Torn: Finding a Mom Life Balance

Join cohost Athena and Mims for this biweekly episode where they discuss the results of a Google search: most searched topic related to parenting; Torn Tribe, what is one of your current parenting questions? What we found was curious and we discuss what we think is happening when we turn to the search engines and ask for help with our parenting…We’d love you to share what you think we’d find and w...

Join cohost Athena and Mims for this biweekly episode where they consider if their flaws will befall their children. Torn Tribe, does your inner voice creep in and cause pressure and guilt regarding your flaws and if they can potentially impact your children. How do you guide your children based on the opinion you carry of your shortcomings? Are you attempting to shield them from or redirect your...

Join cohosts Athena and Mims as they consider the complexity of parental desires - in this biweekly installment listen to consider the parent desire to be appreciated - should parents have this emotion? What can the gratitude look like? What can the traditions, habits and moments within a home filled with gratitude look and sound like? What can we all gain from a mindset of gratitude? Reach out wi...

Join cohosts Athena and Mims is the biweekly episode discussing the approaches to support our children navigate challenges by considering the life cycle of a challenge -identification, analysis, resources, reflection- in various stages of development. How can we help our children understand the purpose of challenges and establish a strategy to keep in their toolbox as challenges are inevitable but...

Join cohosts Athena and Mims as they consider their childhood dreams and if dreaming is possible after entering parenthood. What were your hearts deepest desires before becoming a parent? What kind of dreams do you aspire for now? Do you continue to pursue your dreams? Reach out with Torn Moments or Mends to tornmlb@gmail.com - Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share the podcast.  @tornmlb on IG, Face...

Join cohosts Athena and Mims in this atypical installment of the bi-weekly podcast - an unfiltered pulse check on the cohosts’ parenting. Reach out with Torn Moments or Mends to tornmlb@gmail.com - Listen, Follow, Subscribe and Share the podcast.  @tornmlb on IG, Facebook and Twitter.  Choose Grace, Torn Tribe!

Join cohosts Athena and Mims on this biweekly installment highlighting how to nurture creativity within your family. How does your family approach creativity? What activities lead to imagination, vulnerability, curiosity and exploration? Athena and Moms share some of the play, projects, activities, games and journeys they have shared with their children and family that help cultivate creativity an...

Revisit Episode 81: Join cohosts Mims and Athena as they share their raw emotions of having to balance work and home life. The struggle of having to work as if you are not a mother and parent as if you do not have a career. Athena and Mims share the key decisions they made to continue the daily balancing act with joy!  Reach out with Torn Moments or Mends to tornmlb@gmail.com - Listen, Follow, Sub...

Join hosts Athena and Mims in the latest episode of our biweekly podcast. This month a series: “Parenting the Skill Sets No One Ever Told You Were Needed.” This episode considers socialization and how we encourage our children to lean into getting to know new people, establish friendships, network and grown curious about the interests and feels of others. Torn Tribe, how do you structure time for...

Join hosts Athena and Mims in the latest episode of our biweekly podcast. This month a series: “Parenting the Skill Sets No One Ever Told You Were Needed.” This time, the sisters delve into the surprising financial advising skills required for parenting. Discover the categories tied to financial planning, and gain insights on navigating money talks, overcoming shame, instilling wisdom, and encoura...

Join cohosts Athena and Mims for this biweekly installment kicking off a start of year series: Parenting the Skill Sets No One Ever Told You Were Needed. On the first episode of the series, the sisters discuss the event planning skills they were surprised they needed as parents. They debunk some myths and offer some tips to help you make memories you desire. Reach out about this episode. Share you...

Join cohost Athena and Moms in their biweekly episode about the Winter Break tradition of family holiday movie viewing. Tune in to hear holiday movie recommendations that your family may enjoy during this season. Torn Tribe, what favorites do have for this time of year? Which stories, themes, and soundtracks are you eager to share with your family? Reach out about this episode. Share your torn mom...

Join cohosts Athena and Mims for their biweekly episode focusing on where we are at this point in the year in the busyness of the parenthood race. Do your family routines need a pitstop to refresh and tune up for responsibilities and demands of the year. Torn Tribe, how does your family keep tuned up? Reach out about this episode. Share your torn moments or mends to tornmlb@gmail.com - Listen, Fol...

Join cohosts Athena and Mims in this biweekly episode of the podcast focused on the ways to promote balance and self-sufficiency to our children, no matter where we may find ourselves on the spectrum of skills, approaches and seasons of personal development. Listen to learn the areas the sisters identify as a worthy focus and deem priority for instilling self-awareness and encourage them to build...

Join cohost Athena and Mims in their biweekly episode responding to the question: Can I Be A Positive Role Model Even with My Flaws? Listen in to learn what Athena and Mims have identified as flaws that challenged their parenting, how they approach it with their children and how they suggest it can be tackled. See the revealing lessons the sisters have achieved with their children by keepin’ it re...

Join cohosts Athena and Mims in this biweekly installment to evaluate if a reset would serve you. The sisters discuss how they each come to the conclusion that something needs to change and ask themselves the tough questions about how they are feeling while parenting. Do you feel like quitting, or hiding? What are your alarms indicating you need to pause and take stock? Reach out about this episod...

Join cohosts Athena & Mims for this week’s episode highlighting what makes strong bonds of friendship across miles and decades. Listen to hear how being brave enough to reach out or answer a call no matter how long it has been can reaffirm who you are and what you profoundly value. A recent reconnection inspires Mims to share how she rekindled a 20 year old bond and Athena shares about the call fr...

Rerelease of episode #75: Join cohosts Athena and Mims on their second episode of a two part series on coaching - focused on parent coaching. Why seek parent coaching? What can that look like? How do you keep learning throughout parenting? Reach out with torn moments or mends to tornmlb@gmail.com - Listen, Follow and Share the podcast at IG, Facebook and Twitter: @tornmlb. Choose grace, Torn Tribe...

Join cohosts Athena and Mims in this biweekly installment of the podcast encouraging the Torn Tribe to accept their children’s learning styles, allow them ro take ownership of their deadlines and trust that the investments you made in modeling taking the wheel will allow them to steer the course. How do you shift the accountability of your children’s deadlines as they mature? How does it feel? Wha...

Join cohosts Athena and Mims for the bi-weekly installment focused on embracing awe and instilling the practice in your parenting. What inspired your sense of awe? How can you model feeling awe for your children and family? We hope this episode offers a mend, Torn Tribe. Reach out about this episode. Share your torn moments or mends to tornmlb@gmail.com - Listen, Follow and Share the podcast at IG...

Join cohosts Athena and Mims in a late summer series: How to Transition from Summer without Dread. This installment is about the time we commit. We may have heard that “Time is the most valuable thing [a person] can spend.” – Theophrastus. In this episode we are sharing tips on how to coach your children to weigh their time commitments, understand how a “Yes” is also an automatic “No” and anticipa...

Join cohosts Athena and Mims in a late summer series to help you transition from summer break smoothly. Consider what’s ahead and find your own strategy to begin to arrange schedules, prioritize upcoming important dates and create the new school-year, family calendars and routines. What’s ahead for your family and what will help you approach the waning summer more intentionally? Share your torn mo...

Join hosts Athena and Mims revisiting how they planned summer as a kick off to 2021 Summer Series. They share strategies for experiencing a stress-free summer. Listen to their approach and resources to plan the time filled with exploration, rest and quality time that is individualized for your family. Stay tuned through the summer months as they highlight summer fun that is manageable, enjoyable a...

Join cohosts Athena and Mims for this bi-weekly episode as they reflect on not only taking the vacation but intentionally preparing yourself to BE on vacation. How do you transition to time off, new locations and the planned activities? Do you find the first few hours or days are needed to switch your mindset and decompress? Athena and Mims share the challenges and strategies to settle into vacati...

Join cohosts Athena and Mims in their bi-weekly episode considering how to prepare for the next season in their children’s lives and how they assess the needs ahead and begin to gather the tools to be best prepared and equipped on the new stretch of the parenting journey. Do you have advice and strategies? What’s in your toolbox and “first-aid” kits for new kid seasons? Reach out with your suggest...