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Here we are … at 100 episodes of Mothering Ourselves Mindfully! In this milestone episode, I'm sharing the real story of how I got here: one podcast at a time, no batching, no big master plan, just showing up week after week. I dig into why we convince ourselves something's too daunting to start, why perfectionism keeps so many of us stuck, and what actually got me from zero to 100. Plus, I'm sharing why I ditched the "everyone else's podcast" formula, what's changing with our upcoming program, and why community — not willpower — is the real key to consistency.
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As we head into the new school year, I'll be recording a series of episodes on exactly what we're opening the doors to here in the Home of Mothering Ourselves Mindfully — so stay tuned.
Thank you for tuning in to this episode of "Mothering Ourselves Mindfully." We look forward to sharing more insights and inspiration in the upcoming episodes!
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I recorded this episode in real time, mid-struggle with a whole lot of pain following a tooth extraction that turned into a bigger deal than expected. What went down with my aunt around my pain led to this unscripted look at what happens when someone else steps in with "maternal assertiveness" - and how it’s so important for all women/daughters, no matter how old we are.
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"There's two sides of compassion. There's tender and there's fierce. Tender is the loving, nurturing type of compassion. Fierce is that more mama bear, like, 'Uh-uh. Nope. Like, this is not okay. You need to get help.'"
"That just because we may not have a mother who is capable, able, available to offer that for us doesn't mean that we still, A, don't need it, and B, can't get it."
"The next best person to provide that, to fill that mothering bucket, is you. It is you."
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In this episode, I'm sharing highlights from a recent interview I did on the Can We Say That Out Loud podcast with Kara and Greer — a conversation that went deep into estrangement, grief, and the mother-daughter relationship. If you have a strained or nonexistent relationship with your mom, or you're stuck waiting for her to become someone she may never be, this one is for you. I unpack why grieving a mother who's still alive is one of the most necessary and overlooked steps in mothering yourself, and I share a deeply personal hypnotherapy story I've never fully told before.
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"Grieving a mother who is still alive is so powerful and potent and necessary for so many of us."
"Before she was a mom, she was a daughter, and she's a forever daughter."
"We are actively rewiring the blueprint."
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What's Coming Next
More on the new program taking shape this fall — join the waitlist to be the first to hear as details unfold.
Thank you for tuning in to this episode of "Mothering Ourselves Mindfully." We look forward to sharing more insights and inspiration in the upcoming episodes!
www.theschoolofmom.com
Instagram @the.schoolofmom
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Recorded mid-vacation on the last leg of our family road trip — Maine to New Hampshire to Lake George — this episode is a fresh-off-the-trail reflection on the two-day, 11-mile hike up Mount Washington my family and I just completed, totally green and totally underprepared on the research front. What I really want to talk about isn't the hike itself, but what made it work: my husband and I believing, from the start, that our kids could do it. That belief becomes the thread connecting this hike to two other places I've had to practice it — sleep training my first daughter and the early, rocky years of my marriage — and the invitation is the same across all three: where in your life are you one foot (or two feet) out the door on an outcome you actually want?
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Sarah returns to her regular routine next week and leaves listeners with a question to sit with: where are you not fully believing in an outcome you want — for your kids, your relationship, or yourself — and what would it look like to turn the dial up on that belief?
Thank you for tuning in to this episode of "Mothering Ourselves Mindfully." We look forward to sharing more insights and inspiration in the upcoming episodes!
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Recorded on a walk in Maine (same outfit, five days running, this episode takes on one of the beliefs that I get the most fired up about: the (couldn’t be more far from the truth) belief that self-care is selfish. I break down why that line is a lie, why attuned presence - not constant self-sacrifice - is what our loved ones actually need from us, and introduce a new framework born out of Mothering Ourselves Mindfully: self-care isn't selfish; it's selves-ish - selves in steady harmony.
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Sarah invites listeners to carry this new belief forward — self-care is selves-ish — and to start noticing when the old "this is so selfish of me" story pops up, replacing it with the truer one: this is my selves learning to be in steady harmony.
Thank you for tuning in to this episode of "Mothering Ourselves Mindfully." We look forward to sharing more insights and inspiration in the upcoming episodes!
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Recorded on a walk before heading off on vacation, this episode is Sarah's continuation of last week's big reveal — The School of Mom is becoming The Home of Mothering Ourselves Mindfully, and Sarah is stepping fully into her own name, Sarah Lowell Harmon. Equal parts backstory and welcome mat, this episode traces the winding road that built her body of work — from a Psychology 101 class in Ohio to event management in New Zealand, from 3,300 supervised clinical hours to the 3am download that became The School of Mom — and lays out exactly how to step into the work now, whether you're brand new here or six years deep with her.
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"I am just me. I am me. Yes, I am a teacher, and I am a therapist, and I am a wife, and I am a mother — but I am me."
"The home of Mothering Ourselves Mindfully is your body. It's our bodies, it's every body."
"It's actually a question of how could I not?"
"I bring the clinical background, the mindfulness and yoga background... and obviously the lived experience, which personally I think is equally if not more important."
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Thank you for tuning in to this episode of "Mothering Ourselves Mindfully." We look forward to sharing more insights and inspiration in the upcoming episodes!
www.theschoolofmom.com
Instagram @the.schoolofmom
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Some announcements can't be planned — they just have to come out. In this episode, recorded on a walk (dogs, snakes, and all), I share a big reveal I’ve been sitting on: stepping out from behind the curtain of The School of MOM and claiming my name, Sarah Lowell Harmon, and the brand itself is transitioning from The School of MOM to The Home of MOM. This episode is part backstory, part permission slip — for trusting your own timeline, reclaiming your name (literally and figuratively), and understanding why the body is the only home we've ever really had.
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"When my whole body knows something, I can't pretend that it's not here or true."
"You do what your body and what your heart wants to do... at this stage in life, my friends, there are no grades."
"Home is where the heart is. Home is our body. It is the only home you have ever had and will always have."
"We do that through becoming the mother for ourselves first."
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What's Coming Next
Sarah will be sharing more on this transition — from The School of MOM to The Home of MOM — as it rolls out across the brand, along with details on the revamped Mothering Ourselves Mindfully program as the waitlist opens up.
Thank you for tuning in to this episode of "Mothering Ourselves Mindfully." We look forward to sharing more insights and inspiration in the upcoming episodes!
www.theschoolofmom.com
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Sometimes the most aligned thing you can do is stop. In this episode, Sarah records something unplanned — a voice note from the woods — to share a message she couldn't wait to package properly: she's pausing the podcast. Not because things aren't working, but because they are running on automation — and she's not here for mindless loops. This episode is a real-time invitation to notice where you might be due for your own hard stop, and why pulling off the highway is sometimes the only way to actually choose your next destination.
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"I'm not here to be part of mindless loops. So pauses are important. Resets are important."
"We can't solve a problem with the energy that created the problem — we have to pull off, regroup, and ask: where are we actually going?"
"My people-pleasing, anxiety, perfectionism — those parts used to be first ones to the wheel. Those parts are taking back seats."
"My hope is that when I come back after this pause, you're going to feel, sense, and hear the upgrade in me."
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What's Coming Next
The podcast is pausing — and that's the point. When Sarah returns, expect something upgraded, more aligned, and more her than ever. In the meantime, explore the back catalog, take the quiz, and ask yourself: what's your hard stop?
Thank you for tuning in to this episode of "Mothering Ourselves Mindfully." We look forward to sharing more insights and inspiration in the upcoming episodes!
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Sarah met life coach, business coach, and podcast host Katie Grimes through Women's Business League, and after spending an hour walking before even hitting record, they had to cut themselves off just to start the podcast. This conversation covers it all — nervous system regulation, the link between our relationship with our moms and our relationships with everyone else, why "regulated" might be the wrong word, the power of play (and pleasure) for mothers, and why conscious parenting happens mostly outside the moments you're actually with your kids.
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"Kids don't need a regulated mom — they need a flourished mom. She's fully expressed. She owns and celebrates the full spectrum of her human experience." — Sarah
"We don't need to feel better. We need to get better at feeling." — Gabor Maté (shared by Katie)
"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." — Carl Jung (shared by Katie)
"It's not what's wrong with you — it's what happened to you." — referenced by Katie
"You can't solve a problem in the energy that created it." — Einstein (shared by Katie)
"The trigger is the gift."
"Set the bar so low you can trip over it."
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What's Coming Up
The Scream is happening again — and ABC is covering it! If you want to join Sarah for a primal scream event at her home, watch for details. And if Radical Flourishing has been on your radar, doors are opening soon. This is the premium container for women who are ready to stop circling insight and start living it.
Mother's Day has come and gone - so how did it actually feel? In this final episode of our impromptu three-part Mother's Day series, Sarah reflects on her own evolving relationship with the holiday, shares the surprising and somewhat heartbreaking origin story of Mother's Day, and invites you into a post-holiday inquiry that matters far more than any bouquet or brunch. Because if there was any charge, resentment, or pressure wrapped up in this week for you - that's not something to push past. That's the gift.
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"The trigger is the gift. If you're coming into Mother's Day and there's a lot of pressure on it, that means those needs are not getting filled outside of this one day a year."
"I don't need a day to be appreciated. I don't need a day to advocate for time for myself anymore — because that is just part of my being now."
"Expectations are resentments in the works."
"I'm not waiting around for someone else to give me permission to go for a walk or get a massage. It's just part of what I do now."
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If this episode stirred something in you, sit with it. The post-Mother's Day reflection is where the real work begins. And if you're ready for support in tending to what came up — Radical Flourishing doors are opening at the end of May. This is the container where the shift Sarah described actually happens.
Thank you for tuning in to this episode of "Mothering Ourselves Mindfully." We look forward to sharing more insights and inspiration in the upcoming episodes!
www.theschoolofmom.com
Instagram @the.schoolofmom
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