There are 3 common reasons women don’t ask for help, even when they know it would relieve pressure, lessen the overwhelm and bring balance. In today’s episode, I am going to share what is hidden underneath each of these reasons and the first step you need to take if you want to become someone that delegates or asks for help more.
It’s OK for your kids to be unhappy. It’s OK for them to cry uncontrollably when you leave them. Your kids are allowed to feel whatever they want to feel because it doesn’t mean that you’re a bad parent. When you try to make sure your kids are always happy, it leaves you feeling exhausted and out of balance because you are trying to control something (or someone) that is ultimately uncontrollable. In today’s episode I want to offer you another perspective to your kid’s emotions that will allow you to feel more connected and calm in the midst of their big feelings.
Erin is on the executive leadership team at a marketing firm and through coaching went from feeling burnt out and overwhelmed as a working mom to feeling calm and balanced. In this interview Erin speaks of how her identity, before her daughter was born, was found in her career and what it took for her to separate herself from her job so she could make the necessary changes to leave work at work, to shut off her brain after a long work-day, to control her schedule and energy and ultimately feel calm and in control of her working mom life.
Advocating for yourself is a skill. It is something that you can learn and practice. Advocating for yourself creates confidence, motivation and helps you have effective conversations with your boss. In today’s episode, I am sharing 4 tips to effectively advocate for yourself and I will share the most common reasons women find it challenging.
Why is celebrating so hard for ambitious women? In today’s episode, I discuss my personal challenges with celebrating and why it is so important to do anyway. I will share the latest research on celebrating and how it helps create natural motivation and good feels toward yourself and your job and give you some very practical ways to make celebrations easy and fun…oh and…did I mention we will celebrate this being our 100th episode?
Have you ever caught yourself scrolling when you should be laser focused on a project? Or checking email while also playing a game with your kids? Or doing 1 last task when trying to get out the door? How do you correct course when you catch yourself doing the thing you are not supposed to be doing - in other words, living in default mode. In today’s episode, I share a tool to help you move out of “default mode” so you can make intentional progress toward your goals. It’s called: A protocol. I will explain how this tool works, when to use it and exactly what you’ll need to make it the most effective.
Self-care can often feel like a little "break" from the daily grind. But effective self-care that has you feeling rested and filled up for long periods of time is not found in getting your nails done or finding regular “me-time”. Instead, effective self-care is about caring for your emotional and mental health. In today’s episode, I will share 7 ways to practice effective self-care, that will create sustainable calm, joy and rest so you stop needing to take a “break” from life.
Most of us use the filter “can I afford it?” when making money decisions which leaves us feeling powerless when it comes to buying the life we want. But how much we make and how we spend our money is entirely in our control. In today’s podcast I interview money coach Nicole Stark-Hested, who shares her mindset around money and money decisions. We talk about how to leverage debt, the discomfort of spending money on ourself and ultimately the mindset that is required to buy the life you dream of living.
