308 - Reflect & Release 2025 Keep What You Want to Take to 2026
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Merch and apparel is now available through an exclusive collaboration with Confetti & Cloth Boutique! Comfortable and stylish sweatshirts, hats, coffee mugs, and more! Available while supplies last. Find them on , , and their ! Sales end on January 10th, 2026 at midnight, so be sure to grab your Be YOU apparel while you still can! To close out 2025, Jill is replaying from last year. Before diving into the replay, though, she spends some time reflecting on how she’s come to reject the traditional idea of January 1st as a strict “new year” and instead embraces a more mindful approach....
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307 - The Analogy of the Oyster Making Pearls and LIFE
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Merch and apparel is now available through an exclusive collaboration with Confetti & Cloth Boutique! Comfortable and stylish sweatshirts, hats, coffee mugs, and more! Available while supplies last. Find them on , , and their ! Jill's episode for you this week is a brief, heartfelt check-in that is perhaps perfectly timed for the current holiday season! Listen in as she opens up about a sudden family health crisis - her mother-in-law, usually healthy, having fallen seriously ill and spending several days on a ventilator. Amidst the worry and unpredictability, Jill brings listeners into a...
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306 - Bad Mutha: Owning and Disowning Mom Guilt (Replay)
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Merch and apparel is now available through an exclusive collaboration with Confetti & Cloth Boutique! Comfortable and stylish sweatshirts, hats, coffee mugs, and more! Available while supplies last. Find them on , , and their ! This week, Jill brings back one of the most downloaded episodes in the history of the show, episode 15 titled “Bad Mutha” from 2020, long before she really had any idea what this podcast would become. She shares how she didn’t reread or rework it and how that is honestly part of the point. She was overwhelmed, anxious, and convinced that she was screwing...
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305 - Making YOUR List, Checking It Twice
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Merch and apparel is now available through an exclusive collaboration with Confetti & Cloth Boutique for Black Friday! Comfortable and stylish sweatshirts, hats, coffee mugs, and more! Available while supplies last. Find them on and ! Join Jill this week as she invites you to slow down with her - not “when things calm down” but right now, in these last days of the year. She kicks things off by sharing a few recent reviews that genuinely meant the world to her, including reflections from women who joined her at the recent BeYOULive event in October. Their words remind her why she shows...
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304 - The Last 30 Days of the Year? What?
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Merch and apparel is now available through an exclusive collaboration with Confetti & Cloth Boutique for Black Friday! Comfortable and stylish sweatshirts, hats, coffee mugs, and more! Available while supplies last. Find them on and ! Listen in this week as Jill takes listeners into the final stretch of 2025! With only thirty days left in the Year of the Snake (a year defined by shedding, releasing, and uncomfortable but necessary evolution), she invites everyone to step into December with intention, and she reminds longtime listeners that her annual December 29th ritual is coming: a...
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303 - Rewriting the Script for the Holidays
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Merch and apparel is now available through an exclusive collaboration with Confetti & Cloth Boutique for Black Friday! Comfortable and stylish sweatshirts, hats, coffee mugs, and more! Available while supplies last. Find them on and ! The holiday season is here, and Jill is also here to share her thoughts on how to avoid the holiday season being the stressful period that you probably believe it to be. Focusing particularly on Thanksgiving in the United States, she directly challenges listeners, stating that if you are tired of doing the holidays the same way every year, then it is you who...
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302 - Hijacking or Being Heard? How to Know the Difference
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Join Jill this week as she discusses the difference between someone feeling truly heard versus someone hijacking a group setting. She uses the example of a Zoom call in which two participants dominated the conversation, going on lengthy tangents instead of following the facilitator's instructions. Jill offers the possibility that such behavior is not meant to be malicious and discusses some possible reasons for it, including nervous system dysregulation, ego protection, and general lack of self-awareness. As the leader of a group, Jill stresses the importance of politely yet firmly redirecting...
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301 - Say It Differently, See It Differently
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This week on Be YOU, join Jill as she revisits an exercise from in which listeners were asked to do a "brain dump" of their fears and worries and then rewrite/reframe them in positive ways. She encourages listeners to continue doing this exercise, even affirming that many people around the world are participating! The key part of the exercise now? As Jill explains, be aware of when you are speaking your fears and worries out loud, and immediately "flip the script" by saying the positive version out loud instead. Jill gives some examples, like if you find yourself complaining about someone...
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300 - Live Recording from BEYOULive
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Although she is in disbelief that she is finally saying this, welcome to the 300th episode of the Be YOU podcast! This week, Jill shares some highlights from the recent four-hour BeYOULive event where more than 150 women from around the world came together to celebrate 300 episodes and being themselves! At its heart, the event was really all about helping women let go of the “masks” they wear in everyday life - roles, behaviors, and ways that they see themselves that are preventing them from showing up as their true selves. Through a series of exercises, attendants, without shame or...
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299 - Your Words Are Powerful. Use Them Wisely.
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We are only a few days from BE YOU Live!! Tickets are almost sold out! Join Jill for the five-year anniversary of Be YOU - a special in person ALL WOMEN BIG event celebrating 300 episodes of the podcast - on Saturday, October 25th from 1–5 p.m. in Fort Wayne, Indiana. You’ll get to connect and network with 200 amazing women! The community you didn’t know you had and didn’t realize you needed. Wait till you meet these women. You’ll get to sit back and let Jill pour into you and you’ll leave with more clarity, confidence and a remembrance of how gifted and glorious you...
info_outlineListen in to Jill this week as she discusses what it means to truly support mothers, not just with fleeting moments of self-care but in a way that actually changes their well-being. She shares how, while on a family trip to Orlando with her young grandson, she found herself observing the often-unseen weight that so many mothers carry. While at the resort, Jill reflects on how she saw an all-too-familiar scene: mothers managing the chaos of young children while some fathers remained on the sidelines. It sparked a reflection on her own past, on the exhaustion, guilt, and expectations that so many moms have to deal with.
Jill opens up about her own childhood, the absence of family vacations, and how this trip with her grandson brought unexpected healing. She also shares her thoughts on what real support for moms looks like and introduces her upcoming program, Plot Twist: OnlyMoms Edition, which isn’t about parenting tips or quick-fix advice but rather about creating a space where mothers can be vulnerable, rewrite their own stories, and prioritize themselves without guilt. Because as Jill has learned, a child’s success isn’t just about schedules and structure; it starts with a mother who feels fulfilled, seen, and happy.
If you have ever felt the weight of motherhood and/or wondered what it would feel like to truly set it down, then you will want to tune in this week because this episode is definitely for you! Also, don’t forget that Plot Twist: OnlyMoms Edition is coming soon! Enroll now at Jill’s website!
Show Notes:
[1:32] - While on a trip to Orlando with her grandson, Jill reflects on spontaneous travel opportunities.
[3:08] - Jill praises a Marriott family resort in Orlando for its kid-friendly activities and entertainment.
[4:01] - While observing moms at the resort, Jill raises interesting questions about gender roles in parenting.
[6:35] - Hear about how Jill interviewed a mother about her program for moms.
[9:16] - Jill is launching a coaching program in May for moms, focusing on self-care and support!
[11:32] - Jill discusses how many moms struggle with guilt and parenting doubts, but research shows maternal happiness benefits children most.
[14:07] - Jill is experiencing healing and grief as she reflects on her childhood and motherhood, reminding us that the repair can be stronger than the rupture.
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