PMS can be rough. Listen as Heather shares two key steps to feel better when PMS has you down, and learn 20 self-care strategies so you can take good care of yourself in times of stress or anxiety. Heather also shares how these challenging times can also be a gift to us, yielding unexpected benefits. You may have PMS, but there are things you can do to feel better.

Highlights:

• Two key steps to managing PMS
• How to accept your feelings rather than pushing them down
• 20 strategies for ramping up your self-care
• Surprising benefits of PMS

• Happy birthday, Happiness Mama Podcast
• #2PodsaDay campaign: listen more, listen indie.

Links and Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

1. 2 Pods A Day Campaign
2. Oracle cards I love
3. Kindle Unlimited
4. Shade of Vampire
5. Outlander
6. Essential oils
7. Progessence Plus

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Summer is coming to an end, and it’s time for the kids to go back to school. Back-to-school time is a great time for intentional change and ritual in our own personal lives as women.

Highlights:

• 8 Ways to Celebrate Back-to-School for Moms!
• Happiness Mama is an official nominee for the 2017 Podcast Awards!
• Listen all the way to the end to hear a message from a very special guest!

Books and Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

1. Shownotes: happinessmama.com/22
2. Ningxia Red
3. TUL Pens
4. Mom Retreat
5. Ebates
6. Back to School Clothes for Mom

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Thank you so much for listening! 

And remember, You Are Loved! 

Welcome to Season 3 of the Happiness Mama Podcast with Heather Ash! Season 3 is all about Self-Love... Loving ourselves, body, mind, and spirit. This episode is about loving our body. I talk about how I lost 17 pounds in less than 7 months and got stronger and fitter in an easy, very doable, fun way!

Listen and learn tips and strategies for creating your own new healthy habits. Enjoy!

Highlights:

• My weight journey
• Pregnancy weight gain
• Postpartum priorities
• How I’d rather not be motivated to lose weight and get in shape
• The foundational mindset for losing weight and getting in shape (or making any other changes in your life)
• The biggest factor in my weight loss success
• The second biggest factor in my weight loss success
• Dealing with imperfection
• Imperfect dieting and exercise
• The slow carb diet by Tim Ferriss
• The key to losing weight
• Real weight training results
• Surprising results after climbing a mountain
• How to make your habits stick
• Surprising nerd results: What the charts revealed...
• Creating a self-love mindset: Body Love Affirmations
• Show your love by becoming a Happiness Mama Patron! And get mentioned on the show…

Books and Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

• The 4-Hour Body by Tim Ferriss
• Body Love Affirmations: Free access at happinessmama.com/affirmations
• Shownotes: www.happinessmama.com/21

Spread the Word:

If you enjoyed the podcast and want to help other mamas be happier, too, visit iTunes or Stitcher and kindly leave me a rating, review, and subscribe. Thank you!

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Thank you so much for listening! I hope this podcast helps you love yourself more, body, mind, and spirit. Love to you!

Heather shares how a stressful time in her life prompted her to start silent meditation. She shares what it was like meditating in her earlier days and how the experience of meditation has changed and stayed the same.  She shares some of the benefits of meditation, as well as simple instructions for how to get started with meditation. 

Highlights:

• How a panic attack prompted me to start meditating
• What it was like then, and what it is like now
• Gratitude as a benefit of meditation
• Benefits of meditation, including managing stress and anxiety
• How to start a meditation practice
• Shamatha and Vipassana meditation: What are they?
• A simple guide to how to meditate

Books and Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

Shownotes: www.happinessmama.com/20

• Blog Post: What I’m Doing For More Peace and Energy
• 10% Happier by Dan Harris
• Quiet Mind, edited by Susan Piver

Spread the Word:

If you enjoyed the podcast and want to help other mamas be happier, too, visit iTunes or Stitcher and kindly leave me a rating, review, and subscribe. Thank you!

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Thank you so much for listening! I hope this podcast helps you be a little bit happier, and remember, self-care is not selfish, it’s essential.

Highlights:

• How I got into bullet journaling #bujo
• Thank you, Elsie!
• Before bullet journal #bebujo
• What makes a bullet journal different
• Why the index is such a game changer
• How The Happiness Project inspired my habit tracker chart
• Ben Franklin’s 13 Virtues chart
• My search for a doable charting system
• My advice for how to use your bullet journal
• How I use my bullet journal
• The Five Minute Journal questions
• Keeping it free…
• How I do my Habit Tracker Chart
• My new habit
• My new month routine
• What’s so great about the actual journals
• Heather says Leuchtturm about 6 times…http://amzn.to/2m010rZ
• Jar of Awesome
• It’s your thing. Do what you wanna do.
• Daddy! The bullet journal is like the pocket journal.
• What you track, grows.
• Benefits of bullet journaling
• How to get started bullet journaling
• How I draw my habit chart
• Podfest
• My listener Laura and I met on a plane!
• Shout outs to fellow podcasters: Steph and Val at Wine to Five, Sarah at Simple Change, Honor Knight of the Soiled Restroom Cinema Podcast, Copper Yuenger of Life Under the Laundry Pile, Amanda Doughty of The Great Beer Adventure, Brian Musial of Health Geeks Radio, Ryan Gray of the PreMed Years, Jeff Sanders of the 5 AM Miracle, Jessica Kupferman and Elsie Escobar of She Podcasts, Deb Williams of Financial Karma, Katie Krimitsos of Biz Women Rock, Jessica Rhodes of Interview Connections, and Tina Dietz of The Start Something Show

Books and Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

• Shownotes: www.happinessmama.com/19
• The journal I use is here
• www.bulletjournal.com
• The Productive Woman Podcast
• The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
• Ovusoft
• Oracle cards
• Tim Ferriss’s podcast: http://tim.blog/podcast/
• The Five Minute Journal

Quotes

“Daily journaling helps me stay sane and happy.”

“You do deserve happiness, and you can live the life you desire, in total alignment with your values, dreams, and goals.”

Spread the Word:

If you enjoyed the podcast and want to help other mamas be happier, too, visit iTunes or Stitcher and kindly leave me a rating, review, and subscribe. More ratings and reviews lead to more eyes and ears seeing and hearing the podcast. Thank you!

How to Subscribe to the Happiness Mama Podcast:

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Stay in Touch:

Never miss an episode!

Thank you so much for listening! I hope this podcast helps you be a little bit happier, and remember, self-care is not selfish, it’s essential.

Highlights:

• Struggling with waiting, wanting, and not knowing
• We can help ourselves feel better by using various strategies, such as...
• Journaling
• Meditation
• Oracle cards
• Friends
• Affirmations
• Acceptance
• Inspiration
• Clearing Clutter
• Faith
• Gratitude
• Music
• And More!

Books and Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

• Shownotes: happinessmama.com/18
• Tim Ferriss’s podcast: http://tim.blog/podcast/
• Tim’s new book, Tools of Titans
• Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
• The Activated SHEro Oracle Cards
• Earth Magic oracle cards
• Gateway Oracle Cards by Denise Linn
• Native Spirit Oracle Cards by Denise Linn
• The Tim Ferriss Show, Episode with Naval Ramikant
• Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It by Kamal Ramikant
• Wonderful World by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
• When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron

“The moment that you feel, just possibly, you are walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind, and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself...That is the moment, you might be starting to get it right.” ~Neil Gaiman

If you enjoyed the podcast and want to help other mamas be happier, too, tell a friend about it. Thank you!

Make sure you get all the episodes by subscribing via I-Tunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcatcher. (Mine is Podcast Addict!)

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If you enjoyed the podcast and want to help other mamas be happier, too, visit iTunes or Stitcher and kindly leave me a rating, review, and subscribe. More ratings and reviews lead to more eyes and ears seeing and hearing the podcast. Thank you!

Or, simply tell a friend! xo

Never miss an episode!

Sign up for the Happiness Mama Newsletter here: www.happinessmama.com/selfcare and get the simple and effective Self-Care Workbook. It’s free!

Highlights:

• We all need recovery periods.
• What is the Pareto Principle?
• How to use the 80/20 principle to analyze your year
• Heather shares the actions that led to most of her good feelings in 2016.
• Apply what you learn to make this year even better.

Links and Books Mentioned In This Episode:

• Shownotes: www.happinessmama.com/17
• Tim Ferriss’s podcast: http://tim.blog/podcast/
• Tim’s new book, Tools of Titans

Spread the Word:

If you enjoyed the podcast and want to help other mamas be happier, too, visit iTunes or Stitcher and kindly leave me a rating, review, and subscribe. More ratings and reviews lead to more eyes and ears seeing and hearing the podcast. Thank you!

How to Subscribe to the Happiness Mama Podcast:

• Click here to subscribe via iTunes
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• Click here to subscribe via Stitcher

Stay in Touch:

Never miss an episode!

Thank you so much for listening! I hope this podcast helps you be a little bit happier, and remember, self-care is not selfish, it’s essential.

Highlights:

• The holidays can be hard.
• 3 common mindset myths
• 5 simple ways to change our minds to focus on truth, for less stress and more joy.

Spread the Word:

If you enjoyed the podcast and want to help other mamas be happier, too, visit iTunes or Stitcher and kindly leave me a rating, review, and subscribe. More ratings and reviews lead to more eyes and ears seeing and hearing the podcast. Thank you!

How to Subscribe to the Happiness Mama Podcast:

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Stay in Touch:

Never miss an episode!

Sign up for the Happiness Mama Newsletter here: www.happinessmama.com/selfcare and get the simple and effective Self-Care Workbook. It’s free!

Thank you so much for listening! I hope this podcast helps you be a little bit happier, and remember, self-care is not selfish, it’s essential.

Self-Care habits are vitally important, but they can often fall by the wayside for busy mompreneurs. In episode 15, Heather Ash explains 6 simple ways to create healthy habits of self-care, with practical strategies to help you get the self-care you need. Also download the free self-care workbook at happinessmama.com/selfcare to help you review the strategies and plan your changes so you can feel and do your very best and live into your purpose every day, in every area of your life.

Highlights

• The six simple strategies to help you create new habits of self-care
• Why self-care habits can be easier to create than other habits
• Which self-care habit is most important
• Why self-care is necessary for busy mompreneurs
• How to get the support you need

Links

Download the free self-care workbook, which includes more information about these six strategies and more, at www.happinessmama.com/selfcare

You can also read the shownotes on the blog at happinessmama.com/15.

Support

Are you ready to take action and get the support you need? Hire me as your coach to reach your goals more quickly and with greater joy and ease. Schedule your discovery call now by clicking this link. You can also reach me by email at heather at happinessmama dot com. If my coaching calendar is full, I'll be happy to add you to my waiting list. 

Free Audio Book

This episode is sponsored by Audible! Get your free audiobook by visiting this link:

www.audibletrial.com/HappinessMama

In this special solo episode, host Heather Ash talks about essential self-care, why we need self-care, and how to get the self-care we need, so that we can thrive. She also talks about what it’s like to be an introvert and a mom, and balancing needs for connection and quiet while being a busy mama. Finally she shares two great books for getting started with silent meditation.

• The benefits of getting the self-care we need
• What is self-care
• The challenges moms face in getting the self-care we need
• Self-care check in… How is your self-care?
• Priorities
• Benefits of meditation and mindfulness
• Being an introverted mom
• Getting the connection I need, even as a stay-at-home mom
• How to strengthen your self-care practice
• Good books about meditation
• How to get a free audiobook

Quiet Mind: A Beginner’s Guide to Meditation, edited by Susan Piver

Real Happiness, by Sharon Salzberg

Shownotes can be found at happinessmama.com/14

Read the blog post this episode is based on here.

www.audibletrial.com/HappinessMama

Happiness Mama is now offering essential oils to support you in your wellness and happiness journey.

You can learn more and get started with essential oils here: abreathofhappiness.com

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Thank you so much for listening! I hope this podcast helps you live into your truest values. You deserve happiness!