Purpose Driven Mom Show

You are more than your to-do list. We get so caught up in equating our worth and our works. That if we finish our to-do list each day, we are more important, we are more worthy or we matter more.

Instead:

• End your day with a ta-da list
• List out things you are proud of that day
• Remind yourself of ways you were proactive in your life

There is nothing wrong with going after your goals or being driven. But be careful not to make productivity or busyness an idol. Be careful to not be so obsessed with the doing, that you forget about the journey. Celebrate you. You're so worth it.

How do you get everything done? How do you stay motivated and keep on track with your goals? How do you fix your plan when you’ve planned too much and ended up getting nothing done? - How to time block when you have varied schedules? - How do you know when it’s time to give up on a goal? - How do you work on a goal when you are also dealing with chronic pain? - What if you suddenly have a little bit of time to do something? What should you do? These are ALL questions that YOU asked Cara in her free Facebook group A Purpose Driven Mom. There are really great answers here that she deep dives into! So check out the timestamps at apurposedrivenmom.com/podcast123 for all the juicy secrets to each question as Cara is dishing out her answers as well as sharing her real-life stories ... including one about a pickle jar 🥒?!

Let’s dive in.

FREE GOAL SETTING SERIES: https://apurposedrivenmom.com/goals

I love a good sticker chart. I love giving myself rewards. And on the way to accomplishing my goals, I NEED to create incentives. While some people could argue that you would 'do it for the wrong reasons, I'd question whether the reason ALWAYS matters? There are some goals where momentum and traction are the aim. There are some goals where you need a push to get there. There is nothing wrong with incentivizing your success a bit! And we know that if we don't track it, we can't improve on it! So how do you incentivize your goal? - Pick your end reward - Break down how you'll earn it - Track your progress Let's dig in more today! And if you need more help with your goals, make sure you watch my free, on-demand workshop on How to Make Time to Take Massive Action on Your Goals without Overwhelm at www.apurposedrivenmom.com/goals

A PURPOSE DRIVEN MOM SHOW NOTES: apurposedrivenmom.com/podcast122

The numbers are in, and studies have shown that moms haven’t made a new friend in the last 5 years. How does the word “New-Mom-Friend” make you feel?! Did you just cringe a little? Pandemic and stats aside, making a new friend and cultivating a meaningful relationship is hard. And yet we all know that real relationships are so important and needed. So, how do you find a mom friend?! How do you take the first step in making a new friend? #awkward Where do you find time to put into a new friendship? When do you give up on a friendship going nowhere? When do you keep trying? Should you even try to get out there and find that real connection? Is it really worth it? Real connections are not about putting your best face on social media. Real friendships are where you are intentionally investing in others and yourself. It's where you have a tribe of people built-in for when you need them the most. These are the questions we are talking about in today’s episode with Kimberly Allston from Real Connections Ministries. Where she shares all about creating a meaningful relationship with friends, yourself, and Jesus. Who do you want to get to know better?

FREE GOAL SETTING SERIES: https://apurposedrivenmom.com/goals A PURPOSE DRIVEN MOM SHOW NOTES: apurposedrivenmom.com/podcast121/

I don't care about your willpower. Yup. I said it. If I have to see another graphic saying your "why needs to be bigger than your excuses", I may scream. And guess what? I used to post those ALL the time. Because I believed it. I believed that if I wasn't achieving my goals, I was a failure. If I didn't hit that benchmark, I was the problem. But can I tell you something? It's not your willpower that's the problem. It's the plan. Don't get me wrong - you have choice and control over your decisions. You do not have to be a victim of your life. You have to put in hard work to achieve your goals. But your willpower isn't broken. You aren't bad. There is nothing wrong with you. You just need to adjust things to work for you. If you need more help with your goals, come join me at the free workshop on How to Take Massive Action on Your Goals without Overwhelm at www.apurposedrivenmom.com/goals FREE GOAL SETTING SERIES: https://apurposedrivenmom.com/goals A PURPOSE DRIVEN MOM SHOW NOTES: apurposedrivenmom.com/podcast120/

How about ditching the diet cycle and the shame around weight loss and food and why not try a brain-based approach to getting healthy?! Listen in on this fresh perspective of brain-based eating from Lauren Koski. She says that it’s not your fault that the diets you’ve tried in the past have not worked out for you. And here’s why … you need a better plan. If you stop relying on your willpower and start using your brain power you can use this brain-based approach to weight loss and stop feeling trapped and imprisoned by food. Lauren is a certified health and nutrition coach and she specializes in helping women bust out of the diet cycle to reach their ideal weight and she uses her non-diet shift weight loss method. When you listen to today’s episode you will dive into how to change your thoughts around food being good or bad. (and why this is so important) as well as how to talk to your kids about food in a positive way. Let’s create food freedom in your life.

FREE GOAL SETTING SERIES: https://apurposedrivenmom.com/goals A PURPOSE DRIVEN MOM SHOW NOTES: apurposedrivenmom.com/podcast119/

Have you tried time blocking before and struggled to make it stick? I was having the same trouble last year with my blocks when the pandemic hit.

They normally worked fine but SOMETHING was up. Yes, the entire family was home so we were adding in a lot more things and routines but this normally worked. When I went and did a time audit and figured out what was missing.

Transition times.

When we don't build transition times into our blocks we're setting ourselves up to feel frantic and get thrown off schedule. Let's talk about how to add these in and how they'll save you time!

Need more help with your goals? Head over to www.apurposedrivenmom.com/goals and watch the free on-demand workshop on How to Take Massive Action on Your Goals without Overwhelm. A PURPOSE DRIVEN MOM SHOW NOTES: apurposedrivenmom.com/podcast118/

Today we are talking about the S.O.A.R. method and how it can help you achieve your goals. Let’s deep dive into this step-by-step process today and create an action plan for your dreams. There are a few reasons why you may not be completing your goals as a busy mom. Perhaps you are a young mom with the littles and find that your time is non-existent. Maybe you are an empty nester and have no idea what your goals are anymore and don’t even know where to start dreaming. Maybe you are so busy with everything around you that you know you can make the goal plan but one tiny thing will upset the whole idea. Like you plan to get up an hour earlier to finally go for a run but one of the kids was up last night and then you slept in. Now, what do you do?! Sometimes with all these curve balls that get tossed in your day you think that there is no way, you can ever truly achieve your goals, and why even bother?! Well, today Cara is going to break down her method for setting goals that actually work for us, busy moms. And guess what!? It’s probably NOT what you’ve heard the goals setting - productivity gurus teach about --- this one is for the mom … because you have a special type of goal setting needs. Cara’s method for goal setting is called S.O.A.R. --- which stand for: S - Set a healthy mindset O - Organize your goals A - Action plan for success R - Routines to keep going The S.O.A.R. method helps you walk through creating a goal-setting plan that works for you. The entire S.O.A.R method is a course inside the A Purpose Driven Mom club which you can receive a special invitation in this free workshop here https://apurposedrivenmom.com/goals A PURPOSE DRIVEN MOM SHOW NOTES: apurposedrivenmom.com/podcast117/

Have you ever started working on a goal, have a ton of momentum and then BAM. You get stuck.

This happens ALL the time - so don't worry if it happens to you. So often we feel guilty or like we're failing if we get stuck or make slow progress. It's not that at all.

You just need to adjust your expectations and plan. When you're making slow progress on a goal here are a few questions you can ask yourself: 

• Why do I feel like I'm making slow progress?
• Will this slower progress push me completely off track?
• Do I feel okay about my progress?
• Am I still having wins, just maybe on a smaller level?
• Are there ways to pivot this goal and action plan?

Let's chat about ways you can keep momentum and change your mindset around slower progress! FREE GOAL SETTING SERIES: https://apurposedrivenmom.com/goals A PURPOSE DRIVEN MOM SHOW NOTES: apurposedrivenmom.com/podcast116/

You don’t need another planner to fix the fact that you have no time for yourself and no time for what you really want to do. Today we are deep diving into time blocking. Time blocking allows you to group tasks together and get stuff done without the strict schedule. Time blocking helps you switch back and forth between tasks … which may sound strange but listen in to “see” what we mean. Today Cara Harvey is talking about time blocking from her speaker presentation from our 2021 Purpose Driven Mom Sumit! Get all of Cara’s tips about how to time block with intention in this episode. Time blocking is her key to success, after switching from an hourly schedule --- because as a mom you can’t minute by minute your kids. Yikes! Listen in on Cara’s step-by-step “how-to” instructions for creating all of her time blocks and how to make it work for you, even if you have a variable schedule or even if you have a weekend schedule. Let’s even get you prepared for when life throws you a curveball! We are going to cover it all in this episode. Let’s dive in.

FREE GOAL SETTING SERIES: https://apurposedrivenmom.com/goals A PURPOSE DRIVEN MOM SHOW NOTES: apurposedrivenmom.com/podcast115/