The Refreshed Moms Podcast

If I had to pick the number one thing I see out there in the new and small business marketing spaces that slows entrepreneurs down, it would be messaging.

Hands down.

Look, even as a really good marketing strategist, I struggle with my own messaging. #itsathing

Hear me when I say that it takes patience, work, and more patience to develop a clear marketing message - big corporations literally spend millions of dollars trying to get it right (and they still flub it up sometimes).

So, if big money corps struggle with messaging, is it even possible for you to get yours right?

Absolutely. 

In this episode, I'm sharing some of the basics around creating a marketing message that lands beautifully with your community and the people you desire to work with.

You can do this!
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FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Join the Refreshed Moms Spiritual Rest Mini-Sabbatical Community

The #1 self-guided virtual experience designed to help mom leaders enjoy rest away from work and kids in order to reconnect with God and renew themselves spiritually.

deannamason.com/spiritualrest

Rest Consulting

If your life feels too full and misaligned with your desires around spending time with God, being a present mom, and doing fulfilling work, rest consulting may be exactly for you.

I help overcommitted mom leaders lacking time and life margin to realign their work, faith and rest practices in order to feel connected to God and spiritually refreshed.

Find out more about working with me by clicking the link below:

deannamason.com/restconsulting

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

In episode 194, I talked about how to tie the work you're passionate about to a problem your customers have identified for themselves.

Passion alone doesn't create a business, but passion plus effective problem solving for the people you want to help... that's a completely different story.

So, what do you do once you've figured out the problems your person is willing to pay someone to help them with?

In this episode, I'm sharing how to package and price your passionate problem-solving magic in a way that leads your customers to a solution they'll pay for.
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FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Grab the Refreshed Moms Spiritual Rest Mini-Sabbatical

The #1 self-guided virtual experience designed to help mom leaders enjoy rest away from work and kids in order to reconnect with God and renew themselves spiritually.

deannamason.com/spiritualrest

Rest Consulting

If your life feels too full and misaligned with your desires around spending time with God, being a present mom, and doing fulfilling work, rest consulting may be exactly for you.

I help overcommitted mom leaders lacking time and life margin to realign their work, faith and rest practices in order to feel connected to God and spiritually refreshed.

Find out more about working with me by clicking the link below:

deannamason.com/restconsulting

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

No matter how important your work is to you, it doesn’t always translate as important to someone else.

Figuring out how to do the work you're passionate about for people that need what you do - that's not always easy to do.

You think everyone will love what you do as much as you love what you do, but it’s usually not that simple.

Your job as a business owner, however, is to solve problems for the people you desire to help… and the hope is that you don’t have to sacrifice your passion while doing it.

In this episode, I'm sharing how to connect the two - passion and problem - in a way that shows the world exactly why they need what you have (because it does).
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FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Grab the Refreshed Moms Spiritual Rest Mini-Sabbatical

The #1 self-guided virtual experience designed to help mom leaders enjoy rest away from work and kids in order to reconnect with God and renew themselves spiritually.

deannamason.com/spiritualrest

Rest Consulting

If your life feels too full and misaligned with your desires around spending time with God, being a present mom, and doing fulfilling work, rest consulting may be exactly for you.

I help overcommitted mom leaders lacking time and life margin to realign their work, faith and rest practices in order to feel connected to God and spiritually refreshed.

Find out more about working with me by clicking the link below:

deannamason.com/restconsulting

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

After working with literally hundreds of business owners over the past 3 years, I've realized that there are certain things that need to be in place in order for entrepreneurship to be both valuable to end users and financially rewarding to an entrepreneur who desires to build a business with God's guidance and influence.

It doesn't boil down to social media platforms (thank God). 

But there are 5 core components that I've found to be necessary in order for it to:

• Serve people
• Pay well
• Be sustainable long term
• Contribute to your life feeling refreshed

In part 1 of this 5-part podcast series, I'm going to share some of the aha moments I've discovered along the way that I hope shed light on what it means for you to build a refreshing business you love.
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FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Grab the Refreshed Moms Spiritual Rest Mini-Sabbatical

The #1 self-guided virtual experience designed to help mom leaders enjoy rest away from work and kids in order to reconnect with God and renew themselves spiritually.

deannamason.com/spiritualrest

Rest Consulting

I help overcommitted mom leaders lacking time and life margin to realign their work, faith and rest practices in order to feel connected to God and spiritually refreshed.

Find out more about working with me by clicking the link below:

deannamason.com/restconsulting

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

I spend a lot of time hitting emotional wellness because I spent a lot - if not most - of my adult existence not being emotionally well.

As a result of that, I walked around in pain, and I caused many others pain as a result.

And, I failed to protect my boundaries, preferences, needs, and feelings, which are all a vital part of just being human. None of us need to ignore those parts of us.

In this episode, my former co-host Keli Reese and I are talking about the danger of neglecting your emotions, and how not properly making room for your feelings will directly impact how you operate as a woman, mom, entrepreneur, and so much more. 

What you’ll hear:

• Narratives that shape our view of emotions
• Is it wrong to “be emotional”?
• How do we handle emotions Biblically?
• Practical tips to use the “feel and deal” technique to process emotions

CONNECT WITH KELI
IG: @ministryinmothering
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FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Rest Consulting with Me

I help overcommitted mom leaders lacking time and life margin to realign their work, faith and rest practices in order to feel connected to God and spiritually refreshed.

Find out more about working with me by clicking the link below:

deannamason.com/restconsulting

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

What a joy to share this episode again with the Refreshed Moms Community - it's one of the top 5 downloaded episodes, and I recorded it with my dear friend and fiction author Kelly Burton of Kell of a Story.

Why in the world should anyone desire morning or evening routines? Kelly and I believe routines and rituals are key tools in setting our days -- and in maintaining work-life integration and balance, especially in the lives of moms who lead in multiple roles. We're going to walk you through how we create and maintain daily practices, for morning or for evening, and how these habits help us accomplish goals and hold space for the unexpected.

This is not always easy. In fact, this is the second time we attempted to capture this subject when we recording it for the Refreshed Life Podcast! I simplified my morning routine and vastly cut down the number of items I was trying to accomplish as a result. 

Kelly and I both agree that routines help us be more positive, allow us space to process what is weighing heavily on us, focus us toward gratefulness, and even give us energy for the day ahead (or peace for a good night’s sleep!)

What we discuss - don’t miss it! 

• How Kelly went from “We don’t need routines” to “We failed without routines.”
• The spiritual rewards of rituals, and how prayer looks different depending on our seasons.
• How our routines can help us so much that even our children notice we are better for them.
• Why having routines in place help us to shift when unexpected needs arise.
• How to start and end your day with structure in order to keep you focused.
• How journals and planners can be a strategic part of your routine.
  
  

QUOTES

“We need predictable milestones that we can count on every day. We just work better when our minds and our expectations are organized.”

“When you have an intention for your day, you’re much, much more likely to hit the goal.”

“My routines are at the mercy of my neediest child.”

“Our boundaries and routines are not meant to be legalistic. They are there so when a need arises, your habits are strong enough to withstand a deviation.”

“Self-care rituals are designed to make sure your cup continues to overflow.”

CONNECT WITH KELLY
IG: @kellofastory
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FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Rest Consulting

If your life feels too full and misaligned with your desires around spending time with God, being a present mom, and doing fulfilling work, rest consulting may be exactly for you.

I help overcommitted mom leaders lacking time and lif margin to realign their work, faith and rest practices in order to feel connected to God and spiritually refreshed.

Find out more about working with me by clicking the link below:

deannamason.com/restconsulting

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

I don't know about you, but I struggle with nutrition, fitness and body image.

I've yo-yo'd back and forth from diet approaches and exercise routines, and the only way I've been able to see significant results has been with strict, regimented programs that aren't sustainable.

I've had to come to peace (rather I'm working on it...) with my 40-something body and how it responds to my wellness practices, even if it means I'm not as lean as I used to be.

How about you - do you find yourself getting frustrated with fitness and nutrition as you work towards an "ideal body weight" you think you'd be more happy at?

Did your body change after having kids?

Do you find yourself dreaming about your leaner physique while despising the one you have today?

If so, you're not alone.

In this episode, my friend, certified trainer and nutrition coach Megan Dahlman of Strong Mammas chats with me about how to stay motivated in our wellness practices even if our bodies have changed, and encourages us to break up with perfection and lean more into acceptance and grace as we progress with exercise and eating well.

What you'll hear:

• How moms can break through the all-or-nothing and perfectionist mindsets with her self-care habits.
• How much daily effort is necessary to actually make a difference for your health and create forward progress.
• The power of committing to just 10 minutes a day to fitness.
• And I'll be spilling all the beans on my personal challenges with my own mom bod.

CONNECT WITH MEGAN
Jumpstart 30!
Jumpstart your healthy habits and create lasting momentum in less than 10 minutes a day. - just click here.

The Strong Mammas Podcast

Instagram: @strong_mommas
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 FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll for free at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Register for the next Refreshed Moms Spiritual Rest Mini-Sabbatical

The #1 virtual experience designed to help mom leaders enjoy rest away from work and kids in order to reconnect with God and renew themselves spiritually.

deannamason.com/spiritualrest

Rest Consulting with Deanna

I help overcommitted mom leaders lacking time and life margin to realign their work, faith and rest practices in order to feel connected to God and spiritually refreshed. 

Find out more about working with me by clicking the link below:

deannamason.com/restconsulting

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Instagram:

If you've ever felt hesitant about speaking up for what you need, how you feel, and what you prefer, you're not alone.

We exist in a culture that has normalized the avoidance of conflict.

And when we do find the bravery or boldness to speak for ourselves the only tool we have in our advocacy toolbox is harshness.

In this episode, I'm sharing about being an emotionally healthy woman by focusing on the power of self-advocacy and why it's vital for us to set healthy boundaries by sharing how we feel, our preferences, and how we need help.

What you'll hear:

• How your ability to set healthy boundaries helps your family know how to love you well.
• How my daughter, Kendall, confidently expressed a boundary she needed set and how I responded when she did!
• Why your ability to set boundaries helps you love your family when they do the same thing.

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FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Register for the next Refreshed Moms Spiritual Rest Mini-Sabbatical

The #1 virtual experience designed to help mom leaders enjoy rest away from work and kids in order to reconnect with God and renew themselves spiritually.

deannamason.com/spiritualrest

Work with me in the Nurture to Convert Society

When creating your refreshed mom lifestyle, generating consistent income that feels absolutely rewarding contributes to your rest.

Work with me and my good friend Dana Malstaff of Boss Mom™ in the Nurture to Convert Society, the only proven business building membership designed for mom entrepreneurs to help you make a full-time income in 15 hours a week - and you can get started for just $47.

Learn more by going to deannamason.com/ntcs (*affiliate)

Join the Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms Facebook Group

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

This week has been such an emotionally tumultuous week as my family went through a roller coaster of decisions and events once we discovered we had a black mold issue in our home.

From having to evacuate our house in order to remediate the mold issue, to a lightening-fast response from the mold remediation team to get it all cleaned up so that we DIDN'T have to evacuate, Eddie and I are drained and mentally exhausted.

So in this episode, I wanted to quickly share how important it is to stay self-aware when you're in a midst of a leadership crisis, and remind you of the ministry behind your leadership - it takes a toll and you must make room for processing and healing when you need it.

What you'll hear:

• Why I believe your leadership is actually ministry service.
• The importance of being self-aware in the midst of our leadership
• The three things I did this week once I noticed I wasn't emotionally well.
• Encouragement for you to make room for your own emotional health and the power you give to others when you do.

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FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Register for the next Refreshed Moms Spiritual Rest Mini-Sabbatical

The #1 virtual experience designed to help mom leaders enjoy rest away from work and kids in order to reconnect with God and renew themselves spiritually.

deannamason.com/spiritualrest

Work with me in the Nurture to Convert Society

When creating your refreshed mom lifestyle, generating consistent income that feels absolutely rewarding contributes to your rest.

Work with me and my good friend Dana Malstaff of Boss Mom™ in the Nurture to Convert Society, the only proven business building membership designed for mom entrepreneurs to help you make a full-time income in 15 hours a week - and you can get started for just $47.

Learn more by going to deannamason.com/ntcs (*affiliate)

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

When you think of rest, do your thoughts automatically land on napping and sleeping?

Or maybe words like relaxation or "taking a break" come to mind.

If so, you're not alone - that's what most people think about.

Well, let me speak for myself - it's what I thought about.

It wasn't until my exploration of burnout recovery after closing the doors of my non-profit years ago that I discovered there's multiple ways our bodies renew themselves.

But, it wasn't until I was introduced to the work of my guest that I learned about the seven different types of rest every single human needs in order to live a refreshed life.

In this episode, I'm having a fan-girl conversation moment with the incredible and brilliant Dr. Saundra-Dalton Smith about her ground-breaking insight on the seven types of rest needed to optimize your productivity, increase your overall happiness, overcome burnout, and live your best life. 

Get ready to bookmark it - it's just that good.

What you'll hear:

• She'll explain the important distinctions between sleep and rest.
• Of course we're discussing all seven ways to experience and enjoy rest.
• We explore the idea of "coupling" work and rest, and I reminisce about how I used it when my kids were very young. 
• And you'll love how she explains what she calls the "gifts of rest."

CONNECT WITH DR. SAUNDRA DALTON-SMITH
Grab a copy of her book Sacred Rest
Follow her on Instagram
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 FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Register for the next Refreshed Moms Spiritual Rest Mini-Sabbatical

The #1 virtual experience designed to help mom leaders enjoy rest away from work and kids in order to reconnect with God and renew themselves spiritually.

deannamason.com/spiritualrest

Work with me in the Nurture to Convert Society

When creating your refreshed mom lifestyle, generating consistent income that feels absolutely rewarding contributes to your rest.

Work with me and my good friend Dana Malstaff of Boss Mom™ in the Nurture to Convert Society, the only proven business building membership designed for mom entrepreneurs to help you make a full-time income in 15 hours a week - and you can get started for just $47.

Learn more by going to deannamason.com/ntcs (*affiliate)

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Instagram: @refreshedmoms