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

“I’m just going to be in hustle mode for a bit.” Rewind!! You’re running a business, and your mom friends aren’t, but you’re measuring yourself by the exact same standard. But you’re doing the house, the husband, and the kids AND the marketing, the lead gen, the team, the content, and the courses (or clients) - she isn’t!  So it’s time to get clear on what you’re actually struggling with, plus how...

Have you bought into this?  Are you constantly fighting against that pull of “I’ve got to tire myself out today”? Here’s what this mentality robs you of. It steals the joy of sitting down when you need a break (‘cause “you’re not done yet”). It takes the end goal of “I did my work, now I get to rest” away from you (because the only rest you get is bed). It robs you of every single ounce of enjoyme...

Your to-do list is stacking up, your own energy is dropping, and you just can’t muster up the brain power to knock out anything else – but all those tasks are super important and really have to get done this week (or month).  Sound familiar? If this is you, I just had a client in this exact situation, so I’ll let you listen in on what I told her.  (It’s the REALISTIC way to get it all done!) You’v...

You know all those great dreams and plans you had for yourself when you started working at home?  Those “I’m going to love every minute of my flexible, work from home day, get up at 5am every morning, drink a green smoothie, and dive into deep work for 2 hours before my kids are awake”?  Yeah, those ones. How about the realistic way to avoid burnout when the shiny newness has worn off, and you’re...

I know you've got a nice, everyday, taking-care-of-my clients and handling-my-kids set of routines down. In fact, you really like your typical work-from-home life! But then comes along the reconciling, or the end-of-year accounting, or the back-end inventory-ing, and you HATE those tasks. Not to mention, because you hate them, you've been putting them off for months, so you REALLY have a...

Listen, it’s time you stopped paying the price. The CEO mom guilt price, I mean. The price for not knowing if you’ve got enough time to finish your to-do list today. The price for staying up too late the night before cramming in another website consult and all the quotes to go with it. The price for dithering over what the EXACT next right goal on your quarterly to-do list should be. The price for...

Today we have a bonus episode for you all about standing out from the crowd to make more impact on your tribe. We’re bringing on a guest, Emanuela Hall, to talk about storytelling and visibility as a faith-driven entrepreneur.  Emanuela is the speaking coach and story consultant for Christ-led entrepreneurs and leaders. She helps them speak with authority and captivate their audiences so they can...

What do you do if you've got kids who go to school (which theoretically means you have lots of nice free time during the day), but that means your morning routine is crazy and your evening homework/food in mouth/drive everybody to extracurriculars routine is even worse? That’s what this client came to me about.  She liked the mid-afternoon free time that came with her schedule, but not only w...

You feel like it’s the unspoken rule of your life: moms don’t rest till they’re done. (Which means never - especially since you have a successful business to keep up with.) What our culture tell us: It’s bad to sit down in the middle of the day.  It’s wrong to flop halfway through your morning. It’s lazy to quit before the to-do list is all crossed off. Where did we get this idea that rest equals...

Today we have a bonus episode for you all about A Non-Scary Look at Backend Systems for Scaling Your Business. We’re bringing on a guest, Ashley Ludlow, to talk about the non-client-facing, backend supporting role - because that’s just as crucial to your business happiness as the promo you’re running and the type of clients you’re serving. File Management Hierarchy Template : https://rediscovermag...

We both know that regulating our nervous system is incredibly good for us, and we’d LIKE to be de-stressed, but sometimes it’s hard to get there practically as a mother. You’ve got the kids crawling all over you, maybe another one actually on you (nursing or just hanging on!), school activities to plan, food to eat (oh wait, make), and all the minutiae that comes with running a family – and it’s a...

You’re staring down the calendar at one of those precious 4-day weekends, guiltily wondering if it’s okay to unhook from work this much (and whether you need to be super productive around the house to make up for it!). Use these 3 hacks from my own recent 4-day mini vacation to reset your OWN break-vs.-business energy! You’ve got this! Alyssa De-stress daily life as a work-at-home mom: https://you...

Have you been going, going, going so hard on your business - and then taking care of the kids - that you're neglecting yourself? Forgetting that you have needs, too, and ignoring the very basic food and shower and sleep priorities that keep you running? Sometimes we just get so caught up in one more work project, and "oh, the kids need this," and "I don't have time to do t...

Are you still living in discipline mode, forcing yourself to “get it together,” and constantly worrying that you’re not getting your kids-vs.-business balancing act just right? That stops now.  Because you’re not going to make it to your income goals (and still LIKE your own life!) if you don’t stop living under this “I can only use my own bootstraps” pressure. You’ve got this! Alyssa De-stress da...

You had a difficult birth, or started your business pre-kids, and now post-maternity leave, you’re getting that “time to get things rolling again” feeling for your business. One of my clients was in this exact situation, and to make matters even more dicey, she was looking at a complete business pivot and reboot on top. She said, “I’m feeling a lot of anxiety over getting things up and running, pi...

Yes, I admit it – it’s hard to change.  Your brain keeps wanting to pull you back into those same negative thinking patterns of self-scolding each and every time you get something wrong. You’re automatically self-sabotaging every week you build a new habit.  Your body’s just trying to keep the status quo (even if your higher self knows better). But you know how you’re going to overcome this - by c...

As long as you're afraid that the pain of fixing this, getting yourself the solution, is going to be worse than the pain of living with this daily annoyance….  ….You’re not gonna make a change. So what I want you to explore today is why.  WHY are you feeling like this?  What’s this slightly uncomfortable, not quite fitting anymore in my mom life feeling coming from?  You’ve got this! Alyssa D...

Stop wasting your brain space on forcing yourself to clean the bathroom between client calls, or check off your new water-drinking habit! (Yes, really - this is coming from a time management expert!) Because you’ve GOT to have a structure of some sort for your day, and that means you need (or already use!) a system. A system for what to do when you get up, a system for how long it takes you to get...

Today, we have a bonus episode for you! We’re bringing on a guest, Laura Baum, to talk about how to scale without the hustle as a service provider.  You see, Laura’s health program offerings shifted from in person brick and mortar to hybrid at the end of 2018 when she realized that growing to scale her local service and product-based business would require more overhead expenses and marketing than...

What do you need? And are you allowing yourself to take it? To back plan for it? To set the alarm for it? Because yes – you CAN have exactly what you’re longing for.  (You probably don’t even have to wait for him to be old enough for kindergarten or for her to get potty trained.) That 6:30am yoga class before the kids go to school is a possibility - a choice - for you. Not an “if only” or a “when...

Don't feel guilty for letting your work hours ebb and flow according to your family season.  If you're stretched out on the sofa trying not to move anything so you don't throw up, don't bother typing and doing hardcore studying - that pregnancy nausea is ALLOWED to be too distracting for you.  And conversely, if your youngest just started school, and you suddenly have 2 more ho...

Did you believe these 2 myths when you first started work-at-home days with your kids? Because if you have the right mindset about what you are and aren’t allowed to do in your business (and your family’s daily schedule, and your kids’ playtimes), then no mom guilt is allowed.  It just doesn’t exist. It’s not a thing. All because you got straight in what your role is right here, right now; what yo...

Do you know how to be a 1% woman? “A 1% woman remembers who the *** she is.” (This is from Cait Scudder.) Because how many of you were like me, and got into online business because you wanted a challenge and starting your own business seemed like the best way to lean into your ambitions. Anyone raising a hand? And you don’t have to be a broke breadwinner to deserve a chance to succeed. ‘Cause your...

Woo hoo! You’re on the early planning train; you’ve just got January all set to your satisfaction; and you’re setting your sights on everything past your first quarter (‘cause why waste all this “get up and go” energy when you could be taking charge of your entire business schedule for the year, am I right?). Wait, not so fast. I know you’re all motivated and gung ho now, but what about when you’r...

So, you want to steal my top-most, efficiency-producing, do-this-for-your-goal-setting hacks? I’ve got you, right here. And it’s not what you think. Instead of being more and more productive - rather than agonizing over picking the most needle moving biz goal of all time - we’re just going to lean into your intuition and start making momentum on *something*. Here’s my counter-intuitive 3-step proc...