Armed to the Heart - Military Women, Work-life Balance, Female Veterans, Christian Moms, Pregnancy and Postpartum

Hey beautiful friend! If you're setting your sights on improving your health & fitness in this New Year, I want to give you some different ideas for how you can measure & track progress, other than those numbers on the scale. Especially postpartum, we usually end up focusing on losing weight, and often turn to the scale as a main metric of our progress, and a measure of our worth. It can be helpfu...

The post-holiday blues are real. If you too are feeling like you're coming down from the Christmas high and are more drained, a bit sad, anxious, on edge emotionally, or just feel like you're in a bit of a funk in your energy & mood, you're not alone friend! No matter if we had a beautiful or stressful Christmas, the intensity of the holiday season, the highs & lows of all its events & expectation...

My beautiful sister, we're gonna have a heart to heart about making space for Christ this Christmas -- how to prepare Him room, so we can truly keep Jesus at the center of Christmas, and lead our families in this too. The world & culture takes the focus off Christ, and commercializes this holiday, putting the focus on consuming, but we're called to live differently and not forget or be so busy tha...

Let’s be honest, the holidays can feel stressful for many reasons, but one of the biggest ones being the challenges & dynamics that often come with time with our extended families!   So let’s talk about how we can navigate it with much more peace. You don’t have to be a victim to your environment or circumstances.   Extended family relationships can be complicated, chaotic, messy, they can either...

Hey sister! Let's talk about something we all struggle with in different areas of our lives -- comparison to other women. Today I'm sharing 10 tips to help you stop comparing yourself/your life to others & letting it steal your joy. Christmas and the holidays can be a vulnerable season mentally/emotionally, & trigger a ton of different temptations to compare ourselves & our lives to others. Whethe...

The weight of mom guilt can feel truly crushing. We always want to give our kids our best.   We can often feel like we’re never enough, no matter how much we give, how hard we try & how much we do. Like it’s impossible to measure up, lying awake at night wondering if we’re doing it right, feeling like we’re falling short of what we should be doing or what everyone else is doing, afraid we’re faili...

Today I'm revealing 10 Lies that are holding you back from resting! Let's help you find more time, and the TRUE rest you long for.   Motherhood often feels like we're running a marathon, and I know one of the hardest things is how exhausting it can feel being on 24/7, and how we often can barely find a moment to ourselves.   But let's explore some ways we might unintentionally be sabotaging our ow...

Tune into this quick episode for 6 simple steps you can take to feel more empowered to create the beautiful Christmas experience you're dreaming about -- even if that feels somewhat elusive because of your circumstances, or the stressors that can often accompany the holiday events. Most of the time, we allow the situations around us or what's happening to us dictate our emotional state, which tend...

Hey sister, today we're diving into how to better manage our time, to-do list, and mind so it's not managing us & stealing our joy over the holidays!   This is a 6 step process I come back to often to find my footing again whenever I'm feeling overwhelmed, like I'm drowning in stress & all the demands on my plate from different directions, or like there's not enough time for everything that I need...

Hey sister, Today I'm gonna share 10 tips to help you figure out how to slow down and rest. YES, even (and especially!) when you're way overbusy, overworked or overcommitted, and have a million things on your plate and calendar. When there's never have enough time for all the things that need to get done. I know above all this Christmas season, you desire to be fully present and enjoy the real pea...

Hey mama! Tune into Part 2 where I'm revealing the most important things you should know & do to set yourself up for a smoother, faster postpartum return to fitness and confidence in your body again. The Postpartum season is one of most challenging timeframes to navigate, especially as a mom in the military, or as someone who really takes pride in their fitness & has high expectations of yourself,...

Hey mama! Tune into this 2-part Episode where I'm revealing my top 15 things you should know & do to set yourself up for a smoother, faster postpartum return to fitness and confidence in your body again. The Postpartum season is one of most challenging timeframes to navigate, especially as a mom in the military, or as someone who really takes pride in their fitness & has high expectations of yours...

Hey mama! We all know how tough it can be to find the time, energy & motivation to exercise with a baby (or multiple little ones) at home, during times when life just gets crazy, sickness hits the whole family or life just feels like it’s getting in the way, and during the changing routines or travels of the holiday season. So tune in today for 20 fun, super simple, low or zero-equipment ways to i...

Hey friend.   Do you struggle to put your phone down? Do you feel pressure to check your phone 24/7, or be accessible all the time? Do you feel like you end up often mindlessly scrolling social media, or feel pressure to compare yourself to others and keep up with what everyone else is doing? Do you feel like it’s getting in the way of your ability to be truly present to your family? Do you find y...

Hey friend.   Do you struggle to put your phone down? Do you feel pressure to check your phone 24/7, or be accessible all the time? Do you feel like you end up often mindlessly scrolling social media, or feel pressure to compare yourself to others and keep up with what everyone else is doing? Do you feel like it’s getting in the way of your ability to be truly present to your family? Do you find y...

This episode is for my busy mamas out there who want to prioritize eating healthy, & want some quick tips & hacks for fitting nutrition into your crazy busy lives.   Tune in today for my best tips & time-saving strategies for simplifying nutrition & meals for you & your family!   I’m ALL about getting healthy, quick meals on the table that support our health/fitness goals, that we enjoy, and the k...

Christmas is quickly approaching, along with all the events & celebrations with family & friends, overloaded schedules, & pressures we might experience, which means now more than ever…we need some healthy, loving boundaries!   This is the #1 source of stress during the holidays for most of us. So let's tackle it so you can experience the peaceful, joyfilled Christmas that you're hoping for!   We’r...

How do we keep up our healthy habits & nutrition during the Thanksgiving & Christmas celebrations? Last episode we dove into 8 simple but powerful ways to find balance in staying on track with your goals while enjoying the holiday celebrations. This Part 2 focuses on the 7 biggest mistakes you may be making when approaching the holiday season, and simple strategies to avoid them.   Pop in those he...

How do we keep up our healthy habits & nutrition during the Thanksgiving & Christmas celebrations? This is Part 1, where we focus on 8 simple but powerful ways to find balance in staying on track with your goals while enjoying the holiday celebrations (no, it’s not by counting macros or tracking everything you eat)   Pop in those headphones as you prep your Thanksgiving meal, and settle into this...

Oh sister, we’re getting vulnerable & going deep here.   For those of us who want to maintain our health & fitness and take pride in it, it can be hard to find the right balance.   The holidays are a time when society speaks very harshly & judgmentally about food & exercise. The narratives & opinions out there are filled with a bunch of really harmful messages & associations that can drive a ton o...

Worried the holidays are going to derail your fitness goals, want to stay on track as much as possible so you don't feel like you have to completely reset in January after falling off the train in the coming weeks?   Tune in for 15 simple ways to still prioritize your health & fitness, while fully enjoying the holiday season.   As we've been discussing, the holidays are a special time of year, but...

If you can’t help but feel a bit stressed or overwhelmed with all the expectations, events, traditions, & mounting to-do-list as you look at your busy schedule & our FULL plate this coming month, you're not alone.     We’re going to dive into 3 lessons learned — 3 reminders for you — that emerged from my group coaching call last night, to help you ditch extra stress you’re carrying & lay down some...

The holiday season is a time that should be surrounded by hope, joy, peace, & quality time with our family & Jesus. But most of us are already starting to feel a bit overwhelmed, overloaded, overextended & overcommitted with all the expectations, events, traditions, & mounting to-do-list as we plan & prepare for the busy schedules & our FULL plates coming month. Instead of overflowing with joy & p...

We all have those moments where we’re beating ourselves up, feeling the mom guilt, or feeling like we’re falling short of who we should or want to be. When we feel like we're failing as a mom or not giving enough to our kids, not able to pour into our marriage & be the wife we want to be, failing as leader or a business owner, and so much more. So what can we do when we’re experiencing this? Today...

Hey friend! Have you ever been in a situation or seasons that have either made you wonder whether motherhood and your dreams are possible together, or that make you feel like finding balance or feeling "good enough" in either area is impossible? I sure have. For so many of us, this is the story of our life in the military, and in entrepreneurship. I and so many of the women I coach are on this jou...