Stressful parenting seasons require more than bubble baths—they call for CEO-level self-care. In this 100th episode of the Contentment Creator Podcast, Ellen Broen dives deep into what it means to practice elevated self-care during chaotic times. Whether you're managing a household, a business, or both, you'll learn how to raise the floor beneath you when the ceiling on your responsibilities stretches higher. CEO care isn’t optional—it’s foundational.

🧠 In this episode, we unpack:

What elevated self-care really means

How CEO care for parents builds sustainable leadership

Why self-care in stressful seasons isn’t indulgent, it’s sacred

How to build a baseline of well-being when life feels maxed out

Practical ways to maintain nervous system regulation as a parent

✨ Listen in and let this episode restore you from the inside out.

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🎧 Primary Keywords:

elevated self-care, CEO care for parents, self-care in stressful seasons, nervous system regulation, parenting and self-care

✅ Key Takeaways:

🧩 CEO care isn’t indulgent—it’s essential: Elevated self-care is how parents sustain themselves through hard seasons.

🌿 Stressful seasons require a higher floor: Self-care in stressful seasons means redefining your baseline, not just surviving.🧘‍♀️ Nervous system regulation is a leadership skill: Simple transitions like stepping outside or breathing deeply restore inner calm.

💡 You don’t have to earn your rest: Let’s ditch the productivity guilt and embrace care that supports our wholeness.

💬 Your kids are watching: How you care for yourself teaches them how to treat themselves.

Parenting changes everything—including your partnership. In this episode, we explore how to reinvent your relationship after becoming parents, navigate the emotional load of marriage, and co-create a new rhythm of love, balance, and connection.

Whether you're deep in diapers or navigating school drop-offs, this episode will help you understand the invisible load of parenting, why partnership isn’t 50/50, and how to recalibrate your marriage during life's most demanding seasons.

🧠 Learn how to:

• Hold space for each other’s emotional load

• Rebalance partnership roles post-baby

• Rebuild connection after parental burnout

• Communicate needs with compassion

• Evolve your relationship with intention

✨ Let’s talk about: invisible labor, emotional weight, parenting and marriage, consistency in relationships, and reinventing long-term love.

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💡 Invisible labor in parenting and marriage is emotional, not just practical—recognize and name it.

🤝 Partnership after kids requires recalibration, not scorekeeping—check in regularly.

🧠 Emotional load in marriage often goes unspoken—rebuilding connection starts with naming what you're holding.

❤️ Consistency in relationships post-kids doesn’t mean 50/50—it means flexibility, empathy, and teamwork.

🛠️ Reinventing relationships is an act of love—your marriage can evolve with the season.

How do you handle unsolicited parenting advice—especially when you're parenting with intention, empathy, and inner work in mind?

In today’s episode of the Contentment Creator Podcast, we talk about the real impact of unsolicited advice, how to reclaim your self-trust after a trigger, and what to ask for instead. If you’re a sensitive mom, doing the deep work, this is for you. 💗

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This episode explores:

Why unsolicited advice hurts (even when it's well-intentioned)

How to protect your self-trust

What true support looks like (hint: it’s not fixing!)

How to set boundaries with love

Why your inner voice matters in moments of doubt

🌱 Remember, your parenting path is sacred. You don’t need fixing—you deserve witnessing. Tune in for real talk and actionable support.

🎯 Unsolicited advice can trigger old wounds – Notice it without letting it shape your self-trust.

🎯 Empathy over authority in parenting – Especially for sensitive parents raising sensitive kids. 

🎯 Lead with clarity, not defense – Make grounded requests for witnessing instead of advice.

🎯 Build community with compassion and truth – Staying in relationship while honoring your needs.

🎯 There’s no perfect path—just courageous presence. 🎧 Subscribe for weekly drops on parenting, inner work, self-trust, and community care.

#SelfTrust #ParentingWithPresence #UnsolicitedAdvice #SensitiveParenting #SettingBoundaries #InnerWork #EmpathyNotAuthority #ConsciousParenting #MomLife

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Parenting a highly sensitive child as a sensitive parent is a unique emotional experience that requires emotional creativity, presence, and deep self-leadership. In this episode of the Contentment Creator Podcast, we explore how to parent a sensitive child when your own nervous system is already on edge. 💖

You'll hear practical, honest strategies for parenting a highly sensitive child, staying grounded in emotional storms, and learning self-support when your child can't meet your needs. Discover why emotional regulation, self-leadership, sensitive parenting, conscious parenting, and creative parenting are key to thriving in these high-feeling moments.

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🌿 In this video, we talk about:

How emotional creativity supports your parenting

Why sensitivity in parents and children can amplify each other

How to stay steady in your own nervous system during a toddler tantrum

Why modeling regulation matters more than demanding compliance

How to reframe authority with connection and compassion

🎧 Whether you're a sensitive parent, parenting a sensitive toddler, or want tools for conscious parenting, this episode is for you.

👇 Drop a comment and let me know how you navigate emotional intensity with your child.

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📌 Key Keywords:

sensitive parenting, conscious parenting, emotional regulation, creative parenting, highly sensitive child

#ParentingTips #HighlySensitiveChild #EmotionalRegulation #SensitiveParent #ConsciousParenting

Parenting with presence can feel impossible when your brain is still in work mode. If you're a creative entrepreneur, coach, or working parent trying to juggle tasks and toddlers, this episode is for you.

In this episode of the Contentment Creator Podcast, Ellen Broen explores what it takes to be present with your child even when your mind is spinning with ideas and deadlines. We’ll dive into real-world rituals and nervous system resets that make parenting with presence feel not only possible—but sustainable.

Whether you’re managing clients, running a business, or chasing creative flow, this conversation is your invitation to return to yourself, shift with intention, and reconnect with your kids in the moments that matter most.

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✨ Keywords:

parenting with presence

work mode

creative entrepreneur

nervous system regulation

transition rituals

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🔔 Hit the bell so you never miss a moment of presence, purpose, and creative alignment.

🔄 Presence is a transition, not a switch — give yourself time and grace to shift from work mode to parenting with presence.

🧠 Your nervous system needs rituals — create daily transition rituals like silent pauses, brain dumps, or a short walk to reset your energy.

🧱 Build containers for your thoughts — use lists or voice memos to hold your to-dos so your mind can rest and reconnect.

🧩 Parenting with presence doesn’t mean perfection—just the gentle return to what matters.

🎨 Creative entrepreneurs thrive when their work life and home life are in rhythm, not competition.

Struggling to ask for what you need in your relationship without feeling guilty or misunderstood? This episode of the Contentment Creator Podcast is your guide to vision-led communication, emotional maturity, and CEO-level self-care in your partnership. Learn how to shift from complaint to clarity and create deeper connection through shared vision. 💬

In this episode:

Vision-led communication in relationships

Emotional maturity and CEO care

Asking for what you need with confidence

Strengthening connection without blame

Leadership in love and business

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🔑 Key Takeaways:

💡 Lead with Vision, Not Complaint – Use vision-led communication in relationships to invite, not blame.

💡 CEO Care Starts at Home – Your nervous system and relationship needs are essential for creative flow.

💡 Emotional Maturity Is Asking Clearly – It’s emotionally intelligent to state your needs without shame.

💡 Connection Over Correction – Focus on what you want more of, not what’s missing.

💡 Relationship Leadership Is Shared – Being a visionary in love invites collaboration, not control.

When you're both entrepreneurs, balancing love and business becomes a beautiful challenge. 💼❤️ In this episode of the Contentment Creator Podcast, Ellen Broen explores how entrepreneur couples navigate shared goals, competing dreams, and creative partnership without losing connection. If you're building a business with your partner, this episode is your reminder that supporting your partner’s vision doesn’t mean sacrificing your own. It means choosing each other, over and over again.

Whether you’re figuring out how to balance business and marriage, looking to strengthen your relationship while running a business, or wondering if consistency in love can coexist with entrepreneurial ambition, this episode is for you.

👉 If you’re ready to honor both your business dreams and your relationship goals, hit subscribe, share this video, and drop a comment below. Let’s build love and legacy—together.

🎯 Keywords:

entrepreneur couples, relationship while running a business, creative partnership, supporting your partner’s vision, consistency in love

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Key Takeaways:

✅ Entrepreneur couples need emotional sync as much as business strategy.

✅ Balancing business and marriage requires consistent intention, not just shared calendars.

✅ Creative partnership means celebrating wins—even in your own slumps.

✅ Supporting your partner’s vision includes checking in on emotional goals.

✅ Consistency in love looks like presence, grace, and flexibility through seasons.

 #LoveAndBusiness #EntrepreneurCouples #CreativePartnerships #MarriageAndBusiness #WorkLifeBalance

Do you ever feel like your partner just isn’t enough—and wonder if that means something’s wrong?

This episode dives deep into unmet needs in relationships, emotional interdependence, and how building a supportive community beyond your partnership can be the most loving move you make.

If you're craving emotional support, deeper conversations, or creative connection that your partner can’t provide, this is your sign to stop feeling guilty and start building a relationship support system that reflects your full self.

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✨ Topics covered:

Why your partner isn’t supposed to meet every emotional need

The beauty of emotional interdependence and creative connection

Signs you're outgrowing one-sided expectations

How to build your relationship support system without guilt

🎧 Keywords:

emotional support, relationship support system, creative connection, interdependence in relationships, unmet needs in marriage

❤️ Let’s normalize needing more than one person—and celebrate the power of showing up as your full self in community.

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✅ Key Takeaways

💡 One person can’t be everything. It’s not disloyal to need emotional support beyond your partner.

🤝 We are wired for interdependence, not isolation or hyper-dependence.

🧠 Creative connection fuels your identity. You need people who speak your language.

🌱 It’s not a red flag—it’s a growth signal. Your unmet needs may point to community, not conflict.

🔄 Build a relationship support system that aligns with who you are now.

Preparing for maternity leave doesn’t mean disappearing. I'm pre-recording 5 months of content—with your help. This episode is an invitation to co-create. Submit your ideas, share your voice, and let's build something beautiful together. 💛

Creative entrepreneur? Planning maternity leave? Content batching for podcasters? This episode is for YOU. I'm sharing how I’m preparing for a 5-month maternity leave by content batching every podcast episode ahead of time. Content batching, maternity leave, podcast planning, and creative entrepreneurship are all part of this real-time journey.

💡 Submit your topic ideas—this is a co-created season rooted in presence, community, and aligned creativity. https://forms.gle/R9WSFTFsKWMThfof7

✨ Whether you’re planning maternity leave, looking for podcast planning strategies, or craving more co-created content, you’re in the right place. Let’s make magic together, even while life evolves.

👇 Comment below, subscribe, and don’t forget to fill out the form linked in the description. Let’s co-create this season.

Key Takeaways

🎯 Content batching for a 5-month maternity leave 

🤝 Co-creating content with the audience for deeper connection

🧠 Creative entrepreneurship during life transitions 📅 How to stay consistent with podcasting through major life shifts 💬 Invitation for listeners to share ideas & co-create 

#PodcastPlanning #CreativeEntrepreneur #ContentCreationTips #MaternityLeavePrep #ContentmentCreator

Feeling a shift in your relationship? This episode explores how growth gaps in relationships show up when one partner evolves faster than the other. We talk about emotional growth, inner work, and how to stay rooted in conscious love even when things feel out of sync. This is for every creative entrepreneur navigating relationship evolution with compassion and grace. Hit subscribe to stay inspired. 🌱💞

Keywords:

growth gaps in relationships, emotional growth, inner work, conscious love, relationship evolution

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👇 Have you ever felt the stretch of a growth gap. How did you navigate it? Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe to support your contentment journey. 💬✨

🔹 Key Takeaways

🌱 Growth gaps in relationships aren’t failures—they’re invitations to deepen into self-awareness and communication.

💬 Inner work can create distance, but also opens a path to conscious love.

🧠 When doing deep emotional growth, don’t rush your partner—presence is more powerful than pressure.

💖 Relationship evolution means honoring differences while holding space for connection.

📚 Creative entrepreneurs often face unique growth gaps in love—this episode helps you move through them with grace.