The Mother Like a Boss Podcast

This is going to be one of those episodes that people say blow their minds, because I'm going to detail a lot of things that are the exact opposite of what you've been taught. We use the phrase "bare minimum" as a shameful insult to indicate we didn't try hard enough. I'm here to talk about the beauty in doing the bare minimum and what it means in your own life. Let me show you how to clean your h...

What is pure joy to me? Opening my Google calendar and seeing no appointments listed for multiple days in the week. In a world that celebrates busyness over productivity, hustle over rest, I'm choosing to go in a different direction. Let's talk about learning to love white space on your calendar and working through the discomfort that comes up when you do it. Get even more cleaning and home manage...

Expecting the mess to be gone overnight is unrealistic. Can we all admit that? I know how discouraging it can be to look around at a messy house and think, "I need a magic wand to fix this." but you don't. You just need a system. In today's episode, I'm breaking down how to create a tidier home in just 6 weeks and give you all the details on my exclusive ebook that will walk you through 45 days of...

One of the pillars of Mother Like a Boss is the idea of momentum over motivation, starting where you are versus waiting for the perfect timing or feeling.  Whether it's the motivation to put away laundry or start a business, motivation is a feeling and feelings are unpredictable my friend.  It's why everything I teach comes from a place of leaning into momentum over motivation, always.  Today, I'm...

Wanna hear a fun stat? In total, I've cleaned houses for over 22,000 hours throughout my life, not including my own! From studio apartments to mansions, from office buildings to rental turnovers, I've seen it all. Although I don't run my house cleaning business any more, I still use the skills I learned and used back then to clean my own house now. And I'm spilling the tea today for you! Make clea...

It's easy to run the rat race, isn't it? It's easy to wake up each morning and focus on putting out the fires we see versus planning to do the tasks that will help us ultimately reach our goals. In this episode, I'm going to give you my simple method for planning my days ahead of time and 7 simple tips for you to do the same.  Thanks for listening to The Mother Like a Boss Podcast! Be sure to subs...

I'm coming to you on this Friday with a special bonus episode and it's time sensitive. After 17 years of running my own businesses and being my own boss, I'm leaning once again into how I can help moms around the world do the same, whether you're dream is to run your own million dollar company someday or or just looking to have a small side business. When I asked my Instagram audience what they ar...

It's pretty well known around here that I'm not the biggest fan of "life hacks" and it's not because they don't work. It's because we've become a society so obsessed with finding a hack that we neglect just doing the work. As a cleaning and home management expert, I'm going to give you 8 real cleaning hacks that will actually work to make the tidying easier and faster. Wanna learn how to clean you...

It's time we have a talk about house cleaning expectations that we put on ourselves and how to finally change them.  The standards you have for your own home should be just that, your own.  Messes are inevitable. Seasons of untidiness are inevitable. Cleaning is a neutral thing we do, not who we are. This episode is dedicated to shifting our expectations of what it means to have a "clean" house an...

Get the envelopes and golden statues ready. This is my version of an award show. Today I'm coming to you with a full rundown of my favorite cleaning supplies, why I love them and what I use them for.  Want a rundown of all the goodies mentioned in today's episode and more? Click here for my resources page.

As a recovering perfectionist in many areas of my life, the idea of missing a day of doing my habits used to give me anxiety. In fact, it would cause me to slide back and start from scratch over and over again. No more. Today, I want to talk about why missing a day may be the greatest thing for your habits and how it will help remove perfectionism from your day to day routines.  Are you loving thi...

Back by very popular demand is the girl of the moment, or at least of MY moments, my daughter Ava. This is our sorta fun, sorta serious, very conversational discussion about life, school and the future.

We are here for uncomplicating all things cleaning. I'm here with a full list of 20 things you can clean in 5 minutes or less. Get out your pen and paper to take some notes, friend because this episode is gonna save you some time! Ready to join Clean it Like You Mean it and clean your house in HALF the time? Click here!

It's 2023! Break out the fresh new planner and let's set some goals, right? Or do we actually need to do that? Today, I'm going to break down the ways I'm setting clear intentions this new year without setting unrealistic resolutions that will fall through in a week. 

The beginning of December was a rollercoaster in the Hennessy house, with nonstop illness, fevers, cancelled plans and everyone home.  During the sickest time of the year, where multiple viruses are making their rounds, let's talk about how to keep up on your routines and prevent falling all the way back to scratch when everyone is sick, including you!

Although we all could say that the last 2 years have some of the hardest we've all endured, I can say that 2022 has been the most difficult for me and yet the most freeing. I've had more ups and downs this year mentally and emotionally and it's taught me a great deal about rest, the power of "failure" and how important it is for me to trust that I know what's best for me. 

Busy? Ya, most of us think we are. So how do you go about organizing and managing a schedule that's full? With multiple children, jobs, activities, friends, family, priorities, everything, how do you manage it all. Today, I'm going to break it all down for you and give you simple systems to organize even the busiest of schedules.  Interested in Mother Like a Boss with Trello? Click here and let me...

OMG, the shop is finally open and you're gonna be the first to hear all about it. I'm coming to you with a bonus episode of the week to tell you all about our brand new printables and the exciting Black Friday sale I'm hosting to get them into your hands.  Wanna shop the sale? Click here.

I've grown to really loathe the phrase "hot mess" but not for the reason you might think.  See, we've come to believe that WE are the messes, but here's the deal: you are not a mess. You are a person that experiences messes. You observe. You see. You even contribute, because we're human and we make messes.  Today, I want to give you permission to NOT call yourself a hot mess anymore if it doesn't...

I'm a big fan of routines. Some might say a smidge obsessed, but that's because they work.  Morning routines are all the rage, but most of the time people are giving you bad advice about how to spend your mornings. Moms have a whole different set of challenges in the morning hours and I want to help you create the simplest morning routine ever that unstresses your life.

What goes into creating and maintaining a tidy-ish home? It's certainly not perfection or anything close. For the first time ever on the podcast, hear from all 4 members of the Hennessy family as we tell you from our own perspectives how we keep our home running smoothly and our house clean(ish).

It's a bite-sized episode with big value today. Where do you start when the mess seems overwhelming? I have some quick and simple tips for you, as well as a few mindset shifts you can make right now and see progress in minutes.

Just because it isn't sitting on the countertop doesn't mean it isn't causing clutter. From emails to documents to PDFs to photos, digital clutter is no joke. On today's episode, I'm going to give you a crash course in removing digital clutter quickly and setting up systems so it doesn't boomerang back! The Just Clean It challenge is starting next Monday. Are you coming?! Join here!

If you've been around the MLAB block for a second, you know I love/am obsessed with routines.  Today, I'm going to give you the scoop on 5 routines that have quite literally changed my life, from freeing up my time to helping me work through procrastination. I'm also giving you tips on how to incorporate your own life-changing routines into your days.  Don't miss the Just Clean It Challenge! Join...

We love an AKA, don't we? This week, I'm answering some of your most popular questions. Some personal, some professional, some serious and some silly.