Self Care Simplified

Family culture exists whether you know it or not - for better or worse. For many families, the culture feels strained, tense, reactive and downright unhealthy. Try throwing some personal self-care plans into the mix, and you have a recipe for disaster and high levels of frustration for everyone involved.

Our guest today is the expert on this subject. After spending years helping businesses and large organizations create healthy, thriving cultures, Kimberly Amici is now focused on helping families thrive. Kimberly is the founder of Build Your Best Family, and today she’s going to show us how we can get clear on our family values and start living them out in practical ways.

Some awesome quotes from this episode:

“Ask yourself ‘how do we want people to feel when they leave our presence?’”

“Getting that buy-in from other family members can be hard, so we have to start by being clear on our own personal values first.”

We also talk about:

• How to handle it when us moms really want our families to be known for being healthy, fit, and active - but often other family members aren’t interested.
• What to do when we begin to feel resentment toward our family
• How can we listen better to our kids and use their feedback to help transform our family

Click here to learn more from Kimberly Amici at Build Your Best Family

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Elastic eating. I bet you’ve NEVER heard of this. But this concept and mindset shift is exactly how you should eat to consistently stay healthy without getting obsessed about food or having it dominate your thoughts.

Today, I am going to teach you all about how to become an “elastic eater”. This is so important if you feel like you’re always bouncing from strict, rigid habits (and white knuckling your way through them), to totally loose and haphazard eating… or what you probably refer to as “falling off the wagon”.

If nutrition is still a bit of a struggle for you, this episode is for you.

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In a world where they're constantly bombarded by screens, having fit and active kids can be a battle for so many us moms. Not only is it a struggle to encourage your kids to be healthy, but trying to get your OWN workouts accomplished when the kids are in the middle of it all can feel so frustrating.

My guest today is Heidi - a mom to two boys - that has an incredible knack for encouraging her kids to be healthy AND getting her kids involved in her workouts, without getting frustrated. This conversation is all about kids and fitness, and I just know you’re gonna love it.

Heidi helps answer the questions:

• “How can I workout when my kids are always with me, crawling on me, and interrupting my time?”
• “How can I encourage my family and children to be more active and healthy?”

We spend lots of time talking about the big benefits that she has witnessed from having her boys participating with her in her workouts.

Total Nutrition Reset - reset your eating habits and establish healthy food choices for life in just 30 days!

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Are you barely hanging on right now and feel like you’re in full-blown survival mode? Well, I know what that feels like, I really do, because I’m there, too. You could be on the verge of completely throwing in the towel and putting your body on the backburner right now, but I want to show you some simple ways that you can keep showing up for yourself even when you’re in survival mode. 

In this episode, I’m going to show you how I have deliberately adjusted my self-care habits during this survival-mode season. My expectations and non-negotiables are constantly being  re-evaluated, and I’ll teach you how to do that, too. 

Here’s the truth: you’re either in survival mode right now or you WILL BE soon. These are the exact tactics you can use when you’re just trying to survive from one day to the next.  

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Patterns and cycles - it's how our world functions best. And our bodies are no different. But when it comes to our menstrual cycle, we all have a tendency to view certain times of the month as weak and other times as strong. And most of us strive to be steady with no ups and downs. 

But my guest today is turning this whole concept on its head. Renae Fieck, a mom of 3 and occupational therapist, is going to help us see our cycles differently so we can unlock the power of our cycles no matter what time of the month it is. She shares that we go through 4 phases - reflect, recharge, accelerate, connect - and what we should be focusing on during each phase. 

If you’re constantly fighting your ups and downs throughout the month, this episode is for you. You’re going to love Renae! 

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Do you need help getting motivated? This year is moving fast, but we’re still near the beginning when goals are being set and you're forecasting how you want this year to go. 

But all you’ve ever known is training to lose weight or to change your body composition somehow. 

What would it look like, practically speaking, to set highly motivating goals for yourself that have NOTHING to do with your looks and physique? 

In this episode, I’m talking about the easiest way to create a non-physique goal for yourself, and then how to work toward it and measure your progress.  

Don’t take another step into 2022 without this episode! 

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Create My Routine - Download my free routine creator! 

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She was an extreme box-checker. A true perfectionist. Yet she still felt out of control with her eating habits. She KNEW how to eat healthy, but her complete lack of self control was a huge discouragement to her. And her “box-checking” attempts to rein in her eating habits completely robbed her of a real life. 

My guest today is Annalisa, a mom of 3 and trained opera singer (that’s right!), who openly admits that her biggest hurdle toward eating healthy for life was perfectionism. Her story involves some deep levels of surrender and relearning, which were just the beginning of the biggest breakthrough of her life. 

If you’re ready for some real-mom-inspiration, this episode is for you! 

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Total Nutrition Reset - reset your eating habits and establish healthy food choices for life in just 30 days!

FREE! - Download my free report on the Three Eating Dangers to Avoid to Reset Your Eating Habits

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What does meal planning, vacation workout tips, and the daily splurge battle all have in common? These are all real struggles that real moms are battling on a daily basis. Today, I’m letting Jen, Janelle and Katie ask me what they need help with the most, and you get to listen in as I coach them through some solutions to try.

If you find yourself giving up on meals and often choosing the unhealthy option, you need these tips. 

If you’re afraid that your workout consistency and progress will get derailed when you have to take a break (like a vacation), let me help you out. 

And if you keep struggling with those little everyday food splurges, these solutions will help! 

Put these strategies and tactics into practice today and you’ll have the confidence that you’re doing the right thing in these scenarios.   

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Total Nutrition Reset - reset your eating habits and establish healthy food choices for life in just 30 days!

FREE! - Download my free report on the Three Eating Dangers to Avoid to Reset Your Eating Habits

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If you don’t already know her, it’s about time you do. On Instagram, she’s @veggiesandvirtue, but in real life she’s Ashley Smith - a pediatric dietitian and mom of three that has the natural gift of sweeping into frustrated families and helping smooth out the entire mealtime process. 

Trying to feed our kids healthy foods can be so stressful and frustrating for moms. And it’s so common to feel like we’re failing our kids when we’re not feeding them perfectly. 

In this episode, I’m grilling Ashley on how to deal with extremely picky eaters, kids that refuse to eat, and all those moments when we feel like we’re failing our children as we give them one more chicken nugget. 

She’s going to help us make the entire mealtime process less stressful and give us a better set of expectations so that we can have confidence that we’re feeding them well. 

If you’re looking for someone that’s going to tell you how to be a perfect mom and feed your kids perfect meals… you can go look elsewhere. In this conversation, Ashley is going to shower you with grace and the permission to just do your best, and exactly what that looks like. You’re going to love this. 

MORE RESOURCES: 

Ashley’s new podcast! Veggies and Virtue with Ashley Smith

Total Nutrition Reset - reset your eating habits and establish healthy food choices for life in just 30 days!

FREE! - Download my free report on the Three Eating Dangers to Avoid to Reset Your Eating Habits

(Check out our makeover!!) You have BIG dreams this year - dreams that this is the year that you finally reach your goals and have confidence in your body. You dream about finally knowing what it feels like to be healthy. You dream about having self care habits that are effortless and automatic. 

But with these big dreams comes some big fears. And unfortunately, your fears will become a reality if you overcomplicate the process and make it harder than it needs to be. 

Today, I’m unveiling the big podcast makeover, but I’m also teaching you why simplifying your self care in the new year is so crucial for your success. If you struggle with your food choices and you can’t get that workout ball rolling, then this right here is the linchpin. 

I’ll teach you the exact framework I use to streamline healthy nutrition and fitness for the most overwhelmed mom. This has worked for every single woman I have taught this to. And it will work for you, too. 

Achieving the dreams that you have for your body this year hinges on this!

MORE RESOURCES: 

Total Nutrition Reset! Completely reset your eating habits from the ground up and finally get real results that last! 

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