She Reaches Podcast

How do you flow when it comes to motherhood?

In this episode, we're wrapping up the motherhood series with a very special guest - Becca Marco! Many of you may know that Becca started the She Reaches podcast with me so it was such a joy to have her back on to catch us up on what's she been up to.

She shares the real deal on how it felt to be newly pregnant and moving to a new city, how she finally felt at peace, and her thoughts on being a working mom. Becca also closes the loop on the long journey to have a baby now that she finally has her baby.

Highlights:

• What Becca's been up to since last October when the podcast went on hiatus
• How she handled pregnancy and working
• Becca's thoughts on her journey to become pregnant now that she has a baby
• What motherhood has been like so far and what no one told her
• How she's thought through being back at work and how she's set boundaries to make it all work

Today's Guest:

Becca is currently a Director in Sales at a technology company. She is responsible for managing the account relationship with top media clients and assisting them with their cross-platform strategy. She started her career in media research over 13 years ago, and since then has run three marathons, spent time on an avocado orchard in New Zealand, and became a wife, step-mom to three boys (21, 16 and 15) and a mom to one daughter.

She is passionate about people and building communities to support individuals as they navigate through their lives. At work she founded a young professionals group to provide them with opportunities for professional development through learning and social events, as well as a women's group to provide support and guidance to assist in career and personal development; while outside of work she co-founded She Reaches. She currently lives in Atlanta with her husband Alan and daughter Isabella.

Resources:

Becca's journey to pregnancy:

0 Weeks Pregnant Don't Be the One to Stand In Your Own Way Ep #77: Unexpected Life Challenges: Loss & Identity Crisis

Do you ever feel like you have way too much on your plate every day?

In this episode, I'm talking life hacks for busy moms. I'm not even sure a non-busy mom exists so this one is for all moms! I'm sharing my best tips to hack your daily tasks so you can spend more time on good stuff and less time on things like laundry, finances, and to do lists.

Highlights:

• My secret to not having piles of laundry
• Quick ways to be prepped for healthy breakfasts and lunches
• Realistic meal planning and how I do it
• How I set up automatic reminders and what I use them for
• Why I buy extra of certain items and how it saves me time
• What a backup meal is and why you need to have one
• My 15 minute Sunday routine that preps me for the week
• The tricks to automating your finances
• Less stressful packing for you and your family
• What I keep in my car to be ready for any situation
• Why using Amazon Prime & Subscribe & Save is a big time saver

Resources:

• Smoothie recipe
• Mason jar salads: post 1, post 2
• Marinated chicken recipe

The journey to becoming a new parent includes so many decisions and things to think about. In this episode, we're continuing the Motherhood series with an interview with Sara Tans, a life and career coach who supports the transition to parenthood for her clients.

We talk about why she's doing this work and how her career led her here, how she supports pregnant and new moms, and some tips for what to think about during each stage of the journey to parenthood.

We also discuss if you need to dial back ambition once you have kids and how to incorporate your partner into the planning and discussions surrounding this transition. And, most importantly, why it's a benefit to companies to offer support to new parents.

Highlights:

• Sara's career journey and how it lead to what she's doing now
• Why Sara created a program that focuses on supporting the transition to motherhood
• The answer to if you need to dial back ambition once you have kids
• Why you should do some foundational work to know who you are before having your baby
• Managing expectations and building your team for when baby arrives
• Setting up anchors for your day during maternity leave
• What you should think about before going back to work
• Incorporating your partner into the conversations and preparations
• The benefit to companies who support new parents

Today's Guest:

Sara Tans is an ICF-accredited life and career coach and founder of Coaching by Sara. She specializes in helping high achieving women get crystal clear on who they are, what they want in their life and how to go after it. Additionally, Sara provides new parent coaching through her Pathways to Parenthood program, which provides strategic support to new moms through pregnancy, maternity leave and their return to work. Prior to becoming a coach, Sara spent 17 years in the corporate world, including 10 years of managing corporate events at the Olympics, World Cup and Super Bowl. These days Sara lives in Jacksonville, FL with her husband, toddler, and rescue dog.

Resources:

16personalities.com Core values & Building Your Team exercise Sara's site Sara's Facebook Sara's Instagram

Going against the grain in parenting can be difficult.

I'm talking about why I think we all should be making our own rules in parenting. I share why I'm passionate about raising independent and resilient adults, what's influenced my view on that, and how I'm implementing it in real life.

I also give some examples of how the American culture and our school environment can make it difficult to stick to your own rules sometimes.

I share a vulnerable story of my own where other moms questioned my decision. I hope it helps you to feel stronger in making and sticking to your own parenting decisions.

Highlights:

• Why I think there is no one way to parent
• The rules and philosophy I'm trying to implement with my kids
• Two books that have influenced how I think about parenting
• The specific actions I've taken to change some behavior in our family
• Examples of difficult situations I've encountered by going against the grain of our community
• How you can feel confident in making and implementing your own parenting rules

Resources:

Achtung, Baby by Sara Zaske How to Raise an Adult

In this podcast, we're kicking off a new season! We're also kicking off the Motherhood series where we dive into topics related to working moms over the next few episodes.

In this episode, Christy Bartelt, a mom and business owner, shares her career journey as she went from a successful corporate career to stay at home mom to starting her own business. We chat about why she made the decisions she made, how she felt in the moment, and some practices she implemented that helped her to stay out of the fear of unknown. She shares how she let her journey unfold and what she did when she felt impatient about the process. Finally, we chat about her current career as a Rapid Transformational Therapist, what that means, and who it can help.

Highlights:

• The reason Christy decided to leave her corporate job to be a stay at home mom
• How meditation and reading impacted her journey
• Her mindset as she followed her curiosity and how she had patience for the answers to become clear
• How she flowed into Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) and what it's like owning her own business
• What RTT is and who can benefit from it

Today's Guest:

Christy Bartelt is an avid meditator, certified hypnotherapist, and Rapid Transformational Therapist trained by the incredible Marisa Peer. Christy guides her clients to freedom from the issues that hold them back; releasing them from their subconscious belief patterns and showing them how to upgrade their lives. She successfully works with motivation, self-worth, addiction recovery, depression, anxiety, phobias, money blocks and health issues.

Christy is also the mama to two sweet and spicy young boys. After leaving her corporate job in 2012 to be a stay at home mom, a series of medical events left her unhealthy and depressed. When traditional medicine failed to help her heal she made it her mission to understand how she could heal herself. After overcoming adrenal fatigue, chronic inflammation and depression Christy was inspired to help others do the same. That passion lead her to Rapid Transformational Therapy, the most profound health and wellness hack Christy has come across.

Christy loves helping her clients transform their lives.

Resources:

Christy's website Christy's Facebook

This is our final episode! We chat all about our favorite moments from our 100 episodes of the podcast. There have been so many amazing moments, and we are so thankful that we were able to experience all of them. We have learned so much from this podcast, and from you. Listen to this episode for all of our highlights, and share your thoughts in the Facebook group!

We have some news! This episode we make a big announcement about the future of the She Reaches podcast, and the future of us. Tiffany talks about what she wants her focus to be, and how she is going to live that out. Becca talks about remembering to have your 'why' as your main goal, even if that means making tough decisions. Listen to this episode for all of the details on our future plans.

Fitting fitness into your schedule can be so difficult, especially while trying to balance work and family. Today's guest, Melissa Banos talks all about keeping fitness and working out in your life. She touches on making exercise a family activity, and getting everyone involved. She also talks about how she transformed her business to accommodate moms. Listen to this episode for amazing tricks on keeping up your active lifestyle.

Everyone fails at some point in their life, but why can it feel like the scariest thing we encounter? In this episode, we chat all about failing and why it is important. Tiffany talks about her fear of failure, and how that has limited her in the past. Becca talks about how some failures aren't your fault and aren't you, personally, failing. This episode is a great reminder to try new things in order to learn what you love. Give it a listen and let us know how you have failed, and what you learned from it!

Moving into a new space is a challenge. Settling your old lifestyle into a new environment can be a big obstacle in feeling at home in your new city, and we have been working on that recently. Tiffany and her family have had a smooth adjustment to their new home. However, Becca has been struggling to feel at home in her new space. This episode is all about new spaces, adjusting and how you know it is the right environment for you.