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Ep 26 Cultivating More Joy in Motherhood
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Welcome to episode twenty-six of the Honest Mamas Podcast, today Claire speaks to Kathleen Harper about cultivating more joy in motherhood.
Kathleen Ann Harper is the author of two books, The Well-Crafted Mom and Signs of a Happy Baby. In her life coaching groups for moms and in her one-on-one coaching practice, Kathleen integrates coaching support with creative activities to help moms manage the transitions and challenges of motherhood. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Francisco State University in Integrative Healing, a specialized major that incorporated studies in psychology, philosophy and religion, holistic health, and kinesiology. Kathleen is married to William Paul White, her co-author on the baby sign language book, Signs of a Happy Baby. They are parents to two boys who both still sign.
What you’ll hear in this episode
- How Kathleen came to be working in this field
- The way in she cultivated joy into her life
- How to best allocate small amounts of free time in your life
- Learning to accept and be comfortable with your vulnerabilities
- How our modern lives can leave us with analysis paralysis
- The best ways to manage expectations
- Understanding that your self-care helps you care for others
- The concept of inner circle friends
Resources
50 episodes
Manage episode 197118794 series 1745428
Welcome to episode twenty-six of the Honest Mamas Podcast, today Claire speaks to Kathleen Harper about cultivating more joy in motherhood.
Kathleen Ann Harper is the author of two books, The Well-Crafted Mom and Signs of a Happy Baby. In her life coaching groups for moms and in her one-on-one coaching practice, Kathleen integrates coaching support with creative activities to help moms manage the transitions and challenges of motherhood. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Francisco State University in Integrative Healing, a specialized major that incorporated studies in psychology, philosophy and religion, holistic health, and kinesiology. Kathleen is married to William Paul White, her co-author on the baby sign language book, Signs of a Happy Baby. They are parents to two boys who both still sign.
What you’ll hear in this episode
- How Kathleen came to be working in this field
- The way in she cultivated joy into her life
- How to best allocate small amounts of free time in your life
- Learning to accept and be comfortable with your vulnerabilities
- How our modern lives can leave us with analysis paralysis
- The best ways to manage expectations
- Understanding that your self-care helps you care for others
- The concept of inner circle friends
Resources
50 episodes
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