Inspiring and empowering moms to show up for themselves, find more time in their day, and realize there is life outside of the crazy pressure you feel caught up in. It is time to feel better about yourself, love who you are, improve your relationships, and above all, feel confident about living life on your terms. Together, let’s embrace today for all that is good, and travel this journey of motherhood supporting and encouraging each other.
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The world will constantly rush you, pressure you, and pull you from God and calm in your life and day. You have to choose to step away from the crazy and create some space in your day. This will help bring you closer to God, bring calm in your heart, and add peace to your day. We will always have challenges and hard days, but when we have God, we c…
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Truth and authenticity are among the best gifts you can give yourself. Being true to yourself and your values, and living authentically, is your path to freedom. Takeaway: In what area of your life are you not being true to yourself? Challenge: Pay attention this week to where you aren’t being true. Resources: Your Bible and your heart.…
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Let us take ownership of our mind. When negative self talk tries to derail us, what can we do to redirect it? It truly is up to us. Takeaway: When you have negative thoughts, it is up to you to begin choosing differently. Challenge: Make the hard choice this week over and over to choose positive thoughts. Resources: Daily Intentions Journal Daily S…
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#157 Decluttering Tips with Marni Jameson
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Such a great conversation with Marni Jameson. We talk about decluttering, cleaning out your parent’s house, and why you should let the extra stuff go. Marni Jameson is America’s most beloved home and lifestyle columnist. Besides writing a weekly nationally syndicated column on all things home, Marni is the author of seven bestselling books of all t…
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You can’t improve your life until you choose to own it. You have to take personal responsibility for your own life. Your next choice is yours. Takeaway: How can you take ownership of something in your life this week that you have been putting off? Challenge: Take ownership of one choice in your life this week. Resources: Daily Intentions Journal Da…
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I learned years ago that more than anything I needed more stillness, space, and to slow down. There are many ways to add stillness into your life. One choice at a time. We need this more than anything if we really want to be closer in our relationship with God. Takeaway: It is more than ok to slow down, say no, and choose to pause and be still. Cha…
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There really are too many options out there so don’t be misguided. Be sure you are doing the simple things for the foundation of your health before you start adding all the hype. I am not saying it doesn’t work, but don’t forget how important the basic choices still are. Takeaway: What basic choice could you improve upon for your health? Challenge:…
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When we focus on the message, and not ourselves, it is a whole different ball game. The message drives you, inspires you, and empowers you. When we make it about us…fear, insecurity, and doubt creep in. Listen to your heart and soul, and bring your message to the world. We need to hear it. Takeaway: If you have a message to share, share it. You are…
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It is too easy to fall into the worldly trap of distractions, that keep us from all that can be good in our life. This week I want you to pay attention and get really honest with yourself about where you are spending your time. I empower you to own your time and choose to spend it where it matters most to you. Takeaway: Get honest and pay attention…
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It is time to get honest and let go of stubbornness, excuses, blaming, and having an answer for everything. Let us open our minds, drop our walls, and be open to what is possible to help our relationships, health, and journey. Takeaway: What are you struggling with that maybe humbling yourself might help? Challenge: Work on humility in at least one…
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Balance your day by starting with what matters most. Be intentional about filling your time and energy with what is most important in your life. Put these things at the top of your list each day before the world distracts you from them. Takeaway: Fill your bucket with the good stuff first. Challenge: Make a list of what matters most to you this wee…
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Balance your day by starting with what matters most. Be intentional about filling your time and energy with what is most important in your life. Put these things at the top of your list each day before the world distracts you from them. Takeaway: Fill your bucket with the good stuff first. Challenge: Make a list of what matters most to you this wee…
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There are many celebrations this time of year for awards, accomplishments and more. There are also many kids who have had hard seasons, hard years, and have not had the year or season they expected. They are in the valley. So much growth can happen in the valley if we allow it. Is someone you know in the valley right now? Let us notice them, celebr…
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What are you doing to take care of your soul? There are many ways to nurture your soul and get closer to God. We are all different in what ignites and stirs our soul. There are many choices each day that bring me closer to God and I truly feel a stirring in my soul. It is apparent in how I react, when I skip these choices when life gets hectic. Lis…
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#146 Slowing down, Hearing God, and more with Somer Phoebus
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Somer Phoebus is deeply committed to empowering women to embrace their God-given gifts and callings with confidence. As the co-founder of She Works His Way, a nonprofit discipleship community for working women, she has coauthored She Works His Way: A Practical Guide for Doing What Matters Most in a Get Things Done World alongside her best friend an…
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#145: Creating a Healthy Atmosphere in Our Home
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A healthy atmosphere in a home starts with us, and we can shift it starting today.With different seasons, comes many changes inside our home. When we pause and slow down, we can keep a peaceful and relaxed atmosphere inside our home, so that everyone connects better and wants to be home. We have to first actually spend time at home, slow down, and …
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#144: Parenting, Letting Go and Holding On
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Parenting is different in all stages, but as our kids become teens, they are closer to being an adult. I am not an expert, but doing our best to let go, while also being there for them and guiding them makes all the difference in our relationship with them. We have to pay attention as to where we should be releasing our grip and just guiding, trust…
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#143: Your Morning Routine Depends on Your Season
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How we start our day matters. Every season is different. Give yourself grace and take time to find what is best for you right now. Cater your time and choices to you and where you are now. Remember there are many things that are good for us that we can do anytime and anywhere, and even with our baby or toddler in tow. Takeaway: Give your grace and …
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Did you get distracted or knocked off of what you were chasing this year? I want you to pay attention and if you have been derailed from your goal or what you were trying to do this year, get back up and start again. Do not let the enemy derail you from choosing a better life. The Lord will fight for us. We just have to keep showing up. Takeaway: G…
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#141: Interview with Melissa Gray, Balancing Law, Motherhood, and Entrepreneurship
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Melissa H. Gray is a dedicated attorney with a passion for empowering business owners to build and protect their ventures on a solid legal foundation. With a wealth of experience in business formations, contracts, trademarks, and other intellectual property matters, Melissa provides her clients with the tools they need to succeed in today’s competi…
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We are all waiting for something, whether we are in a really hard season, or have something uncertain going on in our lives. How are you responding in the waiting? Are you filled with worry, or are you choosing to trust God and get closer to God during this hard, uncertain season? I want you to think about it. Are you showing up for what matters? T…
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https://youtu.be/9LHA_in40Ro?feature=shared Lisa Whittle has a powerful way with words. Here new book is called, “I Want God: How to Love Him with Your Whole Heart and Revive Your Soul” and I love it and you have to get it. I want to tell you why her message of wanting God most will change the way you live. No more people pleasing, over-explaining,…
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#137: Interview With Rachel Swanson, a Mother’s Leap From Bestselling Author to Real Estate Investor
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Rachel Swanson is a best-selling Christian author turned real estate investor beginning in 2021, acquiring 20 doors in her first year. She traded her stressful 80+ hour per week author and online coaching business for a more flexible PART-time real estate investing business, gaining time and financial freedom, tripling her income in less than 12 mo…
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Mel Robbins talked about this recently in this video, and boy did it hit home. Let’s stop being bothered, mad, and upset at every bit of resistance these days. In order to feel more happiness, joy, and peace, we have to drop our sword when life pushes back, and allow the joy, and light, to come in. Challenge: Drop the sword this week.…
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#135: Bouncing Back for a Peaceful and Happy Life
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When life throws the hard stuff at us, we can’t give up or stay down too long. We have to lean into God during the hardest of times, give unlimited grace out, and stop digging when we are down. Challenge: Don’t stay down too long. When you hit a bump this week, give yourself and others grace, do what you can, and do your best to let go and move on.…
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#134: Interview with Ali Flynn from Hang in There, Mama, Embracing the Rollercoaster of Teen Parenthood
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Ali Flynn, the creator of Hang in There, Mama and certified English and Special Education teacher is excited to share with you the joys and hardships of raising teens with an open heart, honesty, and some tears. She is a mom to four daughters who offers daily encouragement and support to moms while keeping it real and letting them know they are not…
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Maybe, maybe not, but I definitely feel that I have my own secret weapons that are my keys to a better life. I make these 6 simple choices every day and I can honestly say it has changed my life, my relationships, and my confidence in myself and my choices. Challenge: What small habit or choice could you add or change this week? Quote: Change your …
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It is easy, and natural, to seek approval from this world. Let us make sure our priorities have us seeking approval from the right people in our life. Challenge: Pay attention to your priorities this week and where you are seeking approval from. Quote: Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women do nob…
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You don’t need permission, but sometimes I believe we just want someone to tell us that it is ok to go for it. So, I am giving you permission to go for it. Whether it is a dream, time for yourself, your health, or just setting boundaries…I give you permission. Challenge: This week I want you to live boldly. Make you the choices that you have been w…
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So many of us continue to live with choices that aren’t giving us the life we want. We continue to complain and blame others. We spend time on things that are wasteful, that suck our energy, or just help us continue the negative cycle. When will you choose something else? You own the power to choose. Challenge: Repeat the mantra, “I get to choose” …
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Are you just preaching and lecturing your kid, but not actually living your life that way? Get honest with yourself. We need to become aware, and grow as a person as well. Our kids need to see us learn from mistakes, make better choices, and own it when we are wrong. If you really want to influence your kids, pay attention to what you are giving th…
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I do believe that every challenge, mishap, mistake, or resistance that we experience, its a test for us. We decide if we are going to grow and learn, or if we are going to react with negativity. Will you adapt, shift, solve the problem, and keep going? Or will you complain, blame, and remain in the circle of self-doubt, and wanting to give up? This…
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#127: Interview With Angela Chapman, Revolutionizing Cognitive Health Through Holistic Approaches
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Angela Chapman, founder of Age on Purpose, is a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner and a ReCODE 2.0-certified practitioner dedicated to helping others with the prevention, reversal or better management of Mild Cognitive Impairment and early Alzheimer’s disease. Genetically at risk for Alzheimer’s herself, Angela opened her Direct Access c…
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#126: Interview with Suzi Swope, Gurl Gone Green, Transforming Lives with Clean Living Insights
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Suzi is the green blogger behind the blog Gurl Gone Green. She’s a wife and mom to three girls and one boy. After eating healthy for several years, she realized eating real food was only a small part of the healthy living equation. As a hairstylist and esthetician, she became aware of all the harmful chemicals she was constantly being exposed to. S…
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When we get into the vicious cycle of letting unhealthy thoughts and feelings control our lives and our choices, we have to break the cycle and choose differently. This is possible. Let us choose this week to be bold and believe in ourselves and know that we are capable of anything. Challenge: Pay attention to your thoughts and feelings this week a…
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Grace is the most underused superpower we can have. Grace gives us permission to move on. The ability to let go, forgive yourself, and move on quickly seems to be one of the most underused super powers. I can do all the things, but if I can’t give myself grace when I mess up, I won’t be able to bounce back and start again. I won’t be able to get ba…
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Let’s talk about the middle zone. You are more likely to stick to something that is not extreme. Anything extreme isn’t a sustainable lifestyle. We want a more enjoyable lifestyle, and it is possible with healthy, balanced choices. This is also a perspective and a mindset. Let us find the goldilocks zone, as Jillian Michaels says. Challenge: What a…
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Let us become aware this week and work to shift our mindset little by little to a more positive, hopeful, abundant, and grateful mindset. Challenge: Become aware of your mindset this week and make small shifts to make it more positive. Quote: “You can’t feel stressed and blessed at the same time.” Jon Gordon…
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Don’t give up. Get rest, pause, and take a step back. Then start again. When something is so important to your soul, you will feel much resistance as you pursue it. Take a new perspective. Try something new. Step back and pause. Then…start again. Take action. Challenge: Whatever you have given up on, or have thought about giving up on, I want you t…
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#120: Start with what is easy with habit stacking
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Here’s why I love habit stacking. Taking care of our health is overwhelming. Too many options, opinions, fads, diets, gadgets, and advice from everyone. This can leave us stuck, and not doing anything to improve our health. Just start. Start with what seems easy and possible. Take the walk. Drink more water. Get up earlier. Pick the one thing that …
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#119: Interview with Dr. Michelle Young, Pioneering Natural Pediatric Healthcare with Young Medicine
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Dr. Michelle Young is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor and owner of Young Medicine. She is a rising leader in natural pediatric healthcare dedicated to educating, empowering, and building the foundations of health for children, thereby leading to thriving adults. Young Medicine offers one-on-one care, a group program called Healthy Families Collectiv…
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This is a deeper dive into our daily choices and how we can be more humble and authentic in our way. Humility isn’t just not bragging or boasting. It is so much more. Let us begin by remembering that His ways are better than our ways. Challenge: Pay attention to how you interact with those you love this week. Are you truly listening? Pausing? Being…
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There are many obvious distractions that we could be spending our time and energy on, but there are also some sneaky ways the devil gets into our days, our mind, and our relationships. Let us pay attention and make sure we are spending our time and energy on the right things. Get quiet and get back to your values that matter to you and your family.…
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Alternative options lets us choose to see the good, have a positive outlook, and change the norm. Challenge: Pay attention to where your heart is this week.By Kelley Ranaudo
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#115: Interview with Jennifer Pressimone, Unveiling the Power of Aromatherapy for Holistic Healing and Emotional Balance
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This episode is an interview with Jennifer Pressimone. This conversation is filled with a wealth of information. We discuss the role of our gut, circadian rhythms and patterns, and how it can affect our mind, anxiety, depression, sleep, stress levels and more. Her story and knowledge will blow you away. I learned so much during this conversation an…
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In today’s society, we seem to keep going, keep pushing, keep rushing, and what really matters to us can easily pass us by. This conversation is permission to slow down, and embrace what is right in front of you, what really matters, and learn to let so many things go. Challenge: Take extra time to pause and sit in silence this week. Resource: Dail…
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#113: Interview with Freyda Smith, Nurturing Faith and Family in Everyday Life
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This is an encouraging conversation about prayer, keeping God close in our day to day life, our teen’s faith, and more. It was so good to sit down with Freyda Smith, who is a friend and fellow mom that always encourages and steers me straight to God. She lives in Winter Garden, FL with her husband of 20 years, and their three children 18,16, and 11…
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Let’s not shy away from being bold in all of our roles as parents, christians, prayer warriors, and neighbors. Let us share God’s love. Parent our kids to be really good humans. Help our neighbors in need. Love fiercely. Whatever it is you are going out to do this week, live boldly and live like it matters. Challenge: Live boldly in the small areas…
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Yes, we could have a big purpose in life, but I also believe each day, and season, we could have a different purpose, or even multiple purposes. Let us slow down enough to hear God’s whispers and where we are needed today, and let us be open to hearing where we can make a difference in today. Challenge: Be open to what your purpose just this week m…
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It is too easy to ride the wave of stress, anxiousness, and aggravation. It is too easy to overreact, rather than stay calm. Once we become intentional about our situations, our reactions, and letting go of the need to control the situation, we can find more peace. Let’s start paying attention this week to what is trying to get us frustrated and st…
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