Seeing how we live our lives is how our kids gauge reality and ultimately create the lives they want.
If we make them feel like parenthood means giving up what we love, that’s what they’ll believe. If we show them that we can have things we’re passionate about, they’ll follow that example.
Being mothers, business owners and everything else in our lives certainly isn’t easy, and that’s okay. The more honest we are about that and the less we obsess over balance, the better the journey gets.
In this episode, I’m joined by professional climber, conservation entrepreneur, founder of Legado and the author of “More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood”, Majka Burhardt. We talk about her journey, what she wants to teach her kids and the power of deconstructing and reinventing everything.
Seeking balance means that one day we’ll achieve it and be perfect. Motherhood made me realize that everything exists together and it’s always moving. -Majka Burhardt
3 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode
- Do it with joy, but also with honesty
We all have different aspects to our identity. How does motherhood color those things and how we show up in all our roles?
- Take yourself on an adventure
How did Majka choose what life, motherhood and entrepreneurship looked like for her without following convention?
- It’s okay if our kids aren’t insanely passionate about anything
There’s a lot of pressure around the idea of having a passion. Does that do a disservice to our children?
Guest Bio
Majka Burhardt is a professional climber, conservation entrepreneur, author, and filmmaker. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Legado and the author of Vertical Ethiopia: Climbing Toward Possibility in the Horn of Africa, which was short-listed for the Banff Book Award, as well as her latest book, More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood, a Next Big Idea Club must-read.
More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood is an intense and emotional epistolary memoir by one of the world's top ice climbers, born at the confluence of motherhood, adventure, career, and marriage. As leading professional climbers and mountain guides, Majka Burhardt and her husband led globe-trotting, adventure-seeking lives. When she learns that she’s pregnant—with twins—Burhardt at first tries to balance her pursuit of extreme risk with her new reality of maternal responsibility. However, she is ultimately forced to face the avalanche of emotions unleashed by the biggest disruption she’s ever confronted—in the mountains or otherwise. Based on the letters and journals Burhardt diligently kept over the course of her pregnancy and the first five years of her children’s lives, More takes the reader on an around-the-world journey as Burhardt explores the transformative, identity-shifting experience of motherhood and its irreversible impact on career, identity, marriage, and self.
For more information follow @majkaburhardt on Instagram and buy the book here.
Being a parent takes a massive amount of energy, love, time and commitment, but many of us yearn for that not to be the only legacy we have. We yearn to create meaningful things outside of our kids, and writing a book is one of the best ways to do that.
If you have something you want to say to help people, make clear or change about the world, you have what it takes to write something great.
With all we have going on in our lives, how could we possibly make time for writing a book? Can we write something great in a very short time?
In this episode, Bestselling Author of "The Politically Homeless Christian" and Head Publishing Strategist at selfpublishing.com, Aaron Schafer shares how to write that book in a defined sprint.
If we’re able to embrace a little bit of unbalance for a month or two, that can create some pretty amazing things. -Aaron Schafer
3 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode
- Stop saying “I’ll write that book when…”
With all the things we have on our plates, is it possible to add writing a book to our schedules?
- Crystalizing your idea
How do we turn a bunch of ideas and threads into a full book?
- A book is a powerful marketing tool
How does the process of writing a book help us clarify our messaging?
Guest Bio
Aaron is a blogger, podcaster, motivational speaker and the Bestselling Author of "The Politically Homeless Christian" and Head Publishing Strategist and Vice President of Sales and Business Development at selfpublishing.com. He has been featured on the Christian Television Network, iHeartRadio, Family Life Radio, and numerous podcasts. Aaron lives in Michigan with his wife Naomi and their four children: Elizabeth, Emma, Sophie, and Andrew.
Visit selfpublishing.com/bossmom to register for the training on How to build Instant Legitimacy by writing and publishing a book and how to publish this year no matter where you're at in the writing process.
Being healthy isn’t just about looking good. It’s about feeling good in our bodies, having energy, being around for as long as possible and setting an example for our kids. Food is a huge part of health, and most of the time it feels like achieving it requires us to give up all the foods we love.
What if we could eat whatever we want, just managed intentionally, so we can still reach our goals? What are macros and why are they an easier way to track our nutrition?
In this episode, I’m joined by mother-daughter duo, Hilary Downey and Bridget Shinn. They share how their app Body By Hilary makes nutrition less overwhelming and restrictive so you can have that pizza guilt-free!
As a mom, I don’t want my kids to see me constantly at war with food and my body. -Hilary Downey
3 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode
- A personal budget for your calories
How do we use macros to get optimum results?
- Don’t put the progress on a pedestal
Why is it so much easier to achieve our health goals when we focus on the habit, not the outcome?
- Give protein more attention
Why is protein so important as you’re getting older?
Guest Bio
Hilary Downey and Bridget Shinn are a mother-daughter duo that each lost 100 pounds by learning to count macros and creating balanced lifestyle habits. They own Balance by Hilary – a company that teaches women how to stop fad dieting and finally lose weight for good eating the foods they love.
The Balance by Hilary app, where you can access our 28-Day Macro Challenge that teaches you step-by-step our framework for learning to count macros so you can lose weight eating the food you love. Download the app on the Play Store or App Store and follow @balancebyhilary and @bridget_bbh on Instagram.
One of the biggest barriers to more sales is being so passive in our approach, we can’t move people into action.
We fear being too aggressive and pushy so many people we talk to hover at hesitancy.
Can we be more proactive without putting people off? What can we do to make our emails and messaging more proactive?
In this episode, I share tactical tips on being more proactive about sales.
Being aggressive, pushy and in your face is very different to being assertive and proactive. -Dana Malstaff
3 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode
- How to close the uncertainty gap
There’s a lot of hesitancy in the market, but there are still people who need your help. How do we move them forward?
- Stop having chats
How do we put more intention behind our communication?
- From the passivity of writing to the proactivity of talking
What hacks can we use to engage with people more directly?