The Irish Mummy Podcast | Work Life Balance

In today’s episode of The Irish Mummy, we talk about the journey of entrepreneurship. We all must pay the price for success in entrepreneurship. The journey may look different for each person but one thing is for sure, there are rarely any overnight successes. You must put in the work. In this episode we talk about what mindset we must have, and how to embrace the journey and not expect happiness...

You have heard the saying, “We are the average of the 5 people we spend the most time with.” You may have even seen this happen in your life, but how do you find people that you want to be influenced by? How do we know what circle of people we need to join? How do we know what circles to avoid? And how to do we transition out of a circle that is no longer serving us? We discuss all this and more....

In this Episode of The Irish Mummy we continue the discussion of mother entrepreneurs. Although extremely qualified, some mothers still have things that hold them back from trying to be an entrepreneur. This could be self belief or worry of what others think. It could be fear of not making enough money or it could be an unsupportive spouse. Join us as we attempt to dispel these fears. Self Belief...

In this Episode of The Irish Mummy, we talk about why it is that mothers make great entrepreneurs. There are some things learned unconsciously while being a mother whether that be multi-tasking, prioritizing, protecting, or being approachable. These skills and attributes learned while parenting can have amazing aid to being an entrepreneur. Join us as you may be the next great mummy entrepreneur....

Learning how to communicate with your spouse is difficult enough on its own. Then when you add children and differences in parenting and negotiation to it all, it can get a little messy at times. We talk about how to work through these things, how to use each parent's strengths in parenting styles for the benefit of your children. Each child may need something slightly different so being on the sa...

Being a mother is exhausting and everyone would agree with that. Something we focus on a lot is learning how to prevent burn out. This takes some preparation and being aware of when you are getting close to burn out. You can prevent burn out by sleep, planning activities that don't take as much energy, planning meals that you can whip out quickly, and treating yourself to relaxation when you need...

In this episode of The Irish Mummy, we talk about how gratitude can help us in life. This is a hard one because often with forward thinking goals, it is difficult to remember what good that already exists in our life. We talk about being grateful for trials, the simple things we take for granted, where we have come in our progression, and learning to not be a victim. Join us for another way to hav...

In this Episode of The Irish Mummy, we talk about some specific goals that we are trying to implement with our kids. If we don’t plan things, life gets busy, other things fill our time, and we can completely lose track of what’s most important to us. We decided on a couple principles to help our children’s character improve this year. Join us as we talk about how to empower our kids and ourselves...

Sometimes life is easy, sometimes it’s hard, sometimes it’s in between. Often times for us, when we make big plans life will throw some sort of wrench in it and what are we to do when that happens? Abandon our hopes and goals when they are too difficult? In this episode of The Irish Mummy we discuss our mindset that helps us overcome the push back we get. We discuss what resistance means, how to p...

In this episode of The Irish Mummy, we talk about grief and trying to understand it better. In my experience grief is very unpredictable. After my mother’s passing, I could go months without grieving and then it hits very hard all at once. I also had no idea how grief could affect other things in life as well. In this episode we talk about how to be patient with yourself during the grieving proces...

Marriage is tough. In each marriage we come with baggage and then hard circumstances happen on top of that and we have to figure out how to work through it all. In this episode we talk about some of our tough times in our marriage and what helped us work through them. The hope is that while working through these things that we can have our marriage be stronger as a result of it. We talk about comm...

In this episode of The Irish Mummy, the biggest thing that holds us back. It’s us. How often do we set goals so big that they even scare us? Maybe we don’t even set goals at all so technically we don’t fail. So much of our success is dependent on how we view ourselves, how much we worry about others’ thoughts and how our goals reflect those beliefs. Why People set Small Goals 2:10 Setting your own...

In this episode of The Irish Mummy, we talk about the benefits of taking a day off. We have a lot of responsibilities and often it feels like we never have time to finish it all. You might think, “Why then take a break? You should work till it is all finished!” We have found that when we dedicate a day to not working but rather relax and spend time with the family, we are more productive and able...

In this episode of The Irish Mummy, we talk about traveling with kids. Kids are completely dependent upon you for clothing, food, hotels, and the list goes on. Making sure you are prepared could really impact the success of the trip. There are also some ways to make sure that the act of traveling goes as well as the trip itself. This can be by the hotel that you choose, the car that you rent, and...

In this episode of The Irish Mummy, we talk about moving to another country with children. Moving countries is a big decision whether you have kids or not, but adding the element of kids into this can make it even more complicated. First, there are the obvious things that you have to take into consideration, like the changes in culture, language, food, etc. There are more complicated things like t...

In this episode of the Irish Mummy, we talk about the morning routine. What happens in your morning can define your feelings for the rest of the day. Mornings are already difficult with tired bodies and, at times, grumpy children. On top of it all, if you add a rushed panic, this can wear on you and your children over time. So, we had to reapproach teaching our kids how to get ready and fix our ro...

In this episode of the Irish Mummy, we talk about home birthing. There is a lot of misinformation on home birthing out in the world and we wanted to discuss our experience with it and without it. We have had 3 children, our first one was born in a hospital, our second at home, and our third at the hospital. Home Birthing, at the heart, is about being prepared mentally, emotionally, and physically,...

In this episode of The Irish Mummy, we talk about clutter. How can physical clutter affect your business or family, you might ask? If you aren’t able to find simple things in your house and you have to search daily for something, this is taking up time you could be working on the business or spending with your family. This can halt a creative stride you were riding. This can delay important things...

In this episode of The Irish Mummy, we talk about being in an investment mindset. What we have noticed after having longer success in our business, is that the more money we have, the less stuff we want. Growth becomes more important to us than material things. So we try to not let fear get in the way of our personal growth. We talk about how we are our most crucial asset and investing in ourselve...

In this episode of The Irish Mummy, we dive into a specific case of how we don’t have to choose between motherhood and success. We are talking about breastfeeding. Many people have concerns with trying to breastfeed. This includes the time it takes, social stigmas, convenience and more. We tackle some of these concerns and share our experience with the great benefits we found with breastfeeding ou...

We often have beliefs that limit us. They are subconscious or even conscious beliefs that sometimes affect us in our marriage, business, family, health, etc. These beliefs can come from how you grew up, your current life circumstances, or many other reasons. But, at the end of the day, these harmful beliefs need to be changed. We talk about how to believe you can accomplish more, how to not react...

Financial success, marital success, or the general feeling of success in life usually takes a lot of work. Plus, you may encounter negative feedback or harsh feelings from others or yourself along the way. In this episode of The Irish Mummy, we discuss how to push through this. We discuss how to work with these things and even be grateful for them. We also talk about our relationships and how they...

In this episode of The Irish Mummy, we talk about how our perception of ourselves may be the reason you aren’t seeing success. At times we don’t allow ourselves to feel good enough or worthy of success. Sometimes it is because our past haunts us, it could be due to unreasonable goals, or maybe it is a result of comparing ourselves to others. We talk about how to see our goals and our progression o...

In this episode of The Irish Mummy, we talk about the baggage that comes with us when we enter into a marriage. No one's spouse is perfect and they won't necessarily do everything that you might want them to do. The grass may, at times, seem greener on the other side. However, upon arriving on the other side, you may realize that the same issues still exist. As we recognize what is in our control,...

In this episode of the Irish Mummy, we talk about love languages. Understanding and knowing your love language and your spouse's love language can really help your marriage. It can be an aid to silence conflict and it helps you know how to express your care and appreciation. Sometimes we want to speak the love language we are most comfortable with, even though that isn’t the love language that you...