Zen Supermom: The Mental Fitness Podcast

Send us Fan Mail What’s the difference between yelling at your kids, and toxic positivity - faking & avoiding any negative emotions) And how to express your anger in a healthy way, without blaming anyone or damaging your relationships? Listen in… Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This podcast episode is for you if you’ve already been around Zen Supermom a bit, you’ve listened to some of this podcast or attended the Mommy Tantrum Training (if not, register here for the next one: https://www.zensupermom.com/workshop ) … And you resonate with this work. You realize you could use some help in cleaning up your anger and raising your mental fitness level, BUT… T...

Send us Fan Mail What to do when you don’t have the same parenting style as your spouse? How to agree on what’s important for your kids, and how you want to raise them?  And how do you keep your own boundaries about what’s still acceptable for you, and what’s not?  Dive into this episode full of clients’ examples and my personal stories, where I give you the step-by-step sequence that I also share...

Send us Fan Mail Sibling Jealousy: The missing puzzle piece for a busy supermom to stop yelling at her firstborn when he/she asks for attention by not listening  How often does your firstborn do something that they KNOW will make you mad? And you are aware of that. You know it's their way of asking for attention because they are jealous. You just can't help it and yell because it makes y...

Send us Fan Mail Why do you overreact and get hijacked by an uncontrollable rage when your child is at risk of being hurt (or when they hurt you)? Where is that rage coming from, when the key thing you want to do is to keep them (and yourself) safe, free from pain? And what does it take to stop having these scary rage episodes? Listen in... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail If your kids' bedtime turns into a struggle each night and you’ve tried all those parenting hacks and bedtime routines but it doesn’t work for you and your kids, here’s what you might be missing… I narrowed it down to 2 steps. Two steps and you will start looking forward to the bedtime as one of your favorite moments of the day that fills you up with love and connection. Wort...

Send us Fan Mail Not being able to control your anger when you get triggered by your kids (or your spouse) is an opportunity to get curious. Especially if similar situations keep repeating and you feel stuck in becoming the shouty mom (or a "momzilla" as I used to call myself). What if those moments were pointing to the exact baggage from your past that still needed cleaning up? What if...

Send us Fan Mail If you’re feeling like the worst mom in the world because you keep yelling at your kids and can’t stop it, even though you have the best intentions to stay calm… And, if you have no idea WHY, then this episode is for you.   Yes, there is the “T” word… But even if you had a happy, trauma-free childhood, or if you already did therapy to process your pain from the past, I would still...

Send us Fan Mail To be or not to be a supermom? Is it a recipe for burnout, impatience, and yelling at your kids? Or do you give up, and become a dedicated mom ‘only’? But what if you keep shouting and burning out even then? How to get out of this (self) judgment trap of how much or how little you should be doing for your kids and for yourself? That’s what I struggled with for the first two years...

Send us Fan Mail Too busy to get help and stop yelling at your kids? Then this mini-episode is for you. Super efficient, straight to the point, with a bit of tough love included. (Something I wish I got before I started on this Zen Supermom Mental Fitness journey…) May this give you the aha moments you need the most right now. Prefer watching this episode as a video? Find it on the Zen Supermom Yo...

Send us Fan Mail Is your mother-in-law (or some other family member you can’t avoid seeing) stealing your calm? Are they making hurtful comments and making you feel angry and defensive? Then listen to this episode and the 3 steps (and 1 ninja move) how to: 1. turn it around, and  2. come from this relationship as a winner,  3. and become a great role example for your kids on how to effectively pro...

Send us Fan Mail I used to wear the martyr-supermom sacrifice attitude as my badge of honor, thinking what I great mom I was that I did everything for her and hardly ever anything for myself. I thought that’s what great mothers did. And I definitely wanted to be the best mom for my daughter. Only when I started feeling resentful towards her, blaming her for being needy, for me being exhausted and...

Send us Fan Mail After a last couple of heavy podcast episodes, here’s a shorter, practical episode that you can listen to at any time you wish you could just take holidays and leave all the stress behind…   I don’t have a magic wand to do that for you but this guided visualization will have a very similar effect, instantly.    Want to give it a try? Let’s go! Watch this episode on YouTube: https:...

Send us Fan Mail What to do when your parents get sick and you can’t help them as much as you wish you could? How to navigate through this situation with calm & peace, in a way that helps you and your parent feel loved and connected? ... Without feeling like a victim, helplessly drowning in your pain?   Listen in or watch this episode on video: https://youtu.be/4Z9oQrcXbZI Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Listen to this episode after you yelled at your kids and now you feel guilty about it.  Rather than beating yourself up for the rest of the day – and then repeating the yelling and guilt loop all over again tomorrow, let me guide you through a process that will help you break that pattern. Ready? Let’s go! LINK: The Podcast episode about the Saboteurs, including the Saboteur Test/...

Send us Fan Mail Did your birth go as planned? That’s a question I asked my Zen Supermom audience this week and I got back so many stories that I decided to turn it into a podcast episode and start helping…   What’s waiting for you inside this episode: The traumatic birthing experience of my client – and what exactly I’m doing to help her The explanation of how it’s all connected: you yelling at y...

Send us Fan Mail How often and for how long do you usually get stuck in your stressed-out corner and dark victim stories about how everything, everyone, and you suck?... And then follow up by beating yourself up for being such a ‘not-good-enough’ mom and woman and not knowing how to change it… You might try something new, give it all your energy and hope, push hard, and then crash and burn when it...

Send us Fan Mail   I’m curious, how often do you follow your intuition, rather than your super-smart brain & logic? And who even says that it has to be one or the other? Why could you follow your guts, without turning off your brain? Well, that’s what I decided to do for this episode. I could also title it “Behind the Scenes” or “One Day With a Therapeutic Coach”… Because it’s full of aha mome...

Send us Fan Mail I used to yell at my daughter every evening when we were both tired and she didn’t listen to what I told her to do… And I could feel the anger rising in my body but I couldn’t stop it. I just had to yell it out. And I felt sooo guilty afterward. It took me months to figure out that there’s ONE STEP missing in all the parenting advice and scripts out there. Because have you noticed...

Send us Fan Mail That’s a very salesy and suspicious title, I know…  But what if you really could find more peace, calm, and happiness right now, no matter how hard your situation is? Without having to do more?   That’s my invitation for this podcast episode full of mental ‘ninja’ shifts. Are you ready? Let’s dive in together! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode is the longest I’ve done so far because it covers it all. I truly believe that your healing and feeling better starts with understanding first what’s going on with you. And unfortunately, it goes deeper than just you not being able to control your anger when your kids don’t listen and you’re already stressed out/exhausted… So that’s why this episode covers the explana...

Send us Fan Mail Dear supermom, You're amazing, lovable, and worthy of all the appreciation in the world, exactly the way you are right now. YOU ARE ENOUGH. Don't believe me? Are those voices in your head telling a different story? Well, it might be time to start reprogramming that nasty self-talk NOW. Because what would you say to your daughter/son if they told you they have similar sto...

Send us Fan Mail It's not about your emotions, not enough time, or about other people pushing your buttons...    There is a way you can stay calm, laser-focused, and effectively manage any stressful situation with your anger eating you up inside, or bursting out. Even if nothing/no one else changes.    How?    I unpacked it step by step in the Zen Supermom, Mental Fitness Podcast in the last...

Send us Fan Mail This episode builds up on the previous one - episode 18. Episode 18 unpacked: - the beginning of the stressed mom journey -what's really going on, and -why the classic parenting/mom advice does NOT help in being a calm, loving, peaceful mom (without raising your voice too much). In this episode #19, I'm continuing on that journey by answering the question I get the most...

Send us Fan Mail How to control your emotions in the heat of the moment and not raise your voice at your kids?  What to do when that black cloud of anger, and frustration is all you can hear and see in the moment and the only way to get release is to scream it out? That’s what you’re going to learn in this episode full of my own examples and my clients' stories – as always.   LINKS MENTIONED:...