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

Send us Fan Mail I’ve got 9 kids - 3 are adults now, which leaves 6 who are not. And my youngest is currently 6 so I know the young mom struggle, too. In fact, I’ve been a mom with a young one for more than 23 years now. I guess that makes me young.  But since I’m turning 50 in a couple months I’m certainly a mid-life mom.  And with one who has already left the nest, one who is currently traveling...

Send us Fan Mail Mantras are our favorite around here! Empowering, enlightening, and exciting, a new mantra each week will fuel you to manage whatever life throws at you with both strength & grace.  Get some powerful mantras to inspire, encourage, and life you up when you need as little something intentional to focus on.  We have a beautiful pdf download of the 6 Mantras For Intentional Moms y...

Send us Fan Mail Sounds like a big promise, right? It is, but I can back it up. This is a simple concept to understand, and it's one that anyone can learn and implement.  Truly,  no matter how long you've struggled to find motivation, this episode of The Intentional Mom podcast will be a GAME CHANGER. Let's do this! Get some powerful mantras to inspire, encourage, and life you up wh...

Send us Fan Mail So my hubby and I have been married for 29 years this fall. We’ve raised 3 adult children and have 6 more we’re still in the thick of parenting.  We are polar opposites, which is sometimes nice and sometimes not so nice.  We’ve lost babies, jobs, and clearly our minds since we have 9 kids (just kidding - but this does add A LOT to our opportunities to disagree with one another - a...

Send us Fan Mail Have you been diagnosed with A.D.D. or A.D.H.D? Maybe you live with someone with this diagnosis - or an expected diagnosis. This can be a challenge, but it doesn't have to be, especially for the Christian woman.  Learn what you can do to tap into the strengths of A.D.D. rather than feeling overwhelmed or confused. This will be an episode you will want to share with anyone you...

Send us Fan Mail Mantras are our favorite around here! Empowering, enlightening, and exciting, a new mantra each week will fuel you to manage whatever life throws at you with both strength & grace.  Get some powerful mantras to inspire, encourage, and life you up when you need as little something intentional to focus on.  We have a beautiful pdf download of the 6 Mantras For Intentional Moms y...

Send us Fan Mail This is a question I get all the time all over the place - and with today's food prices I certainly understand why. I shared a major strategy on the podcast before - and in this episode I've got 5 more to add to that one.  There are so many things you can do to spend less on groceries, which is good news since there are many things that will move the needle forward. This...

Send us Fan Mail Weight loss isn't something I really talk about, but it is a part of my more recent journey that many want to know about. In fact, if there is any kind of change you're trying to make, way you're trying to improve yourself,  new habit you'd like to start, or goal you'd like to achieve, this is the episode for you. This missing piece is the reason you'...

Send us Fan Mail Meals are a common struggle - and Rachel Fairchild is here to help! In this episode you'll actually be hearing a Q&A session with Rachel during our recent Simplify Your Summer Online Summit. There are so many golden nuggets of wisdom during these Q&A episodes I thought it would be great to share this with you! Listen in as Rachel and I talk with summit attendees about...

Send us Fan Mail Mantras are our favorite around here! Empowering, enlightening, and exciting, a new mantra each week will fuel you to manage whatever life throws at you with both strength & grace.  Get some powerful mantras to inspire, encourage, and life you up when you need as little something intentional to focus on.  We have a beautiful pdf download of the 6 Mantras For Intentional Moms y...

Send us Fan Mail In this second of a two-part episode we get the last two truths (continued from yesterday) as well as answering this question that came in for our "ask a life coach" episode - I'm just so worn out - help?! These kinds of feelings are more common than you likely allow yourself to think . While there are always going to be circumstances you can't change, we'...

Send us Fan Mail In this first of a two-part episode we dive into answering this question that came in for our "ask a life coach" episode - I'm just so worn out - help?! These kinds of feelings are more common than you likely allow yourself to think . While there are always going to be circumstances you can't change, we're not one for staying stuck around here. We're...

Send us Fan Mail Summer is right around the corner! And trying to manage mornings is a whole new challenge with summer is here. This is especially true if you've got kids - and if you happen to be a working mom the  complexities become only greater.  It's important to find a balanced approach to starting your days of well - without the stress, fighting, and guilt.  Make sure you join us...

Send us Fan Mail Mantras are our favorite around here! Empowering, enlightening, and exciting, a new mantra each week will fuel you to manage whatever life throws at you with both strength & grace.  Get some powerful mantras to inspire, encourage, and life you up when you need as little something intentional to focus on.  We have a beautiful pdf download of the 6 Mantras For Intentional Moms y...

Send us Fan Mail What a good question, right? This came in on Instagram,  so we’re going to talk about time when yes, procrastination can be a good thing - even the right thing. Really it’s just a different way of looking something that we are conditioned into thinking is always a bad thing.  By the way, my SYS is coming up on May 28th, tickets are free, and I’ve got a presentation all about this...

Send us Fan Mail This sounds like a big claim, right? And it totally is. But I can totally back up this claim. I can teach you how to change your life. This is something I do everyday with people I work with as a life coach.  There are a few disclaimers here, and we’ll talk about them, but if you’re sick and tired of being sick and tired, you are going to want to listen to this episode - and bring...

Send us Fan Mail Summer brings additional joys and challenges if you're a mom with kids at home. I love the longer days of summer, but this often means longer days for our kids and bedtime battles. And other battles, too, even getting up battles.  Today on the podcast I'm talking with JoAnn Crohn - all about the value that routines that are more relaxed (yet still offer structure) can be...

Send us Fan Mail Mantras are our favorite around here! Empowering, enlightening, and exciting, a new mantra each week will fuel you to manage whatever life throws at you with both strength & grace.  Get some powerful mantras to inspire, encourage, and life you up when you need as little something intentional to focus on.  We have a beautiful pdf download of the 6 Mantras For Intentional Moms y...

Send us Fan Mail Does this ever happen in your home? Picture it - there are at least 2 other people who live in your home but yet you're the only ones who seems to notice the sink full of dishes, the piles of laundry, and the microwave with an explosion of some sort or another inside.  There's nothing more annoying than being the only one who seems to care about these things. But what ca...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes you just need someone else to tell you what's for dinner. Oftentimes I feel like the most draining part of getting dinner on the table is actually deciding what's for dinner! Make sure you download the templates below since they include some quick & easy meal ideas, too! This is an episode you will want to make sure you download & save for later! Get so...

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation with Melissa James for our Simplify Your Holiday Season Online Summit, we talk about overloaded schedules. How to identify them and more importantly, what to do about it.  Relevant any time of the year Melissa is full of all kinds of tidbits, game plans, and solid strategies so you'll stop trying to do all the things and focus on what truly matters.  Get...

Send us Fan Mail Mantras are our favorite around here! Empowering, enlightening, and exciting, a new mantra each week will fuel you to manage whatever life throws at you with both strength & grace.  Get some powerful mantras to inspire, encourage, and life you up when you need as little something intentional to focus on.  We have a beautiful pdf download of the 6 Mantras For Intentional Moms y...

Send us Fan Mail Oh man, do I love sticky notes. But as much as I love them, I love how they help me organize my brain, find important things when I need them, and serve as a holding place for information that needs to end up someplace else in the end. That is a lot of different things for one small, colorful piece of paper to do. I'll share my strategies in this episode of The Intentional Mo...

Send us Fan Mail In this guest speaker episode, we're talking about something perfectly time for this time of the year - gardening - for beginners (that's me!). Maybe this is you? If Shelby can give me confidence as someone with a total brown thumb I just know she's going to give you all kinds of helpful gardening tips. We also talk a bit of sourdough, too! Woot! No matter where you...

Send us Fan Mail This one is all about not having to have it all figured out - but in knowing that it starts with getting your mind on board. It's soo good. Mantras are tools you can use to put yourself in the driver's seat of your life rather than just along for the ride in the backseat.  Quick & easy, these Monday Mantra episodes are among our most popular episodes! Get some powerf...