BEYOND: The Podcast for Moms Called to Business

Do you look for ways to create more balance in your life? Working moms tell me they often feel as if they're constantly having to make a choice between their business or career and their family. They feel guilty, believing they're choosing the wrong one. These women want to do the right thing; they want to pursue the meaningful work they feel called to without having to sacrifice their family. The...

How do we move forward? How can we live beyond where we've been living? Sometimes, we know we're stuck but we've been there for so long, we don't even know where to begin to get ourselves unstuck. This episode, How to Move Forward, is just as relevant to moving forward through a bad day as it is to losing someone you love, finding yourself in unexpected circumstances, navigating the end of a job,...

Today is Election Day here in the US, and many of us are anxious and worried about who will next occupy the presidency in this country. We are freaking out about uncertain future circumstances surrounding the outcomes of this election. "What if this happens? Or what about this? What if we don't know the results for some time? Or what if they're disputed?" Our brains are offering us a lot of questi...

"Divorce rates skyrocket in U.S. amid COVID-19," newspaper headlines announce. They cite the combination of stress, unemployment, financial strain, death of loved ones, illness, homeschooling children, mental illnesses, and more as putting a significant strain on relationships. Though the increase in divorce rates in 2020 is disheartening, the impact of this year on our marriages likely is n't.  I...

Several months ago, I did a survey asking about the biggest challenges working moms face. And the resounding answer was TIME. Specifically - that you wish you had more of it. Who hasn't had that thought - if only there were more hours in the day, I'd feel so much better? If only I had more time to _____. We've all been there. Even though I can't give you more than 24 hours each day, I can help you...

Much of our life experience, and what it feels like to be us, is a story we're making up as we go. There are factual circumstances in our lives, including other people and things they do and say, life and world events around us, and then there are the narratives we create - everything we make those circumstances mean. But do the stories we believe about ourselves and our lives always serve us well...

Is confidence something you struggle with? Maybe as a mom, maybe as someone called to meaningful work beyond motherhood - maybe both? Many women I work with share with me that they lack confidence - they recognize it's a problem, and they understand in theory how their life could be different if they had more confidence. The problem? Not knowing where to begin and how to make it happen. The truth...

As a coach for working moms, one of the silent struggles I see is that many of us are living our lives believing that we have to make a choice. Believing that we have to choose between either being a great mom or pursuing meaningful work outside of parenting. This belief causes a day-to-day, sometimes moment-by-moment tension within us as we constantly feel like we're having to choose. We create s...

In previous episodes of Beyond Happy, we've talked about the many ways we argue with the reality of our lives - resisting what is because we believe it shouldn't be this way, it's unfair, bad or wrong. It's been said that "when we argue with reality, we lose - but only 100% of the time." In this episode we're talking about some of the most difficult circumstances we face in our lives, what happens...

This episode was inspired by one of my favorite humans to learn from and follow: Bob Goff. If you haven't met Bob, he's a speaker, author and lover of people - his zeal for God and life is contagious. In his newest book, Bob shares a story about how he quits one thing each week. And today, I want to invite you to do the same. To quit one thing. Just one. It can be little, it can be big. Anything g...

What if you could cut the number of your problems in half? What would your life feel like? In this episode we're talking all about problems - what they are, why they are, and the two kinds of problems we face in our lives. Shakespeare famously said, "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." Essentially, problems don't become problems until we decide so. We create them with o...

So many of us feel like we're at the mercy of the people and circumstances in our lives. We become the victims, waiting for this person to change, waiting for circumstances to be different so that we can feel better. In 2020, so many of us feel stuck, waiting for life to "go back to normal". We believe that then, we'll finally be able to feel better. So we keep waiting. The truth? Our circumstance...

Whether it's the upcoming school year, next week or the rest of 2020, the one thing that seems to cause us the most stress, anxiety and overwhelm? It's uncertainty. Our human brains want to be right, they want us to be comfortable and in control - so what happens when the reality of our lives is that uncertainty and change are guaranteed? Most often, it leads to a lot of mind drama, fear and freak...

Do you find yourself thinking about the same things over and over, on repeat? Or lying awake every night, staring at the ceiling, thoughts swirling in your head? It's human nature to want to think things through, to better understand a situation or to want to make a wise decision, but sometimes, we overdo it. We overthink. Overthinking can pretend to be useful, but in reality it holds us back from...

What if you're wrong? It's a question that may seem crazy to consider, because as human beings, we're wired to want to be right. But having a willingness, an openness to being wrong? It has some pretty powerful benefits. In this episode, we're talking about having the audacity to be wrong. Today we're going to talk about why your brain has a resistance to being wrong, how the desire to be right ca...

After 99 episodes of just me and the mic, I'm celebrating the big 100 today by welcoming my first-ever guest. She's the wisest 10-year-old I know, and after a decade of life, my daughter Annabel is sharing the 10 biggest life lessons she's learned. Besides the obvious, what I love most about this episode is that the wisdom Annabel shares is universal - it'll resonate whether you're 10, 25, 40 or 1...

Has life been happening according to your plans, or do you find yourself navigating some curveballs, some unexpected circumstances? The truth is, we have ideas about how we think life and people should be, and then... there's reality. More often than not, they don't match. One certainty we have in life is that changes and the unexpected? They're often guaranteed - and outside of our control. But h...

Do these thoughts sound familiar?  I'll never be good enough. This is just the way I am. Life is always going to be hard for me. I'll finally feel better someday when I'm not _________. It wasn't supposed to be this way.  These are just a few examples of toxic thoughts. They are toxic because of what they create in our lives when we choose to believe them. We can find ourselves stuck in these dest...

For many working moms, it's the first thing you look at in the morning and the last thing you do before going to sleep at night. During the day, you check in to see what friends are up to, read new messages and emails, distract yourself from a stressful project or escape from something you don't want to do - like cleaning the kitchen or folding the laundry. In many ways, our phones are the biggest...

Feel like you're living on autopilot? As a life coach for working moms who want to live a life that feels as good on the inside as it looks on the outside, I hear this struggle most often: "I'm not present. I feel like I'm missing out on the life happening right in front of my eyes." For women navigating marriage, motherhood, business and more, it's understandable. You have a lot going on in life....

Can life as a working mom be fun? When we feel stuck going through the motions each day, navigating motherhood, marriage, work, business and more, life can feel many things - but fun might not be the first word that comes to mind. Today, we're talking about giving yourself permission to have fun as a working mom - on purpose. We're diving into why we don't think it "should" be fun, why doing all t...

Happiness. So many of us are chasing it, searching for it, and maybe landing on it, only to find it fleeting. What makes happiness so elusive? And why are so many of us unhappy in our lives - even when we really have everything we ever wanted? In this episode, we're talking all things happiness. What it is, how it happens (and how it doesn't), three reasons we struggle with feeling happy, and what...

In this episode, we're uncovering something that has the power to get you unstuck and change the trajectory of your life (and/or business!). We're discussing the roadblocks that are standing between you and taking action... that is, following through with taking action on the goals, changes and priorities that matter the most to you in this season of your life. If you feel tired of sitting on the...

Questions are powerful tools. They give us insight and allow us to consider ourselves and our lives in a new way. As a coach, asking thoughtful, intentional questions that help my clients move beyond where they are right now is one of the most valuable ways I can help my clients. But questioning ourselves can be really useful too. In this episode, we're talking all about where our thoughts and bel...

Our human brains love drama. It's why we read books, watch movies and tell stories. Sometimes, our brains even create drama that isn't really there. We exaggerate, we gossip, we make parts of our lives seem harder, more stressful, more upsetting and scary than they are. I call it "mama llama mind drama". In this episode we're talking all about the unnecessary emotional pain we experience simply fr...