We want to raise emotionally intelligent, connected and kind children who will become awesome adults. We want them to build good relationships, ask good questions and understand the purpose behind everything they do.
Instead of resigning ourselves to kids just being kids, we can intentionally and proactively teach them what matters and stop reinforcing the wrong ideas.
How do we help our kids communicate, develop and grow? How do we teach them lessons that allow them to thrive well into adulthood?
In this episode, I’m joined by writer, speaker, online community leader, and author of “52 Modern Manners for Kids”, Brooke Romney. She shares why she’s passionate about helping children build better relationships, learn good manners and feel more connected.
Self-confidence doesn’t come from a parent saying you’re awesome 200 times a day. It comes from tackling hard tasks and feeling capable, and that’s really important. -Brooke Romney
3 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode
-Reinforcing the right ideas
How do we teach our kids to see the purpose behind activities when they aren’t based on having fun?
-Forget “kids will be kids”
How do we raise our children to become awesome, aware and kind adults?
-Persistence and irrational value
There’s no such thing as an overnight success. How did Brooke build her online community?
Guest Bio
Brooke Romney is a writer, speaker and leader of an online community who helps moms of teens and tweens create meaningful, healthy and enjoyable relationships with their children through practical application, education and community. Her goal is for every family to feel confident and connected. The mother of four boys ages tween to adult, Brooke knows parenting perfection isn’t real and takes an honest and hopeful approach with her audience. Her best-selling book 52 Modern Manners for Today’s Teens (Volumes 1 & 2) provides weekly tips to help parents and teens navigate the complexities of today’s world. The follow-up, 52 Modern Manners for Kids, features tips for kids and tweens aged four to 12. Brooke's work has been featured in The Washington Post, Scary Mommy and Forbes. Brooke and her family live in Utah. For more information, follow @brookeromneywrites and buy “52 Modern Manners For Kids” here.
Every time we tell someone to be grateful for something they find burdensome, frustrating and hard, all we do is create a bunch of guilt and resentment. There’s something a lot better than gratitude - perspective.
What if instead of forcing gratitude, we admit that yes, this thing sucks, but we’re doing it in service of a greater good or bigger goal? By allowing ourselves to shift perspective and not express gratitude for things we’re not happy about, we’re being honest with ourselves, and we move through it a lot easier.
In this episode, I talk about the danger of gratitude, and why perspective is way more effective.
You’ve got to decide the stuff you care about. That way, you can shift your perspective to why the hard things you’re doing matter, then you can be grateful for the journey, even though the moments piss you off. -Dana Malstaff
3 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode
-Your brain hates it when you’re sneaky
Forcing yourself to be grateful for things you’re not happy about backfires. What happens to our brains when we’re not honest about something that sucks?
-Balancing things out
No one is grateful for allergies and other challenges. How can we use humor and perspective to deal with it?
-Don’t deny what pisses you off
How do we find out what we care about so we know the hard things we have to do to get them?
As business owners, our brains are our most valuable asset. When we’re experiencing low energy, brain fog, feeling run-down and decisions feel hard, that’s a sign that something’s off. Very often, that thing is sleep.
In the realm of health, we tend to put our focus on food and exercise, but sleep is the foundation of it all. Sleep is free and we’re already doing it, so why not make it better?
Moms and entrepreneurs often feel like we don’t have enough time in our day for all the things. By getting good sleep, we can actually hack time. When we get our sleep dialed in, our brains move a lot faster, and we get more done in less time.
How do we improve our sleep quality? What are the benefits of good sleep? In this episode, health coach and consultant, Tanessa Shears shares why sleep is the key to feeling good in our bodies and our businesses.
Start with sleep - it’s free and you’re doing it already, so why not start by making the sleep you are getting better? -Tanessa Shears
Things You’ll Learn in This Episode
-Denormalize your pain
Most of us wait for a catalyst to change our health. What are the signs we need to do things differently?
-REM sleep is entrepreneur’s gold
Why is REM sleep so important to our creativity and problem-solving ability?
-Get more from your down-time, me-time, zone-out time
Instead of aimless (and often draining) scrolling, how do we recharge during our down-time?
-Small changes pay off
Tracking our health and taking steps to change is a lot to ask for busy moms and business owners. What are some simple set-it-and-forget-it actions we can take?
Guest Bio
Tanessa Shears helps entrepreneurs double their energy and focus so they can make more money in their business. She works closely with business owners to eliminate brain fog and wake up well rested so they can get more done in less time, maintain consistent, stable energy throughout the day and feel better than they have in years.
For more information, head to https://tanessashears.com/, listen to the podcast over at
https://tanessashears.com/podcast and follow @tanessashears on Instagram.
Get Tanessa’s FREE entrepreneur's playbook, 12 Ways to Biohack Your Energy here.
When people talk about menopause, it’s all about hot flashes, night sweats, discomfort and misery. It is what it is, those are the cards we’re dealt. Well, I refuse to live in an “it is what it is” world.
As women, we suffer unnecessarily because we try to power through menopause. When we get the help and solutions we need, menopause can be a powerful time of rebirth. Instead of normalizing discomfort, we can take action and experience that.
What are the key steps we can take to own menopause?
In this episode, menopause wellness coach, former body builder, fitness instructor, and software developer, Diesta Goldsmith shares how to navigate menopause without diminishing your quality of life.
You don’t have to be a hot mess going through menopause. If you get the help you need, you can own it. -Diesta Goldsmith
3 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode
-The lies we’re told about aging
A lot of what we hear about menopause is nothing but gloom and doom. Why do we have to stop believing it has to be that way, and that there’s nothing we can do about it?
-The building blocks of health and wellness in menopause
How do we get our sleep, nutrition, exercise and stress dialed in so we maintain our quality of life through this change?
-Don’t go through it alone
Our lives are complex and sometimes overwhelming. How do we find the connection, community and accountability to support us through all the changes we’re going through?
Guest Bio
Diesta is a certified menopause wellness coach, former body builder, fitness instructor, and software developer. She helps women master their menopause so they will not suffer (like she did) going through this beautiful transition in life. It's go-time. Vision Up Queen.
Learn about Diesta’s 5 secrets to mastering your menopause symptoms and losing your unwanted weight gain here.
For more information, head to www.visionupwellness.com, follow Diesta on Instagram or find her on Facebook.
Even though we’ve made massive progress, women still struggle with self-advocacy skills, especially true in the workplace. Communicating the right way, setting boundaries, and speaking up for ourselves benefits us but doing so with confidence and finesse often requires a little outside help.
How do we get the support we need so that we can have families, and still grow in our careers? How do we speak up when we find out we’re not earning what we’re worth?
In this episode, certified Career and Mindset coach, Natalie Serebrennik shares how we can advocate for ourselves at work, and we discuss why what she does is so important.
The moment you announce to your boss and team that you’re pregnant, an invisible label gets put on you. -Natalie Serebrennik
3 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode
-Balancing motherhood and climbing the ladder
When you’re kicking butt at work, you worry about growth taking a pause when you start a family. Can you get your manager and team to help protect your job and avoid stalling?
-Save yourself years of slugging it out
Can we make navigating our careers easier by talking to someone who has been there, done that and learned the lessons already?
-How to tailor your dialogue to your goal
When we want to rectify not being paid our worth, storming in and pounding the table won’t help. How can we advocate for ourselves in the right way?
Guest Bio
Natalie Serebrennik is a certified Career & Mindset coach. She helps success-driven women advance in their high-pressured careers with confidence and clarity. She draws on her 16+ years of Capital Markets experience to guide her clients to achieve career success and fulfillment. For more information, head to LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.