Redefining Balance for Working Mom Podcast by Your Life Rocks

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Covid 19 Bonus: Be The Light In The Darkness In Your Faith Apr 09, 2020

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These special bonus episodes are designed to help you thrive during the Covid-19 Pandemic. This content is taken right from our April Lifestyle Guide found inside the Your Life Rocks app.

Get tips and inspiration for your faith, marriage, parenting, home, health, career, finances, and friends/fun.

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Finding a Career with Flexibility with Kathryn Sollmann Apr 07, 2020

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Does this whole pandemic situation have you looking for a new opportunity? Finding work that is rewarding and contributes to having balance in your life is amazing...what if it was possible? Today I am joined by Kathryn Sollmann, speaker, author, and career coach. She shares why she believes women should be in the workforce and how to find flexible work that helps you be the best you can be in all that God has called you to.

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Get more tips and inspiration to make the most of our current situation with Covid 19 in every area of life inside the April Lifestyle Guide that is live inside the Your Life Rocks app.

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How To Bloom Where You Are Planted With Dayna Bickham Mar 31, 2020

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As we are kicking off the beginning of our career series, I think we need to acknowledge the fact that a lot of us are facing a new reality when it comes to our careers. And with that, we might have either seen a side of our company, boss, or just what we do for a living that makes us consider a career change or realized how blessed we are and want to stay and bloom where we are planted. Either way, the lessons and recommended actions shared by our guest are great for helping us listen to God and trust in his guidance with everything.

Today we are joined by Dayna Bickham, author, speaker, and founder of The Constant Creative.

Success Planning: How to Review the Last 90-Days Mar 24, 2020

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I want to invite you to a free workshop to help you set goals for the second quarter in all areas of life. Sign up and enter to win a free 90-day Life Balance Membership

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Before we can plan the next 90 days, we need to look back at the previous 90 days and what we accomplished (or didn't) in every area of life. This will be a self-coaching episode, so get your notebook and get ready!

Becoming a Peaceful Mom with Jessica Kastner Mar 17, 2020

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Do you wish parenting was more peaceful? What if it can be? To end out our series about helping you be the mom you want to be, let's revisit our conversation with Jessica Kastner.

She is going to give you all the best tips along the way. Jessica is an award-winning journalist, community leader, and a full-time working mom. She's really entertaining and has so much wisdom, so I know you are going to get so much out of what she has to share.

Life balance starts first with the Word of God! Today's Scripture is from both Jeremiah 3:15 and Matthew 9:37.

"And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding." Jer 3:15

"Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;" Matt 9:37

My hope in this interview is that you will learn and have a greater understanding of who you are and what Christ has called us to do in our lives as working parents. Jessica's wealth of knowledge and deep understanding of the struggles of parenting more than qualifies her to speak into peaceful parenting. She's been just about every kind of mom you can be since she started out as a single mom, lived the stay-at-home life, and is now working full time. Out of these experiences of challenge, struggle, love, laughter, Jessica wrote her book, Hiding From My Kids In My Prayer Closet. Jessica says her book was written so that other moms could laugh and share in their struggles together. So often in Christian circles, there seems to be an unwritten expectation of perfection. Jessica is reminding you today that it is just a lie you tell yourself. Jesus is perfect for us, and all he asks is faith!

Are you ready to bring some peace back to your parenting? Jessica's tips might be just what you need!

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How To Bond With Your Older Kids Mar 10, 2020

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What to do when your kids just want to hang out in their rooms or on their electronic devices instead of you? Well, that is what we are talking about today...bonding with your older kids. In this episode, I am going to walk you through some steps to help you find ways to not only spend time and make memories but to actually enrich your relationships with your kids as they go through pre-teen and teen years. In addition, there is a mindset shift away from being upset your babies are getting older to newfound freedom for yourself and for them. I am by no means a parenting expert but I am sharing tips that I have applied through the advice of parenting experts and letting you know what actually worked for me.

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When Your Anger Meets Motherhood with Natalie Hixon Mar 03, 2020

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Have you ever been angry as a mom? Um, I'm sure you have. Anger is part of overwhelm and it's a natural emotion. In this episode, we are talking about how we can work through negative emotions as a mom. I am joined by fellow working Christian mom, Natalie Hixon. She is also a life coach, speaker, and author specializing in helping moms that deal with anger, and overwhelm to live their best lives and be the best mom they can be.

Listen in and get some strategies to get a handle on your emotions and lead your kids in a healthy way.

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Natalie would love to offer you access to her Trigger Tracker as a first step to overcome destructive anger so you can be the fun, present and joyful wife and mom you want to be. The Trigger Tracker will help you identify your triggers, create awareness around you, and support you in changing your mindset around the triggers.

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Enjoy Being a Mom By Embracing Your Enneagram Type with Erin Slutsky Feb 25, 2020

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What type of mom are you? As moms, we all experience fear, anger, and shame or guilt but did you know that some enneagram types experience one of these three more than the other two? It influences the type of mom we naturally are. And when you know the type of mom you naturally are, you can lean into your strengths and be the best mom (and actually enjoy the journey!).

For this episode, I am joined by Erin Slutsky from Mom Sense Coaching. She is a nurse, an accredited Enneagram practitioner, and MOPS International mentor and coach with 20 years of experience. She understands child development and family dynamics. Through MomSense Coaching, she highlights your strengths and shares specific ways you can use your natural tendencies to become a more comfortable and confident mom.

Take the quiz to find out your mom type!

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How to Make Parenting Less Exhausting with Rachel Bailey Feb 18, 2020

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Ok working moms, I think we can agree that parenting can be exhausting. And when you consider that it's the most important job that we have but have so many other things on our plates, it can be a challenge to try to give it our best all of the time. But what if it didn't have to be that way?

In this episode, I am talking with parenting expert Rachel Bailey and she shares 3 tips on how to make parenting less exhausting while giving your kids exactly what they need.

Rachel Bailey is a Parenting Specialist who has been serving families for over a decade. Besides being a mother of two, she also has a Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology, a certification in Positive Discipline, and has provided services as an ADHD Coach, in-home mentor, and therapist. Currently, Rachel teaches parents practical, longterm tools for raising responsible, resilient, confident children... while reducing the stress and guilt in parents' lives.

Her tips:

Tip 1: Shift your mindset about kids' behavior to save energy AND foster more responsible, respectful behavior
Tip 2: Stop in-the-moment parenting; taking a few specific proactive steps will save time and increase kids' resilience and self-esteem
Tip 3: Focus on "self-treatment" instead of "self-care." Self-treatment takes less time and has more impact on both you and your kids.

Creating a Structure of Success Feb 11, 2020

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Today, we are talking about how to set up the right structures to help you be successful to reach your goals, implement systems for balance, and really keeping you moving toward where you want to go as a working mom.

We are specifically going to be talking about this as it pertains to one of my favorite systems, weekly prep.

Weekly prep is one of the key systems that we talk about in helping you achieve balance. I so totally believe in this system, that I teach you how to do it totally for free in our Weekly Success Planning course that you can find inside the Your Life Rocks app or by going to Weekly success Planning.com

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