MotherLoad Podcast

This week, my older son, Sawyer, started “big kid school” – half-time Kindergarten.

I knew this would be an important moment as a parent, but I was kind of surprised by the things that stuck out to me on Back-to-School Night, or as I’m calling it, “Back to School Night for the Soul.”

It’s messy, complicated, beautiful, and chaotic to witness our children take these monumental steps, but as I discovered, these moments also involve opportunities to reflect back to our own childhoods, look to the future, and realize the things we want most for our children.

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Did this episode resonate with you? Share your takeaways with Lindsay directly at [email protected]. 

Learn more about Lindsay’s coaching and consulting services at https://www.lindsayroselle.com or follow along on Instagram at @lindsayroselle and @motherload.pod.

I was having a conversation with a friend a couple weeks ago and she made an offhand comment like, “Instagram makes me a terrible mother.” 

(By the way, this woman is an AMAZING mother by all definitions of motherhood). 

At first I wanted to blindly agree, and say, “Yeah, Instagram sucks,” but I didn’t – and I realize now it’s because I don’t really believe that.

So today I’m going to share what I know is an unpopular opinion: 

Social media has made me a better mother.

Motherhood involves an existential journey in our culture, and it’s having a positive trajectory in terms of awareness of what motherhood actually entails. Social media enables women to share this experience with each other, and, if used right, can provide tools that help with parenting and inner work.

So today I will present an argument – and I think it’s a good one! – about how social media really can positively impact our experiences as mothers.

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Did this episode resonate with you? Share your takeaways with Lindsay directly at [email protected]. 

Learn more about Lindsay’s coaching and consulting services at https://www.lindsayroselle.com or follow along on Instagram at @lindsayroselle and @motherload.pod.

Today's interview is with the one and only Jacki Carr, a dear friend of mine, goal coach, writer, speaker, and most importantly, a mother of 3 beautiful daughters.

Jacki works one on one with clients to help them find alignment and inspiration around their core values, mission and goals, and has worked with major brands like Lululemon, Patagonia, and Mindbody. Jacki also has an entire community and book club centered around learning and connection.

If you've followed me for any amount of time, you've heard me mentioned Jacki countless times and the impact she's had on my life. And Jacki just arrived home from a wildly fun cross country road trip in an RV with her family.

Together, we'll dive into a seriously juicy conversation about the motherload.

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Learn more about Jacki from her website or email her at [email protected]. You can join her membership Together, and follow her on Instagram at @jackicarr.

Did this episode resonate with you? Share your takeaways with Lindsay directly at [email protected]. 

Learn more about Lindsay’s coaching and consulting services at https://www.lindsayroselle.com or follow along on Instagram at @lindsayroselle and @motherload.pod.

Today’s episode is quick and actionable and will inspire you to think differently about the mental load of motherhood. The mental load is probably a LOT more than you might think and I’ve broken it out into these 5 buckets:

1. Parenting
2. Relationships
3. Work (including household work!)
4. Personal Well Being
5. Meaning and Purpose

Come ready to listen with a pen and paper so you can make a list of what’s taking up space in your own mental load. What can you do to lighten your load or grow your capacity in a different space?

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Did this episode resonate with you? Share your takeaways with Lindsay directly at [email protected]. 

Learn more about Lindsay’s coaching and consulting services at https://www.lindsayroselle.com or follow along on Instagram at @lindsayroselle and @motherload.pod.

Today I’m going to talk about something that completely changed my life.

This year, I went on an Ayahuasca mastermind retreat in the Peruvian Amazon, an intense 12-day experience with three Ayahuasca ceremonies. There were blessings, plant medicine, psychedelic experiences, and very real epiphanies about motherhood. It completely shook up my perspective of the past and future.

It’s a big moment for me to sit here and talk about it, and to be on this path with my business and podcast. Three months ago, I wouldn’t have thought ambitious, high-achieving women would be interested in talking about motherhood. They’d want to instead focus on business.

The thing is, you cannot not be a mother once you are one. At a scale that no one else understands, it changes who you are.

And it doesn’t mean you can’t continue to succeed – in fact, it means you can go on to do incredible things, because if you can become a mother, you’ve proved you can do anything. It’s the most radical shift there is.

Resources & Links

Learn more about Lindsay’s coaching and consulting services at https://www.lindsayroselle.com or follow along on Instagram at @lindsayroselle and @motherload.pod.

My relationship with my partner, RT, is the foundation of my motherload. 

Keeping our relationship strong is how I manage my business, the kids, and every little detail these enormous loads entail. To keep our relationship strong, we regularly discuss our partnership.

For a long time, we didn’t know how to talk to each other about the big stuff – and consequently, it caused us to separate in 2020.

So in today’s show, I am joined by the one and only RT. We’ll tell you a little bit about ourselves, how we got through our rough patch, and what you can expect in future episodes. 

We hope this can become a place of open conversation, not only between the two of us, but between us and our listeners. We are far from perfect, but we’ve had those difficult conversations, and we can share what’s worked for us and what might work for you, too.

Resources & Links

Learn more about Lindsay’s coaching and consulting services at https://www.lindsayroselle.com or follow along on Instagram at @lindsayroselle and @motherload.pod.

Welcome to the MotherLoad Podcast, a podcast for ambitious entrepreneurial mothers who are navigating the relationship between their desire to succeed and their devotion to motherhood. I’m Lindsay, a serial entrepreneur, growth and performance coach, and boy mama of two. 

Each week I’ll bring solo episodes, engaging interviews and candid conversations that I hope will help others expand their capacities to do both things well, to feel less alone, and bring a little levity to what otherwise can feel like a very heavy load. 

Today I’m going to tell you my story: from becoming an entrepreneur and a mother, to the year that changed EVERYTHING.

In 2020, I lost so much. My yoga studio. My coaching and consulting business. My partner RT’s mother passed away. My father was diagnosed with stage four cancer. Then, RT and I separated.

Now? I feel more grounded and successful than ever – but also more challenged by the load I’m under. These days, the most important thing to me is regulating the space between work and parenting, which is what this podcast is all about. Throughout it all, I promise to be real and raw and vulnerable, because, ultimately, I think that’s how we help one another – by sharing our stories.

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Learn more about Lindsay’s coaching and consulting services at https://www.lindsayroselle.com or follow along on Instagram at @lindsayroselle and @motherload.pod.

MotherLoad speaks to the massive, multi-faceted load that ambitious women are under managing the feelings of simultaneously wanting to succeed in their work and also be devoted mothers. It requires an intentional increase and great management of their mental, emotional, and physical capacity, a big task for anyone, let alone a busy mama.

This podcast explores the tried and true practices, structures, and secrets of doing both things with excellence. We cover topics like inner work, mindset calibration, business strategy, conscious communication, personal wellbeing, and more, in an effort to help ambitious mamas feel like they can do ALL of their roles well. 

Join us weekly for solo episodes with host Lindsay Roselle and guest interviews with an array of high-achieving leaders discussing their relationship with motherhood and how it’s impacted their success. 

Each week you’ll walk away with inspirational stories, actionable insights, and impactful practices to incorporate into your life that will increase your capacity to manage the load of entrepreneurial ambition and devotion to motherhood. 

Learn more about Lindsay at https://www.lindsayroselle.com or follow @lindsayroselle on Instagram.