3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms

503: Stop Comparing Yourself to Other Moms (Do this Instead) // Shawnee Burt

When I interviewed Shawnee for this episode, I had to chuckle, because one of the things she listed as soul-care was volunteering for her kids' PTO. As an introvert, I th

Bonus Episode: How to be the Mom You Want to Be (Free Class Replay)

A few years ago, I did something in a moment of anger that I'm still a little embarrassed to talk about. It involved one of my kids, a Saturday chore list, and a TV that

502: 3 Principles that Carried Me Through a Really Difficult Summer

A few weeks ago, I wasn't sure I was going to open enrollment for my Self-Assured Motherhood Program this year. Of all the work I do, SAM is where I feel like I'm making

501: How to Thrive, Not Just Survive, Your Kids' Extracurricular Activities // Meesha Slade

The sign-ups have started coming in. Fall sports, piano, dance, school plays – it's a lot. And while we know we want our kids to be involved in things so they can thrive,

500: Habits for Moms Who Are Bad at Habits (Like Me!) // Monica Packer

Consistency has never come easily to me. I'm a scattered creative, I have ADHD, and I have struggled with routines and habits for pretty much my whole life. For years I

499: Support Their Struggles // The Back-to-School Check-In for Moms #6

My instinct, when one of my kids is struggling, is to solve it, save them from it, or to worry about it so intensely that the worrying becomes consuming. These instincts

498: Gather the Good // The Back-to-School Check-In for Moms #5

What you look for, you will find. I have believed that about motherhood for a long time now, long enough that I built a whole journal around the idea, and I have heard fr

497: Sanctify Your Soul-Care // The Back-to-School Check-In for Moms #4

I have a confession. Of the six principles I teach in Self-Assured Motherhood, soul-care is the one where I'm still not where I want to be. I've taken good care of my min

496: Balance Your Boundaries // The Back-to-School Check-In for Moms #3

After years and years of therapy, I have gotten pretty good at setting boundaries with almost everyone in my life. My weakest area, by far, is my own children. I'm a soft

495: Celebrate Your Strengths // The Back-to-School Check-In for Moms #2

I have spent so much time, energy, and money over the years trying to get good at the things I am simply not good at. Routines are my big one. I am not great at keeping o

494: Voice Your Values // The Back-to-School Check-In for Moms #1

It's back-to-school season, and our kids are about to be assessed on their reading, their math, and their writing. But what if we gave ourselves an assessment for how we'

493: How to Calm Your Nervous System in 60 Seconds (And Other Small, Practical Pauses) // Layne Burkette

I have never been much of a meditator. Sitting cross-legged on my bedroom floor, waiting for my brain to go quiet, has never once worked for me. I'm too in my head, too c

492: Why Abby Is Done Fighting Over Screen Time (and Other Back-to-School Shifts) // 3 in 30 Team

If the back-to-school season is already creeping up on you (the supply lists, the new routines, the mental math of who needs to be where and when), you are not the only m

491: How to Change Someone's Life (Without Even Realizing It)

With back-to-school season right around the corner, I keep thinking about a moment from my own high school years – a moment so small I barely registered it at the time. I

490: 3 Things to Remember When Parenting is Difficult

Lately, my kids have been watching a lot of TV. More than I'd like to admit. And for a while, I let myself spiral about it. What kind of mom lets her kids zone out on scr

489: How My Mom Helped Me Know Myself

Grief has been close to my family lately, and in the weeks since losing my brother-in-law Logan, I've found myself returning again and again to the memories that hold the

488: A Letter to My Body (and Two Other Essays I Wrote in Recovery)

I have been a writer my whole life. Long before this podcast existed, writing was how I made sense of my hardest seasons, how I figured out what I actually thought and fe

487: How to Raise Patriotic Kids When It Feels Complicated // Sharon McMahon

I'm a word person. (Occupational hazard of spending years as an English teacher, I suppose.) I notice when words shift — when something that used to feel simple and clear

486: Let Go of the "Shoulds" That Don't Fit Your Family // Amy Marie Hann

For years, I had a vision in my head of the kind of mom I was going to be. I would be present and patient. I would have snacks ready after school and summers full of crea

485: The Resentment that Moms Don't Talk About // JoAnn Crohn

I have a friend named Laney who genuinely does not experience mom guilt. Not because she's a perfect mom, but because she's decided her kids are lucky to have her — and s