"Do more for your family" and "Be present in the moment" are conflicting messages that moms hear everyday. You may have heard it described as being a Mary or a Martha.

Claire McGarry felt that tension and began to look deeper at that Bible story about those famous sisters. Along the way she discovered a gift from that story.

In this episode, Claire shares her G-I-F-T method where we

G-Gauge what our stress is

Meet our Guest Claire:

Claire McGarry is the author of Grace In Tension:  Discover Peace with Martha and Mary, and the Lenten family devotionals, Abundant Mercy and With our Savior. She's the founder of mosaic of faith as well as a regular contributor to living faith Mornings with Jesus and Catholic Mom. She's also a freelance writer, and her work has appeared in These Days, The Secret Place, Chicken Soup for the Soul books and Keys for Kids, which is near and dear to my heart, is I looked forward to that arriving in my mailbox when I was a kid. And if that's not enough writing for you, she also blogs at shiftingmyperspective.com. Claire is a former lay missionary to Guatemala now living in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. 

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Website - http://www.thismomknows.com

Topics we cover:

• Claire's experience as a lay missionary in Guatemala

Resources mentioned:

You can go even deeper in the book she has written called Grace in Tension: Discover Peace with Martha and Mary.

Her book, Mary and Martha were from the Gospel Luke

Some themes you'll hear in this episode are:

• we need both doing and being, and

Claire's favorite gadget is her DustBuster!

Link to transcript: https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-62 

Connect with Claire:

Website: https://shiftingmyperspective.com/

Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/ClaireMcGarryAuthor

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clairemcgarrywrites

About This Mom Knows

Moms know a lot of things, and when we start talking, ideas form, energy builds, and we take action. This Mom Knows is a place for moms to mompreneurs to find encouragement, connection, and maybe even collaboration but most importantly community with moms who know.  So, grab a cup of coffee, maybe a paper and pencil to jot down an idea or two, and let's discover what This Mom Knows.

Self-care. We know we need it, but we don't always know how to do it in a way that doesn't feel selfish.

Jenn Collins from Mama Needs Box joins us to help us solve that problem and make it a natural part of our mom life.

Meet our Guest Jenn:

Jenn Collins is the Chief Self-Care Officer at and founder of the Mama Needs subscription box. Jenn is on a mission to help mamas understand the need for self-care and give them the tools and inspiration to prioritize it. Married to her high school sweetheart and mama to three amazing kids, Jenn and her family live in North Carolina where they still can't believe that they get to see mountains every day.

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Website - http://www.thismomknows.com

Topics we cover:

• The importance of self-care 

Resources mentioned:

The Fringe Hours: Making Time for You by Jessica Turner

Jenn's favorite resource is grocery pickup

Get 15% off a subscription (or anything on the Mama Needs Box site) by using the code PODCAST at checkout at mamaneedsbox.com

http://www.thismomknows.com/system

Link to transcript: https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-61 

Connect with Jenn:

Website: https://mamaneedsbox.com/ 

About This Mom Knows

Moms know a lot of things, and when we start talking, ideas form, energy builds, and we take action. This Mom Knows is a place for moms to mompreneurs to find encouragement, connection, and maybe even collaboration but most importantly community with moms who know.  So, grab a cup of coffee, maybe a paper and pencil to jot down an idea or two, and let's discover what This Mom Knows.

You have a message to share! Maybe it's a life experience that shaped you, a topic you have a lot of experience with, or a situation you want to help people avoid.

Mary Snyder is all about helping women take the message they have in their hearts and turn it into a speaking career.

Meet our Guest Mary:

Mary is a speaker, event, and tour producer. One of her favorite things is to emcee events for other speakers. Mary has a passion to help women take their message that is burning in their heart and start a speaking career. She's the host of Take the Stage Podcast and founder of Activate Your Speaking Career. But more than that, she's a mom and grandma and loves life in a small town in Alabama. 

Connect with me and let me hear your thoughts:

Website - http://www.thismomknows.com

Topics we cover:

• Mary's desire to help women start a speaking career

Resources mentioned:

Recipe Activate your speaking career; check out her courses at https://maryrsnyder.podia.com/ and register at https://maryrsnyder.com/activate-wait-list/for a Perfect System: http://www.thismomknows.com/system

Mary's favorite time saving gadgets are her timer and Asana for project management

Link to transcript: https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-60

Connect with Mary:

Website: https://www.maryrsnyder.com/ 

About This Mom Knows

Moms know a lot of things, and when we start talking, ideas form, energy builds, and we take action. This Mom Knows is a place for moms to mompreneurs to find encouragement, connection, and maybe even collaboration but most importantly community with moms who know.  So, grab a cup of coffee, maybe a paper and pencil to jot down an idea or two, and let's discover what This Mom Knows.

Who's on your Mom Team? We have lots of conversations about how people, systems, and even gadgets can nicely fill spots, but we don't often talk about the most important member - Jesus. 

Heather Jonsson from the Bold Mercies Podcast is with us today toshares her experience of digging out of overwhelm and giving Jesus a leading role on her Mom Team.

Meet our Guest Heather:

Heather Jonsson is mom to five teens and tweens, mostly teens, and a proud Air Force spouse. She and her husband have been married for 21 years and currently call Florida home. When she's not nurturing her children, you can find her teaching, writing, or podcasting. In all she does, though she desires to shine a spotlight on the glories of God and His enabling power to walk in faith.

Connect with me and let me hear your thoughts:

Website: https://www.thismomknows.com

Topics we cover:

• Heather's experience as a military spouse and the number of places she has lived

Resources mentioned:

Bold Mercies Podcast  http://heatherjjonsson.com/boldmercies/

https://www.bible.com/bible/111/JHN.10.10.NIV;   https://www.bible.com/bible/compare/JHN.6.35,48,51

Kay Arthur and Precepts Studies

How to Organize Anything in Your Mompreneur Life: http://www.thismomknows.com/system

Heather's favorite system is how she does laundry!  Need help on a laundry system for yourself?  Check out this post on doing laundry and some great tools to make laundry fun and easy. 

Link to transcript: https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-59

Connect with Heather:

Website: http://heatherjjonsson.com/

About This Mom Knows

Moms know a lot of things, and when we start talking, ideas form, energy builds, and we take action. This Mom Knows is a place for moms to mompreneurs to find encouragement, connection, and maybe even collaboration but most importantly community with moms who know.  So, grab a cup of coffee, maybe a paper and pencil to jot down an idea or two, and let's discover what This Mom Knows.

You're a mompreneur and your business is on it's way. But are your protecting your hard work?

Andrea Sager from Legalpreneur joins us to share why every business needs to have the right protections in place.

Sponsored by Podcast VA Association https://www.podcastvaassociation.com

Recipe for a Perfect System: http://www.thismomknows.com/system

hownotes: https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-58

FB: https://www.facebook.com/thismomknows

Remember when your kids were little and you and your kids got together with all the other moms and their kids? When you had support and community? And then they became middle schoolers, and you found yourself a little bit more on the fringes with less mom community.

Kim Caifano from Middle School Mommer is with us today to talk about being a mom in these middle years as well as starting a business during and for the middle school years.

Meet our Guest Kim:

Kim Caifano is a writer, speaker, and founder of MiddleschoolMommer. The middle school years can be lonely as a mom, but Kim loves to walk with moms through these formative years of parenting. Kim grew up in a small town of 647 people and moved straight to downtown Chicago after college graduation for a marketing job. Talk about culture shock. She currently lives in Geneva, Illinois with her husband and her three kids. 

Connect with me and let me hear your thoughts:

Website - http://www.thismomknows.com

Topics we cover:

• The desire to create a business and make money from writing

Resources mentioned:

Brian Dixon  https://www.briandixon.com/ and Hope Writers https://www.hopewriters.com/

WhatWomenWants https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/what-women-want-2000

The Three Amigos https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/three-amigos-1986

Episode 34 with Adriana Cagan on Living Your Priorities

Mom Walks series by Rebecca Prenevost

Kim's favorite time-saving resource is her Roomba

Recipe for a Perfect System: http://www.thismomknows.com/system

Link to transcript: https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-57 

Connect with Kim:

Website: https://www.middleschoolmommer.com/

(where you can sign up for her conversation starter download)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/middleschoolmommer

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/middleschoolmommer

About This Mom Knows

Moms know a lot of things, and when we start talking, ideas form, energy builds, and we take action. This Mom Knows is a place for moms to mompreneurs to find encouragement, connection, and maybe even collaboration but most importantly community with moms who know.  So, grab a cup of coffee, maybe a paper and pencil to jot down an idea or two, and let's discover what This Mom Knows.

When you sit down to work do you spend more time preparing to work or actually working?  Today we talk about the key components that you need when designing your workspace.

Connect with me and let me hear your thoughts:

Website - www.thismomknows.com

Topics we cover:

• Importance of an uncluttered workspace

Resources mentioned:

Episode 51: 3 Essential Systems for Your Business

Laptop Backpack

Computer Mat

File Organizer

Extension cord

2nd Monitor

Pencil Case

Webcam

Fingerless Gloves

Recipe for a Perfect System: https://www.thismomknows.com/system

Link to transcript: https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-56 

About This Mom Knows

Moms know a lot of things, and when we start talking, ideas form, energy builds, and we take action. This Mom Knows is a place for moms to mompreneurs to find encouragement, connection, and maybe even collaboration but most importantly community with moms who know.  So, grab a cup of coffee, maybe a paper and pencil to jot down an idea or two, and let's discover what This Mom Knows.

Riley Whitson knows all about meal planning with Plan to Eat.  Meal planning is one of the 3 key systems that will let you put your energy into more important things, and Plan to Eat is exactly what you need.

Meet our Guest Riley:

Riley Whitson is Director of Marketing Communications for my favorite tool Plan to Eat. She has worked for Plan to Eat for the last seven years and in that time has held many different roles and holds a certification in meal planning. She's a mom of a feisty two year old little girl. And over the last two years, she has discovered just exactly how important meal planning is to the life of a family.

Connect with me and let me hear your thoughts:

Website - http://www.thismomknows.com

Topics we cover:

• How Riley ended up working at Plan to Eat

Resources mentioned:

Check out her Recipe 

Link to transcript: https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-55

Connect with Riley:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/plantoeat/

About This Mom Knows

Moms know a lot of things, and when we start talking, ideas form, energy builds, and we take action. This Mom Knows is a place for moms to mompreneurs to find encouragement, connection, and maybe even collaboration but most importantly community with moms who know.  So, grab a cup of coffee, maybe a paper and pencil to jot down an idea or two, and let's discover what This Mom Knows.

We're celebrating and it's all thanks to you!

Did you know most podcasts don't make it past 10 episodes? (True story!) But thanks to you, This Mom Knows is 1-year old!

To celebrate we're highlighting your favorite episodes of this past year.

Connect with me and let me hear your thoughts:

Website - www.thismomknows.com

Resources mentioned:

Episode 3: Jenn Uren on Overwhelm

Recipe for a Perfect System: http://www.thismomknows.com/system

Link to transcript: https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-54 

About This Mom Knows

Moms know a lot of things, and when we start talking, ideas form, energy builds, and we take action. This Mom Knows is a place for moms to mompreneurs to find encouragement, connection, and maybe even collaboration but most importantly community with moms who know.  So, grab a cup of coffee, maybe a paper and pencil to jot down an idea or two, and let's discover what This Mom Knows.

Kate Kordsmeier knows being a mompreneur means that we have to wear many hats. But just because we are responsible for something doesn't mean that we have to trade our time to get it done. Kate has leveraged systems - especially evergreen funnels -- effectively turning a significant portion of her income into a passive revenue that allows her to invest her energy into the things that matter to her -- especially her growing family.

Meet our Guest Kate:

Kate Kordsmeier is a writer, educator and creative entrepreneur. She lives in Atlanta with her husband Matt and their two kiddos, Jackson, and Gemma and their three, fur babies Scout, Boo, and Finch - and yes, they are named for the characters and To Kill a Mockingbird. She left a flourishing freelance writing career to start a holistic wellness blog called Root + Revel, which became a multi six figure business. She now teaches other heart centered online entrepreneurs to monetize their online business with sustainable tactics that don't result in burnout or selling their soul. She does this through two courses that she offers and she's also a fellow podcaster. And you can hear her on the podcast Sucess with Soul. 

Connect with me and let me hear your thoughts:

Website - http://www.thismomknows.com

Topics we cover:

• The concept of working smarter, not harder, and scaling income without burning out

Resources mentioned:

Listen to her podcast, Success with Soul 

Register and grab her Free Webinar Masterclass on “Six Systems  for Six-Figure CEO’s https://katekordsmeier.com/6-systems to get 2 free bonuses.

Kate's favorite resource is Cyclical Living.  Learn more in the book Woman Code or Do Less.

Link to transcript: https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-53 

Connect with Kate:

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/katekordsmeier/

About This Mom Knows

Moms know a lot of things, and when we start talking, ideas form, energy builds, and we take action. This Mom Knows is a place for moms to mompreneurs to find encouragement, connection, and maybe even collaboration but most importantly community with moms who know.  So, grab a cup of coffee, maybe a paper and pencil to jot down an idea or two, and let's discover what This Mom Knows.