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How do you navigate the unique experience of parenting in your forties? In this episode of the Unperfected Pod, Brooke shares her journey of navigating her work and parenting commitments over the Memorial Day weekend and summer. She candidly discusses how she is trying to maintain momentum for her professional goals and dreams while squeezing her work week into three days.

Brooke reveals how she was falling into an old, outdated belief that if she cannot work full-time, then she will not be able to move forward in her business or reach her fullest potential. She acknowledges that as a working mom, she struggles to come from a place of privilege and normalizes that it still requires sacrifice. 

Tune in to this week's episode of the Unperfected Pod as Brooke emphasizes the importance of slowing down, taking care of oneself, focusing on what matters, and getting into the flow rather than feeling good all the time or working all the time to achieve a successful life!

[00:01 - 05:36] Introduction

• Brooke talks about her unique experience of parenting in your 40s
• She talks about squeezing your entire workweek into three days
• Feeling trapped by limiting belief that if you can't work full-time, it won't move the ball forward in business

[05:37 - 16:27] Navigating Change And Parenting In Your 40s

• Acknowledged the privilege of having a partner, business, and flexibility to make working mom's struggles easier
• Working moms don't have to choose between professional goals and family
• The defusion technique is used to put distance between negative thinking and response
• A negative thought loop of losing momentum in professional goals is not necessarily true

[16:28 - 23:54] Unleash Your Flexibility And Resourcefulness To Create New Outcomes

• Psychological flexibility and expansion can help create new outcomes
• Disrupt limiting beliefs and old neural pathways to develop new ones
• Slowing down is sometimes necessary to propel forward
• Invest in self-care, be present with family, and take care of clients

[23:55 - 27:43] Closing Segment

• Brooke advises listeners that mental health matters and we need to slow down, check in with ourselves, and take care of ourselves!
• To learn more about Brooke and her work, listeners can visit Brooke Jean LLC!

Tweetable Quotes:

"We are leading a movement, whereas working mothers, we don't have to choose one or the other. We are allowed to value both and beyond." – Brooke Jean

"Sometimes the slowdown is exactly what we need to catapult forward." – Brooke Jean 

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