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    Thriving In Motherhood Podcast | Productivity, Planning, Family Systems, Time Management, Survival Mode, Mental Health, Vision

    The GO TO Podcast For Moms With Kids At Home!

    Do you want to love motherhood but find yourself in survival mode or burned out more than you’d like to admit?
    Do you feel tugged between enjoying every moment with your kids because it “goes so fast” and feeling mom guilt because you don’t?
    Are you tired of wandering around the house or scrolling social media but don’t know where to find the time or energy to do something that you would enjoy?

    There’s a way to create a life that you are excited to wake up to each day so you enjoy your time with your family, have a smooth running home, and still move forward on your greatest goals.

    Hi! I’m Jessica Jackson, homeschooling mom of four, productivity and time management expert for moms, and project enthusiast.

    In this podcast, I will teach you how to:
    – Navigate survival seasons with a thriving mindset through practical tips
    – Create a vision for your life and get clear about what really matters to YOU
    – Effective planning, productivity, and time management strategies when you have kids at home – they’re different!
    – Build family systems that support the entire family – including mom
    – Establish habits and rhythms that nurture you
    – Become a Soaring Mother so you can live connected with God, use your gifts and talents to bless those in your circle of influence, adventure with your family, and enjoy meaningful relationships

    I began motherhood with hopes and dreams that I could navigate my days confidently with purpose, live intentionally, find joy and contentment in everyday life, and have God’s help and strength in this lifelong journey.

    Reality:

    I was in complete survival mode
    I felt guilty a lot of the time
    I had no clue what my days should look like
    I was snappy and irritable with my family
    Can you relate?

    The good news – I closed the gap between what I hoped was possible and my reality.

    And you can too.

    I can’t wait to help you live life with purpose and joy and see your growth in the everyday moments of motherhood.

    Next Steps:
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    Getting Started with Poetry Tea Time as a Family With Young Kids [Episode 287] Oct 18, 2023
    Show notes

    This week's question is about how we do Poetry Tea Time in our family. This is an idea I got several years ago from Julie Bogert @bravelearnerhome, and we've incorporated it into our weekly rhythm.

    In this week's episode, I'll share how we set it up to make it easy to do at our house, when we hold our tea time, the books we use, and our favorite snacks that everyone looks forward to.

    The What, How, and Where of Poetry Tea Time:

    • Poetry Tea Time is basically eating food and reading poems together. Each child picks a poem and either reads it aloud or hands it to me to read.

    • Getting set up is crucial. The easier you make it, the more likely it is to happen. I made a trip to Goodwill and got mugs and tea cups. You could also have a special tablecloth and candles. Often, for us, just sitting down with a snack and a clean table is victory enough.

    • Keep the snacks simple and delicious. My oldest loves going out to gather lemon balm or mint leaves and steeping them in water for our tea. Other common tea-time snacks are green smoothies, popsicles, popcorn, banana ice cream, energy balls, and chickpea chocolate chip cookies. Recipes can be found here.

    • We typically build this into our routine in the afternoons after quiet time. One of my favorite things is to pair this with cleaning up the house right after because everyone is fed. Then we can go outside for the rest of the afternoon until dinner (assuming I prepped an Instapot meal ahead of time). We go out and in of doing this. We just begin again when we top.

    Books we use:

    1. Ambleside Online Poetry Anthologies

    2. Poetry for Young People Series (Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost are great starting points)

    3. Children's Book of Virtues

    4. The Book of Virtures

    5. Anderson's Fairy Tales

    6. When We Were Very Young

    7. Now We Are Six

    8. Children's Anthology of Poetry Edited By Elizabeth Hauge Sword

    9. A Family of Poems by Caroline Kennedy

    Routines When You Have Morning Sickness and Kids at Home [Episode 286] Oct 11, 2023
    Show notes

    In this week's episode, I'm answering a question from a mom in our Thriving in Motherhood Community about possible routines (besides sitting in bed together, playing with toys, and watching movies) that you can have with severe morning sickness during pregnancy when you have other little kids at home.

    I've had four really challenging pregnancies, the last three with kids at home, and in this episode, I'll share what worked for us during those hard months and principles you can apply to make the best of an honestly challenging situation and feel some joy along the way too.

    Routines for Mom:

    1. Monthly reviews in the Thriving in Motherhood Planner: These monthly reviews are ESSENTIAL. It helps you reality-check what is actually happening. I told myself, "All I do is lie on the couch, grow a baby, and hang out with the kids." Not a helpful story. Once I started writing down what I learned and discovered, accomplished, places we went, significant things for our family, and books I read or listened to, I had a more accurate picture of my life, and it was much better than I thought.

    2. Ask the questions in the Thriving in Motherhood Journal: These questions are so important for changing the focus of your days and what you think about them. Here are four to get you started:

      1. What am I grateful for?

      2. How have I seen the hand of God in my life today?

      3. What were my big wins today?

      4. What were my magic moments today?

    3. Have something you are excited about: It can be as simple as a story you like reading to your kids (I recommend Winnie the Pooh), a date with your husband, or getting together with friends.

    4. Have a simple, creative project that you can see progress on: I crochet a blanket for each of my kids - single crochet 10 up, 3 in the hole, 10 down, skip two, 10 up, etc.- in the evening. It keeps my mind focused on not thinking about how I don't want to face the next day or even a rough night. And I get to make progress on something for the baby that connects me to why I'm sick and feel a little bit of excitement and love in this season of sacrifice.

    5. Use this slower season to be intentional with your input and get clear on your vision: I've never totally stopped making progress on the things that matter to me because I always knew my next little baby step and could keep moving forward. Making progress - even sllooowww progress - does wonders for the soul.

    6. Look and pray for ways to serve others: It might seem impossible when you are struggling yourself, but even a phone call can make someone's day, and it will lift your spirits too.

    Routines for your Family:

    1. Listen to audiobooks/musical stories: We invested $5 in a CD player from Goodwill during my pregnancy with some audiobooks or musical stories for the kids to listen to. Each day, when I needed some space, they would set it up across the room with some play dough or coloring and listen. This gave me a bit of a breather. As my kids got older, we graduated to a Kindle, but the only thing they have access to is the library audiobook app, and it's password-protected.

    2. Go outside: During my pregnancies, we often lived outside at the playground by our house, or the kids spent a lot of time in our yard during my last pregnancy. I took a blanket to lay on and, if I was feeling a little better, a project (I carved wooden animals and made leather shoes - again coping with misery with creation). For two of my pregnancies, we had friends who would meet us outside or even help us get to the playground, and it was wonderful. Bring water and snacks for you and the kids to last for hours. I think that's why my kids play outside so much because once we were out, I wasn't mobile again for a long time. It wasn't my most graceful season - I threw in every bush on the way to the park and surrounding areas by the end of pregnancy - but we survived!

    3. Pray for help or to know who to ask for help: I had many miracles in this department. I'll share three:

    • I was talking to a friend from college, and her roommate and mutual friend didn't have to work for a week when Andrew was traveling. She flew out and took care of me and my kids. She made us food and cleaned my microwave. It was good for the soul as much as the body.

    • On a really rough night, I needed to go to the ER, and a friend who had just moved out to Indiana for school took me so Andrew could stay with the kids and get some sleep before a huge day with his graduate studies. It was after midnight before I got home, and Andrew was gone all day. We were both under a lot of stress, and things felt strained, and I was in the depths of despair. That was the day of angels. I had people unexpectedly show up at my door all day. First, a mom with six kids whose youngest was my oldest's age felt like she should just stop by on her way to preschool drop-off, and she sat with me for a bit and just listened. Then another knock on the door came, and a friend with older children came by, and power cleaned my house. Then a homeschooling mom stopped by, and she and her kids had gone to the grocery store and bought loads of snacks that were different for us to try. It just kept going like this all day. I was so grateful for everything they did individually and felt so seen by God.

    • With this last pregnancy during COVID, we rarely saw people, but a few times, we had new friends drop by with food, a quick sweep of the floor, and tidying of our main living space, and they listened to the many things my kids wanted to share. That was such a blessing.

    Once I understood I needed help (I don't think I had that figured out yet), I started praying to know who to ask. We've had seasons where it's been so hard and uncomfortable, but it was essential, and I reached out for help. If you aren't sure what to ask for, consider:

    • someone to come over and play with your kids at your house and engage with them

    • someone who can have your kids go play for an afternoon

    • meals or snacks

    • help with bedtime if your spouse isn't there

    How to Get Things Done as a Mom With The 2024 Thriving in Motherhood Planner - The System, Updates, and Changes [Episode 285] Oct 04, 2023
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    It's here!! The 2024 Thriving in Motherhood Planner is ready to make its way into your hands to empower you in creating a life that you are excited to wake up to each day.

    In this week's episode, I'm sharing the story of the planner, the overview of how the whole system works, and all of the changes and updates that have been made for next year's planner. I am very excited about the details we've added and the revisions. It is the best version yet!

    What makes the Thriving in Motherhood Planner unique?

    • It's not just about getting things done - it's about getting the RIGHT things done. This is unique to every single one of us. Create your vision first to help you get clarity about what matters to you and then easily refer back to it all year long.

    • Plan your weeks, not your days.

    • Set a weekly Big 3.

    • Monthly review to CELEBRATE.

    • Quarterly reviews to check in with your vision - see what works, see what you need to let go of, and know what goals to focus on.

    • Context-based to-dos instead of a long, running list.

    Updates to the Thriving in Motherhood Planner:

    • Tabs go all the way to the edge of the page! This included a full re-design of the entire Thriving in Motherhood Planner and multiple all-nighters from my husband, Andrew, the MVP of the 2024 Planner Launch.

    • Page numbers and an index are in the back of the planner. If you write down the information you want to refer back to in your Think and Process Pages, there is now an easy way to note which page you wrote it on to find it again. This is my solution to not adding in all of the life-specific options of a budgeting page, meal planning page, kids measurements, etc., that you find in a lot of other mom planners. I personally find these stressful. You can customize what you want and need in your planner.

    • Create your vision section overhaul, including more explanatory life domains, new vision exercises, rewriting your story pages, risk lists, and a new home management section.

    • Weekly rhythm pages. Jot down recurring events and specify when you want to do repeated tasks. There is also a Puzzle Pieces box for those things you want to do each week, but that don't happen at the same time.

    Order your planner today!

    How to Plan Effectively So You Don't Get Burned Out [Episode 284] Sep 27, 2023
    Show notes

    Do you get to the end of your day completely exhausted but weren't able to do the things you wanted or wrote out in your time block? I got this very relatable question from a mother in our Thriving in Motherhood Community:

    "I put in time blocks and write my routines, and it helps to schedule around meal times, but by the end of the day, I fill in what I did instead of actually doing what I wanted to do. I'm feeling so burned out, unable to rest, and feel like there is never any time to work on projects or time for myself. Any tips on how to plan effectively so you don't get burned out?"

    In this week's episode, I talk about five steps to planning in a way that avoids burnout:

    1. Plan your rest and exercise first: You are going to need energy to do the things you want to do and manage a household. We established a daily Rest and Read time in our home years ago. A daily 10-20 minute power nap can give you a recharge to have an effective second half of the day. As moms, we are facing our own challenges that we can manage better when we are taking care of ourselves. I have also found recently that 20-30 minutes of intense exercise in the morning is giving me WAY more energy during the day. Things that once felt hard are easier now that I have increased energy.

    2. Put what you want to do at the top of the list: Write the three projects or tasks you want to get to this week. If you've created a vision, pull from that. If not, write a list and pick three things to do a little bit of each week. This can include things for you, your family, work, or service. A lot of time, we don't get to do the things we want to simply because we haven't clarified exactly what they are.

    3. Establish a weekly planning meeting with your spouse: Every week, establish your top priorities with each other as scheduled items. Work together to figure out how to support each other in getting things done that are important to you. That's interdependence - thanks, Stephen Covey!

    4. Let housework take a backseat while you are getting your essentials figured out: So often, when we are overwhelmed and burned out, we make the house our #1 priority and decide once it's in order, we can do other things. But then we get stuck because it's hard to make the house perfect with people living in it, and it feels like everyone is working against you. Instead, focus on the basics like daily dishes, tidying up the house a few times a week (or even once), and deciding whether you will tackle laundry one day a week or one load every day. Bathrooms survive going every other or every three weeks if you are overwhelmed (ideal no, but survivable). Make daily rest, exercise, doing things in your vision, and weekly planning the priority until they are dialed in habits.

    5. Build your time block slowly, in small steps: When you write out a time block schedule, you are often writing down a whole bunch of things you don't have systems for. It is an uphill battle all day to get to those things because the environment isn't designed to make them easy to do, so it takes a while to gather the materials and get set up, and then you have to think through every step so it is slow going. Instead, start with the thing that is on fire and create a time, place, and space for that thing. Set up the environment to do it. Slow it to make it stick. Time blocking evolves over time. Pay attention to when you do something and it works, and make a note to try it again at the same time the next week.

    If you want help in making progress on your home while still doing the things you want to do, check out the Simplify to Soar Club.

    Finding Activities You Can Enjoy With All Your Children [Episode 283] Sep 20, 2023
    Show notes

    I got an excellent question from a mother in our Thriving in Motherhood community, Kate, about how to find activities you can enjoy with all your children. In this week's episode, I'll address how to manage the different personalities of your children and their own interests, as well as the resistance that comes when you try to get everyone to agree on what to do together.

    How to Handle Negative Attitudes with your Children [Episode 282] Sep 13, 2023
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    In this week's episode, I'm answering a question from a member of our own Thriving in Motherhood community about how to handle negative attitudes with her child when it comes to certain things about homeschooling.

    I'm no stranger to negative attitudes in our home (from myself and the kids), but we are very intentional with addressing those attitudes.

    Here are seven questions we ask when one of our children has a negative attitude:

    1. Have they moved their body today?

    2. What is the reason for resistance?

    3. How can I give them more autonomy?

    4. Is the environment set up so it is easy to do the thing they need to do?

    5. Am I ready with my part, or are they waiting for me and getting interrupted from what they started to do?

    6. What skill am I trying to teach?

    7. How can I partner with my child in this and mentor? What principles or truths do they need to understand to want to change the behavior themself?

    These questions help me get to the root of the problem and are part of seeking to understand so we can come up with win-win solutions together. (Thank you, Stephen Covey, for the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People that we continue to return to.)

    When it comes to homeschooling and negative attitudes, I really love Julie Bogart's book The Brave Learner. She has so many wonderful thoughts and ideas about what homeschooling can look like to bring the magic and whimsy back into our days instead of battling over worksheets. She helps make it clear what really matters and then suggests lots of different ways that we can reach our objectives that look really different from the public school model.

    Listen to this week's episode for more tips on dealing with negative attitudes.

    How To Actually Do a Morning Routine with Babies and Toddlers That Wake Up Early [Episode 281] Sep 06, 2023
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    A few weeks ago, I did an episode about my morning routine. I got a great follow-up question about how to do this when you have a baby or toddler that wakes up super early. I remember that season well.

    A friend and I would meet up at 7:45 a.m. with our two toddlers and baby, each of whom woke up too early and went for a run and talked about how our kids wake up too early!

    But I've learned a lot from that season, and here are my best tips for doing a morning routine in the early years to get the brainstorming started for what could work for you. This is such an essential piece of the puzzle when it comes to not just surviving motherhood and fits into the Soul Pillar of the Three Pillars of Thriving.

    Here are a few things I've done that work for our family:

    • Do your morning routine with your kids - I started doing my morning routine with my kids instead of jumping into kid things. I still do this with my youngest, who wakes up before the rest of my kids. The expectation is that I'm not available right now so she can play near me, but I will do my own routine. It didn't take too long before we got in the rhythm of it. I realized I didn't need to let my kids run the show. I'm the adult, and I can set priorities for myself in the morning that will bless us all.

    • Implement a Big 5 for your kids - I started a Big 5 for my kids so they knew what they could be doing while I did my own morning routine. For a long time, I didn't actually care if they did those things, but if they came to me during that time, I asked them how their Big 5 was going, and they would have something to do while I finished up. They make their bed, get dressed, brush their teeth, say their prayers, and read/look at books.

    • Keep a realistic mindset - I changed my mindset about what was reasonable and expected my kids to stay in bed until 6:30 or 7. When they woke up before that, my husband didn't mind putting them back to bed while I did my morning routine. Over time, they catch on and stay in bed until the time you have established.

    • Use signals to let your kids know when it's okay to get out of bed - With my 3rd and 4th child, we got a clock on Amazon that is red when they need to be in bed and turns green when they can get out of bed. It has made a HUGE difference because there is a clear expectation, and I'm not the middleman - the color of the clock is.

    I'm sure you will find a solution of your own that works for you and your family. It will just take some time and trial and error.

    Keep the vision of what you want your foundation to look like, write it down, and even if it takes you all day to get those things done, that's okay! You are still building habits and getting to the essential things. It doesn't always look neat and tidy, and that is normal and to be expected.

    How I prepped my family to be gone for a week by myself [Episode 280] Aug 30, 2023
    Show notes

    For the first time in 10 years, I recently traveled across the country and left all my kids and my husband for six days. It wasn't as impossible as I had made it out to be in my mind. In fact, everything went great!

    In this week's episode, I'm sharing practical things I did to prepare everyone for a smooth week at home. Next time my husband travels, I'll be using some of these tips to make things easier for myself too.

    How to Do a Summer Review to Effectively Transition into Fall With Clarity and Peace [Episode 279] Aug 23, 2023
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    As we transition from summer to fall, I like to pause and reflect on how the last few months went as a way to close the tabs and move forward with confidence into the next season.

    It can be easy to get to the end of the season and wish it went differently. But instead of sitting in a place of discouragement or looking at the things that didn't go well, we can pause and look for the lessons learned to help us be intentional about the little changes we make in our lives that make a big difference over time.

    You either get the results you want or the lesson you needed.

    So, if you want to try to do your own summer review, here are a few questions to get you started:

    1. What were you hoping summer would look like?

    2. What went well this summer?

    3. Was there something this summer that you stressed about that turned out not to be a big deal?

    4. What were some of the things that didn't go well? Look for the lessons and how to reframe.

    5. What do you want to remember in your planning for next summer?

    In this week's episode, I'll walk you through the process of reflecting on your summer and what you can learn from it so you can feel great about how things went, even if it was different than you hoped. Bring a pen and paper (or a Think and Process page from your Thriving in Motherhood Planner) to this actionable episode.

    Transitioning Back Into Family Routines After Summer [Episode 278] Aug 16, 2023
    Show notes

    After a summer of different activities and routines (or maybe no routines), I get excited about settling into a new rhythm as we transition into the school year and fall.

    In this week's episode, I'm sharing the process I've used for years to help our family get clarity about what matters to us right now and how to make sure we make time for it in our daily life.

    I'm really great at thinking of the ideal in every area of life. But the reality is that things are going to change, balls are going to drop, and we let go of things as our enthusiasm and energy fade. So what matters most that you want to make a top priority and invest time and energy in? What is the thing that you can go big on this fall? This can be your vision for the fall to help you know what to say yes to, say no to and to structure your days and weeks around.

    Here are some other tips to transition back into family routines:

    1. Write down your schedule as it already is - not as you want it to be.

    2. Decide the one thing you want to go big on for the next few months.

    3. Pick an anchor you can pair that thing with.

    4. Go slow; make it stick.

    For example, when my kids were little, and we were just beginning this journey of establishing routines, I knew I wanted to go big on scripture study with my kids. We had one clear anchor at the time: breakfast. So I paired my one priority with my one anchor, and now we've been doing our scripture study with breakfast for almost eight years.

    Once you have established your one anchor and one routine, you can pick another priority and another anchor. We now have each meal and rest and read time as an anchor in our day that we've paired with some of our daily priorities, and we have routines that go with our anchors. We've also attached routines to weekly and monthly anchors.

    Start small and every few months, add on another thing as your family continues to learn, grow, and change together.

    If you want to learn more about getting your family rhythms established, I would love to support you in my Made to Soar: Next 90 Days program.

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