The Mother Like a Boss Podcast

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Knowing your mess threshold Mar 01, 2022

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A lot of things in life are highly subjective. Messes are one of those things.

A mess to one person is perfectly acceptable and tidy to another. Clean to one person is dirty to another.

As someone that ran a cleaning business for over a decade and served hundreds of clients, I can tell you that everyone has a very different threshold for messes. Knowing what yours is (and everyone else that lives in your house) can help you set routines that serve you and manage expectations of yourself and others.

Celebrating the big 300th: My best friend interviews me! Feb 24, 2022

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The Mother Like a Boss™ podcast has reached a big milestone: 300 episodes!

To celebrate this incredible occasion (and celebrate every single one of you that has listened over the years) I'm bringing my best friend Erika Tebbens to the podcast to interview me. I'm answering questions submitted by our audience and students, and a few Erika is throwing in for good measure.

Thanks to each and every one of you for supporting the show, sharing it with friends, subscribing and letting us know how it's changing your life. It's all for you, mama!

How to become proactive versus reactive Feb 22, 2022

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If you feel like you spend your life putting out fires, this episode is for you.

One of the greatest shifts I've made in my life, in my home and as a mother is becoming more proactive than I am reactive. Whether it's in my day to day routines or my mindset, I'm going to show you have to set yourself up for success so that you spend less time reacting to the moment.

Dealing with other people's opinions on how to run your home Feb 15, 2022

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Opinions: everyone has them, about everything, all the time.

When it comes to the inner workings of how you run your home, from bedtime rituals to how you plan your meals to the amount of screen time you allow your children, opinions are everywhere. The come from those we know and love, and those we've never met.

Today, let's talk about how to deal with those opinions, whose advice you should be listening to (spoiler: you get to CHOOSE) and how to finally live the way you want without worrying what anyone else has to say about it.

My journey of true self-acceptance Feb 08, 2022

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I've been putting this episode off for a while, but it was finally time to take it off the "maybe someday" list and record my feelings and thoughts.

Just like most other women, my journey to self love and acceptance hasn't been easy. In fact, some days it's been downright grueling and heartbreaking.

But as my years pass, I've been able to embrace my truest self by allowing her to shine through. I hope that by sharing my story, someone will start their journey, too.

Why the "Bite-Sized Homemaking" method is the one we all need Feb 04, 2022

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I love food and I love helping moms simplify their home management, so the idea of "bite-sized homemaking" is right up my alley. In a world that continues to push the "go big or go home" narrative, we're turning the tables and doing things completely differently. The Mother Like a Boss™ way of doing homemaking is modern, simple and sustainable. I'm going to break down what the bite-sized method is and why it works for all moms, no matter what season of motherhood you find yourself in right now.

On air coaching to help Jennifer create routines when she's overwhelmed Jan 31, 2022

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On air coaching is back and I'm so excited to share this episode with you.

Jennifer Akins is a busy musician and a grandmother of a 7 month old that she takes care of often. In this episode, we talk through simple ways for her to get started decluttering and organizing her home and sticking to routines, even when she's completely overwhelmed.

The real reasons you feel like all you do is clean Jan 27, 2022

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"I feel like all I do is clean my house!" is one of the most comment complaints and struggles I hear from my followers, so if this is you mama, you are not alone.

The thing is, after cleaning hundreds of homes over an 11 year period, I know the real reasons that it takes you so long to clean and why you feel like it's all you do. The good news is I have a solution. The bad news is it's going to take a big mindset shift to make it happen. Are you ready?

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No, but really, what can we do about mom burn out? Jan 20, 2022

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I've always been a solution-oriented person, so nothing sticks in my craw quite like the fact that we discuss mom burn out constantly and yet have no real solutions to work through it.

What if we worked to stop burn out before it happened? Is that even possible? I'm going to share my thoughts and the simple solutions I've found to move me away from burn out and over to a place of peace and ease.

How self care without self love becomes self sabotage Jan 13, 2022

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You are deserving of all the self care in the world. You deserve to care for your needs, physical and otherwise. Something I discovered about myself recently was how often I use self care as a form of avoidance and ultimately self sabotage.

How does that work? Because I wasn't focused on truly loving myself, but with using stereotypical self care activities, like shopping as a way to avoidance deeper self care. After talking to my students, I've found I'm not alone, so let's chat about it.