Flash Fiction, Podcasting, and the Productive Struggle with Kris Baker Dersch, Episode 5
The Happiness Mama Podcast with Heather Ash
Release Date: 11/30/2015
PMS: Strategies for Feeling Better, Episode 23
The Happiness Mama Podcast with Heather Ash
PMS can be rough. Listen as Heather shares two key steps to feel better when PMS has you down, and learn 20 self-care strategies so you can take good care of yourself in times of stress or anxiety. Heather also shares how these challenging times can also be a gift to us, yielding unexpected benefits. You may have PMS, but there are things you can do to feel better. Highlights: Two key steps to managing PMS How to accept your feelings rather than pushing them down 20 strategies for ramping up your self-care Surprising benefits of PMS Happy birthday, Happiness Mama Podcast #2PodsaDay...
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Back to School For Moms, Episode 22
The Happiness Mama Podcast with Heather Ash
Summer is coming to an end, and it’s time for the kids to go back to school. Back-to-school time is a great time for intentional change and ritual in our own personal lives as women. Highlights: 8 Ways to Celebrate Back-to-School for Moms! Happiness Mama is an official nominee for the ! Listen all the way to the end to hear a message from a very special guest! Books and Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Shownotes: Spread the Word: If you enjoyed the podcast and want to help other mamas be happier, too, or and kindly leave me a rating, review, and subscribe. Thank you! How to...
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Body Love: How I Lost 17 Pounds, Episode 21
The Happiness Mama Podcast with Heather Ash
Welcome to Season 3 of the Happiness Mama Podcast with Heather Ash! Season 3 is all about Self-Love... Loving ourselves, body, mind, and spirit. This episode is about loving our body. I talk about how I lost 17 pounds in less than 7 months and got stronger and fitter in an easy, very doable, fun way! Listen and learn tips and strategies for creating your own new healthy habits. Enjoy! Highlights: My weight journey Pregnancy weight gain Postpartum priorities How I’d rather not be motivated to lose weight and get in shape The foundational mindset for losing weight and getting in shape (or...
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Meditation: My Story and How to Get Started, Episode 20
The Happiness Mama Podcast with Heather Ash
Heather shares how a stressful time in her life prompted her to start silent meditation. She shares what it was like meditating in her earlier days and how the experience of meditation has changed and stayed the same. She shares some of the benefits of meditation, as well as simple instructions for how to get started with meditation. Highlights: How a panic attack prompted me to start meditating What it was like then, and what it is like now Gratitude as a benefit of meditation Benefits of meditation, including managing stress and anxiety How to start a meditation practice...
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Bullet Journaling: What, Why, and How to Get Started, Episode 19
The Happiness Mama Podcast with Heather Ash
Highlights: How I got into bullet journaling #bujo Thank you, Elsie! Before bullet journal #bebujo What makes a bullet journal different Why the index is such a game changer How The Happiness Project inspired my habit tracker chart Ben Franklin’s 13 Virtues chart My search for a doable charting system My advice for how to use your bullet journal How I use my bullet journal The Five Minute Journal questions Keeping it free… How I do my Habit Tracker Chart My new habit My new month routine What’s so great about the actual journals Heather says about 6...
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What to Do When You’re Struggling, Episode 18
The Happiness Mama Podcast with Heather Ash
Highlights: Struggling with waiting, wanting, and not knowing We can help ourselves feel better by using various strategies, such as... Journaling Meditation Oracle cards Friends Affirmations Acceptance Inspiration Clearing Clutter Faith Gratitude Music And More! Books and Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Shownotes: Tim Ferriss’s podcast: Tim’s new book, s by Brene Brown by Denise Linn by Denise Linn by Kamal Ramikant by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole by Pema Chodron Quote Mentioned In This Episode: “The moment that you feel, just possibly, you are walking...
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Year End Review: The Pareto Principle, Episode 17
The Happiness Mama Podcast with Heather Ash
Highlights: We all need recovery periods. What is the Pareto Principle? How to use the 80/20 principle to analyze your year Heather shares the actions that led to most of her good feelings in 2016. Apply what you learn to make this year even better. Links and Books Mentioned In This Episode: Shownotes: Tim Ferriss’s podcast: Tim’s new book, Spread the Word: If you enjoyed the podcast and want to help other mamas be happier, too, or and kindly leave me a rating, review, and subscribe. More ratings and reviews lead to more eyes and ears seeing and...
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Holiday Mindset: More Joy, Less Stress, Episode 16
The Happiness Mama Podcast with Heather Ash
Highlights: The holidays can be hard. 3 common mindset myths 5 simple ways to change our minds to focus on truth, for less stress and more joy. Spread the Word: If you enjoyed the podcast and want to help other mamas be happier, too, or and kindly leave me a rating, review, and subscribe. More ratings and reviews lead to more eyes and ears seeing and hearing the podcast. Thank you! How to Subscribe to the Happiness Mama Podcast: Stay in Touch: Never miss an episode! Sign up for the Happiness Mama Newsletter here: and get the simple and effective Self-Care Workbook. It’s free! Thank...
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How to Create Healthy Habits of Self-Care with Heather Ash, Episode 15
The Happiness Mama Podcast with Heather Ash
Self-Care habits are vitally important, but they can often fall by the wayside for busy mompreneurs. In episode 15, Heather Ash explains 6 simple ways to create healthy habits of self-care, with practical strategies to help you get the self-care you need. Also download the free self-care workbook at to help you review the strategies and plan your changes so you can feel and do your very best and live into your purpose every day, in every area of your life. Highlights The six simple strategies to help you create new habits of self-care Why self-care habits can be easier to create than other...
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Self-care Is Not Selfish, It’s Essential with Heather Ash, Episode 14
The Happiness Mama Podcast with Heather Ash
In this special solo episode, host Heather Ash talks about essential self-care, why we need self-care, and how to get the self-care we need, so that we can thrive. She also talks about what it’s like to be an introvert and a mom, and balancing needs for connection and quiet while being a busy mama. Finally she shares two great books for getting started with silent meditation. Highlights The benefits of getting the self-care we need What is self-care The challenges moms face in getting the self-care we need Self-care check in… How is your self-care? Priorities Benefits of meditation and...
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- Favorite children’s books and authors
- How she got into writing when her son was a year old
- What exactly is flash fiction?
- Her inspiration to start her podcast
- Her experiences with NaNoWriMo
- The great thing about being the editor of your own podcast
- Her Christmas serial in December, a fanciful trip to the North Pole at Christmas
- How and why she podcasts while having a toddler
- Keeps her energy up for the things she has to do
- “Writing time” for our kids
- Starting out part time…
- “You kind of wake up one morning and realize you’re running out of somedays, and if you’re gonna do this, you might as well start now.”
- Ira Glass on creativity…
- Doing the work to get better
- Permission to suck, practicing for the time we won’t suck
- What a Native American basket weaver told her that she’s never forgotten
- The value of “productive struggle” and why it’s good to make mistakes
- How are culture is hard on moms
- Starting a blog or podcast when others don’t totally get it
- “You can’t get discouraged by the numbers… If it’s not worth it to you to do for you, then it’s not gonna be worth it because you’re not going to get a huge audience and you’re not gonna get all that right away.”
- What drew her to podcasts and why she became even more into them when her baby was little
- How we listen to podcasts
- The surprising criteria she uses to judge other podcasts
- Too many podcasts, too little time…
- Her main goal in podcasting
- New show idea! Women Belong in Baseball
- Three great pieces of advice for other moms: find your village, trust your instincts, & find moments of joy and creativity in the mundane
- The hardest part of the SAHM gig
- Embracing the “verb” of homemaking
Quotes from This Episode by Kris Baker Dersch:
- “You will fit in what you make a priority.”
- “Stop listening to the negative.”
- “There’s something to be said for just doing it.”
- “It’s nice to not know everything; it’s nice to learn by doing.”
- “Just do a paragraph. Just do a page.”
- “Some days, some months, it just doesn’t happen.”
Links and Books Mentioned In This Episode:
- No Extra Words, Kris’s Website: www.noextrawords.wordpress.com
- Connect with Kris on Twitter: www.twitter.com/noextrawords
- Women Belong in Baseball Facebook Group
- Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History
- Fat Fitness Girl with Katrina M. Thom
- She Podcasts with Elsie Escobar and Jessica Kupferman
- Brain Burps about Books with Katie Davis
- The Brain Science Podcast with Dr. Ginger Campbell
- Marketing for Hippies with Tad Hargrave
- Ira Glass on Creativity
- www.happinessmama.com/mindful-holiday Free Guide to a Mindful Holiday
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