The SuperMum Podcast

In today's episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday we'll be talking about how to rediscover a new passion, power and purpose in your life to create meaningful success and a purposeful balance in your life.

My guest today is SuperMum, Sally Thibault.

Sally has three adult children, one of whom is autistic, and lives on the Gold Coast of Australia with her husband of 35 years to the day. Sally is a professional Keynote Speaker, the author of two books, and a certified Emotional Freedom Technique Practitioner. If that wasn't enough, she's also a Women's Success Mentor and facilitates the Reclaim You programs.

With over 35 years experience in the Health and Wellness Industry, Sally has been featured extensively in Australian national and local media and is currently the Health and Wellness Expert on a Queensland national radio programme.

As the mother of adult children, Sally gives us her benefit of hindsight and perspective on raising children, and she shares with us how she overcame many of the obstacles of motherhood.

It wasn't an easy journey, having three children, one with Aspergers Syndrome, as well as managing her career.

Over the years, Sally has learned about the true meaning of purpose, parenting and living in the present. She believes the patterns of the past hold the solutions to what you want in the future. Today Sally will help us make sense of those patterns in order to follow through with the intentions you have set, and create success in your life as a mum.

I'm so happy to have Sally on my show today. She has so much wisdom to share from a mum who's been there in the trenches. She's here to share the strength and positivity she gained from her experiences throughout her mothering years.

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/043

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Taking a day off from your workplace is relatively straightforward.

You ask your boss, you get the thumbs up, and you're free to shop, surf or slacken off.

But taking the day off from motherhood. Now, that's a bit more tricky.

I know, I tried this week.

And failed.

This week on High Five Friday, I talk about the sure-fire way to make time for yourself in an overflowing life.

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/042

Go Conquer Motherhood!

In today's episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday, you'll learn how to 'Risk Forward™'. Motherhood can be a time of great uncertainty and it's hard to figure out the best way forward. You're often left without direction as to the right path to choose. Turns out, that's a good thing.

My guest today is Victoria Labalme.

Victoria, who has four adult step-children and lives with her husband in New York, is a Strategic Performance Coach and Performing Artist. She's an accomplished keynote and TEDx speaker, and has been in professional show business for over two decades. Her impressive list of clients include corporate giants such as Starbucks, Microsoft and PayPal.

Although Victoria commonly helps elite entrepreneurs, best-selling authors and C-suite executives to communicate with confidence, authenticity and impact, her work can also be applied to mums. In fact, the concept of Risking Forward™ aligns perfectly with mums because it's something you already do so naturally without even realising it.

Rather than feeling lost, Victoria teaches you that stepping forward, slightly off balance with your heart open can be a beneficial way to live your life. Uncertainty is actually a virtue, and we need to embrace it and find confidence in it.

I'm so excited to welcome Victoria to my podcast because she shows you that, as she says in her Risk Forward™ TEDx talk, "Periods of uncertainty, when a path or a project is not yet clear, are fertile and full of promise and that they are to be respected and honoured."

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/041

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Crying baby. Out of control toddlers. Noisy children.

And a husband who can't sort it out.

Flippin' useless.

So you swoop in, pick up the pieces and reclaim order.

While cursing him in your head.

But what if doing it yourself (minus stabbing virtual pins in him) turns out to be the best solution?

This week on High Five Friday, I challenge you to think about your impatient husband in a different light.

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/040

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In today's episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday, we're going on an adventure. Back in time to the 18th Century where we follow the extraordinary story of a mother of yesteryear. If Mary Wollstonecraft was around today, she would be considered a pretty normal mum. But back then her actions and choices caused plenty of tut-tutting and twitching curtains, and her bad reputation preceded her.

My guest today is SuperMum Bee Rowlatt.

Bee is a writer, journalist and broadcaster who has worked for the BBC for over two decades. She's a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph, and the author of several books including 'In Search of Mary' which we'll be talking about today. Oh, and if that wasn't enough, she also has four children aged between 6 and 15. Bee, her husband and four kids moved from London to New Delhi a couple of years ago in search of their next life-experience.

In a moment of 'mum-life crisis' and sick of the endless piles of laundry, Bee whisked up her 10 month old son and set off on an extraordinary adventure in search of the life and legacy of Mary Wollstonecraft, the first celebrity feminist.

In her quest to find a new balance between careers and babies, Bee also discovered the importance of celebrating the radiant power of love in all our lives.

In discussing motherhood in the 1790's, Bee brings the joys, challenges and craziness of being a mum right back into the 21st Century. We talk about 'having it all' as a mum; the influence of culture on your experience as a mum; and creating adventure in your life despite the restrictions of motherhood.

Bee is the most down-to-earth, tell-it-like-it-is, frank, honest and open mum I've had on the show, and I know you're gonna love her. So hold on to your hats, we're going on an adventure!

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/039

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Kids, can you help me clear up the dinner table please?

Guys, did you hear me?

Would you mind helping to clear up?

Hey, I'm speaking to you.

Come and help clear up.

How many times do I have to ask?

Kids! Come and clear up the dinner table.

N O W!!!

Getting kids to help with the chores is painful to say the least. In fact, given the choice, pulling out my teeth with rusty pliers seems like a good option.

But getting your brood to help around the house is not only beneficial to them, it's beneficial to you.

It will test your patience to the max, but you'll reap the rewards in the long-run.

In this weeks episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about the benefits of getting your kids to help around the house, and how as the mum, you can program your own mind to achieve it.

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/038

Go Conquer Motherhood!

In today's episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday, we'll be discovering how to set the burning desire in your belly ablaze.

As a busy mum with competing demands and limited time you often feel torn and pulled in different directions. You pour out so much of yourself, your emotions, your energy into your family. It can feel like you're carrying so much, but at the same time being 'unproductive' in the world's eyes, despite wanting to make your mark.

But we're going to give you another perspective.

My guest today is SuperMum Kate Greenstock

Kate, her husband, and their three children, who are 13, 11 and 7, live near Richmond Park in Greater London where she loves to breathe, cycle and deer stalk. Transitioning from a calling-the-shots career woman, to being a mother with no rule book to follow, proved to be more of a challenge than Kate expected.

But she found a solution, and along with it, her calling to help other mothers who were also feeling lost in motherhood.

At Wild Rubies, Kate helps mums to feel like they're truly living, rather than just existing; re-discovering themselves and re-imagining their work lives in the process​.

If you're tired of being seen as just a worker or just a mother, Kate will help you find a way forward. Then you get to be seen by the world full and whole, and in creative technicolour.

Kate gives you permission to ​take the space to breathe ​and​​ ​find the clarity ​needed ​to set your eyes on what's ahead for you.

I'm so excited to welcome Kate to my show because she will teach you to be more like your children – incomplete, imperfect, curious, daring, outrageous and completely loved – and in doing so, fuel that fire in your belly.

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/037

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Do you ever feel that if one more thing goes wrong you'll break down and cry? Or if one more demand is placed on you, you'll surely explode?

Humm. Me too.

I call it stacking.

Each little tug on your time is perfectly innocent in it's own right. But one thing gets stacked on top of another, and another on top of that. Eventually you have such a tall tower it starts to topple.

And of course toppling towers end up crashing down in a pile on the floor.

Our challenge as a mum is to stop that tower getting too tall.

Easier said than done, I know. But it is possible.

In this weeks episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about how to stop drowning in overwhelm and start taking back control.

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/036

Go Conquer Motherhood!

In today's episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday, we'll be talking about how to discover, understand and use your true strengths. As women we're often quick to identify our weaknesses, but are much more reserved when it comes to seeking out our strengths. The thing is, if we can play to our strengths and see them as our superpowers, we can use them to our advantage.

My guest today is SuperMum Nikki Smith

Nikki is a Psychologist and Career Coach, and the mum of two daughters who are 7 and 4. She's a keen surfer loves to catch the waves at the beach near her home in Barwon Heads in Australia.

In her work, Nikki focuses on helping her clients get to know their true strengths and encourages them to leverage those strengths to transform their work life into something that they're passionate about.

In todays show, Nikki teaches us that your true strengths are activities that energise you, and that you find ease with. The great thing about understanding your strengths, is that you can employ them in all areas areas of your life, including your role as mum.

When you discover your strengths, you gain clarity, confidence and momentum in your life; and when you play to them, you double your productivity, resilience and creativity.

I'm really excited to talk to Nikki today because she will help you understand your strengths and in doing so, discover the best possible you.

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/035

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This morning on the 30 minute walk to school, I counted the number of times I moaned at my kids.

I ran out of fingers and toes.

But I'm OK with that, because I'm keeping my kids safe, I'm teaching them to be kind, I'm helping them to be compassionate.

I'm bringing them up to be good citizens of the world, and I'm doing my job well.

But at what point to I need to stop being so uptight, and start laughing a little?

In this weeks episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about when it's OK to stop being the mummy-police and start to let our hair down a little.

You can find the full write up from this episode including the Show Notes at www.Lisa-York.com/034

Go Conquer Motherhood!