196: How to Survive A Target Trip With Your Kids, A Conversation with Amy Trueblood, the Author of Unflustered Mom
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This episode is brought to you by Fertile Imagination: A Guide for Stretching Every Mom’s Superpower for Creating Maximum Impact – my book 👀 that is launching on October 31 🎃! You can shop it on Amazon in Kindle format at 99 cents! If you want me to send you a calendar reminder then send me an Instagram DM @melissallarena - just type FERTILE or email me melissa@melissallarena.com
About Amber Trueblood
Amber Trueblood, MBA, is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT), best-selling author, speaker, and mother of four sons. She has over 25 years of experience in mental health, and co-founded The M.E.C.A. Project to help teens and young adults thrive Mentally and Emotionally through Conscious Awareness. Amber has been featured in People, Oprah Magazine, CNN, Motherhood Maternity, Good Day LA, CBS8, FOX5, KTLA5, and many more.
In this episode, you will hear these ideas expressed:
- What is an anxiety style?
- If you are anxious then tune in for on-the-go and longer term tips
- How can you increase the odds of a calm trip out the door with kids?
- Get a sneak peek into Unflustered Mom the book by Amber!
- Love, fighter, visionary, executive, and dynamo - which are you?
- Real talk between two moms with “spicy” high energy kids
- What are some ways you can hone a zen store-shopping experience with your kids?
- Might there be a positive use of anxiety? Tune in
- Mothering and staying calm throughs chaos
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You can be a great mom without giving up, shrinking, or hiding your dreams. There’s flexibility in how you pursue anything—your role, your lifestyle, and your personal and professional goals. The limitations on your dreams are waiting to be shattered. It’s time to see and seize what’s beyond your gaze. Let’s bridge your childhood daydreams with your grown-up realities. Imagine skipping with your kids along any path—you, surpassing your milestones while your kids are reaching theirs. There’s only one superpower versatile enough to stretch your thinking beyond what’s been done before: a Fertile Imagination. It’s like kryptonite for impostor syndrome and feeling stuck when it’s alert!
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