What’s your passion? What lights you up? What are you good at? What makes you happy?

These are common questions you ask yourself when you’re feeling stuck or in a season of transition. Or if you're like me, questions you ask yourself when you're up at midnight with your toddler who won't go to bed #momlife

Today’s Selfish Mom is Anissa Knight, a Military Veteran and mother of 2 who is sharing her pursuit of personal happiness through dance and self-care.

As a busy mom of 2 teens, Anissa opens up about rediscovering her passion, overcoming society's expectations, and the liberating journey to authenticity. This episode is packed with tips and ideas on how to pursue your passions, ways to cultivate rest, how to create Social Media boundaries for your kids, and the habits that keep her motivated to practice self care daily.

Self care comes in many different forms and for Anissa Knight, it’s through dance. Tune in to hear her connection between dance and self-care. Follow Anissa on instagram @TheAnissaKnight to watch her dance her way through motherhood with love, peace, and happiness.

What do you think your life would look like if you dedicated 3 hours every morning to rest for 3 months? In this episode of The Selfish Mom Podcast, Imani Samuels shares her experience with corporate trauma that led her to the path of becoming a minister of Rest. An amazing mother of 2, ex-corporate overachiever, and founder of Huru, Imani shares her thoughts on the positive impact of real time affirmations, generational chronic exhaustion, and a proven formula of Food, Activity, and Rest that helped so many people integrate rest into their daily lives. I hope my conversation with Imani inspires you to prioritize your rest and self care.

My key takeaways are:

If you want to learn how to integrate self care and rest into your daily life, check out Huru to get a custom and concentrated experience of rest delivered through Food, Activity, and Rest.You can connect with Imani  on Instagram @huru_space 

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If you feel like you’re living a life centered around your kids, then this episode is for you. In this episode of The Selfish Mom Podcast I’m diving in on the importance of creating an identity outside of being a mom. My good friend Jasmine Smith shares how she created time and space for self care as a young single mom. Reflecting on 22 years of motherhood, she shares how social self care, positive self talk, and self awareness have helped her overall wellbeing as a multifaceted creative entrepreneur, Government Executive, and a mom.

My key takeaways from our conversation are:

Follow my girl Jasmine on Instagram @thejasminesmith to get more behind the scenes of her life as a Selfish Mom featuring her thoughts on entrepreneurship and living a full life in the DMV.

If you’ve ever felt the pressure to excel at work while playing the role of Super Mom at home, then this episode is for you. I’m so excited to welcome my first guest to The Selfish Mom Podcast! Sheena and I have been friends for over a decade, so you can expect the real talk and vulnerability to shine through during our conversation. We dive into her experience of being on the edge of burnout as a working mom and how she picked herself up before hitting rock bottom when we realized that she needed to start taking care of herself to create harmony at home and at work. She shares her morning routine and her tips and tricks to staying on top of her self care game and away from burnout and stress.

My key takeaways from our conversation are:

Follow my girl Sheena on Instagram @itssheenaprice to get more behind the scenes of her life as a Selfish Mom featuring her thoughts on fashion, clean beauty, wellness, and motherhood.

"Welcome to The Selfish Mom Podcast, featuring real talk with busy moms who have no shame when it comes to their self care. Each episode, we dive into their daily habits and routines, the struggles of being a mom, and the benefits of prioritizing their health and happiness. Learn from their experiences and get practical tips and inspiration to drop the mom guilt when it comes to self care. Join us as we redefine what it means to be a 'selfish' mom, because when it comes to self care, it's not selfish - it's essential."