The Confident Parenting Podcast with Dr. Julie Fernandes

Welcome to 2025! It's only January and it's already been a doozy! I'm getting into this year discussing the hard lessons I have already learned in just this first month alone. Plus book recommendations and doing creative projects and crafts again, that bring me joy!

Today we are going to conquer my stress and anxiety around a super busy week and time of year. I share my top tips and hacks to help me cope with a very busy week ahead, solo parenting, at a chaotic time of year. I show you how I meal plan and write a to do list as well as what I do to relax my mind and brain so I can sleep better and be happier through a hectic time. Hope this helps you too!My favorite pens for writing to-do lists: https://a.co/d/fVZPGNAMy favorite affordable daily planner: https://a.co/d/ctTHdkD

Join me as I discuss my intentions for this upcoming year of 2025! I want to plan and be as intentional as I can going into a new year. A lot has happened and changed for me in 2024 and I want my goals and intentions to reflect on that. I hope you will also start to think about your goals and intentions for the new year as well.

Today I'm sharing my top tips and tricks to get more done. As a busy mom of 3 young kids, I need to be intentional with my time and energy otherwise I will always feel like I'm failing and falling behind. These are my tried and true best hacks to get what you need done even when you feel unmotivated and don't want to get out of bed. I hope you find these helpful. Here's to knocking your to do list out of the park!

You'll see a lot online about slowing down, resting and just "doing nothing" but I think there is more to this story. I have found personally that when I have nothing going on, or I'm just slouching around, I feel a lot worse than when I am busy and engaged and contributing to my family and society. I think the difference is being busy in and on purpose. When you are on a mission, you're passionate about something and you have goals to meet, you become more energized and you get more things done. A life without purpose, is truly not worth living. I hope you love this perspective as much as I do.

It can be really hard to keep going when you are not feeling your best but you still need to parent and work and maintain your home. I felt very down and low energy recently and I wanted to share how I approach this to problem solve how to feel better so I can keep going for myself and my family. I hope this helps you too. 👉CONNECT WITH ME ON SOCIALS:

Planning, shopping, meal prepping and cooking food for my family at least three times a day has always been a struggle for me so today I am sharing what has been helping to get healthy food on the table for my kids. I try and make a lot of our meals from scratch in order to keep them balanced and nutritious even for picky eaters. I share my very simple approach to meal planning in the hopes it will help you make healthy decisions for your family and avoid take out and needing to eat at restaurants which gets super expensive real quick. 👉CONNECT WITH ME ON SOCIALS:

Without understanding the basic layers to decluttering your space, you will always struggle to keep your home organized and tidy. In today's video I talk about living a clutter free life with all the busy-ness of kids and family and life and how it is totally possible if so long as you understand the process of decluttering in layers. One layer allows you to maintain a clutter free home and the other allows you to tackle what lies beneath the surface in those forgotten drawers and cabinets and overstuffed cupboards and closets. Here are more videos on decluttering that I think you will find helpful: My tried & true decluttering & organizing process that keeps my home clutter free ALL YEAR round! https://youtu.be/xZZXizWA3I4Get & STAY ORGANIZED FAST! Put your home back together in less than 30 minutes a day! https://youtu.be/2S9P5KuVXYQI declutter big projects & small projects all the same! This is the “cheat sheet” to get you started! https://youtu.be/bFXLjd5psfY

Habits are small once off steps that we take to build a routine. Habits and routines form regardless of whether you want them to or not so you may as well make them work for you. In today's video/episode I talk about how when I have a down day or I'm extra tired or feeling like I am being dragged upstream, my routines save me and keep me going because it's like I am on auto pilot.

STRATEGIES & TIPS for getting out the door ON TIME on busy mornings STRESS FREE with little kids!!! https://youtu.be/p5IC9gV05o4

https://youtu.be/2S9P5KuVXYQProven, science-backed ways to unlock healthy habits & break bad ones FAST! https://youtu.be/TDDPx33CxtM

I used to HATE early school mornings with my kids when I was parenting on my own and trying to get everyone out of the door on time. It was a really hard time of day for me and I felt like I was failing continuously. Not any more! I am changing the narrative and implementing all the advice, strategies, tips and hacks that I talk about in this video to get everyone ready for school, staying calm, and happy. I reflect on things I can do better to make mornings less stressful and more enjoyable for everyone because the morning really sets up your day, doesn't it? Let me know if you try out any of these tips I discuss and what your tips are.