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143: How to Have Another Baby When You’ve Tried Everythingwith Gabriela Rosa
You can't expect to do the same things and get different results. [Gabriela Rosa]
Gabriela Rosa is a mum of two and one of Australia's leading fertility experts. With over 20 years of experience in this field, Gabriela helps couples all over the world overcome fertility issues and miscarriage through her F.E.R.T.I.L.E Method, a specifically-designed framework that looks at all the areas of a couple's life. A system that she even applied to herself to overcome her own fertility woes and fall pregnant with her two children! So if you've been trying to conceive for more than two years, have had a range of failed treatments and feel like you've tried everything and reached the end of the road, Gabriela and her team can help. Through a holistic and highly-customised approach, Gabriela educates and supports couples in her Natural Fertility Breakthrough Programme to make changes that will help them optimise the chances of conceiving or having a successful treatment, whatever method they may choose. Gabriela has also educated over 85,000 people all over the world with her free 12-day Fertility Challenge, and she believes that if a couple wants a baby and are willing to invest the time, money, and energy to do what it takes, they will. In this episode, you'll learn what secondary infertility is and why it is something that impacts so many couples trying to conceive their second or subsequent children. You'll also find out how age and lifestyle, as well as male fertility and DNA quality, may have an impact on your chances to conceive. And finally, you'll learn about the exact steps Gabriela takes to help people get the outcome they want the most - a new baby.
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Show Notes: GABRIELA'S WEBSITE: Natural Fertility Breakthrough | Fertility Treatment & Education SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook: Natural Fertility Breakthrough Instagram: The F.E.R.T.I.L.E. Method
RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
133: The Power of Positive Psychology | Stephanie Myerscough 134: Overcoming Burnout to Do Life on Your Own Terms | Jessica Fearnley
GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway for this episode is no longer available FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/143
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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142: Eat your Way to Wellnesswith Jessica DeLuise
Simple practices can make an abundance of change. [Jessica DeLuise]
Jessica DeLuise runs an integrated medical wellness practice that helps people make practical nutrition and lifestyle changes to improve their health and wellbeing. Like me, when it comes to healthy habits around diet and everyday life, Jessica believes in making small tweaks to what you're already doing, so you can set yourself up for success in every area of your life. Because when life gets busy, we always fall back on our habits. So let's make them count. Jessica believes that a positive mindset plays a huge role in how we're able to make change happen in our lives - be it big or small. But she's also passionate about the fact that to improve our health and lifestyle as busy mums, we need to have access to the right tools. This is why Jessica helps her clients to become more efficient in the kitchen, create a better balance between striving for our health and taking care of our daily tasks, and to teach our children about fresh, healthy food. In this episode, you'll learn some hands-on cooking planning tips and ideas that will help you make healthier choices and prepare more nutritious meals for yourself and your family. From healthy snacks to super-food breakfast smoothies, in our interview, Jessica shared some easy-to-implement, tasty recipes that will set you up for success and completely change the way you look at food preparation.
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Show Notes: JESSICA'S WEBSITES:
Jessica DeLuise Eat Your Way To Wellness
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook: Wellness From Food Instagram: Eat Your Wellness
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor by Mark Schatzker and Chris Patton RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
128: Body Image: Listen to your Body and Learn to Accept it | Renee Avis 136: How to Get Your Children to Eat Healthy Food | Esther Blum
GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/142
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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141: The York Journey to Beating Childhood Cancerwith me, Lisa York
There is something good in every difficulty. Because every cloud has a silver lining. [Lisa York]
This week I have something a little different for you. This solo episode is not only the last one of this season and of 2018 - it also represents a final chapter in the Yorks' life. In this episode, I - Lisa York - talk about our family's journey of beating childhood cancer, as our third son, Benny, prepares to have his last chemotherapy treatment on the 21st December 2018 in Sydney. An uncut, unedited video version of this episode is also available, so if you'd like to get an idea of what recording a podcast entails (warts and all) here's your chance. As you may already know if you're a regular listener to the show, our son Benny was diagnosed with leukemia shortly before his third birthday when we were living in London (UK). In this episode, I talk you through Benny's devastating diagnosis, those hard few months of chemotherapy, and how we handled our darkest hour after moving to Canberra (Australia). It's a story full of twists and turns, lots of tears, tiredness, and difficulties. But as we move back to Sydney and prepare for Benny's last treatment, we are entering a new, exciting chapter of our lives. I am grateful for the people who shared this journey with us and feel lucky and blessed for the way Benny's leukemia has changed me and helped me grow as a person. This podcast and my online membership - Let's Conquer Motherhood - wouldn't exist if it wasn't for what we experienced over the last few years. We are a family who survived childhood cancer. And for me, the lesson to be learnt is that there's something good in every situation, even in adversity. So I want you to hold on to this. Tomorrow is another day. And you too, will get through it.
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Show Notes: LISA'S WEBSITE: The SuperMum Podcast BLOG: Team Benny VIDEO: Uncut, Unedited Interview Version RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
001: Secrets of a SuperMum | Lisa York 100: Celebrating 100 Episodes of SuperMum | Lisa York & Naomi Light
LET'S CONQUER MOTHERHOOD: My Story: Severely Stressed, and Finding a Way Out | Lisa York FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/141 GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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140: Living a Healthier, More Mindful, and More Compassionate Lifewith Clarissa Hughes
Let's stop judging our insides on other people's outsides. [Clarissa Hughes]
Clarissa Hughes is a Mindfulness Coach, an author, and a speaker. After being forced to leave a corporate job she loved in a large Australian multi-national, Clarissa came face to face with the reality of juggling being a single mum and working for a small business that didn't give her the flexibility she needed at the time. Exhausted, Clarissa eventually cracked under the pressure and burnt out. At a time when she felt like life wasn't much fun, Clarissa stumbled across the concept of mindfulness and decided to train to become a mindfulness coach. Two years ago, Clarissa left her corporate job. She now lives in Sweden, and her life has changed for the better. She now teaches her clients how to incorporate mindfulness and self-compassion into their everyday, busy lives. Through her work, Clarissa helps people feel calmer, more aware, more alive and aligned with what truly matters in life. In this episode, you'll learn how you can incorporate short mindful interventions into your daily life and what you can do when you start to feel frazzled and overwhelmed. You'll also find out why building good, healthy habits is the foundation of living a healthier life that will sustain you during the busiest and most challenging times of your life. And finally, you'll discover a way to become kinder and more compassionate to yourself so you can start to say no when you feel things are getting on top of you.
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Show Notes: CLARISSA'S WEBSITE: The Little Breathing Space SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook: The Little Breathing Space Instagram: The Little Breathing Space Book: The Mindful Menopause
MINDFULNESS GROUPS:
Breathworks Openground
PROFILES:
Kristin Neff: Self-Compassion Rebecca Ryan: Yoga and Meditation Teacher
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook: A Proven Way to Accept Yourself, Build Inner Strength, and Thrive by Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
103: Nourish and Flourish with The Self-Care Revolution | Suzy Reading 111: Mindfulness and Meditation for Mothers | Rebecca Ryan
FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/140 GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode is no longer available
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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139: How To Be The Mum You Want To Bewith Tanya Cunningham
Let me come and sit in the mud with you. And when you're ready, we'll get up and take some positive steps. Together. [Tanya Cunningham]
Let's Conquer Motherhood member Tanya Cunningham is a mum of 2 boys and a Life Coach based in Canberra. Having struggled in the past with her own sense of identity and with negative self-talk, Tanya now works passionately with mums to equip them and empower them to become the mums they want to be in the season of motherhood they're in. As a coach, Tanya supports mums with some of the practical aspects of their lives as well as with the transformational mindset shifts that will help them achieve success in motherhood. Whatever success means to them. Tanya believes that as mums we are always learning. While our children may be learning to walk or talk, we are finding our feet too - always trying to do our best based on the capacity and the resources that we have available to us. Motherhood is full of seasons - some of them quite short - and it's important we always make time to adjust and re-evaluate who we want to be as mothers in the phase we're currently in. In this episode, you'll learn why it's important to celebrate your wins on a regular basis, as small as they may seem. You'll also discover a simple tool that you can use whenever you become aware of your own negative self-talk, so you can help your brain to switch into problem-solving mode. And last but not least, you'll learn why it's important to have a long-term vision and strategy when it comes to motherhood.
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Show Notes: TANYA'S WEBSITES: Coaching Mum SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook Page: Coaching Mum Au Facebook Group: Be The Mum You Want To Be Instagram: Coaching Mum
COURSE: Teachable BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness by Jeff Olson RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
108: Understanding Your Emotions and Becoming Authentic with Anna Seewald 126: How to ‘Define You’ and Unlock your Own Potential with Fiona Murden
GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/139
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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138: Supporting Mums Through The Early Stages of Motherhoodwith Dr Emma Svanberg
Just because it's natural doesn't mean it's easy. [Emma Svanberg]
Dr Emma Svanberg (a.k.a. The Mumologist) is a clinical psychologist specialising in pregnancy, birth, and parenthood. Having always been fascinated by mental health, and how our mental and physical health is influenced by our histories and environment, after completing her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Emma decided to specialise in the perinatal period and support parents during what is often a delicate time in their lives, when rapid emotional changes and transformation can take place. Emma offers one to one psychological therapy, as well as group support. She is a keen writer and campaigner for issues related to mental health and parenting and co-founded the Make Birth Better network with Dr Rebecca Moore. She is passionate about spreading the message that it really does take a village to raise a child and that expectant and new mums and dads do need support and should not be expected to parent in isolation. This is why Emma is campaigning for change. She feels that, as a society, we need to begin to recognise how crucial this period of our lives is - so that it can lead to positive change and growth for parents and their children. In this episode, you'll find out why tuning into your baby's cues is so important and yet so difficult, and you'll understand how small changes in the way you interact with your baby can have a huge impact on your relationship with your child. You'll also learn who you should reach out to and how if you ever feel like you're struggling, and you'll discover why being able to express and vocalise your emotions makes for a healthier approach to your own mental health and your children's too.
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Show Notes: EMMA'S WEBSITES:
The Mumologist Make Birth Better
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook: The Mumologist Instagram: Mumologist
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
How to Heal a Bad Birth: Making Sense, Making Peace and Moving On, by Melissa Bruijn and Debby Gould What No One Tells You by Alexandra Sacks Post-Natal Depression: Psychology, Science and the Transition to Motherhood by Paula Nicolson
RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
110: Birth Trauma, Miscarriage, Suicide; Handling the Dark Side | Dr Rebecca Moore 124: Birth Trauma: How to Heal a Bad Birth | Melissa Bruijn and Debby Gould
GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode is no longer available FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/138
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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137: Empowering Mums to Become Successful Consultantswith Amy Rasdal
You can have a meaningful, high-earning, and powerful career on your own, where you decide the what, when, where, and how much. [Amy Rasdal]
Fifteen years ago, Amy Rasdal left her corporate job to start her own consulting business. Today, through her brand Billable with Baby, she helps other working mums leave the corporate world and start their own successful consulting businesses. Amy makes it possible for women who love their job and have years of experience and education behind them, to gain the confidence and courage they need to build businesses that work around their families. Because having a baby doesn't mean having to make financial or professional sacrifices! Through her practical approach and advice, Amy empowers mums to identify the skills that make them experts at what they do, so they can start to offer the right services to the people who need them and charge their worth. Amy believes that your business should make you money from the word go because that's the only way to create a career that truly gives you the freedom and flexibility to live a life on your terms and no one else's. In this episode, you'll learn about the exact three steps you can take to secure your first clients and create a solid business that will generate money quickly. You'll also find out how not to underprice yourself, why getting a website or professional headshots shouldn't be your priorities when you first start out, and how confidence and financial planning play a big role in your consultancy business.
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Show Notes: AMY'S WEBSITE: Billable With Baby FREE MINI COURSE: 3 Action Steps to Generate Revenue Now with Amy Rasdal. SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook: Billable with Baby Instagram: Billable with Baby
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: On Wings of Eagles by Ken Follett. RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
116: How to Make Your Work, Work for You | Lucy Parsons 129: Mums and Career: Returning to Work with Confidence | Janine Esbrand
GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/137
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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136: How to Get Your Children to Eat Healthy Foodwith Esther Blum
Food is fuel for the body. [Esther Blum]
Esther Blum is an Integrative Dietician and author based in Connecticut, where she runs a busy private practice. Over the years, Esther has coached thousands of women to help them eliminate the need for medication, lose stubborn belly fat, reverse chronic illness, and smile when they look in the mirror. She's passionate about helping more people shift the cultural conversation around food so that you can eat more healthily but also teach your children that good food is great fuel for our bodies. Together with her 11-year-old son, Esther has developed a 6-week online program, Nutrition School for Families, to address all the tough food and health challenges that we face at home such as food battles, sleep issues, sensory issues, picky eaters, ADHD, constipation, overweight children and body image issues, and immune function. Just like I do, Esther believes that with the right mindset and the willingness to plan ahead and get organised, you can eat a healthy diet, even if you're a busy mum. You can learn to sustain your body with the right kind of energy that will get you through the day, train your body to crave healthy food, and teach your children good eating habits from a young age. In this episode, you'll learn how to set your children up for a lifetime of healthier choices just by having clear boundaries around food. You'll also find out why eating meals as a family, preferably without technology, is important in helping your children develop a healthy mindset when it comes to their meal preferences. If you have a picky eater in your family, you'll learn some strategies that you can use to encourage your little ones to try new foods, and you'll even find out why the temperature and texture of certain foods can be an issue for some children.
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Facebook: Esther Blum Instagram: Gorgeous Esther
EBOOK: The Eat, Drink, and be Gorgeous Project BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Timothy Ferriss
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127: How to Reconnect to You in the Mayhem of Motherhood | Zoe Blaskey (from the testimonial) 104: Reclaim your Body, Energy and Confidence; Two Minutes at a Time | Lizzy Williamson 131: Mum's Health: Getting a Good Night's Sleep | Vicki Dawson
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Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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135: Finding Your Real Purpose in Lifewith Lore Earley-Goldstein
Sometimes we put on the breaks because we're scared of stepping into the unknown. [Lore Earley-Goldstein]
Lore Earley-Goldstein has a gift. She can read people at soul level. Originally a teacher, Lore re-trained in traditional psychotherapy after realising that something just wasn't adding up for her. Feeling lost, inadequate, and often 'broken', she struggled for a long time - deep down she knew she was meant to be on a different path and do greater work. Eventually, Lore found the courage to release the baggage that no longer served her and to start living according to who she really is, at soul level. She found her purpose. And now she helps others learn what their purpose is, so they can use their unique strengths and skills to build careers and relationships where they can thrive and flourish. Lore's journey in moving away from a life that was built on external expectations wasn't easy. It involved a lot of soul-searching, and she went through an extremely emotional and difficult time, which even resulted in the end of her first marriage. While going through divorce, Lore also walked away from her career in psychotherapy, but it all paid off. She's now married to her soulmate and has built a successful career around her deep calling. In this episode, you'll learn how deciding to tune into your own unique set of strengths can help you make the leap to do something more meaningful with your life, so you can experience what it feels like to live 'in flow', whatever you decide to do. You'll also find out how by understanding yourself, your partner, and your children on a deeper level, you can build stronger relationships and let go of the guilt that comes from blindly following the rules and expectations that you think society has dictated for you.
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Facebook: Soul Wisdom with Lore Instagram: Soul Wisdom with Lore
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
106: Caring for Yourself; Let's Get Radical | Kate Alexandra 119: Fear-Less; the Art of Using Anxiety to your Advantage | Dr Kate Dow
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Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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134: Overcoming Burnout to Do Life on Your Own Termswith Jessica Fearnley
Work out what's important, and don't be afraid to do life on your own terms. [Jessica Fearnley]
Business Coach and Let's Conquer Motherhood member Jessica Fearnley is a healthy mum of two young boys and runs a successful business around her and her family's needs. But getting to where she is today wasn't always easy. About 8 years ago, and only a few months into her marriage, things came to a head for Jessica. Feeling unwell, exhausted, and completely broken and burnt out after years of working extremely hard and putting pressure on herself, Jessica decided to leave the corporate world and the career she had worked so hard to build. Emotionally and physically at an all-time low and unable to work, she did the only thing she felt she could do. She took time out and built herself up again one tiny step at the time. When Jessica fell pregnant with her first child, a lot of the symptoms she had experienced as a result of stress and anxiety made an unwelcome come back into her life. And needless to say, her dream of having an idyllic 9 months was totally crushed. After a difficult birth, Jessica struggled to adjust to life with a newborn, and she very quickly realised that she was keen to put her professional experience to good use again, but she had to do it on her terms. So when her son was only 4 months old, Jessica's business was born. In this heartfelt episode, you'll learn how being completely honest with yourself and the way you feel about motherhood can help you understand what really matters to you in life. By the end of this interview, you'll be inspired to do life on your terms, be true to yourself, and be completely unapologetic about it.
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Show Notes: JESSICA'S ONLINE:
Website: Jessica Fearnley Podcast: The Business Club The Business Club for Grown Ups
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook: Jessica Fearnley Instagram: Jessica Fearnley Business
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: She Means Business: Turn Your Ideas into Reality and Become a Wildly Successful Entrepreneur by Carrie Green RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
107: Taking Off the Blinkers and Waking up to Life | Sara Bussandri (from testimonial) 116: How to Make Your Work, Work for You | Lucy Parsons 125: How to Support your Mental Health with Creativity | Dr Pragya Agarwal
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Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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133: The Power of Positive Psychologywith Stephanie Myerscough
Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive. [Matt Cameron]
Mum-of-two and Let's Conquer Motherhood member Stephanie Myerscough has recently packed her bags and her whole life and moved to Italy with her husband and young children. While she's still busy getting used to a new country, culture, and language and settling her family in, Stephanie is also studying for a post-graduate Master Degree in Applied Positive Psychology, attending lessons between the UK and France. Following the demands of her husband's job, Stephanie and her family have moved home several times over the last few years, and while life has certainly been full on, Stephanie is embracing the opportunities that are coming her way and making the most of what she's learning through her degree and within the Let's Conquer Motherhood membership. In this episode, Stephanie introduces us to the concepts of thriving and flourishing. If you've ever had times when you felt you were just nodding along and navigating through life with no real intention, you may have found yourself in 'survival mode'. As Stephanie points out, while this is something a lot of mums experience, it's common to lack the knowledge and tools that can help us transition from a negative mental state to a more positive one. One where you're not just surviving, but where you're also thriving. By the end of this interview, you'll learn an easy, practical technique that you can use at any time to check in with yourself to become more in tune and aware of your emotions and the way you're feeling. If you ever find yourself in burnout or survival mode, you'll see that there are always ways to make changes and turn your day around.
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Show Notes: STRENGTH TESTS:
High5Test Free Aptitude Test for Strengths & Weaknesses
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life by Martin Seligman Life's Golden Ticket: A Story About Second Chances by Brendon Burchard The Strength Switch: how the new science of strength-based parenting helps your child and your teen flourish by Lea Waters
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051: Change your Food, Change your Mood, Change your Life | Bel Smith 092: Be Inspired, And Set Your Life On Fire | John O'Leary
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Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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132: Using Systems in Life and Business to Achieve Freedomwith Rhonda Melogy
Systems are good for your life and for your business. [Rhonda Melogy]
Mum-of-4 Rhonda Melogy runs a successful 6-figure business and a busy household. If that wasn’t enough, she also homeschools her four children. Having started her first seasonal business as a side-hustle while she still worked in her corporate job, Rhonda quickly realised she had a choice. She could either run herself into the ground trying to do it all, or she could work with her 'team' (the five other people in her family) and find a way to thrive both in her personal and professional life. How does she do it? Systems. Rhonda's children all share the load at home. Her chore chart system ensures that all the important household jobs get done on a daily basis, but it also teaches her children age-appropriate life skills, instills a strong work ethic and creates the mindset that everyone can and should contribute towards family life. If you've ever fallen into the trap of being unrealistic with your time and running after your children thinking you can do a task better or quicker than they will ever do at their age and stage, Rhonda will remind you that your time is one of the most valuable assets you have. You just can't make more of it. In this episode, Rhonda shares how to find pockets of time in your day to get really intentional about what you want to do. By the end of the episode, you'll understand why you should focus on one thing at the time, create systems and workflows in your life and business, and delegate or outsource any relevant tasks. If you're ready to learn how you can get everything done, but also find time for yourself and build strong connections with your family, you'll love my conversation with Rhonda..
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Show Notes: RHONDA'S WEBSITE: Business Plan of Action.com FACEBOOK: Organizing Mama FREEBIE: Digital Week at a Glance EBOOK: Chore Chart Ebook BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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029: The Simple Way to Plan Ahead, Get Organised and Find Your Me Time | Nicole Avery 113: How to Be an Organised and Productive Mother Hustler | Brianna Berner
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Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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131: Mum’s Health: Getting a Good Night’s Sleepwith Vicki Dawson
Sleep is the best meditation. [Dalai Lama]
Soon after becoming a mum, Vicki Dawson learnt an important lesson the hard way. Newborn babies don't sleep very well. But in Vicki's case, her son's challenging sleeping patterns continued for a number of years. Needless to say, this left Vicki chronically sleep-deprived and feeling totally exhausted and isolated as a result. Her experience, and the way it affected both her personal and professional life, led to the creation of The Children's Sleep Charity, which offers information and strategies to parents and professionals in supporting and educating families around sleep. Through her work, Vicki empowers families who are struggling with sleep to make the changes that are right for them. These can include creating sleep plans, practising breathing and mindfulness exercises, and learning strategies to create a calmer and less tense environment around bedtime. With a lot of information out there focused on children's sleep, Vicki reminds us that a mother's sleep habits can still be negatively impacted long after her children are sleeping through the night. As busy mums, we have a duty to prioritise our sleep in order to stay well, become more effective, and keep our families safe, which is why in this episode Vicki shares tips to help mums sleep better. During this interview, you'll learn why what you choose to do in the hour before you go to bed can dramatically improve your sleep quality. By the end of this episode, you'll have a number of practical strategies to get more in synch with your body and relax before bedtime, including a list of foods that you should or shouldn't eat before bed. You'll also learn what causes you to wake in the night and what you can do if you struggle to fall asleep again. Follow Vicki's advice, and you'll be ready to sleep like a baby. But this time, in a good way!
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Facebook: The Children's Sleep Charity Instagram: The Children's Sleep Charity
PROFILE: Arianna Huffington BOOK: Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker PREVIOUS EPISODE: 043: Reclaim You; How to Reignite your Passion, Power and Purpose | Sally Thibault BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS: Shine: Rediscovering Your Energy, Happiness and Purpose by Andy Cope and Gavin Oattes RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
032: 5 Practical Tips for Busy Mums to Get More Sleep 084: The Best Ways for Mum to Live in Healthy-Land | Alice Bingham
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Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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130: Allowing Yourself to Live a More Gentle Life with Emily Hodge
Gentle living is about bringing compassion and kindness even in the most difficult of moments. [Emily Hodge]
Newly married, pregnant, and in her twenties, Emily Hodge received a devastating cancer diagnosis that would change the course of her life in many ways. One of which was losing her baby and being unable (so far) to conceive again. That was a few years ago and, after 15 years working as a Health Psychologist in the NHS, Emily used her experience to help others. She's now a successful Life Coach and has helped and supported hundreds of people, including other cancer patients, to lead happier, healthier, and more fulfilling lives. Over the years, working with people on a one-to-one basis and in group settings, Emily started to notice something. No matter who you are, where you're from or what your backstory is, we all want similar things - to feel happier, calmer, more focused and to lead a life that’s right for us. So in 2017, Emily launched her signature group programme - the Gentle Life course, which guides rushed, busy and stressed out women over 6 weeks to map out what living more gently means to them. It provides them with the tools and strategies to kickstart the lifelong work that will help them lead the life they want to live (so that they might shout less at their kids, be happier in their relationships, and be so much kinder to themselves). In this episode, you'll learn how checking in with your feelings, thoughts, and emotions allows you to re-define your behaviours, actions, and habits. By becoming more aware of the way you spend your time, you'll find out how you can start to say no to the things you don't really want, so you can gradually replace them with the things that you do. If you're ready to find a little bit of space and calm in your life, learn how to be kinder to yourself, and discover some practical tools that will help you develop your emotional resilience, tune in and discover the five steps that Emily shares that will help you live more gently.
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Show Notes: EMILY'S WEBSITE: Coaching Emily SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook: Coaching Emily Instagram: Coaching Emily
6 WEEK COACHING COURSE: How to Lead a Gentle Life by Emily Hodge. PREVIOUS EPISODES:
107: Taking Off the Blinkers and Waking up to Life | Sara Bussandri 116: How to Make Your Work, Work for You | Lucy Parsons
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Embracing Uncertainty: Achieving Peace of Mind as we Face the Unknown by Susan Jeffers. RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
071: Find your Sweet Spot; the Place of Ease and Flow | Dr Christine Carter 097: How to Take a Back-Seat from Life in the Fast Lane | Rachelle Glendon
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Gentle Living 5 Step Formula (that we discussed in the interview)
Seven Elements of Resilience The Seven Elements of Resilience are the criteria that we need present to have good resilience. These elements might be inherent (within us when born), acquired (picked up due to difficult situations that we have to adapt to) or learnt (actively sought out to support ourselves).
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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129: Mums and Career: Returning to Work with Confidencewith Janine Esbrand
Begin with the end in mind [Stephen Covey]
When Janine Esbrand became pregnant with her first son, she started questioning her high-flying career as a busy corporate lawyer. Working late into the night with a nanny looking after her son full time no longer seemed like the perfect solution. After a year off on maternity leave, Janine decided to abandon her dream of becoming a partner in a law firm and get a part-time job as an in-house legal counsel instead. A choice that allowed her to spend time with her family but also pursue the legal career she had been working so hard for. Fast forward a few years, Janine is now the owner of LightBOX Coaching - a company that supports ambitious women who want to continue or kick-start their careers beyond motherhood. Through a signature course, one-to-one sessions, and her membership programme, Janine provides return-to-work coaching, training, and resources for both individuals and organisations. So if you noticed that your priorities and values have shifted now that you’re a mum, and you feel you may need to walk away from your career, Janine will show you that you don’t have to. By the end of this episode, you’ll understand how you can have a career that you love which is also compatible with raising your family. You’ll learn how you can rebuild your confidence, discover and leverage your strengths (both at home and in the workplace), and ensure that your career choices meet your personal and family values. You’ll also pick up some very practical tips to help your colleagues and managers recognise you as a valuable member of the team. Because being a mum doesn’t mean you can’t go for the role or promotion that you really want!
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Show Notes: FREE EBOOK: 14 Resources Every Working Mum Should Know About by Janine Esbrand JANINE'S WEBSITE: LightBox Coaching SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook: LightBox Coaching Instagram: Careers Beyond Motherhood
ONLINE COURSE: Smooth Return Course MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM: The Careers Beyond Motherhood Collective FREE GUIDE: Stress-Free Return To Work After Maternity Leave (Download directly from Janine's Website) QUOTE AUTHOR: Stephen Covey STRENGTH TESTS:
Character Strength Survey Strengths Finder Strengths Profile
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: A Simplified Life: Tactical Tools for Intentional Living by Ley Emily PREVIOUS EPISODES:
003: A Complete Guide to Returning to Work with Impact | Lucy Pollard 041: How to Make a Virtue Out of Uncertainty | Victoria Labalme
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128: Body Image: Listen to your Body and Learn to Accept itwith Renee Avis
We need to accept our bodies more and talk to ourselves in a nicer way [Renee Avis]
Mum-of-two Renee Avis has the life-altering job of helping women who are struggling with body image, post-partum depression and anxiety, and eating disorders. As a Licensed Professional Counsellor she helps clients recognise their condition, and learn how to accept and love their bodies again. Fulfilling her passion as a therapist, Renee's worked in treatment facilities and private practice for 12 years. She teams up with dieticians to support her patients in their journey from understanding and accepting their struggles to regaining control and achieving a healthier balance with food and nutrition. Renee explains that an eating disorder massively impacts behaviour and lifestyle on a daily basis, so helps her clients dig deep to explore the internal narrative that may be stopping them from being kinder to themselves. One step at a time, she helps them to reframe their thinking and to start focusing on the self-care activities that they resonate with, which ultimately enables them accept their body more. In this episode, you'll learn to pick up on the important clues that could indicate that you, or a fellow mum, is struggling with an eating disorder. You'll understand how loneliness and depression can be both a cause and an effect of an eating disorder, and how unrealistic expectations and unhelpful ideals in society may be stopping you from accepting your post-partum body. Whether you have an eating disorder or not, you'll discover how important it is to tune in and listen to your body and the signals it's sending you to. By doing so, you'll learn how to accept and love your body, wobbly bits and all.
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Facebook: Renee Avis Instagram: Insightful13 Twitter: @ReneeLPC
PROFILE: Kate Middleton BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Honest Body Project: Real Stories and Untouched Portraits of Women & Motherhood by Natalie McCain Fifty-Two Ways to Love Your Body by Kimber Simpkins My Amazing Body: A First Look at Health and Fitness by Pat Thomas and Lesley Harker The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Younger Girls by Valorie Schaefer
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127: How to Reconnect to You in the Mayhem of Motherhoodwith Zoe Blaskey
All I've got is this present moment. And it's all happening perfectly [Zoe Blaskey]
When Zoe Blaskey's daughter was born everything changed. Despite being a trained meditation and yoga teacher and having a strong self-care practice, Zoe abandoned the daily habits that had given her so much inner strength over the years. She found herself overcome by fear and anxiety and, like many mums, started comparing herself to others. With her self-esteem hitting rock bottom, the negative patterns she was once so familiar with made an unwelcome comeback, and her self-critical voice became really loud. Thankfully Zoe, now a coach, podcaster and speaker, knew exactly what to do. Through her training and experience, she gradually started to re-connect with the things she knew worked for her - community, meditation, yoga, and journaling. In a way, Zoe was lucky. Even though she found herself lost in the mayhem of early motherhood, she had the right tools to overcome her fear and anxiety. This is why, on a rainy Thursday afternoon, Zoe decided to start Motherkind. Through her blog, podcast and coaching, she shares her experience and knowledge to help and support other mums through testing times. In this episode, you'll understand why your brain is wired for anxiety and fear and learn how you can look within yourself to overcome the big emotions that come with motherhood. By the end of this episode, you'll have a number of really easy-to-implement tools that will help you find or re-connect with who you are. You’ll learn to stop living out of obligation and start living the life that you want to live instead. Because like Zoe says, your children are only young once, and this is the only chance you’ll get to enjoy these precious years.
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Facebook: Motherkind Instagram: Motherkind
PROFILE: Julie Montagu BOOKS:
Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway: How to Turn Your Fear and Indecision into Confidence and Action by Susan Jeffers The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children by Dr Shefali Tsabary RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
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126: How to ‘Define You’ and Unlock your Own Potential with Fiona Murden
Our behaviour is at the core of what we do. Yet, we have very little understanding of why we act a certain way. [Fiona Murden]
Fiona Murden is a psychologist, bestselling author, speaker and mum of two girls. She's passionate about helping others fulfil their own potential and works tirelessly with her clients to encourage them to uncover their strengths and discover what really makes them tick. This is particularly important for you as a mum because you know how easy it is to let motherhood consume you and lose sight of who you are. That's exactly what Fiona experienced eleven years ago, when her first daughter was born. She was overjoyed to be a mum, but at the same time ached for more. It's only when she went back to an old passion - snowboarding - that she realised her true self had changed and evolved since becoming a mum. Fiona is the author of 'Defining You: How to Profile Yourself and Unlock your Full Potential', where she helps people find a way to fit their existing and new passions into their current lives. The book helps you discover your strengths, gives you an understanding of what really drives you, and teaches you which environments will help you to excel. In this episode, you'll learn why fact-based, non-judgemental self-awareness can be the key to curbing your mummy-guilt. You'll also learn an easy-to-implement technique that you can start using right now to ask for constructive feedback from others, including your own children! If you feel like you've 'lost your spark', by the end of this episode, you'll understand why it's worth making time and space to ask yourself what you really need in this phase of your life, and how you can use your connections and networks to redefine yourself and unlock your full potential.
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Facebook: Fiona Murden Instagram: Fiona Murden LinkedIn: Fiona Murden Twitter: Fiona Murden
FIONA'S BOOK: Defining You: How to Profile Yourself and Unlock your Full Potential BOOKS:
The Self-Care Revolution: Smart Habits and Simple Practices to Allow you to Flourish by Suzy Reading Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield, Victor Hansen and Amy Newmark
PROFILE: Jeff Bezos BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Man's Search For Meaning: The Classic Tribute to Hope from the Holocaust by Viktor E Frankl RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
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125: How to Support your Mental Health with Creativitywith Dr Pragya Agarwal
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see [Edgar Degas]
Dr Pragya Argawal is an academic, designer, writer, business owner, and the busy mum of three girls. Born and raised in India, she moved to the UK as a young single mum to complete her Master's Degree and PhD. Pragya is no-doubt a very accomplished woman, but things haven't always been easy for her. During her academic career, she suffered from stress and burnout, and more recently, after the premature birth of her twins, fought anxiety and depression. Severely sleep-deprived and under pressure with not one but two babies suffering from colic and reflux, Pragya fell back on to her safety net. Creativity. During a break from her career, Pragya had turned her hobby of print-making into a business by setting up her own art studio Hedge and Hog Prints. And in 2017, inspired by her twins' multiple allergies, she founded The Art Tiffin, a vegan and eco-friendly box of art material. A family-run and ethical business, The Art Tiffin is the first social enterprise to actively campaign for cruelty-free art materials. Pragya is passionate about helping families find the most natural, toxic-free products, and fostering creativity in children from a young age, but she also knows how important it is to raise awareness about mental health and make a positive social impact by giving back to charities. In this episode, Pragya walks you through the research and neuroscience behind creativity, something that she believes we can all find inside of ourselves. She explains how taking only a few minutes out of your busy days to do something creative can do wonders for your mental health and wellbeing. And if you think you're not the creative type, hold on. Because you'll find out exactly what being creative means and what you can do to express your own creativity.
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Show Notes: PRAGYA'S WEBSITE: The Art Tiffin 10% discount on all The Art Tiffin boxes for adults or children: Just use the coupon code SM-ARTTIFFIN. Offer available until 6 August 2018 SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook: Raising Creative Kids Facebook: Unleash your Creativity: Develop a creative habit with The Art Tiffin Instagram: The Art Tiffin Twitter: The Art Tiffin
HEDGE AND HOG PRINTS:
Website: Hedge and Hogs Prints LinkedIn: Hedge and Hog Prints Twitter: Dr Pragya Agarwal
TEDx TALK: How to develop a creative habit | Pragya Agarwal ARTICLE: How to Be a Green Parent Without Feeling Guilty! BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS: Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques by Michael Michalko RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
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124: Birth Trauma: How to Heal a Bad Birthwith Melissa Bruijn and Debby Gould
Birth is not 'just one day' in your life [Melissa Bruijn and Debby Gould]
Soon after Melissa Brujin had her first child, she realised that things weren’t quite right. Struggling to bond with her baby, wracked with anxiety about her abilities as a mum, and experiencing a general loss of confidence, she wondered what was wrong with her. Although she sought help, she couldn't find anything appropriate in her hometown. Thankfully, there was one person she could turn to: her sister-in-law and midwife Debby Gould. With Debby's help, plus the wonderful online support she eventually found from mothers on the other side of the world and alongside her own research, Melissa was able to connect the dots and recognise that her emotions and experience of early motherhood had been strongly impacted by the traumatic birth of her first child. Fast forward 19 years, Melissa (now a happy and healed mother of three) and mum-of-two Debby (now a birth consultant), have helped thousands of women and families to heal from traumatic birth experiences through their work at Birthtalk.org. Melissa and Debby co-authored the book How to Heal a Bad Birth where they emphasise that a traumatic birth where the mother doesn't feel heard or supported, or where she feels frightened or out of control, isn't just something to just 'get over’. Through the book, their in-person workshops and individual consultations, Melissa and Debby have been supporting mothers all over the world to recover from their birthing experiences, so that they can go on to have positive and empowering subsequent births, or if they are not having more babies, they can go back to their families feeling more at peace and able to move on. In this episode, you'll understand what defines a 'bad' birth and how a challenging experience can negatively impact your mental health. You’ll find out how a traumatic experience can affect women for years to come, if not unpicked and addressed in the right way. You'll also learn how to create your own personalised healing journey by looking at the way you feel now and reflecting back on the life-changing experience of childbirth.
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Birthtalk: Birthtalk.org Blog: The Truth About Traumatic Birth
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook: Birth Talk Instagram: How to Heal a Bad Birth
MELLISA AND DEBBY'S BOOK: How To Heal A Bad Birth WEBSITE: Gentle Natural Birth by Dr Sarah Buckley ARTICLE: Why Breastfeeding Can Be So Hard After A Traumatic Birth - And Why It's Not Your Fault BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS: Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor's Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices by Sarah Buckley BIRTH TRAUMA WEEK:
110: Birth Trauma, Miscarriage, Suicide; Handling the Dark Side | Dr Rebecca Moore Make Birth Better: A new network of professionals and parents working together to improve birth
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123: Happy From the Inside; Rebuild Your Body and Mind with Jackie Bowker
Every day is a new opportunity to give yourself a gift [Jackie Bowker]
If you suffer from niggling symptoms and never quite feel in best health, you probably put it down to your busy life, reach for the painkillers, and try to get on with your day as best you can.
But did you know that your body is giving you these warning signs and signals that there might be an underlying dysfunction? Your job is to learn to listen to the messages your body is giving you, understand why this is happening, and do something about it. That's what Jackie Bowker, the mum of a 3 and 6 year old, did. After suffering from adrenal depletion, chronic fatigue syndrome and a decades-long disordered eating and sugar addiction, Jackie learnt first-hand the profound power of food as medicine. As a result of her illness, Jackie became passionate about restoring bodies back to balance to achieve optimal health, and became a Functional Nutritionist. Jackie went on to establish Hello Happy where, amongst other things, runs a transformative 21 Day Nutrition Course and Plan to detox, reset and revitalise your body to live a healthier life. In this episode, Jackie will help you identify the root cause of your dysfunction and will set you on the path to heal the body through nutrition, without the need for synthetic drugs or surgery. Her philosophy is simple: the symptoms you’re experiencing like digestive issues, weight gain, infertility, adult acne, anxiety etc, result from weaknesses in the body’s physiological foundations. And it can all be fixed by cleaning up your diet and lifestyle. Follow Jackie's advice and you'll start to feel vibrant again. You'll shed excess weight, look and feel fantastic and watch niggly problems melt away. As one of her clients so eloquently put it, "Jackie has turned my sluggish body into a strong, lean, high functioning machine and I am now so much better equipped to deal with life's challenges such as raising a small family of 5 with 3 children under 3."
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Facebook: Hello Happy Instagram: My Hello Happy
STOOL CHART: Bristol Stool Chart (to check out if you poo is healthy) BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
Wheat Belly: The Effortless Health and Weight-Loss Solution - No Exercise, No Calorie Counting, No Denial by Dr William Davis Put Your Heart in Your Mouth: Natural Treatment for Atherosclerosis, Angina, Heart Attack, High Blood Pressure, Stroke, Arrhythmia, Peripheral Vascular Disease by Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride
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122: Optimise your Health and Wellbeing One Mouthful at a Time with Liz Sergeant
The first act of self-care is nourishing yourself with wholesome food [Liz Sergeant]
As the mum of a small baby and a two year old, Liz Sergeant knows first hand how much of her energy her kids use up. But unlike the rest of us, Liz has a sneaky advantage.She's a registered nutritionist and understands that what you eat not only affects your energy levels, but also your sleep quality, mood, concentration, digestion, body shape and many other health complaints. Liz believes that the foundation of good nutrition and health is based on eating real foods. She also knows that mums lead busy lives, and with so much conflicting dietary advice out there, this can be a lot harder than it sounds. She founded The Well Nourished Club to help cut through the confusion and support people to change their diet, improve their nutrition and achieve their goals.But this episode goes beyond just food. Liz takes a holistic approach and as well as talking about nutrition, we discuss adapting to motherhood while running a business, avoiding burnout, and getting the balance right by recognising your limitations and being realistic in what you can achieve. Your body is your most precious possession and Liz is here to help you look after it. By the end of this episode you will cast aside the chocolate cake, reclaim your flagging energy, and, like Liz, may even consider eating vegetables for breakfast!
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Show Notes: LIZ'S WEBSITE: The Well Nourished Club SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook: The Well Nourished Club Facebook Group: Nourished Mums with Liz Sergeant Instagram: Well Nourished Club
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett Start Something That Matters by Blake Mycoskie
RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
007: The Fast Way to Nourish from Within for Busy Mums | Mandie Spooner 096: Making Mum 'Whole' with Occupational Therapy | Sarah Hausler
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121: Transform Yourself to Find Freedom, Joy and Balance with Nicky Clinch
You do enough. You have enough. You are enough. [Nicky Clinch]
At seven months pregnant, Nicky Clinch is the picture of radiance. Looking at her today, it's hard to believe that during her teens she was gripped by drug addition and suffered with anorexia and bulimia. It took many long years of learning, growing and changing for Nicky to take her difficult past and turn it into a brilliant future. Today she shares her story of how she found her way back to her oriental roots an created a life of freedom, balance and wholeness. Nicky now works as a Transformational Life Coach, Macrobiotic Counsellor and Chef. She's the mother to a beautiful and strong little girl and, together with her husband, is preparing to welcome their new baby boy into the fold. In this episode Nicky explains how you can reconnect to a deep level of trust, love and wisdom within yourself, even when the self-doubt and mummy guilt is running wild. You'll learn to understand and re-align with your true purpose so you can feel confident that you're doing exactly what you're meant to be doing. Once you learn to break free of your limiting beliefs, patterns and emotional stories you can start to embody your most authentic, empowered, and joyous self.
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Show Notes: NICKY'S WEBSITE: Nicky Clinch DIET: Macrobiotic Diet: Balancing The Yin and Yang BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert The Artist's Way: A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self by Julia Cameron Self-Care for the Real World: Practical self-care advice for everyday life by Nadia Narain and Katia Narain Phillips The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
011: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making your Dreams come True | Victoria Kate 071: Find your Sweet Spot; the Place of Ease and Flow | Dr Christine Carter
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Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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120: Mummy Project: A Year of Make Do and Mendwith Jen Gale
You have the power to change the things you don't agree with [Jen Gale]
With kids comes clobber. The toys, the clothes, the special equipment. Bigger car. Bigger house. More storage. It goes on and on. But what would happen if you decided not to buy anything new for a year? I loathe shopping, but even I gasped in shock. What nothing? For a whole year? Impossible. Well not for Jen Gale. In 2012/13 when her two boys were small, she decided to give it a try. Just for fun. It was a bit of a diversion from changing nappies and running around after children all day. Little did she know that her Make Do and Mend project would lead her to running a successful blog and podcast and having a Facebook group with 16,000 members. She's appeared on National TV and in the Guardian newspaper (UK), and has even done a TEDx talk. At the beginning of this year, Jen turned her project into a business when she launched her online membership program, the Sustainable Living Hub. As you can imagine, I had a lot of questions for Jen. In this episode, you'll find out how she managed special occasions like Christmas and kids birthdays when spending is almost inevitable. How she handled getting the necessary things you need for kids, such as car seats. What happened when essential items, like the washing machine, broke down. And the big one, how she got her husband on board with her seemingly wacky plan. Most mums, I imagine, would bulk at the idea of not buying anything new for a year, but it's enlightening to hear what Jen learnt along the way about herself, her life, and the world we're all leaving behind for our grandchildren.
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Show Notes: JEN'S WEBSITE: Jen Gale MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM: Sustainable Living Hub with Jen Gale SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook: A Sustainable Life (Closed group) Instagram: Jen Gale UK Twitter: A Sustainable Life
TEDx TALK: My Make Do and Mend Year by Jen Gale GUARDIAN ARTICLE: My Make Do and Mend Year BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
Stuffocation: Living More with Less by James Wallman This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing Out the World? by Lucy Siegle
RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
107: Taking Off the Blinkers and Waking up to Life | Sara Bussandri (from testimonial) 089: One Small Step Leads to One Big Change | Lisa Zawistowski 066: Stop 'Doing' and Start 'Being' (At Least for a While) | Michelle Dawson
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Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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119: Fear-Less; the Art of Using Anxiety to your Advantagewith Dr Kate Dow
Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strengths [Charles Spurgeon]
Dr Kate Dow (PhD) grew up surrounded by anxiety, it was inherent in her home life as a child and seemed to be an integral part of who she was. Not surprising then, that when she became a mum at the age of 35, anxiety hit her hard. It was understandable. Her children were born just 13 months apart and she was caught in a difficult marriage which later fell apart. Kate ended up raising her two children - who are now 18 and 19 - as a single parent and was constantly gripped by anxiety. But Kate didn't want this life and worked hard to combat and overcome her fears. She's devoted her life to supporting women, especially mums, through her multidisciplinary, heart-centered approach. She's a successful Mind-Body Psychologist, Consultant, and Empowerment Coach and the author of the book Fear-Less: The Art of Using Anxiety to your Advantage. In this episode, we talk about how prevalent anxiety is amongst mums, and how anxiety can negatively spread through your world in a downwards spiral. You'll understand how anxiety impacts you and learn how to notice the signs of it showing up in your life. Kate's 'Fear-Less' approach has been created specifically for women, and through it, you'll discover how to transform your anxiety.
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Show Notes: KATE'S WEBSITE: Dr Kate Dow KATE'S BOOK (Free Download of entire book!): Fear-Less: The Art of Using Anxiety to Your Advantage BRENÉ BROWN TEDx TALK: The Power Of Vulnerability BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown Rising Strong by Brené Brown Braving the Wilderness: The quest for true belonging and the courage to stand alone by Brené Brown
RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
082: Break Through Your Stress to Feel Patient, Confident and Energised | Giselle Monbiot 045: How to Be Happy as You Muddle Through Motherhood | Olivia Horne
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Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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118: Unleash Positive Thinking to Get You on Your Feet Again with Anna Parker-Naples
It's time to start living your life ... and not just surviving it [Anna Parker-Naples]
It's easy to look at Anna Parker-Naples' hugely successful life and think that some people were born lucky. Many times has she walked the glittering red carpet of Hollywood during her Voice-Acting career. She's also an Award-Winning Audiobook Narrator and has worked with hundreds of best-selling titles and authors. To top it off, she now runs a thriving online business helping mums around the world. Inspiring Mummy Club is an award-winning self-development membership for mums. It provides positivity, support, and personal development tools and techniques to enable mums to reclaim some time for themselves, so they can focus on their dreams, their ambitions and their sense of self. She does this by using meditation, mindfulness, mindset, hypnosis and visualisation tools so mums can start living a happier, more balanced life. But what amazes me most about Anna, is that in the thick of it all, she became wheel-chair bound. As a result of a problem during her third pregnancy, she was told she would never walk again. Times were hard. Her eldest child had just started school and she had a toddler and baby at home. Anna endured the long and gruelling process moving from the inevitable negativity to finding a new path, but through positive thinking, she defied all odds and started to walk again. Today Anna shares her incredible story, and how she turned around her feeling of despair to pull herself back, start a new life and inspire other mothers along the way.
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Show Notes: ANNA'S WEBSITES:
Inspiring Mummy Club Anna Parker-Naples
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Instagram: Inspiring _Mummy_Club Facebook: Inspiring Mummy Club Twitter: Inspiring Mummy Club
MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM: Inspiring Mummy Club BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Artist's Way: A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self by Julia Cameron You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth by Jen Sincero
RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
083: My Mummy has Breast Cancer | Lisa Turner 092: Be Inspired, And Set Your Life On Fire | John O'Leary
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Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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117: 4 Published Books, 2 Small Children and 16 Short Monthswith Alex Miles
Passion is born when you catch a glimpse of your true potential [Zig Ziglar]
Since she was a young girl, Alex Miles always had a passion for writing. Before having children, she worked as a script writer for Neighbours; was a ghost writer for Zac Power, the popular secret-agent series for boys; and published her first book under her own name, Sixty Secrets for a Happy Bride. Alex landed a dream contract for her Starring Olive Black children’s books, being asked to write four in the series. Having small children is all consuming, but at the same time, Alex didn't want to give up a golden opportunity that she's been working towards for a decade. Letting this go could be a decision she’d always regret, so she bit the bullet and said yes. In this episode, we talk about how Alex achieved the enormous undertaking of writing four books in just 16 months when her eldest son was a toddler, and she was pregnant with her next. We discuss how to get your partner on board with your passion and the importance of good communication. We look at the practical elements - how to get that volume of work done with children around, why being organised is essential to success, and the importance of having a supportive tribe of like-minded people around you. We delve into the opportunities that open themselves up to us as mums, as well as the inevitable challenges you face when you mix following your dream with motherhood. Alex has successfully combined her passion for writing with being the mum of two children under three. Today she shares how she achieves it, so get ready to be inspired and motivated by her incredible story.
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Show Notes: ALEX'S WEBSITES:
By Alex Miles Sixty Secrets for a Happy Bride
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Instagram: By Alex Miles Twitter: Alex (Lee) Miles Facebook: Alex Lee Miles
ALEX'S BOOKS:
Alex's latest book: The Pyramid Puzzle, Starring Olive Black Starring Olive Black series Olive Black (sales outside Australia and NZ) Zac Power Series Sixty Secrets for a Happy Bride: Receive 30% off using the promo code supermum.
PLANNING WITH KIDS
Planning With Kids with Nicole Avery 029: The Simple Way to Plan Ahead, Get Organised and Find Your Me Time | Nicole Avery (Previous episode)
WEBSITE: Story Mama: Recommended by Alex to help you make the best book choices for your children RECOMMENDED EPISODES:
093: Doing Motherhood and Life on Your Own Terms | Nicky Raby 105: Watch Out! There’s a Monster Mum About | Libby Want
GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Motherhood and Creativity: The Divided Heart by Rachel Power FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/117
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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116: How to Make Your Work, Work for You with Lucy Parsons
I want to have a business and be around for my kids [Lucy Parsons]
Like many mums, Lucy Parsons didn’t want to return to her full time job as a high school teacher once her children came along. But she also couldn't find a fulfilling part time job that fitted around her kids, aged 8 and 6. So she looked at the online world. As a straight 'A' Cambridge (UK) graduate, Lucy decided to pursue the thing that she was best at in the world; passing exams. But how can being good at passing exams help you create the dream of having a thriving online business, and still be there to pick up your kids from school? Well, Lucy is testament that anything is possible if you want it badly enough. Lucy became an Academic Coach and started Life More Extraordinary where she empowers ambitious students to get the top grades in their exams and into their first choice of university. In this episode Lucy shares the key components to her success. Structure, discipline and making sure she cares for her own needs before ever pulling out her laptop. Lucy teaches you the importance of structuring your time and not frittering it away, whilst at the same time not allowing your self-imposed goals to overwhelm you. She explains how she came to realise that the most important thing in her day is self care and how she disciplines herself to make sure she fits it in. Lucy knows that the most important task is the one that will move you forward the fastest and that outsourcing things that aren't her strengths makes her happy. By being savvy with how she plans her work, she's able to spend maximum time with her family as a result. Lucy thought having a life doing the things that she dreamed of as a child was reserved for the 'chosen few'. Now she knows that you can have it all, and today she'll show you how to make it happen.
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Show Notes: LUCY'S WEBSITE: Life More Extraordinary LUCY'S BOOK: The Ten Step Guide to Acing Every Exam You Ever Take COURSE: Gentle Life Course PROFILES:
Tony Robbins Marie Forleo
BOOKS:
The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits ― to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life by Gretchen Rubin The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People's Lives Better, Too) by Gretchen Rubin
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
Playing Big: A practical guide for brilliant women like you by Tara Mohr The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks
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Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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115: How to Love Yourself as Much as You Love Your Kids with Stacey Ogden
It’s OK for my child to see that I’m a work in progress [Stacey Ogden]
Motherhood hit Stacey Ogden like a ton of bricks. Her baby was premature and the first months of her life were spent in hospital. Several years later, the attachment she had with her daughter, who is now 7 years old, was so strong that she completely gave up everything in her life for her. The stark reality dawned on Stacey that she was so consumed by motherhood, that she no longer had a life outside being a mum. She realised that this was no good either for herself, or for her daughter, and something had to be done. Slowly and gradually she clawed back her own identity and started a blog. Through her posts and podcast at Busy Mom Collective, Stacey now helps and supports mums who’ve experienced similar struggles as hers. Stacey's mission is to help mums realise that making themselves a priority isn’t selfish or neglectful. On the contrary. By being a role model for the type of adult you want your kids to be, you're loving them in a better way. Do you really want your kids growing up thinking it's normal to be a frenzied ball of stress that doesn’t have a life? In this episode, Stacey encourages you to find out what what lights you up outside of your children. It's all about self-reflection, finding something that excites you and having the discipline to go ahead and make it part of your schedule. You'll learn to find the balance between spending time with your children and finding time for yourself; letting go of control; making yourself a priority without feeling guilty; and changing the way you talk to yourself.
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Show Notes: STACEY'S WEBSITE: Busy Mom Collective FACEBOOK GROUP: The Busy Mom Collective BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
Eat That Frog!: Get More of the Important Things Done Today by Brian Tracy A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
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Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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114: Talking About Money and Understanding its Value with Naomi Light
Find the courage to be your best self [Naomi Light]
Mum of 3 and founder of Gumptious, Naomi Light has always had a fascination with psychology. She loves learning about the inner workings of the mind, but it wasn’t until things in her life went horribly wrong did she realise how important the theories she’d learnt would become. When Naomi and her husband found themselves in a failed management buyout of the family business their financial world started to unravel. Worse still they discovered the business was on the verge of collapse and they needed to bail it out of debt and re-build it. The resulting pressure of mounting debt put a big strain on their marriage and on Naomi's health. Naomi experienced a breakdown early in 2017. For three months she was barely able to crawl through each day and held on by a thread. But she knew she had to dig deep to turn things around. It was a slow and painful journey of self-discovery, but gradually Naomi started to come to terms with what had happened and started to see the good in it. Her story is phenomenal, and she candidly shares the highs, the lows, and the lessons learnt along the way. In this episode we talk about money; having it, not having it, and what you should do with it. Through Naomi’s financial story, we discuss how to fall back on your core values when you don’t know which way to turn; how to shape and pursue your goals when the odds are stacked against you; and how to be grateful for the small things, even in your darkest hour. Naomi explains how she refused to be a victim of her emotions and details how she changed her mindset to find a more desired alternative to the black hole she found herself in. By the end of the show, you'll recognise the huge contribution you make to the financial health of your family, irrespective of whether you go out to work or not by gaining a deeper insight into the value of money, the value of yourself, and the value of others.
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Show Notes: NAOMI'S WEBSITE: Gumptious INSTAGRAM: Naomi Grace Light PREVIOUS EPISODE: 100: Celebrating 100 Episodes of SuperMum | Lisa York & Naomi Light BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Happier Life by Arianna Huffington Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg
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Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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113: How to Be an Organised and Productive Mother Hustlerwith Brianna Berner
Do all that you can, and all that you thought you could not [Brianna Berner]
Brianna Berner is a professional organiser, productivity coach, and automations specialist. She's also founder of Spiked Parenting where she hands busy parents the tools they need to organise their homes and businesses, to be more productive, and, as a result, to have more time for the important things in life. Now, call me a nerd, but this stuff gets me all excited. Why? Because I love knowing that I've gleaned the most I possibly can from those precious pockets of time without the kids. In turn, I can then give myself fully to my family when we’re together, knowing that everything that needs to be done, has. In this episode, Brianna shares how she’s successfully been able to run her business, while, (until very recently) look after her three year old at home full time. She lets us into the secrets of how she systematises and automates the mundane to make room for those 'big rocks' - the things that really matter. We talk about how to create and fine tune systems that work alongside whatever season of motherhood you're in. You'll discover how to schedule your to-do's according to how much energy you have, how big your block of time is, and how likely you are to get distrurbed by your children. You'll leave knowing how to syphon out what is truly important and dump what isn't, without feeling guilty about it. By doing so, you'll make better choices about how to use your time and stop getting caught up with people pleasing or perfectionism. And guess what? By doing so, suddenly you'll start accomplishing your goals and feeling good about the fantastic things you've managed to achieve.
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Show Notes: BRIANNA'S WEBSITES:
Spiked Parenting Organized Fixology
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook: Spiked Parenting Instagram: Spiked Parenting Twitter: Spiked Parenting
PREVIOUS EPISODES:
029: The Simple Way to Plan Ahead, Get Organised and Find Your Me Time | Nicole Avery 053: Navigating the Complexities of Your Clan and Your Career | Fay Wallis
GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Playing Big: A practical guide for brilliant women like you by Tara Mohr FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/113
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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112: Communicate with Purpose and Put a Voice to Your Dream with Monica Kade
Allow yourself to be where you are [Monica Kade]
Entering motherhood brings about great change. The life you had before kids no longer exists and sometimes it's hard to figure out who you are in all of this. Sometimes you wonder if your identity has been buried under a pile of dirty laundry. Monica Kade is a communications expert whose work focuses on how you can express who you are and become a better communicator. She's a writer, runs speaker workshops and has interviewed many well known creative minds, entrepreneurs and thought-leaders through her Monica Kade podcast. Monica knows the importance of "letting your light shine through", and today will help you build confidence by realising your own self-worth. In this episode, we talk about what it means to be authentic, find your gift and understand your purpose. You’ll learn how to make a reality out of your dreams in the snatched time you have available through an 'I can' attitude. We discuss the importance of focusing on the journey and how to have some fun along the way; and explore why you are doing a disservice to yourself and those around you if you don't start sharing your story with the world.
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Show Notes: MONICA'S WEBSITE: Monica Kade SOCIAL MEDIA:
Instagram: Monica Kade Facebook: Monica Kade
PROFILE: Lewis Howes: School of Greatness BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS: The Woman I Wanted To Be by Diane von Furstenberg GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/112
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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111: Mindfulness and Meditation for Mothers with Rebecca Ryan
Stopping the mind wandering is not the goal of meditation [Rebecca Ryan]
Former financial services professional and mum of two, Rebecca Ryan is a yoga and meditation teacher and the published author of Mindfulness for Mothers, a book that teaches you how to stay calm and present while caring for your child. My own interest in meditation was completely lost under piles of laundry and screaming babies when I entered the frantic world of motherhood. But having used mindfulness and meditation to overcome a difficult year, I'm once again a raving fan and consider it an integral part of bettering myself as a mum. Rebecca enjoys sharing her passion for meditation with other mothers, whether long-term meditators or newbies, and encourages her students to allow mindfulness to seep into their daily lives. She's practical and down to earth because as a busy mum herself, understands how tricky bringing a sense of calm into our bursting-at-the-seems life can be. In this episode, Rebecca explains why you should bother to meditate in the first place and, once convinced, how you can go about doing it. You'll learn the three key elements of meditation that are common to all styles which will deepen your understanding and help you to simplify your practice. Rebecca shows you that mindfulness and meditation is accessible to every mother, however busy, and encourages you to look for the natural breaks in your day in order to build a routine that works specifically for you and your lifestyle.
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Show Notes: REBECCA'S WEBSITE: Rebecca Ryan REBECCA'S BOOK: Mindfulness for Mothers SOCIAL MEDIA:
Instagram: Mindfulness for Mothers YouTube Channel: Surrender Yoga and Meditation
PREVIOUS EPISODES:
108: Understanding Your Emotions and Becoming Authentic | Anna Seewald 110: Birth Trauma, Miscarriage, Suicide; Handling the Dark Side | Dr Rebecca Moore
GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Everyday Kindness: Shortcuts to a Happier and More Confident Life by Stephanie Dowrick FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/111
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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110: Birth Trauma, Miscarriage, Suicide; Handling the Dark Side with Dr Rebecca Moore
Motherhood is the greatest thing, and the hardest thing [Ricki Lake]
Motherhood comes with a raft of challenges. I've never been pushed to the limit as much as I have since becoming a mum. I thought I was a pretty tough cookie, but motherhood can hit you like a ton of bricks. The biggest lesson I've learned is the importance of reaching out and asking for help. That's why I invited Dr Rebecca Moore onto my show today. Becca is a mum of two and lives in London, UK. She's a birth trauma expert specialising in perinatal mental health, and works for the NHS as well in her own private practice. She writes and lectures widely on the topic and hosts an annual birth trauma conference in London every year. In this episode we talk frankly and deeply about many of the, often unspoken, dark issues of motherhood. PTSD, anxiety, depression, miscarriage, loneliness and suicide. We share our stories and personal experiences and Becca offers a glimmer of light to mums who are currently struggling through difficult times. Whether you're a mum who has already come through tough times, are currently suffering, or know someone who is, this is an important episode. We need to bring these issues to light so women know they're not alone and that there is a pathway through to better times if they can summons the confidence to reach out for help.
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Show Notes: WEBSITE: Dr Rebecca Moore SOCIAL MEDIA:
Instagram: @drrebeccamoore Twitter: dr_bjm
MEET LIKE-MINDED MUMS (APPS):
Peanut Mush
PREVIOUS EPISODES:
014: Overcoming the Emotional Pain of Miscarriage 104: Reclaim your Body, Energy and Confidence; Two Minutes at a Time | Lizzy Williamson
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk The Cactus: The Warm and Funny Feel-Good Novel of Unexpected Motherhood and Learning to Let Goby Sarah Hayward
GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway for this episode is no longer available FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/110
If you feel at risk because of a rapidly changing mood or thoughts of self-harm, or are worried about anyone you know, the following can be helpful resources, most are 24-hour helplines to offer support and advice. UK Samaritans Call: 116123 Postpartum Support International Call: 18009444773 PANDAS Helpline Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia. Call 1300 726 306 Samaritans Australia Beyond Blue Australia Help dealing with Anxiety, Depression, Suicide
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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109: How to Cope When Your Child Has Learning Differences with Elisheva Schwartz
There is no greater disability in society than the inability to see a person as more [Robert M. Hensel]
From third grade onwards, Elisheva Schwartz struggled at school. The differences in the way she learned didn't match that of the school system and it landed her in trouble. That's not to say she didn't achieve a lot in life because she has. But like a lot of children, she had to find a different way. Mum of two small children, Elisheva become a dyslexia researcher and now hosts the Dyslexia Quest Podcast. With an academic background Cognitive Science and Education, she helps children and their parents fully understand both the strengths and the difficulties of their own unique processing style. In this episode we talk a little about dyslexia, but then zoom out to the bigger picture of how parents can help their children flourish at school in spite of the variety of learning difficulties that may hinder them. We talk about navigating your role as your child's advocate with the school; how you can help your child overcome stress and anxiety and develop resilience; and how mums can help boost their child's self-esteem. Best of all, you'll be given the tools to teach your child how to develop self-compassion and learn that sometimes, in spite of all the wonderful support available, the best thing you can do is look them in the eye, show them that you care and give them a giant hug.
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Show Notes: ELISHEVA'S WEBSITE: Dyslexia Consultancy ELISHEVA'S PODCAST: The Dyslexia Quest Show FREE INTERACTIVE ONLINE WORKSHOP: How to build your dyslexic child's self esteem and emotional resilience - regardless of their school environment. With Elisheva Schwartz. March 5th, 7th, and 21st 2018 (4 time slots to choose from): SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram: @thedyslexiaquest Facebook: @Elisheva-Schwartz
QUOTE AUTHOR: Robert M. Hensel PREVIOUS EPISODES:
095: The Easiest Way to Be a Mindful Parent in a Messy World | Michelle Gale 100: Celebrating 100 Episodes of SuperMum | Lisa York & Naomi Light
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain by Brock Eide The Awakened Family: How to Raise Empowered, Resilient, and Conscious Children by Shefali Tsabary
GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway for this episode is no longer available FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/109
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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108: Understanding Your Emotions and Becoming Authenticwith Anna Seewald
We must become the people we want our children to be [Joseph Pearce]
In the late '80's a horrific earthquake flattened Armenia killing thousands of people and leaving a trail of devastation. Anna Seewald was 13 at the time and, because she lost her mother, was left to deal with a world turned upside-down by herself, while the rest of the country tried to do the same. The experience shaped and changed her, and she dedicated her life to helping and serving children. It was only when she became a mother herself did she realise that parents also need help and support so that they may help their children blossom. As a young adult, Anna's studies bought her to the USA and she now lives in New Jersey with her husband and their 9 year old daughter. She's the founder of Authentic Parenting where she's helped hundreds of parents around the world in the emotional job of parenting. Anna believes that as you raise your children, you grow yourself. In this episode, we talk about the importance of dealing with unresolved past issues and healing from trauma. You'll understand how to address your big emotions so you don't become hijacked by them and manage your stress and overwhelm so you can show up more greatly in your parenting. Anna will help you make sense of your stories and break free of harmful patterns and triggers to become more authentic in your parenting.
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Show Notes: ANNA'S WEBSITE: Authentic Parenting ANNA'S PODCAST: Authentic Parenting BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Supernormal: Childhood Adversity and the Untold Story of Resilience Hardcover by Meg Jay GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway for this episode is no longer available FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/108
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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107: Taking Off the Blinkers and Waking up to Lifewith Sara Bussandri
What if we stopped saying, 'What if ?....' and started saying, 'Let's...' [Jeff Goins]
Sara Bussandri is an Italian mum of 3 boys aged 9, 6, and 3 and lives in London, UK. Throughout her pregnancies and around maternity leave Sara continued her career as Business Analyst.
But by 2016 the heavy pace of holding down a career, raising three boys and running a household took its toll. The stress and overwhelm of being on the hamster wheel of life made her feel like she was in survival mode and consequently felt unfulfilled in all areas of her life. Things had to change, but it took a (literal) bang to her head to jolt her into making the difficult decision to take a break from her work. With a broken leg, she started a blog and carved out a new career as a freelance writer and soon-to-be author which gave her the freedom and flexibility to work around her children. She now writes passionately on her Mind Your Mamma blog as well as for various publications, including the Huffington Post UK about her journey on the path to self-awareness and self-discovery. Her path to a better life was long, slow and painful, but ultimately successful. Today she shares her transformation from living on ‘auto-pilot’ to creating a more mindful and intentional life for herself and her family.
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Show Notes: SARA'S WEBSITE: Mind your Mamma BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway for this episode is no longer available FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/107
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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106: Caring for Yourself; Let’s Get Radical with Kate Alexandra
It's time to stop glorifying 'busy', take a deep breath and slow down [Kate Alexandra]
Kate Alexandra is a Sydney-based yoga and meditation teacher, the mum of two small children, and a passionate advocate of the importance of nurturing yourself. Her self-care journey began soon after she entered motherhood and came as a result of caring for her very high needs baby. Severely lacking sleep and stressed to the max, she developed post-natal anxiety, severe insomnia and her mental health crumbled. Seeing similar problems with others, Kate founded the Radical Self-Care Project which began life as a humble instagram ‘challenge’ back in December 2015. Today, she hosts her own podcast, has developed a 28-day E-Course, and most recently has launched the Radical Self Journal through a successful crowd funding project. Kate assures you that self-care isn’t indulgent, or limited to simply treating yourself. By taking care of yourself you'll get to know yourself better and by making it part of your daily life, not only are you sending love inwards to yourself, you become more loving and caring to everyone around you. Your partner and kids will thank you for it. In this episode you'll discover what Radical Self-Care means and why a 'one size fits all approach' doesn't work. You’ll learn about the 'Yoga of Parenthood' a mindset tool around the vitally important practices of surrender, sleep and self-compassion. We talk about how to be more intentional in doing the things that fill you up and you’ll leave with the ability to craft your own unique self-care practice.
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Show Notes: KATE'S WEBSITES
Radical Self-Care Project Kate Alexandra Yoga
JOURNAL: Radical Self Journal by Kate Alexandra INSTAGRAM
Radical Self-Care Project Kate Alexandra Yoga
WEBSITE: Self-Compassion with Kristin Neff CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN: Start Some Good. Used by Kate to launch her journal BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Wild Power: Discover the Magic of Your Menstrual Cycle and Awaken the Feminine Path to Power by Alexandra Pope, Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/106
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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105: Watch Out! There’s a Monster Mum Aboutwith Libby Want
Monsters don’t sleep under your bed, they sleep inside your head
Libby Want is the author of Monster Spray Mum, a story book that helps children who are scared of monsters. The book was brought about by her own son’s fears and inspired by his wonderful imagination. And of course, behind every successful mother is a monster of a real-life story. Libby spent years trying to conceive and eventually, after 4 years of emotionally exhausting IVF cycles had two boys, who are now 4 and 2. She celebrated conceiving her children by eating, and with both pregnancies gained roughly 28kg which she subsequently shed, twice. In this episode we talk about Libby’s journey including the power of community, particularly when it’s not a supportive one. And how to successfully follow your passion simply by just doing it.
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Show Notes: LIBBY'S WEBSITE: Monster Spray Mum LIBBY'S BOOK: Mum’s Marvellous Monster Spray LIBBY'S NETWORKING GROUP: LOL Mums - Labour of Love SOCIAL MEDIA:
Instagram: Monster Spray Mum Facebook: Monster Spray Mum
APPS:
Blinkist Audible
BOOK: Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team by Simon Sinek, David Mead and Peter Docker PROFILE: Shonda Rhimes PREVIOUS EPISODE: 104: Reclaim your Body, Energy and Confidence; two Minutes at a Time | Lizzy Williamson BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown The Barefoot Investor: The Only Money Guide You'll Ever Need by Scott Pape Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create aNew One by Joe Dispenza
GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/105
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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104: Reclaim your Body, Energy and Confidence; Two Minutes at a Time with Lizzy Williamson
Transforming the way you feel starts with just two minutes [Lizzy Williamson]
When you see Lizzy Williamson’s broad, infectious smile beaming out at you from one of her exercise videos, it’s easy to think she’s got it all together. She has. But it wasn’t always that way. When her daughters, now aged 11 and 9, we’re a baby and a toddler, life was very different. She suffered post partum depression, and things got so bad she wanted to harm her baby. The regular manta that whirled around and around in her head was, “I want to die”. As a woman who'd always been positive, upbeat and successful, this came as a shock. But for Lizzy, it was real. She reached a crossroads in her life, and had a choice. Fall into a dark pit or find a way out. She chose movement. Lizzy clawed back a happier, healthier and more energised life through her Two Minute Moves - quick and simple exercises that you can easily integrate into your busy life. From her idillic home in Sydney's Northern Beaches, Lizzy, not only has her own life right back on track, but has made Two Minute Moves a national sensation. She's written a book, creates workout videos and has appeared on national TV. You know you should be moving more, but sometimes that first step is the most difficult to take. Lizzy makes it simple. You can do her exercises anywhere, at no cost, and in a tiny pocket of time. No more excuses. Today Lizzy shares her own inspiring true story and proves that you can bust stress, fight depression and reclaim your life. Two minutes at a time.
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Show Notes: LIZZY'S WEBSITE: Two Minutes Moves LIZZY'S BOOK: Two Minutes Moves SOCIAL MEDIA:
Instagram: Two Minutes Moves Facebook: Two Minutes Moves
PREVIOUS EPISODE: 100: Celebrating 100 Episodes of SuperMum | Lisa York & Naomi Light GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Happy Mama by Amy Taylor-Kabbaz FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/104
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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103: Nourish and Flourish with The Self-Care Revolutionwith Suzy Reading
Self-care is health care [Suzy Reading]
Self-care is a concept you hear flying around more and more these days. But as a busy time-poor mum already up to your eyes with to-dos, do you really want or need the extra burden of self care? Absolutely says Suzy Reading, author of The Self-Care Revolution. Suzy is mum to Charlotte and Ted who are 7 and 3. She's a Chartered Psychologist and qualified yoga teacher specialising in wellbeing, and knows first hand that self-care is an essential part of being a successful mum. With all the pressure that falls upon you as a mum, spending time nourishing yourself will help you to heal, to cope, to buffer yourself from future stress, and enable you to become your best self. Today Suzy will demystify what self-care is and help you easily access it when you're feeling time and energy squeezed. You'll learn about the power of micro moments of nourishment and learn to break through the barrier of mummy guilt in order to take action. She'll introduce you to her Vitality Wheel framework and you'll walk away with a toolkit of simple self-care practices accessible to you in the moment, when you need it the most.
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Show Notes: SUZY'S BOOK: The Self-Care Revolution: Smart Habits and Simple Practices to Allow you to Flourish SUZY'S VITALITY WHEEL: PDF of the Vitality Wheel that we talked about in the episode SUZY'S WEBSITE: Suzy Reading SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram: Suzy Reading Twitter: Suzy Reading
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Supermum Myth: Overcome Anxiety, Ditch Guilt and Embrace Imperfection by Anya Hayes and Dr Rachel Andrew GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/103
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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102: Busting The Supermum Myth: Does she Really Exist?with Anya Hayes
Life is about balance and awareness, reality not perfection [Anya Hayes]
Modern motherhood is relentless says mum of two boys, Anya Hayes. Mums are expected to be all things to all people and hold it together without the wheels falling off. But it can be hard to remain peaceful and balanced when your kids sit on your lap while you’re on the loo. Anya is a health and wellbeing writer and editor, and founder of Mothers Wellness Toolkit. She's a Pilates teacher who specialises in pregnancy and postnatal and her 4th book, The SuperMum Myth has recently been launched. Today Anya will empower you to stop feeling like a rubbish mum, by breaking down the unrealistic expectation of what it means to be a perfect mum. We address some of the big 'Mum Gremlins' like guilt, anxiety and self sabotage and talk about solutions to uproot negative emotions and thought patterns for good. Anya knows that the best mum is the good-enough mum and teaches you to embrace your wonderful imperfection, so you'll start to see yourself in a kinder light.
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Show Notes: ANYA'S WEBSITE: Mothers' Wellness Toolkit ANYA'S BOOK: The Supermum Myth: Overcome anxiety, ditch guilt and embrace imperfection by Anya Hayes and Dr Rachel Andrew SOCIAL MEDIA:
Instagram: Mothers' Wellness Toolkit Twitter: Anya Hayes Facebook: Mothers' Wellness Toolkit
PREVIOUS EPISODES:
056: What I'd Say to Judgmental Strangers, If I Had the Nerve | Lisa York 087: How to Get the Most Out of Motherhood | Ali Katz 098: The Secret to Raising Mentally Strong Kids | Amy Morin 101: Stepping Off the Corporate Ladder and Keeping Mum Mighty | Sara Campin
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: What Mothers Do: Especially when it looks like nothing by Naomi Stadlen GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/102
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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101: Stepping Off the Corporate Ladder and Keeping Mum Mighty with Sara Campin
The fact that you worry about being a good mum means you already are one [Sara Campin]
When Sara Campin's daughter and son - now 5 and 2 - came along, Sara fulfilled her childhood dream of becoming a mum. But although she’s incredibly grateful for this wonderful gift and loves her kids with so much intensity it hurts, the realities of parenting fell well short of her built up expectations, leaving her with feelings of disappointment and failure. London-based Sara handled the high-stress corporate environment successfully, but motherhood proved to be rather more challenging. She suffered post natal anxiety and depression with both her children and still often feels like she's struggling to hold it all together. I can relate to that. At the beginning of this year, she took time out of her fast-paced career to pause and consider her core values. She subsequently made the difficult decision to step off of the corporate ladder, to spend more time with her kids and follow her true passions. She retrained as a life and change coach and founded Keeping Mum Mighty where she helps mums increase their positive well-being and find greater joy in parenthood. She’s particularly passionate about guiding mums through the difficult transition periods of motherhood. In today's honest and open conversation about the difficult side of motherhood, Sara shares her 5 greatest challenges in adapting from a sparkling career to motherhood. She has practical solutions for helping resolve the key issues that many mothers face,and by learning to love and nourish herself, whilst embracing and adapting to a completely different lifestyle, Sara's been able to find greater balance, harmony and happiness in her motherhood journey.
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Show Notes: SARA'S WEBSITE:
Keeping Mummy Mighty Sara Campin Coaching
FACEBOOK: Keeping Mum Mighty INSTAGRAM: Keeping Mum Mighty MEDITATION APPS:
Insight Timer Calm
PREVIOUS EPISODES:
045: How to Be Happy as You Muddle Through Motherhood | Olivia Horne 100: Celebrating 100 Episodes of SuperMum | Lisa York & Naomi Light
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Supermum Myth: Overcome anxiety, ditch guilt and embrace imperfection by Anya Hayes and Dr Rachel Andrew GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/101
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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100: Celebrating 100 Episodes of SuperMumwith Lisa York & Naomi Light
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself [Henry Ford]
Woo Hoo. I can hardly believe it. I've reached my 100th episode. It's been challenging, intellectually demanding and stressful at times, but also stimulating, fulfilling and rewarding. But before I tell you what's in store with this episode, I want to say a huge thank you to my amazing team of mums who busily work behind the scenes to bring you the podcast each week. You know who you are and I owe so much to you. Thank you. And of course, I need to thank you, my wonderfully devoted listeners. Yes you. Thank you so much for supporting me by tuning in to the show. So, on to today's episode. I wanted to bring you something a little different for episode number 100, so I have a very special guest lined up. It's .... wait for it ..... ME! Yes, that's right. The tables have been turned and Naomi Light (one of my mum volunteers) is grabbing the mic and asking the questions. Just for fun, we agreed not to do any preparations ahead of the interview so all of her questions came at me cold. And boy, does Naomi know how to dig beneath the surface to get me to reveal the inner workings of my mind. In fact, I'm a bit worried she might steal my job! I'm not going to tell you any more, I'll just leave you to listen for yourself.
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Show Notes: INTERVIEW BY NAOMI LIGHT:
About: Find out more about Naomi on her Website Instagram: @naomigracelight Naomi's Instagram feed is beautiful, inspiring and honest. I highly recommend you check it out
BOOKS:
Baby on Board by Dr Howard Chilton How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
MEDITATION APPS:
Insight Timer Calm
PREVIOUS EPISODES:
002: Boundless Energy and How to Get It 037: Discover How to Set the Burning Desire in Your Belly Ablaze | Kate Greenstock 095: The Easiest Way to Be a Mindful Parent in a Messy World | Michelle Gale
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy by Chris Bailey GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/100
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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099: Motherhood Life Lessons from an Empty Nester with Jodi Silverman
We can do anything we put our minds to, we just need to know others are there with us and we are not alone [Jodi Silverman]
My home is noisy. When my four kids burst through the door after school, it's loud. The chatter, the excitement, the bickering. Everyone's talking over everyone else and I can barely hear myself think. But as much as I sometimes wish they had a mute button, what happens when the noise is no longer there? What happens when they're all grown up and leave home? Jodi Silverman is an empty nester. Her daughter and son who are 22 and 19 have gone off to find their way in the world leaving her and her husband at home with their dog. But, although you grieve the loss, life-coach Jodi says that the world doesn't have to stop there. In fact, this is an opportunity for a new beginning. With that teaching in mind, Jodi set up Moms Who Dare®, a community for mums with kids in high school and beyond looking to connect, share and thrive through having, or preparing for, an empty nest. Whether you're an empty nester or not, this episode is a must listen because a lot of her advice rings true whatever stage of motherhood you're at. If nothing else, it's a great reminder to savour as much as you can in spite of the tantrums and tiredness, because one day the intense early years will be gone forever.
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Show Notes: JODI'S WEBSITE: Jodi Silverman JODI'S BOOK: You're on Your Own, Now What?: Tips and Wisdom from Mom by Jodi Silverman and Judy Brown JODI'S FREE 3-PART VIDEO SERIES: Moms Who Dare® Rediscovering YOU FACEBOOK:
Moms Who Dare Jodi Silverman
BOOK: How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish PREVIOUS EPISODE: 088: You're Not Just 'Mummy', But Who Are You? | Laneic Lavalle BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
I Dare Me: How I Rebooted and Recharged My Life by Doing Something New Every Day by Lu Ann Cahn The Art of Exceptional Living by Jim Rohn
GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY'S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/099
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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098: The Secret to Raising Mentally Strong Kids with Amy Morin
It's easier to build strong children than to repair broken men [Frederick Douglass]
Mentally strong mums know that, by avoiding negative behaviours such as begrudging other people's success or dwelling on bad experiences, you'll be better equipped to overcome life's difficulties and become the best mum possible. Amy Morin knows this more than most. Amy is a psychotherapist and foster parent who, amongst other life tragedies, became a widow at 23. Although her early adult life looked bleak, she knew she had to take everything she knew academically about mental strength and apply it to her own personal situation. Easier said than done. But, rather than wallow in her own 'pity party', Amy scrapped up the pieces and went on the write the international bestseller, 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do and deliver a TED talk, The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong, which has been viewed more than 5 million times. Today we delve deeply into Amy's recently launched second book, 13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don’t Do. We pull apart some of the issues in the book like why you should stop putting your child at the centre of your universe, the importance of eradicating mum-guilt, and why understanding your values is critical to your parenting. You'll learn that by making the often tough choices, you'll help your child build mental muscle and develop into a healthy, strong adult.
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Show Notes: AMY'S WEBSITE: Amy Morin LCSW SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook: Amy Morin LCSW Instagram: Amy Morin Author
AMY'S BOOKS:
13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do: Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success 13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do: Raising Self-Assured Children and Training Their Brains for a Life of Happiness, Meaning, and Success
TED TALK: The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch QUOTE AUTHOR: Frederick Douglass GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/098
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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097: How to Take a Back-Seat from Life in the Fast Lanewith Rachelle Glendon
The most important choice you make is what you choose to make important. [Michael Neill]
Mum life is a rush. Rushing to do the drop off so you can get to work on time. Rushing to get the children's dinner on the table before the hunger-monster rears its ugly head. Rushing to grab some groceries before your time without the kids is up. Rush. Rush. Rush. But what if you could change gear and slow down a little? That's what Brisbane mum Rachelle Glendon did two years ago when her son Max was born. Realizing that she'd spent her life using activity and busyness to curb the emotional pain of a difficult childhood, Rachelle wanted to change the status quo. Emerging from a painful period of loneliness in the time after her son was born, Rachelle knew she needed to change her priorities. She confronted her emotions head on and fought the stigma of being seen as lazy or boring and chose life in the slow lane. And she lives a far more rewarding and fulfilled life because of it.
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Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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096: Making Mum ‘Whole’ with Occupational Therapy with Sarah Hausler
OT's ask, "what matters to you", not "what's the matter with you?" [Ginny Stoffel]
When I hear the words Occupational Therapist, I think of someone who helps you recover from injury through a rehabilitation program. It never occurred to me that they could help mums in any other way. But I learned that because Occupational Therapists specialise in seeing the human body as a “whole”, they can help you achieve optimal health and wellbeing which allows you to live your best life. Mum of two, Sarah Hausler is the owner of Bloom Wellbeing and has been an Occupational Therapist for 16 years in Adelaide, Australia. Through her work, and in her personal life, Sarah's seen first hand the impact that pregnancy, childbirth and parenting has on the emotional and physical wellbeing of mums. Since becoming a mum herself, she now focuses on helping mothers to participate in meaningful activities to support a holistic approach to wellness. In this episode we delve deeper into how Occupational Therapy can support mums. We discuss a whole range of issues including the emotional impact of sleep deprivation, and what to do when you experience a change in life priorities. We also talk about difficult topics like how to recover emotionally following a distressing or traumatic childbirth experience and the challenges of raising a child with an illness or developmental disorder. This was an eye-opening conversation for me which has broadened my knowledge of the world of Occupational Therapy.
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Show Notes: SARAH'S WEBSITE: Bloom Wellbeing SARAH'S PODCAST: Meaningful Motherhood QUOTE AUTHOR: Virginia "Ginny" Stoffel SARAH'S FREE E-COURSE: Small Steps to Mindfulness: 21 Day e-course for mothers BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Parent Manifesto: How to create a parenting approach that's perfect for your family by Jodie Benveniste GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/096
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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095: The Easiest Way to Be a Mindful Parent in a Messy Worldwith Michelle Gale
If You Want To Make Peace In Your Family, First Make Peace Within You [Michelle Gale]
Being mindful in your day-to-day life as a busy mum can be tricky. You understand, abstractly, how beneficial it is, but taking that final step to put it into action can be a struggle. I get it. I find it incredibly difficult amongst the noise of our home, the busyness of getting through each day, and the wall to wall chores than never subside, to find space to be mindful. That's why I enjoyed my conversation with mindfulness teacher Michelle Gale, the author of the brand new book, “Mindful Parenting in a Messy World” and host of a podcast of the same name. Why? Because Michelle brings mindfulness right into your own kitchen while hurriedly serving up dinner and shouting through the house that you'll be there to wipe his bottom just as soon as you've saved the sausages from burning. Michelle brings the message that life is messy. But it's right in the midst of this messiness that you'll find your greatest potential for growth and transformation. In a practical and down-to-earth way, Michelle teaches you that the act of parenting really begins with parenting yourselves by being in tune with what is happening, right here, right now. Today Michelle will help you through the rough spots so you'll react less, connect more and feel at ease, so you can wholeheartedly embrace your messy life.
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Show Notes: MICHELLE'S WEBSITE: Michelle Gale MICHELLE'S BOOK: Mindful Parenting in a Messy World by Michelle Gale PROFILE: Wendy Palmer MARTIAL ARTS PRACTICE: Aikido PROGRAM: R.A.I.N: A Four-Step Process For Using Mindfulness In Difficult Times by Byron Katie BOOK: Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents by Will Martin GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/095
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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094: Help Your Teen to Stress Less by Building Healthy Habits with Claire Ketchum
The key to sustainable, healthy habits is consistency [Claire Ketchum]
Having a teenager in the house can be a challenge to say the least. It's so frustrating watching your teen make poor choices and roll their eyes at your suggestions. The battles to get them to make better choices get constantly ignored, disrupts the balance of your home and jeopardises your relationship with your child. Enter Claire Ketchum. She has two teenagers of her own and has devoted most of her life to living and working with teens. Through her work, Claire knows that teens are far more likely to listen to a teacher, coach or friend, rather than their parent. Therefore, Claire bridges that gap in her work as a Stress Less Coach for Teens and her vast experience has given her a deep understanding of how to motivate teens. In this episode, Claire will show you how she helps teens see and value their strengths and to be open to support in areas where they struggle. You'll find out how she gets them out of the chronic stress loop for good, so they can create healthy habits, manage expectations better, experience more success and remain happy and healthy in school and beyond. By following her strategies, you'll discover a way to encourage your teen to create health habits in a way that makes your teen feel supported rather than judged. This will help you have a more harmonious home and get your relationship with your teen back on the right path.
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Show Notes: CLAIRE'S WEBSITE: Claire Ketchum: Stress Less Coach for Teens CLAIRE'S WORKSHOP: Happy and Healthy Teens Workshop PREVIOUS EPISODE: 091: Navigating the Two Worlds of Your Teenager | Sonya Karras & Sacha Kaluri BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS: Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything By Geneen Roth GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/094
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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093: Doing Motherhood and Life on Your Own Termswith Nicky Raby
Do more of what you love and less of what you don't [Nicky Raby]
Your hopes, dreams and priorities change once you have children. Your career, that once offered personal validation before becoming a mum, no longer cuts it now children are on the scene. So how do you figure out exactly what you want from life, and more importantly, how can you make it a reality? Actor, writer, speaker and coach, Nicky Raby will help you do just that with some careful planning and down-to-earth advice. In this episode, Nicky talks about how life has changed since having her 21 month old son, and how she juggles the unpredictable world of acting around motherhood. It’s clear that Nicky's grabbing life by the horns, and as a professional coach she helps other mums navigate similar changes. While it’s great that there are loads of self-development options available, Nicky takes the practical view that you can’t meditate for half a day and send off a couple of emails. Instead, she offers practical advice and suggestions to help you to find your own space, on your own terms. Today Nicky will open you up to the possibility of 'and' rather than being closed off by 'but'. It shouldn’t be ‘successful but single’, and it shouldn’t be ‘creative but poor’. You can have both ‘creative and successful’. And it's OK to blend together your multiple passions to create a career and life that works for you. Why let yourself be limited by the expectations of others when you can fly, just like Nicky.
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Show Notes: NICKY'S WEBSITE: Nicky Raby PROFILE: Danielle LaPorte PREVIOUS EPISODE: 041: How to Make a Virtue Out of Uncertainty | Victoria Labalme AUTHOR RECOMMENDATION:
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth by Jen Sincero
GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/093
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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092: Be Inspired, And Set Your Life On Fire with John O'Leary
Comfort is popular, but courage changes lives [John O'Leary]
Imagine leaving your home in the morning and returning to find out that your 9 year old son had experimented with fire and blown up your house. The house is burnt out. Your son is fighting for his life in hospital covered in burns on 100% of his body. And you have four other children to care for. That 9 year old boy was John O’Leary. John is now a husband, father of four; three boys and a girl. He's the #1 bestselling author of the book ON FIRE and a highly sought inspirational speaker. In this incredible story, John - in my first dad-only episode - talks about how he and his family pulled through this unthinkable tragedy. The strength of character, resilience and determination of his mother. And how this life altering event changed John's world in such a positive way, he has dedicated his life helping others overcome their challenges and live inspired lives. Through his story, John will "liberate you from excuses, destructive cynicism, limiting beliefs, broken relationships, and lousy results" because like he says, " you can’t always choose the path you walk in life, but you can always choose the manner in which you walk."
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Show Notes: JOHN'S WEBSITE: John O'Leary Inspires PODCAST: Live Inspired Podcast with John O’Leary MUSICIANS:
Coldplay Imagine Dragons Amazing Grace
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Overwhelming Odds by Susan O'Leary and Denny O'Leary GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/092
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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091: Navigating the Two Worlds of Your Teenagerwith Sonya Karras & Sacha Kaluri
All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my mother [Abraham Lincoln]
The world of a teenager is a mystery to me, and since my eldest is only 8, I'm going to keep my head buried in the sand for a few years yet. But if you do have teens in the house, this episode is for you. Australia's most sought-after Motivational Speakers, Sonya Karras and Sacha Kaluri have five children between them and have been working with teenagers in schools and hosting live events for 17 years. They are Australia's leading experts in a wide range of adolescent and family issues, and set up Australian Teenage Expo, the country's largest youth educational event where they have hosted more that 55,000 people in the last 5 years. As a result of working with young people on a daily basis, they realised there are two major elements of a teenagers life that comes into full bloom at the same time. Their social life and thoughts about their career. Sonya and Sacha's experience and expertise in both these fields, led them to publish 'The Two Worlds of a Teenager’, which we talk about today.
You may not think that partying and career go hand-in-hand for teenagers, but in today's Social Media-driven world, they have a huge impact on each other. Today's episode confirms that "the more choices, options and information a teenager is given, the more likely they are to make positive choices, especially when faced with a tricky situation."
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Show Notes: SONYA & SACHA'S WEBSITE: Sonya & Sacha: Making the Tough Stuff Easy SONYA & SACHA'S BOOK: The Two Worlds of Your Teenager: How to Help Your Teen Start Their Career on The Right Foot and Safely Enjoy the Fun of Being Young by Sonya Karras & Sacha Kaluri SONYA & SACHA'S TV SHOW: The Sonya and Sacha Show LIVE EVENTS: Australian Teenage Expo PROFILE: Gary Vaynerchuk FUTURE EPISODE: 094: Help Your Teen to Stress Less by Building Healthy Habits | Claire Ketchum GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/091
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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090: Turn Your Motherhood Challenges into Your Greatest Gifts with Jennifer Bronsnick
The more you resist life’s challenges, the more they persist [Jennifer Bronsnick]
Jennifer Bronsnick of 'The Mindful Family' knows what it’s like to struggle in motherhood. Mum of three girls, Jennifer suffered post partum depression when her third daughter was born. But Jennifer had a powerful weapon to slay the beast. A positive mindset. An attitude that told her “I know this isn’t forever” and “What can I learn from this?” Author of ‘Mindful Mommy: 10 Secrets for Healing your Mind, Body and Spirit after Having a Baby’, Jennifer now helps mums turn a challenge into their greatest gift. She believes that the obstacles you face - and boy, motherhood brings about plenty of those - gives you an opportunity to learn and grow, rather than becoming something that you try to avoid. In this action-packed episode, you’ll learn how to become more resilient and bounce back from overwhelming pressure and anxiety. You’ll find out how to deal with chronic stress and past trauma. And you’ll know how to handle the negative emotions that burden you. Jennifer advocates that motherhood is about personal development, and we learn as much from our children as they learn from us. She says, “There’s no such thing as an ideal mother. Every child needs a different mother and we’re the exact mum they need us to be”
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Show Notes: JENNIFER'S WEBSITE: The Mindful Family JENNIFER'S BOOK: Mindful Mommy: 10 Secrets for Healing Your Mind, Body and Spirit After Having a Baby by Jennifer Bronsnick FACEBOOK: The Mindful Family POSTPARTUM SUPPORT: Postpartum Support International THERAPIES:
Emotional Freedom Technique: Sessions with Jennifer Bronsnick Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
PROFILE: Susan David PREVIOUS EPISODE: 043: Reclaim You; How to Reignite your Passion, Power and Purpose | Sally Thibault BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/090
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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089: One Small Step Leads to One Big Changewith Lisa Zawistowski
Every day matters. Everything is possible [Lisa Zawistowski]
Lisa Zawistowski says that if you don’t have a plan, then you just have to make do with whatever life happens to throw at you. Which is why having a plan is so critical.
Happiness and success coach and a master change agent, Lisa is the mum of two teenagers. She's the founder of Small Steps to Big Change where she helps clients do exactly that. Through her three-step Get Clear, Get Real and Get Going process, she helps clients make a big change in their life but taking small but deliberate steps. Lisa believes that happiness is the core of enjoying everything you are, everything you do and everything you achieve. Today we talk about how to be purposeful in your intentions, how to combat your fear of change in order to claim the life you want, and that optimism is something that can be learned. Lisa will teach you to Get Clear about who you want to be and what you want to achieve. You'll Get Real about where you are in your life right now. And then you can take action and Get Going to create a life that you absolutely love. One small step at a time.
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Show Notes: LISA's WEBSITE: Small Steps 2 Big Change LISA'S SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook: Small Steps 2 Big Change Twitter: Small Steps 2 Big Change Instagram: Small Steps 2 Big Change
LISA'S BOOK (COMING SOON): Get What You Want - The Mindset PREVIOUS EPISODES:
011: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making your Dreams come True | Victoria Kate 061: How to Transform Yourself from a Hot Mess to Mindful Mom | Ali Katz 082: Break Through Your Stress to Feel Patient, Confident and Energised | Giselle Monbiot
EPISODE MENTIONED IN REVIEW: 086: How to Have More Sex (Even When You Don't Think You Want To) | Isiah McKimmie PROFILE: Tony Robins BOOK: Flow: The Psychology of Happiness: The Classic Work on How to Achieve Happiness by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Law Of Attraction: How to Make It Work For You by Esther Hicks and Jerry Hicks GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/089
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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088: You‘re Not Just ’Mummy’, But Who Are You?with Laneic Lavalle
Happiness isn’t something you postpone for the future, it’s something you create for today [Laneic Lavalle]
What happens when everything you had in your life has to be given up, and all your hopes and dreams suddenly need to change? That's what happened to Arizona-based Laneic Lavalle. Shortly after her 3 year old son was born, Laneic gave up her 4 year military career as it wasn't compatible with solo parenthood. She hit rock bottom when she realised she was completely overwhelmed by trying to hang on to a career she loved, and at the same time be a great mum to her son. But she found her way through the fog, and redefined herself through her new business, My Name is not Mommy. She now helps other mums who have lost their identity to reconnect with who they are and create a life filled with purpose and passion. Today Laneic helps you find the tools in your everyday life to help you retain your identity whilst still being a brilliant parent. Through her 4-step process, she'll show you that motherhood isn't a barrier, but a motivator for your dreams.
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Show Notes: LANEIC'S WEBSITE: Make It To 18 with Laneic Lavalle FACEBOOK: My Name is NOT Mommy BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Love Does by Bob Goff GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/088
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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087: How to Get the Most Out of Motherhood with Ali Katz
Slow down and take time for yourself - because a better you is a better mom! [Ali Katz]
Ali Katz is the very first guest to make a second appearance on my podcast. In Episode 61, Ali wowed us with the concept that if you care for yourself first, you can better care for your family. This was the message of her first book, Hot Mess to Mindful Mom: 40 Ways to Find Balance and Joy in Your Every Day. Ali, who is the mum of two boys aged 12 and 10 and a mindfulness coach and meditation teacher, made such an impact when she first appeared on the podcast that I couldn't resist inviting her back to talk about her latest book. Get the Most out of Motherhood: A Hot Mess to Mindful Mom Parenting Guide launches, hot off the press, in less than a weeks time. Now you understand that when you're calmer and more balanced you're a better mum, you're ready to take the next step. Ali teaches you how to push the inner work out into your home and embrace your best self while parenting. That way you can strengthen your relationships with your children and partner, create family rituals that your children will remember long after they've left home, and teach your children how to follow in your footsteps to becoming more mindful.
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Show Notes: ALI'S WEBSITE: Ali Katz: Hot Mess to Mindful Mum ALI'S BOOKS:
Hot Mess to Mindful Mom: 40 Ways to Find Balance and Joy in Your Every Day Get the Most out of Motherhood: A Hot Mess to Mindful Mom Parenting Guide
PREVIOUS EPISODES:
061: How to Transform Yourself from a Hot Mess to Mindful Mom | Ali Katz 086: How to Have More Sex (Even When You Don't Think You Want To) | Isiah McKimmie
DEVICE TRACKER: Moment: Tracks your iPhone and iPad usage MEDITATION APP: Insight Timer BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Invincible Living: The Power of Yoga, The Energy of Breath, and Other Tools for a Radiant Life by Guru Jagat GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/087 PSSST, IS IT JUST ME? Thanks to Lola, age 10 from London, UK
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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086: How to Have More Sex (Even When You Don’t Think You Want To) with Isiah McKimmie
A great relationship starts with yourself [Isiah McKimmie]
Sex and intimacy is the last thing on your mind now you're a mum. By the time you fall into bed after another exhausting day juggling balls and fulfilling demands, being a goddess between the sheets is probably fairly low on your list of priorities. In today’s podcast you'll understand why things have changed between you and your partner, and gain an insight into why you feel disconnected. But you'll also learn how to reignite the sparkle and start to feel the way you did before children came on the scene. My guest today is Isiah McKimmie. Isiah is a Sydney-based Relationship Therapist and Sexologist who has been helping couples maintain better relationships for over seven years. She helps them discover deep love, soulful intimacy and whole-hearted sex. Isiah believes that intimacy and relationships are deeply connected to our overall happiness and that, if you have the right foundation stones in place, a happy, passionate and loving relationship is possible for everyone. Today Isiah will make you want to jump back into bed with your hubby because of your personal connection rather than simply the act of having sex. We consider intimacy from your partners perspective and how bringing back kindness, respect and understanding to your relationship may be the key to reigniting the passion. We address the negative association that society has about marriage and children wrecking your sex life, and the impact that your perception of your body has on your relationship. And we talk about the practicalities of making time to reconnect, why you might just have your priorities in the wrong order and realistic tips for maintaining a loving relationship. We also delve into how to fit time to be a couple into your busy life, and why scheduling in intimacy and sex can actually be fun, rather than contrived. I am delighted to have Isiah on my show today. She'll help you realise why sex is so important to your relationship and why a great connection with your partner starts with yourself. You'll gain an appreciation that by dedicating time to having a healthy, intimate relationship you'll see the energy of your entire family change. Best of all, you're role modelling for your children's future relationships and giving them the precious gift of a happier family unit.
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How to put your priorities in the right order and to stop giving most attention to whoever shouts the loudest The importance of self-care and how this affects your relationship with your partner, and your children Why you've become disconnected from your partner since having children, and how you can fix it Practical tips for maintaining a loving relationship despite all the demands being thrown at you Being realistic in how to date your partner and losing the idea that a date has to be perfect How your perception of your post-baby body affects your relationship The association that having a baby will kill the intimacy that you used to have in your relationship
Hope you enjoy today's show
Show Notes: ISIAH'S WEBSITE: Isiah McKimmie FREE EBOOK: How to Rediscover Your Spark + Reignite Desire: Your guide to feeling in the mood again by Isiah McKimmie PREVIOUS EPISODE: 009: Spice up Your Marriage to the Way it Used to Be | Shawn Fink GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/086 PSSST, IS IT JUST ME? Thanks to Fred age 7 from Canberra, Australia
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
085: What ‘Nobody Told Me’ When I Became a Mumwith Hollie McNish
Someone said, Mums are the rocks that never crumble. I don't think that's true, because I do [Hollie McNish]
Every mother has a pre-conceived idea of what pregnancy and parenthood will be like. But often the reality doesn't match the dream and it turns out to be completely different to the fluffy-bunny rabbit world that the media has created. In today’s episode you'll get an insight into the mind of a mum who penned her motherhood experiences into a series of diary entries and modern-day poems. The thoughts and feelings of one mother, captured the hearts and minds of millions of others, who all nodded along in hearty agreement. My guest today is SuperMum, Hollie McNish. Hollie lives near Cambridge, UK with her seven year old daughter. An eternal writer and poet, Hollie naturally chronicled her observations of being a mum as a way to vent both her joy and her frustration of motherhood. Little did she know that her work would one day be published or that she would become an Internet sensation. Her book, 'Nobody Told Me' recently won her the highly acclaimed Ted Hughes award and her YouTube channel, where she reads her poetry, has a following over over 4 million. 'Nobody Told Me' tracks Hollie's journey from the time she took her very first pregnancy test, to the day she dropped her 3 year old daughter to pre-school for the very first time. Through it, she explicitly shares her view on a whole array of mummy matters from the embarrassment of breast feeding in public to the loss of her identity. From exhaustion so overwhelming it lead her to 'cry hidden in loos' to her scorn of being branded as having 'baby brain'. In this no-holds-barred episode, Hollie and I talk at length about our breasts flicking from being something sexual into being something functional and back again, to dealing with having sex again post-birth, and to feeling isolated and lost after having a child. And the pièce de résistance? Hollie does an exclusive reading of my favourite poem from her book called, 'What's My Name Again' which leaves me brushing away the tears from the raw nerve that it hits head on. I am so excited to welcome Hollie to my show today. I'm not a poetry lover, but this stuff you'll be eating up. She gives us a refreshingly real-life view of motherhood. Frank, honest and forthright from pregnancy to pre-school, which will leave you feeling like at last somebody finally gets it and actually gives a damn.
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In this episode we talk about:
How putting her thoughts about motherhood into a personal journal was the catalyst for something unexpected that changed the course of Hollie's life The unspoken side of life as a mum with a young child and how the struggles and internal battles were given a voice The realities of returning to work for the first time after maternity leave and why being told she has 'Mushy Mummy Brain' drives Hollie mad The difficulties in juggling the needs of our children with the needs of our partner The contrast between using breasts for sexual pleasure and using them to feed your baby, often in the same night Why breastfeeding while you're out can be such a highly charged topic, and why 'exposing yourself' this way is taboo when women's bodies are freely flaunted in public
Hope you enjoy today's show
Show Notes: HOLLIE ONLINE:
Website: Hollie Poetry Facebook: Hollie Poetry Twitter: Hollie Poetry YouTube: Hollie Poetry
HOLLIE'S BOOKS:
Nobody Told Me: Poetry and Parenthood Plum
HOLLIE'S POEMS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY
Breasts Embarrassed Mushy Mummy Baby Brain Whats My Name Again
ARTICLE: Hollie McNish's 'funny and serious' poetry wins Ted Hughes prize featured in The Guardian HOLLIE'S PHOTOGRAPHS by Paul Newbon PREVIOUS EPISODE: 077: Adoption, Foster Care, and Growing up with Two Mums | Jesse Toksvig-Stewart BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The End We Start From by Megan Hunter
084: The Best Ways for Mum to Live in Healthy-Land with Alice Bingham
Being healthy isn't a trend. It's a lifestyle.
Life is busy and life is stressful, and there are times when your health (understandably) gets neglected. From reaching for another piece of chocolate or finishing the bottle of wine, through to not exercising enough or getting adequate sleep, it's easy to fall into the trap of failing to take care of yourself. Guilty as charged. I've got my hand up to all of those. In today’s podcast, you'll find out how unhealthy habits can affect your health, and what it takes to overcome the bad habits and create new ones that will benefit your body and mind. My guest today is SuperMum, Alice Bingham. Alice lives in Brisbane, Australia with her husband and 20 month old son, Cruz. At the time of the interview she was 37 weeks pregnant with her second child, and has since given birth to a beautiful baby girl at the beginning of July. In Alice's nursing days before becoming a mum, she observed a huge number of patients who were suffering illness as a direct result of an unhealthy lifestyle. Alice looked in the mirror and reflected on her own life. She too was okerweight and not in the best health. This was the trigger that Alice needed to start a lifelong journey to good health. Starting with an 8 week healthy eating challenge, and moving on to workouts, Alice lost an incredible 3 stone (21kg). But that was just the beginning. Health is so much more to Alice than just weight loss and progress, it's a lifestyle. It's about being present, self loke, delicious healthy food and a strong and healthy mind. Alice shares her progress, her stories, and her ups and downs of creating a healthy life at Alice in Healthyland. She writes a successful blog and has more than 30,000 Instagram followers who are inspired to loke their bodies, get healthy and build mindfulness into their everyday lives. Her online followers have been beside her through weight loss, pregnancies, and life as the mum of a toddler ... and now a newborn. In today’s episode Alice talks about how to stay motivated to keep healthy, even on the really tough, sleep deprived days. That no mistake is a ‘failure’, rather an opportunity to learn and grow. And that even though self care is difficult to fit in, the reward will always be worth the effort. I'm so happy to have Alice on my show today. She'll remind you of the importance of taking care of yourself, the wonderfully purging effect of a good old cry, and shares some great tips on how to work out and eat healthily when time is short and you're running on empty.
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The confronting trigger that motivated Alice to change her lifestyle and diet habits What healthy eating really means, and how to prepare nutritious food around your busy schedule The essential first step that Alice took to exercising regularly, losing weight and feeling better How to get enough high quality sleep and why it's so important to good health The daily challenges of being heavily pregnant and looking after a toddler Why being healthy takes many elements, and what the components of good health are The huge importance of self care, and how to fit it into limited time slots
Hope you enjoy today's show
Show Notes: ALICE'S WEBSITE: Alice in Healthyland INSTAGRAM: @aliceinhealthyland BOOK: The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time by Arianna Huffington BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Mindset: Changing The Way You Think To Fulfil Your Potential by Dr Carol Dweck GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/084 PSSST, IS IT JUST ME? Thanks to Alex (6), Lizzy (3), Fred (7) and Benny (4) from Canberra, Australia
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charge...
083: My Mummy has Breast Cancerwith Lisa Turner
Focus on going forwards, not backwards [Lisa Turner]
Feeling under the weather? Never mind. Sick bug? So what, the kids still need to eat. Unwell? Chin up. Soldier on. We mums battle through injuries, viruses and feeling like dirt, because .... well, we have to. But what happens when you get really sick and suddenly you have to stop rushing around at 100 miles an hour so you can focus on getting better again. In today’s podcast we talk about dealing with a serious illness, the toll it has on your emotional and physical wellbeing, and accepting help when you just can’t go it alone. My guest today is SuperMum, Lisa Turner. Lisa and her husband live in London, UK with their son and daughter who are 9 and 4. In 2013, when her youngest child was just 14 months old, Lisa discovered a lump in her breast. She put it down to the affects of breast feeding, but it turned out to be far more sinister. Grade 3 breast cancer. In the year that followed, family life was turned upside down with a rollercoaster of mastectomies, chemotherapy and dealing with the reality of her illness. The journey was painful and exhausting as Lisa and her family endured the dark times of fighting her illness and raising a young family at the same time. Lisa is open and honest about the hardships of fighting cancer. The heart-wrenching inability to pick up her children following her double mastectomy. Not having the energy to be part of family life after debilitating chemotherapy. And wondering whether she would live to see her children grow up. But fast forward 4 years, and Lisa is in remission and living a better life. She now looks back at the experience and draws on the positive things that breast cancer brought with it. The friends and community who rallied around to lend a hand. The love and support her husband gave her and their children. And the new perspective to life that her illness has given her. But most of all, Lisa wants to share the message that examining your breasts and catching any problems early could save your life. In today’s episode we learn of Lisa’s incredible strength when hearing the worst possible news and how she helped her children understand what was wrong with mummy. We laugh about the perils of wearing a wig in public and even compare the marvels of Lisa's pert reconstructed breasts verses my saggy post breast-feeding ones. I am delighted to have Lisa on my show today. She bravely shares her story of dealing with serious illness when you have a young family, the importance of being raw and honest in your darkest hour, and how to see your experiences as a way to add value to your life as a mum so you always hold dear every precious moment.
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How Lisa assumed the lump in her breast was hormone related from breastfeeding, and the importance of taking lumps seriously How Lisa's amazing husband stepped-up and become mother, father, carer and breadwinner all at the same time How Lisa felt as a woman when she lost not only her hair, but her breasts Lisa's incredible network of family and friends, and the tremendous value and impact that the community around us has in times of need The impact a serious illness has on young children and how Lisa explained her sickness to them The impact a double mastectomy and chemotherapy had on Lisa's ability to parent, and how she dealt with it The lessons Lisa learned from this episode of her life, and how breast cancer has positively shaped the way she is today
Hope you enjoy today's show
Show Notes: BOOK: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt BOOK RECOMMENDATION: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/083 PSSST, IS IT JUST ME? Thanks to Benny age 5 from Canberra, Australia.
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids w...
082: Break Through Your Stress to Feel Patient, Confident and Energised with Giselle Monbiot
The time to relax is when you don't have time for it [Sydney J. Harris]
Stress is an everyday part of life in a busy modern world. And I don't know about you, but I think being a mum takes stress to a whole new level. Whether it’s physical stress, emotional stress or stress brought on by overwhelm and exhaustion, I've never felt pressure as intense as I have during the mummy years. In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday you'll find out why mums have so much stress to deal with, how your body reacts to stress, and why the 'fight or flight' response has spiralled out of control. But never fear, because you'll also learn how to combat stress, learn some simple techniques to manage difficult situations, and hear about techniques to improve your overall well-being. My guest today is SuperMum, Giselle Monbiot. Giselle is a Stress Specialist, Cognitive Hypnotherapist and a Well-being course designer and facilitator who lives in London, UK with her husband and 3 children who are 9, 5 & 3. Giselle's stress levels peaked when her 3rd child was born. She found herself shouting at her kids, having difficulties sleeping and fell into bad habits of eating the wrong types of food. She was regularly ill, had a constant feeling of anxiety in the pit of her stomach, and dreaded the future. As a trained therapist Giselle knew she could handle her stress response better. After all, she was teaching stress management to her clients but not applying them to her own life. Fed up with the inner conflict, heightened stress response and bad health, she made a promise to herself to be free from stress and anxiety. She said, "I wanted to enjoy my children, my life, and know that I could regain a sense of peace within". Giselle started to practice what she preached and incorporated the stress management tools she used with her clients into her own life. She learned new relaxation techniques and explored her behaviour patterns and response mechanisms. Over time, Giselle found her old self and started to feel alive again. And now she'll teach you to feel alive too. In today’s episode you'll learn to recognise the ways that stress affects you so you can fight back. And you'll discover the small steps and the simple techniques you can use to live a less stressful life, which in turn will make your role as a mum more enjoyable. I am so pleased to welcome Giselle to my show today. She has dedicated her life to teaching women how to regain faith in themselves. Stress and anxiety won't be the norm. Instead, she'll help you find calmness, emotional control and a new-found feeling of energy. Get ready to feel alive again.
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In this episode we talk about:
Giselle's personal experience of stress in motherhood and the negative effects that stress had on her How to recognise the symptoms of stress so you can rein it in and take control, before stress controls you Why stress is a basic human instinct, how stress serves us, and what to do when it starts to take over Why modern life can keep your body in a constantly heightened state of alert which ultimately can make you ill A holistic approach to dealing with stress and why making small changes in every part of your life can lead to a healthier, stress-free experience of motherhood Two quick, effective and in-the-moment techniques to help you stop stress in its tracks and start to feel calm again
Hope you enjoy today's show
Show Notes: GISELLE'S WEBSITE: Giselle: Nurturing Your Many Roles. Empowering the Whole Woman GISELLE'S WORKSHOP: Mindfulness and Well-being For Overstretched Mums GISELLE'S FREE MEDITATION: Freedom From Stress PREVIOUS EPISODE: 081: Get UnSTUCK; 5 Simple Steps to Emotional Well-Being | Shira Taylor Gura BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Compassionate Mind by Paul Gilbert QUOTE AUTHOR: Sydney J. Harris GIVEAWAY: Sorry,
081: Get UnSTUCK; 5 Simple Steps to Emotional Well-Beingwith Shira Taylor Gura
The answer to my struggles doesn't come from changing other people, but rather from changing me [Shira Taylor Gura]
‘Stuck in a rut’ is a well worn phrase. There are times when we all feel stuck, whether it's with your parenting choices, your work, or your partner. But first realising you are stuck, and then knowing how to get out of it, isn’t easy. In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday you'll find out how to get unSTUCK and turn your difficulties into a source for energy and positive change. With a simple methodology to unblock the things that are holding you back, you'll enrich your family time, your work and every other area of your life. My guest today is SuperMum, Shira Taylor Gura. Shira lives in Israel with her husband and 4 children who are 15, 12, 9 and 6. After becoming a mum, Shira started journaling and shared her experiences on a blog with those who were close to her. She talked about the issues she was facing and how she resolved her problems. Over time, her blog unwittingly gained a massive following and Shira realised that huge numbers of people were also benefiting from her teachings. Shira went on to create the S.T.U.C.K. Method™, a simple 5-step process to help to unravel everything from minor annoyances through to big complex issues. Using her qualifications in Psychology, Occupational Therapy and Integrative Yoga Therapy, Shira can change your habits of thinking to create a richer and more rewarding life. Her book, Getting unStuck, has become the 2017 International Book Award Winner in Self-Help and an Amazon new bestseller in emotional self-help. In today’s episode we talk about how to get unSTUCK so you can get onto the path you truly want to be on. We step through every part of the S.T.U.C.K.™ methodology to arm you with a toolkit that will make you happy and fulfilled in your everyday life. I am delighted to have Shira on my show today. She shares her expertise for how to get unSTUCK and stay unSTUCK even in the most challenging of situations to find a place where you laugh, empathise, and enjoy life to the max.
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Shira's personal story from being stuck as a mum to writing a best selling book about how to resolve it Why getting unSTUCK can apply to everything from arguments over washing the dishes to big, complex problems How Shira got STUCK in her relationship with her husband, and what she did to fix it How the S.T.U.C.K. Method™ works in all areas of your life, including as a parent The step-by-step process that you can practice anytime and anywhere, so you can stop being hijacked by your emotions How to teach the S.T.U.C.K. Method™ to your kids, whatever their age or stage Why the 'K' step of S.T.U.C.K. is of particular importance to mums (because you keep dismissing it)
Hope you enjoy today's show
Show Notes: SHIRA ONLINE
Website: The S.T.U.C.K Method Facebook: The STUCK Method Podcast: The Getting unSTUCK
SHIRA'S BOOK: Getting unSTUCK: Five Simple Steps to Emotional Well-Being. Claim your FREE full version of Getting UnSTUCK here BOOK RECOMMENDATION: I Dare Me: How I Rebooted and Recharged My Life by Doing Something New Every Day by Lu Ann Cahn GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/081 PSSST, IS IT JUST ME? Thanks to Shira's son Avi Chai, age 9, from Israel
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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080: How to Become Unstoppable as a Boss Mom, and a Family Momwith Dana Malstaff
Being a parent isn’t about sacrificing your life for your children. Being a parent is about showing your kids what a good life lived is [Dana Malstaff]
Running a business in tandem with bring up a family is hard work. Some days you'll feel like you're making slow progress and failing in all areas. Other days you'll feel like an unstoppable train of productivity when everything goes your way. In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday we'll be talking about the similarities between nurturing your businesses and nurturing your children. The two can go hand-in-hand, and done right can leave you feeling happy, successful and guilt free. My guest today is SuperMum, Dana Malstaff. Dana set up Boss Mom - a community for mum entrepreneurs who are raising a family and a business at the same time - when she was pregnant with her first child. She went on to grow the company and write the Boss Mom book during her second pregnancy. In the 4 years since Boss Mom started, Dana has supported over 20,000 mums to build and grow their own businesses. Dana lives in San Diego, California with her husband, son and daughter who are 2 and 3 and a half. In today’s episode Dana will help you discover the winning idea on which to base your business, and the 6 important pillars to make it a success. She walks through the routines needed to grow your company while fulfilling the demands of your family at the same time. We also talk about the downside of trying to have it all, including battling the dreaded mummy guilt. I am so happy to have Dana on my show today. She'll help you find your business purpose so it integrates into your present and future lifestyle. She'll show you how to find your audience, the people you truly want to serve, and deliver to them the things that you excel in. In doing so, you can create a business you love and raise your children in the optimum way. The way that works best for you.
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What compelled Dana to set up a business and start a family both at the same time How a corporate career in journalism gave Dana the perfect foundation to being her own boss The vast number of similarities between running your own business and raising your kids How to recognise your strengths, find your purpose and discover your business tribe Why routines rock, in both your family and your business How to outsource like a Boss Mom by giving up the work you're not loving to make space for the jobs you do
Hope you enjoy today's show
Show Notes: DANA'S WEBSITE: Boss Mom FACEBOOK: Boss Mom DANA'S BOOK: Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary D. Chapman GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/080 PSSST, IS IT JUST ME? Thanks to Fred age 7 from Canberra, Australia
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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079: Why Thriving Mums are More Likely to Have Thriving Childrenwith Clare Crew
Motherhood is amazing .... but it’s not perfect like a Facebook feed [Clare Crew]
Your natural mothering instinct usually means you put your childrens' needs before your own. But sometimes that can be to your - and their - detriment. Looking after yourself first helps you to be a better parent and a more positive role model to your children. In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday we'll be talking about the huge impact that your own physical and mental wellbeing has on the way you parent. I for one know that on the days where I've got my head together and feel calm, happy and rested, I'm a far better mummy. And, as if by magic, those are the days when my children respond to me more positively. It's a win-win situation. My guest today is SuperMum, Clare Crew. Clare lives in Adelaide, South Australia. She is an Educator, Speaker and Mum to 3 children aged 5, 8 and 9. Clare always wanted to work with children and is qualified in neuro-development. She earned a degree in Early Childhood Education followed by a Masters Degree in Special Education. When Clare had her own children she thought that, with all the learning and experience she had working with children, she would have parenthood sorted. But her children taught her that there are some things you just can't learn from books. Parenthood led Clare on a journey of transformation where she realised that the well-being of mums is just as important as the well-being of children. In juggling her children with a small age gap, practising self-care was a critical component in making sure she became the parent she wanted to be. Clare now uses her academic knowledge and hands-on experience to empower parents and teachers with real-life strategies for supporting children's success. She does this through her blog, via the Thriving Children Podcast, and in her consulting work. In today's episode, you'll learn that your own mindset and well-being is a fundamental part of being a great parent. By making yourself a priority rather than always putting yourself last and making do with the dregs, not only are you thriving as a mum, you're helping your children to thrive too. I'm delighted to welcome Clare to my show today. She teaches us that, whilst there's no correct formula to parenting, looking at your own needs and answering them, helps you serves your entire family in the most productive and successful way.
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How understanding your own core values gives you confidence in your parenting decisions and practises Why making a personal connection with your child should take priority over giving them either things or experiences Why parenting is a journey, and how a shift in mindset can help you commit to it The huge value of self-care for mums and the impact it will have on your kids Why there is no single prescription to maintaining your sanity, and how to find the formula that works for you The 'Magpie Approach' to parenting; stealing the bits you love and confidently rejecting the bits you don't Standing by your goals for your children's future, and assertively dealing with those who don't share your vision Why, as an educator and a parent, Clare believes that homework neither serves us or our children
Hope you enjoy today's show
Show Notes: CLARE'S WEBSITE: Thriving Children CLARE ON FACEBOOK: Thriving Children CLARE'S PODCAST:
Thriving Children Podcast on The Wellness Couch Thriving Children Podcast on iTunes
CLARE'S PODCAST EPISODES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT:
Episode 22: Your Phenomenal Year of Parenting (where we talked about the 4 ways you can enhance your role as a parent) Episode 43: TCP 43: The Magpie Approach
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Mother Me: A Mum's Guide to Harmony, Balance and Wellbeing by Katie Brown GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired
078: Goodbye High Five Friday it’s Time for Something New with Lisa York
Every ending has a new beginning
This is the final episode in the High Five Friday series. But don’t despair because I’m not going away any time soon. I’m just turning my attention to more impressive things so I can carry on serving you in a much better way. Don't worry, you'll still get a weekly podcast. Every week on Mum-to-Mum Monday I’ll carry on interviewing successful mums like I always have, so I can share their stories and wisdom with you. I’ve got some amazing women lined up for the coming weeks and beyond. But with High Five Friday, it's time to step aside and make way for something new. Because you know me.
I love change, I love being pro-active, and I love to move forward.
Wanna progress with me? On today's High Five Friday, I’ll be explaining why this is the last episode, and how I plan to keep serving you in a much better way with my hugely exciting new plans.
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Update: Things have evolved a lot since making this episode, and after tons of research, I realised that an App doesn't serve you in the way I want it too. In a nutshell, I have far more information that I want to share than an App has the capacity for. So, it's been upgraded. Let's Conquer Motherhood is an online membership program for mums. You can read more about it HERE.
Show Notes: PREVIOUS EPISODE: 072: A Helping Hand on Your Journey Through Motherhood | Lisa York PREVIOUS EPISODE: 074: The Exact Success Pathway to Becoming the Best Possible Mum | Lisa York GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/078
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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077: Adoption, Foster Care, and Growing up with Two Mumswith Jesse Toksvig-Stewart
Babies grown in hearts and not in tummies [Jesse Toksvig-Stewart]
I was born into a traditional, 2.4-children-style family where Dad went out to work and Mum stayed at home. And I've mirrored that 'normal' set-up now I have a family of my own. Mum plus dad equals children. Simple. But because of that, it's easy to be blinkered to other family structures. 40 years later, blended, same sex, solo parent and adoptive families are equally celebrated. In today's episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday we'll be talking about unconventional families. Growing up in a same sex family with two mums; bucking the trend of the traditional 1980's expectation; adopting children of a different heritage; and how unique family set-ups work in todays world. My guest today is Jesse Toksvig-Stewart. Jesse grew up in Surrey in the UK with her two Mums, Sandi and Peta, and her siblings, Megan and Theo. In the late '80s this family structure was seen as unconventional. But to Jesse, it was normal. And it was all she knew. Later in her childhood when her mums split up, Jesse and her siblings divided their time between the two households. Her family has recently been extended even more, when Sandi remarried another woman, and gave Jesse a new step-sister. The family is close, and Jesse still lives near her mums house, with her boyfriend, Adam. They have recently warmly welcomed a sister from Pakistan heritage into their fold, whom Peta has adopted. Wanting to map the early years of her step-sister, adopted sister, and little nephew in a baby book, Jesse realised they only catered for the conventional. Looking back at her own baby record book, she saw it was full of crossed out words and hand written headings. Jesse was saddened that although times have changed and the world is more accepting, the printed world was lagging behind. There was no memory book that catered for her own special family, so she set out to create her own. A baby record book that celebrated her new sister’s unique place in their family, and in the world. Alongside her illustrator friend, Kat Willott, they created an open record book called ‘My Amazing Family and Me' to welcome all children to families, no matter how they arrive, when they arrive, or how unique their family setup is. In today's episode, we go deep on everything from same sex parents, adopted children and dealing with the sideways glances, to discussing the issues that children from unique family circumstances face, separation anxiety, and how we can all help out in the way we respond to them. I'm delighted to welcome Jesse to my show today. She teaches us that families are built on love, not genetics and that understanding, tolerance and acceptance should be at the root of all families, no matter how unconventional their beginnings.
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In this episode we talk about:
Jesse's experience growing up in a same sex family with two mums in the late 1980s, and how she viewed her place in society How her biological mums foster care role led to the adoption of her Pakistani-heritage sister How Jesse's unique family celebrates milestones including 'adoption day' Separation anxiety; how it manifests itself and how to deal with it The comparison between two similar-aged children, who were born of completely different pregnancies What inspired Jesse to write her book and how it helps children and families from all walks of life to celebrate and document their journey The creation of ‘My Amazing Family and Me'; how it came about, how they published it, and how they got it on the shelves of a prestigious high street store
Jesse, in the pink helmet, with her two mums and siblings in the late 1980's
Show Notes: JESSE WEBSITE: Ugly Duck Books JESSE'S BOOK: My Amazing Family and Me GUARDIAN ARTICLE ABOUT JESSE: Jesse Toksvig-Stewart: My two mums were trailblazers
076: Avoid Muddling Through by Keeping Your Eye on the Goal with Michelle Dawson
Begin with the end in mind [Stephen Covey]
In his book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey wrote, "Begin with the End in Mind means to begin each day, task, or project with a clear vision of your desired direction and destination, and then continue by flexing your proactive muscles to make things happen".
Having a clear vision for the future applies to all areas of your life, parenting is no exception.
The mothering 'project' might be long, but having a goal for what you want to achieve with your children gives you clarity from the barrage of demands, the tedium of getting dinner on the table and the worry about their school work. Today on High Five Friday, Michelle Dawson talks about the importance of parenting with the end in mind.
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Show Notes: QUOTE AUTHOR: Stephen R Covey BOOK: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R Covey PREVIOUS EPISODE: 068: Is it OK to Wish it Away? | Lisa York GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/076
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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075: From a Humble Blog to a Thriving Family Empirewith Abby Lawson
From a small acorn, a mighty oak tree grows
'Mummy bloggers' are taking the world by storm. It's been inescapable over the last few years. Not surprising really. Blogging's made for mums since it can be done around the craziness of family life. Some mums set out to conquer the blogging world, others ended up there entirely by accident. In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday we'll be talking about starting a blog. How you can successfully build a blog from the ground up, and still be a Mum at the same time. My guest today is SuperMum, Abby Lawson. Abby lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband, Donnie and sons Connor and Caleb who are 8 and 5. Feeling like she needed a little more in life, and on a whim, Abby set up 'Just a Girl and Her Blog'. She wrote about anything that came to mind; parenthood, home renovations and children's parties. As her confidence in blogging grew, so did her following and social media presence. Within 18 months of starting the blog, Abby recognised that there was a niche market and set about turning her humble blog into a business. Since then, her blog has become so successful that it's no longer 'Just a Girl'. Her husband Donnie quit his job and now works full time alongside Abby. The two of them, as well as her sister, now form a team which consistently creates 5 figures every single month! This has given them a lifestyle to be envious of. Abby and Donnie share both quality time with the kids, and the work in the business. They do this four days a week... and the fifth day is reserved for family and fun. In today's episode, we learn the step-by-step process of setting up a blog from scratch. From finding an idea, discovering your niche audience, to create engaging content every time. We also talk about the dreaded technology, and how to simply set up a website without too many headaches. I'm delighted to welcome Abby to my show today. She teaches you that it's possible build a blog from humble beginnings (when you think no-one's reading), through to a thriving business that gives you the lifestyle of your dreams.
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In this episode we talk about:
How you can nurture a blog from a humble beginning to a successful business
How to make money from your blog, and how Abby dealt with the unexpected financial success that followed her work
The advice that Abby gives to Mums who want to make a career of blogging
What makes you different; why people would read your stuff, and how to find the right idea for your blog
How to combat technology when setting up your blog, and why you shouldn't let it hold you back
How to creating just the right amount of content, and find topics you can sustainably write about
The key attributes you need to create a blog; dedication, patience and consistency
Hope you enjoy today's show
Show Notes: ABBY'S WEBSITE: Just A Girl And Her Blog ABBY'S E-BOOK: Building a Framework: The Ultimate Blogging Handbook ABBY'S COURSE: Building a Framework FREE GUIDE: 5 Types of Content that Will Boost Your Blog Traffic ABBY'S VIRAL POST: How To Make Pretty Labels In Microsoft Word GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired BLOGGING PLATFORM: WordPress BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Say Goodbye to Survival Mode: 9 Simple Strategies to Stress Less, Sleep More, and Restore Your Passion for Life by Crystal Paine FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/075 PSSST, IS IT JUST ME? Thanks to Abby's son Caleb age 5 from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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074: The Exact Success Pathway to Becoming the Best Possible Mumwith Lisa York
First they'll ask you why you're doing it. Later they'll ask you how you did it
Don't fall into the trap of thinking life will be better when your children's behaviour improves. Or when your husband is more helpful around the house. Or when things calm down at work. Why? Because once you've sorted it out, they'll always, always, always be something equally annoying to replace it. Instead, realise this.
Success comes from within. It's a mind thing, and it starts with you.
Today on High Five Friday, I talk about the exact success pathway you should follow to have the life you want. This will become the foundation stone to my teaching on The SuperMum App. It's a long way off yet (because life is busy and time is short), but I want you with me in it from the beginning. Once finished, The SuperMum App will be beside you, on your phone, in your pocket, and helping you achieve success every step of the way.
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Show Notes: PART 1 OF THIS 2-PART SERIES: 072: A Helping Hand on Your Journey Through Motherhood | Lisa York GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the trial from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/074
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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073: The 3 Cornerstones to Creating a Body to Be Proud Of with Kimmy Smith
Motherhood takes away our labels. It takes away everything we thought about ourselves [Kimmy Smith]
Being a mum doesn't mean you can't be strong, fit and healthy. It just means you achieve the goal in a different way by carving out the time and resources around the demands of your family. In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday we'll be talking about how to be a fit and healthy mum. And how taking a holistic approach to nutrition, mindset and exercise can lead you to having a better body, a healthier life and a calmer mind. My guest today is SuperMum, Kimmy Smith. Kimmy has two daughters, Allegra and Samara, who are 4 and 2. She is married to Ryan and they live in the beautiful Sydney Beaches in Australia. Kimmy's work is inspired by the natural environment where she helps pre and post natal mums to achieve a body to be proud of as part of a holistic approach to exercise, nutrition and mindfulness. Before having children, Kimmy lived life in the fast lane. She left the house at 5am to work as a corporate lawyer, followed by 3 hours of daily training to realise her dream of playing netball professionally. Having a super fit body and a healthy pregnancy left Kimmy believing that nothing would change after having her children. But she wasn't prepared for the frustration of living in a body which to her felt floppy and frumpy. Recognising that her pre-pregnancy aspirations were unrealistic, Kimmy trained as a yoga teacher, barre instructor and postnatal fitness expert. She focused all her exercise knowledge and experience to help mothers regain physical and mental fitness though her online program, The Fit Mummy Project. In today's episode, you'll learn the 3 fundamental factors to Kimmy's holistic approach; fitness, nutrition and mindfulness, as well as how to incorporate these qualities into your everyday life. I'm delighted to welcome Kimmy to my show today. She's turned her talents as a professional athlete into a business and lifestyle which helps mums gain a body that they can fall in love with.
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In this episode we talk about:
Kimmy's life before children as a professional athlete and corporate lawyer, and her thoughts on career and motherhood The disparity between the expectation and reality of how Kimmy felt physically after having children Kimmy's struggle to accept the changes in her body after having her first child, and how she reconciled it How to feel confident, happy and strong in your post-birth body Kimmy's methods to integrate work with the demands of her young family The philosophy of 'energise, not exhaust' to empower you physically An in-depth look at the 3 core components of a healthy lifestyle
Hope you enjoy today's show
Show Notes: KIMMY ONLINE:
Website: Kimmy Smith Fit Instagram: Kim Smith Fit
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
Rise Sister Rise: A Guide to Unleashing the Wise, Wild Woman Within by Rebecca Campbell Light Is the New Black: A Guide To Answering Your Souls Callings And Working Your Light by Rebecca Campbell Buddhism for Mothers: A Calm Approach to Caring for Yourself and Your Children by Sarah Napthali Mothers Mind Cleanse by Jacqui Lewis The Desire Map: A Guide to Creating Goals with Soul by Danielle Laporte
GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the special offer from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/073 PSSST, IS IT JUST ME? Thanks to Kimmy's daughter Allegra age 4 from Sydney, Australia.
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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072: A Helping Hand on Your Journey Through Motherhoodwith Lisa York
Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey
Every week, twice a week, I bring you bursts of mummy wisdom. I love that you go away feeling inspired and renewed and full of hope that your life as a mum will be improved. But how long does that inspiration last? Until the kids start squabbling again? Until you're frantically trying to get dinner on the table before everyones blood sugar crashes? Until you fall over the line at the end of another hectic day with a heavy heart knowing that you get to do it all again tomorrow? But you know me, ever practical, ever actionable, ever realistic. That's why I have an exciting new project that's just starting to bubble away under the surface. The SuperMum App. I want this to be something I develop alongside you, so although it's a long way off yet, I'd like you to be with me every step of the way. Today on High Five Friday, I talk about my life experiences, before and after kids, and how that makes me perfectly placed to develop this tool. I want the App to be something that is beside you, on your phone, in your pocket, and with you on your journey through motherhood.
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Show Notes: GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the trial opportunity from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/072
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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071: Find your Sweet Spot; the Place of Ease and Flowwith Dr Christine Carter
Overload makes it hard for you to fufill your potential [Dr Christine Carter]
Mums are busy. With never-ending days and constant demands on your time it can be easy to wade into the territory of overwhelm. Finding your 'Sweet Spot' can be tricky, but the scientific evidence is out there. That's right, it's possible to find a place of ease and flow, where your daily life feels natural and free. In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday we'll be talking about how to find the illusive 'Sweet Spot'. Taken from sports terminology, The Sweet Spot took over 3 years of research, studying the neuroscience, psychology, and sociology of productivity, performance, and positive emotions. It was then applied to our every day lives as mothers. My guest today is SuperMum, Dr. Christine Carter. Christine, who has two step-kids and two natural kids aged 13, 14, 15 and 16, lives in Marin County, California. She is a Happiness and Productivity expert, speaker and writer and the author of The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work. Christine's spent the last 14 years at at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center. Having a family of six with four teenagers in the house makes her an expert in motherhood too! Like most mums, Christine found herself exasperated by the busyness of modern life: too many conflicting obligations and not enough time, energy, or patience to get everything done. She tried all the standard techniques: prioritizing, multitasking, delegating - even napping - but none really worked. Determined to create a less stressful life for herself without giving up her hard-won career success or happiness at home, she road-tested every research-based tactic that promised to bring more ease into her life. Drawing on her vast knowledge of the latest research related to happiness, productivity, and elite performance, she followed every strategy that promised to give her more energy or that could make her more efficient, creative, or intelligent. After years of research, Christine's dedication to finding answers is our reward. You just need to listen and take action. Being busy is often seen as a badge of honour, but slowing down can make you much more productive. And today, Christine will teach you how to find your groove at home and work. This will allow more ease and flow in your life and help banish busyness and chaos. In today's episode, we explore what the 'Sweet Spot' really is and how to achieve it. This will help you enjoy your children, be more dynamic in your work, and more productive in your everyday life. I'm delighted to welcome Christine to my show today. She shares her own story of challenging limiting beliefs; how she dealt with the pressure of having to be happy after writing a book about it; and how she tirelessly worked to find the 'Sweet Spot' in her own life.
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How to control overwhelm so it doesn't control you Why setting up systems for the mundane can help you focus on more important matters Why taking time out from life to stare into space is scientifically good for you Fighting technology against it's ability to consume your life Why you should stop multi tasking in order to get more done Why, after publishing her first book, Christine felt she was in the spotlight to practice what she preached
Hope you enjoy today's show
Show Notes: CHRISTINE'S WEBSITE: Christine Carter CHRISTINE'S BOOKS:
The Sweet Spot: How to Accomplish More by Doing Less Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/071 PSSST, IS IT JUST ME? Thanks to James age 9 from Surrey, UK.
Lisa York
070: A Moment of Reflection; A Gift for Youwith Olivia Horne
Are you being a friend to yourself? [Olivia Horne]
Sometimes in life, you meet someone whose philosophy to life you immediately resonate with. Olivia Horne was one of those people. When I spoke with her in Episode 45, she talked with such passion, truth and insight that I found myself swallowing hard.
That was before I listened to her guided meditations on YouTube, which completely blew me away.
You'll hear about my emotional reaction to Olivia's meditations on today's episode, but off the back of our conversation, Olivia agreed to record a mummy meditation, especially for SuperMum listeners. You can grab this free goodie by clicking the link below. Today on High Five Friday, Olivia Horne talks about the importance of mums taking time out for themselves and the practicalities of doing it. I hope you make sure you give yourself the gift of time to enjoy the meditation. You deserve it.
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Show Notes: QUOTE AUTHOR: Olivia Horne PREVIOUS EPISODE: 045: How to Be Happy as You Muddle Through Motherhood | Olivia Horne GIVEAWAY: Sorry, the giveaway from this episode has now expired FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/070
Lisa York Lisa York believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. Staying positive can be an ongoing challenge in the frantic and highly-charged world of motherhood. But like all busy mums, she’s trying. Lisa lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their four primary-school aged children.
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You can live the life that feels so good to you [Ali Katz]
When you set out on your parenting journey you never planned on being a 'Hot Mess'. However, there are days when that's how you end up. I know. I've had those days too. But the great news is, it's possible to change that. Tell me what you'd rather be. A Hot Mess or a Mindful Mum? In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday we'll be discussing how you can shift your experience as a mum by changing the way you deal with all that life throws at you. And it's done through the use of mindfulness and meditation. My guest today is SuperMum, Ali Katz. Ali's a mindfulness coach, meditation teacher, author, wife and mum to two boys aged 11 and 9. She loves sharing her passion for living a balanced life with others, and has been featured on MindBodyGreen, Style magazine, Fox 26 News, HerFuture, Houston Family magazine, and LiveMom.com. When not meditating, writing, teaching, or spending time with her family in Houston, Texas, Ali enjoys running, practicing yoga, and sipping tea. Ali's mission is to inspire mothers to leave overwhelm, stress and guilt behind and embrace a life of balance, presence and joy. What I love about what Ali has to share is that she keeps it real. She's a busy mum herself, so she gets that you don't have spare time to head off to a mountain top to sit cross-legged saying omm's. Instead she brings mindfulness and meditation right back into your crazy life, and teaches you how to stay calm and balanced even when you're scraping dried on Weetabix off the carpet. Again. I'm delighted to welcome Ali to my show as she'll walk you through the reasons why meditation and mindfulness are so important in your every day life. And she's here to help you see the importance of taking time to make sure you really are your very best self.
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In this episode, we talk about:
How a serious illness was just the wake up call Ali needed to transform the 'Hot Mess' that dominated her early parenting years The difficulty in fitting mindfulness into your busy life, and the 3 keys to successful meditation practise The science. If you like facts, here's the evidence of how meditation can rewire your brain The simple exercise of having a stress/gratitude list and how to make it work in your life as a busy mum Trigger plans for managing stress quickly - get into a better state in just 60 seconds How mindfulness and meditation can help you make more considered and sensible parenting choices
Hope you enjoy todays show! JOIN SUPERMUM NOW! Tell me what you think? If you want to leave a comment for Ali, we'd love you to come and say hello.
And let us know in the comments;
Are you a 'Hot Mess' mum or a mindful one?. Perhaps like me, you're somewhere in between. Have you got any great tips to help keep your cool when things go crazy?
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood!
Lisa York x
Show Notes: ALI'S INFORMATION
Website: Hot Mess to Mindful Mom Facebook: Hot Mess to Mindful Mom
ALI'S BOOKS
Get the Most Out of Motherhood: A Hot Mess to Mindful Mom Parenting Guide by Ali Katz Hot Mess to Mindful Mom: 40 Ways to Find Balance and Joy in Your Every Day by Ali Katz
BOOK RECOMMENDATION:
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker The Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean
PROFILE: Marianne Williamson
PROFILE: Gabrielle Bernstein
PSSST, IS IT JUST ME? Thanks to Benny age 4 from Canberra, Australia.
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Lisa YorkLisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 6, 4 and 2, finding time for herself is an ongoing challenge. But she's trying. Lisa lives with her family in Canberra, Australia.
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It is possible to find meaning and purpose and peace as a powerful mom and professional [Sarah Argenal]
Having a successful career takes energy, drive and determination. Long hours, a heavy work load and the pressure to say yes to everything can be overwhelming. But when you become a parent and throw children into the mix, combining work and parenthood can start to really swamp you. But you don't want to give either up. In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday you'll discover a way through that fog. Because it's possible to be committed, not only to your family, but to keeping your career alive. My guest today is SuperMum, Sarah Argenal. Sarah and her husband, Joey live in San Diego, California. They have a 3 year old boy Beckett, and are expecting their second son in June. After becoming a mum, Sarah found the demands of working in Corporate Litigation alongside juggling family life to be exhausting and overwhelming. So she started a futile quest for help and information. But there was nothing out there. She knew that something had to change, if not only for herself, but for the many other corporate parents who wanted to keep a firm foothold in both worlds. After hundreds of hours of research, Sarah created her own support system and founded the Working Parent Resource. Sarah offers her community of like-minded working mums and dads reliable information and practical training to help them successfully manage their career and home life. Her Frazzled to Balanced™ Bootcamp "helps ambitious working parents slow down and reclaim their time so they can focus on what matters most." Today Sarah shares her journey of navigating her corporate career; keeping her relationships alive and her home life happy; and being the best mum she can possibly be. All whilst helping other parents figure out how to have it all too. I'm delighted to have Sarah on my show today as she'll teach you how to manage your time, conserve your energy; take time out to recharge and focus on you; AND achieve a happy balance between home and work.
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In this episode, we talk about:
The struggles Sarah faced during the early parenting years when trying to balance her career and life as a new mum Why it's better to focus on your levels of energy, rather than the amount of time you have How to eliminate, automate and delegate when tackling your never-ending to-do list How to ensure you're taking time out to re-charge and focus on yourself, despite having a full life Managing the energy-zapping and toxic people in your life, so you can be surrounded by high quality and supportive people What balance looks like in Sarah's incredibly busy but extremely fulfilling life
Hope you enjoy todays show! Tell me what you think? If you would like to leave a comment for Sarah then we'd love you to come and say hello. And let us know in the comments; Are you determined to keep your career on track, despite the numerous demands of motherhood? How well are you juggling your work and home life? We would love to hear your story. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: QUOTE : Taken from How Working Moms are Selling Themselves Short (and how to stop) by Sarah Argenal
SARAH'S INFORMATION
Website: Working Parent Resource Facebook: Working Parent Resource 5 Day Free Challenge: Frazzled to Balanced™ Bootcamp
PODCAST: Working Parent Resource
PREVIOUS EPISODE: 002: Boundless Energy and How to Get It
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Productivity Project: Proven Ways to Become More Awesome by Chris Bailey Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
BOOK: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
PSSST, IS IT JUST ME? Thanks to Pippa aged 7 from London, UK.
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Every decision we make is dependant on our values [Tony Robbins]
The decisions we make shape our destiny.
Powerful statement, I know. But it's true.
Whether good or bad, and whether you like it or not, the decisions you make have a massive influence over the way our life turns out.
But even knowing that, why do some people continue to make poor decisions day in, day out? Surely they just need a bit more self control.
Or do they?
This week on High Five Friday, Michelle Dawson explores why we make the decisions we do, and how we can get better outcomes without relying on self control. Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
Tell me what you think? Do you make good decisions or bad ones? What drives your decision making? I'd love to hear how you handle your decision making in the comments. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: QUOTE AUTHOR: Tony Robbins ARTICLE: Can't quit smoking? Blame your BRAIN: Some people are simply hard-wired to lack self-control by Madlen Davies for Mail Online FIND TODAY'S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/058
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Learn to be a SuperMum, simply by changing the way you think
No study is perfect [Lekki Frazier-Wood]
It will comfort you to know, that having a PhD in Child Development doesn't necessarily mean you feel like an expert when it comes to raising your own children. The decisions and choices you make for your children are just as tough, with or without prior knowledge. In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday we’ll be discussing what it's like for an English woman to raise children in America; how traditional roles can be turned on their heads; and how a career researching child development can influence parenting techniques. My guest today is SuperMum, Lekki Frazier-Wood. Originally from London, Lekki started her career as a Social Scientist specialising in child development, and has spent 8 years living in Alabama and Texas. English-born Lekki now lives in Houston with her American husband Wes, 4 year old son and daughter of 15 months. She's a Professor of Paediatrics, studying childhood nutrition at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Before meeting her husband, it never crossed Lekki's mind that she would marry an American or have children anywhere other than England. And having kids in a foreign land has challenged her thinking about the norms of the Southern 'Bible Belt' and now views parenting practises from a fresh perspective. Lekki offers us a glimpse into her professional and personal world, including insights into her academic study of childhood nutrition, as well as her personal views on feeling confident whilst navigating the parenting maze. I'm excited to welcome Lekki to my show today where she will assure you that no matter what your style of parenting, loving your children means you're already doing an amazing job.
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In this episode, we talk about:
Lekki's career story that led her across the Atlantic to Alabama and into the arms of her future husband How Lekki and her husband reversed traditional roles when they first had children, and the affect it had on them Why Lekki made the decision, even before she was pregnant, to commit to her career and return to work as soon as possible How parenting in the United States is 'unbelievably different' to parenting in the UK What left Lekki with her jaw open and her eyes wide saying 'Oh my goodness, what have I done' Which country is more reflective, more self-judgemental, and more heated about the styles of parenting Why 'winging it' sometimes beats reading parenting books Some shared knowledge about the nutritional study of children that she is currently undertaking
Hope you enjoy todays show! Tell me what you think? If you want to leave a comment for Lekki, whether it's about her research in child development or your own thoughts on raising children as an ex-pat, then we'd love you to come and say hello. And let us know in the comments; Are you raising children in circumstances you didn't previously consider? Do you use your intuition when parenting or do you prefer to do it 'by the book'? We can't wait to hear from you. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: BUZZ FEED: Social News and Entertainment
COMPUTER GAME: Slither.io
ONLINE MARKETPLACE: Etsy
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
OTHER BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
PSSST, IS IT JUST ME?: Thanks to Lekki's son Sam age 4 from Houston, Texas
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Lisa YorkLisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 6, 4 and 2, finding time for herself is an ongoing challenge. But she's trying. Lisa lives with her family in Canberra, Australia.
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Those who judge don't understand. Those who understand don't judge
Has a random stranger ever come up to you and told you off about what you're doing (or not doing) with your child? There's nothing I find more irritating. Stranger: "Excuse me dear, it's a very cold day. Don't you think he should have his socks on". You: "You don't say. That's why I've put them back on 15 times already and finally gave up about a minute before you arrived" (said in thought bubble). It's happened to me just a few times in my 7 years as a parent, but boy, do I remember it. Why?
Because it's annoying. And it feels like a hurtful criticism when I'm trying my best. Does the stranger remember it? No. Of course not. Because to them it's just a fly-away comment. This week on High Five Friday, I rant about what I'd say to that random stranger, if I had the nerve.
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Lisa YorkLisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 6, 4 and 2, finding time for herself is an ongoing challenge. But she's trying. Lisa lives with her family in Canberra, Australia.
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You are confined only by the walls you build yourself
It's easy to limit yourself to something short of your true potential. That's because as mums, we have a huge amount of pressure with everything else that life throws at us. But although we have to fight longer and harder, that shouldn't stop us achieving the things we want. In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday we’ll be discussing our individual glass ceilings, the importance of speaking to ourselves with love, and what the heck Theta Healing is. My guest today is SuperMum, Joss Hobson. Joss, who lives in New Zealand with her two teenage children, trained as a Clinical Psychologist. However, she didn't feel her work took her to the deepest parts of human thoughts and behaviour that she craved. But when she stumbled upon Theta Healing, she found it to be the building block to connecting the body, brain and soul. Joss became a Theta Healing Practitioner and soon had a year-long waiting list of clients. This incredible demand helped her realise that her time would be much better spent teaching and mentoring Theta Healing practitioners so she should spread the message more widely. She now works with people, helping them reach the deepest roots of who they are, and releasing blocks so they can lead present, fulfilling lives. And she will do the same for you today. I am excited to welcome Joss to my show today where she will tell us her thoughts on raising children, help us to ask 'Where is the love in that?' and help us eradicate our limiting beliefs.
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In this episode, we talk about:
Why negative self talk is so harmful and how you should be speaking to yourself Why the simple practice of asking yourself, 'Where is the love in that?' can be so beneficial Limiting beliefs; what they are, how to recognise them and how to overcome them How to break through your individual mummy glass ceiling How to think positive thoughts and find virtues in all that you do Why it's important to recognise the wisdom in your children, rather than focusing on their behaviour
Hope you enjoy todays show! Tell me what you think? I'd love to hear from you with your opinion of Theta Healing. So if you'd like to leave a comment for me or Joss we'd love you to come and say hello.
And let us know in the comments;
Are you guilty of speaking to yourself without love? Are you ready to challenge your limiting beliefs?
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood!
Lisa York x
Show Notes: JOSS'S INFORMATION
Website: Joss Hobson Facebook: Joss Hobson
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles by Bruce H. Lipton Theta Healing: Introducing an Extraordinary Energy Healing Modality by Vianna Stibal
PSSST, IS IT JUST ME?: Thanks to my son Benny age 4 from Canberra, Australia. Watch a super cute video of me and Benny recording it here If you would like your little one to feature at the end of my show, send me an email and I'll show you how FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/055
Lisa YorkLisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 6, 4 and 2, finding time for herself is an ongoing challenge. But she's trying. Lisa lives with her family in Canberra, Australia.
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Who are you? asked the Caterpillar. I hardly know, sir .... I know who I WAS ... but I think I must have changed. [Lewis Carroll]
Motherhood, as you know, is a hugely transitional time. And in the fog of raising kids, it's possible to completely loose the sense of who you are in all of this. But exhale, because research shows that this is completely normal. And it's OK. Because it's all part of an evolving process.
You won't feel lost forever. This week on High Five Friday, I ask mum of two Lauren Wills, who is a PhD candidate studying the well-being of pre-school mothers, to explain how and why our identity changes when we become a mum.
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Tell me what you think? Do you feel like you've lost your identity since you became a mum? How do you feel about it? Do you think you'll be able to unveil a new you? Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: QUOTE AUTHOR: Lewis Carroll LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE: 021: Self Care is Vital and Here's the Proof | Lauren Wills FIND TODAY'S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/054
Lisa YorkLisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 6, 4 and 2, finding time for herself is an ongoing challenge. But she's trying. Lisa lives with her family in Canberra, Australia.
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Our strengths come so naturally to us that usually we dismiss them [Fay Wallis]
Life isn't always straightforward. Blended families are now common-place. Women have careers to juggle as well as the kids. There's so much to think about and so much to juggle that it's hard to know what to focus on first. In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday we’ll be discussing blended families, forging a career you love and how to stay on top of work and home. My guest today is SuperMum, Fay Wallis. Fay lives in Greater London, with her husband, Ian and their sons who are 10 and 5 years. Fay's blended family is a labyrinth, spanning two generations. Her parents having been married 4 times, she has two half siblings, two full siblings and 2 step siblings. This helped Fay to negotiate the logistics of parenting children with vast age ranges and different needs. For when she married Ian, he too had children from his first marriage, and she became a step-mother herself. Whilst juggling the logistics of organising Sunday lunches and enough birthday and Christmas presents to serve a small army, Fay forged a successful career in HR. She later trained to become a Career Coach, helping people to access the tools to empower themselves to lead a fulfilling working life. Fay will help us navigate the maze of returning to work, changing career and spending quality time with family, all whilst finding enough time to look after herself too. I am excited to welcome Fay to my show today where she will tell us all about her busy life and empower you to live the career and home lives you deserve.
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In this episode, we talk about:
How Fay balances a busy schedule of family events whilst running her own business Fay's advice for re-entering the work place after a career break How to make your network work for you both, personally and professionally Fitting quality time in with all family members when they are at different stages with different needs Time management in your career without being thought of as 'slacking' What inspired Fay to launch her own business Managing your employers and colleagues expectations
Hope you enjoy todays show!
Tell me what you think? If you want to leave a comment for Fay, whether it's about the practicalities of blending many branches and generations of family; or how to handle a return to work and have a rewarding career, then we'd love you to come and say hello. And let us know in the comments; Are you from a blended family? How do you manage your career and family? Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: FAY'S INFORMATION
Website: Bright Sky Career Coaching Facebook: Bright Sky Career Coaching Twitter: Bright Sky Coach LinkedIn: Bright Sky Coaching
ARTICLE'S BY FAY:
Unleash the Power of Your Network Are Your Email Habits Damaging Your Career? (where we talked about eating the frog first)
NETWORKING GROUPS
BNI: Business Network International Networking Mummies
PREVIOUS EPISODES
003: A Complete Guide to Returning to Work with Impact | Lucy Pollard 035: Seek Out Your Strengths and Discover the Best Possible You | Nikki Smith 043: Reclaim You; How to Reignite you Passion, Power and Purpose | Sally Thibault
PROFILE: Laura Stack
BOOKS:
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg Eat That Frog!: Get More of the Important Things Done by Brian Tracy
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway: How to Turn Your Fear and Indecision into Confidence and Action by Susan Jeffers
PSSST, IS IT JUST ME?: Thanks to Dylan age 7 from London, UK
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Lisa YorkLisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 6, 4 and 2, finding time for herself is an ongoing challenge. But she's trying.
Chaos reigns within. Reflect, repent, and reboot. Order shall return [Suzie Wagner]
Let's just say ....
You love your job
You enjoy every moment with your kids
You can't bear to be away from your husband
And you want to spend all weekend washing clothes and ironing shirts.
Let's just say.
Even in perfect-land, taking time out to reboot is really good for the soul.
And for the rest of us who aren't living in that bubble, it's even more important.
This week on High Five Friday, Lisa York talks about how to press the reset button and do a complete mummy reboot in just 24 hours. Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
Tell me what you think? Based on what I've said, will you book a reboot into your diary? What will you do? I'd love to hear how you got on in the comments.
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood!
Lisa York x
Show Notes: QUOTE AUTHOR: Suzie Wagner
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Follow your passion; it will lead to your purpose [Oprah Winfrey]
Do you feel under pressure to feed your children healthily when all they want are sweets and chocolate? Do you feel bewildered by food labels that appear to be healthy but you’re not quite sure? In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday you'll discover about a passion so strong, it became a life changer. My guest today is SuperMum, Bel Smith. Bel is a Health and Wellness coach and lives a life on the road with her husband, Israel, ten year old daughter and six year old son. Last year they made the giant leap of selling their home and investing in a big green bus named Kaley. Bel and her family made it their mission to spend two years touring Australia spreading the important message of eating well for a better life. Bel is the creator of the Mad Food Science™ Programme where she teaches children, parents and teachers how to understand food labelling and make informed choices. She also created the 5 Minute Healthy Lunchbox System™ as a way to help reduce the stress for parents packing lunch boxes. Having turned to nutrition to treat her husband’s diagnosis of depression, Bel quickly saw the affects the quality of nutrition were having on all members of her family. She learned that what you put in your body has a direct affect on your mood, emotions and overall wellness. Bel knows that knowledge of nutrition is a powerful tool to both mental and physical wellness and wanted to spread her message. Today Bel shares her family’s incredible journey across the length and breath of Australia. And she encourages you to think, ‘What would Jamie [Oliver] do?’ not only when considering your food choices, but your life choices. I'm delighted to have Bel on my show today as she'll teach you how to transform your life through following your passion, standing for what you believe in, and the power of self belief.
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In this episode, we talk about:
What inspired Bel to sell her home, live in a bus and travel Australia What triggered Bel to spontaneously quit her corporate job without warning What life on the road is like when you have children in tow Why Bel believes her lifestyle choice has enriched her children's lives beyond belief The difference between distance learning and homeschooling and how to incorporate it in your travels How to regain confidence in yourself as a mum and be strong in your decision making If in doubt, why you can ask yourself, 'What would Jamie do?'
Hope you enjoy todays show! Tell me what you think? If you want to leave a comment for Bel, whether it's about nutrition, education or lifestyle, then we'd love you to come and say hello. And let us know in the comments; Have you ever made a radical life change in order to pursue your passion? Is there something you believe in so strongly that you're willing to change your life for it? Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: QUOTE AUTHOR: Oprah Winfrey
BEL'S INFORMATION
Website: The Root Cause Facebook: The Root Cause
PROFILE: Jamie Oliver
BOOK: The Universe Has Your Back: How to Feel Safe and Trust Your Life No Matter What by Gabrielle Bernstein
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Gentle Healing for Baby and Child: A Parent's Guide to Child Friendly Herbs and Other Natural Remedies for Common Ailments and Injuries by Andrea Candee
PSSST, IS IT JUST ME? Thanks to Fred age 7 from Canberra, Australia. If you would like your little one to feature at the end of my show, send me an email and I'll tell you how
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You'll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine [John C Maxwell]
Aristotle said, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore is not an act, but a habit." True words. But creating new habits isn't easy for a rushed-off-your-feet mum.
But then, can you afford NOT to have daily rituals?
If mum of three busy boys aged 5, 3 and 6 months can find time to prime herself each morning for the day ahead, then so can you. This week on High Five Friday, Michelle Dawson talks about the incredible power of a daily morning ritual to set you up for the day. Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
Tell me what you think? Do you have certain rituals you do each day? What are they? How do they make you feel?
I'd love to hear from you in the comments.
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood!
Lisa York x
Show Notes: QUOTE AUTHOR: John C Maxwell
ARTICLE: With Hot Coffee, We See a Warm Heart, Yale Researchers Find. Yale News
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Make peace with the mirror and watch the reflection change
When you look in the mirror, what do you see? A confident, strong and empowered woman, or a tired and frazzled wreck?
In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday you’ll learn that, how you view yourself as a women and as a mother, is a strong reflection to your children upon which they base their own behaviours.
My guest today is SuperMum, Christine Watts.
Christine and her husband live in rural Victoria, Australia, and have three daughters in their twenties. She’s an experienced teacher who has taught all age groups, and was a founding member of a Steiner school.
Christine now works with children, parents and teachers to help children build confidence, have high self esteem, create physical awareness and develop emotional intelligence.
Christine believes that it’s not the words you say to your children that really matters, but who you reveal yourself to be. How you choose to behave, to act, and to express yourself as a mother, has a direct impact on your children because they follow the lead of your example.
Christine encourages you to use innovation, creativity and imagination as the basis for raising happy, healthy and confident children. By doing so, this empowers our little ones to be the greatest version of themselves and enables them to create a brilliant world for themselves.
Which means, of course, a brilliant world for you too.
I am excited to welcome Christine to my show today because she’ll introduce you to using your own values and core beliefs to model the behaviours you want your children to mirror.
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In this episode, you'll find out:
Why with our children, how you behave is more important than the words you say How you can create good behaviour for yourself so your children will copy Why your children should still mirror your actions, even when you’re really cross What the most important focus in your role as a mother should be Why taking care of yourself should come above everything else The 3 doorways to raising amazing young people Why gratitude is important, even on our worst days How you can stop being so busy and start slowing down
Hope you enjoy todays show! Tell me what you think? If you want to leave a comment for an experienced teacher and a mum who successfully got her children through to adulthood then we'd love you to come and say hello.
And let us know in the comments;
What do you see when you look in the mirror? Can you look a little closer and see the strong, empowered and amazing mother that you are?
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood!
Lisa York x
Show Notes: CHRISTINE’S WEBSITE: Children Create the World with Christine Watts EDUCATION SYSTEM: Steiner Education PROFILE: Louise Hay PROFILE: Eckhart Tolle BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Finding the Magic: A Map for the Child in all of Us by Barbara Bossert Ramsay FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/049
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If you make friends with yourself, you'll always have a friend
You've probably had moments where you hit rock bottom. I know I have. You feel that if one more thing goes wrong, you'll surely snap. And that's all part of the job description when you're a mum.
But who do you turn to?
Your husband. Your best friend. Your mum. Your sister.
Of course. They're there to support you. But
A key person you can turn to, is you.
This week on High Five Friday, I talk about being your own best friend and your own greatest advocate.
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Tell me what you think? Can you rely on yourself in times of need? Are you cheering yourself on or slamming yourself down? I'd love to hear from you in the comments. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
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Once you change the inside, the outside will begin to change as well [Jody Moore]
How do you know whether you’re being successful as a mum when there’s no measure? No pay rise, no promotion, no pat on the back.
In this episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday you’ll find out what success looks like in your role as a mum so you can go out and start to achieve it.
My guest today is SuperMum, Jody Moore.
Jody lives in Roseville, California with her husband and four children who are 14 months, 3, 9 and 10. Jody is a Speaker, Life Coach and Momologist. That’s right, a Momologist. She’s an expert on mums.
Through her work, Jody helps mums understand and define success and believes that happiness is a skill that can be taught. Once Jody figured out how to change her own reality to a much happier one, she couldn’t keep it to herself and went on to found the Bold New Mom community.
In her decade of experience bringing up children, Jody knew her role as a mum was the most important one. Yet, like a lot of mums, felt it was the one she was the least qualified to perform well. This led her to learn about how to be successful in the ‘job’, and to reprogram her mind to achieve it. She realised that negative emotion and disappointment can actually be used to serve us.
Jody will teach you that being successful will help shape other areas of your life. In doing so, you can relieve yourself of the pressure to always have to get it right; drop your innate desire to continually keep your children happy; and start to retain your own identity despite the relentless demands of motherhood.
I am delighted to have Jody on my show today as she’ll help you understand that success is measured by things within your control, and will hand you the tools you need to excel as a mum.
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In this episode, you'll find out:
What a 'Momologist' is, and how they can help you How to take pressure off yourself to have to always get it right Why measuring success as a mum is so difficult when there’s no gauge How you can start to measure your mothering success Why you should start looking towards things you can control, rather than what you can’t Why your desire to make your children happy could be holding you back How to use negative emotion to serve you
Hope you enjoy todays show! Tell me what you think? If you want to leave a comment for a Momologist - an expert on mums - then come and say hi. And let us know in the comments; What does success look like for you in motherhood? Are you focusing on things within your control? Or do you feel like you’re swimming upstream fighting against things that are out of your control? Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: JODY’S INFORMATION:
Website: Bold New Mom: Coaching with Jody Moore Podcast: Bold New Mom Facebook: Bold New Mom Instagram: boldnewmom 3-Part Video Series: Happiness is a Skill Mentor: Brooke Castillo
PROFILE: Oprah Winfrey PROFILE: Simon Sinek BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes COMMENCEMENT SPEECH: Dartmouth's Commencement Speech by Shonda Rhimes FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/047
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You're not the best version of yourself when you're sleep deprived [Libby Lennon]
Being a mother is tough.
When you first start out, you're thrown in at the deep end and left to deal with crying newborns, tantrum-ing toddlers and projectile vomit.
And that's before breakfast.
Bless their dear little hearts.
The early years give us a plentiful supply of challenges. (Someone. Please tell me it gets easier.)
This week on High Five Friday, Libby Lennon shares with us her biggest challenge of the early years. Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
Tell me what you think? Challenges change and move on to pastures new as your children grow. What's the biggest challenge you face as a mother right now? I'd love to hear from you in the comments. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: PREVIOUS EPISODE: 005: Overcoming the Challenges of the Early Years | Libby Lennon FIND TODAY'S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/046
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Happiness, happiness, the greatest gift that I posses [Ken Dodd]
Want to know how to be happy, happy, happy?
Welcome to Mum-to-Mum Monday where you’re about to rediscover your happiness. Remember that? The smiling face you used to have that’s long-since been buried under piles of laundry and the demands of family life.
But today you’ll discover how to reconnect with your inner joy, even during the most challenging of times, while the little people in your world continue to keep you rushed off your feet.
My guest today is SuperMum, Olivia Horne.
Olivia is a Happiness Coach and lives in West London with her husband and two daughters who are 4 and almost 2. Her degree in Experimental Psychology from The University of Oxford, UK and vast experience in the Well-Being Industry was bought together after her less-than-magical first experience of motherhood.
It compelled her to help change the lives of other mothers so they don’t encounter the same negative experience of motherhood that she suffered.
Juggling young children, work, relationships and the demands of running a household is all in a days work for Olivia. But she has learned, and is able to teach you, that being in touch with your happiness is critical in moulding your day to day decisions. You’ll be better able to tap into your instincts, give yourself the freedom of choice and become more self-assured in your life as a parent.
As Olivia says, the expectations of motherhood can be very different from the reality, and this can very quickly erode your sense of identity, confidence and your capacity to care for yourself. But she will help you peel away your feelings of frustration, self-doubt, worry and guilt to reveal the happiness that’s been lurking beneath all along.
When you’re able to connect with your own internal happiness you can finally learn to slow down and smell the roses, live in the moment a little more, and be truthful with yourself. Your life then becomes more joyful and carefree as you muddle through motherhood.
I can’t wait to introduce Olivia to you today as she will help you to find your buried happiness and gently encourage it back to the surface. Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
In this episode, you'll find out:
How Olivia turned around her numb, lonely, exhausting and scary first experience of motherhood and found happiness The definition of true, authentic happiness. Not the ‘jazz-hands’ type, but the type that sits quietly inside you How Olivia used her professional knowledge, skills and mummy-on-the-ground experience to become a Happiness Coach Common issues and problems that crop up time and again with mums, and eats away their happiness Some of the techniques a Happiness Coach uses to reconnect you with your previous joyful self A ‘buffet’ of quick, everyday tips to bring you more happiness in a trice How Olivia found her happy place and what happiness looks like for her
Hope you enjoy todays show! Tell me what you think? If you want to leave a comment for a mum who understands the difficulties of motherhood but was able to overcome them, come and say hi.
And let us know in the comments;
What's your happy place? What can you do to improve your life and find happiness right now?
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood!
Lisa York x
Show Notes: OLIVIA’S INFORMATION
Website: Olivia Horne Facebook: Finding Mama's Happy Place Instagram: findingmamashappyplace You Tube: Olivia Horne: Mama Meditation
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: When I Loved Myself Enough by Kim McMillen FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/045
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Let's Talk About Tech, Baby [Salt-n-Pepa]
We all know that too much screen time isn't good for our children. I'm talking video games, watching TV, using the computer or tapping away on a tablet. Give them a device your children turn into tech-zombies. But boy, suddenly the house becomes an oasis of calm and quiet.
And you let out a huge sigh of relief. Swiftly followed by an extra-large helping of mum-guilt that their tech usage has spiralled completely out of control. But is all that screen gazing ever a good thing? This week on High Five Friday, I talk about whether screen time is your friend or foe Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher Tell me what you think? Do your children have too much screen time, or have you already trained them to amuse themselves? If so, how did you manage that???
I'd love to hear your story in the comments.
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood!
Lisa York x
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With experience comes wisdom [Sally Thibault] In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday we’ll be talking about how to rediscover a new passion, power and purpose in your life to create meaningful success and a purposeful balance in your life. My guest today is SuperMum, Sally Thibault. Sally has three adult children, one of whom is autistic, and lives on the Gold Coast of Australia with her husband of 35 years to the day. Sally is a professional Keynote Speaker, the author of two books, and a certified Emotional Freedom Technique Practitioner. If that wasn’t enough, she’s also a Women’s Success Mentor and facilitates the Reclaim You programs. With over 35 years experience in the Health and Wellness Industry, Sally has been featured extensively in Australian national and local media and is currently the Health and Wellness Expert on a Queensland national radio programme. As the mother of adult children, Sally gives us her benefit of hindsight and perspective on raising children, and she shares with us how she overcame many of the obstacles of motherhood. It wasn’t an easy journey, having three children, one with Aspergers Syndrome, as well as managing her career. Over the years, Sally has learned about the true meaning of purpose, parenting and living in the present. She believes the patterns of the past hold the solutions to what you want in the future. Today Sally will help us make sense of those patterns in order to follow through with the intentions you have set, and create success in your life as a mum. I’m so happy to have Sally on my show today. She has so much wisdom to share from a mum who’s been there in the trenches. She’s here to share the strength and positivity she gained from her experiences throughout her mothering years. Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
In this episode, you'll find out:
How raising a child living with autism was both the worst and the best times of Sally's life The true meaning of purpose, parenting and living in the present How the Energy Psychology technique of Tapping can change your life How Tapping (EFT) allowed Sally to make sense of why she always walked away from success Why only 8% of people who set intentions achieve them and why The 6-step success strategy that is a powerful guidepost for achieving success How the patterns of your past hold the solution to what you want in life Why Sally believes that many women are being called to step up into leadership...urgently
Hope you enjoy todays show! Tell me what you think? If you have a question or want some advice from a mum who’s been there, done it and got the t-shirt ask away.
And let us know in the comments, what positive things can you take from a difficult situation? What can you do to improve your life right now?
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood!
Lisa York x
Show Notes: SALLY’S WEBSITE: Sally Thibault SALLY’S BOOKS:
David's Gift: Asperger's Syndrome, Life & Love. One Family Inspirational Journey from Diagonis to Graduation Tapping to Reclaim You: How to Reignite Your Passion, Power and Purpose in 30 Days
ARTICLE: How a Triathlon Helped America Ferrera Defy Her Inner Critic in the New York Times PREVIOUS PODCAST: 007: The Fast Way to Nourish from Within for Busy Mums | Mandie Spooner PROFILE: Gabby Bernstein MOVIE: The Secret BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg Abundance Now: Amplify Your Life & Achieve Prosperity by Lisa Nichols and Janet Switzer The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks
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You cannot control the wind, but you can direct the sail
Taking a day off from your workplace is relatively straightforward. You ask your boss, you get the thumbs up, and you're free to shop, surf or slacken off.
But taking the day off from motherhood. Now, that's a bit more tricky.
I know, I tried this week. And failed. This week on High Five Friday, I talk about the sure-fire way to make time for yourself in an overflowing life.
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Tell me what you think? Do you find time for yourself in your overflowing life? If so, tell me how! Or is finding 'me' time something you struggle with.
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood!
Lisa York x
Show Notes: PREVIOUS EPISODE: 041: How to Make a Virtue Out of Uncertainty | Victoria Labalme
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Follow your gifts .… and it will take you to where you are meant to be [Victoria Labalme]
In today's episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday, you’ll learn how to ‘Risk Forward™’. Motherhood can be a time of great uncertainty and it’s hard to figure out the best way forward. You're often left without direction as to the right path to choose. Turns out, that’s a good thing. My guest today is Victoria Labalme. Victoria, who has four adult step-children and lives with her husband in New York, is a Strategic Performance Coach and Performing Artist. She’s an accomplished keynote and TEDx speaker, and has been in professional show business for over two decades. Her impressive list of clients include corporate giants such as Starbucks, Microsoft and PayPal. Although Victoria commonly helps elite entrepreneurs, best-selling authors and C-suite executives to communicate with confidence, authenticity and impact, her work can also be applied to mums. In fact, the concept of Risking Forward™ aligns perfectly with mums because it’s something you already do so naturally without even realising it. Rather than feeling lost, Victoria teaches you that stepping forward, slightly off balance with your heart open can be a beneficial way to live your life. Uncertainty is actually a virtue, and we need to embrace it and find confidence in it. I’m so excited to welcome Victoria to my podcast because she shows you that, as she says in her Risk Forward™ TEDx talk, “Periods of uncertainty, when a path or a project is not yet clear, are fertile and full of promise and that they are to be respected and honoured.” Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
In this episode, we talk about:
What it means to Risk Forward™ and how Risking Forward™ can benefit mums Why mums suffer from ‘decision-pressure’ and ‘goal-anxiety’, and how you can alleviate it Why being busy and being tired have become status symbols How you can jump off the hamster wheel, slow down, and stop being so busy, busy, busy What is 'The Throughline™', and how you can connect to it How to have the courage to follow the right path for you, even if everyone thinks otherwise How to have confidence in yourself, even when you feel like you’re getting it wrong
Hope you enjoy todays show!
Tell me what you think? What do you think of the concept of Risking Forward™? Can you make a virtue out of the uncertainty you face in your life? Let me know in the comments. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: VICTORIA’S WEBSITE: Victoria Labalme WEBSITE: Rock The Room Online WEBSITE: Rock The Room Live BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Arm in Arm: A Collection of Connections, Endless Tales, Reiterations, and Other Echolalia by Remy Charlip
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy [Saadi]
Crying baby. Out of control toddlers. Noisy children.
And a husband who can't sort it out.
Flippin' useless.
So you swoop in, pick up the pieces and reclaim order.
While cursing him in your head.
But what if doing it yourself (minus stabbing virtual pins in him) turns out to be the best solution?
This week on High Five Friday, I challenge you to think about your impatient husband in a different light. Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
Tell me what you think? Tell me in the comments. Is your husband impatient with the kids? Or are you impatient yourself? I'm here to spur you on and help you out as much as possible Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: PREVIOUS EPISODE: 002: Boundless Energy and How to Get It
PREVIOUS EPISODE: 009: Spice up Your Marriage to the Way it Used to Be | Shawn Fink
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I do not wish [women] to have power over men; but over themselves [Mary Wollstonecraft]
In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday, we’re going on an adventure. Back in time to the 18th Century where we follow the extraordinary story of a mother of yesteryear. If Mary Wollstonecraft was around today, she would be considered a pretty normal mum. But back then her actions and choices caused plenty of tut-tutting and twitching curtains, and her bad reputation preceded her. My guest today is SuperMum Bee Rowlatt. Bee is a writer, journalist and broadcaster who has worked for the BBC for over two decades. She’s a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph, and the author of several books including ‘In Search of Mary’ which we’ll be talking about today. Oh, and if that wasn’t enough, she also has four children aged between 6 and 15. Bee, her husband and four kids moved from London to New Delhi a couple of years ago in search of their next life-experience. In a moment of ‘mum-life crisis’ and sick of the endless piles of laundry, Bee whisked up her 10 month old son and set off on an extraordinary adventure in search of the life and legacy of Mary Wollstonecraft, the first celebrity feminist. In her quest to find a new balance between careers and babies, Bee also discovered the importance of celebrating the radiant power of love in all our lives. In discussing motherhood in the 1790’s, Bee brings the joys, challenges and craziness of being a mum right back into the 21st Century. We talk about ‘having it all’ as a mum; the influence of culture on your experience as a mum; and creating adventure in your life despite the restrictions of motherhood. Bee is the most down-to-earth, tell-it-like-it-is, frank, honest and open mum I’ve had on the show, and I know you’re gonna love her. So hold on to your hats, we’re going on an adventure!
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In this episode, you'll find out:
Why a mother from the 18th Century is relevant to you as a mum in the 21st Century How mums who love being homemakers and care-givers, fit in the world of feminism Why Bee was a 'slow and reluctant adapter' to motherhood Why, when the laundry kept piling up, Bee felt the need to seek out some adventure Why finding yourself as a woman often becomes easier the more children you have How you can combine being a great mum with having a great career The differences - and similarities - of mothers from different countries and different cultures The pros and cons of offering your children stability verses offering them adventure
Hope you enjoy todays show! Tell me what you think? If you have a question or want some advice from an adventure-seeking mum of four, ask away. And let us know in the comments. What next adventure do you want to embark on? Do you believe you can take time out from your piles of laundry to seek some excitement? Bee and I can't wait to hear from you. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: BEE'S WEBSITE: Bee Rowlatt
BEE ON TWITTER: @beerowlatt
BOOKS BY BEE ROWLATT:
In Search of Mary: The Mother of All Journeys Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad: The True Story of an Unlikely Friendship Fifty Shades of Feminism
ARTICLE: In Search of Mary: The Mother of All Journeys, by Bee Rowlatt - Book Review BBC DOCUMENTARY: Make Me a German BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark by Mary Wollstonecraft WOLLSTONECRAFT MEMORIAL: Mary on the Green Campaign FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/039
Lisa YorkLisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 6, 4 and 2, being kind to herself is an ongoing challenge. But she's trying. Lisa lives with her family in Canberra, Australia.
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If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself [Henry Ford]
Kids, can you help me clear up the dinner table please? Guys, did you hear me? Would you mind helping to clear up? Hey, I'm speaking to you. Come and help clear up. How many times do I have to ask? Kids! Come and clear up the dinner table. N O W!!! Getting kids to help with the chores is painful to say the least. In fact, given the choice, pulling out my teeth with rusty pliers seems like a good option.
But getting your brood to help around the house is not only beneficial to them, it's beneficial to you.
It will test your patience to the max, but you'll reap the rewards in the long-run. In this weeks episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about the benefits of getting your kids to help around the house, and how as the mum, you can program your own mind to achieve it. Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
This weeks challenge: My challenge for this week is pick off one small job that your child can do to help around the house. This might be the first time they've had anything asked of them, or it could be that you're gradually adding to whatever they already do.
Either way, keep it small and simple, so no-one gets overloaded. Most of all though, think about the feasibility what you'll be asking them to do carefully before you take action. Once you go for it, you'll need to be consistent.
Oh, and you'll need a bucket load of patience.
Tell me what you think? Tell me in the comments. What job did you get your child to do? Did they kick up a fuss, or just get on with it?
Michelle and I are here to spur you on and help you as much as possible
Hope you enjoy the show.
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood!
Lisa York x
Show Notes: ARTICLE: Why Children Need Chores by Jennifer Breheny Wallace for the Wall Street Journal
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Lisa YorkLisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 6, 4 and 2, being kind to herself is an ongoing challenge. But she's trying. Lisa lives with her family in Canberra, Australia.
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If you’re a mother, then you’re already having an impact on the world. Yes indeed-ee. [Kate Greenstock]
In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday, we’ll be discovering how to set the burning desire in your belly ablaze.
As a busy mum with competing demands and limited time you often feel torn and pulled in different directions. You pour out so much of yourself, your emotions, your energy into your family. It can feel like you’re carrying so much, but at the same time being ‘unproductive’ in the world’s eyes, despite wanting to make your mark.
But we’re going to give you another perspective.
My guest today is SuperMum Kate Greenstock
Kate, her husband, and their three children, who are 13, 11 and 7, live near Richmond Park in Greater London where she loves to breathe, cycle and deer stalk. Transitioning from a calling-the-shots career woman, to being a mother with no rule book to follow, proved to be more of a challenge than Kate expected.
But she found a solution, and along with it, her calling to help other mothers who were also feeling lost in motherhood.
At Wild Rubies, Kate helps mums to feel like they’re truly living, rather than just existing; re-discovering themselves and re-imagining their work lives in the process.
If you’re tired of being seen as just a worker or just a mother, Kate will help you find a way forward. Then you get to be seen by the world full and whole, and in creative technicolour.
Kate gives you permission to take the space to breathe and find the clarity needed to set your eyes on what’s ahead for you.
I’m so excited to welcome Kate to my show because she will teach you to be more like your children - incomplete, imperfect, curious, daring, outrageous and completely loved - and in doing so, fuel that fire in your belly.
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In this episode, you'll find out:
Why every mother is unique and has her own special impact on the world, and how to discover those qualities in yourself How Kate overcame her struggle of moving from a corporate career to motherhood where there is no formula, no costume, nowhere to hide and worst of all, no map or guide Why understanding our own core beliefs and values acts as a foundation stone for the way we are as women and mothers Kate's opinion of change and how we can better handle change in our lives How as mums we can connect with our instincts to find our ‘thing’ How we can find our purpose in a crazy mummy world How we can move away from the old and venture into something that suits us better
Hope you enjoy todays show! Tell me what you think? If you have a question or want some advice from a bold mother who can help you birth something brilliant, ask away.
And let us know in the comments. Do you have something humming away in your pocket? Is it time to pull it out and discover its beauty, or do you need to be patient until the time is right?
Kate and I are waiting to hear you comments and help you out as much as possible.
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: KATE'S WEBSITE: Wild Rubies
ORGANISATION: Mothers at Home Matter
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
What Mothers Do: Especially When it Looks like Nothing by Naomi Stadlen What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers by Richard N. Bolles Hold Me Tight: Your Guide to the Most Successful Approach to Building Relationships by Dr Sue Johnson
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You can do anything, but not everything
Do you ever feel that if one more thing goes wrong you’ll break down and cry? Or if one more demand is placed on you, you’ll surely explode? Humm. Me too.
I call it stacking.
Each little tug on your time is perfectly innocent in it’s own right. But one thing gets stacked on top of another, and another on top of that. Eventually you have such a tall tower it starts to topple.
And of course toppling towers end up crashing down in a pile on the floor.
Our challenge as a mum is to stop that tower getting too tall.
Easier said than done, I know. But it is possible.
In this weeks episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about how to stop drowning in overwhelm and start taking back control. Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
This weeks challenge: My challenge for this week is start thinking about what foundations you need to build in order to prevent feeling overwhelmed. It's important for the sake of your family to take care of yourself, and pair down the amount of things you have on your never-ending to-do list.
Tell me what you think? Tell me in the comments. What has send you over the edge recently? What did you do to deal with it?
Michelle and I are here to spur you on and help you as much as possible
Hope you enjoy the show.
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood!
Lisa York x
Show Notes: PREVIOUS EPISODE: 029: The Simple Way to Plan Ahead, Get Organised and Find Your Me Time | Nicole Avery
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Build on your strengths and your weaknesses will take care of themselves
In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday, we’ll be talking about how to discover, understand and use your true strengths. As women we’re often quick to identify our weaknesses, but are much more reserved when it comes to seeking out our strengths. The thing is, if we can play to our strengths and see them as our superpowers, we can use them to our advantage.
My guest today is SuperMum Nikki Smith
Nikki is a Psychologist and Career Coach, and the mum of two daughters who are 7 and 4. She's a keen surfer loves to catch the waves at the beach near her home in Barwon Heads in Australia.
In her work, Nikki focuses on helping her clients get to know their true strengths and encourages them to leverage those strengths to transform their work life into something that they’re passionate about.
In todays show, Nikki teaches us that your true strengths are activities that energise you, and that you find ease with. The great thing about understanding your strengths, is that you can employ them in all areas areas of your life, including your role as mum.
When you discover your strengths, you gain clarity, confidence and momentum in your life; and when you play to them, you double your productivity, resilience and creativity.
I’m really excited to talk to Nikki today because she will help you understand your strengths and in doing so, discover the best possible you.
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In this episode, you'll find out:
Why women find easy to identify their weaknesses, yet so difficult to uncover their strengths How Nikki managed to create a dream life, and work that she loves, around her strengths The benefits of understanding our strengths and how we can figure out what our strengths are Whether it's worthwhile spending our time and energy turning our weaknesses into strengths How we can use our own personal strengths to double our productivity, resilience and creativity The power of 'mini-experiments' and how we can use them to help us find the right path How to stop fear and self doubt from holding us back from forging ahead with something new How to break through the barriers that hold us back from creating an optimal life
Hope you enjoy todays show! Tell me what you think? If you have a question or want some advice from a Psychologist and Career Coach who specialises in finding your strengths, ask away.
And tell us in the comments. What are your strengths? Don’t be shy - it’s about time we mums start announcing our strengths loud and proud.
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood!
Lisa York x
Show Notes: NIKKI'S WEBSITE: Nikki Smith: Transform Your Work Life
FREE GIVEAWAY: Strengths Guide
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology that Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor
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Lisa YorkLisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 6, 4 and 2, being kind to herself is an ongoing challenge. But she's trying. Lisa lives with her family in Canberra, Australia.
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[Mums] just wanna have fun [Cyndi Lauper]
This morning on the 30 minute walk to school, I counted the number of times I moaned at my kids. I ran out of fingers and toes. But I'm OK with that, because I'm keeping my kids safe, I'm teaching them to be kind, I'm helping them to be compassionate.
I'm bringing them up to be good citizens of the world, and I'm doing my job well.
But at what point to I need to stop being so uptight, and start laughing a little? In this weeks episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about when it's OK to stop being the mummy-police and start to let our hair down a little.
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This weeks challenge: My challenge for this week is to seek out a moment, where you can just say, 'stuff it', and let your hair down a little, despite the fall out that you'll have to sort out later.
Tell me what you think? Tell me in the comments. What did you and your kids have fun doing? What did you all laugh about together? And what we're the repercussions? I'm here to spur you on and help you as much as possible Hope you enjoy the show. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: PREVIOUS EPISODE: 037: Discover How to Set the Burning Desire in Your Belly Ablaze | Kate Greenstock FIND TODAY'S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/034
Lisa YorkLisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 6, 4 and 2, being kind to herself is an ongoing challenge. But she's trying. Lisa lives with her family in Canberra, Australia.
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When we believe there isn't enough, there isn’t [Julie Ann Cairns]
In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday, we’ll be talking about abundance. Often in life, we’re bombarded with messages of scarcity, so much so, you might start to feel the optimism, hope and belief in yourself starting to drain away. But don’t despair, because it is possible to make a shift to the abundance mindset where you stay positive, keep smiling, and have your eyes wide open to all the possibilities, freedom and choice you deserve. My guest today is SuperMum Julie Ann Cairns Julie, a former economist for the Reserve Bank of Australia lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and 12 year old daughter. She’s been working in the finance and wealth-creation industry for over 25 years and has taught more than 10,000 people how to create wealth and trade the international financial markets. Her financial knowledge, alongside her own personal story of both making, and loosing fortunes, lead her to write, produce and direct her own documentary film called The Abundance Code which we’ll be talking about today. The Abundance Code brings together over a dozen experts to bring you practical tips and inspiration to stay out of scarcity and keep moving into abundance. To connect and create. To collaborate instead of competing. To find purpose and meaning in your life instead of feeling lost, confused and alone. I’m so happy to welcome Julie to the show today because she will inspire you to transform yourself and your life, and empower you to live an abundant life free from limiting beliefs. Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
In this episode, you'll find out:
Why Julie was so drawn to living an abundant life, she made a film about it! Julie's fascinating personal story of Cinderella-in-reverse What an abundant life looks like, and how abundance will affect you more than you could ever know What the extremely common subconscious barriers are that we put up between ourselves and our attainment of abundant wealth and freedom The 3 secret steps of belief change, and how unlocking them will lead to a life of abundance How to start tapping into our intuition to make better decisions How mums can change our 'code' in order to live a life of abundance
Hope you enjoy todays show! Tell me what you think? If you have a question or want some advice from an expert in abundance, ask away.
And let us know in the comments: Do you live a life of scarcity? Or do you feel that everything you’ll ever need is at your fingertips?
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood!
Lisa York x
Show Notes: JULIE'S WEBSITE: The Abundance Code JULIE'S BOOK: The Abundance Code: How to Bust the 7 Money Myths for a Rich Life Now BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/033
Lisa YorkLisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 6, 4 and 2, being kind to herself is an ongoing challenge. But she's trying. Lisa lives with her family in Canberra, Australia.
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Let me sleep, for when I wake I will move mountains Sleep, elusive sleep From the last weeks of our first pregnancy, the sleep deficit begins. And so to, a taste of things to come. For me, that was over seven years ago. And as much as I hate to be the bearer of bad news, I haven't had a full eight hours since. Self inflicted admittedly. I'm not pregnant, don't have a newborn and my kids sleep like angels.
But oh! That precious golden time once the kids are in bed. The day is done, the jobs are finished (at least for now) and the house is quiet.
ME TIME!!! Yippee Why would I want to give that up to go to bed? But how well is the lack of Zzzzzz's serving me? In this weeks episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about sleep, how a lack of sleep affects our mothering, and what we can do about it.
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This weeks challenge: My challenge for this week is to consider how much quality sleep you're getting and what steps you can take to get a little more.
I'm in this challenge right alongside you, because I battle it too. Its difficult I know because that pocket of 'me' time is so elusive.
But if you can conquer it, your awake time will be far more productive, and you'll also notice that you're better able to move mountains when you're fully rested. So don't see sleep as time wasted. Tell me what you think? Tell me in the comments. How many hours sleep do you get a night? Is it enough or do you feel tired during the day? How can you claw back a bit more time for sleep? I'm here to spur you on and help you as much as possible Hope you enjoy the show. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: BOOK: The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time by Arianna Huffington
BOOK: Baby on Board by Dr Howard Chilton
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Lisa YorkLisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 6, 4 and 2, being kind to herself is an ongoing challenge. But she's trying. Lisa lives with her family in Canberra, Australia.
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Get clear on what you want in life and everything changes [Dr. Karen Osburn]
In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday we’ll be finding out how to get clear on what you want out of life and how to create the right mindset to go out and get it. You’ll learn how to be strong and powerful and go out and grab everything you want. My guest today is SuperMum, Dr. Karen Osburn.
Karen is a Powerful Bad Ass Mindset Coach for Women Who Want More. She hosts the frank and honest, tell-it-like-it-is Women Wanting More podcast where she embraces her message, ‘Get Clear on What you Want in Life, and Everything Changes’.
Karen lives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada with her husband and two sons, aged 3 and 6.
Today, Karen’s direct, no nonsense style combined with her professional expertise as a coach, and her journey as a mum, will help you cut through the excuses. Her plain talk and unwavering desire will equip you with an I-am-worthy mindset, and will turn your negative self-talk into something positive and empowering.
She’ll encourage you and make it clear that you don’t have to sacrifice your unique self in order to get MORE.
I am delighted to have Karen on my show today because as a highly acclaimed podcaster, individual and group coach, she has a great deal to teach us about the BAD ASS way of getting clear about what we want and going for it!
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In this episode, you'll find out:
How to play bigger in life, how to be powerful, and how to go out and grab the things you want How to figure out what the heck it is you want as a mum, and how to go about getting it How Karen's journey to motherhood by adoption, after seven painful years trying, has influenced and affected her life today What to do when you're pushed to the edge as a mum How to stop feeling so scared and start facing your fears How to turn negative self-talk into something that’s positive and empowering The damaging effect of not taking action, and the consequences of inaction Why we should stop making excuses, and start taking responsibility
Hope you enjoy todays show! Tell me what you think? If you have a question or want some advice from Powerful Bad Ass Mindset Coach for Women Who Want More, ask away.
Let us know in the comments. How can you play bigger in life? What will you do to get the things you want? Does negative self talk and excuses hold you back?
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: KAREN'S WEBSITE: Women Wanting More
KAREN'S PODCAST: Women Wanting More
MENTOR: Garret J White: Warrior on Fire
BOOK: Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life by Byron Katie
PODCAST : The School of Greatness: Become a Love Warrior In and Out of Marriage with Glennon Doyle Melton
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Desire Map: A Guide to Creating Goals with Soul by Danielle LaPorte The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms by Danielle LaPorte Love Warrior: A Memoir by Glennon Doyle Melton Carry on, Warrior: The Power of Embracing Your Messy, Beautiful Life by Glennon Doyle Melton
WEBSITE: Monastery with Glennon Doyle
PROFILE: Elizabeth Gilbert
PROFILE: Brené Brown
SUPER SOUL TV: Oprah Sits Down with Glennon Doyle Melton
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Lisa YorkLisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 6, 4 and 2, being kind to herself is an ongoing challenge. But she's trying. Lisa lives with her family in Canberra, Australia.
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When things go wrong, don't go with them [Elvis Presley]
My son hurling a mini quiche at the String Quartet last weekend was not my proudest mummy moment. Now I know small boys and String Quartets are not good bed fellows, but then it's not every day your mother-in-law turns 80. Some things you just don't want to miss out on. But does that incident (and the cringe-worthy list of others that preceded it) make me a bad mother (even though it felt like it at the time)? Heck, no!
I'm real. I'm normal. I'm learning. And I'll try harder next time. In this weeks episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about what you should be telling yourself when your children are not behaving at their best.
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This weeks challenge: My challenge for this week is to prepare yourself mentally for the difficult moments that will inevitably arise. We’ve all had them. It will always happen and will do again, so be prepared! Remember the one thing you can control is that little voice in your head.
Tell me what you think? Tell me in the comments. How do you feel when your kids are being rat bags? Are you thinking negatively about how other people perceive you? Or are you positively spurring yourself on inside your head? Do you tell yourself this nightmare will be over soon or do you struggle to see light at the end of the tunnel?
Hope you enjoy the show. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
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Lisa YorkLisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 6, 4 and 2, being kind to herself is an ongoing challenge. But she's trying. Lisa lives with her family in Canberra, Australia.
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When you plan for the things that are expected, the unexpected becomes far easier to manage [Nicole Avery]
In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday, we’ll be talking about the value of planning when you have kids. Now I know organising your everyday life - creating routines, setting up systems, sorting your cupboards - may seem time-consuming and dull, but stay with me on this one, because seriously, it’s a gift that keeps on giving. My guest today is SuperMum Nicole Avery
Nicole lives in Melbourne, Australia with her husband and five gorgeous kids ranging from 7 to 17 years old. She more than most knows the importance of organising the chaos of family life, and by pulling together her business know-how, hands of experience as the mum of five, and the things she’s learned from other families to bring us ‘Planning with Kids’. She’s written a book by the same, is a sought-after speaker, and has created a blog, a podcast, a menu planner app, an e-course called ‘Planning and Present’.
Today Nicole will teach us why careful planning acts as a safety blanket in our life as a busy mum. Mess and disorganisation brings and extra layer of stress to our lives and so planning for the known components of family life means you are better able to cope with the whole host of unknowns that family life constantly throws up at you.
Nicole leads by example because although she has a tribe of kids and a busy family life, as well as running a business, she still finds time to run marathons and carves out relaxed and fun time with her children.
I’m really grateful that Nicole has agreed to talk to us today because she will share with us the simple way to plan ahead, get organised and find your me time.
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In this episode, you'll find out:
The huge impact that planning will have on your life, despite it feeling mundane and dull How, with good planning you can get your mornings to be stress-free and run like clockwork The areas of your life that you can automate and how to get great systems in place How reducing the need to continually make choices, you can energise yourself by reducing decision fatigue How to deal with the overwhelm of getting organised if you're starting from scratch How to be more conscious about the use of your time, which free's up time for more important things How to plan in time for yourself to achieve your own goals, despite being a really busy mum
Hope you enjoy todays show! What do you think? If you have a question or want some advice from a super organised mum of five who finds plenty of me time and family time due to careful planning, ask away.
So let us know in the comments. What areas of your life are disorganised? How can you streamline and systematise your life to start finding some space for other things?
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: NICOLE'S WEBSITE: Planning with Kids
NICOLE’S BOOK: Planning with Kids: A Guide to Organising the Chaos and Making Time for Family Fun
NICOLE ON FACEBOOK: Planning with Kids
SUPERMUM PODCAST EPISODE: 012: How to Retain your Willpower, Right through ’til Bath Time
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller
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Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into but hard to get out of
They say old habits die hard.
They're right.
They do.
But does that mean to say you're gonna let bad habits get the better of you?
You're kidding! A strong-minded mama like you?
No way. But, just the knowledge that replacing bad old habits with shiny fresh new ones will take time and effort, is the essential first mindset tool you need to kill those destructive old habits dead. In this weeks episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about our shared addiction to Jaffa Cakes, and how to kill those naughty bad habits dead.
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This weeks challenge: My challenge for this week is to focus on a bad habit you want to break, or a new one you want to set up and break it up into small, manageable chunks to get you moving in the right direction. And then of course, take that essential first step to breaking it. Please leave a comment: Tell me in the comments. What habit do you want to break? What new habit will you put in its place?
Hope you enjoy the show. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: ARTICLE: How to Trick Your Brain to Create a New Healthy Habit
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Take your foot off the gas and reclaim a more relaxed family life
In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday, we’ll be finding out how to put your child's well-being first in a competitive world. By doing so, you'll get permission to take your foot off the gas and reclaim a more relaxed family life. My guest today is SuperMum, Tanith Carey. Tanith is an award-winning journalist and writes for many of the major UK broadsheets. She’s a best-selling parenting author of seven books, and has appeared on the major UK morning shows as a parenting expert. Tanith and her husband live in London with their two daughters who are 11 and 14. Today we’ll be taking to Tanith about her critically-acclaimed book called ‘Taming the Tiger Parent: How to Put Your Child's Well-Being First in a Competitive World’. From the moment the umbilical cord is cut, today's parents often feel trapped in a never-ending race to ensure their child is the brightest and the best. Mozart in the womb, Baby Einstein DVDs for newborns, and learning apps for toddlers is just the beginning. And while it's completely natural for us to want our kids to reach their potential, at what point does too much competition become damaging not only to our children, but to us as mums? In this episode, we’ll explore the effects that competitive parenting has on us as women, how the extra work load of out-of-school activities is affecting us, and the impact it’s having on our relationships with our partner, our children and our family life. Tanith will help us examine more closely the choices we make for our children’s free time, and look at it from a bigger picture perspective. She helps us question whether, in trying to do the absolute best by our children, we might actually be creating unnecessary problems for ourselves and them. I’m overjoyed to have Tanith with me on the podcast today, because she can teach us so much about how to tame our inner tiger parent which will free up more time for the things that really matter.
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In this episode, you'll find out:
What a Tiger Parent is and why we need to tame it How we got to the point where we feel the need to take our children to so many extra-curricular activities Whether we’re failing our children by not giving them every possible opportunity in life. How we're affected by the increased work load that of out-of-school clubs and classes brings The impact competitive parenting has on our relationships with our partner and children Practical guidelines and realistic solutions to help us take our foot off the gas and reclaim a more relaxed family life
Hope you enjoy todays show! Please leave a comment: If you have a question or want some advice from a top broadsheet journalist and author, ask away.
And let us know in the comments. Do you feel like you’re doing to much with your kids or have you got the balance right? Have the things that Tanith's talked about given you the freedom to take your foot off the gas? Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: TANITH’S WEBSITE: Tanith Carey
TANITH ON FACEBOOK: What Parents Need Now TANITH’S BOOK (that we talked about today): Taming the Tiger Parent: How to put your child's well-being first in a competitive world TANITH’S BOOK LIST:
Mum Hacks: Time-saving tips to calm the chaos of the family life Girls Uninterrupted: Steps for Building Stronger Girls in a Challenging World Never Kiss a Man in a Canoe: Words of Wisdom from the Golden Age of Agony Aunts A Mothers Love: Stories of Fun, Forgiveness, Hope and Joy Where Has My Little Girl Gone? How to be an Amazing Mum When You Just Don't Have the Time: The Ultimate Handbook for Hassled Mothers Russell Brand
ARTICLE: What are the secrets of the world's happiest children?
PROFILE: Alfie Kohn
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Road Less Travelled by M. Scott Peck
It’s not how good you are. It’s how good you want to be
My daughter Elizabeth is learning to talk.
She's two and a half, so the vast world of words lays wide open before her.
I listen to her every day. Desperately trying to communicate, repeating herself again and again in the (often) forlorn attempt to be understood.
But does she ever give up, throw her hands in the air and declare that it's all too hard?
Of course not. She just keeps on trying. That's because, like all toddlers, she has a growth mindset. She's open to new possibilities, she won't give up and she's never afraid to fail. We can learn so much from our little ones because it’s not how good you are, it’s how good you want to be.
Elizabeth wants to talk. And talk she will.
What do you want to do?
In this weeks episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about the incredible power of believing you can improve. Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
This weeks challenge: My challenge for this week is to think about something that you’ve always wanted to do. Something BIG, and then start to reprogram your mind by tell yourself you can do this.
You don’t have to work out the full picture yet, by take one small but essential first step and you’ll soon start to build momentum.
Please leave a comment: Tell me in the comments. What can you do to be more open to new possibilities? What’s the big thing that you want to accomplish?
Michelle and I are here to spur you on and help you in any way we can. Hope you enjoy the show. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: TED TALK: The power of believing that you can improve with Carol Dweck
PROFILE: Carol Dweck
WEBSITE: Mindset Works
TONY ROBBINS ARTICLE: Stop your Limiting Beliefs: 10 Empowering Beliefs that will Change your Life
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It’s your birthright to live the life you desire [Renée Trudeau]
In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday we’ll be finding out how to re-balance our busy lives as mums with the use of self-care. It's so very important, because when a woman feels alive and whole and connected to her essence, she’s unstoppable.
My guest today is SuperMum, Renée Trudeau.
Renée lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and teenage son and is an internationally-recognised life balance coach and speaker. She’ also the president of Career Strategists, an award-winning coaching and consulting firm and her corporate clients include Fortune 500 companies such as Dell, Ernst & Young and IBM.
Her work has been featured in the New York Times, US News and World Report, Good Housekeeping, Spirituality & Health and more.
She’s also the author of three best-selling books on life-balance including The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal: How to Reclaim, Rejuvenate and Re-Balance Your Life which we’ll be talking about today.
Renée has been creating and facilitating transformational events for women for more than 20 years. She and her team have trained hundreds of RTA-Certified Facilitators in more than 10 countries around the world to lead self-renewal groups for women based on her award-winning curriculum.
Renée has a kind and beautiful soul and genuinely cares about the needs of mothers, so she is the perfect person to set us on the road to self-renewal.
I’m overjoyed to have Renée my show today, because as a sought after life balance expert and highly acclaimed author, we can learn so much from her. Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
In this episode, you'll find out:
How Renée became a pioneer in the area of self-care for mums Renée's journey to prioritising herself, and what self-care looks like in her busy life How Renée's spirited upbringing in a family with seven children has impacted her work The two key things that mums need to know - more than anything else - about self-care How we can begin a self-care practice in our own busy life That it is possible to find a life that nurtures and nourishes you both inside and out
Hope you enjoy todays show! Please leave a comment: If you have a question or want some advice from an internationally-recognised life-balance coach and speaker, ask away.
And let us know in the comments, have you found a way to care and nourish yourself as a mum or do you struggle to find the time? Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: RENÉE’S WEBSITE: Renée Trudeau and Associates RESOURCES: Renée’s Free Resources MOVIE: Captain Fantastic PROFILE: Elizabeth Gilbert RENÉE’S BOOKS:
Nurturing the Soul of Your Family: 10 Ways to Reconnect and Find Peace in Everyday Life The Mother's Guide to Self-Renewal: How to Reclaim, Rejuvenate and Re-balance Your Life Courageous Parents, Confident Kids: Letting Go So You Can Both Grow
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Power Of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change by Charles Duhigg FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/025 And don't forget to share The SuperMum Podcast with all your friends!
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You can't pour from an empty cup so fill your cup up and become the foundation of your family
"Don't be selfish." "Think of others." We teach it to our kids all the time. But when is being selfish not being selfish? When you're doing something for yourself that actually benefits others. Because by finding the time to do something just for you, you're giving your kids a much happier, more content and more engaged mum. By being so-called selfish you're actually being incredibly smart. In this weeks episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about five fantastic reasons to be selfish.
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This weeks challenge: My challenge for this week is to book a pocket of time into your schedule to do something just for yourself. It can be anything. A yoga class or a swim. A trip to the coffee shop, just you and a book. A nice long walk to go back to nature. A relaxing massage. A bubble bath with a glass of champagne and an early night.
It doesn't matter what it is, the important thing is you do it. Just do something.
And then see how it makes you feel. Has your attitude towards your kids, work, home or husband changed?
Please leave a comment: Tell me in the comments. What did you do and how did it make you feel? Do you feel like you're being selfish when you do something for yourself? How will you change your thinking into believing you're actually being smart by taking some time for yourself?
Michelle and I are here to spur you on and help you in any way we can. Hope you enjoy the show. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: ARTICLE: Mom, Stop Worrying About Me: Why Our Mothers Need To Be More Selfish
PROFILE: Iyanla Vanzant
BOOK: The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k by Sarah Knight
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The strong-minded rise to the challenge of their goals and dreams
In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday we’ll be discussing how to create the strength of mind of an athlete to use in your life as a mum which will help to create balance and harmony in your busy world. My guest today is SuperMum, Sara Robinson. Sara has two small boys aged 4 and 1, has a Masters Degree in Sports Psychology and is a Mental Skills Coach. After learning first hand how hard it is to juggle everything that comes with the job title of Mum, Sara worked out the solution and went on to launch ‘Get Mom Balanced’ an online community of mums. In her work, Sara brings together her professional skills and knowledge helping athletes, plus her experience as a mum, to help other busy mums create balance and develop the mental skills needed to survive and thrive in motherhood. Today Sara will teach us why Mental Skills Training is so beneficial, and gives us some practical tools that we can use to strengthen our minds as mums. And I don’t know about you, but some days I need some of that in extra large doses. Sara will help us understand why it’s important to look under our own bonnet, to find where our own passions and interests lie. We can then use that as a springboard to find out what makes us tick and then harness that to create a life that we love. A life that’s fulfilling to us as a woman, instead of simply fulfilling the needs of everyone else all the time. I’m excited that Sara is joining us today because she’s passionate about helping mums to seek balance and give them support for the challenges of mom life. And I’m confident that she’ll help you too.
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In this episode, you'll find out:
What Mental Skills Training is, and how we can take the mental strength skills that athletes use and apply them to our life as busy mums How to get ourselves, and our children, to become mentally strong Why finding balance is so important, but why it's such a struggle to make balance part of our lives How to say no without feeling terrible The benefits and challenges of working from home How you can take the skills that you have - your education, your professional experience and your passions and interests - and turn them into something that allows for balance
Hope you enjoy todays show! Sara has kindly offered a free give-away with todays show. Send me an email with the words "Sara's give-away" in the subject line, and I'll send you the link to the Calmer Mama Checklist which helps mums understand the steps for how to calm down.
Please leave a comment: If you have a question or want some advice from a Mental Skills Coach, ask away. And let us know in the comments, do you have a strong mind as a mother or is it something you’re trying to improve? What have you done recently to try and find balance in your life? Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: SARA’S WEBSITE: Get Mom Balanced BOOK RECOMMENDATION: UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World by Dr. Michele Borba FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/023 And don't forget to share The SuperMum Podcast with all your friends!
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Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, it empties today of its strength [Corrie ten Boom]
As a mum, you have plenty to worry about. Trouble is, worry doesn’t change anything, and most of the things you worry about never end up happening. If a problem CAN be solved, why worry about it? Instead, use your energy to fix it. If a problem CAN'T be solved, why worry about it? There’s nothing you can do to stop it. Instead, use your energy to deal with it.
Don’t miss the sun that’s shining today worrying about the rain that may come tomorrow. Worry never serves us. And it doesn’t change anything. Only you can change it. Have faith in yourself that you can overcome it. Because you can SuperMum. You can. In this week's episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about the brilliant tactics you can use to banish worry.
Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher This week's challenge: My challenge for this week is to consider the impact that your worrying has on your children. Do you want them to grow up being scared of their own shadow, or do you want your kids to be strong, resilient and conquer the world?
Look at the things you can control and try to find a solution to make it better, rather than spend precious energy worrying about what may come of it. Listen to today's show and we'll tell you exactly what to do
Please leave a comment: Tell me in the comments. Do you worry too much? What sort of things do you worry about?
Michelle and I are here to spur you on and help you in any way we can. Hope you enjoy the show. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: BOOK: Women Who Worry Too Much: How to Stop Worry and Anxiety from Ruining Relationships, Work, and Fun by Holly Hazlitt-Stevens
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Who we are, as people, is a far more accurate and profound predictor of who our kids will be than what we know about parenting [Brené Brown]
In today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday we’ll be discussing a research study that is currently being conducted into the well-being of mothers of pre-school aged children. My guest today is SuperMum, Lauren Wills. Lauren has an 8 year old daughter, and a son who is 5, and is a Life Coach for Mums. She’s passionate about helping women reclaim their inner spark and live a life they love. Lauren has a Master of Social Work from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia and is currently a PhD candidate studying the well-being of pre-school mothers. In her work, Lauren has discovered that there’s a tremendous amount of research into the institution of motherhood, but sadly, we often don’t get to hear about it. But she’s determined to change that, because Lauren believes that when more information is readily available to us mothers, we’ll stop feeling like our problems are exclusively ours, or that we have to work out a solution and deal with those challenges by ourselves. Lauren's research has shown that a mother's well-being has a more positive an impact on her child than her education, her employment, the number of hours her child spends in day care or any other factors. Read that again. It's really significant. I’m excited that Lauren is joining us today to share her knowledge and findings, and in doing so, gives us the kick-start we need to start prioritising our own well-being. Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
In this episode, you'll find out:
How Lauren came to research the well-being of pre-school mums, and why her study is so important How traditional feminist views clash with the way women want to be as a mother, and how those views are being changed How and why your identity changes when you became a mother What research has taught us about what makes mums happy The practical plans Lauren has to use the findings from her study to help women like us in the trenches of motherhood How Lauren's PhD study and professional work has impacted her personal life as a mum
Hope you enjoy todays show! Please leave a comment: If you have a question or want some advice from an experienced Life Coach for Mums, Lauren and I would love to hear from you. Let us know in the comments, do you pay enough attention to your own self-care despite how busy life is? And what can you do to improve your well-being as a mum? Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: LAUREN’S WEBSITE: Lauren Wills Coaching BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women by Susan Douglas and Meredith Michaels PROFILE: Andrea O'Reilly, Matricentric Feminism FIND TODAY'S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/021 And don't forget to share The SuperMum Podcast with all your friends!
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Behind every great kid is a mum who’s pretty sure she’s mucking it up
Ask your child to tell you about mother’s guilt and they’ll look at you blankly.
“There will be so many times when you feel like you’ve failed, but in the eyes, heart and mind of your child, you are a supermum”
I love this quote by Stephanie Precourt. Guilt is an emotion that we mums load on to ourselves because we never feel as if we quite live up to the mark. But if we’re putting guilt on to ourselves, then we have the power to take it away from ourselves. Bottom line, your child loves you right up to the moon. And you love them right up to the moon …. and back. You’re doing a great job. Now you just need to believe it. In this weeks episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about the dreaded mummy guilt and how we can attack it head on.
Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher This weeks challenge: So my challenge for this week is to think about something that makes you feel guilty and really start to work out a way to use that guilt to your advantage. Step 1: What do you feel guilty about? If there’s lots of things, just focus on one at a time Step 2: Can you either willingly drop the ball with it, or motivate yourself to make a change. That might be a physical change where you do something differently, or a mental change where you reframe how you see the situation. Remind yourself that there is a solution to absoultely everything and they’ll be a solution here, so don’t give up on yourself. Listen to today's show for all the details.
Please leave a comment: Then tell me in the comments. What makes you feel guilty, and how can you look at that guilt in a different way? Michelle and I are here to spur you on and help you in any way we can. Hope you enjoy the show. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: BOOK: Mommy Guilt: Learn to Worry Less, Focus on What Matters Most, and Raise Happier Kids by Julie Bort, Aviva Pflock and Devra Renner SURVEY: Overcoming 'Mommy Guilt' by the American Management Association "In a survey of over 1,300 parents - a whopping 96% ... reported feeling guilty about some aspect of parenting." PROFILE: Dr Robin Smith BOOK: Carry On, Warrior: The Power of Embracing Your Messy, Beautiful Life by Glennon Doyle Melton FIND TODAY'S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/020
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It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it. [Lou Holtz]
Today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday is about managing the inevitable stress that goes hand-in-hand with being a busy mum. We’ve all felt it when the demands build up and up to the point where they overwhelm us. My guest today is SuperMum, Kate Snowise. New Zealand born Kate lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and their two small boys who are 4 and 2. Despite writing her Masters thesis on stress and wellbeing, Kate readily admits that being a parent is the toughest job she’s ever had. Before becoming a mum, Kate was a Corporate Psychologist and started her own business as a Life and Executive Coach after being a stay-at-home mum for two years. Kate will help us identify what stress is in simple terms, how we can recognise whether it’s building up within us to the point where it might be a problem, and how we can eliminate the inevitable stress that seems to be integral to our lives as a busy mum. Kate’s fusion of professional knowledge, her education in the field of Positive Psychology, and the hands on practical experience she's gained from the trenches of motherhood, makes her the perfect person to help us understand and combat the stress we deal with as mothers. I’m so pleased that Kate has joined us today because her advice really will help you to eradicate stress and make a big difference in your life making it happier and healthier.
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In this episode, you'll find out:
What stress is, how it manifests itself, and how you can tell if you've had too much How to reduce stress and prevent it from coming back again Why some mums can cope with stress, whilst others struggle How to rise to the challenge of your problems, rather than being completely consumed by them How to use stress to your advantage Mindset strategies for preventing and overcoming stress The solution to being tipped over the edge when all the multiple demands keep building up
Hope you enjoy todays show! Please leave a comment: If you have a question or want some advice from an experienced Positive Psychologist and happiness coach, ask away. And let us know in the comments, what makes you most stressed as a mum and how do you combat it? Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: KATE’S WEBSITE: Thrive.How KATE’S PODCAST: Here to Thrive BOOK RECOMMENDATION: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brene Brown TED TALK: The power of vulnerability by Brene Brown PROFILE: Gretchin Ruben
BUCKET MODEL: Kate's explanation of the Bucket Model. Why Self-Care Isn't Selfish
ACADEMIC PAPER: Cognitive Appraisal Method
BOOK: Stress, Appraisal & Coping by Dr. Richard S Lazarus and Dr. Susan Folkman. A book by the developers of the Cognitive Appraisal Method.
'GOOD STRESS' ARTICLE: Eustress. "Eustress occurs when the gap between what one has and what one wants is slightly pushed, but not overwhelmed."
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory [Ralph Waldo Emerson]
It's easy to wait until your kids are older.
It's easy to wait until you have more spare time.
It's easy to wait until you've ticked everything off your to-do list.
It's easy to wait until you have the perfect plan in place.
But guess what?
That day will never come because the right moment doesn't exist.
It's really hard to start, but once you do, you'll start to build momentum. Remind yourself that every single thing you've ever achieved, however small, has been the result of taking action. You have a choice.
You can do nothing. Or you can make a start.
In this weeks episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about one of my favourite subjects and something that is fundamental to achieving success. Taking action. Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher This weeks challenge: My challenge for this week is to gain a deeper understanding of your goal and start to overcome the fear of achieving it by asking yourself these four questions:
What would my life would look like if I achieved my goal?
What makes me excited about my goal?
What’s the worst thing that can happen if I go ahead with my plan?
What would my life would look like if I don’t achieve my goal?
Please leave a comment: Then tell me in the comments. What is your goal, and most importantly, what action will you take to fulfil it?
Hope you enjoy the show.
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood!
Lisa York x
Show Notes: BOOK: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
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Confidence is something you create within yourself by believing in who you are
Today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday is about having self confidence in your ability as a mum. SuperMum Barbara Liquorish is mum to 5 year old James and 2 year old William, and although she freely admits she doesn’t always gets it right, she has a deeply ingrained believe in her ability to succeed. 16 years as a mental care nurse has given Barbara insights and first hand knowledge of people who are vulnerable and desperate, but she’s taken the experience, knowledge and observations of her work and transferred them to her life as a mother.
In this episode you’ll discover why Barbara doesn’t use parenting books, but instead looks closely at what’s under her nose to find the right answers. She talks about how we mums can figure out what the right course of action is, despite the huge amount of information that is available to us. And we discuss why in our generation, we can often feel isolated as a mum, and left alone to work it out the whole motherhood thing for ourselves
I love that Barbara is such a confident parent. I love that she won’t be bullied. I love that she holds onto her own core values and has a real understanding of herself, and that she puts that into her parenting.
I know that you’ll love listening to her insights on the show today.
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In this episode, you'll find out:
The different types of conflicts we face as mothers and how we deal with opposing advice How we gain confidence as mothers when our baby is born, and then transfer that skill to our children as they get older How in our generation, we can often feel isolated as a mum, and left alone to work it out for ourselves Barbara’s opinion of ‘official help’, and whether she actually finds it helpful How to take the information we have and use it to form a solid opinion about what is best for ourselves and our family Why Barbara completely rejects being bullied by other people The ways in which we can build our confidence as mothers and the key attributes of being confident as a mum
Hope you enjoy todays show! Please leave a comment: If you have a question or want some advice from a trained mental health nurse of 16 years, ask away! And let us know in the comments, do you feel confident as a parent? What draws your confidence and what do you do to try and top it up? Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: YOU TUBE VIDEO: Who would you most like to have dinner with? BOOK RECOMMENDATION: George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/017 And don't forget to share The SuperMum Podcast with all your friends!
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Your heart knows things that your mind can't explain
I should say yes. My children are begging me to say yes. My friend thinks I should say yes. My head says I should say yes. Logically, I should say yes. Rationally, I should say yes. That's it. I'll say yes. But it doesn't feel right. My gut says no. I'm not sure why it says no. But it does. So, what is my answer? The answer is no. In this weeks episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about following your intuition and why it's wise to following your hunch to say no, even when everyone else thinks you should say yes.
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This weeks challenge: My challenge for this week is to find a pocket of silence, just for 5 minutes somewhere in your day, and start to listen - really listen - to what the voice in your head is telling you. You probably won’t hear anything at first but don’t feel frustrated and give up if it doesn’t happen straight away. Stick with it, give it time, but do it regularly. Eventually you’ll start to hear it above the rest of the noise in your life. And one day you’ll discover that your biggest ally and wisest mentor has been hiding out beween your very own ears without you even realising it.
Please leave a comment: Then tell me in the comments. Did you manage to tap into your intuition? What did it tell you? How did it work out? Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: ARTICLE: HeartMath: The Heart Is More Powerful Than The Brain
RESEARCH ORGANISATION: HeartMath Institute
ARTICLE: 6 Techniques for Tapping Your Intuition
BOOK: The Power of Thinking without Thinking: by Malcolm Gladwell
PROFILE: Deepak Chopra
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True teams are made when you put aside individual wants for collective good
True teams are made when you put aside individual wants for collective good. That quote certainly sums up my Mum-to-mum Monday guests today. And yes, I did say guests. Because both members of an incredible husband-wife team are with me today, which also means we have our very first SuperDad on the show. SuperMum, Angie-Newby Stubbs and her husband Ian Hunt have been together for 14 years and have two adorable daughters aged 8 and 2. Angie and Ian both work in the construction industry. Angie as a designer, and Ian an architectural designer. This time last year, Angie and Ian agreed to make a radical role change when Angie returned to work full time and became the family breadwinner and Ian took on the role of caring for their children and managing the home. Listen in to find out why they made this decision, the effects it’s had on them as a couple and a family, and how things are working out one year on.
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What Angie and Ian's life was like before they swapped roles, verses what it is like now Why they decided to make this radical change and what other people think about their decision How Ian sees his identity as a full time dad, and whether other mums make him welcome How domestic duties are divided, how they see their respective roles, and whether Ian does the chores to Angie's liking Whether Ian and Angie would recommend this lifestyle to other couples If there is room for two professionals in the household, and the financial implications of having just one person working What Angie and Ian like, and dislike about their lifestyle The emotions Angie feels around being away from her children, and being responsible for keeping a roof over their heads
Hope you enjoy todays show! Please leave a comment: Let me know. Would you consider being the family breadwinner? Is that a lifestyle that would work for you? Or are you already in that role? Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Dr. Sue Johnson FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/015 And don't forget to share The SuperMum Podcast with all your friends!
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I fell in love with you in my womb. Now I carry you in my heart instead of my arms
As mums, miscarriage has probably touched our lives in some way. One in four women suffer miscarriage, probably more. So if you haven't experienced miscarriage yourself, chances are, you have a friend or relation that has. I've had two miscarriages, both at opposite ends of the pain and suffering scale. The first was horrific, and the second, much less so. These words ring so true.
"I fell in love with you in my womb. Now I carry you in my heart instead of my arms" I write through bleary eyes, even though it happened eight years ago. In this weeks episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about our experiences of miscarriage which we hope will help you, or someone you know, through it. You'll always wonder who your baby would have been, but my sincere hope is that this will support you in your healing.
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Please leave a comment: If you'd like to talk to us in the comments, please do so. Otherwise you can email me privately at supermum@lisa-york.com. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: ARTICLE: Coping with miscarriage by BabyCentre
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Lisa YorkLisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 6, 4 and 2, being kind to herself is an ongoing challenge. But she's trying. Lisa lives with her family in Canberra, Australia.
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Willpower is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it gets
Do you wake up in the morning with good intentions? Today's the day that I'm going to start running. Today's the day that I'm going to get my paperwork in order. Today's the day that I'm going to cut out chocolate. But come the evening, you're completely shattered, the kids are driving you crazy, and low and behold, none of it has been done, despite your good intentions. And you feel like you've failed yourself again. The good news is, the only thing that stands between you and your goals is willpower. It's not that some people have it and some people don't. No.
We all have willpower. And it's a skill you can develop. In this weeks episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about willpower and the determination to succeed.
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Please leave a comment: Tell us in the comments. What erodes your willpower? What do you keep planning to do, but keep putting off? Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: EXPERIMENT: Stanford Marshmallow experiment ARTICLE: Blame it on the Brain in The Wall Street Journal (which mentions the healthy vs. unhealthy snack experiment) PROFILE: Roy Baumeister, social psychologist PROFILE: Tony Robbins, motivational speaker and self-development author FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/012 And don't forget to share The SuperMum Podcast with all your friends!
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Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye [H. Jackson Brown, Jr.]
Today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday is all about fulfilling your goals and ambitions - the key word being fulfilling. That’s right, we take those dreams right out of your head and make them come alive. My guest today is SuperMum, Victoria Kate. Vicky and her 9 year old son Finley live just a stone's throw from the beautiful beach in Bournemouth, on the south coast of England. Vicky is living proof that our dreams really can come true as she follows her life long passion to work for herself as a Life Coach whilst looking out from her desk to the sea. And after 24 years of having the dream of being an author in her head, she is finially writing the book that she’s always wanted. Today, Vicky will ‘give your heart eyes’, as she so eloquantly puts it. One of the foundation stones to this is learning to understand what your goals really are and making them your own. Not what your family, or your partner or society think your goals should be. Just you. This way, when you attain them, you'll finally be truely fufilled, rather than left cold and wanting the next big thing. Through the use of positive thinking and visual images Vicky will step us through the process of how to be successful in achieving everything our heart desires, and not be restricted by limiting beliefs. Using the metaphore of a lighthouse, Vicky will teach us how, as a mother, it’s important to keep our own light shining strong and bright so we can light the way for our children rather than casting dark shadows behind us and letting them find their own way. Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
In this episode, you'll find out:
How you turn dreams, goals or ambitions into something tangible. Something real How focusing on positive thoughts brings positive experiences into your life through the concept that 'like attracts like' Visioning. What it is, and how it can benefit you How to get clarity around your goals and determine, once and for all, what it is that you really do want The step-by-step process to fulfilling your dreams and turning them into reality How to think big and stop constraining your ambitions by limiting what you think is possible How to prioritise your goals so you focus on the ones that will make the most impact
Hope you enjoy todays show! Please leave a comment: Tell us in the comments. If you could dream big and not be constrained by your limiting beliefs, what would your dream be? Sharing your big dream with our other SuperMum’s might just be the the nudge you need to set you off on the path to fufilling it. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: VICKY'S WEBSITE: Victoria Kate BOOK: Mind Calm: The Modern-Day meditation Technique that Proves the secret to Success is Stillness by Sandy Newbigging BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/011 And don't forget to share The SuperMum Podcast with all your friends!
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Keep your face to the sunshine and you will not see the shadows [Helen Keller]
Be grateful. Say thank you. We say it to our children all the time. But are we practicing what we preach?
There is so much sunshine in our life, so much to be grateful for.
But we get so busy, we often don't notice. When things go wrong it's easy to notice. The frustrations. The annoyances. The tiredness. But finding things to be grateful for takes skill, and a change in mindset. Helen Keller kept her face to the sunshine despite not being able to see or hear. Can you do the same? In this weeks episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about how you can keep your face in the sunshine by practicing gratitude.
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Leave a comment: Tell us in the comments. What things are you most grateful for? Will you start a gratitude practice this week? Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: RESEARCH ARTICLE: A Grateful Heart is a Healthy Heart by American Psychological Association (APA) APP: Gratitude Journal FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/010 And don't forget to share The SuperMum Podcast with all your friends!
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A perfect marriage is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other
Today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday is all about putting the sparkle back into your marriage. When you first met your partner, life was so much fun. So carefree. So spontaneous. You could jump in the car and catch a movie at a moment's notice. You could go out for dinner on a whim. You could stay up late, drink too much wine and not have to worry about getting up early in the morning. You love your husband, but since your kids arrived and life got busy, your marriage isn’t as much fun as it used to be. That’s why I invited SuperMum Shawn Fink onto my show. Shawn is mum to 10 year old twin girls, a family wellness coach for mothers around the world, the author of ‘The Playful Family’ and ‘The Abundant Mama’s guide to Savoring Slow’ and the founder of The Abundant Mother Project which inspires mothers to find their happy place so they can raise happy, thriving children in a peaceful home environment. From her own personal experinece, Shawn realises how hard it is to maintain a marriage while raising kids and keeping a home running day after day. You can feel isolated and alone because between all the to-dos and deadlines and the children’s needs and phases there really isn’t much time left at the end of each day for anything, let alone your relationship. But Shawn teaches us that with a change in our mindset, a shift in our interpersonal habits and by looking at our communication we can gain a deeper understanding of each other and have a marriage that thrives. A happy marriage filled with joy, fun, connection and teamwork.
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In this episode, you'll find out:
The No. 1 marriage life zapper The difference between a surviving marriage and a thriving marriage How you can make the shift to putting more time, energy and focus on your marriage, in spite of having a really busy life How you can get your partner to be as invested as you in bringing the sparkle back into your relationship What it means to practice a mindful marriage
Hope you enjoy todays show!
Leave a comment: Tell us in the comments. What's the biggest obstacle to making your marriage fun? How have things changed since you’ve had children? Please leave a comment and Shawn and are are here to answer your questions.
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood!
Lisa York x
Show Notes: SHAWN'S WEBSITE: The Abundant Mama Project
WORKSHOP: Create a Mindful Marriage Philosophy. Sign up to get the recording, even if you can't attend the workshop live.
SHAWN'S BOOK: The Abundant Mama's Guide to Savouring Slow: Simplify, Embrace the Chaos and Find an Abundance of Time at Home by Shawn Fink
SHAWN'S BOOK: The Playful Family: Simple and fun ways to connect and engage as a family by Shawn Fink
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood by Karen Maezen Miller
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Procrastination makes easy things hard, and hard things harder [Mason Cooley]
If not now, when? Someday. Later. Not yet. One day. Soon. There's always tomorrow. But why not NOW? It might be boring. You might not feel like it. You may not know how. Overcome it, then take that critical first step.
It doesn't have to be perfect. Don't let yourself feel overwhelmed. And remember, you only fail if you don't try. Attack it, SuperMum. Then bask in the reward of achievement. In this week's episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about procrastination. Listen to it NOW. Not tomorrow. Not next week. NOW. Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
Leave a comment: Tell us in the comments. Are you a procrastinator or an activator? What are you going to do this week to get things done? Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: VIDEO: Tim Urban: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator. This won't give you any answers, but it's well worth a listen if you're a procrastinator or know one. Hilarious! And watching it will buy you an extra 15 minutes before you have to get going with that task. FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/008
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Laughter is brightest where food is best [Irish Proverb]
Today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday is all about managing to eat nutritious food in spite of being rushed off your feet. Now, I’ll be honest with you, but whenever I hear anything about healthy eating, my eyes start to glaze over. I'm not sure why, because I'm a complete foodie. I love to cook, I love healthy natural ingredients, heck, I even like grocery shopping. But that whole healthy eating monologue I find, well.... kinda dull. That was, until I met Mandie Spooner. Mandie is a Nutritional Therapist, living in the beautiful Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. Mandie brings a special sparkle to eating great food, and she doesn't even mention quinoa, or chickpeas. You'll love this show because Mandie teaches us about how we can incorporate more broccoli into our busy life in a fun and informative way. And the best bit? Mandie even gives you permission to eat CAKE! Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
In this episode, you'll find out:
About the different dieting trends and the confusion that often surrounds them Mandie debunks the myths to help you find an eating style that works best for you and your body We discuss the dreaded sugar and why so many of us, myself included, are addicted to the stuff. But more importantly, Mandie will help us kick the habit Mandie teaches you how to streamline and systemetise your meal planning, so even though you’re busy, you don’t have to compromise on eating well We discuss making healthy choices on the go, so if you get held up and it’s dinner time, you don’t always have to resort to taking the kids to McDonalds
Hope you enjoy todays show!
Leave a comment: Tell us in the comments. What's your biggest struggle with eating healthy food? Has that changed since you’ve had children? If you want some free nutritional advice from an expert, take advantage right now. Mandie and are are here to answer your questions. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: MANDIE'S WEBSITE: Viva Health and Wealth WEBSITE: I Quit Sugar with Sarah Wilson BLOG POST: So fresh and so clean: How to store cut vegetables BOOK: The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/007
Bonus Resources: YOU TUBE VIDEO: Since broadcasting, I came across this. How to end sugar cravings with EFT. It might seem a bit woo-woo but it really works. Give it a try. I haven't eaten sugar for over three weeks! PODCAST: What are your agreements? Lewis Howes does a 5 minute review on The Four Agreements. I came across this by chance just days after I interviewed Mandie. Great review from my favourite podcast. PRODUCT: Stayfresh Longer Bags. (Type 'Stayfresh Longer Bags' into the search). I absolutely swear by these and have used them ever since I bought my first home 20 years ago. I even get my mum to post them to me in Australia when I run out. They keep fruit and vegetables fresh and crisp for weeks on end. And don't forget to share The SuperMum Podcast with all your friends!
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You can be pitiful or you can be powerful but you can't be both at the same time. [Joyce Meyer]
Feel like tearing your hair out? That's understandable . Running at full speed to get everything done? Yeah, me to. Fed up with the relentless demands that keep coming your way? I get it. Feeling sorry for yourself? That's up to you.
Because you choose how you show up in the world. Are you the mum who moans about how hard it was to get the kids out of the house that morning? Or are you the mum that, despite fighting that very same battle, chooses to be cheerful? Sometimes a warm smile or a friendly good morning makes a world of difference. If only to yourself. What will you choose SuperMum? Check out this week's episode of The Friday Café where Michelle Dawson and I talk about 'poor me' syndrome.
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Leave a comment: Don’t forget to look for that silver lining this week and tell me in the comments, 'What great thing did you find in a bad situation?' You'll find my answer in the comments below. Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
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Get through those intense few years of motherhood by staying positive and taking action.
Today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday is all about overcoming the challenges of the early years. We’ve all been there, your baby won’t stop crying, smelly nappies need changing, toddlers having meltdowns in the middle of the supermarket, negotiating red shoes versus blue shoes with your three year old and all topped off with a copious sprinkling of sleepless nights. It’s a really busy time, and as mums we can often end up feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. But don’t despair because my guest today will help you see through the fog. SuperMum, Libby Lennon and her husband have three busy boys aged 6, 3 and 2, and for a while there, they had three children under four. Libby’s eldest son started school this year, which is the beginning of a new chapter in their lives. It adds a new dynamic with getting out of the house on time in the morning and she still has two pre-schoolers and a part time job to contend with. Despite all the balls that Libby keeps in the air, and the huge volume of work that she faces every single day, she does it with a spring in her step and a positive attitude. Libby has such a bright and energetic soul, and I know you’ll love her. Even if you’ve come out of the chaos of the pre-school years, Libby is well worth listening to, because you can nod in agreement and say, ‘I remember it well’. Libby’s really frank and honest about the challenges that the early years throw at you, but she gives us her own real life examples plus the actionable steps that she took. Amongst the chaos, she’s managed her own needs in the scraps of spare time that she’s able to scrape together. By being personally fulfilled and happy, Libby’s better able to serve her family. Because of this, she’s successfully been able to stay positive, manage her mindset, and in years to come she’ll be able to look back at these intense early years with fondness because she’s genuinely enjoying the journey. Click to Listen: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
In this episode, you'll find out:
How Libby reconciles the fact that her life before kids is very different to the life she has now The biggest challenge Libby's faced as a mum, and how she overcame it How Libby stays in touch with the person she was before she had children The strategies Libby uses that helps her cope so well as a mother How Libby stays positive despite being rushed off her feet Libby's mindset around doing the best for her children in the long term Libby's opinion of change and how she deals with it How Libby feels about jumping off the career ladder and her career plans for the future
Hope you enjoy todays show!
Leave a comment: Don't forget to tell us in the comments. What stage are you at and what has your experince of the early years been? If you’re feeling overwhelmed and a bit lost, do leave a comment and Libby and I and some of the other SuperMums will be able to offer you some reassurance. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: BOOK: Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/005 And don't forget to share The SuperMum Podcast with all your friends!
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It's not selfish to love yourself, to take care of yourself and to make your happiness your priority. It's necessary [Mandy Hale]
You tell yourself, I can't cope with anything else. I'm not capable. It always goes wrong. That pesky voice in your head. There's always something negative to say, always a reason to keep you down, always telling you not to bother because you'll probably fail.
But what if you could zap that inner critic with a hefty dose of self love and replace it with an inner cheerleader? Because you are worthy. You can cope. And you're an amazing mum. Start to believe it and you'll start to see it SuperMum. In this week's episode of The Friday Café, Michelle Dawson and I talk about the benefits of loving ourselves unconditionally. Because until we can, how can we expect love in return?
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Leave a comment: Today I threw out a challenge to find a 30 minute window in your day to do something just for yourself. Tell me what you did in the comments. Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: APP: Mindfulness Daily App WEBSITE: The 5 Love Languages with Gary Chapman BOOK: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/004 And don't forget to share The SuperMum Podcast with all your friends!
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Keep calm and return to work
If you're feeling apprehensive about returning to work after a period of time off with your children, this show is for you. Today’s episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday is all about returning to work after being on maternity leave and the challenges and concerns that mother’s face now they have to take responsibility for not only their child, but their career. Today's guest is SuperMum, Lucy Pollard. Lucy is wife to Chris and mother of Charlie who is 3. Lucy works for a leading investment bank in the City of London and part of her role involves leading workshops called ‘Returning with Impact’ to help women intergrate back into the workforce after being on maternity leave. The brilliant thing about what Lucy has to share today is that it can be applied irrespective of the length of time you’ve been out of the work force. It might be that you’ve stayed at home with your kids throughout the pre-school years and and beyond. So whether you’ve been away for 6 months or 6 years you’re going to be hanging onto Lucy’s every word becuase what she has to tell us is massively useful and relevant, whatever stage you’re at. Lucy has some real gems of wisdom to share with us today, for example, she gives us some actionable steps on how you can remind yourselves just how good you are professionally to really boost your confidence. She talks about how to free up precious time and get things off your to do list so you don’t feel bogged down by tasks. And this one you’ll love, Lucy not only gives us the green light to have some ‘me’ time but acually argues that it should be manditory to keep our sanity. Lucy will also teach you how you can realisically hit the ground running when you re-enter the workforce WITHOUT working late or stressing out about playing catch with the time you have lost. She also talks about how setting expectations on day one is the key to success in the long term.
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In this episode, you’ll find out:
How to rebuild your professional confidence when you re-enter the workforce How to manage your time now you have competing demands of both work and your children Ways to find a work-life balance so you give your best at work, but are not too exhausted to enjoy time with your children when you get home How to deal with performance concerns as your company has moved forward since you've been away. How to adjust to a different pace of working now you don't have the drive or ability to work as much as you used to
Leave a comment: Whether you’re on maternity leave, or even if you’ve been out of the workforce for years but considering going back, answer this question in the comments, what is your biggest concern with returning to work? And if you’ve already re-enetered the workforce, let us know, what’s your biggest struggle and if, or how you overcame it? Lucy and I will be on hand to answer your questions and help you out as much as we can. Now, Go Conquer Motherhood! Lisa York x
Show Notes: BOOK: Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg FIND TODAY’S SHOW AT: www.Lisa-York.com/003
Lisa YorkLisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 6, 4 and 2, being kind to herself is an ongoing challenge. But she's trying. Lisa lives with her family in Canberra, Australia.
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The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel [Anthony Robbins]
Energy is a mum's most precious resource. Time runs out, but energy is RENEWABLE. So when you finally get a pocket of time, boundless energy gives you the motivation to get the job done.
And you feel amazing for it.
So focus your time on renewing your energy, SuperMum.
Check out this week's episode of The Friday Café where Michelle Dawson and I talk about the four ways to top up your energy tank.
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Leave a comment: Tell us in the comments. What do you spend your energy on and what do you do to renew your energy?
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood!
Lisa York x
Show Notes: BOOK: The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
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Learn to be a SuperMum, simply by changing the way you think [Lisa York]
In this very first episode of Mum-to-Mum Monday, you'll find out about the life of an ordinary mum, thick in the trenches of motherhood and dealing with the highs and lows that come with the job title of mum. My 'guest' today is SuperMum, Lisa York. Yep, that's me! English born, I live in Canberra, Australia with my husband Bernard, sons Fred (6), Alex (5) and Benny (4) and daughter Elizabeth (2). My husbands Navy job takes us all over the world and we moved to Australia in January 2016 after living in London for three years. Next, who knows where. Passionate that the traditional definition of a SuperMum is flawed, I'm on a one-mum-mission to change it. I mean, really. It's impossible to impeccably keep so many balls in the air at once, hold it all together and never shout at your kids. But finding out my son had leukaemia just days before his third birthday was a life-changer. And it gave me confidence to shout from the rooftops that a positive attitude is all you need to be a SuperMum. Easier said than done I agree. But in this episode, you'll find out how to begin on that journey as I weave it into my own personal story of having four children in four years and eight months. Get to know me, my life as a mum, my positive mindset, and how The SuperMum Podcast came about. And I'll teach you the single most important thing about being an incredible mum and how to go about achieving it. I'm so excited to share my story with you today. It's about mindset. The super highs and the crippling lows. It's about motherhood in real-time. Warts and all. Click to Listen Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
In today's episode, I talk about:
The real definition of a SuperMum and how to truly be the hero of your family How I felt when I first heard the words 'your son has leukemia' How to give your children a stronger, more capable, more confident and happier mum How you can live a full and satisfying life, despite all the directions you're being pulled in Why podcasts are the weapon of choice for busy mums and what make The SuperMum Podcast so special How to see your failures and frustrations as the foundation stones to living a happy and fufilled life
Hope you enjoy todays show!
Tell me what you think? SuperMum is all about community, so I'd love to hear from you. Do you want to ask me a question? Do you have a comment on this first episode? I can't wait to hear from you.
Now, Go Conquer Motherhood!
Lisa York x
Show Notes BLOG: Team Benny: The Narrative of a Leukaemia Mum by Lisa York. My bitter-sweet, sometimes sad, sometimes laugh your socks off funny account of our life fighting our son's leukaemia by Lisa York
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Lisa YorkLisa believes a happy mum brings up happy kids who become happy adults. With four children aged 7, 5, 4 and 2, finding time for herself is an ongoing challenge. But she's trying. Lisa lives with her family in Canberra, Australia.
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