Awkwardly Anna

Happy Thanksgiving Week! 🦃🦃🦃🦃 Is being thankful really necessary? Should be always be able to be thankful? Is there such a thing as being too thankful/being inauthentic in our thankfulness?  For that last one definitely NO. Be thankful in the way that you are thankful! Work at it. Do it more and see what happens. Hope you're encouraged by this little chat today! 

Your worth doesn't come from what job you do. Whatever job or role you do provides immense value in this world that's for certain. BUT if you lost your job today you are JUST as valuable. If you hold no official title you are just as valuable. If you stay home you are just as valuable. Listen for why:)  Interested in weekly encouragement coaching? Email me! helloannabarr@gmail.com

Super quick encouragement boost today! Our oldest needed a little advice and gosh if I didn't find this relatable. We all need our self-guilt, comparison and enough-ness checked from time to time. Be encouraged!  Interested in professional encouragement coaching? Reach out and see if we'd be a good fit! helloannabarr@gmail.com

Today’s topic is a tough one. I want to begin by giving a trigger warning here that I will speak in detail about a loss I had while pregnant. I will discuss some details of that loss and the heartbreak, as well as the light and beauty that came from this. Please do not listen to this in front of your kiddos. Also, if you are currently pregnant and this might cause you some anxiety please do not li...

Listen along with me as I make dinner and discuss what happened when one day I woke up and had the overwhelming realization (but good kind of overwhelming) that I had been forgetting to live. This episode is about what to do when you find yourself in that exact position, why there's not guilt associated with it, but instead there's hope and action to be had and taken. I hope that you are so encour...

Episode 24  So we all feel awkward from time to time. What if our feelings of awkwardness lead to us feeling like we don't fit in anywhere? This can be such a lonely place to live in. Fortunately for you, I can help! Why? Because this is me:)  In this episode we discuss the different feelings around awkwardness.  What you can actually do about this. How to not just function but thri...

Do you ever find yourself talking to someone because you feel you "have" to or are obligated to? Do you ever feel drained after a conversation or at the end of the day? Do you go to bed exhausted or wake up feeling less than excited about the day? You very well may need some coaching on boundary setting. Fortunately this is so easy to implement, it's never too late, everyone benefits from boundari...

Today's episode is a super quick intro on if you can make money online (spoiler alert-yes) and then the first 4 very quick steps you need to figure out both how and doing what. The most important part about my intro strategy is that you don't just figure out how to make money online...you find out how to make money online doing something you ENJOY, you are GOOD AT, and that fits in with the rhythm...

This episode is all about how to authentically love those closest to you-your spouse, your kids, your family, your best friend -when you feel disappointed by them. Disappointment is a part of life. It's a natural human emotion. BUT we have to learn how to actually deal with it in a productive way (and to have a way to tackle it) that then leads to us showing more consistent and authentic love. The...

Motherhood! Come chat with me about a little snippet of motherhood, the feeling that go along with it, and how to shift the hard days.  Interested in professional encouragement coaching? Reach out and see if we'd be a good fit! helloannabarr@gmail.com

What does it mean to truly live? To be sky diving all the time and swimming with sharks every weekend? I mean maybe, but that's not the truly living that this episode is about (but yes do those things and then some!). This episode is all about getting past our fear-based living to where our minds are free enough to live free, and truly live. Interested in professional encouragement coaching? Reach...

Episode 18  Disappointment  In today's episode we talk about:  What is disappointment? What is the purpose of disappointment? What do I do when I feel disappointed?  As always I hope that you're encouraged as you listen! Interested in professional encouragement coaching? Reach out and see if we'd be a good fit! helloannabarr@gmail.com

In this episode we're discussing how important it is to leave margin for slowing down in our lives. Hear some very practical ways to implement this practice starting today. When we allow for slowing down we're given such peace and see such a reduction in anxiety as our mind feels the freedom it's meant to feel. Interested in professional encouragement coaching? Reach out and see if we'd be a good...

What is living joyfully and how can we do it? Find out in this quick episode. We discuss some very feasible ways to find and live out your joy each day. Thanks for listening and I'd love if you'd leave a review! Interested in professional encouragement coaching? Reach out and see if we'd be a good fit! helloannabarr@gmail.com

Your hard is hard. Whatever it is in your life that you are currently struggling with matters, just as you do.  In this episode I discuss what we can DO in the hard seasons. How to know even where to start. How to look at the hard seasons in a way that gives hope and encourages the kind of action-taking that changes your season.  Interested in professional encouragement coaching? Reach out and see...

Stress.  We all have it.  What's normal and what isn't?  What do we do about stress?  I'm a work-from-home homeschool mama with a few little tricks I've learned:)  I'd love to hear yours as well! Reach out any time!  Interested in professional life coaching? Reach out and see if we'd be a good fit! helloannabarr@gmail.com

Failure. None of us are immune to it. So why do we let it crush as as we so often do?  In this episode I'm exploring some of the grounding truths that made me realize I'm meant to fail and still so deeply loved even when I fail.  I hope you'll listen and be encouraged. Even more so I hope that you use the questions in this episode to explore and grow from your own perceived failures in y...

In this episode we're talking about what it means to be authentically YOU and some simple steps on HOW to begin finding out who you are so you can begin your journey of living authentically, showing yourself repeated grace, and constantly growing. Just as God intends for you❤ Thanks for listening friend I'm so glad you're here!  Interested in professional encouragement coaching? Reach out and...

Hello hello! It is my firm belief that everyone has a story. There is a part of everyone's story that people need to hear so they can grow from it as much as you have. Enter- my FIRST PODCAST GUEST! My dear friend Massiel Valenzuela-Castaneda. Massiel is the founder of Blackhearted Story Studios, lifelong writer and creator, and she is dedicated to the craft of story. Massiel began helping and tea...

This episode is a quick burst of encouragement! I hope you realize how significant you are and how significant it is when YOU decide to truly show up. You're worth it. You're worthy. Thank you for listening!  Love, Anna  Interested in professional encouragement coaching? Reach out and see if we'd be a good fit! helloannabarr@gmail.com

This episode is all about the fact that we HOMESCHOOL. As in pre-COVID homeschool. This was never the path we expected but it's where we felt led. This is definitely not the path for everyone and that's not the purpose of this episode. This episode is just a little more about me and my story and offering some encouragement for you and your story! Thanks so much for listening in you guys!  Lov...

Happy St. Patrick’s Day guys🍀! Hope you make some time in your celebratory day to listen in on this newest 🎙️ episode. I talk all about being set apart. Definitely give this a chance! I don’t mean set apart like Joseph (though that is a next-level spectacular example of being set apart🙌). What I'm discussing is set apart as in being uniquely you and being meant for your unique purpose. Thank you...

What is love❤️? Baby don’t hurt me🎶. Don’t hurt me🎶. No more🎶. Okay I’ll stop. If you know you know🤣. Regardless though this episode is all about reminding you how important it is to be active is showing ❤️ to yourself and to others. Not getting so caught up in the routine of daily life that you forget to LIVE and LOVE. Love isn’t just a feeling. It takes WORK. ACTION. INTENTION. That includes...

So what happens when we embrace being fully who we are? Is this even possible? You bet! Take the pressure off. Place the authenticity on. Thanks so much for listening friends I appreciate you so much! Interested in professional encouragement coaching? Reach out and see if we'd be a good fit! helloannabarr@gmail.com

In today's episode, I discuss all the whiny things I feel when I just "don't wanna". Why this happens. What you can do to combat this and how you need to listen to yourself to know what to do. I also ask for some help in my biggest "I don't wanna" area of life.  Thanks so much for listening! Please leave a review and share it with a friend! Interested in professional life and authenticit...