The Balance and Motherhood Podcast: Recent Episodes
Sarah Bivens
Welcome to the Balance and Motherhood podcast - the show that explores 2 seemingly incompatible things: balance and motherhood, and how to integrate them. How to put yourself first despite temptations and suggestions to do otherwise. Practicing self-love and self-care in motherhood. Because there’s a billion resources out there on being a better parent and how to raise your kid. This is a resource for being a better you and remembering to raise yourself up. We’re all in this together. So let’s have some fun, real, raw, honest conversation about it - the thoughts, experiences, failures, triumphs and random goofs that pop up as we navigate this crazy and beautiful journey.
Jen of This Time of Mine tells us how to raise resilient kids mindfully. This is part 1 of 2.Episode 154: [Part 1] How to Raise Resilient Kids by Jen of This Time of Mine on Techniques For Mindful ParentingJen is a busy mom to four energetic kids and between taking care of them, running the household and trying to keep up with everything else she does and enjoys, she's often found herself fantasizing about the moment she can finally sit down for the night. But through it all, she's found that she's happiest when she's intentional in her approach. And even though it's not always easy, she knows when she parents and lives her life on purpose, that's when she can make the biggest difference for her children.She founded This Time Of Mine to use as a platform to teach as many parents as will listen. She wants to meet you where you are and help you fall in love with parenting all over again. Because she knows how hard it can be. She also knows that when we learn to parent and live with intention, we can create more good times than bad. We can help our children WANT to do what's right. And we can become the role model that walks along beside them. The original post is located here: https://thistimeofmine.com/how-to-raise-resilient-kids/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. John Gottman with The Gottman Institute talks about how emotional intelligence creates loving and supportive parenting.Episode 153: Emotional Intelligence Creates Loving and Supportive Parenting by Dr. John Gottman of The Gottman InstituteThe Gottman Institute understands that the human family is in crisis, and that all individuals are capable of and deserve compassion. It is their mission to reach out to families in order to help create and maintain greater love and health in relationships. They are committed to an ongoing program of research that increases the understanding of relationships and adds to the development of interventions that have been carefully evaluated. It is their goal to make their services accessible to the broadest reach of people across race, religion, class, culture, sexual orientation, and ethnicity.Want to improve your marriage in 60 seconds or less? Over 40 years of research with thousands of couples has proven a simple fact: small things often can create big changes over time. Got a minute? Sign up for The Gottman Institute's Marriage Minute at http://OLDPodcast.com/marriageThe original post is located here: https://www.gottman.com/blog/emotional-intelligence-creates-loving-supportive-parenting/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Susan Chanderbhan of ChandPsych offers coping strategies for those who face fertility issues.Episode 152: Facing the Uncertainty of Fertility Issues: How to Cope & Find Balance by Dr. Susan Chanderbhan of ChandPsychDr. Susan Chanderbhan is a psychologist in Laredo, Texas. She helps individuals and couples who are struggling in different areas of their lives gain the clarity they need to grow and change. Her practice is based largely around using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which the National Mental Health Institute (NIMH) notes to be proven by research as effective treatment for a variety of mental health issues that individuals often face, like anxiety, stress, depression, PTSD, and trauma. Dr. Susan's blog is located here: http://chandpsych.com/blog Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adina Soclof of Parenting Simply shares two shorts posts discussing social skills for girls and why you can rely on your parenting instincts. Episode 151: Social Skills For Girls AND Why You Can Trust Your Parenting Instincts by Adina Soclof A certified Speech Pathologist, Adina received her Master's degree from Hunter College in New York in Communication Sciences. Adina worked in preschools for the developmentally disabled in the New York area before staying home full time with her family. In 2010, she launched Parenting Simply as a community to help parents connect with their children and learn simple, practical and easy to implement skills to create a peaceful home. Parenting Simply's mission is to reduce the stress that parents and children feel by giving parents communication and organizational tips that can help parents maintain a loving and calm home. The original posts are located here: https://parentingsimply.com/social-skills-girls-manage-friendships/ & https://parentingsimply.com/trust-your-parenting-instincts/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose helps you reduce your amount of trips to the grocery store. Episode 150: 5 Tips to Make Your Groceries Last Two Weeks by Shawna Scafe Shawna Scafe is a mom of three small kids who started blogging after her first son was born. She wanted to share her c-section story in order to help herself work through the disappointment she felt about it. She read a book on minimalism that changed how she viewed her life. She started asking questions about why we have so much, do so much, work so much and we feel so restless and overwhelmed. Shawna is trying to live life on purpose, set dreams and goals for herself as a mom, wife and woman and she is trying to share it openly with everyone. The original post is located here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/two-week-groceries/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rose Lounsbury shares 5 ways to travel light with kids. Episode 149: 5 Ways to Travel Light With Kids by Rose Lounsbury Rose Lounsbury is a keynote speaker, Amazon bestselling author, simplicity coach, and still-sane mom of triplets. (Yes, you heard that right!) She helps overwhelmed people create open spaces in their homes, workspaces, and more importantly–their minds–by letting go of the excess stuff that gets in the way. Rose started her own simplicity journey in 2012, after getting fed up with spending all of her free time dealing with my stuff. As she slowly let go of everything that didn't matter to her, she discovered some amazing things: free time, peace of mind, & clarity. Rose became a simplicity coach to help others do the same thing. The original post is located here: https://roselounsbury.com/travel-light-kids/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Julie Morgenstern tells parents how to prepare for life's inevitable curveballs. Episode 148: When Life Throws You Curveballs by Julie Morgenstern Julie Morgenstern is an organizing & productivity consultant, New York Times best-selling author, and speaker. For over 30 years, Julie has been teaching people all around the world and at all stages of life how to overcome disorganization to achieve their goals. Her mission is to free each individual to make their unique contribution to the world – by helping them design their own systems for managing time and space that feel natural and are easy to maintain. This Inside Out approach to organizing everything gives readers, listeners, and clients the energy and knowledge they need to get (and stay) organized. The original post is located here: https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/2020/6/5/when-life-throws-you-curveballs Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kumiko of The Budget Mom tells you how to save for your or your children's education expenses by using a 529 Plan. This is part 2 of 2. Episode 147: [Part 2] Saving for College – What is a 529 Plan by Kumiko Kumiko went from having a pile of credit card debt to becoming a successful budgeter and Accredited Financial Counselor. The Budget Mom exists to empower women to build a life they love on a budget they understand and can afford. The original post is located here: https://www.thebudgetmom.com/saving-for-college-what-is-a-529-plan/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kumiko of The Budget Mom tells you how to save for your or your children's education expenses by using a 529 Plan. This is part 1 of 2. Episode 146: [Part 1] Saving for College – What is a 529 Plan by Kumiko Kumiko went from having a pile of credit card debt to becoming a successful budgeter and Accredited Financial Counselor. The Budget Mom exists to empower women to build a life they love on a budget they understand and can afford. The original post is located here: https://www.thebudgetmom.com/saving-for-college-what-is-a-529-plan/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose reminds mothers of 15 mistakes they'll probably make Episode 145: 15 Mom Fails That Almost Every Mom Can Expect by Shawna Scafe Shawna Scafe is a mom of three small kids who started blogging after her first son was born. She wanted to share her c-section story in order to help herself work through the disappointment she felt about it. She read a book on minimalism that changed how she viewed her life. She started asking questions about why we have so much, do so much, work so much and we feel so restless and overwhelmed. Shawna is trying to live life on purpose, set dreams and goals for herself as a mom, wife and woman and she is trying to share it openly with everyone. The original post is located here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/15-mom-fails/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rose Lounsbury shares 6 home decluttering and organizing tips for busy parents Episode 144: 6 Home Decluttering and Organizing Tips for Busy Parents by Rose Lounsbury Rose Lounsbury is a keynote speaker, Amazon bestselling author, simplicity coach, and still-sane mom of triplets. (Yes, you heard that right!) She helps overwhelmed people create open spaces in their homes, workspaces, and more importantly–their minds–by letting go of the excess stuff that gets in the way. Rose started her own simplicity journey in 2012, after getting fed up with spending all of her free time dealing with my stuff. As she slowly let go of everything that didn't matter to her, she discovered some amazing things: free time, peace of mind, & clarity. Rose became a simplicity coach to help others do the same thing. The original post is located here: https://roselounsbury.com/6-home-decluttering-and-organizing-tips-for-busy-parents/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Andy Hill of Marriage, Kids and Money tells you how to get your 5-year-old to help around the house Episode 143: How to Get Your 5-Year Old to Help Around the House by Andy Hill Andy Hill is the award-winning writer, speaker and podcaster behind Marriage, Kids and Money – a platform dedicated to helping young families build wealth and thrive. Andy's advice and personal finance experience have been featured in major media outlets like Business Insider, MarketWatch, Kiplinger's Personal Finance and NBC News. Trusted as a personal finance influencer and corporate financial wellness speaker by global brands like JLL, Andy's message of family financial empowerment has resonated with listeners, readers and viewers across the world. When he's not “talking money”, Andy enjoys wrestling with his two kids, singing karaoke with his wife and watching Marvel movies. The original post is located here: https://marriagekidsandmoney.com/get-5-year-old-help-around-house Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jana Rooheart with Introvert, Dear offers 4 mistakes that extroverted parents make with their introverted kids. Episode 142: 4 Mistakes Extroverted Parents Make With Their Introverted Kids by Jana Rooheart Jenn Granneman is the founder of Introvert, Dear and author of The Secret Lives of Introverts. She started Introvert, Dear in 2013 as her personal blog. She was living with an extroverted roommate, dating an extroverted guy, and working an extroverted job (teaching 4th grade). Jenn wanted to write about what it was like being an introvert living in an extrovert's world. In true introvert form, she wrote her blog anonymously for almost two years. Jenn had no desire to be in the spotlight. And she had no idea her little blog would become this! Now, with the help of quiet ones around the world, she is on a mission: to let introverts everywhere know it's okay to be who they are. The original post is located here: https://introvertdear.com/news/introverted-kids-mistakes-extroverted-parents-make/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Marygrace Taylor with Healthline reminds parents that their lack of sleep is taking a negative toll on their mental health. This is part 2 of 2. Episode 141: [Part 2] Yes, Parents, Your Lack of Sleep Is Affecting Your Mental Health by Marygrace Taylor How you feel affects every precious day of your life. Healthline understands that, which is why they're committed to being your most trusted ally in your pursuit of health and well-being. You can depend on Healthline to provide expert content along with genuine caring–both of which will support, guide, and inspire you toward the best possible health outcomes for you and your family. The original post is located here: https://www.healthline.com/health/parenting/sleep-and-mental-health-for-parents#Parenthood-changes-the-way-you-sleep Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Marygrace Taylor with Healthline reminds parents that their lack of sleep is taking a negative toll on their mental health. This is part 1 of 2. Episode 140: [Part 1] Yes, Parents, Your Lack of Sleep Is Affecting Your Mental Health by Marygrace Taylor How you feel affects every precious day of your life. Healthline understands that, which is why they're committed to being your most trusted ally in your pursuit of health and well-being. You can depend on Healthline to provide expert content along with genuine caring–both of which will support, guide, and inspire you toward the best possible health outcomes for you and your family. The original post is located here: https://www.healthline.com/health/parenting/sleep-and-mental-health-for-parents#Parenthood-changes-the-way-you-sleep Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adina Soclof of Parenting Simply shares 7 ways to help your struggling child learn. Episode 139: 7 Ways to Help Your Struggling Child by Adina Soclof A certified Speech Pathologist, Adina received her Master's degree from Hunter College in New York in Communication Sciences. Adina worked in preschools for the developmentally disabled in the New York area before staying home full time with her family. In 2010, she launched Parenting Simply as a community to help parents connect with their children and learn simple, practical and easy to implement skills to create a peaceful home. Parenting Simply's mission is to reduce the stress that parents and children feel by giving parents communication and organizational tips that can help parents maintain a loving and calm home. The original post is located here: https://parentingsimply.com/7-ways-to-help-your-struggling-child/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jennifer of Simply Fiercely shares an essay on minimalism for mothers. Episode 138: Minimalism For Mothers (An Essay on Simple Living and Motherhood) by Jennifer Jennifer is a traveller, minimalist and dream chaser. She grew up near Baltimore, Maryland but she caught a bad case of wanderlust at an early age and it has taken her all over the world. She is a reformed shopaholic turned minimalist and believes that clearing out the clutter is a vital part of creating a life you love. The original post is located here: https://www.simplyfiercely.com/minimalism-for-mothers-an-essay-on-simple-living-motherhood/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Emily Thompson with The Gottman Institute offers 4 ways to help children with PTSD. Episode 137: 4 Ways to Help Children with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by Emily Thompson of Gottman The Gottman Institute understands that the human family is in crisis, and that all individuals are capable of and deserve compassion. It is their mission to reach out to families in order to help create and maintain greater love and health in relationships. They are committed to an ongoing program of research that increases the understanding of relationships and adds to the development of interventions that have been carefully evaluated. It is their goal to make their services accessible to the broadest reach of people across race, religion, class, culture, sexual orientation, and ethnicity. Want to improve your marriage in 60 seconds or less? Over 40 years of research with thousands of couples has proven a simple fact: small things often can create big changes over time. Got a minute? Sign up for The Gottman Institute's Marriage Minute at http://OLDPodcast.com/marriage The original post is located here: https://www.gottman.com/blog/4-ways-children-post-traumatic-stress/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rose Lounsbury talks about teaching kids how to let go of items they don't need. Episode 136: Teaching Kids to "Let it Go" by Rose Lounsbury Rose Lounsbury is a keynote speaker, Amazon bestselling author, simplicity coach, and still-sane mom of triplets. (Yes, you heard that right!) She helps overwhelmed people create open spaces in their homes, workspaces, and more importantly–their minds–by letting go of the excess stuff that gets in the way. Rose started her own simplicity journey in 2012, after getting fed up with spending all of her free time dealing with my stuff. As she slowly let go of everything that didn't matter to her, she discovered some amazing things: free time, peace of mind, & clarity. Rose became a simplicity coach to help others do the same thing. The original post is located here: https://roselounsbury.com/teaching-kids-to-let-it-go/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kalen Bruce of Freedom Sprout offers tips for teaching your kids how to be entrepreneurs. Episode 135: How To Teach Your Kids To Be Entrepreneurs by Kalen Bruce Kalen Bruce created Freedom Sprout to fill a void. He heard too many conversations about how “they don't teach finance in schools.” It took years for him to stop complaining about it and do something about it. He has five kids, so him and his wife have to get five adults into the world with a solid knowledge of finances. The ultimate goal and vision of Freedom Sprout: To sprout a future of financial freedom for 1,000,000 children. The original post is located here: https://freedomsprout.com/entrepreneur-kids/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose offers tips for going gluten and dairy free with your kids. Episode 134: Going Gluten and Dairy Free (Tips From a Mom Who Misses Pizza) by Shawna Scafe Shawna Scafe is a mom of three small kids who started blogging after her first son was born. She wanted to share her c-section story in order to help herself work through the disappointment she felt about it. She read a book on minimalism that changed how she viewed her life. She started asking questions about why we have so much, do so much, work so much and we feel so restless and overwhelmed. Shawna is trying to live life on purpose, set dreams and goals for herself as a mom, wife and woman and she is trying to share it openly with everyone. The original post is located here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/going-gluten-and-dairy-free-tips-from-a-mom-who-misses-pizza/ Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Karen Stanley shares dating tips for single moms. This is part 2 of 2. Episode 133: [Part 2] Single Mom Dating Tips by Karen Stanley Karen Stanley is an entrepreneur, professional Mezzo-Soprano, and former single mom who spent over two decades running her marketing business and performing around the country. During the eight years prior to her last first date with her husband John, she experienced the ups and downs, joys and challenges of raising two children as a single parent. It wasn't until she transformed her negative beliefs about men and kept her focus on becoming the person she wanted to marry that Karen attracted the man of her dreams to become Mrs. Karen Stanley. Now, a published author, coach and speaker, Karen helps singles achieve their relationship goal by harnessing a belief within themselves that with the right systems and massive action, attracting true love is possible! The original post is located here: https://www.mrskarenstanley.com/post/single-mom-dating-tips Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Karen Stanley shares dating tips for single moms. This is part 1 of 2. Episode 132: [Part 1] Single Mom Dating Tips by Karen Stanley Karen Stanley is an entrepreneur, professional Mezzo-Soprano, and former single mom who spent over two decades running her marketing business and performing around the country. During the eight years prior to her last first date with her husband John, she experienced the ups and downs, joys and challenges of raising two children as a single parent. It wasn't until she transformed her negative beliefs about men and kept her focus on becoming the person she wanted to marry that Karen attracted the man of her dreams to become Mrs. Karen Stanley. Now, a published author, coach and speaker, Karen helps singles achieve their relationship goal by harnessing a belief within themselves that with the right systems and massive action, attracting true love is possible! The original post is located here: https://www.mrskarenstanley.com/post/single-mom-dating-tips Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adina Soclof of Parenting Simply guides parents on how to keep up their children's reading skills during the pandemic. Episode 131: Quarantine Parenting: Simple Ways to Keep Up Our Children's Reading Skills by Adina Soclof A certified Speech Pathologist, Adina received her Master's degree from Hunter College in New York in Communication Sciences. Adina worked in preschools for the developmentally disabled in the New York area before staying home full time with her family. In 2010, she launched Parenting Simply as a community to help parents connect with their children and learn simple, practical and easy to implement skills to create a peaceful home. Parenting Simply's mission is to reduce the stress that parents and children feel by giving parents communication and organizational tips that can help parents maintain a loving and calm home. The original post is located here: https://parentingsimply.com/quarantine-parenting-simple-ways-to-keep-up-our-childrens-reading-skills/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. Ashleigh Louis with The Gottman Institute encourages parents to teach their children the value of self-care Episode 130: Teach Your Kids the Value of Self-Care by Creating Healthy Habits by Dr. Ashleigh Louis The Gottman Institute understands that the human family is in crisis, and that all individuals are capable of and deserve compassion. It is their mission to reach out to families in order to help create and maintain greater love and health in relationships. They are committed to an ongoing program of research that increases the understanding of relationships and adds to the development of interventions that have been carefully evaluated. It is their goal to make their services accessible to the broadest reach of people across race, religion, class, culture, sexual orientation, and ethnicity. Want to improve your marriage in 60 seconds or less? Over 40 years of research with thousands of couples has proven a simple fact: small things often can create big changes over time. Got a minute? Sign up for The Gottman Institute's Marriage Minute at http://OLDPodcast.com/marriage The original post is located here: https://www.gottman.com/blog/teach-kids-self-care-creating-healthy-habits/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tynan issues a thank you to his loving parents. Episode 129: Thanks, Mom and Dad by Tynan Tynan was named as one of the top 25 best bloggers in 2013 by Time Magazine. He believes in making deliberate decisions and breaking away from the herd mentality. He likes learning new things, building habits, exposing the world, connecting with awesome people, and creating good work. The New York Times Bestseller “The Game” featured him as one of the main characters, as he was one of the most famous pickup artists in the world. In 2008, he sold everything he owned and went on an extended world trip, becoming a fervent minimalist. Fun facts: he's a college dropout, was a professional poker player, Courtney Love was his roommate for 9 months, and he once built a swimming pool in his living room. The original post is located here: https://tynan.com/parents Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Evan Marc Katz questions if the bar is too low on being a good father. Episode 128: Is the Bar Too Low on Being a Good Father by Evan Marc Katz Dating coach Evan Marc Katz has been billed as a “personal trainer for smart, strong, successful women,” helping singles find love since 2003. Thousands of his clients have fallen in love, gotten married, started families, and found happiness, after only a few months of coaching. It's an unlikely career for a man–much less a man who was called a “serial dater” by CNN–yet that's what makes Katz such a unique coach. By helping women understand men–what they think, how they act, and what they really want–he empowers them to make healthy, informed choices in love. The original post is located here: https://www.evanmarckatz.com/blog/marriage/is-the-bar-too-low-on-being-a-good-father Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Alana Carvalho with Highly Sensitive Refuge helps us overcome the challenge of parenting a highly sensitive child. Episode 127: Parenting a Sensitive Child Ain’t Easy. Here’s How to Do It Right by Alana Carvalho Co-founders Jenn Granneman and Andre Sólo's mission is to prove that high sensitivity can be strong. It's okay to be a highly sensitive person (HSP). In fact, the world could use a little more of what HSPs have. They are the voices of Highly Sensitive Refuge, a community where HSPs can be themselves, take a break from the harshness of the world, and feel understood. Our founders are Jenn Granneman and Andre Sólo. The original post is located here: https://highlysensitiverefuge.com/parenting-a-sensitive-child-aint-easy/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hilary Barnett of Whole Motherhood shares two short posts to help mothers become more assertive and empowered. Episode 126: Because I Said So AND For the People Pleasing Mom by Hilary Barnett Hilary Barnett is an author, wife, entrepreneur and mother of two. She lives in Nashville and is the founder of Savvee, a boutique marketing agency that helps organizations define and create meaningful online content. You can usually find her walking the tightrope between the practical and the ideal, what is and what could be. Hilary believes every mother is extraordinary, and typically writes the words that she most needs to hear. The original posts are located here: https://wholemotherhood.co/because-i-said-so-on-justifying-our-choices-as-mothers/ & https://wholemotherhood.co/for-the-people-pleasing-mom/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose shares some sanity saving tips for moms. Episode 125: Mom Sanity Savers by Shawna Scafe Shawna Scafe is a mom of three small kids who started blogging after her first son was born. She wanted to share her c-section story in order to help herself work through the disappointment she felt about it. She read a book on minimalism that changed how she viewed her life. She started asking questions about why we have so much, do so much, work so much and we feel so restless and overwhelmed. Shawna is trying to live life on purpose, set dreams and goals for herself as a mom, wife and woman and she is trying to share it openly with everyone. The original post is located here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/mom-sanity-savers/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jaclyn Desforges with Introvert, Dear talks about the fear of raising an introverted child that may get shamed or bullied. Episode 124: I'm Scared My Kid Will Get ‘Introvert Shamed' by Jaclyn Desforges Jenn Granneman is the founder of Introvert, Dear and author of The Secret Lives of Introverts. She started Introvert, Dear in 2013 as her personal blog. She was living with an extroverted roommate, dating an extroverted guy, and working an extroverted job (teaching 4th grade). Jenn wanted to write about what it was like being an introvert living in an extrovert's world. In true introvert form, she wrote her blog anonymously for almost two years. Jenn had no desire to be in the spotlight. And she had no idea her little blog would become this! Now, with the help of quiet ones around the world, she is on a mission: to let introverts everywhere know it's okay to be who they are. The original post is located here: https://introvertdear.com/news/im-scared-my-kid-will-get-introvert-shamed/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jay Harrington of Life and Whim encourages us to regain the proper perspective about sports in our kid's lives. This is part 2 of 2. Episode 123: [Part 2] Let’s Regain the Proper Perspective About Sports in Our Kids’ Lives by Jay Harrington Jay and Heather Harrington are the husband and wife team behind Life and Whim. They started Life and Whim after moving their family to Traverse City, a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan, to break the script of their life and reimagine what's possible. They live in pursuit of a purposeful, meaningful, active, and simple life. The original post is located here: https://www.lifeandwhim.com/first-moments-blog/perspective-about-sports-in-our-kids-lives Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jay Harrington of Life and Whim encourages us to regain the proper perspective about sports in our kid's lives. This is part 1 of 2. Episode 122: [Part 1] Let’s Regain the Proper Perspective About Sports in Our Kids’ Lives by Jay Harrington Jay and Heather Harrington are the husband and wife team behind Life and Whim. They started Life and Whim after moving their family to Traverse City, a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan, to break the script of their life and reimagine what's possible. They live in pursuit of a purposeful, meaningful, active, and simple life. The original post is located here: https://www.lifeandwhim.com/first-moments-blog/perspective-about-sports-in-our-kids-lives Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Isaac Morehouse shares his personal relationship with his father and Father's Day. Episode 121: Father's Day is a Little Weird For Me by Isaac Morehouse Isaac Morehouse is the founder and CEO of Praxis, an awesome startup apprenticeship program making degrees irrelevant for careers. He is dedicated to the relentless pursuit of freedom. He's written some books, done some podcasting, and is always experimenting with self-directed living and learning. When he's not with his wife and kids or building his company, he can be found smoking cigars, playing guitars, singing, reading, writing, getting angry watching sports teams from his home state of Michigan, or enjoying the beach. The original post is located here: https://isaacmorehouse.com/2015/06/21/fathers-day-is-a-little-weird-for-me/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Julie Morgenstern shares two short posts covering the 4 types of rest every parent needs and how valuable it is to read to your children. Episode 120: 4 Types of Rest Every Parent Needs AND The Power of Reading to Kids by Julie Morgenstern Julie Morgenstern is an organizing & productivity consultant, New York Times best-selling author, and speaker. For over 30 years, Julie has been teaching people all around the world and at all stages of life how to overcome disorganization to achieve their goals. Her mission is to free each individual to make their unique contribution to the world – by helping them design their own systems for managing time and space that feel natural and are easy to maintain. This Inside Out approach to organizing everything gives readers, listeners, and clients the energy and knowledge they need to get (and stay) organized. The original posts are located here: https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/4-types-of-rest-every-parent-needs & https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/2020/6/25/the-power-of-reading-to-kids Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rose Lounsbury explains why she wants toys in her living room. Episode 119: Why I Want Toys In My Living Room by Rose Lounsbury Rose Lounsbury is a keynote speaker, Amazon bestselling author, simplicity coach, and still-sane mom of triplets. (Yes, you heard that right!) She helps overwhelmed people create open spaces in their homes, workspaces, and more importantly–their minds–by letting go of the excess stuff that gets in the way. Rose started her own simplicity journey in 2012, after getting fed up with spending all of her free time dealing with my stuff. As she slowly let go of everything that didn't matter to her, she discovered some amazing things: free time, peace of mind, & clarity. Rose became a simplicity coach to help others do the same thing. The original post is located here: https://roselounsbury.com/why-i-want-toys-in-my-living-room/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kelly Eden with Highly Sensitive Refuge shares 12 signs that your child is a highly sensitive extrovert. Episode 118: 12 Signs Your Child Is a Highly Sensitive Extrovert by Kelly Eden Co-founders Jenn Granneman and Andre Sólo's mission is to prove that high sensitivity can be strong. It's okay to be a highly sensitive person (HSP). In fact, the world could use a little more of what HSPs have. They are the voices of Highly Sensitive Refuge, a community where HSPs can be themselves, take a break from the harshness of the world, and feel understood. Our founders are Jenn Granneman and Andre Sólo. The original post is located here: https://highlysensitiverefuge.com/highly-sensitive-extrovert-child-signs/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. Margaret Rutherford shares a story of how she misunderstood a meltdown of her son's, and resolved it with him 14 years later. Episode 117: How My Child Survived Me As A Parent by Dr. Margaret Rutherford Dr. Margaret Rutherford has been a psychologist in private practice for over twenty-five years. She's the author of “Perfectly Hidden Depression”, and hosts a weekly podcast, SelfWork with Dr. Margaret Rutherford, where she offers compassionate common-sense directions, ideas and goals toward the changes listeners want to make in healing. The original post can be found here: https://drmargaretrutherford.com/how-my-child-survived-me-as-a-parent-2/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Merrill Bainbridge of Whole Motherhood offers 5 solutions for working mothers who are nursing. Episode 116: Have Work, Will Nurse: 5 Solutions for Working Moms by Merrill Bainbridge Hilary Barnett is an author, wife, entrepreneur and mother of two. She lives in Nashville and is the founder of Savvee, a boutique marketing agency that helps organizations define and create meaningful online content. You can usually find her walking the tightrope between the practical and the ideal, what is and what could be. Hilary believes every mother is extraordinary, and typically writes the words that she most needs to hear. The original post is located here: https://hilarybarnett.co/blog/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Melissa Noel Renzi with Introvert, Dear shares 7 things your highly sensitive child needs to hear. Episode 115: 7 Things Your Highly Sensitive Child Needs to Hear by Melissa Noel Renzi Jenn Granneman is the founder of Introvert, Dear and author of The Secret Lives of Introverts. She started Introvert, Dear in 2013 as her personal blog. She was living with an extroverted roommate, dating an extroverted guy, and working an extroverted job (teaching 4th grade). Jenn wanted to write about what it was like being an introvert living in an extrovert's world. In true introvert form, she wrote her blog anonymously for almost two years. Jenn had no desire to be in the spotlight. And she had no idea her little blog would become this! Now, with the help of quiet ones around the world, she is on a mission: to let introverts everywhere know it's okay to be who they are. The original post is located here: https://introvertdear.com/news/what-your-highly-sensitive-child-needs-to-hear/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adina Soclof of Parenting Simply guides parents on how to cope with sibling rivalry. Episode 114: How to Cope With Sibling Rivalry by Adina Soclof A certified Speech Pathologist, Adina received her Master's degree from Hunter College in New York in Communication Sciences. Adina worked in preschools for the developmentally disabled in the New York area before staying home full time with her family. In 2010, she launched Parenting Simply as a community to help parents connect with their children and learn simple, practical and easy to implement skills to create a peaceful home. Parenting Simply's mission is to reduce the stress that parents and children feel by giving parents communication and organizational tips that can help parents maintain a loving and calm home. The original post is located here: https://parentingsimply.com/cope-with-sibling-rivalry/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cara Harvey of A Purpose Driven Mom shares a morning routine for moms of toddlers. This is part 2 of 2. Episode 113: [Part 2] Morning Routines For Moms of Toddlers by Cara Harvey Cara Harvey is a wife, mom, online mentor and woman of God. She has been married to her husband, Ron, for 3 years and they live with their 11 year-old stepson, 2-year old daughter and 2-month old son. She currently works as a virtual lifestyle, mindset, and success coach and her mission is to provide women with the tools, resources and community to reach their goals, empower themselves, find their happiness and live a life by design. The original post is located here: https://apurposedrivenmom.com/morning-routine-moms-of-toddlers-2/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cara Harvey of A Purpose Driven Mom shares a morning routine for moms of toddlers. This is part 1 of 2. Episode 112: [Part 1] Morning Routines For Moms of Toddlers by Cara Harvey Cara Harvey is a wife, mom, online mentor and woman of God. She has been married to her husband, Ron, for 3 years and they live with their 11 year-old stepson, 2-year old daughter and 2-month old son. She currently works as a virtual lifestyle, mindset, and success coach and her mission is to provide women with the tools, resources and community to reach their goals, empower themselves, find their happiness and live a life by design. The original post is located here: https://apurposedrivenmom.com/morning-routine-moms-of-toddlers-2/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kalen Bruce of Freedom Sprout tells you why you shouldn't discourage your kids from trade school. Episode 111: We Shouldn't Discourage Our Kids From Trade School by Kalen Bruce of Freedom Sprout Kalen Bruce created Freedom Sprout to fill a void. He heard too many conversations about how “they don't teach finance in schools.” It took years for him to stop complaining about it and do something about it. He has five kids, so him and his wife have to get five adults into the world with a solid knowledge of finances. The ultimate goal and vision of Freedom Sprout: To sprout a future of financial freedom for 1,000,000 children. The original post is located here: https://freedomsprout.com/trade-schools/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose talks about the differences between her first and second pregnancy. Episode 110: Pregnant With Number Two (How Things Seem Different) by Shawna Scafe Shawna Scafe is a mom of three small kids who started blogging after her first son was born. She wanted to share her c-section story in order to help herself work through the disappointment she felt about it. She read a book on minimalism that changed how she viewed her life. She started asking questions about why we have so much, do so much, work so much and we feel so restless and overwhelmed. Shawna is trying to live life on purpose, set dreams and goals for herself as a mom, wife and woman and she is trying to share it openly with everyone. The original post is located here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/pregnant-with-number-two-how-things-seem-different/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. Samantha Joel with Luvze shares two shorts posts covering sensitive parental care in childhood and how having more money isn't always a good thing for parents. Episode 109: Sensitive Parental Care in Childhood AND Mo' Money, Mo' Problems both by Dr. Samantha Joel Luvze was founded on the premise that relationships are a central part of life and that our understanding of relationships benefits from research and scientific evidence. They also believe this information is most beneficial when presented in an engaging and entertaining fashion. They take research findings from the fields of psychology, family studies, sociology, communication, evolutionary biology, and others, and put them in a format that you can use. The original posts are located here: https://www.luvze.com/sensitive-parental-care-in-childhood-predicts-better-relatio/ & https://www.luvze.com/mo-money-mo-problems-how-having-money-can-make-you-a-worse-p/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Julie Morgenstern teaches parents about what relating looks like. Episode 108: What Relating Looks Like by Julie Morgenstern Julie Morgenstern is an organizing & productivity consultant, New York Times best-selling author, and speaker. For over 30 years, Julie has been teaching people all around the world and at all stages of life how to overcome disorganization to achieve their goals. Her mission is to free each individual to make their unique contribution to the world – by helping them design their own systems for managing time and space that feel natural and are easy to maintain. This Inside Out approach to organizing everything gives readers, listeners, and clients the energy and knowledge they need to get (and stay) organized. The original post is located here: https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/2020/2/21/what-relating-looks-like Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Karen Liszewski shares 10 must-haves for organizing kid's toys and craft supplies. Episode 107: 10 Must-Haves For Organizing Kid's Toys and Craft Supplies by Karen Liszewski Karen lives in South Jersey with her three dogs, husband and 4 year old daughter Olivia. Graduating from Seton Hall University with a B.A. in Journalism and Public Relations, she was a staff writer for the Setonian and a Public Affairs Intern at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. One of her proudest moments as a writer so far has been interviewing Tim Gunn from ‘Project Runway' and subsequently winning Honorable Mention in NJ for Feature Writing. When she is not busy as a stay-at-home-mom she enjoys reading, going to the boardwalk in Ocean City and watching the Real Housewives. The original post is located here: http://karenliszewski.com/10-must-haves-for-organizing-kids-toys-and-craft-supplies/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Emma Scheib of Simple Slow Lovely shares superpowers for overwhelmed parents and people. Episode 106: Superpowers For the Overwhelmed Parent by Emma Scheib Emma is a self-confessed introvert who craves the simple and slow things in life. She loves to run, read, and write. She is blessed to be wife to a wonderful husband, mum to two amazing and vivacious daughters, 1 dog, a cat, and 5 chickens. They live in Motueka, New Zealand, a stone's throw from the beautiful Abel Tasman National Park. Emma has been on a journey towards a slower simpler and more intentional way of living since her second daughter was born a few years ago. She has learned lots along the way and loves passing on these lessons. The original post is located here: http://simpleslowlovely.com/superpowers-for-the-overwhelmed-parent/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hilary Barnett of Whole Motherhood talks about how to change the world as a mother. Episode 105: On Changing the World as a Mother by Hilary Barnett Hilary Barnett is an author, wife, entrepreneur and mother of two. She lives in Nashville and is the founder of Savvee, a boutique marketing agency that helps organizations define and create meaningful online content. You can usually find her walking the tightrope between the practical and the ideal, what is and what could be. Hilary believes every mother is extraordinary, and typically writes the words that she most needs to hear. The original post is located here: https://wholemotherhood.co/on-changing-the-world-motherhood-vocation-and-calling/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. Margaret Rutherford shares tips for empty nesters to cope. Episode 104: 5 Ways to Help Empty Nest Heal by Dr. Margaret Rutherford Dr. Margaret Rutherford has been a psychologist in private practice for over twenty-five years. She's the author of “Perfectly Hidden Depression”, and hosts a weekly podcast, SelfWork with Dr. Margaret Rutherford, where she offers compassionate common-sense directions, ideas and goals toward the changes listeners want to make in healing. The original post can be found here: https://drmargaretrutherford.com/5-ways-to-help-empty-nest-heal/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Laura Dabney shares an important tip for dealing with a disrespectful child. Episode 103: 1 Important Tip for How to Deal With a Disrespectful Child by Laura Dabney Laura Dabney specializes in helping clients from across the nation break destructive patterns impacting their relationships. With Laura's support, clients discover the path to happier, healthier futures with deeper personal connections. In addition to a life-coaching certification, Laura has obtained her medical degree and completed a psychiatric residency. The original post is located here: https://www.drldabney.com/article/disrespectful-child/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose shares some simple style tips for moms. Episode 102: Simple Style Tips for Moms by Shawna Scafe Shawna Scafe is a mom of three small kids who started blogging after her first son was born. She wanted to share her c-section story in order to help herself work through the disappointment she felt about it. She read a book on minimalism that changed how she viewed her life. She started asking questions about why we have so much, do so much, work so much and we feel so restless and overwhelmed. Shawna is trying to live life on purpose, set dreams and goals for herself as a mom, wife and woman and she is trying to share it openly with everyone. The original post is located here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/style-fashion-tips-moms/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kalen Bruce of Freedom Sprout tells you how to teach your kids where money comes from. Episode 101: How to Teach Kids Where Money Comes From by Kalen Bruce Kalen Bruce created Freedom Sprout to fill a void. He heard too many conversations about how “they don't teach finance in schools.” It took years for him to stop complaining about it and do something about it. He has five kids, so him and his wife have to get five adults into the world with a solid knowledge of finances. The ultimate goal and vision of Freedom Sprout: To sprout a future of financial freedom for 1,000,000 children. The original post is located here: https://freedomsprout.com/where-money-comes-from/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kelly Eden with Highly Sensitive Refuge offers four steps to help your highly sensitive child with separation anxiety. Episode 100: 4 Steps to Help Your Highly Sensitive Child With Separation Anxiety by Kelly Eden Co-founders Jenn Granneman and Andre Sólo's mission is to prove that high sensitivity can be strong. It's okay to be a highly sensitive person (HSP). In fact, the world could use a little more of what HSPs have. They are the voices of Highly Sensitive Refuge, a community where HSPs can be themselves, take a break from the harshness of the world, and feel understood. Our founders are Jenn Granneman and Andre Sólo. The original post is located here: https://highlysensitiverefuge.com/highly-sensitive-child-separation-anxiety/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Julie Morgenstern teaches parents how to eliminate guilt about working too much. Episode 099: How to Eliminate Working Mom Guilt by Julie Morgenstern Julie Morgenstern is an organizing & productivity consultant, New York Times best-selling author, and speaker. For over 30 years, Julie has been teaching people all around the world and at all stages of life how to overcome disorganization to achieve their goals. Her mission is to free each individual to make their unique contribution to the world – by helping them design their own systems for managing time and space that feel natural and are easy to maintain. This Inside Out approach to organizing everything gives readers, listeners, and clients the energy and knowledge they need to get (and stay) organized. The original post is located here: https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/2020/1/30/how-to-eliminate-working-mom-guilt Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. Timothy Loving with Luvze tells parents how they can raise teens to have healthy relationships. Episode 098: What's a Parent To Do?: Raising Teens to Having Healthy Relationships by Dr. Timothy Loving Luvze was founded on the premise that relationships are a central part of life and that our understanding of relationships benefits from research and scientific evidence. They also believe this information is most beneficial when presented in an engaging and entertaining fashion. They take research findings from the fields of psychology, family studies, sociology, communication, evolutionary biology, and others, and put them in a format that you can use. The original post is located here: https://www.luvze.com/whats-a-parent-to-do-raising-teens-to-having-healthy-relatio/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. Margaret Rutherford talks about how a parent's unconditional love can be worn away. Episode 097: When A Parent's Unconditional Love Is Worn Away by Dr. Margaret Rutherford Dr. Margaret Rutherford has been a psychologist in private practice for over twenty-five years. She's the author of “Perfectly Hidden Depression”, and hosts a weekly podcast, SelfWork with Dr. Margaret Rutherford, where she offers compassionate common-sense directions, ideas and goals toward the changes listeners want to make in healing. The original post can be found here: https://drmargaretrutherford.com/when-a-parents-unconditional-love-is-worn-away/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hilary Barnett of Whole Motherhood talks about the challenges of making childcare work. Episode 096: On Making Childcare Work by Hilary Barnett Hilary Barnett is an author, wife, entrepreneur and mother of two. She lives in Nashville and is the founder of Savvee, a boutique marketing agency that helps organizations define and create meaningful online content. You can usually find her walking the tightrope between the practical and the ideal, what is and what could be. Hilary believes every mother is extraordinary, and typically writes the words that she most needs to hear. The original post is located here: https://wholemotherhood.co/on-making-childcare-work/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jay and Heather Harrington of Life and Whim share 10 lessons about life's possibilities that they plan to pass on to their children. This is part 2 of 2. Episode 095: [Part 2] 10 Lessons for Kids About Life's Infinite Possibilities by Jay & Heather Harrington Jay and Heather Harrington are the husband and wife team behind Life and Whim. They started Life and Whim after moving their family to Traverse City, a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan, to break the script of their life and reimagine what's possible. They live in pursuit of a purposeful, meaningful, active, and simple life. The original post is located here: https://www.lifeandwhim.com/first-moments-blog/2018/lessons-for-kids-lifes-infinite-possibilites Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jay and Heather Harrington of Life and Whim share 10 lessons about life's possibilities that they plan to pass on to their children. This is part 1 of 2. Episode 094: [Part 1] 10 Lessons for Kids About Life's Infinite Possibilities by Jay & Heather Harrington Jay and Heather Harrington are the husband and wife team behind Life and Whim. They started Life and Whim after moving their family to Traverse City, a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan, to break the script of their life and reimagine what's possible. They live in pursuit of a purposeful, meaningful, active, and simple life. The original post is located here: https://www.lifeandwhim.com/first-moments-blog/2018/lessons-for-kids-lifes-infinite-possibilites Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Allison Carmen encourages us to teach our children that every moment matters. Episode 093: Teaching Our Children That Every Moment Matters by Allison Carmen Allison Carmen holds a B.A. in accounting, a J.D. of Law, and a Master's of Law in taxation. After working for a large law firm in Manhattan, Allison founded her own law firm and built a successful practice focusing on real estate, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and taxation. After 15 years of practicing law, Allison transitioned her practice into business consulting, business coaching and life coaching. Today, Allison's clients range from owners of multi-million dollar companies to artists, actors, writers, and parents. She's also the host of the podcast: 10 Minutes to Less Suffering. The original post is located here: http://www.allisoncarmen.com/teaching-our-children-that-every-moment-matters%e2%80%a8%e2%80%a8/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Julie Morgenstern teaches you how to get your kids to talk to you AND how to help them develop good homework habits. Episode 092: How To Get Your Kids to Talk to You AND Help Your Child Develop Good Homework Habits by Julie Morgenstern Julie Morgenstern is an organizing & productivity consultant, New York Times best-selling author, and speaker. For over 30 years, Julie has been teaching people all around the world and at all stages of life how to overcome disorganization to achieve their goals. Her mission is to free each individual to make their unique contribution to the world – by helping them design their own systems for managing time and space that feel natural and are easy to maintain. This Inside Out approach to organizing everything gives readers, listeners, and clients the energy and knowledge they need to get (and stay) organized. The original posts are located here: https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/2020/6/18/how-to-get-your-kids-to-talk-to-you & https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/2019/8/22/help-your-child-develop-good-homework-habits Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose rethinks parenting goals. Episode 091: Should ‘Happy Kids' Be Our Parenting Goal by Shawna Scafe Shawna Scafe is a mom of three small kids who started blogging after her first son was born. She wanted to share her c-section story in order to help herself work through the disappointment she felt about it. She read a book on minimalism that changed how she viewed her life. She started asking questions about why we have so much, do so much, work so much and we feel so restless and overwhelmed. Shawna is trying to live life on purpose, set dreams and goals for herself as a mom, wife and woman and she is trying to share it openly with everyone. The original post is located here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/happy-kids-content-kids/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shana Olmstead offers the second part of her post about raising emotionally healthy kids. Episode 090: Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids Part Two by Shana Olmstead Shana Olmstead's passion and life's work is connecting with people and helping them to believe the best about themselves. Her own process of spiritual awakening 15 years ago, and the personal transformation she has had since then has helped her to understand that her true calling in this lifetime is to help awaken the souls of others. She believes everyone is capable of transformation. The original post is located here: https://shanaolmstead.com/2020/06/01/raising-emotionally-healthy-kids-part-two/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rosalyn Palmer talks about bringing joy and comfort to Christmas instead of craziness. Episode 089: Make Christmas Cosy, Not Crazy by Rosalyn Palmer Rosalyn Palmer is an Emotional Well being Expert, an Advanced Rapid Transformational (RTT) Hypnotherapist and a Certified Coach. Rosalyn was one of the very first to train in RTT with Marisa Peer and has become one of the most sought-after RTT practitioners worldwide. The original post is located here: https://rosalynpalmer.com/make-christmas-cosy-not-crazy/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jay Harrington of Life and Whim offers some simple and valuable holiday traditions for your family. Episode 088: Simple Holiday Traditions for the Minimalist Family by Jay Harrington Jay and Heather Harrington are the husband and wife team behind Life and Whim. They started Life and Whim after moving their family to Traverse City, a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan, to break the script of their life and reimagine what's possible. They live in pursuit of a purposeful, meaningful, active, and simple life. The original post is located here: https://nosidebar.com/simple-holiday-traditions/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Leo Babauta of Zen Habits reflects on lessons that he's taught his children, and lessons that they've taught him. Episode 087: The 11 Life Lessons It Turns Out I've Taught My Six Kids by Leo Babauta Leo Babauta created Zen Habits, which is about finding simplicity and mindfulness in the daily chaos of our lives. It's about clearing the clutter so we can focus on what's important, create something amazing, find happiness. The original post is located here: https://zenhabits.net/lessons Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dr. Margaret Rutherford shares ways to avoid a question that can kill good parenting. Episode 086: The Question That Will Kill Good Parenting And Seven Ways To Avoid It by Dr. Margaret Rutherford Dr. Margaret Rutherford has been a psychologist in private practice for over twenty-five years. She's the author of “Perfectly Hidden Depression”, and hosts a weekly podcast, SelfWork with Dr. Margaret Rutherford, where she offers compassionate common-sense directions, ideas and goals toward the changes listeners want to make in healing. You can learn more about the book at: https://drmargaretrutherford.com/the-question-that-will-kill-good-parenting-and-seven-ways-to-avoid-it/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lisa Maxbauer Price with Life And Whim send a love letter to future family meals. Episode 085: A Love Letter to Future Family Meals by Lisa Maxbauer Price Jay and Heather Harrington are the husband and wife team behind Life and Whim. They started Life and Whim after moving their family to Traverse City, a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan, to break the script of their life and reimagine what's possible. They live in pursuit of a purposeful, meaningful, active, and simple life. The original post is located here: https://www.lifeandwhim.com/first-moments-blog/love-letter-to-future-family-meals Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Laura Dabney shares some simple, yet important instructions for parents. Episode 084: The Do's and Don'ts of a Parent-Child Relationship by Dr. Laura Dabney Laura Dabney specializes in helping clients from across the nation break destructive patterns impacting their relationships. With Laura's support, clients discover the path to happier, healthier futures with deeper personal connections. In addition to a life-coaching certification, Laura has obtained her medical degree and completed a psychiatric residency. The original post is located here: https://www.drldabney.com/article/the-dos-and-donts-of-a-parent-child-relationship/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Julie Morgenstern teaches us how to teach in half the time. Episode 083: Teaching In Half The Time by Julie Morgenstern Julie Morgenstern is an organizing & productivity consultant, New York Times best-selling author, and speaker. For over 30 years, Julie has been teaching people all around the world and at all stages of life how to overcome disorganization to achieve their goals. Her mission is to free each individual to make their unique contribution to the world – by helping them design their own systems for managing time and space that feel natural and are easy to maintain. This Inside Out approach to organizing everything gives readers, listeners, and clients the energy and knowledge they need to get (and stay) organized. The original post is located here: https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/2020/7/9/teaching-in-half-the-time Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hilary Barnett of Whole Motherhood offers some encouragement to parents who love their work and their children. Episode 082: When You Love Your Work and Your Kids by Hilary Barnett Hilary Barnett is an author, wife, entrepreneur and mother of two. She lives in Nashville and is the founder of Savvee, a boutique marketing agency that helps organizations define and create meaningful online content. You can usually find her walking the tightrope between the practical and the ideal, what is and what could be. Hilary believes every mother is extraordinary, and typically writes the words that she most needs to hear. The original post is located here: https://wholemotherhood.co/what-to-do-when-you-love-your-work-and-your-kids/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose encourages us not to hate on the Pinterest moms. Episode 081: Don't Hate On the Pinterest Mom by Shawna Scafe Shawna Scafe is a mom of three small kids who started blogging after her first son was born. She wanted to share her c-section story in order to help herself work through the disappointment she felt about it. She read a book on minimalism that changed how she viewed her life. She started asking questions about why we have so much, do so much, work so much and we feel so restless and overwhelmed. Shawna is trying to live life on purpose, set dreams and goals for herself as a mom, wife and woman and she is trying to share it openly with everyone. The original post is located here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/dont-hate-on-the-pinterest-mom/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shana Olmstead talks about how to not be annoyed with family members. Episode 080: How to Not be Annoyed With Your Family by Shana Olmstead Shana Olmstead's passion and life's work is connecting with people and helping them to believe the best about themselves. Her own process of spiritual awakening 15 years ago, and the personal transformation she has had since then has helped her to understand that her true calling in this lifetime is to help awaken the souls of others. She belives everyone is capable of transformation. The original post is located here: https://shanaolmstead.com/2020/05/04/how-to-not-be-annoyed-with-your-family/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Leni Dawson with No Sidebar shares 5 lessons she's learned from maternity. Episode 079: Five Lessons Maternity Has Taught Me by Leni Dawson No Sidebar was created by Brian Gardner and is all about designing a simpler life. He and the contributing authors want to help you figure out what's getting in your way, at home and at work. They want to help you let go of distractions, online and off–to turn down the noise that disrupts the quiet of your heart and soul. The original post is located here: https://nosidebar.com/five-lessons-maternity/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rose Lounsbury teaches us how to purge toys yet maximize play time. Episode 078: 3 Toy-Purging Rules for Less Pickup and More Play by Rose Lounsbury Rose Lounsbury is a keynote speaker, Amazon bestselling author, simplicity coach, and still-sane mom of triplets. (Yes, you heard that right!) She helps overwhelmed people create open spaces in their homes, workspaces, and more importantly–their minds–by letting go of the excess stuff that gets in the way. Rose started her own simplicity journey in 2012, after getting fed up with spending all of her free time dealing with my stuff. As she slowly let go of everything that didn't matter to her, she discovered some amazing things: free time, peace of mind, & clarity. Rose became a simplicity coach to help others do the same thing. The original post is located here: https://roselounsbury.com/toy-purge/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cara Harvey of A Purpose Driven Mom tells busy mothers how they can find time to read. This is part 2 of 2. Episode 077: [Part 2] How to Find Time To Read As a Busy Mom by Cara Harvey Cara Harvey is a wife, mom, online mentor and woman of God. She has been married to her husband, Ron, for 3 years and they live with their 11 year-old stepson, 2-year old daughter and 2-month old son. She currently works as a virtual lifestyle, mindset, and success coach and her mission is to provide women with the tools, resources and community to reach their goals, empower themselves, find their happiness and live a life by design. The original post is located here: https://apurposedrivenmom.com/find-time-read-busy-mom/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cara Harvey of A Purpose Driven Mom tells busy mothers how they can find time to read. This is part 1 of 2. Episode 076: [Part 1] How to Find Time To Read As a Busy Mom by Cara Harvey Cara Harvey is a wife, mom, online mentor and woman of God. She has been married to her husband, Ron, for 3 years and they live with their 11 year-old stepson, 2-year old daughter and 2-month old son. She currently works as a virtual lifestyle, mindset, and success coach and her mission is to provide women with the tools, resources and community to reach their goals, empower themselves, find their happiness and live a life by design. The original post is located here: https://apurposedrivenmom.com/find-time-read-busy-mom/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Julie Morgenstern reminds us that we can always rebuild the relationships we have with our children. Episode 075: It's Never Too Late To Hit Reset With Your Kids by Julie Morgenstern Julie Morgenstern is an organizing & productivity consultant, New York Times best-selling author, and speaker. For over 30 years, Julie has been teaching people all around the world and at all stages of life how to overcome disorganization to achieve their goals. Her mission is to free each individual to make their unique contribution to the world – by helping them design their own systems for managing time and space that feel natural and are easy to maintain. This Inside Out approach to organizing everything gives readers, listeners, and clients the energy and knowledge they need to get (and stay) organized. The original post is located here: https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/2020/1/23/its-never-too-late-to-hit-reset-with-your-kids Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lisa Aberle with Get Rich Slowly tells us how we can teach life skills to our children. Episode 074: Teaching Life Skills to Your Children by Lisa Aberle J.D. Roth has been reading and writing about personal finance for a decade. Today he's financially independent, but ten years ago, his money life was a disaster, with over $35,000 in consumer debt. He started turning everything around in 2004. By being the boss of your own life, you, too, can be the master of your own financial fate. The original post is located here: https://www.getrichslowly.org/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose shares what she learned when she was searching for balance in motherhood. Episode 073: What I Learned While Searching for Balance in Motherhood by Shawna Scafe Shawna Scafe is a mom of three small kids who started blogging after her first son was born. She wanted to share her c-section story in order to help herself work through the disappointment she felt about it. She read a book on minimalism that changed how she viewed her life. She started asking questions about why we have so much, do so much, work so much and we feel so restless and overwhelmed. Shawna is trying to live life on purpose, set dreams and goals for herself as a mom, wife and woman and she is trying to share it openly with everyone. The original post is located here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/finding-balance-motherhood/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
LaToya Granados tells us how to bring purposefulness to our parenting. Episode 072: Intentional Motherhood: Parenting With a Purpose by LaToya Granados Jennifer is a traveller, minimalist and dream chaser. She grew up near Baltimore, Maryland but she caught a bad case of wanderlust at an early age and it has taken her all over the world. She is a reformed shopaholic turned minimalist and believes that clearing out the clutter is a vital part of creating a life you love. The original post is located here: https://www.simplyfiercely.com/intentional-motherhood/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hilary Barnett of Whole Motherhood talks about to uphold vocational aspirations alongside motherhood. Episode 071: On Motherhood and Vocation by Hilary Barnett Hilary Barnett is an author, wife, entrepreneur and mother of two. She lives in Nashville and is the founder of Savvee, a boutique marketing agency that helps organizations define and create meaningful online content. You can usually find her walking the tightrope between the practical and the ideal, what is and what could be. Hilary believes every mother is extraordinary, and typically writes the words that she most needs to hear. The original post is located here: https://wholemotherhood.co/motherhood-and-vocation/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jay and Heather Harrington of Life and Whim discuss the value of getting outside for children. Episode 070: Why Getting Outside, and Doing New Things, Makes Your Kids Happy by Jay & Heather Harrington Jay and Heather Harrington are the husband and wife team behind Life and Whim. They started Life and Whim after moving their family to Traverse City, a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan, to break the script of their life and reimagine what's possible. They live in pursuit of a purposeful, meaningful, active, and simple life. The original post is located here: https://www.lifeandwhim.com/first-moments-blog/2018/outside-kids-new-experiences Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff Goins of Goins Writer shares a meaningful story about a trophy he once received from his father. Episode 069: The Trophy: An Essay About My Dad & Fatherhood by Jeff Goins Jeff Goins is the best-selling author of five books including The Art of Work and Real Artists Don't Starve. On his blog, he shares his thoughts on writing, life, and creative work. The original post is located here: https://goinswriter.com/dad-essay/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ali Cornish of Everthrive shares 7 reasons why you should ritualize your life. Episode 068: 7 Reasons You Should Ritualize Your Life by Ali Cornish Ali Cornish created Everthrive as a response to the increasing pace, materialism, and detachment of today's society. Through words and photos, she brings awareness to the importance of living simply, healthfully, and authentically. Life can be better lived when we disconnect from distraction, slow down, and focus on what is truly important. In addition to managing and contributing to Everthrive, she also helps others create compelling content for websites, campaigns, and social media ventures through The Media Acorn. The original post is located here: http://everthrive.org/blog/7-reasons-you-should-ritualize-your-life Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vitaliy Katsenelson of Contrarian Edge reflects on his single greatest achievement. Episode 067: My Single Greatest Achievement by Vitaliy Katsenelson Vitaliy Katsenelson is the CEO and Chief Investment Officer at Investment Management Associates. He has written two books on investing, which were published by John Wiley & Sons and have translated into eight languages. The original post is located here: https://contrarianedge.com/my-single-greatest-achievement/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cara Harvey of A Purpose Driven Mom shares how to effectively transition kids from summer into the beginning of school. Episode 066: Tips for Transitioning Children from Summer to School by Cara Harvey Cara Harvey is a wife, mom, online mentor and woman of God. She has been married to her husband, Ron, for 3 years and they live with their 11 year-old stepson, 2-year old daughter and 2-month old son. She currently works as a virtual lifestyle, mindset, and success coach and her mission is to provide women with the tools, resources and community to reach their goals, empower themselves, find their happiness and live a life by design. The original post is located here: https://apurposedrivenmom.com/transition-summer-to-school/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Karl Staib of Bring Gratitude tells parents how they can build a gratitude habit with their kids. Episode 065: How to Build a Gratitude Habit with Your Kids by Karl Staib Karl Staib is an author that seeks out growth at every turn. It's why he writes. He wants to process his thoughts and emotions, learn from them and share them with the world. He grew up in a little town in Pennsylvania called Pipersiville. He moved to Austin, TX in this mid twenties and now he is living in San Antonio with his wife and two boys. If you enjoy his writing, he courages you to reach out to him at BringGratitude.com. He wants to hear about how you've learned to grow from your own struggles. When his father passed it was focusing on gratitude that helped him get through one of the most difficult times in his life. It taught him the importance of bringing gratitude to every single situation. Whether it's a difficult situation like his father's death or amazing one like drinking ice cold tea by the river with his son. That's why he wants to bring more gratitude into the workplace. His work inside a fortune 500 company that regularly ranks in top 10 for best place to work has shown him the importance of gratitude and how it increases productivity and communication. If you want to learn more just go to BringGratitude.com. He is also a big fan of traveling, meditation, Yoga, hikes in lush terrain and his family. The original post is located here: https://bringgratitude.com/how-to-build-a-gratitude-habit-with-your-kids/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui of A Life In Progress displays a how we can find gratitude in each day. Episode 064: Today Is Enough by Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui's mission as a Joyful Living Educator is to help messy humans like herself quiet the noise of perfectionism, comparison and fear to show up fully to their imperfect and beautiful lives and/or businesses. Her message can be summed up in 3 sentences: You're imperfect; Life is messy; Show up anyway. Krista will help you figure out how. She has a new Seasonal Mindfulness Journal available here: https://www.alifeinprogress.ca/52-mondays/ The original post is located here: https://www.alifeinprogress.ca/today-is-enough/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cal Newport of the Study Hacks blog discusses how parents can exercise digital minimalism. Episode 063: Digital Minimalism For Parents by Cal Newport Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University, who specializes in the theory of distributed algorithms. He previously earned his Ph.D. from MIT in 2009 and graduated from Dartmouth College in 2004. In addition to studying the theoretical foundations of our digital age as a professor, Newport also writes about the impact of these technologies on the world of work. His most recent book, Deep Work, argues that focus is the new I.Q. in the knowledge economy, and that individuals who cultivate their ability to concentrate without distraction will thrive. The original post is located here: https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2019/03/01/digital-minimalism-for-parents/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Allison Carmen gives us an exercise to help our children feel less stressed about their futures. Episode 062: Helping Our Children Feel Less Stressed and Worried About Their Future by Allison Carmen Allison Carmen holds a B.A. in accounting, a J.D. of Law, and a Master's of Law in taxation. After working for a large law firm in Manhattan, Allison founded her own law firm and built a successful practice focusing on real estate, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and taxation. After 15 years of practicing law, Allison transitioned her practice into business consulting, business coaching and life coaching. Today, Allison's clients range from owners of multi-million dollar companies to artists, actors, writers, and parents. She's also the host of the podcast: 10 Minutes to Less Suffering. The original post is located here: http://www.allisoncarmen.com/helping-our-children-feel-less-stressed-and-worried-about-their-future/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hilary Barnett of Whole Motherhood discusses the oxygen mask of motherhood and why it's important to be whole for your children. Episode 061: The Oxygen Mask: On Motherhood and Self-Care by Hilary Barnett Hilary Barnett is an author, wife, entrepreneur and mother of two. She lives in Nashville and is the founder of Savvee, a boutique marketing agency that helps organizations define and create meaningful online content. You can usually find her walking the tightrope between the practical and the ideal, what is and what could be. Hilary believes every mother is extraordinary, and typically writes the words that she most needs to hear. The original post is located here: https://wholemotherhood.co/the-oxygen-mask-on-motherhood-and-self-care/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose shares 8 reasons why it's better to be a stay at home mother than it is to be at work. Episode 060: 8 Reasons Being a Stay At Home Mom is Better Than Being At Work by Shawna Scafe Shawna Scafe is a mom of three small kids who started blogging after her first son was born. She wanted to share her c-section story in order to help herself work through the disappointment she felt about it. She read a book on minimalism that changed how she viewed her life. She started asking questions about why we have so much, do so much, work so much and we feel so restless and overwhelmed. Shawna is trying to live life on purpose, set dreams and goals for herself as a mom, wife and woman and she is trying to share it openly with everyone. The original post is located here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/reasons-sahm-better-than-working/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Maureen Gaspari issues an open letter to the mothers of highly sensitive children. Episode 059: Dear Mom of a Highly Sensitive Child, I See You by Maureen Gaspari Maureen Gaspari is a writer, a wife and a mommy to two wonderful, energetic, highly sensitive little boys. She shares her family's personal journey with selective mutism, sensory processing difficulties, and raising highly sensitive children on her blog, https://othersideofsilent.blogspot.com. “My Book of Brave” is her first of many books she plans to publish to help children build self-confidence. The original post is located here: https://highlysensitiverefuge.com/mother-highly-sensitive-child/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist talks about how to raise consumer conscious teenagers. Episode 058: Raising Consumer Conscious Teenagers in an Age of Excess by Joshua Becker Joshua Becker and his family decided to live with fewer possessions after a conversation with his neighbor in 2008. As a result, they found a better way to live, centered on more important pursuits.Their story has been seen on the CBS Evening News, NPR, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal and countless media interviews around the world. Their books have sold in the tens of thousands. BecomingMinimalist.com is about their journey towards a rational approach to minimalism. It is about the joys and the struggles. It is about the lessons they have learned. It has inspired millions around the world. It is written to inspire you to intentionally live with less, and find more life because of it. The original post is located here: https://www.becomingminimalist.com/consumer-conscious-teens/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui of A Life In Progress discusses how the Four Tendencies personality profile has improved her parenting. Episode 057: How The Four Tendencies Personality Profile Made Me a Better Parent by Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui's mission as a Joyful Living Educator is to help messy humans like herself quiet the noise of perfectionism, comparison and fear to show up fully to their imperfect and beautiful lives and/or businesses. Her message can be summed up in 3 sentences: You're imperfect; Life is messy; Show up anyway. Krista will help you figure out how. She has a new Seasonal Mindfulness Journal available here: https://www.alifeinprogress.ca/52-mondays/ The original post is located here: https://www.alifeinprogress.ca/four-tendencies-better-parent/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cara Harvey of A Purpose Driven Mom shares how to create a cleaning routine with your children. Episode 056: Creating a Cleaning Routine with Your Kids by Cara Harvey Cara Harvey is a wife, mom, online mentor and woman of God. She has been married to her husband, Ron, for 3 years and they live with their 11 year-old stepson, 2-year old daughter and 2-month old son. She currently works as a virtual lifestyle, mindset, and success coach and her mission is to provide women with the tools, resources and community to reach their goals, empower themselves, find their happiness and live a life by design. The original post is located here: https://apurposedrivenmom.com/cleaning-routine-kids/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Allison Carmen tells us how to empower our children. Episode 055: Empowering Our Children to Speak Up by Allison Carmen Allison Carmen holds a B.A. in accounting, a J.D. of Law, and a Master's of Law in taxation. After working for a large law firm in Manhattan, Allison founded her own law firm and built a successful practice focusing on real estate, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and taxation. After 15 years of practicing law, Allison transitioned her practice into business consulting, business coaching and life coaching. Today, Allison's clients range from owners of multi-million dollar companies to artists, actors, writers, and parents. She's also the host of the podcast: 10 Minutes to Less Suffering. The original post is located here: http://www.allisoncarmen.com/empowering-our-children-to-speak-up/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose talks about how to build a culture within a family. This is part 2 of 2. Episode 054: [Part 2] How to Build the Culture Of Your Family by Shawna Scafe Shawna Scafe is a mom of three small kids who started blogging after her first son was born. She wanted to share her c-section story in order to help herself work through the disappointment she felt about it. She read a book on minimalism that changed how she viewed her life. She started asking questions about why we have so much, do so much, work so much and we feel so restless and overwhelmed. Shawna is trying to live life on purpose, set dreams and goals for herself as a mom, wife and woman and she is trying to share it openly with everyone. The original post is located here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/building-family-culture-moms/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose talks about how to build a culture within a family. This is part 1 of 2. Episode 053: [Part 1] How to Build the Culture Of Your Family by Shawna Scafe Shawna Scafe is a mom of three small kids who started blogging after her first son was born. She wanted to share her c-section story in order to help herself work through the disappointment she felt about it. She read a book on minimalism that changed how she viewed her life. She started asking questions about why we have so much, do so much, work so much and we feel so restless and overwhelmed. Shawna is trying to live life on purpose, set dreams and goals for herself as a mom, wife and woman and she is trying to share it openly with everyone. The original post is located here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/building-family-culture-moms/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hilary Barnett of Whole Motherhood shares her thoughts in defense of the good enough mother. Episode 052: In Defense of The Good Enough Mother by Hilary Barnett Hilary Barnett is an author, wife, entrepreneur and mother of two. She lives in Nashville and is the founder of Savvee, a boutique marketing agency that helps organizations define and create meaningful online content. You can usually find her walking the tightrope between the practical and the ideal, what is and what could be. Hilary believes every mother is extraordinary, and typically writes the words that she most needs to hear. The original post is located here: https://wholemotherhood.co/in-defense-of-the-good-enough-mother/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shana Olmstead shares her thoughts on raising emotionally healthy kids. Episode 051: Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids Part One by Shana Olmstead Shana Olmstead's passion and life's work is connecting with people and helping them to believe the best about themselves. Her own process of spiritual awakening 15 years ago, and the personal transformation she has had since then has helped her to understand that her true calling in this lifetime is to help awaken the souls of others. She believes everyone is capable of transformation. The original post is located here: https://shanaolmstead.com/2020/05/26/raising-emotionally-healthy-kids-part-one/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shelby Forsythia shares four big mistakes parents make when they talk about death. Episode 050: Four Big Mistakes Parents Make When They Talk About Death by Shelby Forsythia Shelby Forsythia never intended to study grief, but now she is an Intuitive Grief Guide who speaks, writes, and teaches powerful truths about grief and loss. She is the podcast host of Coming Back: Conversations on Life After Loss where she and her guests tell the truth about life after death, divorce, diagnosis, and more. Find more at ShelbyForsythia.com The original post is located here: https://medium.com/@shelbyforsythia/four-big-mistakes-parents-make-when-they-talk-about-death-533e619a5eb1 Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rose Lounsbury shares why you don't need a toy room. Episode 049: Why You Don't Need A Toy Room by Rose Lounsbury Rose Lounsbury is a keynote speaker, Amazon bestselling author, simplicity coach, and still-sane mom of triplets. (Yes, you heard that right!) She helps overwhelmed people create open spaces in their homes, workspaces, and more importantly–their minds–by letting go of the excess stuff that gets in the way. Rose started her own simplicity journey in 2012, after getting fed up with spending all of her free time dealing with my stuff. As she slowly let go of everything that didn't matter to her, she discovered some amazing things: free time, peace of mind, & clarity. Rose became a simplicity coach to help others do the same thing. The original post is located here: https://roselounsbury.com/dont-need-toy-room/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Emma Scheib of Simple Slow Lovely shares her thoughts on finding calm in the chaos of parenthood. Episode 048: Parenthood: Finding Calm in the Chaos by Emma Scheib Emma is a self-confessed introvert who craves the simple and slow things in life. She loves to run, read, and write. She is blessed to be wife to a wonderful husband, mum to two amazing and vivacious daughters, 1 dog, a cat, and 5 chickens. They live in Motueka, New Zealand, a stone's throw from the beautiful Abel Tasman National Park. Emma has been on a journey towards a slower simpler and more intentional way of living since her second daughter was born a few years ago. She has learned lots along the way and loves passing on these lessons. The original post is located here: http://simpleslowlovely.com/parenthood-finding-calm-in-the-chaos/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2 posts from Julie Morgenstern on three better ways to share the housework and mastering the mindful transition. Episode 047: Three (Better) Ways to Share the Housework AND Breakfast, Dinner, Bedtime: Mastering The Mindful Transition by Julie Morgenstern Julie Morgenstern is an organizing & productivity consultant, New York Times best-selling author, and speaker. For over 30 years, Julie has been teaching people all around the world and at all stages of life how to overcome disorganization to achieve their goals. Her mission is to free each individual to make their unique contribution to the world – by helping them design their own systems for managing time and space that feel natural and are easy to maintain. This Inside Out approach to organizing everything gives readers, listeners, and clients the energy and knowledge they need to get (and stay) organized. The original posts are located here: https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/2018/9/19/how-to-re-distribute-household-logistics & https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/2018/6/5/breakfast-dinner-bedtime-mastering-the-mindful-transition Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sanya Pelini with The Gottman Institute shares an age-by-age guide to helping kids manage emotions. Episode 046: An Age-By-Age Guide to Helping Kids Manage Emotions by Sanya Pelini The Gottman Institute understands that the human family is in crisis, and that all individuals are capable of and deserve compassion. It is their mission to reach out to families in order to help create and maintain greater love and health in relationships. They are committed to an ongoing program of research that increases the understanding of relationships and adds to the development of interventions that have been carefully evaluated. It is their goal to make their services accessible to the broadest reach of people across race, religion, class, culture, sexual orientation, and ethnicity. The original post is located here: https://www.gottman.com/blog/age-age-guide-helping-kids-manage-emotions/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jennifer of Simply Fiercely shares her thoughts on simple living with her little one. Episode 045: Simple Living with My Little One by Jennifer of Simply Fiercely Jennifer is a traveller, minimalist and dream chaser. She grew up near Baltimore, Maryland but she caught a bad case of wanderlust at an early age and it has taken her all over the world. She is a reformed shopaholic turned minimalist and believes that clearing out the clutter is a vital part of creating a life you love. The original post is located here: https://www.simplyfiercely.com/simple-living-little-one/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose shares if stay at home moms have it good. Episode 044: Do Stay At Home Moms ‘Have It Good'? by Shawna Scafe Shawna Scafe is a mom of three small kids who started blogging after her first son was born. She wanted to share her c-section story in order to help herself work through the disappointment she felt about it. She read a book on minimalism that changed how she viewed her life. She started asking questions about why we have so much, do so much, work so much and we feel so restless and overwhelmed. Shawna is trying to live life on purpose, set dreams and goals for herself as a mom, wife and woman and she is trying to share it openly with everyone. The original post is located here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/stay-at-home-moms-have-it-good/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Zoe Kim with No Sidebar shares a practical guide to minimalism with kids. Episode 043: A Practical Guide to Minimalism with Kids by Zoe Kim No Sidebar was created by Brian Gardner and is all about designing a simpler life. He and the contributing authors want to help you figure out what's getting in your way, at home and at work. They want to help you let go of distractions, online and off–to turn down the noise that disrupts the quiet of your heart and soul. The original post is located here: https://nosidebar.com/minimalism-with-kids/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ingrid Y Helander shares her thoughts on the worried child and 3 little shifts for parenting. Episode 042: The Worried Child and 3 Little Shifts for Parenting by Ingrid Y Helander Ingrid began her career in Marriage and Family Therapy after she had her three children. After her youngest son was diagnosed with a chronic illness, she decided that she wanted to train to work alongside people as they work through life's difficulties. She has a Master's Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Central Connecticut State University. Ingrid specializes in Internal Family Systems and and Intimacy from the Inside Out Couples Therapy. The original post is located here: https://ingridyhelanderlmft.com/the-worried-child-and-3-little-shifts-for-parenting/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lisa Aberle with Get Rich Slowly shares how to develop your child's full potential. Episode 041: How To Develop Your Child's Full Potential by Lisa Aberle J.D. Roth has been reading and writing about personal finance for a decade. Today he's financially independent, but ten years ago, his money life was a disaster, with over $35,000 in consumer debt. He started turning everything around in 2004. By being the boss of your own life, you, too, can be the master of your own financial fate. Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Emma Scheib of Simple Slow Lovely shares why family life doesn't have to be so busy. Episode 040: Family Life Doesn't Need To Be So Busy – Here's How I Slow It Down by Emma Scheib Emma is a self-confessed introvert who craves the simple and slow things in life. She loves to run, read, and write. She is blessed to be wife to a wonderful husband, mum to two amazing and vivacious daughters, 1 dog, a cat, and 5 chickens. They live in Motueka, New Zealand, a stone's throw from the beautiful Abel Tasman National Park. Emma has been on a journey towards a slower simpler and more intentional way of living since her second daughter was born a few years ago. She has learned lots along the way and loves passing on these lessons. The original post is located here: http://simpleslowlovely.com/family-life-doesnt-need-to-be-so-busy-heres-how-i-slow-it-down/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hilary Barnett of Whole Motherhood shares how to honor your season as a mother. Episode 039: How to Honor Your Season as a Mother by Hilary Barnett Hilary Barnett is an author, wife, entrepreneur and mother of two. She lives in Nashville and is the founder of Savvee, a boutique marketing agency that helps organizations define and create meaningful online content. You can usually find her walking the tightrope between the practical and the ideal, what is and what could be. Hilary believes every mother is extraordinary, and typically writes the words that she most needs to hear. The original post is located here: https://wholemotherhood.co/honoring-season-mother/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2 posts from Julie Morgenstern on summer quality time with your kids and finding your summer routine. Episode 038: Summer Quality Time with Your Kids AND Finding Your Summer Routine by Julie Morgenstern Julie Morgenstern is an organizing & productivity consultant, New York Times best-selling author, and speaker. For over 30 years, Julie has been teaching people all around the world and at all stages of life how to overcome disorganization to achieve their goals. Her mission is to free each individual to make their unique contribution to the world – by helping them design their own systems for managing time and space that feel natural and are easy to maintain. This Inside Out approach to organizing everything gives readers, listeners, and clients the energy and knowledge they need to get (and stay) organized. The original posts are located here: https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/2019/6/19/summer-quality-time-with-your-kids & https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/2018/6/5/finding-your-summer-routine Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Marina Brink with Highly Sensitive Refuge shares how HSP parents can get alone time without feeling lousy about it. Episode 037: How HSP Parents Can Get Alone Time Without Feeling Lousy About It by Marina Brink Co-founders Jenn Granneman and Andre Sólo's mission is to prove that high sensitivity can be strong. It's okay to be a highly sensitive person (HSP). In fact, the world could use a little more of what HSPs have. They are the voices of Highly Sensitive Refuge, a community where HSPs can be themselves, take a break from the harshness of the world, and feel understood. Our founders are Jenn Granneman and Andre Sólo. The original post is located here: https://highlysensitiverefuge.com/hsp-parents-can-get-alone-time/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose shares real life advice on having two kids under two years old. This is part 2 of 2. Episode 036: [Part 2] Real Life Advice On Having Two Kids Under Two Years Old by Shawna Scafe Shawna Scafe is a mom of three small kids who started blogging after her first son was born. She wanted to share her c-section story in order to help herself work through the disappointment she felt about it. She read a book on minimalism that changed how she viewed her life. She started asking questions about why we have so much, do so much, work so much and we feel so restless and overwhelmed. Shawna is trying to live life on purpose, set dreams and goals for herself as a mom, wife and woman and she is trying to share it openly with everyone. The original post is located here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/two-kids-under-two-years-tips-and-advice/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose shares real life advice on having two kids under two years old. This is part 1 of 2. Episode 035: [Part 1] Real Life Advice On Having Two Kids Under Two Years Old by Shawna Scafe Shawna Scafe is a mom of three small kids who started blogging after her first son was born. She wanted to share her c-section story in order to help herself work through the disappointment she felt about it. She read a book on minimalism that changed how she viewed her life. She started asking questions about why we have so much, do so much, work so much and we feel so restless and overwhelmed. Shawna is trying to live life on purpose, set dreams and goals for herself as a mom, wife and woman and she is trying to share it openly with everyone. The original post is located here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/two-kids-under-two-years-tips-and-advice/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jay and Heather Harrington of Life and Whim on raising well-adjusted, motivated children. Episode 034: Raising Well-Adjusted, Motivated Children: 3 Reasons to Praise the “Process” not the “Person” by Jay & Heather Harrington Jay and Heather Harrington are the husband and wife team behind Life and Whim. They started Life and Whim after moving their family to Traverse City, a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan, to break the script of their life and reimagine what's possible. They live in pursuit of a purposeful, meaningful, active, and simple life. The original post is located here: https://www.lifeandwhim.com/first-moments-blog/raising-well-adjusted-motivated-children-3-reasons-to-praise-the-process-not-the-pers Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kalen Bruce of Freedom Sprout shares how to teach your kids to build tiny habits and why it's important. Episode 033: How to Teach Your Kids to Build Tiny Habits (And Why it's Important) by Kalen Bruce Kalen Bruce created Freedom Sprout to fill a void. He heard too many conversations about how “they don't teach finance in schools.” It took years for him to stop complaining about it and do something about it. He has five kids, so him and his wife have to get five adults into the world with a solid knowledge of finances. The ultimate goal and vision of Freedom Sprout: To sprout a future of financial freedom for 1,000,000 children. The original post is located here: https://freedomsprout.com/tiny-habits/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Becca Shern of Minimal Wellness shares her thoughts on motherhood. Episode 032: Motherhood by Becca Shern Becca Shern is the founder of MinimalWellness.com and is a Registered Dietitian, foodie, wellness nerd, recreational athlete, and mom. She started Minimal Wellness to help people find, navigate, and enjoy the simple path to optimal health. Eliminating the “junk” (foods, advice, stuff, excuses, distractions) helps us focus on the critical components of wellness, enabling us to be healthier, happier, and more fulfilled. Find more information about her at MinimalWellness.com. The original post is located here: http://minimalwellness.com/motherhood/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Emma Scheib of Simple Slow Lovely shares her thoughts on mom-guilt. Episode 031: For The Mom Who Is Sick And Tired Of ‘Mom-Guilt' by Emma Scheib Emma is a self-confessed introvert who craves the simple and slow things in life. She loves to run, read, and write. She is blessed to be wife to a wonderful husband, mum to two amazing and vivacious daughters, 1 dog, a cat, and 5 chickens. They live in Motueka, New Zealand, a stone's throw from the beautiful Abel Tasman National Park. Emma has been on a journey towards a slower simpler and more intentional way of living since her second daughter was born a few years ago. She has learned lots along the way and loves passing on these lessons. The original post is located here: http://simpleslowlovely.com/for-the-mom-who-is-sick-and-tired-of-mom-guilt/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tamara Patterson with The Gottman Institute shares her thoughts on helping little ones with big emotions. Episode 030: Helping Little Ones with Big Emotions by Tamara Patterson The Gottman Institute understands that the human family is in crisis, and that all individuals are capable of and deserve compassion. It is their mission to reach out to families in order to help create and maintain greater love and health in relationships. They are committed to an ongoing program of research that increases the understanding of relationships and adds to the development of interventions that have been carefully evaluated. It is their goal to make their services accessible to the broadest reach of people across race, religion, class, culture, sexual orientation, and ethnicity. Want to improve your marriage in 60 seconds or less? Over 40 years of research with thousands of couples has proven a simple fact: small things often can create big changes over time. Got a minute? Sign up for The Gottman Institute's Marriage Minute at http://OLDPodcast.com/marriage The original post is located here: https://www.gottman.com/blog/helping-little-ones-big-emotions/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hilary Barnett of Whole Motherhood shares her thoughts on learning how to parent as a team. Episode 029: Mothering and Fathering: Learning How to Parent as a Team by Hilary Barnett Hilary Barnett is an author, wife, entrepreneur and mother of two. She lives in Nashville and is the founder of Savvee, a boutique marketing agency that helps organizations define and create meaningful online content. You can usually find her walking the tightrope between the practical and the ideal, what is and what could be. Hilary believes every mother is extraordinary, and typically writes the words that she most needs to hear. The original post is located here: https://wholemotherhood.co/parenting-as-a-team/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose shares why she needed two kids ASAP. Episode 028: Why I Needed Two Kids ASAP by Shawna Scafe Shawna Scafe is a mom of three small kids who started blogging after her first son was born. She wanted to share her c-section story in order to help herself work through the disappointment she felt about it. She read a book on minimalism that changed how she viewed her life. She started asking questions about why we have so much, do so much, work so much and we feel so restless and overwhelmed. Shawna is trying to live life on purpose, set dreams and goals for herself as a mom, wife and woman and she is trying to share it openly with everyone. The original post is located here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/why-i-needed-two-kids-asap/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bradley Charbonneau of Pass The Sour Cream shares how four young boys survive a month without phones. Episode 027: Post-Apocalypse News Flash: Four Young Boys Survive A Month Without Phones by Bradley Charbonneau Bradley Charbonneau's dad died in 2015 and it was as if, for the first time, that he realized we were mortal and had only this life to live. Unless you're a cat, but he wasn't a cat and he wasn't living the life he thought that he was supposed to live. Since then, he's been writing. Every Single Day. Bradley's now published 12 books, closed down the company he founded (and realized he hated), and moved his family to Europe. It doesn't cost him energy, it provides him with energy. Every Single Day. It all started with a single decision to write every day. When are you going to start living the life you were meant to live? The original post is located here: https://passthesourcream.com/screen-time-apocalypse/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Zoe Kim with No Sidebar shares 6 ways to sway your family into a life of minimalism. Episode 026: 6 Ways to Sway Your Family into a Life of Minimalism by Zoe Kim with NoSidebar No Sidebar was created by Brian Gardner and is all about designing a simpler life. He and the contributing authors want to help you figure out what's getting in your way, at home and at work. They want to help you let go of distractions, online and off–to turn down the noise that disrupts the quiet of your heart and soul. The original post is located here: https://nosidebar.com/life-of-minimalism/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jay and Heather Harrington share how to counter the princess industrial complex. Episode 025: Get Girls Outside to Counter the “Princess Industrial Complex” by Jay & Heather Harrington of Life And Whim Jay and Heather Harrington are the husband and wife team behind Life and Whim. They started Life and Whim after moving their family to Traverse City, a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan, to break the script of their life and reimagine what's possible. They live in pursuit of a purposeful, meaningful, active, and simple life. The original post is located here: https://www.lifeandwhim.com/first-moments-blog/antidote-to-the-princess-industrial-complex Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2 shorter posts from Lisa Merlo-Booth on raising healthy children & raising strong, healthy daughters. Episode 024: Raising Healthy Children (Changing Me, Changes My Children) & Raising Strong, Healthy Daughters by Lisa Merlo-Booth Lisa Merlo-Booth is a straight-talking and highly effective relationship expert, speaker, and blogger. She has over twenty years of experience in the field of therapy and relationship coaching and a thriving private practice with a client base of individuals and couples spanning the United States and Europe. Lisa is widely known for her straight talk on women, and for her emphasis on teaching women to stop responding in the extremes (silencing or exploding) and, instead, to affect change in a way that is grounded, respectful, and strong. This highly effective approach to communication is about speaking from Grounded Powerful Strength (GPS) rather than the extremes of meekness or aggression. The original posts are located here: https://lisamerlobooth.com/raising_healthy/ & https://lisamerlobooth.com/raising-strong-healthy-daughters/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Julie Morgenstern shares how to be a present and balanced parent. Episode 023: What're You Doing For Fun? (Yes, Really!) by Julie Morgenstern Julie Morgenstern is an organizing & productivity consultant, New York Times best-selling author, and speaker. For over 30 years, Julie has been teaching people all around the world and at all stages of life how to overcome disorganization to achieve their goals. Her mission is to free each individual to make their unique contribution to the world – by helping them design their own systems for managing time and space that feel natural and are easy to maintain. This Inside Out approach to organizing everything gives readers, listeners, and clients the energy and knowledge they need to get (and stay) organized. The original post is located here: https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/2020/3/12/whatre-you-doing-for-fun-yes-really Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Robert Brokamp with Get Rich Slowly shares the cost of being a better parent. Episode 022: The Cost of Being a Better Parent by Robert Brokamp with Get Rich Slowly on Balancing Parenthood & Family Finances J.D. Roth has been reading and writing about personal finance for a decade. Today he's financially independent, but ten years ago, his money life was a disaster, with over $35,000 in consumer debt. He started turning everything around in 2004. By being the boss of your own life, you, too, can be the master of your own financial fate. The original post is located here: https://www.getrichslowly.org/the-cost-of-being-a-better-parent/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bradley Charbonneau of Pass The Sour Cream asks if guilt is a waste of time emotion. Episode 021: Is Guilt A Waste-Of-Time Emotion? by Bradley Charbonneau Bradley Charbonneau's dad died in 2015 and it was as if, for the first time, that he realized we were mortal and had only this life to live. Unless you're a cat, but he wasn't a cat and he wasn't living the life he thought that he was supposed to live. Since then, he's been writing. Every Single Day. Bradley's now published 12 books, closed down the company he founded (and realized he hated), and moved his family to Europe. It doesn't cost him energy, it provides him with energy. Every Single Day. It all started with a single decision to write every day. When are you going to start living the life you were meant to live? The original post is located here: https://passthesourcream.com/guilty/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kelly Eden with Highly Sensitive Refuge asks if your child highly sensitive. Episode 020: Is Your Child Highly Sensitive? by Kelly Eden with Highly Sensitive Refuge on Parenting & Raising Children Co-founders Jenn Granneman and Andre Sólo's mission is to prove that high sensitivity can be strong. It's okay to be a highly sensitive person (HSP). In fact, the world could use a little more of what HSPs have. They are the voices of Highly Sensitive Refuge, a community where HSPs can be themselves, take a break from the harshness of the world, and feel understood. Our founders are Jenn Granneman and Andre Sólo. The original post is located here: https://highlysensitiverefuge.com/highly-sensitive-child/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ross Enamait talks about fostering an active lifestyle Episode 019: Fostering An Active Lifestyle by Ross Enamait of Ross Training on How To Raise Healthy & Active Children Founded by Ross Enamait, RossTraining.com is dedicated to excellence and innovations in high performance conditioning, strength, and athletic development. His goal with the site is to provide a content-rich resource to assist with your development. As a long time trainer and boxing coach, Ross has dedicated his life to the development and improvement of athletes. He has been in business for over 15 years and has helped numerous athletes succeed at the world class level. It is his career and obsession. The original post is located here: http://rosstraining.com/blog/2009/10/08/fostering-an-active-lifestyle/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose on what happened when she instagrammed her own life instead of her kids'. Episode 018: What Happened When I Instagrammed My Own Life Instead of My Kids' by Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose Shawna Scafe is a mom of three small kids who started blogging after her first son was born. She wanted to share her c-section story in order to help herself work through the disappointment she felt about it. She read a book on minimalism that changed how she viewed her life. She started asking questions about why we have so much, do so much, work so much and we feel so restless and overwhelmed. Shawna is trying to live life on purpose, set dreams and goals for herself as a mom, wife and woman and she is trying to share it openly with everyone. The original post is located here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/how-this-mom-uses-instagram/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stacy Kaiser with Live Happy shares how to find happiness as a single parent. Episode 017: How to Find Happiness as a Single Parent by Stacy Kaiser with LiveHappy Live Happy takes you on a journey to find your authentic happiness in life, at work and at home through inspiring stories and hands-on tips rooted in the science of positive psychology. The original post is located here: https://www.livehappy.com//blogs/spreading-positivity/how-find-happiness-single-parent Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Melissa Noel Renzi with Highly Sensitive Refuge shares 7 things all highly sensitive children need to hear. Episode 016: 7 Things All Highly Sensitive Children Need to Hear by Melissa Noel Renzi with Highly Sensitive Refuge Co-founders Jenn Granneman and Andre Sólo's mission is to prove that high sensitivity can be strong. It's okay to be a highly sensitive person (HSP). In fact, the world could use a little more of what HSPs have. They are the voices of Highly Sensitive Refuge, a community where HSPs can be themselves, take a break from the harshness of the world, and feel understood. The original post is located here: https://highlysensitiverefuge.com/highly-sensitive-child-needs-to-hear/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Allison Carmen shares how we can find hope when our children our suffering. Episode 015: How Can We Find Hope When Our Children Are Suffering? by Allison Carmen Allison Carmen holds a B.A. in accounting, a J.D. of Law, and a Master's of Law in taxation. After working for a large law firm in Manhattan, Allison founded her own law firm and built a successful practice focusing on real estate, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and taxation. After 15 years of practicing law, Allison transitioned her practice into business consulting, business coaching and life coaching. Today, Allison's clients range from owners of multi-million dollar companies to artists, actors, writers, and parents. She's also the host of the podcast: 10 Minutes to Less Suffering. The original post is located here: http://www.allisoncarmen.com/how-can-we-find-hope-when-our-children-are-suffering/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kalen Bruce of Freedom Sprout shares how to teach your kids the importance of today. Episode 014: How to Instill the Action Habit: Teach Your Kids the Importance of Today by Kalen Bruce of Freedom Sprout Kalen Bruce created Freedom Sprout to fill a void. He heard too many conversations about how “they don't teach finance in schools.” It took years for him to stop complaining about it and do something about it. He has five kids, so him and his wife have to get five adults into the world with a solid knowledge of finances. The ultimate goal and vision of Freedom Sprout: To sprout a future of financial freedom for 1,000,000 children. The original post is located here: https://freedomsprout.com/action-habit/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
April Eldemire with The Gottman Institute shares 4 key issues for new parents and how to solve them. Episode 013: 4 Key Issues for New Parents and How to Solve Them by April Eldemire with The Gottman Institute on Marriage & Kids The Gottman Institute understands that the human family is in crisis, and that all individuals are capable of and deserve compassion. It is their mission to reach out to families in order to help create and maintain greater love and health in relationships. They are committed to an ongoing program of research that increases the understanding of relationships and adds to the development of interventions that have been carefully evaluated. It is their goal to make their services accessible to the broadest reach of people across race, religion, class, culture, sexual orientation, and ethnicity. Want to improve your marriage in 60 seconds or less? Over 40 years of research with thousands of couples has proven a simple fact: small things often can create big changes over time. Got a minute? Sign up for The Gottman Institute's Marriage Minute at http://OLDPodcast.com/marriage The original post is located here: https://www.gottman.com/blog/4-key-issues-new-parents-partner-solve/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Steve Booher with Life And Whim shares how to get your children outdoors. Episode 012: Lions and Tigers and Kids: Get Outside by Steve Booher with Life And Whim on How To Get Your Children Outdoors Jay and Heather Harrington are the husband and wife team behind Life and Whim. They started Life and Whim after moving their family to Traverse City, a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan, to break the script of their life and reimagine what's possible. They live in pursuit of a purposeful, meaningful, active, and simple life. The original post is located here: https://www.lifeandwhim.com/first-moments-blog/lions-tigers-kids-get-outside Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bradley Charbonneau of Pass The Sour Cream on the importance of love. Episode 011: What Can I Do For You, Dad? by Bradley Charbonneau of Pass The Sour Cream on The Importance of Love Bradley Charbonneau's dad died in 2015 and it was as if, for the first time, that he realized we were mortal and had only this life to live. Unless you're a cat, but he wasn't a cat and he wasn't living the life he thought that he was supposed to live. Since then, he's been writing. Every Single Day. Bradley's now published 12 books, closed down the company he founded (and realized he hated), and moved his family to Europe. It doesn't cost him energy, it provides him with energy. Every Single Day. It all started with a single decision to write every day. When are you going to start living the life you were meant to live? The original post is located here: https://passthesourcream.com/math-homework-from-heaven/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ross Enamait of Ross Training shares why fatherhood does not make you fat. Episode 010: Fatherhood Does NOT Make You Fat by Ross Enamait of Ross Training on How To Get Rid of A Dad Bod Founded by Ross Enamait, RossTraining.com is dedicated to excellence and innovations in high performance conditioning, strength, and athletic development. His goal with the site is to provide a content-rich resource to assist with your development. As a long time trainer and boxing coach, Ross has dedicated his life to the development and improvement of athletes. He has been in business for over 15 years and has helped numerous athletes succeed at the world class level. It is his career and obsession. The original post is located here: http://rosstraining.com/blog/2015/07/27/fatherhood-does-not-make-you-fat/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose on getting started with intentional parenting. Episode 009: Getting Started with Intentional Parenting by Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose on Autopilot Mom Life Shawna Scafe is a mom of three small kids who started blogging after her first son was born. She wanted to share her c-section story in order to help herself work through the disappointment she felt about it. She read a book on minimalism that changed how she viewed her life. She started asking questions about why we have so much, do so much, work so much and we feel so restless and overwhelmed. Shawna is trying to live life on purpose, set dreams and goals for herself as a mom, wife and woman and she is trying to share it openly with everyone. The original post is located here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/starting-intentional-parenting/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cara Harvey of A Purpose Driven Mom shares how to fit self care into your day. Episode 008: How to Fit Self Care into Your Day by Cara Harvey of A Purpose Driven Mom on How To Find Me Time As A Mom Cara Harvey is a wife, mom, online mentor and woman of God. She has been married to her husband, Ron, for 3 years and they live with their 11 year-old stepson, 2-year old daughter and 2-month old son. She currently works as a virtual lifestyle, mindset, and success coach and her mission is to provide women with the tools, resources and community to reach their goals, empower themselves, find their happiness and live a life by design. The original post is located here: https://apurposedrivenmom.com/how-to-fit-self-care-into-your-day/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jayne Chater with Altris shares 10 top tips for returning parents. Episode 007: 10 Top Tips for Returning Parents by Jayne Chater with Altris on Preparing to Return to Work After Having A Baby Altris has a range of specialised Leadership Development and Executive Coaching solutions. They believe that each leader, team and organisation is unique and therefore the solutions they deliver must be distinctive. The original post is located here: http://blog.altris.co.nz/?p=1267 Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Angela Pruess with The Gottman Institute shares 10 insights of remarkable parents from a family therapist. Episode 006: 10 Insights of Remarkable Parents from a Family Therapist by Angela Pruess with The Gottman Institute on Parenting The Gottman Institute understands that the human family is in crisis, and that all individuals are capable of and deserve compassion. It is their mission to reach out to families in order to help create and maintain greater love and health in relationships. They are committed to an ongoing program of research that increases the understanding of relationships and adds to the development of interventions that have been carefully evaluated. It is their goal to make their services accessible to the broadest reach of people across race, religion, class, culture, sexual orientation, and ethnicity. Want to improve your marriage in 60 seconds or less? Over 40 years of research with thousands of couples has proven a simple fact: small things often can create big changes over time. Got a minute? Sign up for The Gottman Institute's Marriage Minute at http://OLDPodcast.com/marriage The original post is located here: https://www.gottman.com/blog/10-insights-of-remarkable-parents-from-a-family-therapist/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Steve Kamb of Nerd Fitness shares how to stay active when you have a family. This is Part 2 of 2. Episode 005: [Part 2] How to Stay Active When You Have A Family by Steve Kamb of Nerd Fitness on How To Raise Healthy Kids Steve Kamb started exercising back in high school without really knowing what he was doing. Through high school and college, he made every training mistake known to man and got zero results. It wasn't until he graduated college and learned the right way to train that he started to see positive changes. He's a nerd, but likes fitness… so why not combine the two and turn life into one giant video game? And thus, in the fall of 2009, NerdFitness.com was born! The original post is located here: https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/how-to-stay-active-when-you-have-a-family/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Steve Kamb of Nerd Fitness shares how to stay active when you have a family. This is Part 1 of 2. Episode 004: [Part 1] How to Stay Active When You Have A Family by Steve Kamb of Nerd Fitness on How To Raise Healthy Kids Steve Kamb started exercising back in high school without really knowing what he was doing. Through high school and college, he made every training mistake known to man and got zero results. It wasn't until he graduated college and learned the right way to train that he started to see positive changes. He's a nerd, but likes fitness… so why not combine the two and turn life into one giant video game? And thus, in the fall of 2009, NerdFitness.com was born! The original post is located here: https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/how-to-stay-active-when-you-have-a-family/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2 short posts from Stella Grizont of Woopaah on the ABCs of not taking things personally and what her daughter taught her about love. Episode 003: The ABCs of Not Taking Things Personally AND What My Daughter Taught Me About Love by Stella Grizont of Woopaah Stella Grizont works with over achievers who are seeking deeper career fulfillment and with organizations who are dedicated to elevating the well-being of their employees. She studied Economics at Columbia University's Barnard College and was one of the first 150 people to earn a Masters in the Applied Positive Psychology (aka the science of happiness) from the University of Pennsylvania. She now lives in New Jersey with her husband and toddler, who continue to teach her what life is all about. The original posts are located here: https://www.woopaah.com/blog/2016/6/30/the-abcs-of-not-taking-things-personally.html & https://www.woopaah.com/blog/2016/4/24/what-my-daughter-taught-me-about-love.html Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ilan & Guy Ferdman of MindBender.co on mindful parenting and raising mindful children. Episode 002: Mindful Parenting: How To Treat Your Children As People Not Children AND 4 Simple Tips For Raising Mindful Children Ilan & Guy Ferdman are the founders of Satori Prime. They happen to be blood brothers and real-life best friends. They coach people and companies all over the world in leadership, personal development, and spiritual growth. They've built multiple 7-figure businesses while maintaining a high-quality life, filled with lots of travel, family time, and unique personal growth experiences. Teaching others how to have it all in every area of life, is their heart's work. The original posts are located here: https://mindbender.co/mindful-parenting/ & https://mindbender.co/4-simple-tips-for-raising-mindful-children/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kalen Bruce of Freedom Sprout on not teaching your kids to set goals, but teaching them to do this instead. Episode 001: Don't Just Teach Your Kids to Set Goals, Teach Them to Do This by Kalen Bruce of Freedom Sprout on Parenting Kalen Bruce created Freedom Sprout to fill a void. He heard too many conversations about how “they don't teach finance in schools.” It took years for him to stop complaining about it and do something about it. He has five kids, so him and his wife have to get five adults into the world with a solid knowledge of finances. The ultimate goal and vision of Freedom Sprout: To sprout a future of financial freedom for 1,000,000 children. The original post is located here: https://freedomsprout.com/goals/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What if you stopped and took a moment - to decide to look at someone in your life differently?
I’m talking about shifting (even if it’s just by a few degrees) the perspective you have on someone and the space you hold for them.
So this Momtra episode is an opportunity - to pick one person this week and whether it’s how you to speak to them, listen to them or even do your own processing and journaling about them and your relationship with them...see what you can do to better understand and find more peace and joy in the relationships you have in your life.
ALSO - in 2 weeks I’m launching a free virtual coaching - Create a Plan for Successful Communication in Your Relationship in Just 5 Days. Sign up and snag your spot with the link below!
Links:
- Create a Plan for Successful Communication in Your Relationship - https://www.sarahbivens.com/communication
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Ever apologize to someone for how you’re feeling?
I know I have. I used to say sorry all the time for having certain emotions. And I absolutely hated being called an “emotional” person. Like it meant that I didn’t think rationally or apply logic to situations. I judged myself for it and internalized people’s responses and labeled myself a “basket case.”
Fast forward and I see the incredible power of our emotions. For one thing, we have them - there’s no getting around that. And the other thing has to do with how we relate to them and process them. Having emotions is not the issue. Addressing them, allowing them and releasing them when necessary - that is more important.
In this Momtra, I’m encouraging you to quit apologizing for feeling and instead find ways to connect more deeply with yourself and understand your emotions and how to use them.
Did you know you’re a magical mama and you’re making magic all the time in your life?
Well, you are. In this episode, I decided to let you in on a week of my life and share some of what I like to call “magical moments.” From my recent travels to Boston, time with Maya, being an awesome wife and taking a pause for self-care, I wanted to let you in on all of this because 1: it’s fun and 2: maybe it’ll spark some ideas for you on how you’re creating a bunch of magic in your life.
Links:
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- Matthew’s new course - https://matthew-bivens.mykajabi.com/blueprint
- Celeste Barber awesomeness - https://www.instagram.com/celestebarber
Do you feel any sort of residual frustration around exes?
I don’t know about you, but I’ve sometimes felt the emotional aftershocks of relationships past. Whether it’s been baggage that has shown up in my current relationship or disappointment around the type of communication we’ve had since our breakups, it hasn’t served me.
So I’m here now to release the rest of my attachment, expectation and any lingering victim stuff I have around my former lovers.
What do you do when your child has a tantrum?
I don’t even like that word honestly, but I’m using it here for the purpose of context. Lately, my two-year-old Maya has been testing out her range of emotions, and exploring the responses that exercising those emotions might provoke.
I’m gonna be real with you - it’s been a challenging past day and a half. I got a little bit of a cold, puked, parented from the couch, got screamed and kicked at multiple times...so in the midst of Maya working through her feelings, I came very close to losing my sh**.
So come with me on this little journey. This is just me sharing some tales from the trenches of motherhood, and how I used my resources, the village, to get my power back and do what I do (be a badass goddess mama!).
Links:
- Episode 36 that I reference in this conversation - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/036-how-being-an-abundant-lover-makes-me-a-better-mother/id1326237425?i=1000408316810&mt=2
Do we pass on our limiting beliefs to our children?
I say yes. Now what happens after that - how they choose to process and potentially let go of them or create something else with them - that’s the beautiful thing of self-awareness and choice. Just like a lot of us are probably working on unpacking and releasing stuff from our parents. Once we’re aware, we have the responsibility and choice.
This Momtra features a little story about a crickett. Moral of the story - don’t be the crickett.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Do you ever get overwhelmed by all the self-help stuff?
“Live your best life!” “Find your greatness” “Be your most authentic self!”
Sometimes it’s enough to make you throw your hands up in the air in an epic WTF emoji fashion.
This episode is me, just taking a few moments to give some unscripted perspective on the exhaustion that can come from constantly working on yourself, and how some of it can feel like bull***.
How do we move beyond the frustrations and pitfalls and just be happy and love ourselves? Let’s dive in!
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
What’s the biggest trigger for you - sex, money or god?
In this episode I’m sharing some of my observations and experiences from coaching and my own life as well as a few resources that I believe can help neutralize some of the division, frustration or judgment we have around these 3 areas.
Links:
- Create a Plan for Successful Communication in Your Relationship in Just 5 Days - https://www.sarahbivens.com/communication
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- Power vs Force - https://www.amazon.com/Power-vs-Force-Determinants-2004-07-01/dp/B01K92I7CQ/ref=sr_1_6?gclid=CjwKCAjwkenqBRBgEiwA-bZVtrNzmPSTXsPep5-rYICXCBMxqBGM9aM2GgS_g5wMhNWMWH_rV-oxARoCpCwQAvD_BwE&hvadid=190489605302&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9010791&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=12981291527437042693&hvtargid=kwd-297966159246&hydadcr=24656_9648981&keywords=power+vs+force+book&qid=1566223739&s=gateway&sr=8-6
- Video on Power vs Force - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJKUm5QyMYw
- Abraham Hicks YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/AbrahamHicks
- You Are a Badass at Making Money - https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Badass-Making-Money/dp/0735222975
Who doesn’t love to laugh?
Laughing is so therapeutic for me. So I want you to laugh as a part of the affirmation, inspiration and motivation of today’s Momtra episode.
I’m sharing a few funny moments from my life of motherhood and marriage. Maybe you can relate or maybe it makes you think about some of your own funny moments as you carry them with you throughout the week.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
What do you do with the things (and people) that hold you back from growing and moving forward?
One idea: let them go.
Today's Monday Momtra episode is about what happens when you start to level up. Things get confronted and what has worked in the past may not work the same anymore. Relationships will change, environments will move. This should be fun!
Are You Reacting or Responding to Stress in Your Life?
There’s a difference between the two. Reacting adds to the stress. Responding helps minimize it.
In this episode I go further into the difference between the two and the results they create. Plus some of my own experience with how I’ve related to stress and tips for how you can practice responding powerfully to whatever pops up in your life.
Links:
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- Power vs Force by David R. Hawkins - https://www.amazon.com/Power-Force-David-Hawkins-M-D/dp/1401945074
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - https://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-Powerful/dp/0743269519
Today we’re doing some car talk (not really...at all actually, cars are not my thing. I drive them, but that’s about it). But we are chatting about a vehicle - your body vehicle. Your amazing, beautiful, hard-working mamamobile. And how to take care of it.
I’m sharing the 5 wheels of the body vehicle - spiritual, mental, emotional, physical and social, and giving you an overview of what they are and why they are important to tend to.
Feeling flat or like some of your wheels need some extra help? I’ve got tips for you on how you can give some love and attention to those specific areas. Because guess what? Just like a car, if one of your wheels is imbalanced, the drive (aka your experience of life) is going to impacted. It might get bumpy. Heck, it might even swerve off the road for a minute there. But it doesn’t have to.
So let’s give you a tune-up! Roll on into The Balance and Motherhood Podcast body shop and do some work (sorry for any incorrect car references or analogies in this episode -- like I said, they’re not my thing).
Go to sarahbivens.com for more or email me at balanceandmotherhoodpodcast@gmail.com with any questions or comments on the podcast.
What are you grateful for?
I know, I know. Obligatory episode for the week of Thanksgiving. But I promise you, this isn’t your cookie-cutter conversation about gratitude. Because in this week’s Momtra, I’m heavily emphasizing cultivating gratitude within the challenging situations - the ones where it’s easy to forget about gratitude and fixate on the sh**.
So I’m giving you my take on the importance of gratitude, some ideas for habits to build gratitude as well as examples from my life where I can recognize gratitude despite the painful circumstances.
Plus, how gratitude can literally be a superpower!
Links:
- 7-Day Balance Breakthrough - https://www.sarahbivens.com/breakthrough
Ever feel like you’re not doing enough, like you’re not quite measuring up to all the amazing things everyone else is up to?
Today’s Momtra is about releasing the comparison compulsion. I don’t know about you, but sometimes when I watch, read or listen to something about someone rocking it in their specific field or interest, I feel like I need to be doing that thing too. I have to be eating all organic, crafting Pinterest board worthy items, mastering yoga and meditation and be the expert on everything that ever existed.
This pressure we put on ourselves is insane. And the belief that we have to know it all and do it all...well that’s a recipe for disaster.
The point I want to hit home here is that everyone has their “thing.” And it is possible to stay in our lanes while we celebrate other people in theirs. And ultimately, you gotta do you.
Do you have a practice around journaling?
I’ve been journaling in some form since I was 9 years old. I even have my first journal - it’s purple and has Winnie the Pooh on it!
Over the years my style and intention has shifted up, as you might expect. In today’s Monday Momtra episode, I’m sharing a few of the things I’ve found to be the biggest value adds to my journaling habit. They help put me in a space of peace, love and joy while practicing my A.R.T. form of expressing myself and articulating my thoughts and feelings.
Try them out and see what comes up for you!
Why do we settle for bull***?
But seriously, why? Why will we become a real-life meme representation of “it’s fine, I’m fine!” when it is not in fact fine and we are not fine?!
Today I’m exploring why we might settle for things in our lives, pulling from some of my own examples. Smaller examples of compromising ourselves and settling for less sets a tone and a pattern for how we then see ourselves, conduct ourselves and value ourselves.
I’m proclaiming no more settling, and instead, embracing our choice to experience what we want!
Do you believe self-care for moms is important?
In today’s Monday Momtra, I’m sharing why I think self-care is essential. It’s not a luxury. In fact, we can’t afford to skip it.
It looks different for all of us. So I encourage doing what works for you, and leaning on others to remind you of its importance.
Links:
- Sex Survey - https://www.sarahbivens.com/sexsurvey
- 100 Habits for Balance and Self-Love - https://www.sarahbivens.com/100habits
Ready to up your visualization game?
This Monday Momtra is inspired by a quote from Napolean Hill. Let’s just say it f***ed me up. In a great way. It made me think differently about how I’m envisioning and manifesting in my life. So of course I wanted to share it with you!
Here’s the quote:
“The intensity with which you impress your subconscious with a picture of your plan directly affects the speed with which the subconscious will go to work to attract the picture’s physical counterpart by inspiring you to take the right steps.”
Share with me your thoughts on this and where you see it apply in your life!
Need an energy boost?
Let me be your hype girl. Let me remind you for a minute of how badass and amazing you are. I’m here for you. Come back to this place whenever you need it.
This is part two of a three-part series - The Pep Talk Series
Be sure to check out last week’s if you missed it and stay tuned for the final one next week!
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
How do our experiences in the bedroom impact the the other areas of our lives?
Today I’m sharing 4 recent instances where I really owned my power when it comes to my sexuality. From my sexual health, maturity and pleasure, I used my awareness and voice to create some magical results.
From tracking my sex, having period sex, speaking up and using the sexual energy to reconnect and refuel, I share all of this because I know someone is going to get something out of it. It’s that knowledge that keeps me in the space of staying open, vulnerable and sharing some deeply intimate things with you. Because I believe we all win.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- Period Tracker App I use - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/period-tracker-by-gp-apps/id330376830?mt=8
- Habit Tracker App I use - https://www.theydbg.com/
- Company I buy lube from - https://thebloomi.com/ - use the code SARAH10 for 10% off your order
Have you experienced postpartum anger?
I think it’s important that we’re bringing more awareness to the cocktail of emotions that mothers can experience at any particular stage of the journey. Today, I want to talk about anger, or what I am classifying as “hot boiling mom rage.” Yep, that’s my scientific term for what I’ve realized I’ve experienced off and on for about a year now.
It took loving and supportive friends around me to dissect it and get to the root of where it was coming from. Come to find that it goes back decades. And that I’ve actually always had the anger hanging out there, but I just wasn’t managing it in a healthy or effective way. I was in denial about the fact that I had been angry and had suppressed it. So now, as my anger sat so clearly in front of me, it had me asking the question, “What the hell do I do with it?”
From conversations with little me to seeing my daughter Maya as one of my greatest teachers in this lesson, I get real and raw with you in this episode. So see where you might relate to any of it and how you could learn from some of my experience to heal your own anger.
Why do we choose suffering?
Seriously, I think it’s happening in our lives way more than we realize. We let things stick around and bring a certain level of pain and frustration, and we’ll let it hang out there. We come to tolerate them and go about our days. But what if we stopped and take a moment to identify the group of little things that when compiled together, are actually preventing us from experiencing our lives and ourselves at full volume?
Today’s Momtra was is a brilliant download from one of my clients, Jess. She had this realization that she was allowing certain things to stick around, like small little rocks stuck in your shoe. She’d go throughout the day and neglect to remove these tiny nuisances. And then lightbulb moment - Where am I allowing other “rocks” to stay where they are and how long have I been walking around with them?!
I believe when we hold onto the “rocks in our shoes,” we train ourselves to compromise and accept less for ourselves, expect less of ourselves and invest less in ourselves. So of course, I say f*** that. So what are your rocks and why have you been letting them stay where they are? Just by asking the questions and beginning the awareness, you create the opportunity to let go and release your suffering.
Links:
- Unleash Your Humble Badass course - https://www.sarahbivens.com/badasscourse
Why can it feel so difficult to just be yourself sometimes?
Really though - understanding who you are and loving who that is (unconditionally) can be a b****. I’m here to remind you that you don’t need to wait on being yourself and enjoying your life. No person, dollar amount or experience dictates this.
Plus listen in for a special announcement about the future of the podcast.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Ready for some share time?
I’m hopping on the mic and completely unscripted and without any topic direction. I’m sharing what’s coming up for me right now in this moment, asking you to check in with yourself, and then I share some very personal and vulnerable things going on with me lately and how I’m processing.
Links:
- YourDay Balance Game app - https://www.theydbg.com/
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
How often do you say this phrase: “Yeah, but…”
In this episode, I’m drawing our attention to the tendency to count ourselves out, play small and cancel out opportunities to invest in ourselves.
So think twice before using “BUT.”
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
How are you?
But really though - how are you?
This episode is a check in and an opportunity to look at how you’re feeling and allow for whatever is coming up to process.
Plus some options for ways to raise your vibrational frequency when you realize it’s low.
Links:
- Instagram post I referenced - https://www.instagram.com/p/CA6xRzyluw9/
- BetterHelp online counseling - www.betterhelp.com/home and use the code HOME
- Erica James-Strayhorn - Mental Health Therapist + Coach - https://www.ejcounselingatl.com/
- Erica’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ejcounselingatl/
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Ever start the day feeling like a hero and end it feeling like a zero? Or the other way around?
In this episode, I talk about the importance of honoring both the feelings of success and failure. They are equally important in terms of learning about ourselves and the opportunity to grow.
Sharing our stories, bravely and authentically, serves ourselves and others. So whether you’re kicking ass or getting your ass kicked, crushing it or feeling crushed...own it!
Also an announcement about the future of the podcast!
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
When’s the last time you celebrated a win?
Today I’m sharing some recent personal experiences that had me inspired with myself and very pleased about who I am and how I can show up for others and hold space. Specifically as a mother to Maya and a partner to Matthew.
I’m doing this because I want you to acknowledge yourself and how awesome you are!
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
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Ever hear the phrase, “don’t shoot the messenger”?
Today’s Momtra episode is a spin on that. Sometimes we receive messages - lessons, opportunities, from various sources. And sometimes we get caught up in who it is and why it’s that person. Whether we don’t feel like it’s their position or place, or we take issue with how they deliver it...all of that distracts from the point.
So for our affirmation, inspiration and motivation (AIM) this week, let’s look the messages we’re receiving, and focus on the opportunities to learn some valuable lessons, rather than get caught up in how it showed up.
Links:
- Episode 208 with Chanda - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/208-being-an-amazing-mother-and-a-sexual-goddess/id1326237425?i=1000460940955
- Episode 182 for jam sesh - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/182-mama-jam-out-sesh/id1326237425?i=1000449182286
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Enjoy this sweet interview I had with my daughter, Maya.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Are you breathing?
Are you sure? Ok, are you taking intentional, conscious breaths? Or are you like how I used to be -- taking a gasp of deep air into my chest a few times a day after realizing I hadn’t been breathing well for an extended period of time?
Today’s Momtra is one of the simplest I’ve done. And with as simple as it is, it is equally, if not more so powerful in its function in our lives.
So this is your official reminder to be aware of your breathing and to breathe correctly to let it fuel you and your day.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
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Would you consider yourself open-minded and accepting of others?
What about even those that have opposing beliefs or even fundamentally different aspects of life that you would consider unkind and not accepting of others - do you still hold space for them and honor their ability to choose?
In today’s episode, I’m sharing some stuff that’s come up for me personally and how I navigate through using heightened awareness and mindfulness, without letting it turn down an ugly path that essentially puts the tools against you and others. I think there are dark alleyways that pop up and can lure us in when we’re on a trajectory of enlightenment or wokeness.
This is some of my experience and some of my suggestions for staying grounded, centered and accountable to the love and healing that we say we’re about.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Links:
- The Bloomi - https://thebloomi.com/
- mombrain.therapist - https://www.instagram.com/mombrain.therapist/
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Who has tried to control their spouse and kids? Anybody? Bueller??
In today’s episode I’m talking about letting go of our (perceived) needs to control things around us - more specifically how that shows up in our relationships in our homes.
Here are a couple of things I go over:
- Why it’s unhealthy to try to control our spouse and children
- The importance of the balance of masculine and feminine that works best for us
- Where I’ve run into trouble with trying to control stuff
- A few habits to assist in the letting go process
Links:
- Wanna chat? - https://www.sarahbivens.com/connect
- Episode 237 on denial - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/237-how-to-recognize-and-move-through-denial/id1326237425?i=1000470432431
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Lady in the streets, but a freak in the sheets?
Sure. Ok. That’s cool. I think there are other ways to look at it and relate to it, too. Like for example, what about “Goddess in the streets, Goddess in the sheets?”
Energy is energy. So what if we looked at ourselves and how we’re integrating all the different parts and attributes of us - and see how we’re showing up in life and in the bedroom mirrors each other.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
How do you keep your sexual energy activated and engaged, when it’s the last thing on your mind or frankly - the last thing you want to do?
During tough times - stress, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, etc...it can feel even more challenging to connect with the sexual part of ourselves. In my experience and observation, that part of us is actually one of the first to shut down in anticipation of a “survival mode” where we’ll be going through some sort of chronic situation.
So in today’s episode I’m sharing some options - some beliefs around connecting to your sexual energy that I believe can serve us all in staying in an orgasmic flow and state that not only heals us physically, but mentally, emotionally and spiritually. What’s more -- it extends to our partners, children, communities and global connections.
Plus some practical, grounded tips from a recent client conversation I had on how simple habits can be part of the greater objective of nurturing your sexuality and sensuality.
Links:
- Healing Love through the Tao - https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Love-through-Tao-Cultivating/dp/1594770689
- Episode 201 - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/201-use-your-6-senses-during-sex/id1326237425?i=1000458183445
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Do you choose YOU?
In our daily lives, we’re faced with millions of choices and options. How often do we come back to center, to the root...to us?
Today’s Momtra episode is an affirmation and a reminder. That you matter. You are important. And by choosing YOU - honoring yourself and your worth, you are able to show up fully for those around you. Present, willing to give and serve as well and open to receive.
Links:
- Let’s talk - https://www.sarahbivens.com/connect
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Ever get caught up in the past during some time of reflection and it brings up some less than awesome feelings? Maybe you’re embarrassed. Maybe pains resurface and it feels like it just happened all over again. Maybe you judge yourself for past circumstance, mucking up your now.
In this episode, I’m opening up about a recent experience of delving into my past, and what came up for me. I’m doing this for two reasons: for one, I believe there’s value in transparency and vulnerability in sharing our stories. Secondly, I believe there’s something that others can take from this - the practice of healing from the past rather than it robbing us from our present and potential joy.
Links:
- Let’s talk - https://www.sarahbivens.com/connect
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Are you choosing your words intentionally?
Today’s Momtra episode is looking at the power of our words and the energy behind them. Plus a quick, yet super effective tool for affirmation and how to apply it to your life.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Can you tell when you’re in denial?
That’s the tricky thing about it -- oftentimes, when we are most entrenched in it, we’re unaware of it. OR we’re completely aware and yet resistant to moving out of it.
Today’s episode is a tool in being able to distinguish the difference between denial and something that just isn’t serving you or working for you. And it’s multi-functional and beneficial because not only does it help with how you relate to yourself, but also how you interact with others when they are in their own denials.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Why are you here today?
This is the question of today’s Momtra episode. I believe asking this question, and doing so frequently reveals a lot of valuable things that we can use to get more clear, intentional and responsible for our lives that we are creating.
Why are you showing up listening to this right now? Why did you show up in your roles and the things you’re doing? Ask - and see what comes up!
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Do you feel connected with your purpose?
Motherhood is such a transformational experience that can shift how we look at ourselves and the meaning in our lives and what we do.
In today’s episode, I want us to look at this idea: Be in your purpose, on purpose, for a purpose.
I break this down for you in terms of how you can make this a powerful exercise to explore your view of yourself and the impact you have in the world.
Here’s a quote that ties in with the inspiration of today’s conversation:
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
What do you do when your empathic tendencies create a lot of pain and anxiety for you?
Especially during a time when you might be picking up and absorbing other people’s emotions…
Today’s Momtra is designed to give you some extra support and guidance on navigating the incredible gift that it is to feel for others.
I have a couple of quotes that you can use to draw some inspiration and energy from.
Links:
- Other episode on being an empath - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/207-be-an-empowered-empath-this-holiday-season/id1326237425?i=1000460607125
- Connection call with me - www.sarahbivens.com/connect
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
With recent events and changes in life and schedules - are you feeling some fear come up for you?
First off, it’s totally normal. I get it. AND there’s a great opportunity here. This episode is a bonus - inspired by a recent coaching call I had with a client around breakthrough possibilities as it relates to unforeseen circumstances and finding the flow amongst chaos.
And this could apply to any season of life where you find yourself needing to devote more to the mom role. This is not unique. At the core - we’re dealing with a number of similar challenges. We can recognize the connectedness amongst us all.
So I’m sharing things to remind ourselves of, some affirmations and options for moving through it and a call to rise up and trust - to flex our faith muscles.
Links:
- Connection call with me - www.sarahbivens.com/connect
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
What’s your BS tolerance?
I think this is a great question to ask ourselves. To look around and make a quick evaluation of what we’re willing to put up with when it comes to our own BS and that of the people and environments around us.
In today’s episode I’m talking about some of the traps that we fall into: ambiguity, inauthenticity, mediocrity and complacency. Also how important it is to lean into the discomfort and create some breakthrough.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Is fear or love driving your choices?
Seems like a simple enough question, yet the answer has such an important impact in terms of how we are experiencing ourselves and our lives.
We are powerful creators. We have an abundance of choices second to second. And the inspiration behind those choices has certain consequences linked with it.
For today’s Momtra, I’m inviting us all to do some quick scans throughout the week of “Is this fear or is this love?”
Links:
- Podcast with Trevor Moawad I mention in the show - https://moawadconsultinggroup.com/podcast/trevor-moawad-the-importance-of-mindset-on-short-story-long/
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Don’t you love finding your kindred spirits?
I’m so inspired with today’s episode for many reasons. It’s something different for the show - I am sharing a conversation where I was interviewed for the Motherhood Unstressed podcast with Liz Carlile.
Liz and I connected through a series of divine occurrences, and she was so gracious to have me on her show and let me share about some of my journey and lessons in life, motherhood, balance and self-love. Liz is a true goddess and warm soul. She created a powerful space in the conversation and it’s a very high energy, uplifting episode that gives you relatable action items and takeaways.
Enjoy, and be sure to check out the Motherhood Unstressed podcast!
Original show description from Motherhood Unstressed:
“Sarah Bivens has spent her adult life coaching and uplifting others, first through fitness and now in finding balance in motherhood. We talk about the wisdom she gained from her own experience of self-exploration, and how by asking yourself some key questions, you can bring in the awareness you need to become the active creator of everything you desire for your life.
There are some amazing pearls of wisdom on this podcast and I am truly grateful for the conversation.”
Links:
- Liz’s website - https://www.motherhoodunstressed.com/
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
How often do you think about the past?
Probably pretty frequently, right? Whether it’s a deep dive into a previous experience or just a thought in passing, it comes up.
Well how are you relating to it? How are you classifying and categorizing these memories?
This week’s Momtra is a reminder, a tool and an awareness that we have the power to recode past situations - to take something that was once disempowering and make it empowering (and to be mindful that the opposite can happen as well).
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
What are you reading right now?
I recently got back on the fiction-reading train, inspired by my shiny new library card. And through the course of my book devouring, I was particularly moved by “The Red Tent” by Anita Diamant.
There are so many powerful themes throughout the book from spirituality, religion, menstruation, sexuality, birth, and more. I wanted to bring some of that energy to the Balance and Motherhood space and share some of the big takeaways I got and powerful quotes from the story. But don’t worry, if you haven’t read it or aren’t familiar, I give some background and context (without spoiling, if you do plan on reading it!).
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Why do we spend time and energy and share our precious ideas and possibilities with people and/or environments that don’t support or appreciate it?
In today’s Momtra - I’m rounding out my unofficial series of recent momtras on “what NOT to do” and reminding all of us to quit dropping our seeds on concrete. In other words, stop trying to plant our desires in places that don’t add to the energy.
Let’s aim instead for sharing amongst others who will champion our progress. Like fertile soil or a womb space, they will be a part of the co-creative process to manifest whatever it is we are envisioning. And to bring it forth in a powerful and loving way. Simply because they are in the vibration and frequency to do so.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Have you seen the Frida commercial about real postpartum that’s been getting some attention lately?
Creators of FridaBaby and FridaMom, with parenting product favorites like the snot-sucking NoseFrida, recently released a commercial highlighting their postpartum care products like an upside down peri bottle. The ad has sparked up attention. For one, not being accepted to run during the Oscars 2020 airing. But more importantly, in my opinion, for the conversation it brings up around the realness of the postpartum experience.
So for today’s episode, I’m sharing a conversation that my husband Matthew and I had originally for the Doing It At Home podcast (an empowering birth show that we host together). We sat down and shared our reactions to watching the ad and some of what we see coming out of it.
And just to be clear, Frida is in no way affiliated with or sponsoring either episode. I’m so grateful to them and their mission (“Preparing parents for the unfiltered realities of parenthood with simple-yet-genius solutions that get the job done.” as it reads on their website) and want to bring relevant content like this to our community. Enjoy!
Links:
- Frida’s website: https://fridababy.com/
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Do you ever downplay an accomplishment or something you’re excited about, for fear of how it might make someone else feel or react?
Now, I don’t typically craft Momtra episodes in the spirit of “don’t do something…” But I’m willing to break pattern for this one. Because one thing I most definitely do not want you to do is downplay or hide your joy. So stop it! Quit! Embrace it and share it - unfiltered and uncensored!
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
How do you prepare for something that you want to create, have or experience?
Today’s episode is inspired by one of my top resources for meditation and self-reflection: Abraham Hicks (link below for you to check out my favorite recording). I’m applying one of Abraham’s concepts to the BAM space.
Be ready to be ready to be ready. In other words, the process of the thing that you want, begins now. Take the time and energy to match yourself with the vibration (the frequency, the energy, the visualization) of the manifestation (coming to fruition, the actualization).
Because if we skip this process, we might find ourselves less than interested or even resentful of the thing we once longed for. The whole “be careful what you wish for” trap.
Listen in and set yourself up for sustainability and feeling worthy of your creations.
Links:
- My favorite Abraham Hicks recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RZ8n86CmJg
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Have you compared your problems to someone else’s lately?
Today’s Momtra is another tool in the prevention and reduction of the effects of the dreaded comparison bug.
What if, instead of judging ourselves when we look at others’ problems (or the perceived lack thereof), we focus instead on increasing our ability to manage our challenges? Because in my experience, that’s really what makes the difference in someone’s experience of their life and the inevitable opportunities that come with it -- how effective you are at managing the stuff that comes up.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Is Valentine’s Day a big deal for you?
Whether it is or isn’t, you’re going to want to listen to this. Because this is about a gift for your partner that stands the test of time, regardless of any holiday.
No, I promise this isn’t an ad for some “as seen on tv” product.
Just trust me, and listen.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Let's Redirect Your Less Effective Energy and Create Something Awesome
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Do you believe love goes away?
In today’s episode, I’m taking a stab at some potentially confusing, esoteric stuff around our emotions, relationships and love. But here it goes.
It’s all underneath a current operating belief of mine: Where there was once love, there will always be love. That love just doesn’t cease to exist.
So I share some of my arrival at this current belief and what I see it gives power towards. Come along and let’s see what it brings up for you.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Did you watch the Super Bowl last night?
Regardless of whether you did or did not, you can still listen to this episode and get something out of it.
We just straight up had 2 Latina women over 40 (one actually 50!) and mothers completely take over the halftime show of the largest male-driven American sporting event of the year. Can I get a hell yeah?!
So you know I gotta talk about this for a second. And may it inspire some energy for your week!
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Ready for some fun share time?
In this episode, my husband Matthew Bivens takes over as host for the day, and interviews me.
This was a really fun episode to create, not only because I got to work with Mr. Bivens, but because it was a way to share more about myself, reflect on a few things, and of course have a few laughs.
So buckle up, because we’re hitting all sorts of topics like my hall pass list (yes, ridiculous), childhood memories, and challenges in motherhood and marriage.
Links:
- Having It All episode referenced - https://havingitall.libsyn.com/behind-the-scenes-with-matthew-bivens-and-a-very-special-guest-host
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Need a break?
Here’s something new for the podcast - a guided meditation episode!
This is a meditation focused on receiving all the amazing things that life has for you. To put yourself in a space of clarity and openness. This willingness to receive plays a vital role in the process of coming full circle with yourself - knowing, loving, receiving and sharing. This feeds your ability to turn yourself on - to be orgasmically in love with your life.
So find a quiet place, settle in and relax. If you enjoy this meditation and would like more episodes like this on the show, please reach out and share your feedback sarah@sarahbivens.com.
Links:
- Music: “Petrichor” by Scott Buckley www.scottbuckley.com.au
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Do you ever get overwhelmed by all the self-help stuff?
“Live your best life!” “Find your greatness” “Be your most authentic self!”
Sometimes it’s enough to make you throw your hands up in the air in an epic WTF emoji fashion.
This episode is me, just taking a few moments to give some unscripted perspective on the exhaustion that can come from constantly working on yourself, and how some of it can feel like bull***.
How do we move beyond the frustrations and pitfalls and just be happy and love ourselves? Let’s dive in!
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Why is this happening to me?
A question I once asked myself VERY often. I’ve since dropped that question from my set of tools and have picked up way more useful ones.
Enter today’s Momtra episode - we always find what we’re looking for. In other words, we call forth the people, experiences and environments that line up with what we’re seeking to create - consciously or subconsciously. To learn a lesson, remove something that doesn’t serve us, pick up something that does...there could be many reasons. The point is to acknowledge our ability and power to influence our daily lives. Moment to moment, choice by choice.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
How do you connect your sexual intimacy and energy with business?
This is the big question I asked my close friend and soul sister, Nancy.
I interviewed Nancy a while back for my Orgasmic Mama project, and like the episode I published recently from my conversation with my friend Chanda, this talk was too magical and juicy not to share with you all.
Nancy shares some of her story and journey, particularly around creating a 20+ year marriage, 2 children and running a multimillion dollar business.
So how can orgasmic energy fuel your life and help make you that cheddar?! Listen in!
Links:
- Connect with Nancy - https://www.jamisonandcompany.com/
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Can you count on yourself?
What does that mean and look like for you?
Today’s Momtra is a conversation about counting on yourself, trusting yourself and building your self-worth.
Plus some tips on how to place accountability measures in your life and support you in creating the breakthroughs you want to experience.
Links:
- Balance Chart - www.theydbg.com
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Ever look back on past advice that you’ve received and thought, “Dang, that was good. And I didn’t even appreciate it or understand it at the time!”
Welp, that’s what’s happening to me right now as I recall some lessons gifted to me when I was 13. Even though I didn’t really “get it” back then, I can appreciate it all now and have a fresh understanding and application of it in my current life.
So I’m sharing the advice with you - maybe it resonates or you remember your own versions of wisdom that you were not yet ready for but can implement today.
- Proper planning prevents pitifully poor performance
- Persistence overcomes resistance
- It's better to have and not need than to need and not have
- Nothing in life is more important than life itself
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Do you have a mission statement?
Sometimes referred to as vision or purpose statement, I’ve talked about mission statements once or twice on the show. If you know me, you know I’m all about it.
So for today’s Momtra, I’m dropping from Stephen Covey “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” knowledge on ya, plus sharing my personal current mission statement.
Interested in writing yours? Reach out! sarah@sarahbivens.com
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - https://www.franklincovey.com/the-7-habits.html
What has your past decade looked like?
Follow along as I retrace the last 10 years of my life in 10 minutes (k, a few more minutes than that).
Might be a cool little exercise to do for yourself as you acknowledge growth and cultivate gratitude for where you’ve been, where you are and where you’re going!
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
How are feeling about this new year that is upon us?
Are you more in a reflective space about the past year or are you more in a space of anticipation for the upcoming one?
This momtra episode is a reminder to stay present and to release any perceived expectation to change our old habits/mindsets/beliefs overnight and that there is any such thing as a “quick fix.”
Here’s to you, and Happy New Year!
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Is it possible to be a great mom and a sexual goddess simultaneously?
For many, the two worlds seem incompatible. Which is fascinating, right?! Because sexuality is kinda the whole start of the journey of motherhood.
This is a topic I’m very passionate about and bring up often on the show. To switch it up a bit, I thought I’d bring in someone else’s perspective to add to the pot. Today’s episode is a recorded conversation that I had with one of my dear friends and soul sisters, Chanda. It was originally intended for my Orgasmic Mama membership, but I decided that this is the space to share this.
In this chat we cover (and this is just a taste!):
- some of her personal journey to orgasmic bliss - how she experienced herself as physically (and probably more than just physically) anorgasmic for a time, and how that has shifted
- being very sexual and an amazing mother
- how her sexuality has fueled and supported her physical health, her creativity in music and her financial manifestation
I’m so grateful and blessed to have Chanda on BAM. I know you will adore her as I do!
Links:
- Coaching with me
- My website
- My Instagram
- My Facebook
Do you know what it's like to feel like an emotional doormat? Do you ever leave conversations feeling as if you've taken on the emotional weight of the other person's story?
In today's episode I’m talking about how to be empathic with people, meaning you can have compassion for where they’re at and hold a powerful space for them, and not let their stuff drag you down into the abyss of emotional depletion and despair.
I want you to be able to show up as the amazing woman you are for the people you care for in life, with boldness and compassion, standing for yourself while acknowledging others.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
What are your plans for 2020?
Gonna land the job you’ve always wanted? Find or strengthen a loving bond with a partner and relationship that sustains you and brings you immeasurable joy? Revitalize your health and wellness? Make a baby??
How are you setting intentions and getting clear on what you want to create and experience?
Let’s make a word for the year! This is my 5th year doing this exercise, and 3rd sharing it on the podcast. It’s a powerful tool and I have a lot of fun doing it. I highly recommend you do it. So listen in and pick your word (and apologies for my raspy voice - thanks for hanging in there with me!).
Links:
- Matthew’s “word of the year” episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/create-your-word-for-the-year-2020-edition/id1093257684?i=1000459831695
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Do you realize how amazingly awesome you are??!
In today’s Momtra, I want us to remember the beauty that lies within us. And like a genius artists sees the sculpture within the slab of stone, it’s a similar process that I experience when I’m coaching with my clients or undergoing my own healing, transformation and growth.
Links:
- Matthew Bivens “Having It ALL” - https://www.matthewbivens.com/podcast/
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Are you a superhero woman who handles her sh**?!
Today’s Momtra is inspired by a quote from Liz Gilbert:
“The women I love and admire for their strength and grace did not get that way because shit worked out. They got that way because shit went wrong and they handled it. They handled it a thousand different ways on a thousand different days, but they handled it. Those women are my superheroes.” - Liz Gilbert So let this be an affirmation, an inspiration, a motivation to acknowledge yourself and/or other amazing women that you observe.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
What are the biggest influencers in your life? Where do you have the greatest influence?
These are two questions I believe we can ask ourselves to check in on how powerful and effective we’re being in our daily lives.
Because the reality is that in any given moment there is an exchange of influence going on -- what we allow into our environment, and then how we impact other environments. Based on this awareness, we can better choose on what to let in and what to remove.
Environments will make or break us - so let’s make sure we keep our environments high energy and in support of what we’re truly up to - being badass goddesses!
Links:
- Coaching with me
- Orgasmic Mama
- My website
- My Instagram
- My Facebook
How’s your bandwidth looking?
In today’s Monday Momtra - I’m taking a lesson from Stephen Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” which, if you’ve listened to the show for a minute here, you’ll know that this book comes up often in my life and in my coaching.
So we’re talking about the balance of the responsibilities we take on and our actual ability to perform those tasks, and how that ebb and flow affects us on a daily basis and what the long term impact can be.
Links:
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Coaching with me
- Orgasmic Mama
- My website
- My Instagram
- My Facebook
Are you using your 6 senses during sex?
Yes, I said 6. And I’m not talking about some “I see dead people!” kinda thing, so don’t worry.
In this episode, I’m encouraging all of us to be fully activated and engaged - from within ourselves, to have more connected, orgasmic, healthy and loving sexual experiences.
This is definitely NSFW content, so just a heads up there.
I believe this is an incredibly powerful conversation that will give you some new ideas and possibilities for yourself and your relationship to sex.
Links:
- Balanced Mama Lifestyle Coaching
- My website
- My Instagram
- My Facebook
What can you celebrate today?
Well one thing I’m celebrating is 200 FREAKING EPISODES of the Balance and Motherhood podcast. Can you believe it?! Whew, wow. What a journey it’s been. Almost exactly 2 years from launch, too. So lots of exciting things.
I want to thank each and every listener and supporter of the show.
In this episode I’m giving you some BTS perspective and history of the show - and how it almost didn’t happen. Plus some Momtra action for you to put into practice this week.
Links:
- Coaching with me
- Orgasmic Mama
- My website
- My Instagram
- My Facebook
Sometimes, that’s the best way to boil it down, and when no other words seem to fit...WTF will have to do.
I’m talking about when it feels like you’re stuck on the endless loop aboard the hot mess express, and “balance” seems like a distant fantasy.
I’m sharing some of my recent experiences and insights on what it can look like to find a sense of groundedness, peace and confidence in yourself, even when it’s hitting the fan!
Links:
- Coaching with me
- Orgasmic Mama
- My website
- My Instagram
- My Facebook
This original episode aired back in November of 2018 - so exactly a year ago. And I think the topic is still relevant and powerful. I hope it helps you or someone you can share this with to feel understood and loved - you are not alone!
Have you experienced postpartum anger?
I think it’s important that we’re bringing more awareness to the cocktail of emotions that mothers can experience at any particular stage of the journey. Today, I want to talk about anger, or what I am classifying as “hot boiling mom rage.” Yep, that’s my scientific term for what I’ve realized I’ve experienced off and on for about a year now.
It took loving and supportive friends around me to dissect it and get to the root of where it was coming from. Come to find that it goes back decades. And that I’ve actually always had the anger hanging out there, but I just wasn’t managing it in a healthy or effective way. I was in denial about the fact that I had been angry and had suppressed it. So now, as my anger sat so clearly in front of me, it had me asking the question, “What the hell do I do with it?”
From conversations with little me to seeing my daughter Maya as one of my greatest teachers in this lesson, I get real and raw with you in this episode. So see where you might relate to any of it and how you could learn from some of my experience to heal your own anger.
Links:
- Celebrate episode 200 with me! - www.sarahbivens.com/200
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
What are you getting out of the thing that you’re holding onto?
Today’s Monday Momtra is a little check in with ourselves on the things that are frustrating us, challenging us or holding us back. The perceived blockages. The limiting beliefs, and the false benefits that we buy into when it comes to perpetuating these thoughts and things.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
How do you celebrate a birthday?
Birthday. Born day. Earth day. Another rotation around the sun. I’ve heard this day referred to in many ways.
I got to reflecting on birthdays recently. So many pop up in our daily lives. But I thought more deeply about them than I had before, even for myself and my own birthday. So I’m incorporating it into a Monday Momtra, and you can utilize it for any recent or upcoming birthday.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Feeling under the weather (or are you expecting to feel that way given the time of year)?
This episode was inspired by a post from a fellow mama friend with strong ties, passions and gifts in the health and wellness community. I first connected with Monica Smith back in the day when my husband Matthew and I interviewed her on our other podcast, Doing It At Home, to share her home birth story. Monica now has a thriving online community where she creates conversations around clean living. A recent post of hers addressed the “flu season.” So I’m sharing that post with you - some options for changing the narrative around “sick” and empowering our mindset around trusting in our bodies and the natural process of building our immunity. I AM NOT A DOCTOR nor is any of this medical advice. I just think it’s great when we have options to address our health and we can explore ways for proactive and preventative care.
Cheers to your health!
Links:
- Post that inspired the episode - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10101334995056638&set=a.652870425908&type=3&theater
- Monica’s REVved Up Mama group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/revvedupmama/
- REV Chiropractic - https://www.revoptimalliving.com/
- Monica’s birth story on DIAH podcast - https://www.diahpodcast.com/single-post/Listen-To-Your-Body-in-Pregnancy-and-Birth-with-Monica-Smith
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Do you ever write down your gratitude?
Today’s Monday Momtra episode is inspired by a word document that I found in my computer from over 2 years ago - a list of gratitude. I felt compelled to share it with you for multiple reasons. For one, I think it’s powerful to reflect on our growth and previous mindsets. Another, it’s a real feel good kinda list - instant mood booster. And, it feeds the energy around intentional creation and manifestation.
So listen in to put yourself in an instant state of gratitude and think about what you’re creating in your life.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Have you talked to your partner about periods before?
I felt inspired to have a conversation with my husband Matthew about periods, and then record it (because #podcasterlife haha). And get this - I didn’t even realize it was syncing up just before with National Period Day on October 19th! So great timing there!
This is a really powerful conversation - we test out his period knowledge, talk about some common period experiences, and he gets to ask any question he’s ever had about menstruation. And there might be a demonstration moment involving a tampon and a cup of water!
I believe it’s through conversations like this, we normalize menstruation and create space for menstruating humans to feel more empowered through their experiences.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Do you ever feel like you’re responsible for your child’s emotions?
I know I’ve felt this. Like her emotional state means something about my parenting. So I’m diving into that in today’s Monday Momtra episode - to remind myself that I’m not the manager. Instead, I’m a space holder and guide.
I RARELY touch on a “parenting” topics on the show. But I feel like this is an important conversation that ties in with how we see ourselves and take care of ourselves. Also how we look at emotions and how we cope with our own sh**.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Why can there be so much discord amongst mothers, and then between mom and non-moms?
In today’s episode, I felt inspired to unpack some of the conversation around things we’ll think or say to one another when we ourselves are in places of stress, frustration, resentment or exhaustion. It’s very likely that all of us have been on both the giving and receiving end of projected fears or unhelpful comments. So how can we be more aware of that and get back to a centered place?
I believe all of our experiences are valid. There is beauty and necessity in the uniqueness and variation in which we all choose to have (or not have) children and how we parent them. Moms need each other. And moms and non-moms need each other. Inspired by a recent post on Instagram I saw (and liked) as well as various conversations I’ve had or observed, these are my thoughts on how we balance and honor our different perspectives.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- PsychedMommy Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/psychedmommy
- Post Inspiration - https://www.instagram.com/p/B3IAY9HgQJE/
Who doesn’t love to laugh?
Laughing is so therapeutic for me. So I want you to laugh as a part of the affirmation, inspiration and motivation of today’s Momtra episode.
I’m sharing a few funny moments from my life of motherhood and marriage. Maybe you can relate or maybe it makes you think about some of your own funny moments as you carry them with you throughout the week.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Would you say you have a healthy relationship with your in-laws?
I’ve received a number of requests to do an episode on in-laws, and it’s finally here! I’m sharing some of my observations and some tools that I believe can help in clarifying expectations and improving understanding and communication within these family dynamics.
When in-laws or family members are negative or add stress to a situation - do we distance ourselves? Do we let it go? How much should we talk about it with our spouses when something is bothering us? This is a juicy one!
Links:
- My course for communication in your relationship - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/create-a-plan-for-successful-communication-in-your-relationship-in-just-5-days
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - https://www.franklincovey.com/the-7-habits.html
Do you feel #momenough?
In this episode, I’m continuing some of the energy from our last episode and giving you a Momtra to take you through the week - YOU ARE MOM ENOUGH.
I think we all need reminders that help us affirm our worthiness. So please, let this episode support you in owning your enough-ness.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Who doesn’t love a good rant?
Well I’m bringing it for ya today. A fresh mini rant for ya after a conversation that triggered some anger and frustration within me around my status as a mother - whether I’m “legit” enough as a mom.
But it’s a healthy rant - because I’ve processed and moved through towards the other side. The other side of a rant has a name, and that name is “Gratitude.” Yep. Starting high and revved up, ending low and peaceful. Oh, and I cry a little bit - won’t tell you during which part though, you’ll just have to listen.
Links:
- Coaching with me - https://www.sarahbivens.com/session
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Hey, you. Yes, you. Just want to remind you that you’re awesome and you’ve got this and that you’re a shining bright light of magic and possibility.
I was inspired by an event I attended this weekend - Push Thru, Mama 2019 here in Atlanta. I had the honor of emceeing and hosting a session on orgasmic motherhood. And the whole concept behind the event and brand of my friend Keisha Reaves, therapist, mother and entrepreneur, is about “pushing thru.”
So that’s what I want to talk about in today’s Momtra episode. What does it look like for you to “push thru?” What’s an example of a time you’ve done it? What do you need support in pushing thru right now? Let that be your affirmation, inspiration and motivation through this week!
Links:
Keisha Reaves’s Website - https://keishareaves.com/
Push Thru Box (use the code FALL2019 for 25% off while supplies last!) - https://keishareaves.com/shop/
Push Thru Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/pushthrubox/
DIAH episode with Keisha - https://diahpodcast.libsyn.com/176-home-birth-story-ppd-infant-loss-infertility-and-transitioning-into-motherhood-with-keisha-reaves-lpc
Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Ever use the phrase - “It is what it is”
In today’s episode, I’m unpacking some of my experience with that phrase and how in the past I would say it...but not really believe it, and would basically be using it as a bandaid or an excuse to stay pissed off or in a space of judgment about something.
So how do we create a powerful mindset around things that pop up in our lives? How do we stop turning “situations” into “SHITuations”?
I’m holding the stance for all of us to be badass goddesses, in the center of ourselves and owning our possibilities. Let’s have some fun!
Links:
- Marigold App, use the code SARAHB50 - https://www.marigold.co/
- The Bloomi, use the code SARAH10 - https://thebloomi.com/
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Have you ever apologized for your vagina - what it looks like, smells like, sounds it makes, things that come out of it???
Well I have, and I’m done with that sh**. This episode was inspired by recent events that brought up some old feelings of guilt and shame around my yoni. So I’m taking that and shifting that energy into something that empowers and inspires.
So it’s Momtra on a Tuesday - because there’s some other exciting news that I’m sharing about the launch of a project that I was able to be a part of. Listen in and check the links with the episode to learn more!
Links:
- Marigold App, use the code SARAHB50 - https://www.marigold.co/
- The Bloomi, use the code SARAH10 - https://thebloomi.com/
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Ready to jam out?
I’m doing something really fun and different on the podcast today. I’m playing DJ! I have the honor of sharing the music of 3D The Boss, a health and fitness pop group based out of Atlanta, Ga (and just so happen to be part of my chosen life family).
Their music is high energy, conscious and uplifting. And it has a “get funky, shake yo ass around the house naked” vibe that I think mamas can get down with. So I want this week’s Momtra episode to be an opportunity for you to have an epic jam out session - in the car, in the shower, at home in your bedroom...wherever and however. But move that body, let out some energy and enJOY!
And be sure to check out 3D The Boss’s website to hear more of their music and learn about their unique stance on music and health and fitness.
Links:
- 3D The Boss - https://www.3dtheboss.com/
- Communication Course - https://www.sarahbivens.com/communication
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Ready for a NSFW episode?!
If I wrote an erotic novel….
Ok, so I haven’t...yet. But if I did, I have some ideas. And they may not be what you’re thinking. This episode was inspired by a few different topics and themes that I found had synchronicities and meshed well together in a conversation about mainstream erotic content, relationship dynamics, our cultural patterns and the general narrative around love.
This was a lot to unpack, but I had a lot of fun doing it. From observations and my own experiences, these are some of my musings (ok, ranting at times…) on love, sex and relationships.
And thank you to today’s sponsor, Uqora! Visit www.uqora.com/bam for 20% off your order!
Links:
- Sponsor - Uqora - get 20% off your order - www.uqora.com/bam
- Create a Plan for Successful Communication in Your Relationship in Just 5 Days - https://www.sarahbivens.com/communication
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Today’s Momtra: create a plan for successful communication in your relationship
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Why do you have sex?
Have you ever really thought about that? I know there was a time when I didn’t. I mean…does “it feels good” suffice as an answer?
In this episode I discuss how I believe the general narrative is sideways when it comes to why we have sex and what we get out of it.
For most of us, it’s for the pleasure aspect. Maybe because it’s expected of you as a good partner. Or of course, can’t forget - to have babies.
What if we could look further into why we have sex (and by “have sex” I mean more than intercourse - I mean engaging with that sexual energy and sensually expressive part of ourselves) and create more powerful meaning and intentions behind it?
Plus, the parallels of birth and sex and why I’ve been crying a lot lately. You don’t wanna miss this!
Links:
- Create a Plan for Successful Communication in Your Relationship in Just 5 Days - https://www.sarahbivens.com/communication
- Previous episode I reference - http://balanceandmotherhood.libsyn.com/036-how-being-an-abundant-lover-makes-me-a-better-mother
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Ever read or listen to something and you’re like, “OMG! Yasssss!”
I have a feeling today’s Momtra episode is going to do that for you. I’ve been reading Jen Sincero’s book “You Are a Badass at Making Money” recently, and this book has a lot of epic gems in it. I felt inspired to share one of them with you today.
It’s about working on yourself internally, and how that creates the best outcome for change and evolution, rather than focusing on the external things.
And don’t forget to check out the links below from all the things I mention in the episode!
Links:
- Create a Plan for Successful Communication in Your Relationship in Just 5 Days - https://www.sarahbivens.com/communication
- The BALANCE System Ebook - https://www.matthewbivens.com/balance-ebook/
- You Are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero - https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Badass-Making-Money/dp/0735222975
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
What’s the biggest trigger for you - sex, money or god?
In this episode I’m sharing some of my observations and experiences from coaching and my own life as well as a few resources that I believe can help neutralize some of the division, frustration or judgment we have around these 3 areas.
Links:
- Create a Plan for Successful Communication in Your Relationship in Just 5 Days - https://www.sarahbivens.com/communication
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- Power vs Force - https://www.amazon.com/Power-vs-Force-Determinants-2004-07-01/dp/B01K92I7CQ/ref=sr_1_6?gclid=CjwKCAjwkenqBRBgEiwA-bZVtrNzmPSTXsPep5-rYICXCBMxqBGM9aM2GgS_g5wMhNWMWH_rV-oxARoCpCwQAvD_BwE&hvadid=190489605302&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9010791&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=12981291527437042693&hvtargid=kwd-297966159246&hydadcr=24656_9648981&keywords=power+vs+force+book&qid=1566223739&s=gateway&sr=8-6
- Video on Power vs Force - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJKUm5QyMYw
- Abraham Hicks YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/AbrahamHicks
- You Are a Badass at Making Money - https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Badass-Making-Money/dp/0735222975
What if you stopped and took a moment - to decide to look at someone in your life differently?
I’m talking about shifting (even if it’s just by a few degrees) the perspective you have on someone and the space you hold for them.
So this Momtra episode is an opportunity - to pick one person this week and whether it’s how you to speak to them, listen to them or even do your own processing and journaling about them and your relationship with them...see what you can do to better understand and find more peace and joy in the relationships you have in your life.
ALSO - in 2 weeks I’m launching a free virtual coaching - Create a Plan for Successful Communication in Your Relationship in Just 5 Days. Sign up and snag your spot with the link below!
Links:
- Create a Plan for Successful Communication in Your Relationship - https://www.sarahbivens.com/communication
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
What has Ariana Grande taught me about motherhood?
I’m going to share that in this episode. How one of her songs inspired me to identify some deep and powerful insights and takeaways that I believe every mother could use.
Topics like self-care, time for yourself, emotional attachment, showing up fully and making sure you feel whole and complete as a person...yep, it’s all in there!
So thank you to this pop queen for the inspiration. Enjoy!
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- Doing It At Home - https://www.diahpodcast.com/
- Matthew’s website - http://www.matthewbivens.com/
- The Bloomi - https://thebloomi.com/ (USE THE CODE SARAH10 FOR 10% OFF YOUR ORDER)
I guess the question for most moms isn’t a matter of “do you” but more like “how often.” Because you know that phrase “you’re your own worst enemy,” so how about a reminder to kick ass at everything else, besides kicking your own ass.
In this week’s Momtra, I’m giving you the boost to go out and do what you do, without all the unnecessary negative self talk or punishment or insane scrutiny of every little thing that we do.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - https://www.franklincovey.com/the-7-habits.html
Have you ever done some serious traveling with your kids? Are you planning on it but are terrified at how it might go?
Well fear not! In today’s I’m sharing an episode that was originally published on Doing It At Home, the birth podcast that I co-host with my husband Matthew, and in this conversation we are giving you some tips on traveling with your little ones. We just returned from a 2 week trip to Europe where we went all over the place, did a bunch of stuff, and managed it all with a smile on our faces.
Yes, you can have a great time traveling with kids and today we’re going to help you do just that.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- Doing It At Home - https://www.diahpodcast.com/
Need to hit pause?
How about a mental health day or half-day or hour or moment, even?!
In today’s Momtra I’m sharing why I didn’t publish last Friday and some of my thoughts on “the mental health day” and why it’s so important for everyone, especially mamas.
And you don’t have to be in a dark or completely stressed out place to acknowledge you need some time for yourself. In fact, it’s great when we can recognize that before it gets to a more intense point.
So in case you haven’t given yourself permission, let this episode be your formal invite to take a step back and recenter. Because you are worthy of it, and because everyone benefits when you do it.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- Push Thru, Mama 2019 - https://www.pushthrumama.com/events/push-thru-mama-conference
- Formula for Balancing Motherhood gathering - https://www.facebook.com/events/491049711656651/
- Balanced Mama Moments Audio Guide - https://www.sarahbivens.com/balanced-mama-moments
Why do you do the things you do?
In today’s Momtra, I’m encouraging all of us to show up for ourselves -- to do the things we do and be who we are, because that’s the way it is.
Because when we show up from our true, pure authentic place, nothing we do or feel is predicated on anyone or anything.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Ever feel like there’s so much to do, that you don’t even know how to tackle any of it? So maybe there’s even a small part of you that thinks, “Eh, f*** it all!”
Well after 12 days of vacation in different time zones and countries, I felt a little bit of the overwhelm. So I went through my process that helps put things into perspective for me and shows me that I can do it all, because I’m a badass.
So I sat down and recorded the process for you - as a podcast episode as well as an Instagram TV post for you.
Take it one step at a time, and remember how awesome you are!
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Switching it up for today’s Momtra and giving you some funny lessons and insights I gathered from our recent travels to England and Slovenia.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- Matthew’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/matthew_bivens/
In this Pep Talk Series episode I'm sharing a message for when you want to feel sexy.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
When is the last time you took a moment to acknowledge a person in your life?
In this week’s Momtra episode, I’m encouraging you to recognize the people around you - could be strangers or your oldest and dearest friends. And it could be for something epic or so small that you could’ve missed it.
I believe there’s power in this practice, and there are ripple effects that come back into our lives. Plus it helps me in continuing to evaluate was success and inspiration are and mean in my life.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Need an energy boost?
Let me be your hype girl. Let me remind you for a minute of how badass and amazing you are. I’m here for you. Come back to this place whenever you need it.
This is part two of a three-part series - The Pep Talk Series
Be sure to check out last week’s if you missed it and stay tuned for the final one next week!
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Do we pass on our limiting beliefs to our children?
I say yes. Now what happens after that - how they choose to process and potentially let go of them or create something else with them - that’s the beautiful thing of self-awareness and choice. Just like a lot of us are probably working on unpacking and releasing stuff from our parents. Once we’re aware, we have the responsibility and choice.
This Momtra features a little story about a crickett. Moral of the story - don’t be the crickett.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Angry, sad, frustrated or stressed out?
How about a pep talk - to help you feel understood, get some stuff out there and get back to center with yourself?
Well, let’s sit down and chat. I’m trying something different on the show these next 3 episodes - I’m doing a little bit of roleplay as if we’re two friends sitting at a coffee shop and sipping some matcha (or whatever you prefer to sip on). Unscripted, raw and real - it’s a place for you to unpack whatever you’re feeling and take some time to process.
I definitely recommend listening to these episodes by yourself and giving yourself that time and space to just BE.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Are you committed or are you caught up?
This is a super helpful question that I’ve been asking lately to determine if the space and energy that I’m coming from and approaching a situation with is helpful or healthy.
So in this week’s Momtra I offer you a tool for gauging where you’re at in terms of validating the choices you’re making that serve you or possibly justifying some of the choices that don’t serve you.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- Email me at sarah[at]sarahbivens[dot]com
What’s your sex number?
Do you have an idea of how many times you need to be activating and moving your sexual energy within any given week?
Here’s why I think this is useful: when you are aware of how often you need to be connecting (not just sexual intercourse), you then have an idea of how you can achieve that. I believe firmly that through activating our sexual energy, it supports everything else in our life. So following in that frame of mind, it would serve us well to know our number, so we can then implement habits and accountability to help us reach that number.
I started tracking my sexual activity, so I could see the patterns and results and what showed up - in my communication and connection in my marriage, how the household was running, how my daughter was responding to my energy and patience and even how the businesses are doing. I feel so much more informed and empowered when it comes to taking responsibility for my wellness, balance and orgasmic joy. So listen in to learn more about figuring out your number and how it can serve you!
Links:
Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Period tracker lite Apple - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/period-tracker-by-gp-apps/id330376830
Period tracker lite Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.period.tracker.lite&hl=en_US
Do you get stuck inside your head sometimes?
It’s like a hamster wheel - we get all caught up in the mental processing of things that it takes us away from our present and robs us of our ever-deserving joy and peace.
In today’s Momtra, I’m reminding you of some instances where you’re totally stuck in your head, and giving you some ideas on how you can get out of it and balance yourself out.
Has motherhood kicked your ass before?
Yeah, me too. But we don’t have to take those experiences and let them break us down.
Today’s Momtra episode is inspired by a conversation with my coach who shared this with me:
“Most people are driven by self-improvement and autonomy”
I decided to apply this in the realm of motherhood and see what came up. Are you developing your self-improvement and asserting your autonomy? Do you feel like you have either of those things
Listen in for thoughts and tips for both.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Ever say the following phrase: “I just don’t want that negative energy in my life”?
Chances are that’s referring to a person whom you’ve recognized as an energy suck. But then what happens when we put something like that out into the universe only to turn around and listen to, read, watch or eat a bunch of stuff that is, in keeping with the theme of the previous statement, “negative energy?”
In today’s episode, I’m talking about being aware of the energy within and around you, and why I believe this is so important for mamas.
I’m tying it in with my own personal example of watching The Real Housewives franchise and what happened for me when I stopped.
All of our choices and everything we consume - from our minds, eyes, ears and mouths - have impact. Being aware and making small shifts can make a huge difference.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Do you have standards?
You might hear the phrase “raise your standards…”
But what if there was a step before that, a crucial step that we often overlook?
I believe that step is holding your standards with yourself and aligning with what to want to experience from people and the world around you.
To quote Eleanor Roosevelt:
“It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.”
So in this week’s Momtra, think about where you could hold your standards with yourself more, and as a result have other aspects of your life meet those standards.
Links:
- Free download - 3 Vital Steps for Mothers to Connect With T
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
How do our experiences in the bedroom impact the the other areas of our lives?
Today I’m sharing 4 recent instances where I really owned my power when it comes to my sexuality. From my sexual health, maturity and pleasure, I used my awareness and voice to create some magical results.
From tracking my sex, having period sex, speaking up and using the sexual energy to reconnect and refuel, I share all of this because I know someone is going to get something out of it. It’s that knowledge that keeps me in the space of staying open, vulnerable and sharing some deeply intimate things with you. Because I believe we all win.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- Period Tracker App I use - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/period-tracker-by-gp-apps/id330376830?mt=8
- Habit Tracker App I use - https://www.theydbg.com/
- Company I buy lube from - https://thebloomi.com/ - use the code SARAH10 for 10% off your order
Are you showing your children acceptance and open-mindedness through your words and actions?
In today’s Momtra, I’m sharing a recent experience with my daughter Maya that reminded me of the incredible responsibility and opportunity that we have to normalize aspects of life and teach open-mindedness.
Whether it’s our physical body parts, family dynamics, differences in beliefs and practices, we can support our children in maintaining the fresh world view that they have when they are born, keeping an inclusive and loving essence.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - www.sarahbivens.com/om
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Are you stuck in your comfort zone?
In today’s Momtra, I’m challenging you to identify something that you don’t want to do, something that’s outside your comfort zone and bumps up against how you know yourself to be.
When we interrupt our pattern, we create opportunity to see things differently, to solve problems, to grow and to learn. It’s also an empowerment tool, confirming our ability to own our life and be in the driver’s seat.
So listen in and find out how my own public nudity experience inspired me to share this with you.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
How are you with accepting compliments?
Today’s episode is all about the tendency to take a compliment and convert it into something maladaptive. Either we don’t agree with it, create an opposite affirmation for ourselves, or in another twisted method - we create a ton of pressure and anxiety around living up to whatever acknowledgement someone gave us.
So I share some of my tips and experiences around compliments like working on your gratitude game as well as practicing affirming yourself and others.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://orgasmic-mama.teachable.com/p/orgasmic-mama/
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- The Bloomi - https://thebloomi.com/ - use the code SARAH10 for 10% off your order
What do you want?
Do you believe you’re allowed to have it?
In today’s Momtra I’m talking about a common theme I’m seeing - not just being afraid of failure, but being afraid of the success. Of our desires actually coming to fruition. Because then what? Stepping into our greatness and fullness might mean releasing things that we’ve been holding onto or it might mean a new level of responsibility and accountability that we don’t feel ready for. Maybe we’re even afraid to offend people or make them jealous if we experienced life at full volume.
Here are the quotes I shared in the episode:
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
-Marianne Williamson
“There is freedom waiting for you,
On the breezes of the sky,
And you ask "What if I fall?"
Oh but my darling,
What if you fly?”
-Erin Hanson
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - www.sarahbivens.com/om
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Are you ready to be an Orgasmic Mama?!
Orgasmic Mama, my online monthly membership designed to connect mothers with their sexuality, identity, confidence and power launches today!!
And so in today’s Momtra, I invite you to look at what it means for you to be an Orgasmic Mama -- put yourself in that space and open yourself up to the possibility. What does it look and feel like?
It’s time for some honest, real, raw, conscious and powerful conversations around motherhood and sexuality. Click on the link to get started and join the Orgasmic Mama community!
Links:
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Ever go through a “dry spell” in your relationship?
Today’s episode is inspired by a listener email/question about reconnecting with your partner after a dry spell and how it can feel awkward
Why do you think it feels awkward? Is there anything we can do to help with that, to prevent dry spells and minimize the impact of them?
I dive into my feelings about what causes dry spells as well as what we can do to stay connected with our partner and cultivate deeper intimacy as our relationships evolve.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - www.sarahbivens.com/om
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Ever fantasize about running away from everything that’s stressing you out?
Is it just me that occasionally has that daydream of getting in the car and driving until I see the ocean?
As fun as that can be, it’s not a very healthy way to cope with whatever is going on. Because here’s the thing, and the essence of today’s Momtra: you can’t run away from yourself. Wherever you go, there you are. Along with your baggage and whatever you’ve been avoiding and in denial over.
What’s really going to free to you enjoy your life, no matter where you are, is to dig deep and do the internal work. To let go of the sh** and the stuff that doesn’t serve you.
Looking for somewhere to start, to lean into that process? Orgasmic Mama launches in 1 week! Go to www.sarahbivens.com/om to be on the notification list so you can jump in as soon as we’re live!
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - www.sarahbivens.com/om
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Do you mind your language and the things that you say?
I’m not talking about censoring yourself -- far from it!
I’m here to encourage you to express yourself fully, and use words and energy behind them that support you in communicating effectively and powerfully.
From the pitfalls that I believe get us off track from using our voice and speaking our truth, to some of the best pieces of communication tools I’ve used in my own life and relationships.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - www.sarahbivens.com/om
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Where are you giving out more energy than you need to?
In today’s Monday Momtra episode, I’m taking some inspiration from one of my clients to bring you a way to look at how you are allocating your precious energy. One way to look at it is - where in your life are you bringing the equivalent of a homemade cake (I’m talking from scratch...a lot of effort and time), when you could just be using the box mix (or dare I say even purchasing a ready-made cake)?
Take a look at your roles and responsibilities and see where you can adjust as necessary, to make sure you’re not burning out or ended up frustrated and resentful for the choices you yourself are making. Because you have choice. You have the opportunity to take back your power and do things on your terms that work best for you.
And don’t forget to get on the list for Orgasmic Mama, launching May 13th!
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - www.sarahbivens.com/om
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Did you realize that you give birth almost everyday?
I’m sorry….what?!
Hang with me for a second. In this episode I’m talking about birth, but not in the way we’re used to talking about it. I’m talking about giving birth to things that are not our human children. Birthing thoughts, ideas, projects, opportunities for love and healing.
Because that’s what we do. We hold intentions in our wombs - our hubs for creative energy, and we bring things to life.
I share some of my personal experience with understanding my birthing powers as well as give you some options and perspectives with which you can look at your abilities to manifest in your life.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://www.sarahbivens.com/om
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- Doing It At Home podcast - https://www.diahpodcast.com/
What do you normally say when someone asks you, “How are you?”
99.9% of the time we’ll say “good!” and that’s the end of that.
What if this week you tried switching that up? What if you said, “awesome” or “fantastic” instead?!
This Momtra is another challenge to you to try something different next time you’re in a greeting with either a stranger or someone close to you, and see what happens. I guarantee some magic will come out of it.
And tag me on Instagram @sarahmbivens or message me with your experience!
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - www.sarahbivens.com/om
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Would you consider yourself a worrier?
A lot of us identify with worry, and even feel the need to worry. Like worrying more about things shows that you care, you’re more dedicated. Hell, some would even argue that the more you worry, the likelihood that that makes you a better mom.
Well I’m not interested in the experience of worry, and in my own journey as well as the work I’ve done with clients, I found a solid 3-step strategy for reducing worry. So in this episode I’m talking about how we typically look at worry, along with a different way to approach it. Plus the 3 steps for taking back your power, owning your responsibility and increasing your awareness when it comes to the worry that you don’t have to hold onto.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://www.sarahbivens.com/om
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
When is the last time that you spent money on yourself, purely for yourself?
If it took you longer than a few seconds to think about it, then you need to listen to this episode.
In this week’s Momtra, I challenge all of us to drop some dough on ourselves this week. And you don’t have to go buck wild. I’m talking about the practice of our self worth - the understanding and belief that we are worth investing in and spending money on.
Because we won’t hesitate to buy stuff for our kids, our spouse, the home...but when it comes to us? We’re chilling in our leggings from college and bras with warped wires inside (completely random example...lol #guilty).
So buy something for yourself this week. And document it and tag me either in a video or picture (@sarahmbivens on Instagram) and I will send you back a video message, acknowledging your act of self-love.
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama list - https://www.sarahbivens.com/om
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Does a problem or thing ever pop up in your life and you think, “Didn’t I deal with this already? What the hell?!”
Today’s episode is inspired by a bunch of random different occurrences and themes in my life lately. It’s honestly almost like 4 episodes rolled up into one. So, you’re welcome! (This could either be the best idea or the worst idea lol)
The main theme here is to continue to work on yourself...continue to open yourself up to a space of greater love and understanding for yourself. Because important things need reminding, it’s necessary to revisit things we’ve learned and to keep ourselves in a space of growth. Big magic happens here - we heal past stuff, create room for new possibilities and make a bold, unapologetic stand for who we are. Let’s do this thing!
Links:
- Orgasmic Mama - https://www.sarahbivens.com/om
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
What can our kids teach us about faith, wonder and possibility?
That’s what I want to talk about in today’s Monday Momtra episode. Inspired by my recent email to the weekly subscribers (go to my website and drop your email address right there on the home page to start receiving these from me!), I’m expanding upon the conversation of how we can be in a space of greater possibility for ourselves and our children (And if you’re not a mom - this is still super relevant. You can look to any kiddos to see what I’m talking about and still incorporate it into your life).
This is a great opportunity to unpack and evaluate our own sets of ideas and beliefs as we watch young ones experience things for the first time. How are we holding space for them, and how are we healing and growing and learning through the process?
Links:
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Are You Reacting or Responding to Stress in Your Life?
There’s a difference between the two. Reacting adds to the stress. Responding helps minimize it.
In this episode I go further into the difference between the two and the results they create. Plus some of my own experience with how I’ve related to stress and tips for how you can practice responding powerfully to whatever pops up in your life.
Links:
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- Power vs Force by David R. Hawkins - https://www.amazon.com/Power-Force-David-Hawkins-M-D/dp/1401945074
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - https://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-Powerful/dp/0743269519
How Are You Looking at Your Life?
We know the thing about the “glass half empty or half full…” and then what we make it mean based on how we see it.
In this week’s Momtra, I’m giving you the opportunity to check in on things in your life and how you see them. Because there’s the thing - the objective, non-personal thing in front of you...and then there is how you relate to it. And that relationship is what impacts your life experience.
So if you realize that your perspectives could use an upgrade, try taking a sustainable approach to shifting your mindset. You can make conscious choices, little by little, to make a big change.
Links:
My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Who’s responsible for “giving you” an orgasm?
What if we took ownership over our sexual pleasure, and didn’t rely on a person or outside source to activate our orgasmic bliss?
In today’s episode, I’m bouncing around a few different conversations that I believe tie into a basic idea: that we can have a grand sexploration with ourselves.
So from my own history and owning a vibrator before ever even having sex, to some ideas for seducing yourself, sex toy talk and how to bring up this topic with your partner, this is a juicy one, and definitely NSFW!
Links:
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- The Bloomi - https://thebloomi.com/
- *Use the code SARAH10 for 10% off your order
Do you ever judge other people?
Do you have a pulse? Then the answer to the first question is probably “yes.” Judgement is a beast of a thing. It influences all of us. We judge ourselves, we judge others, we judge ourselves for judging ourselves and others.
In today’s Momtra, I’m encouraging you to take a look at the judgements that you’re throwing out there and see what they’re revealing about you -- what’s going on with you, anything that can be addressed or healed in some sort of way. Because of the benefit it could bring to you.
And I give an example of a judgement I had the other day and what I learned from it.
Links:
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
“You don’t drink?”
“...Like, at all?”
This is a question I’ve received multiple times. And I haven’t talked about it really on the show or social media, for a number of reasons. But I feel comfortable enough in who I am and the choices I make in my life to share that I don’t have alcohol as a habit.
So in this episode, I’m taking a step out there and sharing why drinking doesn’t work for me. It took a long time to understand that and listen to my body and what worked best for it. But it’s not something in my daily life. And I shared this in the episode and I’ll say again that by my sharing my truth -- I’m not judging anyone else’s choices. I just believe in the power of telling stories. And this is mine. So maybe you’ll get something out of it -- feel understood or heard in your own experience or have more understanding and compassion for someone else. I also believe, that like diet/weight loss products or beauty concoctions, we are marketed alcohol as something we need or an image of a certain person we should be, and that it’s the only way to cope with our stress.
Links:
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- Power vs Force - https://www.amazon.com/Power-Force-David-Hawkins-M-D/dp/1401945074
Ever just feel like saying “F--- YOU!”
What if that’s ok? And what if it could be a valuable tool?
I’m talking about saying “f--- you” to the stuff in your life that isn’t working for you, that you don’t need and is bringing your vibe down.
In this week’s Monday Momtra, I’m encouraging you to tell the limiting beliefs and mindsets to get out of your space, and to make room for all the other awesome, powerful goddess stuff that you’re up to.
Links:
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
How do you feel about body hair?
Do you shave, wax, tweeze, trim or laser?
Today’s episode is a listener requested topic: body hair. I think this is a great conversation for women, particularly mothers, as we learn to relate to and love our bodies as they change through the journey of motherhood. And so yes, it’s a conversation about body hair - specifically some of my thoughts and feelings and how they’ve evolved over the years, but it’s so much more than that. It lends itself to a greater exploration of our paradigm of beauty, body positivity and what we want to be an example of for our children.
Plus I reference an interesting article from Bustle about the history of shaving. Fascinating to learn where some of our societal habits come from and how they impact our norms and standards.
Links:
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- The Bloomi - www.thebloomi.com - use the code SARAH10 for 10% off your order
- Bustle article - https://www.bustle.com/articles/196747-the-sneaky-manipulative-history-of-why-women-started-shaving
What kills your sex drive?
I’m shaking it up a bit in today’s Monday Momtra, and I’m giving you another element to the AIM (affirmation, inspiration, motivation) that I generally have in these episodes. I think “awareness” is super important as well. So I’m giving you a tool for being aware around your sexual energy - how it ebbs and flows and what contributes to that. Also, what to do about it.
I’ve found the culprits in the murder of our libidos, our mojo, our sexy groove thang swag. And then I have a free resource for you that you can download right now to start addressing your sexual energy and ignite it to see what an impact it has on your entire life.
Links:
- 3 Vital Steps for Mothers to Connect with Their Sexuality - https://www.sarahbivens.com/3-vital-steps
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Ever heard the phrase, “I’m just a mom…”?
In today’s episode I’m getting something off my chest - something that kinda bothers me and I want to change the energy around. And that’s the term “stay at home mom.” I’ve heard too many examples of people looking at that role in a disempowering way and making all kinds of assumptions about the choices of parents in managing their family dynamics.
So I’m offering an alternative name for SAHM, along with some reminders on the value of all variations of mothering and some of my own struggles with my balance of career and motherhood.
Ever feel caught up in the results that you’re creating in your life, rather than being fully present in the experience of it?
So in other words, are you human?
Today’s Monday Momtra episode is about letting go of expectations and staying present in your life. I’ve got an updated version to the “it’s about the journey, not the destination” adage that I think can serve a lot of us. It has certainly been showing up in my life lately - in motherhood, my relationships, my business.
Reciting this Momtra a few times will definitely get you thinking differently about how you approach your expectations around things, patience and gratitude.
Links:
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Did you know you’re a magical mama and you’re making magic all the time in your life?
Well, you are. In this episode, I decided to let you in on a week of my life and share some of what I like to call “magical moments.” From my recent travels to Boston, time with Maya, being an awesome wife and taking a pause for self-care, I wanted to let you in on all of this because 1: it’s fun and 2: maybe it’ll spark some ideas for you on how you’re creating a bunch of magic in your life.
Links:
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- Matthew’s new course - https://matthew-bivens.mykajabi.com/blueprint
- Celeste Barber awesomeness - https://www.instagram.com/celestebarber
How often do you say “thank you” and “I love you”?
In this week’s Monday Momtra I’m encouraging you to say it as often as possible.
It’s so easy to get caught up in our stuff and forget the important things like expressing love and gratitude.
So this is a short and sweet one for ya, because full disclosure: I’m tired AF and I need a little bit of self-care and rest. But this message is super powerful and a reminder that we all need.
Links:
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
Do you think motherhood gets any easier?
I don’t. I know, super inspiring for a Monday Momtra episode huh?
But that’s not where I’d end the conversation. There’s so much more to it. And this episode, I’ll warn you - takes a lot of turns. I was all excited by recording it live on Instagram and feeling all the energy that I just had to pack a bunch into it. So it’s a tad bit longer than most Momtra episodes, but I don’t think you’ll mind.
From motherhood not getting any easier, to questions we can ask ourselves periodically as mothers, to a scene of Fight Club that I think we can pull some inspiration from (yes, you saw that correctly...Fight Club).
This was a lot of fun to record. If you were joining live on Instagram, thank you! If you’d like for me to do it again another time, reach out and let me know!
Links:
- My website: https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach
- Balancing Motherhood Retreat: https://mailchi.mp/a65e91edc93f/tbhbalancingmotherhood
Do you pick up on your children’s energy?
We often hear about how our children pick up on our energy and are impacted by how we’re feeling and processing...but what about what we get from them?
Today’s episode was inspired by a listener email from Bristinny. I go into the dynamics of energy exchange between ourselves and our children, from my own experience and understanding.
How can we set a great example, and also learn from what our children can reveal to us and teach us about ourselves? Listen in and find out!
Links:
- My website: https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach/
- Balancing Motherhood Retreat: https://mailchi.mp/a65e91edc93f/tbhbalancingmotherhood
Are you taking responsibility for your vibe?
In other words, are you owning the choice that you have in any situation -- to be someone that you’re inspired by?
Today’s Momtra was inspired by one of my favorite resources for when I need some time to reflect, move my body in an intentional way and get some self-care time in - Yoga with Adriene. And in one of the yoga videos I was doing recently, she said something that really stuck with me and I wanted to share it with you - to provide some AIM (affirmation, inspiration and motivation) for your week!
Links:
- My website: https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- Yoga with Adriene - https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene
How do you become more assertive and confident?
This was the topic of an awesome listener email that I received recently from Cristina. And I can certainly relate to this. How do we express ourselves clearly and confidently? What about if conflict makes you uncomfortable?
Again, I feel the challenge here. I struggled a lot with this over the years. From being told I was too bossy as a little girl, to being told I wasn’t aggressive enough in a male-dominated startup environment.
But now I feel more confident around confidence. And I have 4 tips for being more assertive and confident as a woman and as a mother. Listen in to learn more!
Links:
My website: https://www.sarahbivens.com/
My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
The sex survey: https://www.sarahbivens.com/sexsurvey
Do you believe in your power for abundance and expansion?
I know that seems like a big and heavy thing, but it’s so powerful. In today’s Mamtra, I have a quote that I want to share that actually links back to a previous Mamtra episode. I feel like it brought some things full circle for me (especially while I’m on day 3 of a 7-day cleanse...more on that later!).
We leave pieces of ourselves all over - in our children, our relationships and random interactions that might seem inconsequential at the time. I believe that by owning our ROAR, we open up our awareness to the impact we have on the world. And then we become more intentional with what kind of impression we want to leave. This is about taking what you’ve learned in your life journeys and magnifying that to inspire others. So roar, my love. ROAR!
Links:
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- My Instagram - https://instagram.com/sarahmbivens
- 7-Day Chakra Cleanse - https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Day-Total-Cleanse-Revolutionary-Clarify/dp/0071623744
- BAM episode with first Rumi quote - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/007-a-reminder-of-how-awesome-you-are/id1326237425?i=1000398371361&mt=2
How many times have you watched “Frozen?”
Have you gotten anything out of it besides catchy tunes that you can’t get out of your head?
Well in today’s episode, I’m sharing some deep insights that I gained from watching it close to a million times over the past few weeks.
I appreciated the opportunity to look at the conversation of hiding our emotions and the impact from that.
So how do we do it like Elsa did and “let it go?” What emotions are you not allowing yourself to feel? What’s the price you pay for that?
This is a conversation about “Frozen,” but it’s so much more. It’s about addressing fear, embracing love and giving yourself the space and grace to let it flow!
Links:
- My website: www.sarahbivens.com
- My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahmbivens/
- My Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahbivenslifestylecoach
- Balancing Motherhood Retreat: https://mailchi.mp/a65e91edc93f/tbhbalancingmotherhood
- The Bloomi: www.thebloomi.com
- Episode 3 about Moana: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/003-what-disneys-moana-taught-me-about-being-divine/id1326237425?i=1000397461620&mt=2
Do you believe self-care for moms is important?
In today’s Monday Momtra, I’m sharing why I think self-care is essential. It’s not a luxury. In fact, we can’t afford to skip it.
It looks different for all of us. So I encourage doing what works for you, and leaning on others to remind you of its importance.
Links:
Sex Survey - https://www.sarahbivens.com/sexsurvey
100 Habits for Balance and Self-Love - https://www.sarahbivens.com/100habits
Does sharing your truth negate someone else’s?
In my world, and in this Monday Momtra episode, that answer is “no.”
It’s a trend that’s particularly pervasive in mom culture - that by sharing our experience we diminish someone else’s. Or we feel like someone sharing their story is an attack on ours. I encourage us to break this narrative.
Let’s embrace and share our stories boldly, from a place of authenticity, love and compassion. Because there’s so much to learn about ourselves through the connection of community and joint expression.
Links:
Sex Survey - www.sarahbivens.com/sexsurvey
What do you do when your child has a tantrum?
I don’t even like that word honestly, but I’m using it here for the purpose of context. Lately, my two-year-old Maya has been testing out her range of emotions, and exploring the responses that exercising those emotions might provoke.
I’m gonna be real with you - it’s been a challenging past day and a half. I got a little bit of a cold, puked, parented from the couch, got screamed and kicked at multiple times...so in the midst of Maya working through her feelings, I came very close to losing my sh**.
So come with me on this little journey. This is just me sharing some tales from the trenches of motherhood, and how I used my resources, the village, to get my power back and do what I do (be a badass goddess mama!).
Links:
- Episode 36 that I reference in this conversation - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/036-how-being-an-abundant-lover-makes-me-a-better-mother/id1326237425?i=1000408316810&mt=2
Ready to up your visualization game?
This Monday Momtra is inspired by a quote from Napolean Hill. Let’s just say it f***ed me up. In a great way. It made me think differently about how I’m envisioning and manifesting in my life. So of course I wanted to share it with you!
Here’s the quote:
“The intensity with which you impress your subconscious with a picture of your plan directly affects the speed with which the subconscious will go to work to attract the picture’s physical counterpart by inspiring you to take the right steps.”
Share with me your thoughts on this and where you see it apply in your life!
Why do we settle for bull***?
But seriously, why? Why will we become a real-life meme representation of “it’s fine, I’m fine!” when it is not in fact fine and we are not fine?!
Today I’m exploring why we might settle for things in our lives, pulling from some of my own examples. Smaller examples of compromising ourselves and settling for less sets a tone and a pattern for how we then see ourselves, conduct ourselves and value ourselves.
I’m proclaiming no more settling, and instead, embracing our choice to experience what we want!
What’s your word for this year?
Each year I like to pick a word to set an intention and energy around what I want to create and accomplish and experience. So I’m sharing the word of 2019 for me, what it means and how I plan to use it. Let me know if it inspires your intention-setting for the year!
Links:
- UYHB Course, code BADASS2018 - https://www.sarahbivens.com/badasscourse
- Balancing Motherhood Retreat Website, code RELAXWITHSARAH - https://mailchi.mp/a65e91edc93f/tbhbalancingmotherhood
- Balancing Motherhood Retreat Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/events/752569045107263
- Tranquility By HeHe - https://www.tranquilitybyhehe.com/
Can motherhood and sexuality work together?
This is a question I was asking myself a couple of weeks ago, and next thing I knew I was knee-deep in articles about motherhood and sexuality and the conversation of their compatibility (or lack thereof). So in today’s episode I’m sharing some of my findings and my thoughts on the themes that come up.
Like why do we seem to ignore sexuality once women become mothers? Why do we deny the multidimensional aspect of mothers and that they can actually enjoy sex?
How can you connect with your sensuality and sexuality and allow that to fuel your role as a mother? Listen in to find out!
Links:
- UYHB Course, code BADASS2018 - https://www.sarahbivens.com/badasscourse
- Balancing Motherhood Retreat Website - https://mailchi.mp/a65e91edc93f/tbhbalancingmotherhood
- Balancing Motherhood Retreat Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/events/752569045107263
- Tranquility By HeHe - https://www.tranquilitybyhehe.com/
- DIAH podcast episode 134: https://www.diahpodcast.com/single-post/A-Maternity-Concierge-and-Doula-Shares-How-to-Pamper-Yourself-During-Pregnancy-with-HeHe-Stewart
Articles mentioned in episode:
- Can Motherhood and Sexuality Coexist by Rachel Khona - https://www.scarymommy.com/can-motherhood-and-sexuality-coexist/
- Igniting Sensuality & Embracing Sexuality in Motherhood by Carley Mendes - https://www.ohbabynutrition.com/blog/igniting-sensuality-embracing-sexuality-in-motherhood
- 10 Ways Motherhood Actually Helped Me Embrace My Sexuality Steph Montgomery - https://www.romper.com/p/10-ways-motherhood-actually-helped-me-embrace-my-sexuality-54708
- The Real Reason Motherhood Kills Your Sex Life by Adriana Velez - https://thestir.cafemom.com/love/177923/motherhood_killing_marriage_sex
It’s that time when we start thinking about a new year...resolutions, intentions, possibilities.
I encourage you to go bold. Commit to yourself and be relentless, unwavering in your pursuit of knowing yourself and loving the process of continuing to uncover who that is.
How do you get to know yourself? My answer: you dive into figuring out what matters most to you, what makes you tick, what you actually want out of life. And then you own that shit!
My online course, Unleash Your Humble Badass is a guided process to your self-discovery. It’s the blueprint I’ve used in my own life and use with all of my clients to get clear on identity, desire, purpose, passion and direction.
And it’s going away -- I’m retiring it after 2018 to work on other projects. So I’m offering it now at 25% discount -- normal cost is $197, that makes it $147. Use the code BADASS2018 when you purchase -- that’s BADASS2018
Because how can you create the life you want, if you don’t know what you want? How do you love yourself if you don’t know yourself. Answers: you can’t!
So take that leap into a new year and get clear with yourself.
Links:
- Unleash Your Humble Badass Course - https://www.sarahbivens.com/badasscourse
Why do some of our relationships in our lives suck?
Such a great question to ponder, especially around the holidays when we might be interacting with a lot of different people that have various roles and depths of intimacy in our lives.
So for this week’s Momtra, I’m encouraging you to look at how you’re showing up in your relationships, specifically the space that you are holding for others around you.
Take a look at where you could evolve how you view the people around you and then see what impact that has on how you experience interactions with them.
Links:
- Website - www.sarahbivens.com
- Instagram - https://instagram.com/sarahmbivens
Remember that power and strength that you used to bring your child(ren) earthside?
Mmmkay, so why do we forget about it or leave it within the confines of birth?
Today’s episode was inspired by a beautiful aha moment that my husband Matthew had. While driving along in the car one day he said, “No mother should ever question how capable she is!”
Do you notice the signs from the universe?
Yes, I went there. I believe in signs. I believe in things showing up to test what we’ve said and stood for. I believe in things working in divine time and place. I believe in magic.
In today’s Momtra, I’m sharing some recent examples from my life that reminded me to trust the signs. I also received a lesson in attachment and the opportunity to see where I’m at with my levels of allowing and resistance.
Links:
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- BAM Tribe - https://www.sarahbivens.com/bamtribe
Can your sex heal?
Today is the third and final episode of the latest series I’ve brought you: Sex and Healing. It’s a conversation originally posted on the “Make Everyday YourDay” podcast, similar to Friday’s episode. This one gets turned up to a whole new level. I sat down with Day and got into a real, raw, honest, transparent and loving conversation about Abundant Love.
We go over the meaning as well as how it has evolved and played out over the years, particularly in my understanding of myself and my personal healing.
Let’s be clear here: this is some mature-ass content and conversation. We get specific in a (lovingly) unapologetic way. I encourage you to listen at your own risk and with an open mind.
Links:
- Make Everyday YourDay podcast - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/make-everyday-yourday/id1386360493?mt=2
- 100 Habits for Balance and Self-Love - https://www.sarahbivens.com/100habits
What is abundant love?
Here is the middle, the delicious creamy filling, to the Oreo cookie of episodes that I’m bringing you this weekend.
This is a republish of an episode I did back in March of this year. And get this - it is the number 1 downloaded episode of the podcast if you can believe it. So if you haven’t heard it, you need to. And if you have, then it’s a great time to refresh on it so you’ll have some context for the episode that’s coming up tomorrow.
Here’s the original episode description:
What is love to you? What’s the purpose of sex for you?
There are a lot of boxes for different lovestyles: monogamy, non-monogamy, polyamory, polygamy, polyandry, polygyny, open marriage, swingers….any others I’m forgetting?
This is a super personal episode and I’m sharing some big, bold and authentic truths with you about my marriage and identity as an individual.
Here’s how it’s going to flow...I’m going to answer the following questions:
- What is Abundant Love?
- How did I realize I was an abundant lover?
- What lessons have I learned from this process?
- How does it make me a better mother?
I’m putting it all on the table. Practicing BEING about what I talk about and encourage on the show. So here it is, folks. Here I am. Enjoy!
Links:
- 100 Habits for Balance and Self-Love - https://www.sarahbivens.com/100habits
Are you turned on in your life?
What would it look like if you were?
I’m doing something kinda cool and different on the show. I’m bringing you a little series special. Three back-to-back episodes about some deep and vulnerable stuff around relationships, sexuality, love and life.
To kick it off, I’m bringing you an interview I did earlier this year with Saint Day Adeogba on his podcast “Make Everyday YourDay.” Day is a transformation specialist, a connector and a creator. He’s honestly many things, and he’s a very important person in my life.
Day interviews me and we talk about some of my healing journey to loving and accepting myself, as well as what it looks like to balance two podcasts, coaching clients, running a business with my husband and navigating motherhood. While taking care of my health, fitness and personal growth through the process. And yes, staying turned on and excited about what I’m creating.
This is a great conversation to start this trilogy of awesomeness that I’m presenting you with this weekend. So settle in and enjoy (but don’t get too comfortable, because sh** is gonna get real!)!
Links:
- Make Everyday YourDay podcast - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/make-everyday-yourday/id1386360493?mt=2
- 100 Habits for Balance and Self-Love - https://www.sarahbivens.com/100habits
Ever get surprised by the things that show up in your life?
Today’s Momtra is about flipping the script of surprises, and instead looking at circumstances and occurrences as being in direct alignment with what it is we’re putting out there - our thoughts, words and actions.
I believe this perspective empowers us, encourages us to drop any blame stories that we’re running and allows us the space for gratitude and magic. Listen in!
How do we find balance around the time we spend with our kids and the time we need to tend to ourselves?
In this week’s episode, I’m sharing a truth of mine. And I don’t expect everyone to agree with it. That’s totally fine. Because I’m not trying to tell anyone how to parent. I’m just sharing some recent realizations of mine and how they relate to my experience.
And that big understanding is this: I don’t want to be around my kid all the time. I don’t want to be with her every second of the day.
I found peace with this after two circumstances: Matthew went out of town for the weekend leaving me solo with Maya, and then I went out of town for a weekend by myself leaving him with Maya. Let’s just say both impacted me in a big way.
What do you do with the things (and people) that hold you back from growing and moving forward?
One idea: let them go.
Today's Monday Momtra episode is about what happens when you start to level up. Things get confronted and what has worked in the past may not work the same anymore. Relationships will change, environments will move. This should be fun!
What does it mean for you to feel sexy?
In today’s episode I share a quote around sensuality that really inspired me and sparked the conversation for what it is to feel in touch with your sexiness, how to cultivate it and how to be bold in expressing it.
I encourage you and every mom to be juicy. Listen in to find out more!
Links:
- My website - https://www.sarahbivens.com/
- Erika Lust - https://erikalust.com/
What does it look like to give yourself permission?
This is a question that a client asked me not too long ago. And it opened up the door to some great conversation and realizations around how we honor and value ourselves.
I did an episode not too long ago about giving yourself permission to fall apart, as in breakdown and unravel if that’s what you needed.
Well in today’s Momtra, I’m expanding the permission scope and giving you some tips and takeaways on giving yourself what you need in any given moment.
What are you grateful for?
I know, I know. Obligatory episode for the week of Thanksgiving. But I promise you, this isn’t your cookie-cutter conversation about gratitude. Because in this week’s Momtra, I’m heavily emphasizing cultivating gratitude within the challenging situations - the ones where it’s easy to forget about gratitude and fixate on the sh**.
So I’m giving you my take on the importance of gratitude, some ideas for habits to build gratitude as well as examples from my life where I can recognize gratitude despite the painful circumstances.
Plus, how gratitude can literally be a superpower!
Links:
- 7-Day Balance Breakthrough - https://www.sarahbivens.com/breakthrough
How do you deal with other people’s words, actions and energy around your kids?
I don’t normally like talking about parenting itself, because that’s not the focus of the show. But I thought there was some cool crossover here with what it means to use your own voice and truth in challenging situations, regardless of who’s involved. One area to practice is in how we advocate for our children when people might be misaligned with our values, practices, goals, etc for our family and parenting style.
So I dive into the various viewpoints when it comes to other people and some questions to ask ourselves when we’re feeling conflicted on how to handle a situation.
Links:
BAM Tribe enrollment - www.sarahbivens.com/bamtribe
Why do we choose suffering?
Seriously, I think it’s happening in our lives way more than we realize. We let things stick around and bring a certain level of pain and frustration, and we’ll let it hang out there. We come to tolerate them and go about our days. But what if we stopped and take a moment to identify the group of little things that when compiled together, are actually preventing us from experiencing our lives and ourselves at full volume?
Today’s Momtra was is a brilliant download from one of my clients, Jess. She had this realization that she was allowing certain things to stick around, like small little rocks stuck in your shoe. She’d go throughout the day and neglect to remove these tiny nuisances. And then lightbulb moment - Where am I allowing other “rocks” to stay where they are and how long have I been walking around with them?!
I believe when we hold onto the “rocks in our shoes,” we train ourselves to compromise and accept less for ourselves, expect less of ourselves and invest less in ourselves. So of course, I say f*** that. So what are your rocks and why have you been letting them stay where they are? Just by asking the questions and beginning the awareness, you create the opportunity to let go and release your suffering.
Links:
Unleash Your Humble Badass course - https://www.sarahbivens.com/badasscourse
Have you experienced postpartum anger?
I think it’s important that we’re bringing more awareness to the cocktail of emotions that mothers can experience at any particular stage of the journey. Today, I want to talk about anger, or what I am classifying as “hot boiling mom rage.” Yep, that’s my scientific term for what I’ve realized I’ve experienced off and on for about a year now.
It took loving and supportive friends around me to dissect it and get to the root of where it was coming from. Come to find that it goes back decades. And that I’ve actually always had the anger hanging out there, but I just wasn’t managing it in a healthy or effective way. I was in denial about the fact that I had been angry and had suppressed it. So now, as my anger sat so clearly in front of me, it had me asking the question, “What the hell do I do with it?”
From conversations with little me to seeing my daughter Maya as one of my greatest teachers in this lesson, I get real and raw with you in this episode. So see where you might relate to any of it and how you could learn from some of my experience to heal your own anger.
Are you taking time to celebrate yourself this week?
Well, I encourage you to do so because it’s a celebration over here on the Balance and Motherhood podcast. It’s episode 100! Woooo!
So I have 3 ways to celebrate yourself - from how to talk about yourself to the fears you’re holding onto to keeping an abundance of love and energy that you use for yourself and share with others.
Listen, you’re awesome. Grade-A badass. So celebrate that! Join me in to 100-episode celebration and love on yourself!
Links:
- Balanced Mama Moments Album - https://www.sarahbivens.com/balanced-mama-moments
- BAM Tribe Group Coaching - https://www.sarahbivens.com/bamtribe
How are your experiences in the bedroom mirroring the rest of your life?
Chances are that a lot of our beliefs around sex overlap into other areas of our lives. So how can you use the space of sexual intimacy to cultivate healing and tap into your power?
In today’s episode, I’m sharing a conversation that I had with my husband Matthew on his podcast, “Having It ALL.” We planned on talking about other things, but what do you know - we ended up on the topic of sex and it totally shifted the direction of the episode.
We talk about we have both been proactive in our sexual healing recently, after recognizing that we were holding on to fears and limitations that were preventing us from experiencing ourselves at our full expression. From reprogramming fears around certain positions to premature ejaculation, this is a fully transparent and mature conversation. Listen in to hear why we attribute so much of our personal growth and transformation to our connection with our sexual energy.
How many of us rely on things outside of ourselves to validate our worth and legitimize our abilities?
In today's Monday Momtra I'm sharing a list of things that I refuse to allow to give me approval and sense of satisfaction.
The time to affirm, inspire and motivate yourself is now! You don't need the titles, the people, the experiences to be true to who you are.
Why is it so easy to blame our parents for all of our problems?
The thing is, most of us will be faced with exploring and dealing with how we feel about our parents at one point or another. Regardless of the depth of our relationships, there’s a connection and an influence that those bonds have on us.
In today’s episode I’m walking through why and how we blame our parents for our “stuff.” Then I offer a few perspectives to try out for yourself when it comes to releasing that blame and judgement and finding some peace with the situation.
Maybe your parents were too hard on you. Maybe they didn’t push you enough. Maybe you fixate on what they did or didn’t do and because of that, you are the way you are. My question is: how does this empower you and bring you closer to healing? And how does it support you in motherhood?
You have the incredible opportunity right now to recognize and acknowledge what you can change moving forward, to create a new experience and paradigm for your children.
Ever feel like losing your sh**?
In today’s Monday Momtra, I’m giving all of us permission to fall apart when we need to. Sometimes we hold onto this superhuman status that means we’re not allowed to let our emotions out, cleanse and detox the stuff that’s not serving us when it’s tucked away.
I’m sharing some personal experience of stressful and emotional times for our family and how I took on extra responsibility, emotional stress and energy. The awareness that I had of my choice to let go if and when I needed to helped me move through it.
So this week I encourage you to give yourself the space and the allowance to unravel, let the pieces fall and then pick up only the ones you need to carry you onto the next phase.
Links:
My website: https://www.sarahbivens.com/
Have you heard of ASMR?
ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian response, according to Wikipedia is “is an experience characterized by a static-like or tingling sensation on the skin that typically begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine.”
I hadn’t heard of it until a couple of weeks ago and when I first explored it I thought it was a little strange. But then I revisited with an open mind and realized that I’ve absolutely experienced this multiple times throughout my life, but just didn’t give it much attention or allow it to benefit me in ways that I now understand it can.
So I share some of my findings from diving into the world of ASMR and why I think we should carve out a niche in it just for mamas.
What happens when you don’t put fuel in your tank?
Whether it’s your car, your cell phone or your self - stuff doesn’t work when you don’t power it up properly.
In today’s Monday Momtra, I’m going rogue from my usual note taking and outline and just spitting what comes to my mind in the moment around the topic of getting angry when things don’t work (when we didn’t take the time to care for them).
So my advice this week is to figure out what you can plug into, what you can use as fuel to support you and take massive action to make sure you take care of you!
What does transformation look like?
Today is a super powerful episode that I’m so excited to bring to you. I’m sharing an excerpt from one of my coaching calls with a client, and in it we’re reflecting on her experience and the shifts in her life.
This conversation is nothing short of inspirational, as it’s a true testament to the power of believing in yourself, committing to your greatness, trusting the process and utilizing the support of people around you. This is the realness the transparency and the magic that comes from learning how to truly love yourself, creating breakthroughs in your challenges and the things that hold you back and owning your worth.
How do you balance motherhood and entrepreneurship?
It’s an awesome question that has lots of flaky, delicious layers to it. Because there isn’t one direct answer or way of going about it. Everyone navigates it differently. But it’s time I addressed it on the show. And I’m doing it in a fun and different way.
I’m sharing a segment from a podcast episode that I did with my husband Matthew on the show we host together (Doing It At Home). We addressed a question on how we balance our schedules, working from home, parenting and childcare. I love this conversation because you get both parents’ perspectives. We get specific on the details of our calendar, how our weeks flow and then how we constantly check in with ourselves and remember why we’ve chosen this lifestyle.
Then I give some solo feedback at the end of the episode. This is relevant for any parent regardless of the work and lifestyle. Because these topic impact all of us as we raise our kids and also grow as individuals.
Are you being kind to yourself?
Might sound simple, but that doesn’t detract from its importance. It also needs constant reminding and evaluation.
Are your thoughts, habits and words indicative of being kind, compassionate and loving towards yourself?
In today’s Momtra, I’m reminding you to be kind to yourself and take time to acknowledge how amazing you are.
Show Notes:
BAM Tribe Group Coaching - https://www.sarahbivens.com/bamtribe
“Why is this happening to me?!”
Ever ask yourself that question? I found myself asking it not too long ago. I’ve been experiencing some healing in my physical body recently and finding ways to process the thoughts and emotions around all of it.
This episode is a real, raw, transparent and vulnerable. Because I feel when I do that, I create the space for our collective growth and healing. I’m sharing some candid experiences of raging, intense UTIs that have recurred for me over the years, plus what I’m doing to address them from a WHOLEistic perspective and come out more powerful and healthy on the other side.
Do you get stuck inside your head sometimes?
It’s like a hamster wheel - we get all caught up in the mental processing of things that it takes us away from our present and robs us of our ever-deserving joy and peace.
In today’s Momtra, I’m reminding you of some instances where you’re totally stuck in your head, and giving you some ideas on how you can get out of it and balance yourself out.
Do you feel like you’re receiving enough love from your partner? Do you feel like you’re giving enough?
I’m sharing one of my favorite resources with you that I use in my coaching and in my own life: “The 5 Love Languages,” a book by Gary Chapman.
I give my own overview and interpretation of the 5 love languages as well as examples of how Matthew and I incorporate a practice and exercise around the languages in our relationship. This is a great opportunity for you to take something back into your relationship and give you and your partner the chance to articulate the things you both need to feel loved and fulfilled in the partnership.
Links:
- https://www.5lovelanguages.com/
- https://www.sarahbivens.com/bamtribe
What’s the key to being a better parent?
My answer: being a better you by working on mastering yourself. I’m talking about figuring out who you are - taking time to learn your thoughts, needs and desires.
In this Momtra I’m sharing some of my experience of addressing the many fears that pop up around what kind of parent I am and how it will affect my daughter. And the reminder that I think we all need - to come back to ourselves and deal with our own inner healing.
Links:
BAM Tribe Group Coaching - https://www.sarahbivens.com/bamtribe
Does your spouse make you happy?
Well, mine doesn’t! I know, I know...you might be thinking WTF?! The truth is that I don’t rely on him to make me happy - to make me feel whole.
In today’s episode I’m sharing how I moved from seeking all of my emotional security and validation from partners into feeling fulfilled and complete in myself, which then created the space for the type of partner and relationship that aligns with me and what I want in life.
I’m also giving some ideas for how you can continue cultivating your own inner self-love and release any attachments or co-depencies on what your partner does or doesn’t do for you.
How do you increase your worthiness and trust within yourself?
In today’s Monday Momtra, I’m exploring why so many of us are riddled with self-doubt and deny our worthiness and our ability to receive what others and the world want to give us. I believe a lot of this comes from a lack of trust within ourselves.
I share a few thoughts on how to build this trust, increase our worthiness and own your life experience.
Links:
Free 30-Day Trust Challenge - www.matthewbivens.com/trust
BAM Tribe - www.sarahbivens.com/bamtribe
What do you do when you want to be pregnant again, but you don’t necessarily want another actual child just yet?
In today’s episode, I’m sharing some of my very raw and unfiltered feelings around my daughter turning 2 and how I’ve processed the experience. It’s been a mix of thoughts and emotions. And then of course, it makes sense that we get questions and have conversations about growing our family. So I’m walking through how we address this and check in with our plans and desires and make sure that we’re doing what works best for us.
What’s the greatest gift you can give your child?
I’m reflecting on that this week in our Monday Momtra. For one thing, my daughter turns 2 this week. Plus, this conversation came up in my life accountability group this week. It inspired me to dig a little deeper and share this topic with you.
My answer right now is taking care of myself. To show the example to Maya and reduce any worry and anxiety on her part for the future. Because I want her to know that I’m healthy and thriving.
How does traveling change when you become a parent?
Some would argue that a few things change...slightly (ha!).
In this episode I’m sharing 2 experiences of recent travel: a family vacation with Matthew and Maya - full of road trip shenanigans and a trip to urgent care and then my second solo trip as a mama.
There’s a few lessons I’ve learned in each experience and I’m sharing those takeaways. From trust and your intuition to your relationship with your partner and letting go of mom guilt.
What happens if someone doesn’t want to move beyond their bull**** and create something different?
Simple answer: nothing. They’ll stay in their bull****. Because the impetus for change in our lives has to come from an internal source.
You could have coaches, friends, loved ones give you all the advice and tell you how awesome and capable you are until they’re blue in the face, but if you don’t want it for yourself - real shift won’t happen.
In this Momtra (a day late, I know!), I’m sharing 3 things that differentiate people who don’t want to make a shift and those who do. And how you can build upon those things to strengthen your desire to make the changes and experience what you want in life.
What does sex mean for you?
Have you even thought about that and broken that question down for yourself? I’ve been inspired recently by a few things I’ve watched and listened to around female sexuality and it’s brought me to a very clear conclusion: WOMEN ARE SO MORE POWERFUL.
So I go through some of my wow moments around the female’s incredible capacity for sexual energy from multiple orgasms to the magic of the clitoris. And yet, there are billions of women walking around with underutilized and untapped sexual energy.
Then I share some ideas for healing shame and judgement and limiting beliefs around sex which include honest conversations and revisiting past circumstances to release the blockages and start walking more consistently in that divine feminine orgasmic bliss!
Show Notes:
- Women’s Sexuality Isn’t “Complicated” TedxTalk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQqmMVOsriI
- Nicole Daedone TedxTalk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9QVq0EM6g4
- Netflix show “Explained” - https://www.vox.com/2018/5/23/17378322/vox-netflix-show-explained
- BAM Tribe Group Coaching - https://www.sarahbivens.com/bamtribe
Why does it seem like the “harried mother” is the most popular type of mother?
I know noone is perfect, and I’m certainly no exception. However I do grow tired of the idea that if life isn’t constantly a hot mess and I’m not within an inch of losing all of my hair and sanity, that it’s not the real authentic experience of motherhood.
I’m not talking about the moments where it is tough. Those happen. I like to believe though, that in general, I’m doing my best and the universe is working in my favor. I don’t see the use or help in putting myself down for the fear of threatening anyone else or making them feel bad.
Today’s Momtra encourages you to acknowledge that you are doing a great job, and more things are probably in place than you think - it’s about shifting the relationship and perspective to those things. Because then you inspire and uplift others, and we all win!
Links:
BAM Tribe Group Coaching - https://www.sarahbivens.com/bamtribe
Why do we beat ourselves up over things that don’t really matter in the grand scheme?
Today’s Momtra is a reminder for you of just some of the things that your child(ren) doesn’t care about. These are things that when you let them go and release unhealthy fixation on, you’ll find you have more time and energy to be present with your kiddos.
Because it’s natural to get caught up in the things that we think make us more important and valuable and better moms. That’s why we check in every so often and make sure we’re on path with what aligns with who we are and who we want to be.
What are the fears that are holding you back in your life right now?
In today’s bonus Momtra, we’re talking about fears: facing them vs. not facing them. And spoiler alert: those scenarios don’t create the same result.
I’m also sharing some exciting news in the Balance and Motherhood community and what I’ve learned from dedicating myself to a specific habit for 30 days straight.
Links:
- BAM Tribe Group Coaching - https://www.sarahbivens.com/bamtribe
Ever apologize to someone for how you’re feeling?
I know I have. I used to say sorry all the time for having certain emotions. And I absolutely hated being called an “emotional” person. Like it meant that I didn’t think rationally or apply logic to situations. I judged myself for it and internalized people’s responses and labeled myself a “basket case.”
Fast forward and I see the incredible power of our emotions. For one thing, we have them - there’s no getting around that. And the other thing has to do with how we relate to them and process them. Having emotions is not the issue. Addressing them, allowing them and releasing them when necessary - that is more important.
In this Momtra, I’m encouraging you to quit apologizing for feeling and instead find ways to connect more deeply with yourself and understand your emotions and how to use them.
How do you trust your intuition?
Enter: your internal GPS. And I’m not talking about the app that you use on your phone to navigate traffic. I’m talking about the Goddess Positioning System: your internal guidance mechanism.
You have an innate sense within you of what aligns and what serves. Lots of times things get in the way and block our connection and we lose our trust in ourselves.
In today’s Momtra I invite you to practice tuning into your GPS.
And guess what - there will be a Momtra everyday this week, to make up for my being out of town last week. So get ready for a daily dose of AIM - affirmation, inspiration and motivation to flood your ear drums and empower you throughout the week!
Have you taken time to unplug recently?
This is a short, sweet announcement for ya that I will be out of town this upcoming week. So no new episodes until Monday, August 27, 2018.
I’m practicing what I preach and I’m taking time to reset, recenter and practice my own sense of balance. So Matthew, Maya and I will be in Florida - enjoying quality time together.
I encourage you over this next week to unplug in your own ways. Say no to things that push your bandwidth. Take a min-mental vacation for yourself. And you know during my time away that my creative juices will be flowing and I’ll be ready to bring you some more awesome episodes shortly!
How do you let go of insecurities and hangups around your physical body?
Today’s Monday Momtra is a listener-requested topic around this question.
I searched into some of my own healing and rescripting as it relates to loving my body as well as things I’ve observed in others, and I’m bringing you a list of 5 things you can do right now to start creating a new story and conversation - one that acknowledges how beautiful and magnificent your body is!
How do you feel about God?
In today’s episode, I’m getting real about my relationship with the man/woman/energy/source upstairs. Preface and disclaimer here that these are my own thoughts, beliefs and opinions and I am in no way making any assumptions or judgements on your own spiritual journey. I’m simply sharing a piece of my story, without any intention of offending or negating anyone else’s.
For me, connection with “God” and spiritual awareness impacts every area of my life - my health, my marriage, my role as a mother and my work. So I dive in and share some past paradigms that I needed to work through and heal in order to create a healthier relationship with elements outside of myself. Plus some things I do to stay spiritually fit.
Ever have those moments where certain signs from the Universe sync up and you’re left kinda dumbstruck?
Well that happened to me recently. A conversation catching up with a friend lead to a sequence of magical occurrences and all sorts of light bulbs going off for me.
So I’m sharing that experience along with the big lesson that I drew from it and I’m inviting you to explore for yourself this week in the Monday Momtra. And that is: be about the endless possibility. Want to know more? Listen in! It’s just 7 minutes of your life and an easy way to give yourself a concentrated dose of AIM - affirmation, inspiration and motivation!
What are some of your top choices for coping with and managing stress?
In today’s episode I’m sharing a simple and to the point list of 10 things you can do for yourself right now to help cope with a stressful situation. They don’t require much extra stuff, money or even much more time really. They’re things that can be incorporated into your life to support you in minimizing unneeded stress and maximizing your joy.
Let’s face it, the phrase “mommin’ ain’t easy” is so popular because it’s so true. It’s not easy. But it probably wouldn’t be as impactful of a life experience if everything was a piece of cake. So what if we stopped worrying about how easy or hard it is, and instead looked for tools and practices to manage ourselves more effectively in the midst of all the stuff that comes up?
In other words, there are circumstances and elements of motherhood (and life) that we can’t control. But we have choice in how we relate to the events. How we feel, how we present ourselves, the thoughts we have and our habits are all totally within our realm of influence. We have the ability to create a healthy and joyful experience of motherhood. And not just able, we are so worthy of it. To embrace and embody the magic that is birthing and caring for another life.
Because a lot of us are experiencing this thing we call motherhood. But we are not all experiencing it the same way. Some of us, at any given point in time, feel like we’re drowning. Like we’ve barely got it together. Exhausted. Overwhelmed. Imbalanced. First thing to acknowledge here is that this is okay. It’s normal. You are normal. The goal of this episode is to reach some peace and acceptance around these thoughts and feelings. Recognizing them is important. And then...it’s time to do something about it. To get back to balance. To create your own sense of homeostasis, and implement a few trusted and effective practices to help you minimize the stressors of motherhood and their effects on your wellbeing.
So let’s release the idea that the only way to gain mom street cred and be cool is to be harried and stressed and stretched beyond our capacity. Let’s get to loving on ourselves first so that we can be the best versions of ourselves, and then as a result...stellar mamas!
Do you have a practice around journaling?
I’ve been journaling in some form since I was 9 years old. I even have my first journal - it’s purple and has Winnie the Pooh on it!
Over the years my style and intention has shifted up, as you might expect. In today’s Monday Momtra episode, I’m sharing a few of the things I’ve found to be the biggest value adds to my journaling habit. They help put me in a space of peace, love and joy while practicing my artform of expressing myself and articulating my thoughts and feelings.
Try them out and see what comes up for you!
Have you experience mom guilt? I guess a better question might be - when have you experienced mom guilt?
It’s such a pervasive, insidious thing. We wear on this shame and judgement for the things we feel like we’ve done or haven’t done that deprive our kids of something.
In this episode I’m sharing some of my own instances of guilt, the stuff around them and how I’m choosing to release them.
How many of us rely on things outside of ourselves to validate our worth and legitimize our abilities?
In today's Monday Momtra I'm sharing a list of things that I refuse to allow to give me approval and sense of satisfaction.
The time to affirm, inspire and motivate yourself is now! You don't need the titles, the people, the experiences to be true to who you are.
Do you feel any sort of residual frustration around exes?
I don’t know about you, but I’ve sometimes felt the emotional aftershocks of relationships past. Whether it’s been baggage that has shown up in my current relationship or disappointment around the type of communication we’ve had since our breakups, it hasn’t served me.
So I’m here now to release the rest of my attachment, expectation and any lingering victim stuff I have around my former lovers.
Ever hear the terms “pre-baby body” and “bouncing back?”
This Monday Momtra is about the concept of getting “back” to something that you were or had before having kids. And I say f*** it. I don’t think you have to work on getting back to any previous state or thing. I think you’re amazing and beautiful as you are and encourage you to keep evolving and changing and moving forward into greater versions of you.
How can we do and be our best?
Today’s Momtra is all about how relative your “best” is.
It fluctuates. Our best in one moment or day can look different from our best in another. This is because we are incredibly dynamic creatures and life ebbs and flows.
So let today’s message give you some freedom to find peace in who you are and the space to grow into greater awareness and love of who that is.
Have you ever used a menstrual cup?
In today’s episode I’m sharing some feedback on my first time. If you’ve followed me on social media for a minute you might have seen some of my rants about menstrual care and being sick of tampons and pads.
So I’m giving you my full experience - from the days leading up to it and my preparation to some of the learning curves and realizations.
Even if you’re not interested in using one, I think this story adds to putting more positive energy around how we relate to our periods and to love our bodies unconditionally.
Show Notes
- Episode 18 - Empower Your Relationship to Your Period - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/018-empower-your-relationship-to-your-period/id1326237425?i=1000401338121&mt=2
- OrganiCup Menstrual Cup - https://thebloomi.com/collections/menstrual-cycle/products/organicup-menstrual-cup
Have you ever let a past person or experience hold you back from being open and vulnerable with someone else? Or even yourself?
Sometimes people don’t appreciate when we’re brave and put ourselves out there. And then we let that suppress who we are. When that happens, not only are we hurting ourselves by not being authentic, but the world suffers a little bit from the pain of things unfulfilled.
This Momtra is a call to be open, transparent, vulnerable, bold and expressive. To release others’ approval and responses to you being yourself.
So where are you holding back? Where could you be more open and vulnerable. Take this week to think about it and practice letting go.
Do you ever feel resentment toward your significant other?
No matter the reason or how big or small, resentment is a very significant thing that can pop up in relationships. And when not addressed, has serious long term effects.
So today I’m talking about the ways I’ve experienced and witness resentment in mine and other relationships. Then some ideas on what we can do or reflect on to shift those feelings. And finally I share some tips on things you can talk about with our partner to work on it together.
Do you feel like there are things you can’t say, do, be or have now because you’re a mom?
Whether it’s wear a certain outfit, have time to yourself, curse or enjoy sex...sometimes we use the excuse or we let others make the excuse for us that we’re excluded from parts of life now that we’ve become a mother.
Today’s Momtra is an affirmation to remind you that you are limitless. And nothing about being a mother needs to stop you or hold you back from anything you want.
So instead of “but I’m a mom!” it can be, “yeah, so I am a mom...AND…” You fill in the blank! You get to decide!
How do you (did you) feel about turning 30?
There’s a lot of conversation around this age milestone. So I dive into some of what I used to think about it. Imagine crying and mourning the loss of youth, looking down the hill that is life ending as we know it.
And then I talk about how I feel about it now that I’m 6 months away from this graduation into a new decade. So whatever side of 30 that you’re on, this gives you a chance to look at your present and get the fullness of the experience of the age you’re in and to look forward to what’s around the corner.
Today’s episode is sponsored by The Bloomi, an online community for women to educate themselves and purchase products around intimate care. From menstrual health, sexual wellness and women empowerment. Go to www.thebloomi.com and sign up for their newsletter for a 25% off code.
What does it mean to cultivate intimacy within yourself?
Do you love yourself? Do you like yourself?
Today I’m sharing some thoughts on what it looks like to invest in the most important relationship you have in your life - the one you have with yourself.
Think of it this way: intimacy - IN TO ME I SEE.
What can something like breastfeeding teach you about life?
Well, that’s what I’m talking about in today’s episode. I’ve been breastfeeding my daughter Maya for 21 months now. And I’ve certainly gained some life lessons in the process. So even if you haven’t breastfed or don’t plan to, these are things you can appreciate outside of an act like nursing.
So I share the main takeaways for me, as well as some of the real, raw no-filter kinda stuff. And it’s a really fitting time to talk about it because I’m also in the process of weaning. So it’s been teaching me about transition, being aware of how I’m relating to choices in my life and what I can do to influence myself powerfully within them.
Today’s episode is sponsored by The Bloomi, an online community for women to educate themselves and purchase products around intimate care. From menstrual health, sexual wellness and women empowerment. Go to www.thebloomi.com and sign up for their newsletter for a 25% off code.
Breast milk jewelry company I mention - milk + honey - https://www.milkandhoney.jewelry/
Do you have any relationships in your life that you wish were different?
Do you have people that you wish you could change?
Today’s Monday Momtra throws out an idea for dealing with some of this - enjoy people where they’re at. Stop trying to put expectations and things on a relationship that aren’t necessarily in alignment with the type of energy and frequency you’re seeking.
It’s natural to want things for people - to see their potential and hold space for that. But what if we could put judgement aside, and just enjoy what we can get out of how we’re able to receive someone at any particular point in life. I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT SETTLING FOR CRAPPY RELATIONSHIPS. I’m saying that if someone is in your life, and you continue to keep them there - appreciate the variety in the different types of connections you can create and have. It’s about reading the situation and being able to show up to it in a way that works for you, brings value and you also get something out of the exchange.
They can be themselves. You can be yourself. And you can grow from there.
How many honest and mature conversations have you heard about anal sex?
“Woah, wait...what? Anal sex? Is that really what I just read - on a show called Balance and Motherhood??”
Yes indeed!
If you’ve listened to the show before, you’ve probably gathered that I’m not afraid to be transparent and vulnerable. Welp - here we go! A continuation from a brief discussion in one of the previous sex series episodes.
If you’re like me, no one talked to you in real way about anal sex, other than judgements and jokes. So that’s what I’m doing today. Just having a casual conversation on some of my experience and take on the whole thing.
Sponsor of today’s episode: www.thebloomi.com
Ever have to make a compromise in your life? Of course you have, you’re human! It’s basically part of the experience, so long as you’re choosing to interact with any other humans. It’d be impossible to count the number of decisions we make in a day. From the big to the small. Some of them are bound to be more towards the bottom of our list of preference. So how do you deal with those choices. Do you accept them and move on, or tend to linger a bit longer in the resistance and frustration around doing something that you don’t really wanna do? For me, in my past I held resentment around things I chose...but begrudgingly. I expected something in return from the people involved - emotional penance. I wanted people to feel bad or beholden to me for settling for them. So I’d piss and moan and huff and puff. And the person it was hurting the most was ME. This Momtra is all about owning your decisions - all of them. And being in a peaceful space about it. For your own wellbeing and benefit!
Ever have a pivotal moment in your life that you feel like it could go either way?
Meaning it could lead to total breakdown or total breakthrough.
I’m opening up today and getting real, raw, vulnerable and transparent with you about some events that built upon each other and brought me to a space of feeling cracked, or better yet - shattered completely into a million pieces.
I went into the doldrums of the mind and spirit and basically questioned everything about my existence. I walk you through the process - from sexual intimacy and healing to rejecting feedback and advice to releasing toxic energy and the need to please everyone. I believe everyone can relate to at least one aspect of this experience.
It’s fascinating what shows up and what possibilities unfold when you feel like you’re in your darkest hour. This is one of those stories.
This episode is sponsored by The Bloomi, an online community for women to find organic and non-toxic intimate care products. Go to www.thebloomi.com and sign up for their newsletter to learn more and receive a 25% discount code.
What does it look like to be in your power?
I can’t answer that question for you. It’s up to you. The thing is that we’re not always encouraged to believe that it is actually up to us. We get to determine and proclaim how we want to feel and who we want to be.
We don’t have to buy the ideas or the orders of what others want to pass on to us - whether it’s parents, spouses, friends or culture.
This Momtra is about putting yourself in that space of full tilt. Uncensored. Pure. What do you experience in those moments when you’re fully connected, plugged in and turned on for your life? How do you feel physically, mentally, emotionally? What are you doing and saying and thinking and experiencing?
Let’s get a clear picture of what that looks like. So we can then take that and use it as an inspiration and driver for being that woman as often as possible. To let our average state be that of joy.
Ever ask yourself these questions: Who am I? Why am I here? What’s my greater purpose?
Chances are that we all do, multiple times and at all different stages of our lives. If not to find the answers, to check in on those answers and affirm them and explore how they evolve.
Today’s episode is going to help with that process. First off, I read my personal mission statement to you - something that I’ve received a lot of feedback and questions on in my life.
Then I give you my secret sauce. I’m giving you the tools and coaching I give my clients. I unpack the process of establishing your own personal mission statement. Because this stuff is incredibly valuable and I want everyone to have it in their toolbelt of being a badass and balanced mama and woman.
When you have a clear mission statement, standards and values for your life -- and you stand for it and you hold it -- you lay this stake in the ground and create something on which you can move with powerful conviction. And I guarantee it impacts every aspect of your life from your health to your work to your relationships.
You’ll want a pen and paper or the notes app of your phone for this one to go through the following stages:
- What are your core values?
- What are your gifts, talents and passions?
- What do your environments look like?
- Write your mission statement!
And if you’re ready to explore this for yourself with extra support and accountability, I have spots available for one-on-one balanced lifestyle coaching. Please reach out with any questions to balanceandmotherhoodpodcast[at]gmail[dot]com!
Where are you holding onto bull**** in your life that you need to let go of?
Today’s episode is a bit of mini-coaching session. A Monday Momtra with some punch. Tough love. Bold compassion. A gentle kick in the ass if you will. Because that’s what I’m here for and I got you, boo.
I don’t know exactly where you’re bull****ting yourself in your life or what it looks like but I can guarantee that we’re all working with some level of denial around something. And it helps to have others around us to hold us accountable, and ask the questions that help us explore and bring clarity.
And if you’re ready to start releasing this bull****, to take it to the next level and you’re clear it’s going to take some extra support, tools and accountability, I am here for you! I have a few coaching slots open this summer for one-on-one lifestyle coaching, in various time frames and capacities. If you’re serious about owning your sense of balance and experiencing it fully, boldly, unapologetically….reach out to me right now. Because it’s your life! What’s more important than that?!
When you think about the emotions that come up in a challenging or painful situation, is excitement one of them?
Usually not, right?
But what if it was? What if it could be? I say we open ourselves up to the possibility that something can be rebuilt from the ashes of our breakdown. I didn’t always use to think this way though.
Today I’m sharing a situation that inspired me to explore the process of moving beyond the grief, frustration or anger that pops up in life circumstances. And it actually led to a couple of epiphanies around my past and future related to parenting, marriage and self-care.
So what are your challenges right now? And what are your possibilities within those challenges? I have a feeling this episode will prompt you to start looking at things differently and seeing opportunities to power up and experience more joy in your life, regardless of the things that get thrown at you.
How do we solve those problems that pop up in our lives that just seem so unconquerable?
They either seem so big that we can barely wrap our minds around them or they repeat and recycle so often that the pattern seems unbreakable.
I’m pulling some wisdom from the great Albert Einstein for this one. A powerful quote to jumpstart some possibilities for moving forward. To create something different. To connect with ourselves, others and life. To put ourselves outside the box, change the perspective a bit, and level up in our mode of thinking and being.
Let this Momtra empower you this week with some Affirmation, Inspiration and Motivation to get creative with your problem solving, and be a badass while you do it!
What was it like when you became a mama?
I love the journey of motherhood because we all have different beginnings and awareness around when and how the experience begins.
For some just thinking about becoming a mom is the beginning - no matter how old you were. Putting yourself in the space and visualization of being someone’s mama. For others it might be the moment they discovered they were pregnant. And then there’s birth day, or adoption day for many mamas.
In today’s episode, I’m sharing the story of the day I gave birth to my daughter Maya. It’s a rebroadcast from the podcast I host with my husband Matthew and I mention every now and then on the show, The Doing It At Home Podcast. The conversation is me, Matthew and baby Maya nuzzled on his chest, sitting in our bed with a recorded between us, about 6 days after our birth.
We go through the whole process of early labor, active labor, our team arriving and all the people we had at our house to support us, the birth and some of the initial postpartum experience as we settled into life as a family of 3.
Do you feel comfortable being naked?
In today’s episode I’m diving into some of the programming around the shame we acquire towards our naked bodies. Because clearly issues around our nakedness are not inherent. We learn to cover up and hide and pervert our natural state. Where and how do we come up with those disempowering thoughts and beliefs?! (I have a few ideas on that…)
I’m also sharing some of the ways I’ve overcome my fear, anxiety and judgement around rocking my birthday suit. Then I get into fun ideas for things you can do naked in your daily life. Some are from my own naked self-love and care regimen and some are suggestions from fellow goddesses via social media.
The main thing I want to emphasize here is that no matter how often or what you do naked, it’s incredibly powerful to just love your body and embrace its pure, raw, beautiful essence.
Challenge yourself to be naked with intention after you listen to this. And heck -- listen while naked. Spoiler: I recorded the episode in the nude!
My Elephant Journal article: https://www.elephantjournal.com/2015/11/how-3-experiences-helped-me-stop-my-body-shaming-start-loving-my-naked-self/
Ever feel like it is your job to make someone feel a certain way? Like you are responsible for their well being?
Whether it is parents, spouses or children, we sometimes rope ourselves into the impossible task of taking on the emotional responsibility of another person's emotions.
I am here to tell you that this is not your charge. Be responsible for what you can influence. YOUR thoughts, words and habits.
Today's Mamtra is a reminder to release the extra baggage that is not yours to carry. Listen in and move into another week empowered with some affirmation, inspiration and motivation.
How do you make friends when you become a mom?
This is one of the many questions I know I asked myself when I entered into this new phase of life, and I’m sure others do as well.
There’s so much other stuff that swirls around the topic of friendship: how do they evolve, what happens when people grow apart, what about my friends that don’t have kids, and how do I make time for these relationships?
I’m sharing some of the things I’ve learned about forging, keeping and releasing friendships. Also what it looks like to set intentions and boundaries with friendships.
And one of my secrets - the power of the acquaintance. Find out what I mean by that and all the other fun stuff in this episode. Because remember - friendship is the best ship! (c’mon...I HAD to throw that corny joke in there...it’s too good not to!)
Ever feel like you’re stuck in the expectation or vision that someone else has of you?
Today’s Momtra is about staying away from the shadows of others - the dark places we can sometimes find ourselves when we want to hide from our own thoughts and desires.
Because it’s our purpose to shine, not duck way and play small.
The world needs you to be authentic and leave mediocrity behind. So listen in for your dose of weekly AIM - affirmation, inspiration and motivation!
Today's episode is all about how to listen to advice, how to receive feedback, and when to ignore advice.
Ever feel like you have no idea what you’re doing and that people will find out and expose you for the fraudulent hot mess that you are?
This Monday Momtra is about releasing the imposter syndrome, a debilitating condition that is affecting mothers everywhere. It renders sufferers unable to acknowledge their awesomeness and as a result are paralyzed with fear in moving forward into furthering their awesomeness. Commonly paired with paranoia that others will discover inadequacies and exploit them.
This looks like the general feeling of “I have no idea what I’m doing, I’m doing a terrible job, and/or my kids would be better off with someone else.”
It’s time to own our abilities and shine our confidence. There’s no motherhood tribunal that is waiting to swoop in and label you as a failure.
The truth is that you got this. You are it. And there ain’t nothing fake about what you have to offer the world.
How do you heal, reconcile and accept parts of you that you hold guilt and resentment towards?
One of these lessons that I’ve gotten the opportunity to face in this experience of motherhood has been releasing past feelings of guilt, judgement and disconnectedness with the color of my skin.
This episode was inspired by my amazing husband, who recently did his own episode on his podcast “Having It ALL,” about growing up biracial and his challenges and breakthroughs around his identity. As we talked about our experiences growing up and relationships to race, culture and belonging, he encouraged me to explore more of what was coming up for me as I realized I let my issues around my skin color impact a lot of how I felt about myself for many years.
I held onto what some use the term “white guilt” to describe. For much of my adolescence and young adulthood I remember wishing I could look different, and feeling like I didn’t have a cultural identity. As a staunch people pleaser from a young age, I couldn’t stand the idea that who I was or how I looked offended anyone.
So this episode is a process of sharing and healing for me. Going back to those early years and uncovering how this was created and what I chose to take on energetically to fuel the feelings of guilt. Then how it traveled into dating and choice of romantic partners.
It would bring up questions in me like “What do I say? How do I act? How can I be in alignment with my true self?” And now - how do I create a new paradigm in which I can be a powerful mother to a mixed race daughter? How do I release my “stuff” so that I can support her in feeling comfortable, loved, affirmed in her own skin?
Balanced Mama Moments Album - https://www.sarahbivens.com/balanced-mama-moments
Ever feel like you’re not doing enough, like you’re not quite measuring up to all the amazing things everyone else is up to?
Today’s Momtra is about releasing the comparison compulsion. I don’t know about you, but sometimes when I watch, read or listen to something about someone rocking it in their specific field or interest, I feel like I need to be doing that thing too. I have to be eating all organic, crafting Pinterest board worthy items, mastering yoga and meditation and be the expert on everything that ever existed.
This pressure we put on ourselves is insane. And the belief that we have to know it all and do it all...well that’s a recipe for disaster.
The point I want to hit home here is that everyone has their “thing.” And it is possible to stay in our lanes while we celebrate other people in theirs. And ultimately, you gotta do you.
Ever have something happen in your life that you once swore would never happen? Even more - it was something you were extremely afraid of?
For me, this happened in the form of having my daughter Maya. I’ve been pretty open in the past in social media and in conversations about my intense anxiety and fear in the past around having a daughter. In this episode, I explore that further and give a more detailed timeline of feelings and events that led up to that.
From thinking I’d pass on all my issues to my resentment of men. And then some of the unsolicited outside feedback from people when they learn you’re having a girl.
Whether you’re a mother to a girl or boy, or not a parent, the essence of this is taking the opportunity to explore the fears about our lives that hold us back, how we can examine them and learn from them to rise above them.
Why do we look for things to be stressed about?
Seriously, all of us at one time or another are actively searching for and almost pursuing the things that bring us frustration.
Why do we want to deny the possibility that things can flow with ease, that we are powerful and capable? It’s like we want confirmation that we have to struggle.
Well this is your reminder to stop doing that! And start trusting in the idea that life can flow and that things are okay.
What is abundant love?
What is love to you? What’s the purpose of sex for you?
There are a lot of boxes for different lovestyles: monogamy, non-monogamy, polyamory, polygamy, polyandry, polygyny, open marriage, swingers….any others I’m forgetting?
This is a super personal episode and I’m sharing some big, bold and authentic truths with you about my marriage and identity as an individual.
Here’s how it’s going to flow...I’m going to answer the following questions:
- What is Abundant Love?
- How did I realize I was an abundant lover?
- What lessons have I learned from this process?
- How does it make me a better mother?
I’m putting it all on the table. Practicing BEING about what I talk about and encourage on the show. So here it is, folks. Here I am. Enjoy!
Matthew’s podcast episode of our discussion on Abundant Love: https://www.havingitallpodcast.com/
Marianne Williamson’s “A Woman’s Worth”: https://www.amazon.com/Womans-Worth-Marianne-Williamson/dp/0345386574
“Sex At Dawn”: https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Dawn-Stray-Modern-Relationships/dp/1491512407
Why can’t we ever find gratitude in the midst of s*** hitting the fan? Why does it always have to be weeks, months or years later before we can realize, “oh yeah...that thing that I thought was awful...it was actually great for me and I’m glad that it happened.”
Retrospectively finding the gratitude and the growth is a great practice, and one I think we’ll continue to do. I also think there’s tremendous opportunity to set some things in place to support us in real-time gratitude when stuff goes awry.
So in this episode, I’m sharing a quick list of things that can help you in those moments. I’m calling them the 3 P’s (super innovative I know! haha). So not just what they are, but specific examples of things within each of those areas.
Can you think of a situation where you could’ve lost all your marbles, but instead were able to navigate yourself through it - like Neo in The Matrix dodging bullets? What did you do, and what helps you stay grateful despite life’s challenges?
Ever have someone tell you that you can’t do something? Or people who didn’t believe in you and fed you disempowering beliefs about yourself?
Well here’s an idea - send love and gratitude to those people. Say whaaaat? Yes. I’m talking about being grateful for the opportunities that those people and situations created for you to rise above, to make something different. Because gratitude is far more productive than resentment.
And for me, the situations where I did overcome something that someone once had me believing I couldn’t...I feel that much more powerful as a result.
So in this episode I talk about a few examples of limiting perspectives that were once offered to me, and why I’m thankful for them. Before that, I touch on my recent visit with my mom and some great opportunities that gave me to share my voice, speak my truth and remember who I am.
And for any Atlanta area listeners, come say hi to me at the ATL Area Moms Blog event Bloom 2018 in Kennesaw on April 15, 2018. I’ll be moderating a panel discussion of experts on things motherhood. So any expecting mamas or seasoned mamas planning to grow their family, come check out the event!
Website for Bloom 2018 - https://atlanta.citymomsblog.com/
Do you have your hands out wide and open and ready to receive what the world wants to give you?
In today’s episode I’m expanding upon a prosperity visualization exercise from one of my favorite books “You Can Heal Your Life” by Louise Hay.
Imagine we all get the chance everyday to step up to the shoreline of the abundant ocean that is the life experience. What will you bring to collect your reward? And what’s it saying about your conversations around worthiness and wealth?
This week, think about where you can open up and expand your idea of prosperity, own your worthiness and truly receive!
Why are we so scared to speak up at times?
In this episode, I challenge you to drop the act of playing small, and to be TOO MUCH. Yes. Be bold, fearless and unapologetic.
I talk about how the movie “I, Tonya” inspired this conversation, what compassion is for me, and what the consequences are of staying silent and shutting yourself down.
What are some ways you can express your voice more fully, challenge what’s expected or what’s been and bust through some fears and things that make you uncomfortable? I dare you - BE TOO MUCH!
What’s the first thought you have when you look in the mirror?
I’m not going to tell you what it should be, but I can share the intention I hold for you and myself and every other woman - that it is some form of expression of “I AM BEAUTIFUL.”
Because you are. Your physical body is an amazing machine that works so hard for you day in and day out. And it’s always working towards getting back to a state of healing. It’s truly remarkable and nothing short of a miracle.
And we wanna get bent out of shape when there’s something “off” with it - something is out of place or too big or too small.
Today’s Monday Momtra is a short and sweet reminder to love on your body and all its splendor.
Could you picture your life with an orgasm every day?
There was a time when I would’ve answered “no” to that question. And even if it were possible, and was essentially presented to me on a silver platter, I would’ve turned it down.
But not anymore! Nope - now I’m clear - that an orgasmic state of being is the key to greater health, wealth and joy. And this is my wish for every mama out there - to walk in and basque in the glow of abundant and orgasmic bliss.
Does this mean sexual intercourse every single day? Maybe, if that’s what you want. But it certainly doesn’t have to look like that. There are ways to tune in and turn on that have nothing to do with penetration.
So in this episode, we go on an epic journey. We cover a lot of bases here, so buckle up! From the inspiration to this episode and how a sexually satisfied woman is more likely to access her greatest dreams and desires, to Fifty Shades of Grey and the culture around pornography, some of my own experience with porn, sex toys, oral pleasure, the back door, boobs and sharing your sexual history with your partner.
There’s no one way to mother, to create balance in your life OR to tap into your sexuality. Make it your own and feel empowered while “doing it” (ayooo!)! Hope this helps spark some ideas for ya. Enjoy!
Links from the episode for you:
- Nicole Daedone Tedx Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9QVq0EM6g4
- One Taste - https://onetaste.us/
- School of Greatness Podcast with Tererai Trent - https://lewishowes.com/podcast/i-tererai-trent-awaken-full-potential-achieve-impossible/
- Erika Lust Tedx Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9LaQtfpP_8&t=7s&index=21&list=PLKIfDodTws9VhQzmq6TQbGjzul6cKQKSA†
- Erika Lust website - https://erikalust.com/
- Kim Anami - http://kimanami.com/
Ever take the time to look back on previous versions of yourself in different situations?
When you might have been going through a stressful circumstance like a breakup, family conflict or health issue. And then have you been able to look at the situation, remember it and all the emotions and everything that came up, but not necessarily feel them anymore? Like you’re able to objectively view the event as a third party. It was once a part of you, but you no longer identify with it, or have to be emotionally attached to it.
I had this experience recently when I listened to a song that once carried me through the hard times of a breakup. It was as if the spirits from Christmas Carol took me to visit my past, or I looked into the pensieve of Harry Potter world. I saw me...but it wasn’t me anymore. I didn’t wear the experience on as my own anymore. I could look at “old me” and have understanding and compassion for her, be grateful for her even, but not have to feel her disempowering thoughts and emotions.
Recognizing this kind of shift, progress, growth, healing...is extremely powerful and necessary in the journey of discovering, defining and loving yourself.
So this week I challenge you to take a look at some past situations and see what comes up and where we send continued healing and honor ourselves in our process.
Are your relationships honest and authentic?
This is a great question to chew on, and explore how you can become more effective in relationship building - starting first and foremost with yourself, and then extending that into how and with whom you connect.
This episode is an “intermission” if you will in the midst of our sex series on the podcast. I share some of my truth in the intro on how I determined that recording the episode for this week wasn’t the best move for me. So instead I decided to take the opportunity to learn some things about myself, be honest and keep moving forward. That sometimes self-love and self-care means saying “when.”
So I’m sharing an episode from my amazing husband’s podcast that I know will resonate given the topic of conversation lately. Matthew hosts his own show called Having It ALL - it’s been featured in iTunes new and noteworthy podcasts and has been hanging out amongst some of the highest ranked health and wellness/self-help ever since he started it. This man is a beast (in an awesome way). He’s real with it. Gets right to the core. Powerful, inspiring, and sexy as hell (I’m not biased!).
This episode is about trust, honesty and authenticity in relationships. He addresses a listener email and gets into the nitty gritty of what happens when you close yourself off from letting people in, and then how you can hold space for others to grow trust.
I love the topic because it feeds the sex conversation in an indirect way. Building trust is HUGE in the bedroom. So snack on this delicious morsel while I cook up next week’s part 3 of our sex series and enjoy listening to the guy that I get to work with, sleep with and raise babies with!
https://www.havingitallpodcast.com/
Ever have feelings that come up, but they don’t entirely feel like yours?
As perceptive, sensitive, powerful and intuitive creatures (go us!) we can have a tendency to carry on other people’s stuff. Their bull**** to be frank.
I recently have an emotional release around disempowering thoughts and emotions that felt very strange to me. Foreign and yet familiar. Like a temporary possession. I felt like I didn’t have control over it.
It got me thinking about how and why we’re able to pick up on things around us. Essentially, they are mental and emotional viruses - looking for hosts to inhabit and grow within. In order for a virus to thrive and multiply, the space its targeted has to have all the components to support it. And then something within that space activates the virus. I think our energetic garbage is the same way. Those things that we take on from other people connect with a space within us that match up with the root of the thought or feeling.
So what do we do about it? Well first, it’s helpful to acknowledge that this happens, and while we may not be able to avoid this from happening completely, there are things we can do to boost our emotional and mental immune systems and protect ourselves. It’s about healthy doses of vitamin C - consistency in our self-love and self-care habits to bolster our emotional well-being, and periodic purging - releasing people, places and things that are agents for these viruses.
This is especially helpful for any of you empaths out there. Allow our gifts of intuition and compassion to create opportunities for connection with ourselves and others rather than unhealthy emotional attachment.
Would you say you love your vagina? Why or why not?
I think it’s so important for women to have a healthy relationship to their vagina, and for us to teach our young daughters, nieces, cousins, etc. to love it too.
When I googled “self care for your vagina” - all that comes up is the sterile, medical-type information and conversation. “Keep it clean...keep it dry...don’t douche...use lube!” Kthankscoolbyeeee. Where’s the conversation about how friken awesome vaginas are...how resilient, powerful and magnificent??
So in this episode and in part 2 of the sex series on the show, it’s all about the yoni. I share an intimate letter I wrote to mine (actually inspired by a man writing a letter to his penis - so yay for sex positive conversations with our genitalia!). I go through years of how I related to it, and how I was preparing myself for birth 2 years ago - I knew I needed to do some emotional healing around my lady parts before they brought a baby into the world.
And then I get realllllyyyy intimate and share a recent experience I had with my husband Matthew in the bedroom and how it was a speechless moment of rescripting unhealthy and shameful conversations around my vagina.
Plus some tips on how to show your yoni some love!Resources:
- https://www.jaysongaddis.com/a-letter-to-my-cck/
- https://www.diahpodcast.com/single-post/Sex-While-Pregnant-The-Ins-The-Outs-The-Reach-Arounds-Rebroadcast
- https://www.diahpodcast.com/single-post/The-Postpartum-Sex-Episode-Having-Our-Best-Sex-After-Baby
- https://www.diahpodcast.com/single-post/Sex-After-Having-Kids---How-We-Keep-Our-Sex-Life-Burning-As-New-Parents
Why is it important to take care of yourself so that you can take care of others?
We hear this a lot -- how can you love someone if you don’t love yourself. You need to make sure you’re filled up before tending to others….but WHY??
I was chatting about this point with my beloved husband Matthew, who brought up the solid point that we often hear this phrase, repeat it to others but don’t fully get it or buy into it. Or sometimes view it in a limited context and don’t really connect with it. It’s just something nice to say.
SO AGAIN - WHY?
I have some thoughts, and I’m gonna share them (obviously!) haha
First off, you can’t teach and demonstrate what you don’t know and don’t actively practice yourself.
It’s about capacity. It’s a simple logic and equation of input and output. And you can’t keep giving out without refueling. The most efficient way would be to recharge at a faster rate than you expel that energy. But that takes time and practice. And we’re all learning and growing here.
It’s like a battery. You can’t power something that requires a D battery with a AAA.
So not taking care of yourself is trying to power something that requires more energy than you can supply.
It’s a matter of capacity. Increase your capacity -- increase your output.
So how do you increase your capacity? I give some examples for ya to chew on!
Can you remember some of the first thoughts and beliefs you had around sex? What created and influenced them? What helped feed them or eventually release them? And how are they impacting you now as a sexual being and sensual goddess? (Oh, because you are those things in case you didn’t realize - I hold that space for myself and every woman - to express that divine feminine within us all!)
So here we go - the sex series. I’m sure it won’t be the only one as they’re SO MUCH to cover. But we’ll start here. And in this first part I share a lot of my old beliefs around sex that hover around the status of virginity (and a girl’s need to keep that status), Disney princess fantasies, where I received most of sexual education, penis phobias and how I feel about the emergence of sexuality in young women. We as a society have no idea what to do when a young woman comes into her sexuality and seeks to express it. So we do our best to stifle it and stamp it (them) out.
I also share my feelings on monogamy. I’ll just leave it at that and you can listen in to see what I’m talking about.
And finally, the examples I want to show for my daughter Maya - and the space I want to create for her to love her body, express herself, talk to me and ask me questions and have a healthier relationship to sex than I did while growing up.
Oh and get excited for part 2 in the series where I’m gonna be talking about the importance of loving your yoni and honoring her in all her glory!
Have questions or comments you want me to include at the end of the series? Email me at balanceandmotherhoodpodcast[at]gmail.com.
And here are the awesome women-owned small businesses I mentioned at the top of the episode:
- https://www.instagram.com/bee_and_mae/
- https://www.instagram.com/taurusandtwine/
How do we deal with our emotions? First - we allow ourselves to feel them. Let them come up, no matter how ugly, and let them out. Do not stifle them. They are there to teach us something.
In this week’s Momtra - I let some of my emotions out and how I’ve been processing the recent events of the shooting in Parkland, Florida. Understanding all of that, I’m affirmed in the need to choose love and heal ourselves to heal our world.
Be the love. Feel what you’re feeling. Be unapologetic in both of those pursuits.
I also share a story of a random act of kindness that had a profound impact on me and brought me to tears. Also, the best jar of spaghetti sauce I’ve ever purchased (huh? Yes, you read that right - I promise, they’re related).
Reminder: you are a precious gift. You are worthy of love and joy. Your feelings are valid. You are not alone.
Show Notes:
- https://www.gofundme.com/stonemandouglasvictimsfund
- https://www.facebook.com/klgandhoda/videos/10156140937826350/
Why do we let jealousy and guilt overtake us and jerk us around sometimes? They are such useless emotions, in my opinion, and yet the damage they can leave both internally and externally is quite astounding.
In this episode (which is not a great one to listen to with little ears around, FYI - salty language used here!), I invite you to join me in telling your jealousy and guilt to go f* off. In the most polite and dignified way of course! But really though, that sh has got to go.
In my experience, jealousy pops up when there is fear and/or lack around 2 things - resources and love. I go into some more specifics on what that looks like, and where I can experience jealousy.
And guilt - it’s an intense judgement on ourselves that we’ve done something wrong or that we should have done something differently. A big area of guilt for mamas - TIME. How it’s spent and if we ever take any of it for ourselves.
Once we’ve identified the tiny gremlins that are jealousy and guilt, how do we get rid of them? I give some tips on how we can address them and some new beliefs and thought patterns to practice, to flip the disempowering jealous emotions and do something with them that will add to our sense of wellbeing rather than eat away at it.
What does it mean to believe in yourself? What is faith? And how do those two things create your reality?
It might seem super transcendental, but it doesn’t have to be. In this week’s Monday Momtra, I’m diving into a topic that came up during a meetup with some fellow goddess friends.
Essentially: we don’t have to rely on certain things happening in our lives in order to have confidence in who we are. It’s the confidence in ourselves, the belief, that allows for the manifesting to occur. In other words, our thoughts create our life experience. The experience does not create our thoughts.
So this week I want you to think about where you could strengthen your belief in yourself, and where you could cultivate more faith (and what that word even means to you).
We didn’t come here just to experience results. What about the process, and even before that - the conception of the thought and the idea? When we’re attached to results, we can be let down, disappointed, even depressed. But if we focus on the belief and tend to the faith, our joy is not dependent on a thing or circumstance. We can have rich relationships, abundant self-love, vibrant health and fulfilled passions and desires when we believe in our ability to do so, and have faith that we are worthy of it all.
Ever want to yell at parts of yourself that aren’t doing you want them to do?
Maybe not just physical parts - but almost like there are different versions of yourself within you that fight against each other and create disconnection and frustration. Like the part of you that wants to workout and eat healthy versus the part that wants to veg out on the couch all day. Or the part of you that wants to be bold and expressive and the other part that wants to stay small and hold your truth in.
In today’s episode I’m taking a lesson from Marianne Williamson’s book “A Course in Weight Loss,” and I’m opening up a dialogue between the two selves I like to call “Fat Me” and “Skinny Me.”
The practice is to allow the two selves (whatever versions of you that are at odds) to communicate and share everything that comes up for them. It could (in fact it probably will) get ugly. Let it out. Leave no stone unturned. Vent, curse, cry...really let them have it. Because that’s where the space for better understanding and compassion can be created. And we can integrate the parts of ourselves to work together rather than battle each other.
So I wrote letters - you could also write letters, or record conversations...whatever works for you. You don’t have to share the conversation with anyone, or even tell anyone that you’ve done it. And I read my letters for you as an example of the process. Maybe it sparks some ideas for your dialogue or resonates in certain aspects and helps you start to heal that area that could use some love and understanding.
What parts of yourself are butting heads? Maybe it’s time to let them loose in the rink and just go at it.
Ever gone to a party and been totally bummed that they didn’t have your favorite snack or beverage?
Hang in there with me, because I’m going somewhere with this. Today’s Momtra is inspired by a boss I had a few years back. In one of our weekly brainstorm/energy pump-up sessions, he gave us a little analogy about a friend of his who was feeling stuck and frustrated. The solution he found can be linked back to my original question. See, in the friend’s case, he was bummed when he showed up to a lot of places and did almost anything. Because he was relying on something outside of himself to bring the happy. The fix became showing up and bringing exactly what he wanted to experience. So if he was going to a party, and wanted some f***ing cheese puffs, HE would bring the cheese puffs.
So this week, think about where you could bring the cheese puffs. Where you could liven things up a bit and start with yourself, before worrying about whatever kind of spread other people are laying out. Life’s too precious and too awesome to be less than enthusiastic about it.
Listen in and get that extra AIM for your week: affirmation, inspiration and motivation with the weekly Monday Momtra.
Why do we feel embarrassed about our periods?
This past week when I got the flu - I also started my menstrual cycle. Yay, right? Maybe it was because I had nothing to do but rest up and let my body heal by staying in bed all day, or the power of the full moon (which my cycle is now synced up with - pretty cool!), but it got me thinking about our conversations and relationships to our periods - going back to when we first started menstruating.
So I share my own “right of passage” tale of when I got my first period. Oh, also I mention the fact that I had faked getting my period years before it actually started - to feel more accepted amongst girls in my class who were “maturing” early.
I talk about some of the shame and guilt that gets laid down at a young age - encouraging us to reject this part of our body and its natural process. Like have you ever felt awkward and embarrassed buying pads or tampons in the store? Ever been paralyzed with the fear that you’ve bled through your clothes at the most inopportune time? Or felt weird even asking questions about it (or Googling it like me...incognito window anyone??)?
Motherhood changed and healed a lot for me around menstruation. And my desire for women (and my daughter when the time comes to guide her) is to embrace the process. To embrace the fullness of our bodies and all they are capable of. To own our periods, own our power and hold the space for our divine feminine awesomeness! You don’t have to hide or feel ashamed!
How has your relationship to your period evolved over the years? How do you feel about it now?
Ever get mad at yourself for how you handle a situation? Anyone? And then proceed to judge and shame yourself more over what you did or didn’t do?!
Well I did that last week - in the midst of setting intentions to “be selfish” like I said in last Monday’s Momtra. I got an opportunity to practice my intention, and when it didn’t go well - I realized I wasn’t honoring myself in the process. And it led to a huge “WTF SARAH?!” moment. Proceed down the rabbit hole and spiral of self-doubt and loathing…
So I share how I snapped myself out of this and the lessons I learned from this experience to give you the Momtra: stop beating yourself up over beating yourself up.
Stop “shoulding” on yourself! And remember that if there’s a lesson you’re keen on learning or an intention you’re putting focus on...you are GUARANTEED to get opportunities to practice it! The lessons will loop around and find us where we’re at and serve us based on what we need and what we’re summoning up.
Give yourself some grace this week. Love the lessons. Love the process. Love yourself.
What comes first: your child(ren) or your marriage?
This can be a loaded question. And I understand that there might be different answers for everyone. And even that the order can switch around depending on the season, needs and just what’s best for you and your family to function.
I received an awesome listener email from Sam - asking me to touch on this topic. I’ve mentioned in other avenues and in my podcast that I share with my husband called “Doing It At Home” (our show all about home birth) - that for me (for us)...it works to put marriage above Maya, our daughter.
So in this episode I answer Sam’s request - why and how I make husband a priority, especially in this season of parenthood.
I explain my reasons for putting my marriage first (there’s a trick here though...there’s actually even something before marriage!). I also give some practical tips and resources for “watering your relationship.” And even if you don’t agree with putting marriage ahead of children (which I have no problem with! No judgement here...again whatever works), these are still things that you can incorporate into your partnership to strengthen and fuel it so that you can both be powerful supports for each other and tend to your children’s needs.
What are some of your tips for tending to your relationship and giving it healthy attention and care? I would love to hear them! Email me at balanceandmotherhoodpodcast@gmail.com or DM me on Instagram @sarahmbivens
How do you feel about being selfish?
In today's episode I'm stripping away the judgements around being selfish, and giving you permission to treat yourself like the queen you are.
What is a yoni egg and what do you use it for?!
Recently I made a post in my Instagram stories about using my yoni egg, and got a lot of really great questions and comments about it.
So I figured - why not make an episode on it and share it with all of you?!
I dive into what a yoni egg is, some brief history on the usage of them, why women use them and the benefits to using one - both physical and metaphysical. Physically, the yoni egg is said to help strengthen the vaginal walls and pelvic muscles - think when you do kegel exercises. This of course is linked to enhanced sexual pleasure. Metaphysically, the yoni egg is associated with energy clearing and healing.
I was all excited to try out my egg for the first time a few years ago - only to have a total freak out when I realized I did something wrong! I share my mistake with you because it’s funny, but it also has some lessons in it.
And how do I feel about using my egg after having a baby?! Well, let’s say after using it last week (and two amazing love-making sessions later), I’m very happy to be reconnected with it.
So if you’ve wondered about a yoni egg, never heard of one, or have one and use it frequently...there’s something for you in this episode.
To check out where I got my egg or learn more about yoni eggs in general, you can go to www.yonieggs.com.
What happens when pretty much everything you thought you knew about yourself and what you owe your success and sense of identity to is taken away?
I’m putting on my lifestyle coaching hat for today’s Monday Momtra and pulling an example from a client call I had about a year ago. For some reason it popped back into my awareness and I feel the topic and lesson is very real, relatable and valuable.
I was talking to a client, let’s call her Anna. Anna was sharing a wound of hers that continued to present challenges in terms of her confidence and self-love. It had to do with an organization that she was a part of for a number of years, that she felt contributed greatly to who she is now as a person. When some things went sour and she left the organization, she felt that she was nothing without it. She saw her value as a person wrapped up in her membership to this organization.
Many of us can relate to versions of this. Sometimes when a phase or season of life changes, our foundations can get rocked a little. A relationship, job, role or responsibility, geographical location -- when these things evolve, it can be tough to evolve along with the rest of the world.
So what do we tell ourselves or remind ourselves when things move on? Ehhem...espeically in motherhood! Where our responsibilities are constantly changing. And then what happens when we’re not needed the way we used to be? I’ve got some ideas on how to cope with these changes, and an idea to hold onto that can boost you up for a rocking week ahead!
Can you experience balance and breakdown simultaneously?
Welcome to an intimate and vulnerable part of my world - a hard day in mothering. I currently have a 16-month-old with a nasty cough, erratic sleep schedule, insatiable desire to breastfeed and limitless lung capacity for scream crying.
I get real here. I share some of the circumstances that have been going on and how they’ve been impacting me. I even cry while recording the episode. Because that’s what’s going on and that’s where I’m at. I have zero qualms about sharing this reality - because it’s all a part of the experience.
And I firmly believe there are lessons to be learned in breakdown. That there’s a path to breakthrough. And that you can acknowledge what’s happening, how it makes you feel, while still having the internal knowingness of who you are. The emotional landmines, tiny insidious thoughts lurking beneath the surface and waiting to explode to destroy all the hard work you’ve done to build yourself up through love and confidence, do not have to define and rule the entire thing. They also don’t take away from the awesome woman and mother that you are.
So if you’re having a rough day or can relate to one, I think you’ll appreciate this. I also take it a step beyond just the venting and releasing, I discover the clear takeaways for myself from this experience and share them with you to try for yourself. To have balance in breakdown.
And if you have any tips or things you’ve done to maintain your sense of balance when the sh** hits the fan, I want to hear them! Reach out to balanceandmotherhoodpodcast[at]gmail.com.
What is something that you have in your life now that you once deeply desired?
Today’s Monday Momtra was inspired by a few messages and signs from the Universe - where I was seeing this concept of cultivating gratitude for things you now have that you once did not. It was popping up in a few different places - social media posts, conversations and reflections in the space between an old and new year. So I felt compelled to share it with all of you.
Gratitude is an essential for successful and fulfilled living. And it ties in very appropriately with the mission of Balance and Motherhood. This particular practice we’re talking about today is one avenue to explore gratitude in your life.
So I share some of my examples of acknowledging things that I now have and experience in my life, that I once wanted. And I invite you to do the same for yourself - take a quick inventory and recognize the journey - the time, energy, sacrifice, pain, joy, etc. that has led to the co-creation of something that now brings a lot of value to your life.
Look at the ratio of “wanting what you have” vs “having what you want” and how you can use that balance to experience peace and contentment, while looking towards future desires and manifestations.
And in the next few weeks, I’m going to be addressing listener comments and emails - so if you want to be included in my lineup, reach out to balanceandmotherhoodpodcast@gmail.com and you might be featured in an upcoming episode!
Anyone else feeling less interested in formal new year’s resolutions? Not to knock the practice, I think it’s great. I think it’s also lost some of its effectiveness when we so often hear about formal resolutions and goals getting dropped come the start of February.
What happens here is we put something out there that we want or would like to experience, but our habits - our mindset, conversation and actions, don’t shift to align with whatever that resolution is. So it loses its juice, we get bored and we move on.
But what if there was a way to set powerful intention without the pressure and anxiety that sometimes sets in with resolutions? Instead of “do this less” and “do this more” -- there was a practice of BEING something. A word. One word to set the intention for the year ahead and guide you in your mission, purpose and passion.
Choosing a word for the year is a practice I picked up 2 years ago, and I’ve loved it. It’s been an opportunity to focus on something and allow it to permeate my thought process, my patterns and habits. And it has influenced every aspect of my life. So in this episode I’m walking you through my choice of words the past couple of years, how it played out and then what I’m cooking up for this upcoming year.
And the cool thing about this stuff is that you don’t need to wait for a new calendar year to do it. This concept works year-round and you can pick it up whenever you’d like. Being intentional and proactive is not limited to January 1st.
So listen in to learn my words. And share yours with me! I’d love to hear it. Reach out to balanceandmotherhoodpodcast[at]gmail.com. And be sure to go to www.sarahbivens.com to see the latest on what I’m up to and to download the resources I mention in the episode.
Why do we feel this pressure to be things that we are not?
Today’s momtra is here to set you up with a powerful intention for the week. Take the opportunity to identify that things that you are not. And I’ll give you some help. You are not your past. You are not your mother. You are not what others think you should be. Ok, now that we’ve taken that brief moment to be in the “not,” let’s focus on the affirmative.
Using “I am…” is an insanely potent energy field creator. What we say is...is. We create our understanding of ourselves, the people around us and our reality. So let’s go into this week with clarity around who we are. Even if you don’t feel 100 percent confident in it right now...it’s the practice of putting yourself in that space. Star athletes train. Accomplished musicians practice. The same logic can apply to affirming yourself and being in a “positive” mindset. You work at it.
And feel free to come back to this momtra whenever you need a reminder of what you are and the extent of your possibilities. I’ll give you a hint: both are limitless!
Why is it so damn hard to ask for (and then actually receive) help as mamas?!
Whether it’s pride, ego, perfectionism, fear...whatever the reason. There are things that hold us back at times (lots of times) from opening ourselves up to utilizing people and resources around us. Maybe we think we have to do it all and be superwoman to prove something to someone or ourselves. Maybe we don’t think anyone can or wants to help.
Part of my mission in this balanced motherhood movement is to drop the self-imposed martyrdom that many of us have a tendency to wear on. How can we do that? Well, it takes practice, like so many things that I talk about on the show. But you can take these tips and examples I outline here and make them your own.
So listen in to learn the 5 things you can do to practice the art of asking for help. Also some of my own real-life examples of asking for and receiving help and how I handle it.
Do you have some examples of breakthroughs you’ve had around asking for help?! I want to hear them! Drop me a line at balanceandmotherhoodpodcast[at]gmail.com!
Looking for some extra inspiration, motivation, affirmation (and any other necessary “-ion”) for the week ahead? Well fear not, my mama friend! Because I’m starting a new kind of episode for the show - a weekly mantra...or in this case “momtra” to get you fired up about your week, yourself and your life!
So every Monday I’ll be bringing you a thought, quote, excerpt, experience or whatever else comes to me that I know will be a power boost to your day. They’ll be bite-sized snacks of goodness - to nourish your mind and soul!
This week’s Monday Momtra centers around one of my favorite Rumi quotes and the intense impact it’s had on me. So just open yourself up to the amazing wisdom that is his word and allow it to inspire something for you this week. Maybe it’s speaking your mind and honoring your voice. Maybe it’s a shift in habits. Maybe a relationship becomes healthier and more loving. The possibilities abound. You get to choose how to apply the “momtra” to your life and create some magic with it!
If you have any bits of inspiration that you’d like to share for a future “momtra” please don’t hesitate to email me at balanceandmotherhoodpodcast[at]gmail.com!
This episode originally aired on the podcast that I co-host with my husband “Doing It At Home.” I felt that the topic and conversation was extremely relevant to what I’m creating here at Balance and Motherhood. We dive into aspects of our marriage and relationship the day after we had a sizeable argument. Balance in your relationships is important. This includes honest communication, owning responsibility and loving yourself in the process. I hope you enjoy!
This is a fun and different kind of episode for DIAH. We’re taking a slight curve off of the path of birth stories and empowering birth conversations to focus on us for a second. And by us, I more specifically mean our marriage - our relationship style and our communication (or sometimes lack thereof).
This was inspired by some pretty amazing affirmations we received in the form of emails and reviews, commenting on Matthew’s and my dynamic and interaction with each other. It’s incredibly humbling to receive all of your words of encouragement, support, questions, etc. about the show and our lives. Because we have made a choice to put ourselves out there - our personal lives and sharing intimate aspects of our pregnancy, birth, parenting and marriage experiences. So - when an argument, fight, disagreement or whatever you want to call it like we had the other day pops up and I’m not in the best space, I can go down the dangerous road of “We’re fakes, we’re frauds...we just received all this beautiful feedback on who we are as a couple and now look at us! What does this mean?!?!”
So we discuss this process, why it comes up and what the actually truth of the situation is - that we do have an incredible relationship and marriage, AND it takes a lot of intentional work and practice. We each share some of our challenges and how we overcome them.
We also tackle the topic of “It feels like we never fought before we had a baby…”
This is some pretty interesting stuff, and we really hope you enjoy it - to provide some perspective on what happens after you “do it at home” - how to keep love and communication flowing.
In this episode, I’m getting personal. I’m opening up the door of vulnerability and inviting you in to hear some of my journey. I figured, hey, we’re in this thing together and if I’m going to be doing this show week after week and talking about this whole thing of balance and motherhood - it would make sense to share part of my story and where I’ve come from to where I am now.
Now it’s obviously not my whole life’s story (I wouldn’t bore you with that), but I do touch on some of the high points and what I believe to be stepping stones on my path to self re-discovery, wellness and love. I share it for multiple reasons. It’s important to me to create a sense of trust and authenticity with you, my listener. I also want to encourage others to acknowledge and identify with their stories and the power in sharing them to spark personal growth, change and healing. And I think there are some very relatable parts to my story that you can glean some insight from - whether you’ve experienced something similar, know or love someone who has, or you can just walk away a little bit more understanding.
I share when some of my disempowering beliefs and programming starting building their foundation - when I was 9 when my parents got divorced. I also retrace the steps that led me to being a very depressed and borderline suicidal teenager. Therapy, antidepressants, seeking love and approval in all the inaccurate places (outside of myself), I felt lost and like a shell of a human.
There was something guiding me, what I can now recognize as my intuition, to keep pushing for possibility and for greatness. Sometimes I listened, sometimes I didn’t. Both choices yielded certain outcomes and consequences.
I’ve learned (and continue to learn) a lot about myself through relationships and intimate connection. So of course I give you some details of relationships gone wrong. Also how stress and my mindset landed me in the hospital for life-saving surgery.
How did it turn around? How did I eventually find myself healing and looking for ways to help others do the same? Well, you have to listen to the story!
In this episode I am sharing my routine, my practice and my structure for BALANCE in my life. I’ve been using this approach for over 5 years now and it has supported me through so many life events: shifting careers, getting married, starting and growing multiple businesses, having a baby, and maintaining my health and sanity (some of it at least!) throughout the process.
And I’m sharing it because I want every mama out there to be able to experience what I have been able to. Because when we’re all feeling more balanced, more together, more integrated, more loved and supported...everybody wins! Our spouses, children, friends, family, co-workers, community.
Also - this sh** works! I’m telling you. Because it can be adjusted and modified to suit you where you are at at any particular space and point in time in your life.
So we go through the 7 building blocks of BALANCE - a concept from the YourDay Balance Game that I’ve taken and applied to not only my own personal life but in my coaching and in all the creative projects I’m involved with. I’m giving you context on why these building blocks are important and how you can take clear, specific and intentional action in each of them. And as a result, you are making a direct deposit into your own health, well-being and happiness.
It’s about creating and building habits that support you. And then I’m giving you the tools, resources and information to take what we talk about and put it into practice for yourself immediately.
Show Notes:
- You can create your own balance chart like I mention in the episode now at www.theydbg.com
- And visit www.sarahbivens.com for more balance and motherhood awesomeness. You can also reach out to balanceandmotherhoodpodcast@gmail.com for questions or comments related to the podcast.
Okay, so most of us are probably familiar with the popular Disney film “Moana” right? If not, I must know how you have not seen this yet - just from a purely fascinated, curious...and frankly, impressed standpoint. It seems to be pretty unavoidable. Which is great, I’ll say, because it’s an awesome movie and we’re big fans at our house.
If you haven’t seen it, I did my best to highlight the main parts you need to know to get the point I’m making in this episode, so it’s not necessary. But be warned that if you have somehow not seen the movie and plan on doing so and would be devastated to hear any major plot-revealing information, best to save this episode for after you watch it. I would hate to spoil a Disney movie for someone haha.
So anyway, we’re talking about the storyline of Te Fiti and Te Ka and what can happen when you’re me and you look way deep into the symbolism and meaning and come out with a “woahhhhh that was awesome,” type of realization.
I see the Te Fiti and Te Ka characters in all of us. And how that manifests and can have ripple effects in our lives. The bottom line of this episode is that you are a goddess and we all need reminders to get back in touch with who we truly are, and to love who that is. So we explore that and talk about some specific things you can do to get in touch with yourself. Use that powerful mama goddess energy for greatness and healing! And go watch “Moana” and get the songs stuck in your head for the hundredth time.
Go to www.sarahbivens.com to learn more about me or reach out to balanceandmotherhoodpocast@gmail.com with questions or feedback for the podcast.
Today we’re doing some car talk (not really...at all actually, cars are not my thing. I drive them, but that’s about it). But we are chatting about a vehicle - your body vehicle. Your amazing, beautiful, hard-working mamamobile. And how to take care of it.
I’m sharing the 5 wheels of the body vehicle - spiritual, mental, emotional, physical and social, and giving you an overview of what they are and why they are important to tend to.
Feeling flat or like some of your wheels need some extra help? I’ve got tips for you on how you can give some love and attention to those specific areas. Because guess what? Just like a car, if one of your wheels is imbalanced, the drive (aka your experience of life) is going to impacted. It might get bumpy. Heck, it might even swerve off the road for a minute there. But it doesn’t have to.
So let’s give you a tune-up! Roll on into The Balance and Motherhood Podcast body shop and do some work (sorry for any incorrect car references or analogies in this episode -- like I said, they’re not my thing).
Go to sarahbivens.com for more or email me at balanceandmotherhoodpodcast@gmail.com with any questions or comments on the podcast.
It’s the first freaking episode of The Balance and Motherhood Podcast and I can hardly contain my excitement! First of all, thanks for being here. Thanks for being you.
My name is Sarah Bivens and I am the host of the podcast. I’m a balanced lifestyle coach, mamapreneur, podcaster, wife, and now your guide on this journey of balance and motherhood - two things and experiences that don’t always coincide for a lot of us. We buy into the belief that balance is this unicorn of a creature that we cannot find, tame or hold onto. This show is about finding your own unique sense and practice of balance, in the midst of the magical and crazy role of mama.
I’m bringing my years of experience as a coach and trainer, paired with my own past challenges with self-worth, self-love and self-care, broken relationships, scarcity mentality, self-sabotage, depression and anxiety….yeah. But after breakdown comes breakthrough, and I’m here to share that perspective. How to balance it all, do it all, have it all, be it all...in a sustainable, healthy, loving way that works for you.
So this episode is my official welcome and thank you to you. I also share some of the intentions and plans for the show. This show is for every mom out there looking for ways to manage stress more effectively, tips on creating time and energy for self-care, tools for communication and relationship-building and strengthening, habits for health and longevity, and more!
Some of the things we’ll cover in the show are:
- Challenges we face in motherhood like guilt, shame, comparison, competition, self-doubt
- The magical moments and the wins to acknowledge, both big and small
- Sex, intimacy, relationships
- Getting in touch with your personal mission, purpose, values and desires
- Healing past thoughts, programming and experiences
This is my gift to you and women everywhere - a compassionate kick in the butt to love yourself first, to take care of your needs and be authentically and unapologetically YOU!
Go to sarahbivens.com to learn more about me and my coaching or email me at balanceandmotherhoodpodcast@gmail.com with any questions or comments regarding the podcast.