Mindset for Medical Moms: Recent Episodes
Cortney Given
There is no manual for medical motherhood. This podcast is THE place for moms with children who have a diagnosis. Host Cortney Given shares practical tools and real life strategies to help you strengthen your mindset and increase your emotional resilience for the ups and downs of medical motherhood.
Do you just feel like you are the problem in every scenario? I did. For years, I felt like I was just broken. In this episode, I share a very personal reflection on motherhood and what healing that belief actually looked like for me.
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If all the habit advice out there is true and helpful, why can't you just stick to the habits you want? Because you're missing the piece that actually makes habit change last.
In this episode I explain what you need to do first before any other habit hacks and how you can start seeing results today.
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If you are waiting for the other shoe to drop and get anxious when you start to feel happy this episode is for you.
You don't have to choose between being a good caregiver and being happy.
In this episode I share how being intentional about practicing positive emotions will help you be more present and stop setting yourself up to doubt your happiness.
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Self compassion is the key to growth, long term change, and overall confidence. Practicing self compassion is self care. In this episode I will show you how to do it. I also break down what self-compassion is, what skills are involved in putting it into practice and realistic examples of how you can apply it to your life today.
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Do you want to increase your confidence? Change a habit? Feel less dread before an upcoming doctor's appointment?
This episode will teach how to do just that. I share two tools how to build your belief in yourself and how to shift your mindset in simple, doable, realistic ways.
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If you have a medical anniversary come up, often times it can be difficult to know what to do with them. In this episode I outline the three things you can do to help yourself work through difficult emotions that arise and what you should know about medical anniversaries.
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In this episode I share about what prevents you from recognizing meeting your needs and practical ways to change how you think of meeting your needs. We dive into how perfectionism is a big hurdle of meeting your needs and how to begin meeting your needs.
In this episode I walk you through the actions I took and the mindset changes that I made to lose twenty pounds. Spoiler alert, the mindset changes were the biggest piece of the weight loss puzzle. Listen in to hear all of the beliefs I had to let go of and the new ones I had to learn.
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The quiet conversations that you have with yourself are the building blocks to self love. In this episode you'll learn how to engage with your negative self talk and criticism in a simple, easy to implement way. You'll hear multiple examples of how this might show up in your life and how to engage with yourself so that you are building up your self confidence instead of reinforcing negative beliefs.
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"Logically, I understand it's not my fault, but I still feel so guilty."
If you struggle with feeling guilt, shame, and responsibility for your chid's health condition this episode will be the one for you.
In this episode I share why you feel this way, what stops you from feeling better, how to feel better, and where to start. It's packed with amazing information to help you feel less guilty and more confident as a medical mom.
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And if you're ready for one on one support so that you can create a relationship with your child's condition that will serve you and benefit both you and your child, come chat with me in a coaching consultation. You don't have to navigate this alone. You don't have to work through these feelings alone. Get the right kind of support and tools to handle medical motherhood. There is no better time than right now.
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Being in the hospital is exhausting. It taxes your body, your emotions, and energy. Taking a break from the hospital in some capacity is necessary to avoid burnout and help take care of yourself. This episode shares practical tips and mindset shifts to help you feel better about taking a break when you need it.
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Forgiveness is a loaded word. It can feel like such a huge task or burden to forgive someone. In this episode I simplify forgiveness so that forgiveness does not feel like a complicated endeavor and share how to start using forgiveness as a tool to utilize in your relationships. It's a choice to forgive and forgiveness is not a stamp of approval for harmful behavior, but a way to actively create connection and set boundaries in your relationships.
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During the six weeks I took adult swim lessons, I learned so much more than how to swim, I learned about the importance of mindset work and processing difficult emotions to create the results I wanted. Today I share those eight lessons that I had to use and apply to swim lessons and beyond. Join in me learning more about the secret to truly managing discomfort, increasing your self belief, and one of the most powerful emotions to cultivate when doing difficult things.
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In this episode I share what it means to manage your brain, why it matters, and how it can help. Including 5 areas it can make the most impact in your life.
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What do you do when you feel constantly guilty? how do you handle shame when you feel so stuck? In this episode I share with you five steps that will help you respond to your guilt and shame so that you can help yourself redirect your mind, help yourself move forward without feeling bad and feel more confident along the way. Shame stops us from self belief and this episode will show you how to stop shame and take back your authority over your emotions.
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Do you find yourself comparing yourself often? Judging yourself or others more frequently than you want to? This episode shows the different areas where you might be comparing yourself in medical motherhood and life. I share what keeps you stuck in comparison and how to get out of it.
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The term self care gets tossed around a lot these days and this episode is here to set the record straight. I share what self care is, what it is not, and how to consider what self care looks like in your life. I debunk several myths around self care and help you understand the very next steps you need to take to take care of yourself best.
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When I discovered Sleuth, I knew I needed to have the co-founder Sehreen on the podcast. Sleuth is an app for families to use for their kid's health. This is a "better webMD for kids". This conversation is so inspiring as we dive into advocacy, the future of tools like Sleuth that can help medical moms, and how to navigate life as a caregiver, while managing your own stress and wellbeing. This is a must listen for all medical moms.
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Happiness sometimes feels like it's this elusive thing we are always chasing, but it doesn't have to be that way. In this episode I share how to think about happiness, how to create it, and what stops you from feeling happy.
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Do you want more patience? Does patience often feel like you're forcing yourself to use all your will power? I've got the trick for you. In this episode I'll share how to think about patience in a brand new way, so that you don't have to force yourself or feel exhausted after one interaction. This small shift will be the difference between you feeling frustrated and impatient to feeling calm and capable. Increasing your ability to feel patient will help you get off the emotional rollercoaster.
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People pleasing is sneaky. it labels itself as being polite, nice, and just keeping the peace. What it actually is is lying, manipulation, and sacrificing yourself to prove you're likable and even lovable.
This episode was inspired by my recent experience at a restaurant where I was not okay with my food, but simply said, "I'm fine." I share the toll people pleasing takes on you, the good qualities it has given you, and the four simple ways you can stop people pleasing.
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In this episode we are joined by the incredible Katie Taylor, a certified Child Life Specialist. Katie shares how you can navigate inpatient life use the hospital resources available to you to the best of your abilities. We discuss how you can coordinate breaks, how to participate in rounds, and how to utilize a child life specialist to help you and your child while in the hospital.
Kaite share generously on instagram, teaching parents and medical professionals alike how to advocate and work with medical staff. Follow her on Instagram here.
Katie is also the host of the incredible podcast Child life on Call, where she interviews parents of various medical situations and the insights that come with being a parent in the medical community. Listen and subscribe to her podcast here.
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Everyone of us will have circumstances that we can change and we can't change and have a lot of feelings about them all too. In this episode I share how you can tap into your own personal empowerment by giving yourself the gift of choice. I share what you should know about circumstances and the tools you can use to help yourself navigate each new circumstance you find yourself. I share how these tools changed my life and how they can help yours.
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In this episode I outline the steps of processing a diagnosis. This simple process shows you what you need to do to handle the arrange of emotions and shifted expectations when receiving a diagnosis. I also include several ways to gain a deeper insight into your mindset so that you can accept diagnosis and move forward.
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Ep. 67 - Reasons you might not be accepting your child's diagnosis
Are you feeling anxious about an upcoming appointment or have you been given a clearance after your child has been considered stable but you can't shake the feeling that the other shoe is going to drop at any moment? This is a feeling most medical moms can relate to and it can feel so overwhelming. It often feels productive to feel this way sometimes. In this episode I will share with you how to see how this feeling can impact your life and what to do about it so you can feel differently.
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Other podcast episodes mentioned:
Episode 53. Appointment Anxiety
Episode 67. Reasons you might be avoiding accepting your child's diagnosis
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The right questions can open you up to new possibilities. In this episode I share with you a list of questions to consider for all different scenarios in your life and how they can help you move in the direction you want to go. These questions when asked with curiosity will help you understand yourself better, gain more awareness around your needs, and build your confidence. You won't think about questions the same after this episode.
Episode 32: How to believe a new belief
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This month's podcast guest is with Nakayla Von Raeder a pediatric sleep consultant for neurodivergent children. We answer all you hot button sleep questions like:
When should your child stop having screen time before bed?
Why is sleep so important and how does it impact my child?
When do I use melatonin?
How do I get my kids to share a room effectively?
Plus so much more!
This episode is truly going to blow you mind and help you get more sleep.
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How do you start doing things you know you should, but find yourself procrastinating because you feel so stuck with fear? This second part to this masterclass on fear is all about taking actions when you feel stuck. This episode will teach how to practice compassionate understanding to get yourself unstuck and taking the action you want.
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The number one struggle I see medical moms come to me about is fear. How do you deal with constant fear of the unknown? How do you relax when anything could happen at any time? How do you manage your stress through all of it even when things are stable? Or when something comes up how do I not spiral into a puddle?
So we are going to dive into all of these questions and the fear that comes with it so that you can understand what your options are in managing your thoughts and feelings through this so you can show up and feel the way you want to.
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Sexual health is an important part of overall human health, but often gets discredited as shallow or unimportant. In this episode I sit down with Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Sarah Hughes to discuss why sex can be so weird to discuss, how to improve your sex life, how to work through purity culture and more. It's chalk full of incredible insights that will help you embrace your body, pleasure, and prioritize a fulfilling sex life
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Precious episode on Sex & Intimacy listen HERE
Accepting your child's diagnosis is one of those things that no one talks about, but it's something that impacts both you and your child. In this epsisode you will learn:
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the three reasons why you should work on accepting your child's diagnosis
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What you might be avoiding instead and using acceptance as the front
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the three basic tools to guide you through medical motherhood
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how to accept your child's diagnosis
Listen to Episode 61 Parenting a Medical Child
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Emotional capacity is your ability to navigate unhelpful thought patterns, difficult emotions, and the quality of your relationships. How do you expand this? How do you respond to emotional triggers if you're exposed to them again and again?
In this episode you will learn:
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why emotional triggers are not bad things
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why it's important to understand how to regulate your emotions in those triggering events
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what your brain needs during those times of emotional unsafely
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how to self soothe
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When someone says, "happiness is an inside job." do you get super annoyed? I did too. I resisted that idea for a long time, because I didn't know how to be responsible for my emotions in a way that didn't include blame or shame. In this episode I share what it is that you're responsible for and how you can lean into that responsibility in a way that serves you. Being responsible for yourself is the most empowering thing you can do because you are the biggest influence you have in your life. It's time to let yourself influence you fully.
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what you're responsible for
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why it matters
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specific examples of being emotionally responsible
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Join the Mindset for Medical Mom's FB group here. Connect with fellow medical moms, ask questions, and get coached! Starting February 6th we kick off our Medical Mom Toolbox training, where each weekday I'll be sharing the 'tool-of-the-day' and giving you all ten different tools to apply to all different types of medical motherhood. Join the Facebook group so you don't miss out!
The number topic that people stress out about the most is money. Money can feel scary, confusing, and overwhelming. In this episode I sit down with money mindset expert Shannon Brome-Ward to discuss all the ways your money mindset can impact how money feels. If you want to change how money feels in your life, you cannot miss this episode. We cover so many topics in one episode it will blow your mind.
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If you're feeling stressed, overwhelmed, or generally feeling bad and want to feel differently, this episode is designed to show you how you can feel better. I show you how by telling what not to focus on. When you're feeling a lot of negative feelings it's easy to feel lost and not sure where to start. In this episode you'll learn what not to focus on, how to recenter your focus, what you actually can be doing, and what you shouldn't be wasting your time with.
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Waiting for your appointments to space out so you can finally feel less overwhelmed? What if you don't have to wait for anything to change for you to feel differently? In this episode I help you see what parts of the appointments frequency are in your control and how to feel differently about it. It's not a magic pill or make believe. it's simple tools and intentional thought work put together to help you feel more empowered in your medical motherhood experience.
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Parenting a child with medical needs involves being in scenarios you never expected and considering questions you've never had to ask before. In this episode I share how to consider your role as a parent and what you need as a parent to feel more confident navigating parenting a child with medical needs.
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Why haven't you ever stuck with an exercise habit? It could be that you've been treating exercise like a checklist rather than what it is...a relationship. In medical motherhood we don't often get the benefit of being able to have tons of predicability and this can cause you to feel like you don't have time or the schedule to exercise. Changing your habits starts with creating the ability to adapt and be responsible for your relationship with exercise and in this episode I show you how to do that.
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Before you're a mother there are a lot things you think motherhood is and then you become a mom and reality sets in and you find out how wrong you are about it. So much of motherhood is better and harder than you realize. Medical motherhood presents it's own unique challenges, but none more than the missed expecations of what you thought motherhood was supposed to me. Medical motherhood puts you in situations you never imagined being in and it's easy to think of this 'version' of motherhood as second best, second-rate, and not the 'real' version of motherhood.
This episode takes a deep dive into expectations of motherhood and how you can reconcile your expectations with reality.
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This time of year can be so stressful and challenging to navigate with healthy kids, let a lone a child with complex medical needs. This episode I'm sharing how to look at this time of year so that you're not adding additional stress and worry. With simple considerations you can feel empowered by your choices and support yourself and your family through this time of year.
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What the heck is a life coach? What does a life coach even do? These questions plus several more questions are answered in this episode plus so much more. In this episode I talk about how important it is to see your own authority in your life, how to think about investments, and how to consider if coaching is right for you.
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Where does your self worth come from? Is it supposed to feel like a constant chase? Building yourself worth doesn't have to be complicated. In this episode Cortney shares how simple self worth is and how you can create a strong foundation of self worth.
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Your self-talk is the narration of your life. How you speak to yourself is one of the greatest ways you can improve you relationship with yourself, increase your confidence, and change self doubt. This episode includes 5 ways to improve your self talk in practical ways that actually help.
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Gratitude is an incredible tool to use in your life. As a medical mom you know how much there is to be grateful for, but I don't want any medical mom forcing themselves to be grateful. Forced gratitude and genuine gratitude are two different ways of using the tool of gratitude. In this episode I share how you can use gratitude in a way that helps you rather than makes you feel guilt or sadness or shame.
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It usually happens late at night laying in bed, a whirlwind of thoughts hit you hard. You start worrying about all the possible, usually negative, outcomes of the upcoming doctor's appointment you have and it's completely overwhelming. Anxiety can hit us and feel never ending, in this episode I break down how to respond to appointment anxiety so that you can show up and be present in those appointments.
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For the first time ever I have a podcast guest. It's an honor to introduce you all to Cledra Gross, a Christian Life and Business Coach who shares her story of losing her son. This episode covers her journey and how she works through grief and lives her life fully. She shares incredible insights about navigating the unimaginable and how we can implement those tools in our lives now.
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Today I'm sharing all about the Model which is a coaching tool I use with my clients and with myself as I self-coach. I explain the 5 components of the Model and how to use it effectively to understand your brain and gain awareness about the things you can and cannot control.
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Has someone in your life made a comment to you that you are so irritated by? something a stranger said that still makes you feel so angry? I've got you. This episode breaks down what to do when you are ruminating on people's comments so that you can feel better.
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This episode is a deep dive into emotions and the ways we try to stop feeling our emotions. You'll learn what emotional buffering is, why you do, how you can become more aware of it, and what to do instead. I also share the four ways you can respond to your emotions.
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Present you and future you are in a co-creating relationship. In this episode you will learn how to consider that relationship in way that allows you to work towards the things you want and not fear what the future holds.
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Thinking about your past can take up a lot of energy and time if you aren't intentional about it. In this episode I share multiple ways to think about your past so that you can let go of mistakes you've made or things that happened to you. When you 'clean' up your thoughts about your past you release all the stress from wanting it to be different.
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Your thoughts about yourself and what you believe is possible for you is so much more powerful than we give it credit for. Today's episode I share how two thoughts almost stopped my daughter from winning her surf contest. Two thoughts that stopped her from taking a risk to try. Two thoughts is all it takes to shift into the next version of yourself, the next step towards what you want out of life.
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Have you been contemplating another child after a medical baby, but worry about making the wrong decision? This podcast takes you through the three things to consider as you navigate family planning so that you are empowered by the process instead of confused and frustrated.
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After ten year married to my husband and I feel like we are still just beginning. In this episode I share ten lessons I've learned over the last decade. Relationships require us to hold space for ourselves and a partner, which can sometimes be tricky. I share the top ten things that have helped me be my best self in marriage as well how to have a strong marriage.
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Creating emotional safety starts with how you respond to your own negative self judgments and negative emotions. In this episode I walk you through how you can respond to yourself to create emotional safety for yourself so that you are no longer afraid of your feelings.
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When shitty things happen in our world I want you to be empowered by coaching tools. If after tragic events you don't know how to apply the tools from the podcast authentically this episode shares how to do that. I share three things you should know in the aftermath of tragedy.
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You feel it as your stomach tightens and the pressure of that internal urgency reminds you you're still not quite there. That finish line is just out of your reach. If only your child could eat orally. If only your baby would crawl already. If only you were past the series of surgeries.
Urgency to keep moving to that finish line keeps us feelings stuck and overwhelmed. Today's episode I share how the idea of finish lines impact us and how to recognize what's really going on in your brain.
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Do you struggle to feel like you're enough? Does being good enough feel like a moving target? In this episode we dive into where enoughness comes from and how you can apply feeling enough to all areas of your life.
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What does it actually mean to be present in your life? Today I share strategies and thoughts about being more present and why it's so important as a medical mom.
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As a medical mom sex can be the last thing on your mind. It might me feel like a chore and something you have to check off your to-do list. This episode is for you if you want to have more sex and don't know how to move forward. I've got your back. Your biggest sexual organ is your brain. What you think about sex matters. This episode will shine a light on many things that stop you from being turned on and experiencing pleasure.
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Do you want to feel more confident? Where does real confidence come from? This episode breaks down the myths surrounding confidence and shares why confidence is so important. Confidence is not something special certain people are born with. You can create confidence and this episode shows how to do that.
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Healthy baby entitlement is the concept I created to help explain the feelings of loss and disappointment when our expectations of our life change. When you have a plan for the future and envision your life it includes how you think things are supposed to be.
So what happens when they're not? Sometimes you might fall into entitlement because you think you were supposed to have a life that was normal or regular.
This episode explains why this isn't possible nor is it helpful to believe.
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In this episode I talk about why resisting emotions actually makes them bigger and harder to deal with. I also share how dread and fear of future emotions prolongs your experiences with negative emotions and what you can do about it.
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Your comfort zone is fine, but discomfort is good! In this episode I'm going to share all the reasons why discomfort is so powerful and how by embracing discomfort you will help create more ease, joy, and growth in your life. I also share my 29 discomfort goals this year that I'm trying to accomplish.
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Are you tired? I've got you. This episode will help you get more sleep one hour at a time. I will teach what thoughts prevent you from sleeping, how to think about your alone time, and how to commit yourself to sleeping more. Plus I extend a sleep challenge at the end to help you get started right now.
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So you want to believe new things about yourself? In this episode I breakdown the process of believing a new belief. I dive into the 5 steps in which you follow to help you figure out how to decide to believe a new belief and 6 different ways to practice a new belief.
This is especially helpful to you if you're trying to increase your self belief. Use this episode to guide you through adding a new belief into your life. I include a list of new believes you can try on at the end.
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Don't you hate it when you're worried and someone says, "hey don't dwell on the negative." or they say, "just stop thinking about it, you'll be fine!" well this episode is not that. This episode equips you with the solution to worry and how walk you through dealing with valid possibilities that could happen in a medical mom's life. It's filled with loads of examples and I share a personal experience in how I apply all the tools in the episode.
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I created a framework that helps medical moms achieve their goals. These are the four pillars that include the most common challenges I see medical moms facing. In this episode we take a deep dive into the framework and I share all the skills that are needed to become confident, happy and fulfilled as a medica mother.
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When you're a medical mom, you often don't know where to start to help yourself navigate through the hard parts of handling your child's diagnosis. This episode gives you a road map on where to start with your mental strength as you navigate medical motherhood. I'll share the three tools you can implement right now to help yourself feel more confident and capable making decisions and taking care of your child.
I also share how to process your feelings and why it's important to pay attention to what you're feeling.
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In honor of my 9th wedding anniversary, I share several myths about marriage. In our romantic relationships, we often buy into these myths creating more misery in our relationships than necessary. Check out this episode to dive into some of these common marriage myths.
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There is no way to avoid pain. It's a guaranteed part of life. How you experience pain, however, is a different question. There are two types of emotional pain. Dirty pain and clean pain. In this topic, I share how dirty pain keeps you held back and stuck in your pain and how you can get out of it. I share the sneaky ways that your brain tries to sabotage you from feeling and actually processing your pain.
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In this episode, I share 15 thoughts for you to use in motherhood. Being a mom can be challenging but you don't have to make it harder on yourself with what you're thinking. I share 15 thoughts that I believe when put into practice can help you alleviate stress, improve your confidence and help you feel grounded in your medical motherhood journey.
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As a parent, you are a leader. In this episode, I discuss how you can take empowered action to help lead your children. How you talk about our bodies, how you think about money, and how you discuss your problems all communicate to your children what you believe about life. When you take time to intentionally think about the message you're sending to your children you can have a greater impact on the legacy you live them. This episode will share how you can lead by example.
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What kind of expectations do you have for your children? What about parenting with your spouse? Do you have expectations for yourself? In this episode, I share why examing your expectations could be the most helpful parenting tool you could implement. Your expectations are happening to you, you get to decide what kind of expectations you have. They might be the reason why you're feeling upset and causing less connection in your relationships. I share how to evaluate your expectations in your life, how to decide if you want to keep an expectation, and what I'm currently working on. I share ways to stop shaming yourself and how to stop yelling at your kids.
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You want to be successful at parenting. You just want your child to be happy, right? This episode shares why happiness may not be the best goal for our kids. It also shares how our success at parenting doesn't have to come from our children's behavior. I share how the way you think about your child's feelings impacts you and what you can actually do about it. Plus loads of tips for helping your and child feel their feelings.
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Things go wrong. Complications happen. Sometimes we don't realize that even when things are really, really hard there are things we can do to help make it easier on ourselves. Here are my top tips on navigating an overwhelming season of medical motherhood.
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Have you experienced the discomfort of joy? When you're in a season of life that feels calm, why do you still feel overwhelmed? So many medical moms struggle with constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop and in this episode, I share why this is not a helpful strategy and how you can get better at feeling good.
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Four years ago I became a medical mom and my life has never been the same. The journey has been long, hard, and joyful. In today's episode, I share 4 lessons I've learned as a medical mom and how they can apply to your life. I share my thoughts on control, meeting your needs, and feeling vulnerable.
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There are facts in the world. Then there are thoughts about those facts. Did you know this? Your thoughts sometimes seem like facts, but they are not. This episode explores how you can differentiate between what are facts and what are thoughts and what to do with those thoughts when they are not helping you. This is how you can create a mindset that supports your daily life and medical motherhood.
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Perfectionism can show up in more areas in your life than you think. Even if you're not a self-described perfectionist, perfectionism can be influencing your willingness to believe in yourself, how you show up in your life, how you make decisions, and how you achieve your goals. This episode explains why perfectionism is so appealing, how to stop it, and how to grow without it.
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Growth can be intimidating but the truth is we are always growing in some way. You can grow faster and with less pain if you grow on purpose. In this episode, I share my thoughts on growth and what it takes to be willing to step outside your comfort zone to choose your own growth. This tool of growing on purpose will help you embrace growth in all areas of your life.
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Hey Mama, what's your story? Do you ever think about the narrative you have of your life? We all have one. You have a story about your life, your marriage (or lack thereof), your kids, and yourself. Join me in this episode to dive into how you can make small shifts in your stories to impact your future. I share personal shifts I've made about how I think about my childhood, about myself as a mother, and as a medical mom. I discuss how I went from powerless to empowered by making small changes in my personal story.
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Asking for help is simple, but not always easy. In this episode, I discuss how you can ask for help and what might be stopping you right now. These mindset tools will help you make asking for help way less complicated so you can fulfill your needs and ditch all the guilt that comes from asking for help.
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When you become a medical mom you might feel like you're drowning. I felt that way too. I had no tools to get me through the overwhelm. I didn't know how to manage my schedule. I didn't know how to feel confident. The medical mom toolbox is here to help you. It's all the tools I wish I had that I've learned the hard way. Today I'm sharing tool number one, your identity. We are going to discuss ways to get to know you. How you can reconnect with yourself if you're trying to figure out who you are in the midst of medical motherhood.
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Being overwhelmed can feel like you're drowning. As medical moms our energy is limited and we don't want to waste it feeling overwhelmed. The good news is there are real tools that can help you decrease your overwhelm. This episode unpacks things that increase your overwhelm and decrease your overwhelm and how you can use these tools to feel better and more peace in your life.
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One of the most commonly asked questions I receive is how I'm preparing for my daughter's upcoming open-heart surgery. Today I share 3 tools to use when you're preparing for your child's future procedure. I am showing you how I apply these tools to my real-life situations and how it helps me during this time.
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Do you believe that your child is suffering? Do you feel guilty for taking them to procedures? Suffering shame is a pattern of belief I've seen in the medical mom communities. This episode cracks suffering wide open and explores why we feel such shame for our children's experiences and how to look at their experiences differently.
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Are you nervous about talking to your child about their diagnosis? In this episode, I share my perspective and thoughts about talking to your child about their diagnosis. It includes specific tips to do so that when you are confident at having conversations and asking questions.
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Today I'm sharing my medical motherhood beliefs that I created to believe on purpose. I share the thoughts and mindset shifts I've intentionally put into practice to help guide me through medical motherhood. I call it my Medical Mom Manifesto. Listen in to learn all about my manifesto and how it helps me feel more peace in my life as I parent my children with diagnoses.
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Have you struggled with setting boundaries with people in your life? I've got you covered. In this episode, I explain what a boundary is and what it is not. I share how to set them so that you take care of your needs, love the people involved, and do it in a way that improves your relationships. Boundaries are often misunderstood and misused, listen to this episode to get the facts so that you can confidently set and enforce boundaries in your life today.
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We don't need to stop caring about other people's opinions because the truth is there are many people's opinions we want to care about. In this episode, I explain how you can handle challenging opinions while still maintaining healthy, drama-free, relationships with those you love. I share 7 strategies that will guide you in making intentional decisions and create the best boundaries for you and your relationships.
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If you want to actually achieve your goals this year then you have to do things differently. This episode gets real on how we go from not just planning and scheduling but actually doing and it starts with our mindset. Our mindset is composed of 2 parts our thinking and our feeling. No, you don't need to just be more disciplined. In this episode you'll understand what really goes into accomplishing any goal.
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Do you want your resolutions to make it past February? Do you want to finally commit to your goals? This episode will bust the top 3 myths around goal setting and dive into what really makes a goal happen. Listen in and find out why we get stuck in a cycle of quitting and how to get rid of self doubt.
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Thinking of the future can be a struggle for us medical moms. It's overwhelming when we don't know what future holds. Today I take a deep dive about the future and how you can help yourself feel less afraid and more present. I'm sharing 5 things to consider about the future, plus a few exercises you can follow along to get the most out of it.
Do you like being told you're wrong? Do you like being wrong? The majority of us do not. We don't like making mistakes or being incorrect and we don't like thinking that there is something wrong with us. In today's episode I dive deep into why we don't like being wrong and how we can prevent it from holding us back in our relationships, how we view our children, and our self worth.
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Diagnosis day is one of the most challenging parts of medical motherhood. When your child is diagnosed you feel tons of different emotions... shock, anger, and sadness are just a few. Have you considered how grief may be a part of that process too? In this episode I discuss about the importance of recognizing and processing the grief we feel throughout our medical motherhood journey.
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