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The I Am Mother of the Year Podcast is a weekly video and audio podcast that meets moms right where they are, invites them into real, raw, and relatable conversations, and sends them on their way reminding them that they are, indeed, really good moms. 20 minutes. Audio. Video. Subtitles. However and whenever you need a reminder of how amazing you are, you know just where to go! We can't WAIT for you to join these conversations!
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On today's episode, Lisa grabbed some solo time in the studio to share a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! I mean, HUGE! She and Jen have been...well, working on some awesome things, and they want you to be in the know! Check it out! LISTEN: iTunes Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-am-mother-of-the-year podcast/id1525025238 Spotify - https://open.s…
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News report headline reads: FOUNDER OF ANTI-JUDGMENT MOVEMENT JUDGES MOM Ugh. The shame! Lisa here, and that was me (and thankfully it didn't make the papers, just my blog and this podcast!) In the McDonald’s PlayPlace, I tore a fellow mother apart from ignoring her kids and working on her laptop - in my head. Until the gut-punch of conviction roll…
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Episode 027: Can You Believe This Trip to the Grocery Store?
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Has your toddler ever cracked eggs on his chest while you’re attempting to check out at the grocery store? Yeahhhh, that was one mom’s experience! Jen and I have completely opposite responses to this story - I could laugh this off, but she would be mortified into mad! In this episode, our goal is to encourage you to not get stuck in the weeds of mo…
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Don’t just survive, THRIVE! We’ve all heard it. We may even have said it. We want to do it, right?! Of course we all want to thrive, but sometimes, we just can’t. And that’s ok, because you know what’s ok?! Surviving! It’s good to survive, to live on -- as the definition of the word says. When we want so badly to thrive, we start to do that other I…
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I JUST WANT FIVE MINUTES OF PEACE AND QUIET FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING HOLY! Too much?! Too crazy for ya? I doubt it. You’ve been there, I know you have. If everyone would just leave you alone, you’d be able to settle down, or cook this dinner, or finish that work email, or fill-in-the-blank. But they don’t, and they won’t. No one gives us peace an…
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Episode 024: Motherhood is Death by a Thousand Cuts
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A couple years ago, I vividly remember standing at the kitchen counter getting the kids’ lunch ready. Cutting the hotdog length-wise twice, then 11 times the other way. Slicing the grapes in 2. I was mid-slice into the string cheese when I thought that I just might not make it through the day. “All I do is cut their food. That’s it. I feel like I’m…
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Episode 023: As a Mom, I Have the Right to...
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As a mom, you have the right to be imperfect, to be aware of and fulfill your needs, and change, emerge, and expand in new directions. Say WHAT?! Did you know this? In this episode, Jen and I talk about the Assertive Bill of Rights -- a resource her counselor gave her as she was healing from an abusive marriage. It was a major wakeup call for her, …
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Episode 022: How Will You Wave Goodbye to Fear in the New Year?
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BYE BYE, fear! Just like that! That’s how you wave goodbye to fear in the new year! Umm...it’s not quite that easy. In this conversation, Jen and I dive into the pressure we put on ourselves this time of year. I share a humiliating story of when I freaked out about all the new year resolution things on January 1st and dyed my hair (you’ll have to s…
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Episode 021: One Day You'll Set Him Down and Never Pick Him Up Again
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“One day you’ll set him down, and never pick him up again.” Cue ALL.THE.TEARS. Want more tears? What about the fact that you’ll never know when that moment is. Ugh. I can’t even write about this without curling up into the fetal position. Listen, Jen and I talk about this reality in this conversation. We give a little loving advice to the veteran m…
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*BONUS* 'Twas the Last Friday Before Christmas
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Just for fun, because when the wave of creativity hits, you run with it! At least I do, and I have to say, that I can't WAIT for you to listen to this (possibly on repeat) and enjoy. 'Twas the Last Friday Before Christmas is a poem just for you, just in case you need a little reminder that you're doing ok, that you're loved, and that you are -- ami…
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Episode 020: When's the Last Time You Felt Pretty
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This is a horrifying episode! I’ll just tell you right now. If you’re listening to it, you may want to also watch it on YouTube, Facebook, or IGTV because Jen and I do something that we both absolutely hate -- that we’ve never done before -- that makes us feel vulnerable and ugly and exposed. We take off our makeup! And in the taking off of the mak…
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When’s the last time you asked yourself what you wanted to do? When’s the last time you really prepped yourself emotionally, mentally, or spiritually for a new experience or season? When’s the last time you thought about the growing up you still have to do? All these questions and more make their way into this conversation, where Jen and I talk abo…
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Do the Next Right Thing. A full therapy session (or 6!) in one Disney song. That’s what this is. It’s easily the darkest, most real Disney song of all time. Poor Anna is alone in a cold, dark cave. Olaf just flurried into nothingness. Elsa just froze solid. She ditched her soon-to-be-fiancé in the woods. She’s stuck. Can you relate? Jen and I both …
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Episode 017: Fear Is What Can't Be Trusted
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Fear is what can’t be trusted. The one and only podcast in this series not based on a song. It’s the scene where Elsa sees what happened with her grandfather – it was HIM! He said, “Magic cannot be trusted.” And Elsa replies, “That’s fear. Fear is what can’t be trusted.” She is so right. Fear cannot be trusted. And Jen and I talk allllll about this…
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Far and away my favorite song of this movie (and quite possibly any recent Disney film!) Show Yourself. IT’S.SO.GOOD. I love it for a million and more reasons, and Jen and I talk about the amazingness in this podcast episode. Show yourself. Not someone else. You. When you walk into a room, show yourself as you truly are. That’s really, in essence, …
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The instant classic (and, for many, a welcomed replacement for “Let It Go!”) Into the Unknown. Oh Elsa. What a powerhouse. Thank you for this heart-cry, because it’s so relatable, especially as we sit here in 2020, celebrating the 1-year anniversary of Frozen II, while also celebrating the fact that the world’s strangest year is finally coming to a…
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A first in a 5-part series honoring the one year anniversary of Frozen II -- everyone’s favorite quarantine classic. Jen and I, I mean, Elsa and Anna, take us on a journey through the song, "Some Things Never Change." We talk in-depth about how poignant it is that while all of the characters sing about all of the things that change around them, the…
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Episode 013: Yet We Thrive with Amanda Mobley
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A sinking feeling that she was not meant to be a mother after her son was born. An “I’m sorry there’s no heartbeat” ultrasound the day before her sister’s wedding. An ectopic pregnancy that threatened her life. These and more mark Amanda’s story of motherhood as it is, not as we expect it to be. Feel like you don’t measure up? Ever believed that yo…
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Episode 012: Yet We Thrive with Sherah Albright
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Get ready to meet your new hero. No, seriously. Sherah is an incredible light with an even brighter story. Since she was 12 years old, Sherah has known that she was put on this planet to be a midwife. She’s delivered almost 400 babies and assisted in thousands (literally) more births. She’s already hero-status in my book. But listen to this. Sherah…
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Episode 011: Yet We Thrive with Violet Short
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Have you experienced a miscarriage? Are you 1 in 4? So is Violet. In this episode, Violet shares not only her story of loss, but the story of how that loss impacted her marriage. With an emotionally-distant husband, she grieved alone, until she, too, sealed the pain away. Thankfully, she hit her breaking point and he had a come-to-Jesus moment. Tog…
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Episode 010: Yet We Thrive with Lindsay Behr
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Is it possible to live a full, thriving life in the midst of impossible circumstances? Ask Lindsay. She’ll tell you YES. She’ll also tell you that she never thought she’d need to even consider it…until she lost her son (and almost her life!) at 16 weeks pregnant. In this episode, you’ll hear Lindsay’s incredible story of losing not one, but three b…
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Oops, I did it again! How frustrating! To keep making the same mistakes over and over again. That was me -- madder than all get-out at my daughter who would just NOT GO TO SLEEP! And in my anger, I really messed up. I know you’ve been there before, and I know it makes you feel like a bad mom. In this episode, Jen and I talk about what to do after y…
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Episode 008: Not Sure Who Needs to Hear This
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I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but if I had to bet my last dollar, I’d bet it on the fact that YOU need to hear this. Chances are, you’re waiting on something, you’re walking through a hard time, or working towards a dream (or at the very least, a new doable normal). Whether it’s a struggling marriage, a lazy/angry/selfish/fill-in-the-blank k…
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Episode 007: Motherhood - Expectation vs. Reality
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Motherhood is not what I expected it to be! What about you? Motherhood is the most challenging, yet rewarding journey that we’ll ever be on, but that doesn’t mean it won’t come with some harsh realities. If you’re like Jen, people have been telling you your entire life to lower your expectations so you’re not disappointed. We think there’s a better…
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If you’ve been wondering where your chest pieces have run off to, you’re not alone! In this episode, Jen and I talk about the case of the disappearing boobs, the timeline of their rise and fall, and mostly importantly, WHY it bothers us. Hard to believe, but we talk about Jesus and boobs in the same episode, and we think you can relate. xoxo, Lisa …
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Episode 005: Six Little Words That Will Change Your Life
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No, I’m not going to reveal them in the show notes! You’ll have to join the conversation to hear the 6 words that have changed my life and can change yours too. Because life is hard and relationships are complicated, introducing these 6 words into your regular vocabulary can literally make all the difference in the way you communicate with yourself…
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Episode 004: What If I Told You, You Have Nothing to Prove?
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Who do you compare yourself to? Who in your life do you feel like you need to prove yourself to? Is it the mom next door who always seems to look put together? The tutor you hired to give your kid some extra help? Your ex? Your spouse? God? It’s easy to get trapped in the comparison game or walk through life puffing up to prove yourself. WE ALL …
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Episode 003: To the Mom Wondering if She's Even Making a Difference
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“Am I even speaking?” “Maybe I’m invisible.” “Is all of this mothering worth it?” And they are valid questions. Between the constant busyness and daily chaos and the sleepless nights up with the kids or worrying about the kids--it can be REALLY hard to see that we’re making a difference as moms. Not making a difference by changing the entire world,…
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Do you have control over your kids? Are you at war with them? There is a better way! In this episode, Jen and I talk about how as moms, we *wish we had control over the tiny humans in our homes (sometimes we even *think that we do), but we really don’t. Turns out, that’s a GOOD.THING. We wrestle this to the ground for you in this episode of the I A…
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Meet Lisa Graft, Founder of I Am Mother of the Year along with her best friend and podcast co-host Jen McBurnie during the trailer preview of the I Am Mother of the Year Podcast. This podcast was made for you and for moms around the world so that together, we can move from isolation, fear, and overwhelming chaos, to community, compassion, peace, an…
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Episode 001: Opposites Attract: Meet Lisa & Jen
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Is motherhood overwhelming you? Are you somewhere between hot mess and Pinterest-perfect? Is your greatest fantasy an uninterrupted hot shower? Do you feel like you're never measuring up to your own or someone else's expectations of you? Well, join the club, Sister! The Mother of the Year club, that is. In our first episode, you'll meet me, I Am Mo…
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