WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE

In this episode I am sharing the conversation which I had with branding and female empowerment expert Nancy Poleon, Founder of Branded Personalities and BrandedU. In reflecting on the impact which the pandemic has had on mostly our female workforce, Nancy brings in a fresh perspective as working behaviours and preferences are starting to pivot, hopefully for the better.

Some highlights of our conversation:

3:30 – Why women need to be more visible and how ‘you can’t be what you can’t see’

7:25 – Nancy reflects on how the pandemic has impacted the female workforce and why now is the opportunity to change the conversation

10:15 – Why networking is so important, even today, and why having your own cheerleaders is key

17:25 – Nancy shares her best lesson while she was going through the pandemic and shares a key learning for all of us to take with us as we start to transition ‘out of the pandemic’

In this episode Andrea McGinnis shares more about her life as a working mom, how she has been showing up during the pandemic and shares her lessons and insights as we slowly transition in a new phase.

Some highlights of our conversation:

5:47 – How Andrea decided to stay at home full-time but decided to go back to work after one month;

10:12 – About how being a mother of three is the best and hardest thing she’s ever done;

14:49 – Andrea shares more about her experiences during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic right after the birth of her baby;

23:35 – How she navigated through her challenges during lockdown;

35:00 – About modelling vulnerability and being authentic;

42:38 – What Andrea is leaving behind as we transition into ‘the new’.

Take a short break to tend to yourself. For these few minutes, make yourself a priority and breathe in new energy and release anything which is weighing you down at the moment.

In deze aflevering hoor je meer over:

Wie Angela is, wat zij doet en Health Stories (3:04)

Het belang van aandacht hebben voor onze gezondheid, met name voor (nieuwe) moeders tijdens de kraamperiode (en daarna) (17:54)

Het initiatief wat Angela en Yvanka zijn opgestart vanuit Health Stories, de Your Health Challenge, en wat deze challenge inhoudt (27:36)

Angela’s ervaringen binnen het moederschap, hoe zij dit combineert met het ondernemen (34:04)

Angela’s lessen binnen het ondernemerschap en hoe zij zich constant verbetert (51:02)

Wil je meer weten over Health Stories, de health challenge en Angela? Bekijk deze links dan even:

Website: www.healthstories.nl

Instagram: angelaboeree, healthstoriesnl & yourhealthchallenge

A bonus episode which I am sharing shortly after the last, since I have decided to pause all Mother Your Mindset activities and focus on my maternity leave. But don't worry, I'll be back for sure!

This conversation ties well into that as, together with Marjorie Lumet, we talk about mindful birthing and parenting and zoom in on the topic mindfulness.

A quick summary of this episode:

Learn more about Marjorie and her extensive background (4:00).

Marjorie shares more around her journey into becoming a mom, which was a huge transition (5:38).

How mindfulness has supported her in her motherhood journey (11:07).

Marjorie talks about how judgement  and comparison can impact our lives and feed into our insecurity around being a parent and our lives overall (19:40).

Marjorie shares information on mindful birthing and the parenting course she provides (25:46).

Most common challenges/fears she encounters when coaching parents (37:42).

Where she gets the drive and energy to fulfill these multiple, inspiring and supporting roles (56:30).

Marjorie shares multiple tips for (working) moms (to-be)

Want to learn more about the  Awaken Your Potential retreat, women circle, mindful birthing course and/or about Marjorie? Visit:

https://www.yoganida.com/workshops

https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/awaken-your-potential-tickets-97160681213?aff=ebdssbeac

https://centrumvoormindfulness.nl/en/mindfulness-courses/mindfulness-based-childbirth-and-parenting-training

www.experiencemindfulness.nl

www.facebook.com/experiencemindfulnessnow

Tijdens deze aflevering deel ik een openhartig gesprek met Kinh-Thi Vapor: mama, mede-oprichter van Tiny Todd en mondhygiëniste.

Kinh-Thi deelt openlijk ervaring over het moeder worden en het lange, moeizame traject daarnaar toe: de medische molen, een miskraam, en hoe loslaten heeft daarbij heeft geholpen (3:58).

Ze deelt haar bevallingservaringen, waarbij de eerste niet liep zoals gepland, de nodige ongemakken, en waarbij de tweede bevalling uitmondde in een droombevalling (7:20).

Ook vertelt zij hoe de eczeemaandoeningen van haar zonen haar leven bepaalden en zij en haar man voor een lange tijd niet hebben kunnen genieten van een 'normaal' gezinsleven (17:20).

Kinh-Thi vertelt meer over Tiny Todd, het ontstaan daarvan en de droomstart welke zij en haar man doormaakten (26:48).

Wat Kinh-Thi adviseert aan andere ambitieuze, werkende moeders (to-be).

Meer weten over Tiny Todd? Kijk dan op www.tinytodd.com

During this episode I am talking to Abby Joffre Eijken. Abby joined the motherhood tribe in 2019, is an entrepreneurial digital native and has lived in the Netherlands for over 10 years.

In our wonderful conversation which took place during the Dutch intelligent lock-down, we talked about:

Abby’s journey towards becoming an entrepreneur as well as a mom (4:58).

Her transition from becoming pregnant until the birth of her son (17:17).

How Abby also become a Cross-Fit coach whilst being pregnant and the importance of finding what’s right for you (27:33).

Where she gets her drive and energy to do all the things she does (30:32).

Her lesson learned for business and anything in life (38:35).

Her ‘false start’ in her ‘going back to work’ period thanks to Covid-19 (44:55).

Her biggest mindset change after becoming a mom (49:20).

Want to know more about Abby and/or get in touch? Visit www.presentlycreative.com , contact her directly via [email protected], or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/inabbyland/ 

Other mentioned links:

Change Maker coaching program: https://www.emmymccarthy.com/change-maker

Ondernemersplein: https://ondernemersplein.kvk.nl/