The Refreshed Moms Podcast

Evergreen marketing... it sounds pretty jargon-y doesn't it?

Maybe you've heard the phrase thrown around here and there in your circles. Or, maybe you understand what it is but are at a loss trying to make sense of it for your business.

Evergreen marketing is not rocket science, but I must say, it is magical.

And I believe all moms with kids playing LEGOS under their desk should be doing whatever they need to do to make their business and offers evergreen.

In this episode, I'm sharing why I think taking an evergreen approach is vital for mom entrepreneurs to enjoy consistent rest from work, and why I'm dedicating my work with Refreshed Moms to helping as many moms as possible go evergreen!

What you'll hear:

• What evergreen marketing is
• The 5 things evergreen marketing allows you to do for you and your customers
• How the 80/20 rule applies to marketing and creating in your business
• The 3 AMAZING things evergreen marketing will create for your business

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The Refreshed Moms Business Reset

A 4-month guided program for mom entrepreneurs who desire to burnout-proof their business and make room for forecasted breaks and spiritual sabbaticals.

I'll teach you how to get the rest you need, then show you how to take a break from your work anytime you need to without sacrificing revenue.

Learn more about the Refreshed Moms Reset here.

Join the Refreshed Moms Free Facebook Group

Do you need a place to celebrate your need for rest, create consistency around your faith practices, and restructure your business in a way that makes room for both... without sacrificing income? I invite you to join the Refreshed Moms Facebook Community.

Join here.

Download the Refreshed Moms App - #1 Spiritual Rest App for Mom Entrepreneurs.

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Learn more about the Refreshed Moms App here.

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

When talking about living the Refreshed Moms life - a life that makes room for consistent nurturing of your faith, enjoying consistent rest, and generating consistent revenue - being able to release tasks and delegate them to others is an integral part.

Many things have to get done (this is a given), but some of those things... you just don't have to be the one doing them.

The problem comes in when we think no one else can do those things as well as we can. You know, your kids can clean bathrooms and the kitchen, but they're never really as clean as if you were the one cleaning them (I'm deeply in touch with this frustration).

But, when you hire a professional Virtual Assistant, it's not quite the same thing. They're coming in ready to remove some things off your plate in order for them to absolutely shine in their zone of genius.

That's exactly what happened to me when I hired my VA Ally Stiffler. She knows her stuff, and has been the best hiring decision I've made in almost 3 years of business.

And in this episode, she's sharing how you can make the same decision in order to delegate tasks that need to be done, but don't have to be done by you.

What you'll hear:

• How Ally quit her corporate job as an executive assistant and launched a business in 3 months to spend more time with her family. 
• What to do when you think "Can I afford a VA?"
• How to start your own VA service if you're looking to supplement your household income fast.
• Why I decided creating B- work is completely OK.

CONNECT WITH ALLY
Website: type-a-consulting.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ally.stiffler/

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GRACEFUL TRANSITIONS MEDITATION

Transition from work to being fully present with your kids with this Graceful Transitions Meditation.

You can grab it here: Graceful Transitions Meditation

The Refreshed Moms Business Reset

A 4-month guided program for mom entrepreneurs who desire to burnout-proof their business and make room for forecasted breaks and spiritual sabbaticals.

I'll teach you how to get the rest you need, then show you how to take a break from your work anytime you need to without sacrificing revenue.

Learn more about the Refreshed Moms Reset here.

Join the Refreshed Moms Free Facebook Group

Do you need a place to celebrate your need for rest, create consistency around your faith practices, and restructure your business in a way that makes room for both... without sacrificing income? I invite you to join the Refreshed Moms Facebook Community.

Join here.

Download the Refreshed Moms App - #1 Spiritual Rest App for Mom Entrepreneurs.

Download on iOS

Download on Android

Learn more about the Refreshed Moms App here.

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

If you've thought to yourself that you don't need a team member because you're more than capable of doing the tasks your business needs, this episode for you.

Here's the thing, it's not about ability, it's about capacity - your capacity.

I'm here to tell you, your capacity is limited, and eventually it won't be enough to hold your business in a way that allows it to grow, and you are most definitely moving towards that brick wall of burnout.

There are most definitely tasks that must get done, but dear woman, you don't have to be the one doing them.

And when you're ready to  work fewer hours without sacrificing revenue, delegating tasks to team members is part of that magical formula.

In this episode, I'm chatting with recruiting and hiring specialist Emily Perron about how entrepreneurs can know when it's time to hire, and how to make sure you're bringing on a team member that's right for you.

What you'll hear:

• How to know when it's time for you to get your brave on and hire a team member.
• The importance of knowing your zone of genius.
• The difference between hiring an expert vs. hiring help.
• And I'll let you in on why I was such a horrible 9-to-5 employee.

Podcast mention: Episode 128 - Making Facebook Marketing Work Through Storytelling with Enrika Greathouse and Joshua Noonan.

CONNECT WITH EMILY
Take Emily's free mini-course on the 5 secrets to finding fantastic freelancers. If hiring is on the mind, it's a great place to start.
Grab it here: https://www.emilyperron.com/minicourse

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emily.perron/
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Transition from work to being fully present with your kids with this Graceful Transitions Meditation.

You can grab it here: Graceful Transitions Meditation

The Refreshed Moms Business Reset

A 4-month guided program for mom entrepreneurs who desire to burnout-proof their business and make room for forecasted breaks and spiritual sabbaticals.

I'll teach you how to get the rest you need, then show you how to take a break from your work anytime you need to without sacrificing revenue.

Learn more about the Refreshed Moms Reset here.

Join the Refreshed Moms Free Facebook Group

Do you need a place to celebrate your need for rest, create consistency around your faith practices, and restructure your business in a way that makes room for both... without sacrificing income? I invite you to join the Refreshed Moms Facebook Community.

Join here.

Download the Refreshed Moms App - #1 Spiritual Rest App for Mom Entrepreneurs.

Download on iOS

Download on Android

Learn more about the Refreshed Moms App here.

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

We all know what it’s like to want to declutter but not know what to do first, or how to start.

We also know the challenges we face to fit decluttering and organizing into a busy life - that attacking it in between snacks, sports, school, work, and all our other daily responsibilities.

But, did you know that decluttering our spaces is the simplest, and most effective way to create more time, energy and space in your home?

Well, if you ask my special guest, it is!

In episode 1 of my Automate Your Life series, I'm chatting with my friend Krista Lockwood of Motherhood Simplified about how mom entrepreneurs can make more room for their rest - and work - with simple approaches to creating a decluttered home.

You don't have to be a full-blown minimalist to enjoy decluttered spaces, and Krista is going to show you how.

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Download Krista's free decluttering plan to get you started.
Clear Your Clutter Decluttering Plan

Listen to the Motherhood Simplified Podcast
https://motherhoodsimplified.com/podcast/

Our shout out to Shelly Longnecker of Dinner for a Dollar! Get to know Shelly and her meal planning magic here:
https://dinnerforadollar.co/

Download the Refreshed Moms App - #1 Spiritual Rest App for Mom Entrepreneurs.

Download on iOS

Download on Android

Learn more about the Refreshed Moms App here.

GRACEFUL TRANSITIONS MEDITATION

Transition from work to being fully present with your kids with this Graceful Transitions Meditation.

You can grab it here: Graceful Transitions Meditation

The Refreshed Moms Business Reset

A 4-month guided program for mom entrepreneurs who desire to burnout-proof their business and make room for forecasted breaks and spiritual sabbaticals.

I'll teach you how to get the rest you need, then show you how to take a break from your work anytime you need to without sacrificing revenue.

Learn more about the Refreshed Moms Reset here.

Join the Refreshed Moms Free Facebook Group

Do you need a place to celebrate your need for rest, create consistency around your faith practices, and restructure your business in a way that makes room for both... without sacrificing income? I invite you to join the Refreshed Moms Facebook Community.

Join here.

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

There are three pillars to becoming a Refreshed Mom:

• Consistent habits around nurturing your faith.
• Consistent rhythms of rest.
• and Consistent revenue.

It's the integration of all three that create the feelings of refreshment we all desire to feel as a mom and entrepreneur.

And one of the MAIN ways to accomplish this is learning how to automate certain parts of your life and business - in a way that creates more margin and white space.

In this episode, I'm kicking off my first round of conversations in my Automate Your Life Series!

I'll explore different ways we can save time, take some things off our plate, and make room for the rest we need.

I'm excited to get started!
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Download the Refreshed Moms App - #1 Spiritual Rest App for Mom Entrepreneurs.

Download on iOS

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Learn more about the Refreshed Moms App here.

GRACEFUL TRANSITIONS MEDITATION

Transition from work to being fully present with your kids with this Graceful Transitions Meditation.

You can grab it here: Graceful Transitions Meditation

Join the Refreshed Moms Free Facebook Group

Do you need a place to celebrate your need for rest, create consistency around your faith practices, and restructure your business in a way that makes room for both... without sacrificing income? I invite you to join the Refreshed Moms Facebook Community.

Join here.

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

When I recorded this episode, I was actively processing how I felt after jumping off a very challenging phone call with a board member of my non-profit.

The anticipation of the phone call that morning weighed on me, and once it was over, I was dealing with an entire set of new emotions that carried on throughout the day.

But I had a TON of work to get done even though I felt like shutting down.

You see, how we feel during our day directly impacts the work we have to produce.

And in this episode, I'm sharing what I did to push through the emotional weight of that conversation in order to get my work done.

And just maybe my story will help you when you need to make room for the emotional rest you need in your day.

What you'll hear:

• My brain dump list that helped me prioritize how I was feeling.
• Why comfort food is not off limits to me for my emotional bounce back.
• The tools and processing "containers" I used to pray and gravitate my heart towards God's wisdom.

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Download the Refreshed Moms App - #1 Spiritual Rest App for Mom Entrepreneurs.

Download on iOS

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Learn more about the Refreshed Moms App here.

GRACEFUL TRANSITIONS MEDITATION

Transition from work to being fully present with your kids with this Graceful Transitions Meditation.

You can grab it here: Graceful Transitions Meditation

Join the Refreshed Moms Free Facebook Group

Do you need a place to celebrate your need for rest, create consistency around your faith practices, and restructure your business in a way that makes room for both... without sacrificing income? I invite you to join the Refreshed Moms Facebook Community.

Join here.

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

At the time of this episode, it's just days after the attack on our nation's capital.

If there was ever a reason to press the pause button on my life, last week was it.

I tried to keep going - you know, "business as usual" for all the parts of my life - but I realized that I was gravely neglecting my emotional health by not making room to process and grieve.

So, making room is what I did. Well, it's what I'm doing.

And in this episode, I'm sharing 4 ways you can press the pause button when you need to in order to take care of your emotional wellness when it's screaming at you to "make room" for it.

What you'll hear:

• How the attack last week inspired me to do better work.
• My approaches to navigating social media when it's especially triggering.
• Why your emotional wellness is more important that nursing a social media algorithm.
• And small ways to begin chipping away at big goals.

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Download the Refreshed Moms App - #1 Spiritual Rest App for Mom Entrepreneurs.

Download on iOS

Download on Android

Learn more about the Refreshed Moms App here.

GRACEFUL TRANSITIONS MEDITATION

Transition from work to being fully present with your kids with this Graceful Transitions Meditation.

You can grab it here: Graceful Transitions Meditation

Join the Refreshed Moms Free Facebook Group

Do you need a place to step away from the noise of business building in order to focus on your self-care and integrating God and faith into your work? Take a business break in the Refreshed Moms Facebook Community.

Join here.

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

In my final episode of Season 6, I want to encourage you to let a few things go, and take a much needed break from work.

Maybe you need someone to tell you it's OK to stop and that things won't fall apart while you rest.

If so, this episode is exactly for you.

What you'll hear:

• My four encouraging tips for taking a hibernation break.
• How to wrap up your final tasks of the year.
• What to do about pausing social media.
• How I've missed the mark regarding my self-awareness around my rest.
• The number of days I pushed off Polar Express Night with my kids because I just. couldn't. pull. it. together.

Download the Refreshed Moms App - #1 Spiritual Rest App for Mom Entrepreneurs.

Download on iOS

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Learn more about the Refreshed Moms App here.

GRACEFUL TRANSITIONS MEDITATION

Transition from work to being fully present with your kids with this Graceful Transitions Meditation.

You can grab it here: Graceful Transitions Meditation

The Refreshed Moms Membership

A 4-month guided membership for mom entrepreneurs on the verge of business burnout.

I'll teach you how to get the rest you need, then show you how to make full-time income ($3k – $5k+ a month) in just 15 hours a week.

Learn more about the membership here.

Join the Refreshed Moms Free Facebook Group

Do you need a place to step away from the noise of business building in order to focus on your self-care and integrating God and faith into your work? Take a business break in the Refreshed Moms Facebook Community.

Join here.

Here's a fun fact for you:

Did you know that according to a study completed in Canada, moms work an average of 17.5 of unpaid hours more a week than dads?

All the diapers, bathing, hair combing, cooking, feeding, laundry, dishes, errands, dropping kids off and picking them up...

It all adds up.

So, it's no wonder we're so often exhausted, not knowing how to rest.

The question, however, is this: how do we decrease a few of those unpaid hours?

In this episode, my guest Lisa Bush Working Mom Wellness dives right in to talk about how gender roles influence the wellness practices of moms, and how to make more room for the rest we need.

Favorite Quote: "If we actually draw from the full talents of women in the workforce and the full talents of men at home, we all benefit." ~Sheryl Sandberg

What you'll hear:

• How Lisa began her work around helping teachers focus on their wellness so that they can be their best for their students.
• How gender roles impact our ability to rest.
• Why it's so important to move your task list from out of your head and into healthy conversation with your spouse.
• What to do when your spouse doesn't understand how you need to be supported.

CONNECT WITH LISA:
Working Mom Wellness Podcast
http://workingmomwellness.ca/

Facebook: Working Mom Wellness
https://m.facebook.com/WorkingMomWellnessCommunity/

Download the Refreshed Moms App - #1 Spiritual Rest App for Mom Entrepreneurs.

Download on iOS

Download on Android

Learn more about the Refreshed Moms App here.

GRACEFUL TRANSITIONS MEDITATION

Transition from work to being fully present with your kids with this Graceful Transitions Meditation.

You can grab it here: Graceful Transitions Meditation

The Refreshed Moms Membership

A 4-month guided membership for mom entrepreneurs on the verge of business burnout.

I'll teach you how to get the rest you need, then show you how to make full-time income ($3k – $5k+ a month) in just 15 hours a week.

Learn more about the membership here.

Join the Refreshed Moms Free Facebook Group

Do you need a place to step away from the noise of business building in order to focus on your self-care and integrating God and faith into your work? Take a business break in the Refreshed Moms Facebook Community.

Join here.

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

Let me tell you what quiet time with God looked like for me when my kids were little.

Laminated scriptures and prayers taped to the tiled wall in my shower.

Yes, my showers may have been just a bit longer back then, but that was my time.

And you know what? I still pray those same prayers in the shower today even though my kids are now teens.

Your quiet time does not have to look like something specific. Maybe you need to let go of what used to be in order to make room for what actually is.

And in this episode, I want to encourage you to let go of the guilt for good, and enjoy your current mompreneur realities around spending time with God.

In this episode I'm sharing:

• How to STOP being challenged with not spending enough time with God - we're going to go ahead and let that go.
• Why spending time with God is still so very important.
• How to let go of unrealistic expectations in order to open your heart up to a new way of approaching Bible study.

The Refreshed Moms Membership
I'm showing you how to recover from business burnout and restructure your business in a way that makes full-time income while working part-time hours... you need to hop in here!

Learn more about the 4-month guided membership here:
https://deannamason.com/membership/

The Refreshed Moms Starter Kit: 7 Ways to Replace Burnout with Rest with a Guided Prayer About Rest - grab it here.

Download the Refreshed Moms App - #1 Spiritual Rest App for Mom Entrepreneurs.

Download on iOS

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Learn more about the Refreshed Moms App here.

Join the Refreshed Moms Free Facebook Group

Do you need a place to step away from the noise of business building in order to focus on your self-care and integrating God and faith into your work? Take a business break in the Refreshed Moms Facebook Community.

Join here.

Instagram: @refreshedmoms