The Tuned-In Mom Show (formerly The Inspired Weekly Podcast)

What's up! It's almost spring here in Tennnessee. Today I'm sharing with you 6 ways you can Spring Clean Your Life! Hope you enjoy! 

Get ya declutter on!!!

It's difficult to find time to spend with family. Today I share ten of the ways I personally like to spend my time with those I love.

Part of the goal I have for myself this year is to listen closely to what I need. Because the last thing I or my family needs is a tired momma. So it’s been great to really hone in on what I value and find important. I am amazed at how effective a few changes have been in my life---and I really believe it’s for the best.

That’s what brings me here today. We’re going to talk about social media and some of the things I’ve seen floating around the interwebs. People ready to delete all their accounts for Facebook and Instagram. Why I decided that it might be best for me to also delete my business Instagram. Over the past two or three weeks, there are talks about whether or not to quit Instagram. I’ve also seen people I follow talking about leaving most social media platforms.

And it’s kind of crazy, because in a roundabout way---my digital detox in January, opened my eyes to this very thing. To pretty much being ready to say goodbye to the digital space. I believed for my business and my sanity it was good to take a step back. All I posted last month were podcast updates. Besides I needed to reevaluate a few of my branding and messaging techniques anyway.

Plus, I wanted the opportunity to stay local to my area---put myself out there in my own town. Now, everyone has and will have their own reasons for deleting accounts or the app on their phones. But I’m going into why I chose a digital detox in January. Plus, we’ll dive into exactly what a digital detox is and how doing this has changed my life and could benefit yours too.

I used to believe that in order to achieve or be good at something than I had to be perfect I’m sure that is a trait that many of us share together. But the truth is if we constantly strive for perfection we will easily forget the why behind what goal it is we’re trying to reach. So, this episode is dedicated to living less for perfection and more in-tune with the baby steps involved with progress instead.

Of course, most of you know that February is love month---here in the United States. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner---but I thought I would put a new spin on this Hallmark holiday.

Because traditionally Valentine’s Day is all about showing others how much you love and care for them---with gifts and chocolates and spending extra time. But what about you? How do you love and care for yourself? And are you spending quality time with yourself these days? I got to thinking about this a lot---because I needed more of this for myself in my life. And I’ve done that successfully---even when it wasn’t, “love” month. But that is kind of the point of this episode.

Learning to love yourself no matter what season of life you’re in---and if you think about it, how often do you think about yourself in a loving positive way? Chances are if you do, it’s very rare. We all have those days where we wake up and feel super confident in ourselves---and we’re ready to take on the day. When we feel good about ourselves---we’re more likely to take better care of our mental, emotional, and physical health, right? We want to keep up on those things.

But then, like the humans we are, we have other days where we’d rather crawl into bed and not even come close to any reflective surface, self-loathe, and eat junk food. I get it, I’ve been there, done that. The truth is---and we’ve all heard this a time or two. We have to love ourselves first before we can love our lives. We have to fill up our own cups before the overflow can fill others. So my goal today is to give you some useful, practical ways of how to love yourself more. Because when we love ourselves, we embrace anything and everything that comes with being who we truly are.

So let’s dive into some helpful ways you can begin to love yourself more...

Now, of course, ninja mind tricks---isn’t some new thing I made up. But it worked very well for me to relate to my 6-year old. He loves to pretend he’s a ninja---and so it felt natural to go along with that idea. That he’s created a thought in his mind---that will help him get through the day. In fact, when I googled, Ninja Mind Tricks, I found many research articles online basically say the same thing, that in much of the work of a ninja, the importance of it is to harness great mental strength and power. And let’s even go back to the primitive days of our civilization. Yo those cavemen---had to be some straight-up og ninjas---am I right?

I think my voice talent was where I first realized when self-doubt came into my life. You know those pesky little voices inside our heads---screaming you can’t do that---what are you thinking!? You’ll never make it 2 seconds up there on stage. Those calls seemed to rule my life---the better parts of it anyway.

We tell ourselves lots of stories---maybe it’s to hide the pain of embarrassment, the doubt we have about ourselves. Whatever the story might be, we have lots and lots of them. Many of them on repeat since childhood---for sure! But what if we embraced all the messy parts of our life---didn’t deny them as part of our stories---and instead began to rewrite all the lies we’ve been telling ourselves for way too long?

Resources mentioned in this episode:

THE WORK by Byron Katie thework.com

Who Would You Be Without Your Story by Byron Katie

It's easy to think you have to live a life based on shoulds.

Tune-in to hear what my words of the year are and be inspired to pick some of your own.