The Unbusy Mom: For Entrepreneur Moms Tired of Waking Up to the Same Tuesday

You already know what matters....  The weird part is how often it loses to something that felt urgent for 20 minutes.  Not because you forgot - because something else got there first. But one day, the things YOU care about beat them to it. ;) If the things you care about keep losing their spot.... → Start your Audit If you're curious about that strange personality type I mentioned... That&apo...

Funny how one project can somehow take over the entire week….. The content gets pushed. The laundry gets pushed. The thing you actually wanted to finish gets pushed. ….And suddenly everything is adjusting around the same thing. But one day, the content gets finished, the laundry still gets folded, and neither one has to steal the other's afternoon. :) If you've ever caught yourself think...

You don’t have a timing problem. Your days just don’t have enough room for real life to happen to them. So everything looks manageable on paper… until something takes longer than expected. Then suddenly:  – you’re late  – running behind  – carrying things into the next block  – trying to catch up for the rest of the day In this episode, notice:  – where your days start getting away from you once s...

You didn’t imagine this wrong. The version of “work-from-home freedom” most women were sold doesn’t really account for how their actual days move. So you keep trying to make it work… and something still keeps feeling heavy underneath it. Not because you’re doing it wrong. Because your days were never really built for this many things competing for the same time and attention. In this episode, noti...

Inner work can absolutely create awareness. But awareness alone doesn’t automatically change how your time is being used. So it’s possible to keep:  – processing  – understanding  – uncovering patterns …while the actual structure of your day stays mostly the same. In this episode, notice:  – where awareness has become a place you keep returning instead of moving from  – what hasn’t materially chan...

Your life expanded. But most schedules don’t automatically expand with it. So the same day that used to feel manageable now starts feeling heavy much earlier than expected. In this episode, notice:  – where your attention starts splitting sooner than it used to  – what your day keeps trying to fit at the same time  – where the work that matters most starts getting pushed later Most women think the...

You’re not behind because you’re distracted. You’re behind because your day is holding too much - and expecting you to stretch to meet it. That’s why pushing harder keeps spilling into dinner, into evenings, into the parts of your life you actually care about. If your work keeps bleeding into everything else, there’s a structural problem underneath it. → This is where to look. If you're curio...

You already know you can’t do everything. But your day is still trying to hold it all. So the business gets squeezed in. Your time disappears into maintenance. And nothing really opens up. Because it’s not about knowing you need to drop things. It’s about where that actually happens   - and where it doesn’t. Until that shifts, your schedule keeps filling back up. → If your work keeps getting squee...

You don’t see support as part of how things work. You see it as something you reach for when you can’t keep up. So even when help is available… you hesitate. Because somewhere underneath it all, you still think you should be able to hold this alone. And as long as that’s true, bringing in support will always feel off. Not natural. Not stable. Just temporary relief. → See what’s keeping support fro...

You love your clients. But the rest of the business? It’s starting to feel heavy. And even though you could get support… you’re still the one doing it. So the part you’re actually great at  -  the part that grows things  - gets squeezed out by everything else. Not because you don’t know better. But because something in your structure still says: this is yours to hold. And that’s where the bottlene...

You already know this doesn’t need to be yours. But it’s still sitting on your plate. Not because no one else CAN do it  - but because you haven’t fully released it. So your time stays tight. Your energy keeps draining. And your future keeps getting planned from an overloaded version of you. At a certain point, it’s not about adding help. It’s about what you’re still choosing to hold. → See exactl...

It’s not that you don’t know what to stop holding. It’s that in the moment - you take it back. So nothing actually changes. → If things keep returning to you, this is where to look. If you're curious about that strange personality type I mentioned... That's actually one of the five results on a quick quiz I created. → If you don't know your archetype yet, you can find it here .

It’s not that you didn’t delegate. It’s that nothing fully transferred. So you’re still the one holding it - just in a different form. → If delegation isn’t actually making things lighter, this is where to look:  https://yourunbusylife.com/human-design-reading If you're curious about that strange personality type I mentioned... That's actually one of the five results on a quick quiz I cr...

You can see what support would look like. You’ve seen other people living it. Having help. Having space. But for you, it still feels… out of reach. So you wait. Until you make more. Until things calm down. Until it makes sense. And nothing changes. Because it’s not just about resources  - it’s about what you’ve decided is allowed RIGHT NOW. If help still feels like something for “later,” that deci...

You’re trying to take care of yourself… but nothing is actually coming off your plate. So the bath, the walk, the “quick break”  - they don’t change anything. Because the issue isn’t self-care. It’s that your time isn’t being freed up. Until something is fully released, your day stays full  -  no matter how much you “pour back in.” If your schedule still feels tight even when you’re doing all the...

You’re sipping your lukewarm coffee, scrolling through your almost-complete sales page, thinking “yep, finally nailed it.” Hit save, then publish, and you’re off to grab the kids from school…. Then start on the 6 tasks that DIDN’T get done because you focused on that sales copy. (It HAD to get out - you’ve got that digital primer product coming out soon - but the prioritization is killing you.) Do...

You check off the final task for your daughter’s spring break trip, double check that the hot dogs for supper are in the fridge (not the freezer), and text your mom that you can drive her to that specialist appointment tomorrow (even though it’s going to play merry hell with your schedule). Your mind blanks out - it’s been a full day at work, plus you’ve been running around taking care of all thes...

Stuck on high performance habits for solopreneurs? I brought on the funniest neuroscience-and-procrastination coach ever, Robin Emdon, to talk about how to finally finish what you start.  Grab a free copy of Robin’s book at https://ReallyUsefulTips.com . You’ve got this! Alyssa Free up your time as a work-at-home mom: https://yourunbusylife.com/ If you're curious about that strange personalit...

You touched base with all 18 of your clients today, plus ran sessions for 4 of them, but you’re still feeling dissatisfied with your business…. So you pull up Basecamp again, check on everyone’s to-do lists, and make a note to yourself to brainstorm the main tenets of your coaching work (so you could turn them into some sort of evergreen course or hybrid mastermind).... Because that evergreen prog...

Have you checked off your invisible to-do list today? You know, the one that reads “serve my clients so well that I get 2 testimonials today, serve a whole-foods supper to the kids tonight, do enough stairs that I lose another pound next week, get a compliment from my husband”?? We don’t even put our most closely held, “what I want out of life” priorities on the task list in the first place. (They...

You’re so #blessed to work from home…. The dishes piled up in the sink The kids who pop in when you’re on client calls The one-off errands right in the middle of your last work block for the day The constant distractions of wet laundry, beeping timers, and dogs who need to go out Yeah, it’s an amazing life, isn’t it?! Time to take responsibility for the pressure you’re feeling - take back your pow...

You finished wireframing your 2nd client’s “work with me” page an hour early - yay! But now you have to decide what to do with all this free time. Should you grab the laundry basket and your earbuds and fold something? Work your way through your overfull LinkedIn DMs? Go down a Reddit rabbit hole on the latest period tracking app? Research financial aid options for your high school senior? Answer...

Sneak peek for you into the Human Design side of my business.... You’ve got this! Alyssa Free up your time as a work-at-home mom: https://yourunbusylife.com/ If you're curious about that strange personality type I mentioned... That's actually one of the five results on a quick quiz I created. → If you don't know your archetype yet, you can find it here .

Sneak peek for you into the Human Design side of my business.... You’ve got this! Alyssa Free up your time as a work-at-home mom: https://yourunbusylife.com/ If you're curious about that strange personality type I mentioned... That's actually one of the five results on a quick quiz I created. → If you don't know your archetype yet, you can find it here .

Sneak peek for you into the Human Design side of my business.... You’ve got this! Alyssa Free up your time as a work-at-home mom: https://yourunbusylife.com/ If you're curious about that strange personality type I mentioned... That's actually one of the five results on a quick quiz I created. → If you don't know your archetype yet, you can find it here .