke.com or find her on IG @katekripke

Interested in learning about Kate’s maternal mental health coaching opportunities? Start here: https://www.calmconnectionsystem.com/register-ig

For more information on the Oneclock, visit https://www.oneclock.co/ and start your day with a grounded nervous system.

And, as always, if you enjoyed this episode, please consider taking a moment to rate, review, and send the podcast to 1 friend who might benefit. It takes a village and nobody should ever mother alone.

12 Mindsets Shared by the Women Who Thrive in Both Their Careers and in Motherhood | Motherhood Uncut Podcast | Season 6 Episode 8

Today I get to share with you a deeply inspiring conversation that I had with Allison Jones. Allison’s story takes us from an unexpected brain tumor to a deep reverence for beauty and her story is both vulnerable and brave. While speaking truthfully about her continued challenges with OCD and anxiety, she also shows us what it looks like to do the work to move through those moments of uncertainty and unpredictability that so often freeze us up. 

Allison describes herself as a believer, wife, mama, part-time expat, relationship expert, self-care advocate, content creator, and self-published author. And she’s here today to tell you what her life looks and feels like day to day.

More places to find Allison!

YT Channel: https://youtube.com/@allisonmathisjones?si=8ETHobiBNKRHTwiI

IG: https://www.instagram.com/allisonmathisjones?igsh=ZGtkNXhsZDY4Njl5&utm_source=qr

Podcast: https://www.kintsugiconversations.com/

Children’s Book: The Kintsugi Kid https://a.co/d/cmybWEA

For more info about Kate Kripke, LCSW visit ⁠www.katekripke.com⁠ or find her on IG ⁠@katekripke⁠

Interested in learning about Kate’s maternal mental health coaching opportunities? 

Start here: ⁠https://www.calmconnectionsystem.com/register-ig⁠

For more information on the Oneclock, visit ⁠https://www.oneclock.co/⁠ and start your day with a grounded nervous system.

And, as always, if you enjoyed this episode, please consider taking a moment to rate, review, and send the podcast to 1 friend who might benefit. It takes a village and nobody should ever mother alone.

This week’s episode is an incredibly inspiring and powerful one. We are airing a coaching call I had with one of my coaching clients... and I have no doubt that you will resonate with a ton of what Carly struggles with on our call.

If you are a woman and mother who identifies as high achieving, type A, all or nothing, and perfectionist thinking, and if you are struggling with anxiety, guilt, overwhelm, and burnout, this episode is for you.

In our call we address limiting beliefs that hold us back, difficult emotions like anxiety, guilt, and shame, pressures in mothering, and work-life balance. The conversation is an amazing example of what happens when we are willing to ask ourselves the hard questions and challenge ourselves to think and behave differently that we have for most of our life.

If the perceived “shoulds” in your life create distress, pain, and even illness for you, the process you learn today will be the start to a life changing shift.

And of course, thank you to the amazing women who was brave enough to allow me to air this call as an episode here. Carly is a true example of integrity and bravery and her commitment to helping other moms know that they aren’t alone is extraordinary.

For more info about Kate Kripke, LCSW visit www.katekripke.com or find her on IG @katekripke

Interested in learning about Kate’s maternal mental health coaching opportunities? 

Start here: https://www.calmconnectionsystem.com/register-ig

For more information on the Oneclock, visit https://www.oneclock.co/ and start your day with a grounded nervous system.

And, as always, if you enjoyed this episode, please consider taking a moment to rate, review, and send the podcast to 1 friend who might benefit. It takes a village and nobody should ever mother alone.

Today I have the utter privilege of sharing with you a conversation I had with Ellen Bradley about her mothering journey with her 3 beautiful daughters. Ellen is the epitome of bravery, connection, and possibility. 

As we continue to navigate the “shoulds” and expectations in motherhood that hold us back from the life we want most, Ellen’s story is an example of what it looks like to forage straight ahead with what feels right instead of what others believe is right.

Her story invites us to embark on a profound journey of self-discovery and fulfillment. She empowers us to embrace our true self, peel back the layers, and dive into the essence of who we are. She calls us forward with courage, urging us to cast aside the noise of the outside world and the weight of societal expectations. Instead, she beckons us to trust our instincts, to listen to the whispers of our heart, and to follow the path that resonates deeply within us.

And she, my friends, has done just that. You will be amazed and inspired by the life she has chosen for her family and the beauty and surprise that has come along with it.

Learn more about Ellen and her work at https://www.live-untethered.com.

Follow her family adventures on Instagram at @journeyoftheglobe

For more info about Kate Kripke, LCSW visit www.katekripke.com or find her on IG @katekripke

Interested in learning about Kate’s maternal mental health coaching opportunities?  Start here: https://www.calmconnectionsystem.com/register-ig

For more information on the Oneclock, visit https://www.oneclock.co/ and start your day with a grounded nervous system.

And, as always, if you enjoyed this episode, please consider taking a moment to rate, review, and send the podcast to 1 friend who might benefit. It takes a village and nobody should ever mother alone.

Our girl is back!Deb Rubin is joining me today to vent, brainstorm, problem-solve, and find humor about back-to-school season.Whether you are a new mom or one with older kids, I’m sure you can relate to the often jarring transition of the fall season. We suddenly find ourselves with more to do. Or maybe we find we have less to do now that our kids are out of the house. Whichever it is for you, it’s likely a bumpy ride. So, let’s navigate it together.Find Deb on Instagram @themotherdaughterjourney and her website ⁠https://motherdaughterjourney.co/⁠CHECK OUT HER FALL WORKSHOPS!Dad workshop! https://www.tickettailor.com/events/themotherdaughterjourney/1321648One day Mom/Daughter workshop for 7th & 8th grade girls. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/themotherdaughterjourney/1321580For more info about Kate Kripke, LCSW visit ⁠www.katekripke.com⁠ or find her on IG @katekripkeInterested in learning about Kate’s maternal mental health coaching opportunities? Start here: ⁠https://www.calmconnectionsystem.com/register-ig⁠For more information on the Oneclock, visit ⁠https://www.oneclock.co/⁠ and start your day with a grounded nervous system.And, as always, if you enjoyed this episode, please consider taking a moment to rate, review, and send the podcast to 1 friend who might benefit. It takes a village and nobody should ever mother alone.

Back to School with Deb Rubin | Motherhood Uncut Podcast | Season 6 Episode 4

Today is part 2 of a 2-part series with the incredible, honest, and inspiring Tracey Yokas.If you haven’t yet listened to Part 1, please take a moment to listen there first as it will help you to make sense of this second, very inspiring conversation.In this episode, Tracey and I discuss her relationship with her daughter and what it means and looks like to be a “securely attached” parent. With vulnerability and deep wisdom, Tracey shares her journey from being insecurely attached to being securely attached, the work that she put into getting there, and the joys and gifts that come from having an extraordinary relationship with her daughter today. Tracey Yokas creates stuff. When she isn’t writing about mental health and wellness, she can be found playing with paint, glitter, and glue. Art fuels her passion for connection in community. She is dedicated to supporting women in their journey towards authenticity and fulfills her mission by creating safe spaces where art, words, and vulnerability meet. A former entertainment industry professional, Tracey has an affinity for color-coded art supplies. She is the author of the book, Bloodlines: A Memoir of Harm and Healing. Tracey shares about her family’s journey with mental illness and healing so that others will know they are not alone. Hope is real.Tracey earned her Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from California Lutheran University and lives in Newbury Park, Ca. with her family, cats, and fish. You can find her on Facebook @traceyyokascreates, and Instagram and LinkedIn @traceyyokas.Links:www.traceyyokascreates.comThe book on Simon & Schuster website: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Bloodlines/Tracey-Yokas/9781647423452Tracey’s Toolkit: https://traceyyokascreates.com/tyc-toolkit/Subscribe for the free 32-page workbook to help beat fear, confusion, and overwhelm when a loved one is diagnosed with mental illness: https://traceyyokascreates.com/writing/#subscribe For more info about Kate Kripke, LCSW visit www.katekripke.com or find her on IG @katekripkeInterested in learning about Kate’s maternal mental health coaching opportunities? Start here: https://www.calmconnectionsystem.com/register-igFor more information on the Oneclock, visit https://www.oneclock.co/ and start your day with a grounded nervous system.And as always, if you enjoyed this episode, please consider taking a moment to rate, review, and send the podcast to 1 friend who might benefit. It takes a village and nobody should ever mother alone.

Today is part 1 of a 2-part series with the incredible, honest, and inspiring Tracey Yokas. 

Tracey Yokas creates stuff. When she isn’t writing about mental health and wellness, she can be found playing with paint, glitter, and glue. Art fuels her passion for connection in community. She is dedicated to supporting women in their journey towards authenticity, and fulfills her mission by creating safe spaces where art, words, and vulnerability meet. A former entertainment industry professional, Tracey has an affinity for color-coded art supplies. She is the author of the book, Bloodlines: A Memoir of Harm and Healing: https://traceyyokascreates.com/bloodlines-a-memoir/

Tracey shares about her family’s journey with mental illness and healing so that others will know they are not alone. Hope is real.

Tracey earned her Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from California Lutheran University and lives in Newbury Park, Ca. with her family, cats, and fish. You can find her on Facebook @traceyyokascreates, and Instagram and LinkedIn @traceyyokas.

In part 1 of this moving conversation, I talk with Tracey about her journey mothering a daughter with significant mental health challenges. Tracey opens up about the incredible frustration and pain she felt when nothing she was doing to help her daughter seemed to be working and the ultimate opportunity that offered itself when Tracey realized that to support her daughter well she needed to address her own mental health challenges first.

This incredible story touches on generational trauma, mental illness, self care, secure attachment, and creativity and. It is a perfect example of what it looks like to ignore our own needs in motherhood (perhaps simply because we haven’t yet identified that they even exist) and what becomes available to us when we go inside and do the inner work first. Tracey  reminds us that our own self care will always be in service of our children.

This first episode of season 6 is the perfect way to forge our pathway into exploring and challenging the “shoulds” and “shouldn’ts” that get in the way of our full potential in motherhood and beyond.

Suzy Holman is a mother, friend, daughter, sister, wife, entrepreneur, coach, mentor, human, and all-around badass. Really. I have no doubt that you will be inspired by her.

Not only does Suzy have 4 gorgeous children and an incredible marriage, but she has started several 7-figure businesses and keeps on going.

But don’t start up with those eye rolls at how “perfect” her life sounds, because Suzy has been through a journey of grief and loss to get there- loss that comes with letting go and grief that comes with leaving behind the ideas, beliefs, and people in her life that held her back from her deepest wisdom about what she wants and needs to be well.

In a nutshell, Suzy is the queen of breaking through the barriers of expectation, living with authenticity and vulnerability through the chaos of that, and coming out stronger time and time again.

If Suzy can do it, you can too.

For more about Suzy and the coaching and mentorship she offers, visit https://suzyschool.com/about or go find her on IG @suzyholman

For more info about Kate Kripke, LCSW visit www.katekripke.com or find her on IG @katekripke

Interested in learning about Kate’s maternal mental health coaching opportunities? Start here: https://www.calmconnectionsystem.com/register-ig

For more information on the oneclock, visit https://www.oneclock.co/ and start your day with a grounded nervous system.

And as always, if you enjoyed this episode, please consider taking a moment to rate, review, and send the podcast to 1 friend who might benefit. It takes a village and nobody should ever mother alone.

Breaking the Rules with Suzy Holman | Motherhood Uncut Podcast | Season 6 Episode 1

This month I launched a new series called Mom Talks as a continued commitment to providing free and accessible support to women who are struggling in motherhood. These short 30-minute live talks are designed to leave participants with accessible tools for emotional well-being. These tools and strategies, when practiced, work to build psychological resilience that leads to mental health as well as secure attachment building between moms and their kids.

This month our topic was Finding calm amidst the chaos and we have decided to air that conversation here as a podcast episode so that you, too, can benefit. 

This 30-minute episode will leave you with a concrete plan for what you can do when you are in the middle of those chaotic moments with your kids when you feel like you are about to lose it… so that you don’t.

This is our last episode of the season! Currently, I am making my way from Japan through Sri Lanka and France and then back home to Boulder, Colorado. I’ll be back here at Motherhood Uncut in late August with more exciting, moving, and inspirational conversations. 

We decided to replay a couple of our most popular episodes between now and then, so stay tuned for those oldies but goodies!

Ok- let’s dive in… I mean, who doesn’t want a way to stay calm in those hectic mom moments?

Thank you to our sponsor, the One Clock. Designed by artists, researched by wake scientists, and filled with unique music created by Grammy-award-winning musician Jon Natchez (The War on Drugs), this clock will change the way your nervous system starts each day. One Clock, wake up better. https://www.oneclock.co/

To learn more about Kate Kripke, visit https://www.katekripke.com/

On Instagram @katekripke

If you are interested in talking with Kate about receiving personalized support in motherhood, book a free clarity call at: https://www.calmconnectionsystem.com/call-ig

And, if you are ready to feel better but aren’t yet ready to join a more formal coaching program, sign up for Kate’s Aligned Mama Reset and 21-Day Wellness Challenge at https://itlist.com/i/2316/aligned-mama-reset-21-day-interactive-wellness-challenge

And...big favor. If you found this episode useful to you, please consider sharing it with a friend. Let’s make sure that nobody ever needs to mother alone.

Today on the podcast I have the privilege of talking with Dr. Nichole Morris who is both a colleague and friend. Dr. Morris has dedicated her career as a Naturopathic Doctor to supporting women who want to become pregnant naturally, and the success rate of her patients is a tribute to her wisdom and expertise.

As a Dr, she combines ancient and modern healing modalities from around the globe to strategically target the root cause of one’s fertility challenges and she supports clients in becoming their most vital selves.

She is also the mother of two beautiful daughters.

Today, though, Dr. Morris and I are going to dive underneath it all and talk about her own journey through fertility challenges, grief, self-advocacy, and ultimate fulfillment. With truth and vulnerability, she opens up about the pain of wanting a baby desperately and struggling to conceive, the loneliness that comes from feeling so alone in this journey, and the exhausting grit and determination that was required for her to find the answers that she needed to finally become pregnant. We dive into the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual journey that she traveled to get to where she is today.

Our hope through this episode is that if you or someone you know is challenged with becoming pregnant, or if you also had a fertility journey that was dark and bumpy, you walk away from this conversation knowing that you are not alone, that you are not broken, and that there is support for you.

More about Dr. Morris:

Dr. Nichole Morris is a renowned Naturopathic Doctor and fertility expert. Graduating from the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon in 2018, she acquired her medical training following the completion of her MBA at the University of Michigan.

As the visionary behind Morris Natural Health, a thriving brick-and-mortar practice, and the esteemed supplement company, Shop. Dr. Morris has made significant contributions to the field. In 2022, she introduced The Fertility Formula, an online group coaching program that has impacted over 150 couples worldwide who were struggling with infertility.

Dr. Morris's influence extends beyond her practice and coaching program. Her dynamic presence on Instagram has cultivated an engaged community of over 73k followers, where she shares her expertise and insights. Passionate about medical freedom, she fervently advocates for individual rights. In addition, her faith as a follower of Jesus and her role as a devoted wife and homeschooling mom further enrich her life.

Find Dr. Morris on the web: www.morrisnaturalhealth.com

https://thefertilityformulamasterclass.com/masterclass/register

www.shopdrmorris.com

Find Dr. Morris on Instagram: @dr.nicholemorris

Thank you to our sponsor, the One Clock. Designed by artists, researched by wake scientists, and filled with unique music created by Grammy-award-winning musician Jon Natchez (The War on Drugs), this clock will change the way your nervous system starts each day. One Clock, wake up better. https://www.oneclock.co/

To learn more about Kate Kripke, visit https://www.katekripke.com/

On Instagram @kate