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Redefining Balance for Working Mom Podcast by Your Life Rocks

Jenny Stemmerman, fellow working mom and founder of Your Life Rocks

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Working mom life is full of blessings! The Your Life Rocks podcast is for Christian moms looking for practical strategies to grow in all areas of life they are trying to balance. You will learn how to reach your goals in your faith, marriage, parenting, career, health, home, finances, and friends and fun. Yes, we believe balance is possible because we believe you can define balance to be whatever you want.
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Can you believe the holidays are just around the corner? Yes they are! So many great things are associated with the holiday season but as the mom, and a working mom at that, come a lot of stress and added things to do. In this episode, I'm sharing some tips to help you stay organized, and get more of what you want out of the holiday season. There a…
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When we are talking about ending the year strong in your career and planning for your career in the new year, we are really talking about taking a lot of action. But we can start to sabotage this action when we are not in the right head space. Fear, doubt, and lack of confidence can kick in and hold us back. In this episode I am joined by fellow wo…
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It's that time of year! The time to end strong with your career goals and get ready for your end of the year review. This is also a great time of year to evaluate where you are in your career to ensure you are on the right path for you. As a working mom we don't always take the time to ask ourselves the hard questions, but that is what this episode…
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Intimacy and sex in marriage is a key part to a successful relationship. With all that we are trying to juggle as a working mom, it can be hard to find the time or energy to work on this area of marriage. In this episode we are joined by Kim Bowen to help us with the obstacles that get in the way and share tips to help us grow in our intimacy in ma…
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As working moms, we have all been there. Trying to find time to devote to our faith and work on our health goals, can seem just about impossible. Maybe if we are lucky, we can get one of these things into a solid morning routine. In this episode, we are joined by Kelly Wenner of soulstrengthfit.com She is giving us tips to help us find the benefits…
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As working moms, we all could use more energy and there are many different ways to gain it when we focus on our health. In this episode, we are joined by Adrianne Delgado who is a registered, licensed dietitian and has almost 20 years of experience in outpatient care. She is the author of Nourish, Eat, Repeat: A Busy Woman's Guide To A Healthier Mi…
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As we kick off a new series about helping you reach your health goals, we had to start with our resident health expert, Lindsay Young from LindsayLivesWell.com. In this episode, we are talking all about gut health and how focusing on this one goal can affect your weight loss goals, immunity, and even the way your brain functions. Listen in as Linds…
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Yes, it's September! I love fall and as soon as September comes, I feel like fall is here. There are many things I love about fall, but one of the biggest things is that the change of seasons gives hope that we can make things better. Like a refresh. We are living in stressful times and things in this world can seem dark and bleak. But when we can …
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Do you know what your kids will be doing after High School? It might seem a long way off but it's never too early to prepare your kids for launch. I'm joined for this conversation with Beth Langston from College Flight Plan. Learn more at YourLifeRocks.comBy Founder of Your Life Rocks, Jenny Stemmerman (fellow working mom)
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When we send our kids back to school, we want them to succeed in every way. For most of us, the biggest hope we have for our kids is that they follow Jesus and bring him into all the places they go. But as they go into the world, there are other influences at work. We can't shelter them, and it's healthy for all of us to stretch and grow in our fai…
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Back to school can be awesome, but it can also be stressful! Have no fear, we have an expert for that! Joy Acaso is an Anxiety Support Coach and Psychotherapist and a repeat guest on this show and a wonderful source of information and inspiration on how we can best support our kids through and transition. Learn more about Joy at www.joyacaso.com…
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Do you know one way to get joy? Give joy! Yep, making an effort to make other’s day, in turn, makes yours. We are built for community and when we serve others, there is a part of us that comes alive! But, like a lot of good things in this world, we can forget just how easy this is. We make it harder than it has to be, our own insecurities can get i…
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We all serve our families….but are we doing it in a joyful way or are we building resentment and looking to see if our husbands are doing as much as we are or even just grumble when we do laundry. But when we don’t serve our families with joy….it just brings more non-joy feelings to our life. Remember last week when we talked about Joy being a frui…
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Welcome to our summer joy series! The next 4 episodes are designed to help bring more joy into your life and this episode we are kicking it off by talking about what Joy is. Joy is the silence of striving. It’s more than contentment...it’s like a mix of gratitude and contentment. It comes from the inside and is not swayed by outside circumstances. …
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Did you know that you are a leader regardless of the position that you hold at work or in the community? We all are! God created each of us to lead others and have a positive influence. So how do we grow in this area? Our guest, Dr. Artika Tyner, shares a simple strategy to help you win in leadership and become the leader that God has called you to…
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Do you ever feel like you are just flying by the seat of your pants and making it up as you go as a mom? Yep, we all do. We have goals and dreams of how we want to parent but then we meet our kids and real-life happens and it gets harder to stick to those ideals that we set. In this episode, we are joined by parenting expert and coach Teresa Vining…
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At Your Life Rocks we talk about finding balance when you do these three things as a working mom. 1. Put God first in your life 2. Live in community 3. Create systems that make your life easier In this episode, we are talking about community. What does it mean to live in community? How do you find it? Listen in and find out.…
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Studies show that most people take an evaluation of their lives and make serious changes when they get to their mid 30's and into their 40's. So if you find yourself feeling like something is missing or you are experiencing some sort of a mid-life crisis, this episode is for you! We are joined by life coach Amber Sandberg as she walks us through a …
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Summer is here and we all want to feel our best, but it isn't easy if you have unhealthy eating habits like sugar addiction and emotional eating. In this episode, I am joined by holistic health coach Melissa Rohlfs as she shares her three strategies to help you overcome these obstacles to your health goals.…
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Have you ever thought about cutting back at work to give more time to other areas of your life? It's like the most common daydream for working moms and more and more of us are doing it. But what if you are a workaholic? Um....yeah. I am with you. I recently went part-time at work and this is what happened and the struggles I went through. I have le…
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A big part of Christian life is worship. While there are many different ways that we worship our Lord, music can create such an emotional way of connecting with God. When we go through different seasons, that can be even more important to lean on God through worship. This can grow your faith in a big way and in this episode, we are joined by award-…
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Summer is just around the corner and I am totally here for it! Do you ever think about just how fast time flies? Before we know it, we will be welcoming in fall. Don't miss making this summer the most awesome summer for your family and for you! In this episode, I am walking you through the Summer of Awesome Planning Guide to help you intentionally …
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I think that by now we all know that the comparison game is one that has no winners. And yet, we all fall into it from time to time. So how do we break free from this and start living a life free from it's grips? Well, to answer that, Heather Creekmore is joining us with 4 action steps to help you find freedom! Heather is an author and speaker that…
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