BEYOND: The Podcast for Moms Called to Business

In this episode, we're sharing the second half of the interview that first aired earlier this week in Episode 139. If you haven't listened to Episode 139 and the first part of that interview, you might want to pause and go back to that one first, but listening in either order is great. In part 2 we continue the conversation about faith, mindset and feeling better as a working mom, the unique chall...

We're doing something a little different here on today's episode. I was recently interviewed by faith-based radio station WCIC, and they've made that interview available to me, so I thought it'd be fun to share with you here on the podcast. You're going to love this interview because we talk about the struggles we have as working moms trying to do it all, we talk about the role of the work that I...

One thing we're REALLY good at as humans? Inventing problems. Our amazing brains are, in part, on a mission to keep us safe and alive. So looking out for potential threats and problems to solve seems both useful and necessary. And sometimes it is. But other times, our brains bring problems to our attention that may not  actually  be useful to us. In fact, left unchecked, they can create a lot of u...

Most of us dislike change. And at the same time, we want it. Which puts us in kind of a predicament, don't you think!?! This internal struggle is one reason it's easy to stay stuck where you are rather than reaching for the meaningful change you'd like to make in your life. We have a human brain that in part wants ease, comfort and stability - this primitive part of our brain is wired to keep us a...

Today we're diving into a topic we've never discussed yet on the podcast - money. For moms called to building businesses and careers while raising kids, money is a topic we think a lot about, but don't always talk a lot about. Usually, at least part of our desire to grow a career or business is tied to wanting to create more income for our family. But this desire can be conflicted with feelings of...

Proverbs 4:23 NCV says "Be careful what you think because your thoughts run your life." At an intellectual level, we understand the importance of our thinking and the power of our mindset, but at a personal, soul level, we're not so sure. In the middle of the everyday, how does this work? How do your thoughts run your life? And what can you do about it? In this episode we're breaking down two key...

It's been one year since the global pandemic changed the world as we knew it. We're not yet on the other side of COVID, and as we continue to navigate life in the in-between, many are experiencing something known as pandemic fatigue. To address this topic from a medical perspective, in this episode I interview my husband, a physician board-certified in both internal medicine and pediatrics, to tal...

Life as a busy mom - it feels like it's something that just happens to us. That busy is something that just goes with the territory in this season. It seems like everyone we know is busy, just like we are. But it doesn't have to be this way. In this episode I'm sharing how to stop being a busy mom - and it's not about routines, doing more or doing less, it's not about time hacks or shortcuts - it'...

Something working moms don't openly talk about? Resenting motherhood. Having thoughts about your life as a mom sometimes that you wish you didn't have. Sometimes, we fear that if we admit these thoughts out loud, it's going to make our beliefs about being a terrible person and a bad mom for thinking them feel even more true. Today we're going to talk about what resenting motherhood looks like, how...

So many working moms feel like they are missing out on the lives happening right in front of them. They spend their days putting out fires, tending to what is most urgent in the moment and reacting to the next thing life throws at them. It's a perpetual cycle that leads them to feel like they're sleepwalking through their days. In this episode, I want to offer that maybe we've been doing it backwa...

Ever feel like you're waiting on a sign, a green light,  something  that will tell you what you should do? Even as adults, we sometimes wait around for someone (anyone!) to tell us what we should do. We think, we pray, we wait - and think some more. When we're feeling stuck, it can keep us stuck even longer. When we're feeling stressed, overwhelmed, confused and uncertain, this waiting can make ou...

All personal change begins with truth. And as working moms building businesses and growing careers while raising kids, time is one part of life that many of us struggle with.  If you're like many of the working moms I support in my coaching practice, time is something you wish you better about instead of feeling like there's never enough of it, always seeming to be buried beneath a to-do list that...

When learning to drive, we're told to be aware of blind spots - potential hazards that we may not be able to see because they're blocked from our view. Just like blind spots on the road, we also have them in our everyday lives. They include things we think and do without knowing that they might not be in our best interest. The truth is, we all have blind spots - part of our human nature is that so...

In this episode, I'm sharing one of my favorite sweet spots to talk and teach about - and it's the place where thought work, mindset and faith intersect. The common denominator among all three? Our beliefs. Our ability to create abundant and meaningful lives beyond chasing temporary happiness has everything to do with free will - our ability to make choices and decisions. And that includes choosin...

Sleep has been called our superpower. And for busy moms who are working and building businesses and doing ALL the things while raising kids, it can easily become something we minimize in the name of productivity and putting the needs of the humans we're taking care of first. Do you sleep well? Do you feel refreshed and recharged when you wake up in the morning, or sluggish and grumpy? Do you have...

Does it feel like there's never enough time in your days? To focus. To be productive. To accomplish all that you want to? Time is the greatest struggle working moms come to be needing help with. And here's the thing. We have a LOT of thoughts about time. It feels scarce - and it stresses us out. We think if only we had more time, everything would be different and we'd feel so much better. In this...

When you carry last year's baggage (the mental and emotional kind that are weighing you down) into a new year, you're going to have the same kind of year. And when that is repeated, left unchecked year after year, your pain and suffering snowballs. Much of that pain and suffering is optional and not useful to you in any way. And you haven't done anything wrong, you just aren't aware of it. Learnin...

It's the start of a brand new year. A blank slate. How are you feeling? Are you ready to go and diving head first into the new year, or stuck in a haze, wanting to hide under the covers? Either way, I get it. And either way, you are not alone. We're having all the feelings right now - sometimes in a span of 5 minutes. That's why when I thought of what I most wanted to share with you as we launch i...

In this final episode of the year, we're looking back at all 2020 has taught us with the clarity that often comes from hindsight. We're talking about how this year has forever changed us, giving equal air time to the good and the five biggest blessings that have happened this year alongside the difficult and the hard. I'm offering a powerful writing exercise that can help bring closure to your yea...

For me, the sweet spot in coaching and applying thought work to our lives is when psychology, neuroscience and faith collide. In this episode, we're talking about the well-known and beloved Serenity Prayer, and how its message sheds so much light on our desire for control as human beings. We talk about what we can control in our lives, what we can't, and what it looks like to trust in something bi...

Giving yourself grace is the ultimate gift. But as working moms doing all the things for all the people in our lives, we tend to be hard on ourselves. Really hard, sometimes. We can be so good at giving grace to others in our lives - so WHY do so many of us struggle with extending that grace to ourselves? In this episode we're talking about what giving yourself grace looks like, why it matters, wh...

What are you holding tightly to, clinging to, as we near the last month of this year? How to do react when life gets hard? How do you handle stress? What beliefs are carrying you from one day, one month, one year to the next? Where is your hope rooted, and how is that creating what it feels like to be you right now? What does it mean to "cling to what is good"? (Romans 12:9) In this episode, we're...

As we enter December and look ahead to the holidays, there is one month left in this year. As busy, working moms, many of us are feeling the urge to "check out" for the rest of the year and pick up where we left off in January. Despite the temptation to do that, as we continue the Finish Strong series here on the podcast, I want to offer you the exact opposite today - and share why right now is a...

What do you expect the holidays to be like this year? Are you excited about them? Dreading them? Wishing they were over already? Somewhere in between? We have expectations around the holidays and family gatherings every year, but in 2020, with the added layer of the COVID pandemic and social distancing, the holidays look different for most of us. How we'll experience this season is less related to...

As this year winds down, our brains start to look backward and assess. We think about what we haven't gotten done that we'd hoped we would, what we didn't get to do, where we fell short on our goals, where we've been disappointed in our marriages, our parenting, our careers, our relationships and our lives in general. It's normal for our brain to go toward the negative, to be focused on what we ha...