For the Moms: Recent Episodes
Holly Cressall
The For the Moms podcast is here to help moms with bigger kids adjust to the the challenging parts and awesome parts of having big kids. You host is Holly Cressall, certified life coach and mom of 3 big kids. Whether you want to improve your relationships or you are ready to take care of yourself. I'm here to help you make time for you while still being the mom.
Summer is right around the corner. Are you ready for it? We can start thinking about how we want our summer to be right now.
In this episode Life Coach Holly Cressall talks about how to have a fun summer and shares simple ideas to add fun for teens, fun for your spouse, and fun for yourself.
I help moms moms adjust to being a parent of teenagers and adult children and discover their identity beyond motherhood. If you want to love your life again, while still being the mom, I can help! Go to https://coachwithholly.as.me/ to schedule a free call with me.
You can find me on instagram here @hollycressallcoaching
Parenting adult children is not easy, actually I think it's not really parenting any more. We are building relationships that will hopefully last us 50 years.
In this episode Life Coach Holly Cressall talks about six tips for improving your relationship with your adult children. A few of them are about giving advice, hearing their feedback, and fun ways to connect with your adult kids.
I help moms who feel stuck, moms who are bored, moms who are overwhelmed, moms who feel guilty, and moms that are ready for more. If you want to love your life again, while still being the mom, I can help! Go to https://coachwithholly.as.me/ to schedule a free call with me.
You can find me on instagram here @hollycressallcoaching
Are you one the many moms that feel like they aren't ready for graduation? How do you know if you’re ready? And what do you need to do to be ready? Will you ever be ready?
In this episode Life Coach Holly Cressall talks about a few problem thoughts about your kids getting older that keep moms stuck in worry and feeling sad. This episode is full of ideas of how to change that around and feel more ready for this next phase of motherhood.
I love working with moms who feel stuck, moms who are bored, moms who are overwhelmed, moms who feel guilty, and moms that are ready for more. If you want to love your life again, while still being the mom, I can help! Go to https://coachwithholly.as.me/ to schedule a free call with me.
You can find me on instagram here @hollycressallcoaching
In this episode Life Coach Holly Cressall talks asking good questions. She shares 4 tips about questions.
1- Don't ask questions about things that aren't really optional.
2- Ask open-ended questions.
3- Don't ask too many questions.
4- Don't ask questions, just listen.
Bonus tip - Practice questions and answers with your kids.
I love working with moms who feel stuck, moms who are bored, moms who are overwhelmed, moms who feel guilty, and moms that are ready for more. If you want to love your life again, while still being the mom, I can help! Go to https://coachwithholly.as.me/ to schedule a free call with me.
You can find me on instagram here @hollycressallcoaching
In this episode Life Coach Holly Cressall talks about the difference between selfish and self care. She also shares ideas of things you can do to take care of yourself during each different phase of motherhood.
I love working with moms who feel stuck, moms who are bored, moms who are overwhelmed, moms who feel guilty, and moms that are ready for more. If you want to love your life again, while still being the mom, I can help! Go to https://coachwithholly.as.me/ to schedule a free call with me.
You can find me on instagram here @hollycressallcoaching
In this episode Life Coach Holly Cressall talks about how to turn down your fix-it mode. Let's learn how to let your kids fix-it for themselves sometimes and how to sit with it, instead of fix-it.
I love working with moms who feel stuck, moms who are bored, moms who are overwhelmed, moms who feel guilty, and moms that are ready for more. If you want to love your life again, while still being the mom, I can help! Go to https://coachwithholly.as.me/ to schedule a free call with me.
You can find me on instagram here @hollycressallcoaching
In this episode Life Coach Holly Cressall talks about the difference between react and respond. Holly shares 3 different scenarios that you might have with your kids and how it might look to react vs. respond.
I love working with moms who feel stuck, moms who are bored, moms who are overwhelmed, moms who feel guilty, and moms that are ready for more. If you want to love your life again, while still being the mom, I can help! Go to https://coachwithholly.as.me/ to schedule a free call with me.
You can find me on instagram here @hollycressallcoaching
In this episode Life Coach Holly Cressall talks about thoughts. Everything starts with a thought, but most of our thoughts come to us unconsciously. Holly shares 3 tips on how to manage your thoughts and some of the benefits of questioning your thoughts too.
I love working with moms who feel stuck, moms who are bored, moms who are overwhelmed, moms who feel guilty, and moms that are ready for more. If you want to love your life again, while still being the mom, I can help! Go to https://coachwithholly.as.me/ to schedule a free call with me.
You can find me on instagram here @hollycressallcoaching
In this episode Life Coach Holly Cressall talks about the different phases of motherhood. Each phase looks a little different. As the kids get bigger, you have a few minutes to take care of you, so that you can be a better mom.
In this episode Life Coach Holly Cressall talks about the 2 main questions that come up as she's coached with parents who are concerned about their kids feelings. First, how do I help my kids when they experience hard things? And Second, how do I not take on the emotions myself when my kids share their experiences with me?
In this episode Life Coach Holly Cressall talks about worrying. Mom's worry a lot. Listen in to learn more about worrying and how to let it come along for the ride and not be the driver of your car.
In this episode Life Coach Holly Cressall shows you how to add the word AND to your mom life. You can feel more than one feeling at a time, you can be more than one thing at a time, and you can think more than one thing at a time, all because of the word AND.
In this episode Life Coach Holly Cressall gives some love to moms. There's also a few ideas of how to feel more appreciated and how to thank yourself.
In this episode Life Coach Holly Cressall talks about how to feel better. Let's dig in deep and see what you are currently feeling and what you'd like to feel instead.
Feelings Wheel
In this episode Life Coach Holly Cressall talks about mom guilt. What it is, where it comes from, why we have it, and how to get rid of it.
In this episode, Life Coach Holly Cressall talks about challenges some moms have like wondering - What's next? Holly gives three specific things to help moms get started on their journey to being a mom with bigger kids.