Send us a text As the seasons change so does the way we have to balance the busy. With summer in full swing over here I thought it would be fun to share with you some of my current favorite things that have been helping me find that sense of balance and calm in my own life. This episode will help: 👉 Busy work at home moms find easy ways to simplify this summer 👉 Anyone figure out how to create a feeling of balance 👉 You simply summer and enjoy more of the good things with your family "Finding...
Jul 04, 2023•13 min
Send us a text FULL SHOW NOTES: 54.balancingbusypodcast.com This episode is for all my stay-at-home mamas. One thing I often hear in conversations, typed across emails, is... "I'm just a mom." Ummm. No way. No how! You are not just a mom. You ARE A MOM! And there is nothing more selfless, no influence on earth more powerful than that of a mother! Which is why I'm so excited for this episode! Neha Ruch, the founder of Mother Untitled, is joining me today. Her platform was founded for ambitious wo...
Jun 27, 2023•30 min•Ep. 54
Send us a text FULL SHOW NOTES: 53.balancingbusypodcast.com As women, we are expected to be all things and do it all. We are supposed to have a clean and organized home, make extravagant meals every night, and still manage to have quality time with our family. But the reality is, it’s impossible to do everything. And full confession: I am a bad homemaker. Yep, I’m really here airing my dirty laundry ( don’t worry, we’ll cover how in the heck our actual laundry gets done in a second ) and opening...
Jun 20, 2023•20 min•Ep. 53
Send us a text Full Show Notes: 52.balancingbusypodcast.com Get ready to be inspired by this episode of the Balancing Busy podcast, where I share my top three strategies for overcoming procrastination! Trust me, these tips will help you get started on tasks and avoid putting them off. The 15-Minute rule, The Infuse Fun rule, The Two-Minute/Touch in Once rule I also emphasize the importance of finding balance in our lives and avoiding jumping from task to task. That's why I suggest using the Eise...
Jun 13, 2023•19 min
Send us a text Full Show Notes here: 51.balancingbusypodcast.com BONUS…A Thank YOU Gift! 🎁 Balancing Busy hit the Top 💯 charts on Apple Podcast, to say thanks, I’m sharing my Desktop Organization Board (Visualization Ed.) HERE: gift.balancingbusypodcast.com I'm so excited to introduce you to Zibby Owens. She's a successful author, publisher, book store owner, podcaster, and mom of four who still manages to fit in time to read.....FOR FUN! 📚 Can mom’s find time to read? Today we’re jumping in ...
Jun 06, 2023•29 min•Ep. 51
Send us a text Full Show Notes: 50.balancingbusypodcast.com BONUS…A Thank YOU Gift! 🎁 Balancing Busy hit the Top 💯 charts on Apple Podcast, to say thanks, I’m sharing my Desktop Organization Board (Visualization Ed.) HERE: gift.balancingbusypodcast.com Midlife, hot flashes, mood changes, weight gain. Do we have anything to look forward to as we age?! I believe that it's actually not all doom and gloom and that our midlife can be a really awesome time of life. Yes, perimenopause and menopause c...
Jun 01, 2023•36 min•Ep. 50
Send us a text Full Show Notes: 49.balancingbusypodcast.com BONUS…A Thank YOU Gift! 🎁 Balancing Busy hit the Top 💯 charts on Apple Podcast, to say thanks, I’m sharing my Desktop Organization Board (Visualization Ed.) HERE: gift.balancingbusypodcast.com What in the heck do you do if you've gotten everything you said you wanted and you don't feel happy? Are you broken? Is there something wrong with you? Or did you just have the wrong goal to begin with? It's an awful place to be, and it's EXACTL...
Jun 01, 2023•22 min•Ep. 49
Send us a text Full Show Notes: 48.balancingbusypodcast.com A Thank YOU Gift! 🎁 Balancing Busy hit the Top 💯 charts on Apple Podcast, grab my desktop organization board (Visualization Ed.) here: gift.balancingbusypodcast.com Let’s talk about making time to date our spouses! The hard-to-swallow truth is that we make time for what matters, and if we want a rom-com-worthy marriage ( and I know I do! ), than continuing to date your spouse/partner matters! You’re busy. He’s busy. We’re all trying t...
May 23, 2023•40 min•Ep. 48
Send us a text Full Show Notes: 47.balancingbusypodcast.com A Thank YOU Gift! 🎁 Balancing Busy hit the Top 💯 charts on Apple Podcast, grab my desktop organization board (Visualization Ed.) here: gift.balancingbusypodcast.com If you're wondering how to get more time out of your day, today is your lucky day. I've got 10 simple strategies for you and I know that they work. These ten things will most definitely save you time, but fair warning: you might feel some resistance towards some of them at...
May 16, 2023•26 min•Ep. 47
Send us a text Full Show Notes: 46.balancingbusypodcast.com A Thank YOU Gift! 🎁 Balancing Busy hit the Top 💯 charts on Apple Podcast, grab my desktop organization board (Visualization Ed.) here: gift.balancingbusypodcast.com How do you feel when your home is clean? You walk in and everything is in its place. There's no secret stash anywhere, no piles that are loading up, the closets can actually close. It feels amazing. In today's episode I am bringing back The Organized Mama, Jessica Litman t...
May 09, 2023•20 min•Ep. 46
Send us a text Full Show Notes: 45.balancingbusypodcast.com A Thank YOU Gift! 🎁 Balancing Busy hit the Top 💯 charts on Apple Podcast, grab my desktop organization board (Visualization Ed.) here: gift.balancingbusypodcast.com Today we are talking all about organizing our homes. Where do we get started? How many bins do we actually need? What do we do when a family member in our home is not as organized as us and so much more! Today my guest is Jessica Litman known as the Organized Mama, and rec...
May 02, 2023•37 min•Ep. 45
Send us a text Full Show Notes: 44.balancingbusypodcast.com A Thank YOU Gift! 🎁 Balancing Busy hit the Top 💯 charts on Apple Podcast, grab my desktop organization board (Visualization Ed.) here: gift.balancingbusypodcast.com These episodes are just a little different. These are your bite-size episodes, where I'm taking the full episode of the week and I'm giving you just a couple of action items and thoughts to get you moving forward so that you are able to replace that chaos feeling with more...
Apr 27, 2023•4 min
Send us a text Full Show Notes: 44.balancingbusypodcast.com A Thank YOU Gift! 🎁 Balancing Busy hit the Top 💯 charts on Apple Podcast, grab my desktop organization board (Visualization Ed.) here: gift.balancingbusypodcast.com This is The Working Mom's Guide to Summer Break When Your Kids are Home from School, and this topic actually comes from one of you! When I say that I love when you pop into my DM's or reply to an email, I really mean it! I want to know what you specifically need help with ...
Apr 25, 2023•22 min•Ep. 44
Send us a text Full Show Notes: 43.balancingbusypodcast.com A Thank YOU Gift! 🎁 Balancing Busy hit the Top 💯 charts on Apple Podcast, grab my desktop organization board (Visualization Ed.) here: gift.balancingbusypodcast.com Welcome to Part 2 of Avoiding Mommy Burnout and Teaching Our Kids a Better way with Dr. Sheryl Ziegler. Make sure you check out Part 1 here first, in that episode, we really got into the mommy burnout and we talked about all of the things that we can do to combat that momm...
Apr 18, 2023•43 min•Ep. 43
Send us a text Full Show Notes: 42.balancingbusypodcast.com A Thank YOU Gift! 🎁 Balancing Busy hit the Top 💯 charts on Apple Podcast, grab my desktop organization board (Visualization Ed.) here: gift.balancingbusypodcast.com Today I have a very special guest, Dr. Sheryl Ziegler, and today we are diving into the topic of mommy burnout. I wanted to talk to Dr. Ziegler about this because of her incredible background and experience. This conversation today will help you reclaim your life and help ...
Apr 18, 2023•35 min•Ep. 42
Send us a text These episodes are just a little different. These are your bite-size episodes, where I'm taking the full episode of the week and I'm giving you just a couple of action items and thoughts to get you moving forward so that you are able to replace that chaos feeling with more calm now. Today we are talking about my favorite simple strategy for when I’m feeling overwhelmed or over tasked. The Brain Dump. In this bite size episode you'll get a quick run down to get you started but make...
Apr 13, 2023•8 min
Send us a text I’m so excited about this episode. This is for anyone who ever feels like there are just to many tabs open in your brain. Or in other words, anyone feeling overwhelmed. Today we are talking about my favorite simple strategy for when I’m feeling overwhelmed or over tasked. This is what I use when my brain is just at capacity…. This method will take you from guessing to knowing where to work from. We’re talking about using the brain dump method maximized through the Eisenhower Matri...
Apr 11, 2023•26 min•Ep. 41
Send us a text In today's episode, we are digging into the big question: Is it possible to be able to feel great as we age? Or do we just need to recognize and accept that as we get older, we're losing that pep in our steps. As we hit 30, 40, 50, 60, can we still have the same vibrance and energy, or is that just not possible? This is one of the questions that I have wrestled with over the last couple years, especially after hitting 40 and just really trying to understand what is the right way t...
Apr 04, 2023•28 min•Ep. 40
Send us a text These episodes are just a little different. These are your bite-size episodes, where I'm taking the full episode of the week and I'm giving you just a couple of action items and thoughts to get you moving forward so that you are able to replace that chaos feeling with more calm now. This week we are talking about how to become a great decision maker. Make sure to catch the full episode to get all the details. LINKS YOU’LL LOVE: I’d love to connect and know your thoughts on this ep...
Mar 31, 2023•6 min
Send us a text Becoming a better decision-maker can change your life. Truly, your entire life can improve when you become more confident as a decision-maker. But how do we get there? How do we get past the decision paralysis, fatigue, and outright fear when it comes to making decisions? One of the things that makes me really sad is when I see people who are so indecisive that opportunities pass them by because they waited too long. They’re stuck in indecision. MAKING NO DECISION IS A DECISION. T...
Mar 28, 2023•28 min•Ep. 39
Send us a text We are talking about when you have that thing on your heart, whether it is a new business, a new education, some big new thing in your life, how we make the space for that without the overwhelm and feeling like we are turning everything upside down. I've brought on Jaime Gordon, AKA the Unstuckologist, an absolute genius at getting people unstuck in their lives to walk us through getting unstuck, moving past fear, and going for our goals and dreams without the stress and overwhelm...
Mar 21, 2023•36 min•Ep. 38
Send us a text We are all about LESS, but BETTER around here. That whole work-life balance thing! We look at systems, automation, strategy... But none of that will matter if you don't know your REAL reason for balance. Stay with me, I'll explain... When we don't know our "why" we end up FILLING the space we create with MORE. And when we're not intentional, that "more" just becomes stuff that takes us away from what matter most. This episode will help: 👉 Anyone who feels overwhelmed with work-li...
Mar 14, 2023•17 min•Ep. 37
Send us a text Perhaps one of the most intimidating aspects of being a business owner is knowing what to say, and what I mean by that is what to write. Copywriting can be so tricky and there are so many elements within our business that need it. Whether we're talking about our Instagram bios, are newsletters, the words that we're putting on our website, sales copy. All of it is built around copywriting, and if we can simplify copywriting, if we can have less of those moments where we're just stu...
Mar 07, 2023•46 min•Ep. 36
Send us a text This is the fire episode and not because like as the kids say right now, "that's fire" , but because we literally had a fire in our house. We talk all about balancing busy and the hardest time to balance the busy is usually when everything gets turned upside down and well, everything has been turned upside down for us. Turns out that a house fire will do that to you. Who knew?! So today I am showing up real and honest and vulnerable (and in a coat because my home has no heat) to s...
Feb 28, 2023•17 min•Ep. 35
Send us a text On this episode of the podcast we are talking about something really fun. Travel. You know how much I love travel. So today we are talking about how to simplify travel and how we can make it more enjoyable and less stressful to travel with our families. My guest is Ady from Verbal Gold Blog. Ady is an Atlanta-based influencer who specializes in luxury travel. We are sharing the best tips, tricks, and hacks and how we have made traveling with the kids, (she with a toddler, me with ...
Feb 21, 2023•50 min•Ep. 34
Send us a text today's episode is a Love Letter to the Unsatisfied, the unsure, the woman who maybe feels like she should be so happy and yet isn't. AND isn't even sure why. That was me. A few years ago I wrote a letter to myself of trying to figure out how to be content, how to be happy, what was wrong with me, and why I wasn't, when everything looked like it should be so great. This is a brutally honest, wide open and heartfelt episode that I hope will leave you feeling seen, not alone, but al...
Feb 14, 2023•20 min•Ep. 33
Send us a text We are unpacking the difference between being busy and being productive because they are NOT the same thing. They produce wildly different experiences, both for our physical and mental health. And I want you in the productivity zone, so let's jump in. This will help: 👉 You get off the busyness treadmill to nowhere 👉 Busy mompreneurs step into their power of productivity 👉 You to creatively find solutions to balance the busy and be more productive In this episode: 1:02 The Diffe...
Feb 07, 2023•18 min•Ep. 32
Send us a text Description: In this episode of the Balancing Busy podcast I have an amazing conversation with Camille Walker. Camille is the host of the podcast, Call Me CEO. In fact, I was recently a guest on her podcast. You can catch my episode on her show here. Camille shares with us how we can set ourselves up to balance the busy in times when we just aren’t feeling it: Those times when things don’t seem to be going smoothly, or we feel like we are in a funk. Let’s be honest, it’s easier to...
Jan 31, 2023•37 min•Ep. 31
Send us a text I thought it would be fun or maybe it's more vulnerable, to share my own lessons learned from 2022. How well do I feel like I did balancing and being balanced in 2022? Where do I feel like I went right? Where do I feel like I went wrong? What were some wins, and where can I see some...well lessons in areas that didn't feel like wins. As I am going through this I invite you to reflect on your 2022 as well. What did you love? Where were your wins and your lessons? Let's reflect and ...
Jan 24, 2023•23 min•Ep. 30
Send us a text This episode is part two of a special training that I'm giving you access to all about outsourcing. So this is outsourcing explained. If you didn't listen to part one, which is episode 28, you're gonna be a little bit lost. So go back, listen to episode 28 and then come back to this one. Now let's jump back in! This will help: 👉The overwhelmed entrepreneur feel confident in outsourcing 👉Combat fears about hiring 👉Anyone develop a solid strategy for outsourcing In this episode: ...
Jan 17, 2023•27 min•Ep. 29