Nurturing Habit
Nurturing Habit is a a bi-weekly show about the ways we nurture ourselves as whole women so we can live more complete and vibrant lives.
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Self-Care for Introverted Moms - Summer Break Bonus
08/12/2020
Self-Care for Introverted Moms - Summer Break Bonus
Sheltering in place during this pandemic is especially hard for mothers who are introverts, especially when your kids are very small. You just.want.to.be.alone, but that space and quiet is really hard to come by. In this Summer Break re-run episode, I share a bit of my own story, finding my way as an introvert and a stay-at-home mother. I also offer suggestions for how introvert moms can better care for themselves and be more calm, recharged and focused by practicing self-care that gets right at the need for quiet and alone time (even if your family never leaves you alone). In this episode: what it means to be introverted and why at-home mothering hard for this personality how to learn your own signals for needing a quiet break five introvert-specific self-care ideas that you can apply now Links for this episode: - email me a note with what is currently frustrating you and how you'd like your life to feel. I'll reply with the next step in the process.
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Tidying up your whole life - Summer Break Bonus
07/29/2020
Tidying up your whole life - Summer Break Bonus
This summer break-re-release is an episode where I break down the philosophy behind the KonMari method, and how to apply it to more than just your house. After you listen, I want you to review what is - or was - in your life pre-Covid, and what you WANT in your life now. There is so much we want but still can’t have. But what are you actually relieved to no longer be doing? When you get to start doing all the things again, which are the ones you really want, and which do you just think you should go back to? What do you want to keep from this period of being forced into being slow and small? There might be a lot. What you’ll hear in this episode: an overview of the KonMari method and why this applies to more than just your closet some of the ways it feels in your body to feel joy other places in your life you can ask “does this bring me joy” and edit what doesn't why developing the skill to recognize your joy will allow you to unhook from the weight of things that make other people happy - but not you Links for this episode: - email me a note with what is currently frustrating you and how you'd like your life to feel. I'll reply with the next step in the process.
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How to Turn Yourself On - Summer Break Bonus
07/15/2020
How to Turn Yourself On - Summer Break Bonus
Being turned on means to be ready. Not, in this case, for sexy stuff, but to be ready to invite life in. Do you feel open to that invitation? Or are you instead worn out, exhausted, and touched out? Motherhood - life - doesn’t have to feel this way. But if you are waiting for someone to swoop in and fix it, you might be waiting a long time. This week’s episode (#64) is about how you can reconnect with yourself, reconnect with the world, start to feel alive and vital again. It is about how you can light yourself bak up again. In this episode, I explore what it means to turn yourself back on - to life, to connection, to fun, and yeah, maybe for sexy stuff, too. What you’ll hear in this episode Why you being turned on is important Prompts to figure out what your personal turn ons are 8 ways to get yourself turned back on Links for this episode - email me a note with what is currently frustrating you and how you'd like your life to feel. I'll reply with the next step in the process.
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Self-Care For Hard Times - Summer Break Bonus
07/01/2020
Self-Care For Hard Times - Summer Break Bonus
In this summer break re-release, I get personal about how I tended to myself in a particularly hard season; what worked for me, where I set boundaries, what I did to nourish myself. I hope you will hear some ideas here that you can implement in your own life. Ideas that make you think, "Huh, I hadn’t thought of that as self-care!” But it is. It totally is. And the effects will last a lot longer than a bubble bath, too. What you’ll find in this episode: the secret to how I menu-plan how I’m building my village questions to ask yourself to find out what you really need ideas about how to build your own super personalized self-care practice Links for this episode: - email me a note with what is currently frustrating you and how you'd like your life to feel. I'll reply with the next step in the process
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How to talk to your kids about hard things
06/17/2020
How to talk to your kids about hard things
How do you talk to your kids about the hard stuff? Illness, death, violence? Racism? If you feel completely unprepared for these conversations, this episode should help. While there is no one script to cover all the different conversations, there are some general guidelines that will help you feel more confident and brave, no matter what the topic. In this episode I share a rough framework that will help you prepare for and have a conversation with your child - at any age - about those more tricky or emotional topics. What you’ll hear in this episode: How to approach your child about a hard topic - whether they are 3 or 13. Why you don’t actually need to know all the answers. The most important part of any hard conversation, with any child. Links for this show - email me a note with what is currently frustrating you and how you'd like your life to feel. I'll reply with the next step in the process.
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Better parenting starts with you - with Casey O'Roarty
06/10/2020
Better parenting starts with you - with Casey O'Roarty
Do you feel like a good parent every day? Or do you snap and get frustrated, say things you regret, and wish you had different kids?: Welcome to being human during a pandemic, so give yourself some grace. You don’t have to be stuck here. Doing your own personal work - increasing your awareness, mindfulness, and self-care - can change everything about how you parent. My guest for this episode, Casey O’Roarty, has been training and coaching parents since 2007, and credits her commitment to her own personal work to helping her get through some pretty intense stuff - not even including the current world crisis. Her work encourages parents to discover the purpose of their journey, while also providing them with tools and a shift of mindset that allows them to deepen their relationships with themselves and their families. Links for this episode - email me a note with what is currently frustrating you and how you'd like your life to feel. I'll reply with the next step in the process.
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What is the meaning of all this? With Uma Girish
05/20/2020
What is the meaning of all this? With Uma Girish
Uma Girish believes that this pandemic is here to teach us something important. Uma is an author, speaker and life purpose coach, and she believes that you are here, at this moment in time, on purpose. What can you learn from this experience? How can you support and usher your kids through it so that it has greater meaning than just being paused? What you’ll hear in this episode Why this pandemic is happening now and what we can learn from it Why the global scale and interconnectedness of this experience is so important How to support yourself and how to support your children in their experience during this time. An exercise in softening your anxiety Links for this episode:
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How to make everything easier - live coaching with Dacy
05/06/2020
How to make everything easier - live coaching with Dacy
“I need help following through on doing things that are good for me,” is what she said to me, but what she really needed was: permission to be ok with choosing her self-care time over chores identifying some hidden inequality in her partnership that she could address unearthing and questioning her expectations of herself and her definition of “good moms do…" In this live coaching episode, I help Dacy dig in to what was REALLY going on, what she really WANTED - and it was not at all what she thought she was after. It was so much more far-reaching! What you’ll hear in this episode How what’s going on on the surface might be masking the real issue How to identify subtle inequalities in your relationship Why you get to define what an “organized mom” actually does (not Pinterest) Links for this episode
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Balancing it all during the pandemic, with Carey Osenbau
04/22/2020
Balancing it all during the pandemic, with Carey Osenbau
Last month, life shifted for everyone. I expect you are feeling the deep impact of that right now. I’m personally writing this five weeks into sheltering at home, a month into school closures and my partner working at home, and no end in sight. Every woman I’ve come in contact with is feeling the strain of this massive shift in our time, income, and the ways we emotionally support ourselves and our families. Carey Osenbau’s life is no different. She’s the mom of 3 kids and owner of a boutique branding business. Normally, her husband travels extensively for work and she balances the needs of her young daughter and teenage sons, while also supporting her business. But right now, she’s homeschooling, sharing her tiny office with her husband, who is not traveling at all but working full time remotely. And still running her business, because her clients still need branding! Carey also has a chronic illness that flares with stress, so she has to be super intentional about managing her mental health. In this episode, Carey shares how the systems she used to run her business and balance her work and life in the before times allowed her to shift into this new experience. If you are struggling to find your way in this new world, I hope you will pick up some ideas from Carey’s experience so that you can focus, balance, and find a bit more grace in this pandemic life. What you’ll hear in this episode a simple system that you can use to help you adapt during this challenging and changing time why a morning routine is so important for you right now what intentional stress management looks like Links for this episode
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Finding and Using Your Voice, with Chelsea Brady
04/08/2020
Finding and Using Your Voice, with Chelsea Brady
Today’s guest is a song doula. You’ve probably never heard of that. I hadn’t either! Chelsea is a singer and songwriter who works with women to begin to write their own songs, But that process, as she will describe in this interview, is so much more than learning how to place the chorus and the verses or how to set a story to music, it is about learning how to dig into what’s really true, what’s real, and as she says in this interview, sometimes that truth can be really not pretty, and has to be reckoned with. And that’s the place where her work and mine intersect, and why I wanted to bring her perspective to this show. What you’ll hear in this episode why writing a song is a metaphor for finding your voice why performance is such an important part of this process how finding your voice can shift everything in your life. links for this show:
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What should I do?
03/25/2020
What should I do?
We are in a period of time like none any of us have experienced before. It feels overwhelming, scary, and stressful. There are so many decisions we are trying to make every day, in an environment where we have never made decisions like these before. So how the heck we figure out what we should do when we are uncertain? When everyone has an opinion and they don’t necessarily make sense, or they might even contradict each other. What should you do when you are afraid, or when everyone around you is afraid? What should you do when even our leaders don’t make sense? What should you do when you find yourself in a situation where you have no experience to guide you? What you’ll hear in this episode How to make clear and confident decisions when you don’t feel clear at all The three steps to take before you make any decision Several free resources from me to support you in this uncertain and stressful time. Links for this episode:
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How to get unstuck, live coaching with Sara
03/11/2020
How to get unstuck, live coaching with Sara
Would you stand in front of a bus for your kids? Are you making decisions that are the equivalent of many tiny steps in front of a bus, over many years? The outcome is still the same - and it isn’t good for you or your kids. Sometimes we do things that are great for our kids, but are actually a detriment to ourselves. And then we feel really stuck in this decision. In this episode, I coach a divorced mom who has moved and changed jobs to live closer to her co-parent, which is great for her son, but is making her miserable. She feels stuck and unhappy and so tired. In this conversation, we dug into where the positives are in her life, how to reconnect with the kinds of things that light her up, and how to hold this current situation a little more lightly, so she can have more joy in her day to day life in spite of the uncertainty of what her future will bring. What you’ll hear in this episode Why listening in on someone else being coached can be so valuable An example of intentionally shifting your thoughts to feel better right away An exercise to reconnect with what lights you up (even if you think you don’t know) Links for this episode
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How To Turn Yourself On
02/26/2020
How To Turn Yourself On
What you'll hear in this episode How Erika found herself again after being swallowed by motherhood. Why roller derby is a great sport for finding your strength and determination. How being in a community with people with all different kinds of bodies can really shift your relationship with your own body. How to sell your work without feeling sleazy. Links for this show:
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Are you REALLY caring for yourself?
12/13/2019
Are you REALLY caring for yourself?
Do you know what you need most in each season? Does winter feel different to you than other seasons? Winter is so much harder for me than any other time of year, which requires some major commitment to my self-care. Which, as I confess in this episode, I've not been doing. What you’ll hear in this episode how I have to care for myself differently in the winter how I’ve been failing to do so what I’m adjusting and why ideas for ways you can care for yourself better in these darker months, too Links for this show:
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Permission to be you, with Melissa Camara Wilkins
11/28/2019
Permission to be you, with Melissa Camara Wilkins
Guest Melissa Camara Wilkins, award-winning blogger, speaker, author of Permission Granted: Be Who You Were Made to Be and Let Go of The Rest, talks with me about the ways we can give ourselves more permission to be our whole selves, and what that can do to expand our way of living. What you’ll hear in this episode Why the discomfort of showing up as your imperfect self is worth it What to do if you reach decision overwhelm in IKEA The kinds of permissions I’d like to give myself and my clients, after reading Melissa’s book Several questions you can ask yourself when you’re stuck Links for this show:
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Finding Yourself Again After Motherhood, with Erika Tebbens
11/07/2019
Finding Yourself Again After Motherhood, with Erika Tebbens
Sometimes what you need to pull yourself out of a funk is cozy slippers, hot tea, and deep conversation. Other times, what you need is permission to slam your body into another strong woman while roller skating. When Erika Tebbens found herself drowning in motherhood after moving across the country to a new community, the way she found herself again was through the surprisingly fierce community of roller derby. Erika is host of the Sell It Sister Podcast, and a coach for female-identifying people who want to make more money in their businesses without either complex systems or sleazy sales tactics and in this episode she shares her story of how she fought her way back to herself through a method that surprised even her. What you’ll hear in this episode How Erika found herself again after being swallowed by motherhood. Why roller derby is a great sport for finding your strength and determination. How being in a community with people with all different kinds of bodies can really shift your relationship with your own body. How to sell your work without feeling sleazy. Links for this show:
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How To Make Friends As a Grown Up
10/19/2019
How To Make Friends As a Grown Up
It is so easy to make friends when you are 4, or 8. Right? “Hey, do you want to play with me? Yet it feels so hard when you are 33, or 48. “Um, hi, I think you might be cool and I’d kind of like to know you.” AWKWARD. This episode is all about making it feel a little easier to make those first connections with new people. Because what I’ve discovered is that we can actually learn a lot about how to make friends from how our kids do it. Our adult brains just want to over-complicate the whole thing. So check out Episode 50 now for some ways to un-complicate making friends as a grown up, and get more confident about saying hello to that cool-looking chick at the park. And then have the courage to try again if that connection doesn’t work out. What you’ll hear in this episode: Ideas for where to meet interesting new people. How to start a conversation with a stranger. How to to make an impression as a good friend. How to keep the connection going - without being creepy. Links for this show:
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Manage your home the Agile way with Yvonne Marcus
09/30/2019
Manage your home the Agile way with Yvonne Marcus
Does your home feel chaotic, overwhelming, and like there’s constantly too many small things to keep track of, so you aren’t making any progress on any big goals or dreams? Yvonne Marcus teaches Agile project management methods to moms, so they can more efficiently run their homes. In this episode, she tells us all about what that means, the basics of how to do it, and the kind of results that her clients are seeing - like drinking coffee hot every morning, saving money, and watching their kids help solve their own behavior struggles. I mean, wow. And what I love about this is that it takes the weight of household management off the shoulders of the mom, where it usually sits. It increases communication and engages the other family members, even young kids, in taking ownership of personal and household responsibilities. And doesn’t that sound amazing? What you’ll hear in this episode what the heck is Agile project management and how can it be used to make your home life more efficient? How Yvonne manages to drink her coffee hot every morning Some ideas for functional chore charts for kids of all ages Why functional over pretty is so important how to handle big goals vs. small goals and goals at different ages how and why you need to delegate a lot more work to your family - and why that is so hard how Yvonne schedules her self-care on the family schedule every day how to identify values and a mission statement for your family the two questions Yvonne asks her kids to get real insight on their day Links for this show:
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How to stop feeling like a bad weekend parent
09/12/2019
How to stop feeling like a bad weekend parent
How do you feel about weekends? At various points in my parenting journey, I have dreaded them, looked forward to them, and felt entirely undone by them. A friend of mine admitted recently that she’s been watching the clock on Sunday afternoon, counting down until bedtime, because in the morning she can send her kids back to school. And she feels kind of terrible about that. Another friend has been feeling bad about not focusing enough on her kids on the weekend. Here’s the truth: We’re all experiencing different things on the weekend, but a lot of us are feeling bad about our experience. So in my mission to create more happy moms, I have some tips to make your weekends happier, no matter what kid season you are in. Let’s banish that Monday guilt, OK? In this episode: Why weekends might feel hard for you right now. 3 tips to make weekends feel better, no matter what season you are in. Links for this show:
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Bonus : Kate Swoboda on building a courage habit
08/29/2019
Bonus : Kate Swoboda on building a courage habit
How often have you wished you could just do something without being afraid? I know in my own life, fear is often the root of why I hold myself back, why I do not take that action or say the things I want to say. Enter Kate Swoboda, who has literally written the book on this topic. Kate is author of The Courage Habit,creator of and Director of the Courageous Living Coach Certification, where I received my coaching training. Kate firmly believes that the absence of fear is not the goal. The goal is to live comfortably with fear, and know how to work with it, and take the action you want to take anyway. It is because of Kate’s training and wisdom on this topic that I have braved so many of the very hard circumstances that have appeared in my life in the last few years with some amount of grace. To learn how you can be more courageous and navigate the hard stuff in your life with much more ease, check out this week’s bonus episode with Kate Swoboda now. In this episode: Courage is a habit; it takes practice. If affirmations don’t work for you, try reframing instead. Do more than talk about Brene Brown’s work; really learn how to practice vulnerability. What’s your kryptonite? Think about where you get stuck over and over - that’s where your work is. The best way to find your community. Kate’s On Fire and On Purpose practice. Links for this show
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Asking for what you want (in and out of the bedroom) with Leah Carey
08/18/2019
Asking for what you want (in and out of the bedroom) with Leah Carey
I’ve heard over and over from clients that they are in a season where sex feels not much fun. They are tired, touched out, and have no energy to give their partners. They miss it, but they also don’t really want to do it. That’s totally normal. In this conversation with Leah Carey, we discuss some of the ways that you can get really clear about what kind of intimacy you want with your partner, no matter what season you are in, and how to find your voice to ask for it. And what I find so fascinating (and important!) about this conversation, is that the more you practice identifying your needs and asking for them in any part of your life, the more you have that skill everywhere. You can get what you want in bed, and you can get what you want in the kitchen, and in the office, too. In this episode You CAN ask for what you want, and practicing that skill anywhere helps everywhere There is a normal - and wide - spectrum of desire. Intimacy can be just as important as sex. We all have different needs for touch, and there are so many factors that impact our current needs. How to increase desire, attraction, and interest in your partner. Wherever you are on any of this, you are normal.
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Gain more energy by taming your brain
07/30/2019
Gain more energy by taming your brain
How many times throughout your day do you take an action without really thinking about it? So many times, right? The reality, for any busy and engaged mom, is that is really noisy in your head. Some of that noise is helpful, keeping the show running, but some of it is less helpful, and it is running you. Your thoughts influence how you feel, and how you feel determines how you act. When your thoughts are aligned with your values and your goals, you will feel in control and at ease. But if your thoughts are running amok, you will find yourself exhausted, frustrated, and probably have a constant mean voice in your head critiquing your every action. But you can wrest back control. The simple practices I outline in this episode give you a peek into how you can manage your thoughts to create a life that you actually want, and where you don’t waste energy berating yourself. What will you do with all that extra energy and attention? In this episode why practice is important for your life get more energy in your life by cutting out second-guessing and berating yourself how your thoughts are running your life - and how to get back in control the practice that will help you create the life you want
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Taking the stress out of feeding your family, with Amy Vig
07/18/2019
Taking the stress out of feeding your family, with Amy Vig
Every mom I know stresses about food an their family. Most of us are the primary food-producers and we're thinking about food and nutrition and how to get vegetables into our kid’s mouths more than we’d really like to admit. And it’s stressful, right? Enter Amy Vig, who is mom, podcaster, and Natural Foods Chef. She turns parents into kitchen ninjas so that they can feed their families healthy food more often. Her passion is making healthy food delicious and sharing tips, tricks, and recipes that fit your REAL life. In this episode How even chefs don’t find feeding their kids easy. A different perspective on what meal planning and batch cooking can mean. Tons of tips for making your interactions in the kitchen and at the table easier. How to deal with picky eaters. How to help your kids be responsible for their own food.
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Taking the stress out of feeding your family, with Amy Vig
07/18/2019
Taking the stress out of feeding your family, with Amy Vig
Every mom I know stresses about food an their family. Most of us are the primary food-producers and we're thinking about food and nutrition and how to get vegetables into our kid’s mouths more than we’d really like to admit. And it’s stressful, right? Enter Amy Vig, who is mom, podcaster, and Natural Foods Chef. She turns parents into kitchen ninjas so that they can feed their families healthy food more often. Her passion is making healthy food delicious and sharing tips, tricks, and recipes that fit your REAL life. In this episode How even chefs don’t find feeding their kids easy. A different perspective on what meal planning and batch cooking can mean. Tons of tips for making your interactions in the kitchen and at the table easier. How to deal with picky eaters. How to help your kids be responsible for their own food.
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Never feel like a bad mom again
07/03/2019
Never feel like a bad mom again
This week’s episode is a battle cry for independence. For your independence from feeling like you are trapped in a life that never quite makes sense. Like you are messing up, no matter what you do. Like it is always hard and frustrating. Like you are never quite getting the support and recognition that feels reasonable. Does that feel like your life? I say enough. I know how to help you not have to choose between personhood and motherhood. I know some of the tools to help us be both, and to help it feels so much better, even in the midst of the culture that makes us hard. I know a dozen ways you can lay the groundwork in your self, your home, your marriage, so that you can stand up to a culture that doesn’t really respect or value you as a mom or even as a woman, and insist on respect and equality. What you’ll learn in this episode: what it looks and feels like to live in a culture where you are not valued why it has been hard for me to speak up about these issues before, and why I’m doing it anyway what your life can be like, if you were no longer wrapped up in whether you are a good enough mom how you can learn more about the 12 tools that will make your life begin to make more sense
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What to do when your dream is unclear, with Cathy Krizik
06/19/2019
What to do when your dream is unclear, with Cathy Krizik
What do you do when there’s something you know you are meant to create, but you don’t have any idea how to make that thing happen? That was the question Cathy Krizik was facing. Cathy is the author of 52 reasons for Hope: Finding Inspiration in Times of Trouble. She knew she wanted more fulfillment in her life, and she had a glimmer of a dream to write a book. Ten years later, she has published that book, and is joining me to tell us what she learned about the process of bringing that dream to life, alongside building a life that feels so much more meaningful. Sometimes the process of building something is as important as the thing you are building, and sometimes a dream takes 10 years to come true. But with Cathy’s wisdom, you might get to your dream a whole lot faster! Don’t miss your chance to win a copy of Cathy’s book this month - listen to the first pert of the episode for details on how to enter to win. What you’ll learn in this episode: How Cathy went from being a graphic designer to writing a self-help book The point where most people give up, and what Cathy did instead The one thing you need to do consistently to make your dream a reality
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How to get free of judgment - find compassion for yourself and others
06/05/2019
How to get free of judgment - find compassion for yourself and others
We’ve all done it. We’ve passed judgment on some mom for something she’s done (or not done). For being on her phone while she’s at the park with her kids. For going back to work “so soon” after giving birth. For extended breastfeeding - or not. For sleep training - or not. For making handmade organic baby food - or not. And have you ever worried about what other people will think about your own decisions, for your own family? I’m guessing yes. The reality is that all this judgment isn’t helping any of us. But also, we can learn a great deal about ourselves if we are willing to get brave and look at why we pass judgement on others, and when. In fact, this might be the thing that allows you to break free of your fear of being judge by others and making stronger, clearer decisions that you absolutely know are right for you. In this episode: What are the Mommy Wars and why they are so bad for all of us What's underneath your judgment of other women How to shift your thinking and bring more compassion and empathy to yourself and others An exciting announcement about the next episode
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How to change your relationship with money, with Rachelle Magadan
05/21/2019
How to change your relationship with money, with Rachelle Magadan
What’s your money story? We all have one. You’re bad with money. You’re a good saver. Money is bad, money is good. For most women, our relationship with money is one of our most fraught relationships, second perhaps only to the complexity of your relationship with your mother. But dealing with money is necessary, and learning to have a clear and grounded relationship to it is an important step to feeling independent and in control in your life. That’s why I brought my good friend Rachelle Magadan, owner of the Art of Love and Money, on the show this week. Rachelle works with women who want to be good with their money, but are afraid that means not being able to have fun anymore. She helps them create a financial safety net, pay off debt, and free up cash so that they can live a life they love. In this episode: How Rachelle makes talking about money fun How to celebrate what you do well with money, even if you think you suck at all of it. Why you need a cash cushion Why you need a budget (and some YNAB basics) How dealing with your money can be a nurturing act
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How to feel joy in and out of your home
04/30/2019
How to feel joy in and out of your home
I have become someone who folds and rolls her underwear and tucks them into a tiny box inside the drawer. I used to be someone who just stuffed them all in a drawer and shoved it shut, until recently the shoving had become rather forceful, because the drawer was overfull. So I KonMari’ed my dresser, and while folding and rolling my underwear while folding laundry is still annoying me, opening that tidy (non-shoved) drawer and finding all my things tucked tidily and prettily inside? That fills me with delight every single morning. And because I am someone who seeks more delight in my life, I started wondering how Marie Kondo’s ideas about confronting your stuff could be applied to more than the physical stuff in my life, but also the mental stuff. Listen to episode 39 now to hear more about what that could mean for you (spoiler: lots more joy, lots less overwhelm and guilt). In this episode: An overview of the KonMari method and why this applies to more than just your closet Some of the ways it feels in your body to feel joy Other places in your life you can ask “does this bring me joy” and edit what doesn't Why developing the skill to recognize your joy will allow you to unhook from the weight of things that make other people happy - but not you
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Know Thyself
04/18/2019
Know Thyself
You know yourself - don’t you? What I’m learning from my clients (and about myself) is that so many of us really don’t. Or we know what’s on the surface, but not what’s underneath. And like a duck swimming along, there may be a lot of calm on the surface, and a LOT going on underneath. But getting to know yourself better - your motivations, feelings, beliefs, desires - is really pretty easy. And knowing yourself well is a powerful step toward accepting yourself, as well as deciding where and how to make changes in your life. In this episode, I dig in to why knowing yourself can be so powerful and how to do it. Whether you just scratch the surface or want to dive really deep, these suggestions will get you headed in the right direction. In this episode: Why self-awareness is so important How self-awareness can lead to ease and to change 7 ways to get to know yourself more deeply
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