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Letting Go of Comparison Feb 11, 2020

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We've all heard the famous quote, "Comparison is the thief of joy", and today on the podcast we're diving into this uncomfortable topic because as moms and creatives we're deeply aware of how true this statement is. If you're trying to improve your career, your mothering, your wellness, your marriage, your creative work, or just about any other area of your life, there's a good chance that you'll encounter a perceived disparity between your reality and the woman next to you. It's all too tempting to believe that she has it easier, or better, or that her "success" is a threat to your own. The bummer is that when we fall into patterns of comparison or envy, we are the undoing of our own goals and desires. When we're busy obsessing over everyone else, there's not enough time and energy left to actually run in our own lane.

In today's episode we're diving into what triggers comparison, what it looks like, simple ways we can actively combat it, and a surprising twist on how we can use it for good. Grab your favorite bevvie and come join us!

Connection VS Comparison with Richella Parham Feb 04, 2020

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We all know that Comparison can be a harmful trap, but unfortunately knowledge alone isn't enough to keep us from encountering it in our everyday lives. Sometimes it may be just far enough under the surface of our conscious mind that we never even notice we're operating from a place of comparison or insecurity.

Today we sat down with Richella Parham, author of Mythical Me: Finding Freedom from Constant Comparison to break down different types of comparison (maybe they're not ALL bad?) as well as how we can remove the comparison traps hidden in plain sight among our daily habits.

Start Your Year Off Right Series: TAKE ACTION Jan 28, 2020

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Today's episode is our fourth and final installment of our Start Your Year off Right mini-series and we are so excited to dive in because this is where the rubber meets the road, y'all! All the reflecting, dreaming, and planning we've done this month has all been leading up to this: actually getting started.

We know that starting is often the hardest part so this episode is the perfect mix of gentle encouragement, tough love, and practical help. We're sharing all of our best tips and tools in this episode, so be sure and tune in and then come join us over in the Mom Wants More Podcast Community on Facebook where we can personally cheer you on as you get moving towards your dreams and goals in 2020!

Start Your Year Off Right Series: PLAN Jan 21, 2020

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Welcome to Week 3 of our Start Your Year off Right Mini-series! Here on the podcast we're spending the whole month of January focused on stepping into a brand new year (and a new decade!) with intention and joy. We know that expectations and pressure can feel high around this time of year so we've put together a plan to help you ditch overwhelm, get clarity, create a plan, and GET MOVING towards your dreams and goals this year.

This week we're building on the last two weeks of reflection and dreaming and we're getting super practical about how to make a plan of action to launch you forward. In today's episode we cover:

Reverse Engineering your dreams into plans
Creating a realistic roadmap
Breaking down your big goals into small, measurable steps
Counting the cost
Carving out actual time and space in your life for your biggest goals

We've got some great (FREE) resources to help walk you through this process with us so be sure to grab those at HERE.

Start Your Year Off Right Series: Dream Jan 14, 2020

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Welcome back to Week 2 of our Start Your Year off Right Miniseries! We'd like to emphasize that "right" only applies to you and how YOU want to intentionally launch into the new year. Your dreams and goals are going to be just as unique and nuanced as you are so while we know there's no cookie cutter approach to this, we do believe that having a clear understanding of WHAT your dreams and goals are is a crucial and life giving step before moving forward.

So this week, for our second installment, we're diving into the importance of dreaming, unpacking any unnecessary guilt around it, and offering you some fun and playful ways you can start dreaming about what you truly want out of 2020.

Grab some earbuds and let's do this!

Don't forget! We've got some great (FREE) resources to help walk you through this process with us so be sure to grab those here.

Start Your Year Off Right Series: Reflect Jan 07, 2020

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Happy New Year! This month we're kicking off a super fun mini-series all about how to Start Your Year off Right. Not only is it the beginning of a fresh new calendar year, but it's also the beginning of a whole new decade! Talk about a clean slate, amirite?

Just because January 1st came and went doesn't mean you need to need to have your whole year mapped out. And if you're finding this episode later in the year, just because January came and went doesn't mean you can't start now!

You are the boss of your own goals and this doesn't have to look "right" to anyone but you, sister. That said, Alana and I have combined all of our best practices and tips for starting the year off intentionally and we've streamlined them into this super helpful 4 week series for you.

We've got some great (FREE) resources to help walk you through this process with us so be sure to grab those at HERE.

Week 1 is all about REFLECTING and today we're going to help you take a look at:

what worked in 2019 VS what didn't work
what was life giving VS life draining
put your finger on the pulse of what you're believing/ wanting
fun ways to document your life during the year to help you reflect at the end of 2020

You ready? Let's dive in!

Goals vs Intentions Dec 31, 2019

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We are rereleasing this episode as we prepare for our January Mini-Series.

We love a clean slate and is there any cleaner of a slate than January 1? The whole year is stretched out before us, full of possibility and good intentions. So naturally everyone and their Aunt Millie is currently setting goals and thinking about how they want to show up in the world this year.

Here at Mom Wants More we have some suggestions on how you can practice this gently with yourself. We are all about naming those things we hope for, for calling our shot, and then getting after it. But it can quickly turn into pressure, an "on or off" mentality, or even feeling like a failure by January 11. In today's episode we're highlighting the difference between setting a hard Goal and setting an Intention.

We think that when it comes to intentions and mindfulness, the more the merrier, but when it comes to hard goals, less is actually more.

We're sharing how this looks in our personal lives and we're offering up some practical and helpful ideas of how you can approach this exercise in your own life.

Listen in! And we'd love to hear some of YOUR New Year's goals or intentions! Leave a comment, email us, or send us a private message! We'll show you ours if you show us yours!

Thanks for being such a rad community- for tuning in, following along, sharing the podcast with your people, and for basically being the best listeners ever!

Choosing a Word of the Year Dec 24, 2019

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We are rereleasing this episode from last year about Choosing a Word of the Year as we lead up to our Mini-Series in January.

Some might say it's cliche or even cheesy, but we have all the heart eyes for choosing a Word of the Year. We've both been doing it for years now and we've been surprised at how much this simple practice has impacted our lives.

We don't use it as another way to put pressure and expectations on a year that still remains full of mystery and unknown- we use it more as a filter, a gauge, a springboard, and a point of reference throughout the year. A place to come back to and ask ourselves and God how this word is shaping up in our story.

Today on the podcast we're sharing a behind the scenes peek into how this process looks for each of us, how it's played out in our lives over the last few years, and some simple tools for how you can implement this practice yourself.

Listen in to hear the words we each chose this year!

In the meantime, we raise our mug of 3x reheated coffee to you- Cheers here's to a brand new year, full of possibility!

P.S. If you already have a word of the year, would you share it with us?

Comment here!

We'd love to hear!

(a tiny poem, by Mom Wants More)

100th Episode Dec 17, 2019

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Today's episode is special for 2 reasons:

We're celebrating our 100th episode!!!
We're shaking things up a bit with our format and doing something totally different: Ask Amber & Alana Anything (we were on an alliteration roll, okay?)

We invited our friend, Megan Ericson to join us today so we could take a turn being on the OTHER side of the mic. Some of our guests wrote in questions for us and Megan hosted so Alana & I could have fun as guests today.

Some of the questions were serious, some were fun, and all of them will help you get to know us much better. Enjoy!

Here's to 100 more!

Managing Expectations for the Holidays Dec 10, 2019

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The train has left the station y'all! The holiday season is upon us and while it has the potential to be the most warm, fuzzy, magical season of the year, it also has the potential to make us go a little bit crazy.

Today we're getting down to the nitty gritty by sharing our own struggles with this season and dishing the simple ways we're learning to prioritize, communicate, and really get intentional about how we want the holiday season to look.

We cover all of it, from letting go of the Hallmark Holiday Fantasy, to creating boundaries, speaking up & being clear AHEAD of time, giving grace to ourselves and our people, and focusing in on just 2-3 goals to prioritize for the season.

For us those priorities look like:

Slowing down enough to connect with our kiddos
Creating (and sometimes breaking) traditions
Being present in the moment as it's actually unfolding instead of fussing over our expectations of that moment.

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