Joyful Mamahood: Positive Parenting, Time Management, Marriage & Family
This podcast is for the busy mama who wants to live a more joyful and connected life with less yelling and more laughter. Join me for conversations around positive parenting, time management, marriage, and family that will equip and empower you to create your own joyful mamahood, so you can thrive instead of merely survive! Raising kids takes a village, Mama...welcome to the 'hood!
Episodes
47 episodes
Ep 46 | Control Freak to Chaos Coordinator: Regaining Control When Your Plan Hits the Fan
You are BOSS at getting things done and checking the boxes. You make things happen, often with ease, at least from the outside looking in. Cool as a cucumber…as long as things are going according to plan…YOUR plan. But when those strong will...
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Ep 45 | Rest as Restoration: Reclaiming Your Time and Energy as a High-Achieving Mom
No rest for the weary…What if that’s the problem? What if we are weary because we see rest as a luxury and not as a necessity. Rest = Restoration.As ambitious moms, who want to do everything with excellence, the bel...
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Ep 44 | Beating Disaster with Carrie Conrad: Keeping Our Kids Safe when the World Feels Scary
Keeping our kids safe in a world that can seem incredibly scary at times while also letting them be kids is a top priority for every parent. In this episode, Kim sits down with Carrie Conran of Beating Disaster to talk about effective preventio...
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Ep 43 | Unlocking the Power of Presence: Slowing Down Time for the Things That Matter
Time is a thief, and it seems to slip through our fingers faster the busier we become. Being a mom is a dream come true for many of us, but it often comes with the heavy mental load of responsibilities that can pull us away from th...
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Ep 42 | Cultivating a Spirit of Fun: Embracing Playfulness as a Mom
Grow up. Stop playing around. Act your age. Stop being so silly. From the time we were little, we’ve been inundated with messages that have conditioned the playfulness out of most of us. Then you throw in the serious business of...
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Ep. 41 | Gatekeeping with Grace: Building Healthy Boundaries in Your Personal & Professional Relationships
Ready to level up your power to create harmony in your life and gatekeep like a boss ?Sometimes relationships can be complicated. Like SUPER complicated. You have your own way of operating, your own visions, goals, beliefs, and ways of d...
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Ep 40 | Parenting with Intention: Mastering the Art of Healthy Boundaries
Have you ever found yourself caught in the pendulum swing from strict punishments or yelling at your kids to letting them walk all over you and have the run of the roost? Well, you're not alone. In this episode of the Joyful Mamaho...
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Ep 39 | Energy Reboot: Setting Boundaries for a Vibrant Motherhood
As busy moms, our energy is our most precious resource. Yet, it's so incredibly easy to find ourselves drained and depleted after giving everything we have to family, work, and other commitments. In this episode, we are continuing the conver...
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Ep 38 | QTT What's at the Root of Your Kid's Resistance
Your kids resist cleaning up after themselves, putting away their laundry, getting ready for bed, and a whole host of other responsibilities.You get frustrated, thinking this is something that is SO simple and they should just be able t...
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Ep 37 | Raising Good Humans Everyday with Hunter Clarke-Fields
"As a parent, it's the little things you do each and every day that can help your kids grow up to be kind, confident, and conscientious human beings...BUT if you are like many parents you're probably feeling overwhelmed by the daily rush of get...
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Ep 36 | QTT Empowering Your Child to Form Better Habits: An Effective Strategy to Eliminate Nagging
As moms, we all face those moments when we notice that our kiddos have developed habits that we'd rather they didn't have – from leaving a trail of toys behind, to pee on the seat, dishes left at the table, and shoes kicked off in the middle of...
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Ep 35 | Reclaiming Your Time: Healthy Boundaries for Busy Moms
We all know how it feels to juggle numerous roles as moms, from caretakers to professionals, multitaskers, mom taxis, chefs, cleaners, chaos coordinators, household managers, homework finders, boo-boo kissers, and calendar keepers.
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Ep 34 | QTT Dinner Made Easy: Time-Saving Hacks for Busy Moms
We all know that time is our most valuable asset, especially as a busy mom juggling a thousand things at the same time. This is even more true when we are trying to get a somewhat balanced meal on the table without spending hours in the kitchen...
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Ep 33 | Conquering the Clutter Monster Minutes at a Time with Katie Kolakowski
In our clutter-filled lives, it's all too easy to get overwhelmed, especially when you have little ones running around, demanding your attention 24/7. But fear not, because in this episode, we're here to tackle the chaos head-on and bring some ...
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Ep 32 | QTT Breaking Down Barriers: How to Lower Defenses and Foster Meaningful Conversations
We've all been there. You ask a harmless question, and suddenly, it's like you've unleashed a monster. You were just trying to figure out why someone did something or what in the world has them all up in a huff, or worse yet, you are trying to ...
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EP 31| Stuff Control: Conquering Chaos and Setting Boundaries around Our Possessions
Do you walk into a room and find yourself completely overwhelmed with the amount of stuff in it? Piles on the counter, dishes in the sink, toys on the floor. From cluttered closets to overflowing garages, our possessions often have...
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Ep 30 | QTT Could you be making motherhood harder than it needs to be?
Have you ever noticed that when one thing seems to go wrong, everything does? And when things are going well, it's not just one thing, but thing after thingSo, whether you've found yours...
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Ep 29 | QTT Rehack Your Nervous System
You know that feeling when you are in a season of overwhelm and all the things add up until you feel like you are about to blow? Yeah, me too.Listen in for a quick, surefire way to rehack your nervous system to get out of fight or fligh...
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Ep 28 | Boundary Breakdown: What they are, what they aren't, and why you need them.
You know you need more boundaries in your life. The boundaries you've tried to creating aren't working. In this first episode of a new series on boundaries in motherhood, I reveal the #1 thing you need to know about creating hea...
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Ep 27: QTT 3 Words to Stop Saying to Get Your Kids to Listen to You
Your kids are losing their minds. They are doing all the things they aren't supposed to do. You've told them 1,000 times, yet here they are doing it again. So you yell the same thing you always do when you are done and they are misbehaving....
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Ep 26 | Catching Up When Mt Washmore Towers Over You
It's hard to believe you will ever catch up when your laundry pile is taller than you. Join me as I share some tips to catch up and stay caught up. Links from this episode...The official Joyful Mamahood Community:
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Ep 25 | QTT 2 Tips to Simplify the Task of Packing for your Family
On this Quick Tip Tuesday episode I share 2 quick tips to help you make the overwhelming task of packing for your family vacation or weekend trip easier. Enjoy!Links from this episode...
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Ep 24 | 6 Tips to Conquer Mount Laundry
It's incredible how much laundry one tiny human can create. Then you add more kids, more messes, a busier life, and a more disconnected partnership and it can feel downright defeating.If your struggle with laundry is an ongoing battle, ...
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Ep 23 | QTT Getting things done when you lack motivation
Ugh. There's so much to do, but you just don't want to do it. You aren't motivated. Everything is so much easier when you are motivated to do it, yet the more you sit, the more stuff piles up while you wait for the motivation to come.Li...
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Ep 22 | QTT Your Best Day Starts the Day Before: How to Start Now
So many times our heads hit the pillow, fully exhausted, much later than we wanted, and we think tomorrow will be better. But, we wake up exhausted to everyone needing us before our feet even hit the floor.What I've found along th...
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