The Intentional Midlife Mom Podcast | Simple, Practical Life, Home & Mindset Solutions for Moms Over 40

Send us Fan Mail Well, I think one of the biggest mistakes that women make is treating all overwhelm the same. We say things like, I need more motivation. We say, I need better routines. We say, I just need to get organized. But what if that's what if these things aren't actually the problem? What if you're trying to solve the wrong problem entirely? Because here's what I see a...

Send us Fan Mail You pick it up. You've picked it up before. Probably more than once. You look at it. You think about it. You might even say out loud, "Okay, this is the time. I'm finally getting rid of this." You put it in the donate box. And then…somewhere between the box and the car you take it back out. Again. And now you're standing in the middle of your closet feelin...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever had the feeling that you are the one making everything work? That you are the one holding it all together—and that if you stopped, even for a day, everything would fall apart? Not just physically. Mentally. Emotionally. Relationally. You're the one who remembers the dentist appointment nobody else put on the calendar. You're the one who notices when your ki...

Send us Fan Mail As I do so often…I want to start with a question today. Have you ever picked something up…something you've picked up a hundred times before and immediately thought: I should probably get rid of this. And then put it right back where you found it? Maybe you've done that a few times. Maybe you've done it every single time you've opened that same closet for the la...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever lost it over a dishwasher? Not like, mildly annoyed. Not a little frustrated. Like…full-body, jaw-clenched, what-is-wrong-with-me furious. Over a dishwasher. Or maybe it was the socks on the floor. Again. Right next to the laundry basket. Like the basket is invisible. Like you are invisible. Or maybe it was the text. You know the one. "Hey, where's the ___?...

Send us Fan Mail I want you to think about something you've been avoiding in your house. Maybe it's a closet. Maybe it's the basement. Maybe it's that pile in the corner of your bedroom that has been sitting there so long you've stopped seeing it. You walk past it every single day. You glance at it and feel that little flicker of guilt. And then you keep walking. Now let m...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever said any of these things to yourself? "I just need more discipline." "I can't seem to follow through." "I always start things and never finish them." "I know what I need to do. I just don't do it." And then…after enough failed attempts, enough Monday restarts, enough half-filled planners sitting on the shelf you land...

Send us Fan Mail I want you to do something with me right now. Close your eyes for a second. Actually, don't close your eyes, you're probably driving or folding laundry. But picture this. Imagine every single item in your home got dumped into one giant pile. Everything. The expired coupons shoved in the junk drawer. The junk mail you keep meaning to deal with. The stained kitchen towels...

Send us Fan Mail I want to start today with a question. When was the last time someone asked you how you were doing…and you actually told them the truth? Not the "I'm good, just busy" version. Not the polished, capable, holding-it-together version. The real answer. The one you maybe said out loud in your car on the way home, or typed into a voice memo at 11pm, or almost said before...

Send us Fan Mail I want to start today with something that happened to me not too long ago. I opened a closet — not even the big one, just a hall closet… and I stood there for a solid minute just staring. It was full. Packed. And almost none of it was stuff I actually use. There was a box of craft supplies I bought during COVID with plans of working on some fun art projects with my homeschooled ki...

Send us Fan Mail I want to start our time today by telling you about a conversation I had inside Accomplished Lifestyle recently…because honestly, it kinda surprised me. A lot. And it got me thinking. About myself. About you. About what's actually happening to so many of us in this season of life. But before I get there, I want to share something with you that I've been noticing about my...

Send us Fan Mail Midlife doesn't usually change women loudly. It changes them quietly. One responsibility at a time. One heartbreak. One season of survival. One adjustment. One disappointment. One sacrifice. And then one day you look up and realize… Somewhere along the way, you became someone. Today's episode is one I've been sitting with for a while. Because I think it touches some...

Send us Fan Mail You know that feeling when your body is technically sitting still… But internally you feel braced for impact all day long? Like your brain never fully powers down. You're driving carpool. Answering texts. Trying to remember what you forgot. Dinner's half planned. Your hormones are doing whatever they want. Someone needs something from you every five minutes. And undernea...

Send us Fan Mail On one of my Instagram Reels this weekend, I asked one question. Is your clutter driven more by guilt… or grief? That's it. One question. And the responses were surprising, but honestly not really all that surprising either.  I thought maybe I'd get a few votes, a handful of "oh, guilty!" responses. What I actually got was women pouring their hearts out in some...

Send us Fan Mail If you've been with me through this entire series if you've listened to all three of these episodes where we’ve talked about emotional clutter, you have done something that a lot of women never do. You've looked. You've sat with the uncomfortable truth that the heaviness you've been feeling has a name. That the reactions that confused you have an explanati...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever looked at your life and thought… How did I get here? Not in a dramatic way. Not like everything's on fire. Not like you're standing in the rubble of something that completely fell apart. But just this quiet, unsettling feeling of… This isn't what I thought it would feel like. Like somewhere between the school pickups and the grocery runs and the calend...

Send us Fan Mail I want to start with a question that might sound simple, but I promise you it isn't. Do you know what you're feeling right now? Not what you're thinking. Not what's on your to-do list or what you're worried about or what needs to happen before the end of the day. What you're actually feeling. In your body. Underneath the noise. Take a second with that...

Send us Fan Mail I want to start today differently than I normally do. No big intro. No recap of last week. No warm-up. I just want to say something out loud that I've been sitting on for a while. Something I've been avoiding. And the fact that I've been avoiding it is actually the perfect setup for everything we're going to talk about today. Okay. Here goes. I have boxes of ba...

Send us Fan Mail I want to paint a picture for you. It's a Tuesday. Or a Thursday. Or honestly any day of the week…because the day doesn't really matter. What matters is that it has been a lot. The mental load has been running since before you opened your eyes. You've handled seventeen things before noon, most of which were invisible to everyone around you. You're behind on som...

Send us Fan Mail Okay.  If you’re in Accomplisehed Lifestyle, my coaching community, you’re about to join me for the Declutter-A-Thon this weekend…and I know you’re excited.  If you've ever tried to declutter your house and somewhere in the middle of it, you looked around at the piles and the bags and the half-finished rooms and thought… Why does this never stick? We need to talk. Before you...

Send us Fan Mail When was the last time you felt something negative or bad — really felt it — without immediately doing something to make it stop? Not pushed through it. Not distracted yourself from it. Not poured a glass of wine or picked up your phone or gotten busy with something that needed to get done. Not told yourself to be grateful and move on. Actually felt it. Sat with it. Let it be ther...

Send us Fan Mail Before we dive in, I need to ask you something. Is there a pile somewhere in your house that you walk past every single day? Maybe it's the kitchen counter. The mail that's been sitting there since Tuesday. The closet you shove things into and pray the door stays shut. The garage you haven't been able to park in for two years. You walk past it. You see it. And insta...

Send us Fan Mail So every day this week, I have been helping women make forward progress in their clutter inside my Spring Clutter Fresh Start. The transformations that I know these women are experiencing in their homes and in their lives have been extraordinary, but I also know what usually happens after something like this.  Maybe you've been joining us in our Spring Clutter Fresh Start, or...

Send us Fan Mail Well what I’m here to give you today is surprisingly… Not a strategy. Not a framework. Not a five-step plan. But what I’m here to give you today is: Permission. Specifically: three permissions that nobody in your life is going to hand you.  Not your kids.  Not your husband or partner.  Not your mother or your best friend or the women you follow on Instagram who seem to have it all...

Send us Fan Mail Today I want to talk about something that happens to almost everyone when it comes to clutter. And honestly… it’s not starting. It’s not motivation. It’s what happens a few days in…a few days after you’ve started. Resources mentioned in this episode:  https://www.jenniferroskamp.com/spring-clutter-fresh-start Get some powerful mantras to inspire, encourage, and life you up when yo...