Is it possible to plan for the unexpected? When kids have to stay home sick or a work emergency pops up and you have to throw your plan out the window, what is even the point? Why create a plan if circumstances mean you can't follow it? In this episode, I want to challenge you to see the value of your plan even when nothing goes according to plan. It gives you the information you need to be able to find a solution to whatever has popped up. It helps you see what is actually important and what is not.

 

And while it may not be possible to see into the future and plan for the unexpected, there are strategies you can use to make things easier when the unexpected pops up. I'm sharing three of my favorites and several personal examples of what planning for the unexpected looks like in my life as a working mom of three young kids.

 

If you want to learn how to create a plan that will support you even when things change, join me for my holiday planning workshop for busy, working moms. Stress Less This Holiday is happening on November 7th and you can get your ticket at themothernurture.com/holidays.

 

Key Takeaways:      

• 00:57 The Frustration of planning when you have kids

 

• 02:28 My personal story of nothing going according to plan

 

• 04:24 My experiment with NOT planning

 

• 05:30 The purpose of having a plan even when you don't follow it

 

• 10:03 Strategies to help you plan for the unexpected

 

• 14:03 Shift the way you think of a plan

 

 

Resources + Links:    

• Episode #6: Seize the Day: Making the Most of Your Time

 

• Sign up to get my weekly email: Working Mom Wednesdays

 

• Get your Ticket: Stress Less This Holiday Workshop

 

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We all know what decision fatigue is and how we should create routines, habits, and even uniforms to reduce the number of decisions we have to make. But the other piece of decision fatigue that's not talked about as much is indecision - delaying or prolonging a decision because we tell ourselves we need more time or more information. Every unmade decision is like an open loop in your brain costing you time and energy just like a nail in your tire that is slowly leaking air while you drive. The faster you can make your decision, the less air you'll leak.     Learning how to recognize indecision and having strategies to help you make faster, more confident decisions will help save you so much time, energy, and mental space. But the key is knowing which decisions to make quickly, and which decisions to take your time with. In this episode, you'll learn it all, including my five favorite hacks for getting over the indecision hump.     Key Takeaways:    

• 00:00 Stress Less This Holiday workshop announcement

 

• 01:27 Dealing with decision fatigue

 

• 04:16 What is indecision and what does it cost you?

 

• 05:38 Recognizing how indecisiveness shows up

 

• 13:24 Strategies for making faster, more confident decisions

 

• 18:33 The key step to strong decision-making

 

• 19:27 Choosing your decisions and your strategy

 

• 20:18 Getting support with the big decisions in your life

 

 

Resources + Links:    

• Get your ticket to Stress Less This Holiday workshop

 

• Send me a DM on Instagram

 

• Episode #10: Say Goodbye to Last-Minute Dinner Stress

 

• Apply to work with me

 

 

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If you want a more relaxed, enjoyable holiday season, it's time to start planning now. I'm excited to bring back my Stress Less This Holiday workshop on November 7, 2024. Regardless of what you celebrate, there are so many activities, events, and things to do those last two months of the year. If you set aside 90 minutes now to think through your calendar, your tasks, and your decisions, you'll save yourself hours of time, energy, and stress later on.     I want you to not only have a plan and a list, but to also know what your priorities are for this season. What's important to you? What memories do you want to make? How do you want to feel? You can have the best plan and the most beautiful calendar, but if you don't know why you're doing any of it, you'll end up feeling dissatisfied and exhausted. I want you to end the year feeling at peace and like you still have the energy to reflect on this beautiful life you're creating!     Get your ticket today at www.themothernurture.com/holidays.       Key Takeaways:    

• 00:10 Reflecting on the final quarter of the year

 

• 02:18 Common seasonal stressors

 

• 03:50 Introducing the Stress Less This Holiday Workshop

 

• 04:55 Workshop details

 

• 07:54 The step so many of us skip when planning

 

• 09:37 The importance of deciding in advance

 

• 12:15 The benefits of planning in community

 

• 16:15 What I wish for your end-of-the-year

 

 

Resources + Links:    

• Get your ticket for Stress Less This Holiday workshop

 

• Fair Play by Eve Rodsky

 

• Sign up to receive Katelyn's Working Mom Wednesday emails

 

 

 

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• Website: https://www.themothernurture.com/

 

 

 

If you're feeling like you're repeating the same day over and over again, stuck on a hamster wheel of working, completing chores, and taking care of kids, one of the easiest and fastest ways to break up that cycle is to celebrate the small wins. We're taught to celebrate the big milestones in the life - birthdays, anniversaries, holidays - but what about all of the other amazing, beautiful, everyday things that we do and experience? What might shift if we focused as much on those celebrations as we do on what we didn't do?       This episode will help you see how powerful everyday celebrations can be for feeling good about your life and progress, despite it being busy and full! From personal anecdotes to client experiences, you'll learn practical tips on simple yet meaningful ways to celebrate. And bonus, learn how that can impact your kids and your family culture.       Key Takeaways:    

• 00:28 The perfect poem to inspire you to celebrate more

 

• 03:26 Why celebrating matters

 

• 05:03 How celebration helps get you off the hamster wheel of daily life

 

• 07:44 What it means to create a culture of celebration

 

• 09:11 Personal examples of the impact of celebration

 

• 17:47 Practical ways and ideas for how to celebrate

 

• 26:37 Your coaching homework

 

 

Resources + Links:    

• A Bit Much by Lyndsay Rush

 

• Find Lyndsay Rush on Instagram @Maryoliversdrunkcousin

 

• Episode 3: Creating a Monthly Wrap-Up Process

 

• The Elated Coupe

 

• Application for Coaching

 

 

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• Website: https://www.themothernurture.com/

 

 

 

Health is everything and yet, when you're a busy, working mom it can be so easy to let the everyday habits of self-care fall to the backburner. Seemingly basic healthy habits like drinking water, brushing your teeth, and getting enough sleep can be hard to keep up with when you just don't have the time or the energy. Through real-life examples, including the story of a client who struggled to drink enough water, Katelyn walks you through the exact strategies she uses with her clients to make healthy habits and self-care more manageable and sustainable.

 

 

Key Takeaways:    

• 01:13 The Importance of what I'm calling, "healthy habits"

 

• 06:04 Real-life examples that my clients are working on

 

• 11:06 Step-by-step process for troubleshooting and following through

 

• 16:42 Adapting to life changes

 

• 22:40 Get support with your healthy habits with a Planning Intensive session

 

 

Resources + Links:    

• The creatine supplement Katelyn is currently taking*

 

• Stanley water cup

 

• Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing

 

• Planning Intensive - 90-minute session

 

• Apply to Work With Me

 

    *Talk to your healthcare provider about any new supplement you plan to take.    

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Everyone dreads the question, "What should we have for dinner?". After a long day, the last thing you want to do is make another decision, especially one about what to eat. So, if you want to get out of the nightly scramble to figure out what to have for dinner, you'll need a meal plan. In this episode, Katelyn teaches you a super simple way to think about and create your own meal planning routine that will free up stress, relieve some of your mental load, and make evenings easier. Whether you’re new to meal planning or looking for ways to improve what you already do, this episode is sure to give you some fresh ideas and super simple actionable steps.

 

 

Key Takeaways:    

• 01:18 The what-to-have-for-dinner dilemma

 

• 02:37 The basics of meal planning

 

• 07:06 Creating your family's go-to meal menu

 

• 11:24 Implementing your meal planning process

 

• 15:11 Advanced meal planning tips

 

• 19:47 Ways to get support

 

 

 

Resources + Links:    

• Episode 1: The Power of a Simple To-Do List to Lessen Your Mental Load

 

• Blog Post: My 10 Favorite Make-Ahead Recipes for Easy Weeknights

 

• Planning Intensive

 

• Sign up to receive Working Mom Wednesday emails

 

• Learn more about coaching with Katelyn

 

• Coaching Application

 

 

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• Website: https://www.themothernurture.com/

 

 

 

Do you ever find your day completely derailed after a challenging parenting moment? Or maybe you're in a tough parenting season and those feelings are bleeding over into all the other areas of life, impacting your productivity, focus, and mood. In this podcast episode, Katelyn relates, sharing a recent chaotic parenting morning and offers some ideas on how to manage yourself and reset your day so you can still do what needs to be done. She explores practical steps to transition from parenting to work mode and from work to parenting mode. Katelyn also highlights the interconnectedness of family and work life and shares how coaching can support busy working moms in navigating these complexities.

 

 

Key Takeaways:    

• 00:47 This topic came from the community as a question

 

• 02:54 Real-life example of a tough parenting experience

 

• 05:44 Emotional aftermath and what actually worked

 

• 11:11 Practical steps to reset and refocus on the rest of your day

 

• 15:31 How to transition intentionally and check-in with yourself first

 

• 17:19 What clients bring to coaching

 

Resources + Links:    

• Connect with me on LinkedIn

 

• Follow me on Instagram

 

• Submit a question/topic for a future podcast episode

 

• Book: How to Talk So Your Kids Will Listen

 

• Dr. Becky Kennedy: Good Inside book

 

• Coaching Application

 

• Get weekly coaching emails from Katelyn

 

 

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• Website: https://www.themothernurture.com/

 

 

Are you tired of the laundry piling up? Of the soccer socks or the dance leotard never being clean when you need them? Learn how to create a routine that puts laundry, or any other mundane chore, on autopilot so it's not something you even have to think about. Because for most of us, laundry will always be something we have to do. But that doesn't mean it has to be frustrating. Tune in for some practical tips, encouragement, and a fresh perspective on the "mundane" tasks of life.  

 

 

Key Takeaways:  

• 00:19 Personal update: piano lessons

 

• 03:00 Why laundry matters

 

• 05:12 The mental load of laundry

 

• 11:44 Breaking down the laundry process

 

• 20:05 Ideas for involving kids in household chores like laundry

 

 

Resources + Links:  

• Plenty of Time group program

 

• Planning Intensive

 

• Sign up to receive Working Mom Wednesday emails

 

• Learn more about coaching with Katelyn

 

• Coaching Application

 

 

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• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovemothernurture/

 

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• Website: https://www.themothernurture.com/

Do you wish you had more patience or that you were more present when you're with your kids? Have you ever felt guilty for how you reacted in the moment and then spent hours reading and watching parenting experts to learn what to do differently next time? You could learn all the skills and have the best tips and phrases at your fingertips, but if you're overwhelmed by work and life it will take so much more effort to respond patiently. Because that patient version of you is buried underneath the mental load of all that's on your plate.     If you want to put those parenting skills to use, the best thing you can do is create mental space. Put the autopilots tasks of life on autopilot so you have the capacity to respond patiently and the peace of mind to be present with who is in front of you. This week's episode is all about creating mental capacity so you can be the parent that you've always wanted to be. This one is a must-listen.       Key Takeaways:    

• 01:35 Teaching and modeling patience to our kids

 

• 03:31 Patience is a parenting skill

 

• 05:21 The guilt most parents feel is not what you might think

 

• 06:57 Having the skills without the environment is like diving with an inner tube on

 

• 08:42 Creating an environment where you can be successful

 

• 12:30 What to do in the moment when you notice you're distracted

 

• 14:35 It's not just about lists and organization

 

• 16:54 Resources

 

 

Resources + Links:    

• Good Inside Podcast with Dr. Becky Kennedy

 

• Episode 1: The Power of a Simple To-Do List

 

• Bluey

 

• Sign up to receive Working Mom Wednesday emails

 

• Learn more about coaching with Katelyn

 

• Coaching Application

 

 

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• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovemothernurture/

 

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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katelyndenning/

 

• Website: https://www.themothernurture.com/

 

 

How often do you carry-over tasks from day to day? Your to-do list is so long, and you never have enough time to get to it all so those items sit for days or weeks never getting crossed off. It's defeating and makes you think that you're "behind" or not doing enough, which is not the case at all. But if you want to feel differently about how efficient and productive you are, you have to change the way you plan your days. In this episode, I walk you through a different approach that will have you feeling accomplished and proud as you wrap up your days. You'll learn how to look more closely at your time, decide what your priorities are, and then shorten your plan to be reflective of the time you actually have. Ready to seize the day? Listen in.

 

 

Key Takeaways:    

• 00:00 Katelyn's personal back-to-school transition updates

 

• 02:26 Navigating long daily task lists

 

• 08:19 How to create a realistic to-do list

 

• 09:42 Practical examples and tips

 

• 18:11 A resource to help

 

 

 

Resources + Links:    

• Episode 1: The Power of a Simple To-Do List

 

• Episode 2: Finding Time for Your Goals

 

• Download the free guide on how to use your to-do list to plan your days

 

• Learn more about my Planning Intensive service