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Off-Balance Podcast | Faith, Family & Entrepreneurship69 | Time Freedom for Busy Moms with | Alyssa WolffDrowning in the relentless demands of working from home while raising a family? Time management coach Alyssa Wolff shatters conventional productivity myths and offers a revolutionary approach to creating balance for overwhelmed mothers.As a homeschooling mother of five running a thriving coaching business, Alyssa speaks from experience when she challenges the "just be more disciplined" mentality that leaves so many women feeling inadequate. Her refreshing philosophy? The problem isn't you, it's your system.Through this illuminating conversation with host Brooks Demming, Alyssa reveals her three-pillar approach to time freedom: strategic scheduling, mindset transformation, and...
2025-11-0430 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsHow to Take Back Your Time as a Work-at-Home Mom (Interview with Jill Wright)(Posted with permission from Jill.)If your days feel like a chaotic blend of client calls, snack requests, laundry piles, and forgotten to-do lists, this one’s for you. In this episode, I’m joined by coach Alyssa Wolff, a work-from-home mom of five who has cracked the code on creating a sustainable, joyful rhythm that supports both motherhood and business growth. She shares how to reclaim your time without the guilt, get focused without burning out, and actually make room for the things that light you up like journaling, movement, and even hobbies (yes, reall...
2025-07-1826 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsSuccessfully running a family alongside a business is NOT just about to-do lists - here’s the secret key you ACTUALLY need!If it were all about to-do lists, I could just send you home with “the 7 essential hacks to crush your to-do list” and you’d be done and good forever.But it doesn’t work that way. What you put on your to-do list, when you make time for it, how much time you choose for it, when you’re taking breaks between it – all that’s to do with your mindset.And unless those pieces are in place, you won’t actually succeed in knocking out that to-do list. Here’s how it ACTUALLY works.
2025-03-2504 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsSay No with Boundaries with Tiffani Bibb of Turning Actions into Ambitions(Re-shared with permission from Tiffani's podcast.)Struggling to say no? Feeling overwhelmed with all the demands on your time? In this episode, Tiffani sits down with Alyssa, a productivity coach and mother of five, to talk about the power of setting boundaries. We dive into why women—especially moms—struggle to say no, and how you can take back control of your time without guilt.Alyssa shares her three key pillars for setting boundaries:Scheduling: Structuring your time to reflect your prioritiesDelegation: Learning to let go and ask...
2025-03-2226 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsYou’re going to have to redo your daily schedule THIS often as a busy work-at-home mom - and no one warned you about it.The best work/life balance rhythms aren't static; the best work-from-home family routines aren't set in stone.Babies grow, which means their sleep and food needs change to match. (You have lots of experience with this already!)Well, your business grows, too. Your client load increasesYou're in a launch, and you need someone else to make lunch for the family each day of open cartAnd then there’s your annual going-on-vacation prep routine….Look: you're a mom, and your kids (and business!) are growing, and that's normal. Here’s how to handle i...
2025-03-2005 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsAre you committed to enjoying a great work/life balance in your business, or are you just interested?Because those are two different things. And I don’t think most mompreneurs realize the difference.See, being “interested” in change is usually thought to be enough. You’re doing all the things, researching, talking about it, talking up what you’re going to do, what the best options are, etc.But you’re not actually out there, making that calendar availability change. Outsourcing something different. Testing it out.You’re still just DECIDING if you want to do it.And that’s not actual work/life balance. Nor will it ever get you the...
2025-03-1804 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsDon’t let yourself think THIS if you want to be a successful 6-figure entrepreneur!“I’m just going to be in hustle mode for a bit.”Rewind!!You’re running a business, and your mom friends aren’t, but you’re measuring yourself by the exact same standard.But you’re doing the house, the husband, and the kids AND the marketing, the lead gen, the team, the content, and the courses (or clients) - she isn’t! So it’s time to get clear on what you’re actually struggling with, plus how much white space (aka, time) you actually NEED to accomplish your business-mom day-in-a...
2025-03-1306 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsIf I see THIS at the end of your day, you’re off track for being a great mom AND a thriving business owner.Have you bought into this? Are you constantly fighting against that pull of “I’ve got to tire myself out today”?Here’s what this mentality robs you of.It steals the joy of sitting down when you need a break (‘cause “you’re not done yet”).It takes the end goal of “I did my work, now I get to rest” away from you (because the only rest you get is bed).It robs you of every single ounce of enjoyment of your family, because hey – you’re supposed to serve till you drop, remember? (And it’s...
2025-03-1105 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsClient case study: I tell all my clients THIS when they’re already out of energy but they’ve got a huge to-do list!Your to-do list is stacking up, your own energy is dropping, and you just can’t muster up the brain power to knock out anything else – but all those tasks are super important and really have to get done this week (or month). Sound familiar?If this is you, I just had a client in this exact situation, so I’ll let you listen in on what I told her. (It’s the REALISTIC way to get it all done!)You’ve got this!AlyssaDe-stress daily life as a wo...
2025-03-0603 min
Leadership Type Talk | Self-Awareness, Enneagram Types, Personal Growth Topics#41: How to Manage Your Time Without Burning Out with Alyssa Wolff (Type 1)Are you constantly busy but still feel like you’re falling behind?Many high-achievers struggle with productivity because they feel the pressure to do everything perfectly. But the secret to real balance isn’t in doing more—it’s in doing less, smarter. In this episode, I sit down with Alyssa Wolff, a business productivity coach and Type 1, to talk about how to set boundaries, prevent burnout, and create systems that actually work for your life.Tune in for:A fresh perspective on why perfectionism holds you back—and how to shift out of it.Practic...
2025-03-0432 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsTry THIS to wake up your brain when you’ve got a full day of projects and clients ahead, and you stayed up too late last night!You know all those great dreams and plans you had for yourself when you started working at home? Those “I’m going to love every minute of my flexible, work from home day, get up at 5am every morning, drink a green smoothie, and dive into deep work for 2 hours before my kids are awake”? Yeah, those ones.How about the realistic way to avoid burnout when the shiny newness has worn off, and you’re faced instead with the reality of “I stayed up too late last night, I’ve got clients to serve this...
2025-03-0404 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsClient case study: Do THIS to fit in big annual business tasks (like tax prep and accounting) when you’re short on room in your weekly business schedule!I know you've got a nice, everyday, taking-care-of-my clients and handling-my-kids set of routines down.In fact, you really like your typical work-from-home life!But then comes along the reconciling, or the end-of-year accounting, or the back-end inventory-ing, and you HATE those tasks.Not to mention, because you hate them, you've been putting them off for months, so you REALLY have a snowed-under to-do list!It's not just a matter of entering this week's transactions - oh, no. It's more like “enter the last 9 months of transactions, and hope I get ev...
2025-02-2704 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsStop buying into all that working mom guilt – quit it by doing THIS!Listen, it’s time you stopped paying the price. The CEO mom guilt price, I mean.The price for not knowing if you’ve got enough time to finish your to-do list today.The price for staying up too late the night before cramming in another website consult and all the quotes to go with it.The price for dithering over what the EXACT next right goal on your quarterly to-do list should be.The price for frittering away precious kid-free work time, down the social media scroll hole again.You’ve already paid so much. But y...
2025-02-2504 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsStanding Out from the Crowd to Make More Impact on Your Tribe with Emanuela Hall of The Speaking + Storytelling PodcastToday we have a bonus episode for you all about standing out from the crowd to make more impact on your tribe. We’re bringing on a guest, Emanuela Hall, to talk about storytelling and visibility as a faith-driven entrepreneur. Emanuela is the speaking coach and story consultant for Christ-led entrepreneurs and leaders. She helps them speak with authority and captivate their audiences so they can create a community of raving fans, explode their impact, and change the world.Emanuela's download: On Camera Checklist + Script Outline: https://mailchi.mp/f07664116579/oncamerachecklistscriptoutline?fbclid=IwY2xja...
2025-02-2418 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsDo THIS to fix a crazy morning routine when you've got 3 kids to get out the door to school! (Before you can work on your business.)What do you do if you've got kids who go to school (which theoretically means you have lots of nice free time during the day), but that means your morning routine is crazy and your evening homework/food in mouth/drive everybody to extracurriculars routine is even worse?That’s what this client came to me about. She liked the mid-afternoon free time that came with her schedule, but not only were her mornings completely non-restful, her evenings had way too much to fit in!And her kids were starting to stay up lat...
2025-02-2005 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsDo this NOW, even if you haven’t earned it yet in your business!You feel like it’s the unspoken rule of your life: moms don’t rest till they’re done.(Which means never - especially since you have a successful business to keep up with.)What our culture tell us:It’s bad to sit down in the middle of the day. It’s wrong to flop halfway through your morning.It’s lazy to quit before the to-do list is all crossed off.Where did we get this idea that rest equals laziness?You’ve got this!AlyssaDe-stress dai...
2025-02-1804 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsA Non-Scary Look at Backend Systems for Scaling Your Business with Ashley LudlowToday we have a bonus episode for you all about A Non-Scary Look at Backend Systems for Scaling Your Business. We’re bringing on a guest, Ashley Ludlow, to talk about the non-client-facing, backend supporting role - because that’s just as crucial to your business happiness as the promo you’re running and the type of clients you’re serving. File Management Hierarchy Template: https://rediscovermagic.com/from-chaos-to-clarity/?utm_source=your-unbusy-life&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=free-download The Digital Declutter Mini-Course: https://rediscovermagic.com/the-digital-declutter-mini-course/ (Use coupon cod...
2025-02-1725 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsUse this ONE hack to calm your nervous system as a busy working mom!We both know that regulating our nervous system is incredibly good for us, and we’d LIKE to be de-stressed, but sometimes it’s hard to get there practically as a mother.You’ve got the kids crawling all over you, maybe another one actually on you (nursing or just hanging on!), school activities to plan, food to eat (oh wait, make), and all the minutiae that comes with running a family – and it’s all so incredibly activating. (If nothing else, due to the sheer noise level!)So what can you do, as a busine...
2025-02-1305 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsDo THIS to give yourself a 4-day weekend if you’re an online coach who needs to recharge!You’re staring down the calendar at one of those precious 4-day weekends, guiltily wondering if it’s okay to unhook from work this much (and whether you need to be super productive around the house to make up for it!).Use these 3 hacks from my own recent 4-day mini vacation to reset your OWN break-vs.-business energy!You’ve got this!AlyssaDe-stress daily life as a work-at-home mom: https://yourunbusylife.com/ Subscribe to your weekly Mompreneur Life Made Easy! And if...
2025-02-1104 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsClient case study: You’re forgetting THIS about taking care of yourself when you hit the CEO level!Have you been going, going, going so hard on your business - and then taking care of the kids - that you're neglecting yourself?Forgetting that you have needs, too, and ignoring the very basic food and shower and sleep priorities that keep you running?Sometimes we just get so caught up in one more work project, and "oh, the kids need this," and "I don't have time to do that" that we think it's no big deal to skip our own breakfast, do it again for our lunch (just eat the kids' leftovers, if...
2025-02-0604 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsCreate a daily life you LOVE as a work-from-home business mom when you do THIS!Are you still living in discipline mode, forcing yourself to “get it together,” and constantly worrying that you’re not getting your kids-vs.-business balancing act just right?That stops now. Because you’re not going to make it to your income goals (and still LIKE your own life!) if you don’t stop living under this “I can only use my own bootstraps” pressure.You’ve got this!AlyssaDe-stress daily life as a work-at-home mom: https://yourunbusylife.com/ And if you need the ri...
2025-02-0405 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsClient case study: Do THIS to relaunch your business after mat leave and pivot your services at the same time!You had a difficult birth, or started your business pre-kids, and now post-maternity leave, you’re getting that “time to get things rolling again” feeling for your business.One of my clients was in this exact situation, and to make matters even more dicey, she was looking at a complete business pivot and reboot on top.She said, “I’m feeling a lot of anxiety over getting things up and running, pivoting my product suite, and re-setting up all my old work times and routines post baby. How do I choose the exact right thing to do next...
2025-01-3003 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsThe real reason why it’s hard to do THIS in your everyday mom-running-a-business life!Yes, I admit it – it’s hard to change. Your brain keeps wanting to pull you back into those same negative thinking patterns of self-scolding each and every time you get something wrong.You’re automatically self-sabotaging every week you build a new habit. Your body’s just trying to keep the status quo (even if your higher self knows better).But you know how you’re going to overcome this - by crafting that picture of your new life. New body. New habit.And this picture is SO compelling tha...
2025-01-2804 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsShift THIS about your daily mom life to get past your comfort zone in business!As long as you're afraid that the pain of fixing this, getting yourself the solution, is going to be worse than the pain of living with this daily annoyance…. ….You’re not gonna make a change.So what I want you to explore today is why. WHY are you feeling like this? What’s this slightly uncomfortable, not quite fitting anymore in my mom life feeling coming from? You’ve got this!AlyssaDe-stress daily life as a work-at-home mom: https://yourunbusylife.com/
2025-01-2304 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsStop trying to remember what’s on your to-do list today as a business mom – rely on THIS instead!Stop wasting your brain space on forcing yourself to clean the bathroom between client calls, or check off your new water-drinking habit!(Yes, really - this is coming from a time management expert!)Because you’ve GOT to have a structure of some sort for your day, and that means you need (or already use!) a system.A system for what to do when you get up, a system for how long it takes you to get the kids ready for school, a system for how to decide what to eat for lunch.
2025-01-2106 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsHow to Scale Without the Hustle as a Service Provider with Laura BaumToday, we have a bonus episode for you! We’re bringing on a guest, Laura Baum, to talk about how to scale without the hustle as a service provider. You see, Laura’s health program offerings shifted from in person brick and mortar to hybrid at the end of 2018 when she realized that growing to scale her local service and product-based business would require more overhead expenses and marketing than her newer online only business offers. After successfully navigating her own autoimmunity with herbs and holistic health tools, she then built a company to bring her s...
2025-01-2014 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsClient Case Study: You’re allowed to do this EVEN if you have young kids plus a business!What do you need? And are you allowing yourself to take it? To back plan for it? To set the alarm for it?Because yes – you CAN have exactly what you’re longing for. (You probably don’t even have to wait for him to be old enough for kindergarten or for her to get potty trained.)That 6:30am yoga class before the kids go to school is a possibility - a choice - for you.Not an “if only” or a “when my kids are older.”Here’s how to make it ha...
2025-01-1603 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsYou have complete permission to redo your daily WFH schedule every time THIS happens!Don't feel guilty for letting your work hours ebb and flow according to your family season. If you're stretched out on the sofa trying not to move anything so you don't throw up, don't bother typing and doing hardcore studying - that pregnancy nausea is ALLOWED to be too distracting for you. And conversely, if your youngest just started school, and you suddenly have 2 more hours in the workday than you used to, don't feel guilty for using that to work on your business.We're all envying you when we can't, so don't yo...
2025-01-1405 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsWant to know the 2 biggest myths about working from home with your kids around?Did you believe these 2 myths when you first started work-at-home days with your kids?Because if you have the right mindset about what you are and aren’t allowed to do in your business (and your family’s daily schedule, and your kids’ playtimes), then no mom guilt is allowed. It just doesn’t exist. It’s not a thing.All because you got straight in what your role is right here, right now; what your kids can handle (as far as being away from you); and what you should be doing with each and ev...
2025-01-0907 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsThe secret to 1% success in the entrepreneurial space (when you're a female business owner with kids) is THIS.Do you know how to be a 1% woman?“A 1% woman remembers who the *** she is.” (This is from Cait Scudder.)Because how many of you were like me, and got into online business because you wanted a challenge and starting your own business seemed like the best way to lean into your ambitions. Anyone raising a hand?And you don’t have to be a broke breadwinner to deserve a chance to succeed.‘Cause your spot at the table comes from your desire to do online marketing so that you can benefit...
2025-01-0705 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsDO this FIRST to make a realistic productivity plan for all of 2025 (especially when you’re planning your launch calendar)!Woo hoo! You’re on the early planning train; you’ve just got January all set to your satisfaction; and you’re setting your sights on everything past your first quarter (‘cause why waste all this “get up and go” energy when you could be taking charge of your entire business schedule for the year, am I right?).Wait, not so fast. I know you’re all motivated and gung ho now, but what about when you’re in July and it’s pool-with-the-kids mode (or worse yet, May and you’re all wrung out for your business ‘cause you’...
2025-01-0207 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsDo THIS to set New Year’s goals (without hustle or burnout!) when you’re a CEO mom with an online businessSo, you want to steal my top-most, efficiency-producing, do-this-for-your-goal-setting hacks? I’ve got you, right here. And it’s not what you think.Instead of being more and more productive - rather than agonizing over picking the most needle moving biz goal of all time - we’re just going to lean into your intuition and start making momentum on *something*.Here’s my counter-intuitive 3-step process.You’ve got this!AlyssaDe-stress daily life as a work-at-home mom: https://yourunbusylife.com/ And if you need...
2024-12-3107 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsClient Case Study: THIS is the easiest way to up your monthly revenue without wrecking your carefully balanced work-at-home schedule!You’re loving your hours (both daily and weekly view), and you’re really leaning into your WFH-with-kids life and soaking it all up. (Half days with your kids! No stress when they come home sick! Slow mornings sipping coffee and snuggling them around the house!)FINALLY you have the calendar you dreamed of.And then along comes a financial problem in your personal life. All of a sudden, you need a ton more money than you’re getting.And you’re wondering how you’re going to stretch to fit this financ...
2024-12-3005 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsMy version of work/life balance with 5 kids in the house (as an introverted, homeschooling mom with a coaching business!)Curious how I genuinely don't feel rushed with so many kids?I'll let you in on a secret: I give myself plenty of recharge time during the day.Here’s how I do it - yes, even with 5 kids. Today’s topics:How I give myself ample recharge time, even during a busy homeschooling and client work dayThe practical strategies I use to get 3 hours a day to myselfWhere to modify typical alone time hacks so they fit your work from home mom lifeStop thinking that everything has to be perfe...
2024-12-2403 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsThe Nitty Gritty of Your Business Backend Plus Christian Faith (with Jan Touchberry of Her Faith at Work)Today we have a bonus episode for you all about the nitty gritty of your business backend plus Christian faith. We’re bringing on a guest, Jan Touchberry, to talk about automation, website rebrands, and what your faith has to do with any of it. Jan is a Jesus-loving native of Texas, living in DFW. Wife to John, mom of 4 and LaLa to 3 so far. She is a full-time vocational minister, and in her spare time she is the founder and lead collaborator at The Brand Collaborative, where they specialize in unearthing the gold in your brand and...
2024-12-1923 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsWhat did you delegate to the kids “just this once” last week? (Here’s my example as a mom of 5 and an online coach!)Let's talk about the good part of your week. Where did you win by delegating something to your kids? Either that you were totally out of energy for, or that you were so proud of them for doing? (Yes, it can be both!)Today’s topics:3 practical examples of my kid delegation strategies3 suggestions for you to build outsourcing to family into your regular weekWhat to do right after you successfully hand off that first chore to a childWhich task did you hand off "just this once" and then find out...
2024-12-1703 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsControversial opinion: Take breaks MORE often than you worry about productivity! (Yes, even when you're a work-at-home mom!)I know this sounds super counter-productive, but you do actually need to be taking breaks in your day (not just cramming more and more through the priority list).If that sounds way too slowed down, and just plain non-efficient, hear me out.Today’s topics:The downfall of overtime when it comes to quality content and client serviceWhere creative time and rest for your brain fit into the time equationHow building rest into your schedule allows you to hit all the parenting, food prepping, and playing you need (which ultimately make you more productive)...
2024-12-1204 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsQuit copping out by making vision boards: this is why vision boards are way too small for a successful mompreneur!Here's what I want for you today. I want you to have a vision board life.Amber Lilyestrom said it best: “I don’t have a vision board; I live a vision life.”Today’s topics:Why writing out your dreams isn’t enoughHow “some day” thinking is squelching your successThe real reason you’re discouraged and not taking action on anything in your lifeWhat's your ultimate vision board dream - the one that you're admitting to yourself today? And how are you going to take 3 steps toward that vision - towa...
2024-12-1004 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsIs work/life balance impossible when you’re an overachiever? Let’s talk selfcare and boundaries, plus the goals you should actually be setting for yourself!Are you one of my many overachievers? Yes, you right now, listening to this podcast?Hey - I'm an overachiever, too. And it can be a great thing - a useful thing. But only if we let it - make it - stay within some boundaries.Because if we let ourselves go all out - just feed this work and to-dos and nothing else beast - pretty soon we're going to have nothing left of our families, our health, and ourselves but monster mode.And that's not how you want to be living.
2024-11-2605 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsHow long is this pivot going to take?! (Mindset hack for work-from-home entrepreneurs!)I know this isn’t fun. I know we all want speedy solutions to our families’ needs.But sometimes, that perfect schedule takes 10 dozen tweaks to arrive on your doorstep! Because you were actively crafting it the whole time, like a potter with his wheel. Today’s topics:Where speed is steering you wrong when it comes to practical scheduling solutions for your familyThe huge role that trust plays in your eventual success with family routines and time managementWhy knowing the final product - your ultimate family schedule or biz work routine - isn’t...
2024-11-1903 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsGot Black Friday launch overwhelm? The right choice for your situation is this! (Steal my best secret as a productivity coach for mompreneurs!)Is decision-making overwhelm an all-too-frequent part of your day? Then you'll want to listen to this episode, because I'm sharing with you my secret hack for how to make the right decision in every single circumstance you're facing as a mom. (And business owner.)Today’s topics:The fundamental question that changes everything in mom lifeHow to streamline your daily housework and business processesWhy you're allowed to make life easier on yourselfIt's okay. Okay to do this both in your home life, and in your business.You’ve got this!...
2024-11-1204 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsAre you doing enough selfcare to matter to your work/life balance as a mompreneur? Here's how to find out!Do you know how to take selfcare time - it's just that you're not sure you're doing enough of it? Are you secretly worried that you're doing just enough to feel indulgent, but not enough to really matter?Here's how to know if you're doing enough selfcare as a mom - 'cause if I know you, you probably worry about doing too much. (But really, that's the last thing you need to be fussing about.)Today’s topics:The super practical litmus test for enough or not enough selfcare during your...
2024-11-0504 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsThink your busy entrepreneur lifestyle is a sign of making it? It’s actually hurting your growth as a business mom!Today we’re talking about the real truth about your busy family lifestyle - ‘cause it’s causing a lot more harm than you think.This is for someone today who’s just drowning in busyness. You’ve got kids that are running all over, you can barely keep up with their sports schedules and gymnastics lessons and church activities, and you’ve got your own house cleaning and business running and marriage building things to do. But there’s no time - barely even time to eat each night before running out the door.
2024-10-2904 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsSave Your Life Through Journaling with Melissa LoweToday we have a bonus episode for you all about Saving Your Life Through Journaling. We’re bringing on a guest, Melissa Lowe, to talk about slowing down to save literally everything about your life as a mom! Her mission is to bring faith and sass into the selfcare conversation.You’ve got this!AlyssaDe-stress daily life as a work-at-home mom: https://yourunbusylife.com/ Find more from Melissa:Her Journaling exercise: The 6 People You Need in Your Life: https...
2024-10-2815 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsThe 3 areas of your work-from-home life you need to outsource FIRST as an ambitious mompreneur are….Here's something I know about you if you’re a work-at-home mom: you want to work smarter, not harder. So how does delegation play in?In my opinion, delegation is one of the most crucial pieces for work-at-home moms to get their heads around. Today’s topics:What physics and outsourcing have to do with each otherWhy your purpose and the laundry are at odds with one anotherGetting real about your finite energy reserves and what you’re spending them onWhat this means, when you come right down to it, is that...
2024-10-2206 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsAre you afraid of your primary function not being cleaning and cooking anymore if you 5x your business? (You need to listen to this!)What happens when you're no longer doing the cooking and cleaning? Or at least the vast majority of it?Isn't that what your dream is as a stay-at-home mom?Or are you actually getting cold feet at the idea of your primary function not being cleaning and cooking anymore?If that's you, we need to talk. Like now.Today’s topics:How to de-angst the moms and cleaning delegation processWhy housework is really a family responsibility, not yours aloneWhere you’re actually refusing to hand off chores you know your kids...
2024-10-1504 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsNeed the ninja “cross off 50 things” level of workday organization? Here's how to organize your day as a mom so you can get everything done!So. You’re a mom, with a life, and kids, and a business – oh, and don’t forget about the house cleaning! How do you stay on top of everything, aka, get it all done?! I’m about to let you in on the secret…. Today’s topics:Time track the mom stuffPinpoint your biz energy timesPre-plan your workday (I know you know this - but are you really doing it?)Are you suffering from a major case of “I know that already” itis? See yourself, see the pattern, and change. ‘Cause that’s always t...
2024-10-1006 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsWhy shouldn’t you make it easier on yourself if you're working from home? (Quit buying into mom guilt as a business owner!)Here's your thought-provoking question for today: why shouldn’t you make it easier? What's so wrong about making your #momlife or your biz support structures super easy for you?Like, "this doesn't take any effort at all, I can't believe it's so easy" for you?I'm talking food prep routines, 20-minute supper repertoires, and ultra-fast delegate-to-VA SOPs. All of it.Today’s topics:Why being easy doesn’t equate to being lazy (and why your brain may have misunderstood the difference!)Why down-shifting your meal plan tonight isn’t a sign of f...
2024-10-0804 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsWhat to do when selfcare as a mom feels like working on your business (here’s how to make sure it doesn’t completely take over your life!)Are you worried your business is taking over your life? I mean, you think it's perfectly fine living this way, with biz work every spare second, but all the experts tell you not to, so.... Who's right?If you're feeling any concern over how much passion project work is too much, then you want to listen to this episode - because we're diving right into all of it.How to unplug, when not to unplug, and what to do when you're scared you're giving less of yourself to your family than your business....
2024-10-0305 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsAre you using caffeine to avoid selfcare as a business mom? Don’t fall into this typical entrepreneur trap!Listen - you've got to stop using another cup of coffee to get through your day. (And this is coming from a coffee drinker, so don't think I'm hating on a tasty hot drink. I'm not.)What you're doing is fundamentally overloading your capacity, refusing to cut today's to-dos down to size, and leaning on caffeine to get you through that task list.Don't. Stop.That's against the whole point of becoming unbusy - your day is supposed to be manageable without energy drinks and drugs, not only barely with it!...
2024-10-0104 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsHow to outsource to your team & family members before you hit your limit as a work-at-home mom (so you don't burn out on housework, homeschooling, or your business to-do list!)What happens when you hit your limit? It could be either at home or in the business. In fact, let's take each one and run through both examples, so you know exactly what you need to do next time you've run into a decision-making capacity limit - because I don't want you to just barely skirt the edges of burn out and call that good enough.I want you to thrive.Today’s topics:How to hand off truly essential tasks and know they’ll get doneWhat computer RAM has to do with...
2024-09-2406 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsAre you overachiever tendencies blocking your next income level from coming through?What do you think would be on your task list if you could start from the ground up? Like, what do you feel like doing today? (That’s productive and furthering your purpose and all that.)What if you released all timelines around the must do’s currently on your to-do list? How would you move through them then?These are the kind of questions I want you to ask yourself as you begin to reshape your life. As you begin to walk unbusy.Because if you never ask yourself if there could be a...
2024-09-1906 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsBehind the scenes of a travel-ready business with 2 young kids (interview with Fiona Sim)Flexibility is ultra important when you’re running a business and homeschooling at the same time. So what do you do if you're on the front end of starting both? Today we have a bonus episode for you all about balancing business, young kids, and homeschooling all together. We’re bringing on a guest, Fiona Sim, to talk about her experience finding the right fit for her family in these three areas.You’ve got this!AlyssaDe-stress daily life as a work-at-home mom: https://yourunbusylife.com/
2024-09-1814 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsWhat’s the ONE productivity hack you need to make it as a WFH-with-kids entrepreneur?You know what you need most to summit the top of this productivity mountain? Or to hit your coveted 6-figures goal?This.Because you're no longer allowed to play victim.You have to - get to - take radical ownership of your life choices. Today’s topics:The wide array of choices you could be making with your life situation - but aren’tAll the hidden decisions you’re actually making about the parts of your schedule you dislikeHow to reframe frugal financial choices to motivational goal-getting actionsYou're choosin...
2024-09-1704 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsCan you flip the switch to easily banging out 4 hours of work AND getting in a workout - and do it using just ONE mindset hack?If you’re deep in busy season right now, and you feel the need to change something about your way-too-stuffed calendar, here’s the cheat sheet on how to survive (and thrive!) in busy season.Today’s topics:What’s realistic (housework wise) for you right nowWhat’s truly causing the stress in this seasonHow to implement “no guilt motherhood” during this phase of lifeYou do what you have to to fill your bucket, replenish YOUR energy stores, and keep going the next day. That’s way more important than checking off every single bull...
2024-09-1003 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsHow to get your morning routine dialed in for where you are right now as a WAHM, both with your family stage and your current business priorities!What do you need to “prepare the day to embody your higher self?” That’s a quote from Allie Casazza.What do you need to have ready for you in the morning? What do you need to start off your day that you haven’t been giving yourself?Today’s topics:Practical morning routine prep ideasHow to infuse your next version self into your current morning routineWhat’s the easiest possible way to start becoming her (without adding a whole slew of habits to the start of your day!)As Allie Casazza says...
2024-09-0503 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsWhy you’ve got to get the go-go-go out of your family’s schedule if you're running a business, too! (Here’s how the busyness is hurting you)Look – it’s not healthy to have a “go-go-go” family life. To feel like you’re at the mercy of your schedule. You’re the mom. YOU put those things on your schedule. And if haste and hurry aren’t serving you (which, of course, they aren’t), then you get to move those things right off your calendar.Today’s topics:The surefire way to pinpoint why you can’t release anything on your scheduleThe celiac analogy and making changes to your familyHow to delete stress so you can change your perpetual overwhelm le...
2024-09-0303 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsThe mindset I create that guarantees my success as a work-at-home mom! (Hint: it’s a scheduling hack.)Are you willing to get it wrong to get it right?That's a quote from Amanda Weber. "Be willing to get it wrong to get it right."Do you know what this means for your #momlife - truly means?Today’s topics:Why your fear of taking action is actually dooming you to perpetual failureHow perfectionism holds you back from your personalized route to success in businessWhy good ideas aren’t enough - you have to be willing to action on the bad onesThis goal is worth it. Your business miss...
2024-08-2705 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsYou’re going to feel mom guilt even when you’re working from home – so here’s how to cope!Today we’re talking about why you’re going to feel mom guilt even when you’re working from home – plus how to cope.So, here’s your truth bomb for today: Every mom deals with guilt. EVERY mom.The only question is what that guilt’s going to be about.You’ve got this!AlyssaRoutines for introverted work-at-home moms: https://yourunbusylife.com/ Episode transcript: https://yourunbusylife.com/what-to-do-about-mom-guilt/ And if you need the right an...
2024-08-2203 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsWhat I always do to get my productivity in line with my business owning priorities!Today we’re talking about how to get your productivity (which just means the tasks you’re working on today) in line with your priorities.If this sounds strange to you, let’s unpack it a little.Productivity is just a fancy word for what you’re putting on your to-do list.Today’s topics:The difference between productivity and your real prioritiesHow to align the nitty gritty tasks on your to-do list with those top prioritiesMy super easy hack to ensure that you’re moving forward on what matters most to youSo wha...
2024-08-2004 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsWhy I don't regret making this change in my daily work-from-home schedule and master to-do list - here’s my guarantee to you as a fellow work-at-home mom!So one trap moms often fall into is thinking, “Well, but I might regret making that change. My family won’t like it. Or it won’t turn out to be the right thing for me. So I better not try it.”Here’s why I can practically *guarantee* that you’re never going to wish you’d kept everything the same…. Today’s topics:Why imperfect action is the key to your ultimate successWhat to do if you’re worried about skipping out on something essential in your calendarHow to deal with the fear of kids...
2024-08-1507 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsHow I say no as a mom and delete things from my mompreneur schedule! (Both my personal calendar, and my kids’ monthly routines!)Do you realize that as a mom, you’re allowed to delete things?Pause a moment and let this really sink in. As one of my clients said, “Why is this so hard? What are the pressures I feel that make it so hard to just delete something from my life?”Today’s topics:Powerful prompts to uncover why you’re actually scared to delete commitments from your calendarThe parallel between stuff clutter and calendar clutterHow to excavate any childhood roots of “not allowed to quit” thinking and start overcoming these situation...
2024-08-1303 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsWhy it’s essential that you block out your most productive time of day to work on your top business tasks, NOT housework! (If you’re a work-at-home mom with kids around!)Do you know when you're most productive in the morning? And are you blocking out that time for yourself, or are you letting it get taken up with everyone else's to-dos and chore lists for you?Today's rut-changing quote is from Allie Casazza, who says, “I respect myself enough to block out my mornings and shift my work schedule according to how I need it to be to make me at my optimal emotional health.” Today’s topics:Why you’re not high maintenance for sticking to a scheduleWhy carefully choosing w...
2024-08-0605 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsWhy my afternoon quiet time is the most important part of my work-at-home day (yes, really!) Productivity hack for online business owners!Listen - restoring yourself is the most important to-do. Do you really believe this?And if you do, are you acting like it?Today’s topics:How to pinpoint the “not enough margin” problems in your daily schedulePractical, nitty gritty strategies for moms to add in rest during your business dayWhy taking breaks allows you to be the best coach or website designer or service provider possibleQuit acting like you're the meanest work-from-home boss ever and just give yourself a break. Because you need to. Because...
2024-07-3004 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsIs selfcare plus a business going to turn me into a selfish mom? Here’s how I decide how much hobby time is right for me as a WAHM (vs. when I'm taking too much time off!)Will self care turn me into a narcissist? Won't selfcare make me selfish? Isn't it fundamentally self-indulgent? Aren't I already taking too much time off?That's the question that's top of mind for most moms as soon as I tell them they need to be taking more time off.Today’s topics:What's really beneath this from a self-worth levelHow much alone time is right for youWhy you're shooting yourself in the foot each and every time you start your selfcare timeWhat nitty gritty, mindset-level shift can you mak...
2024-07-2304 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsTry this: how I pull the super-productive version of my CEO self into my day! (Especially when I'm busy and stressed as a work-at-home mom!)All right. You got up today and started through the motions, same as always.But at some point, you stopped to think.Is this all there is?Is this ever changing?Am I always going to have to slog through (the breakfast rush, school drop-off, night wake-ups) like this?Today’s topics:What future you has to do with your presentHow to pinpoint what your ideal self is actually doingJournal prompts to quantum leap from your present to your turning pointWhat’s future you enjo...
2024-07-1603 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsProductivity problems: what I do (as a biz owner who needs quiet) when all 5 of my kids have outgrown naps (but I still need time to work on my business!)So your kids have outgrown naps. And now your lovely, quiet-filled afternoon schedule has completely collapsed, never to be seen again.Screech - rewind! No, that's not how this is going to happen. You get to have a little something different about your day going forward - aka, you get to keep naptime (even when your kids are older).Today’s topics:How to swap naptime for quiet time with your kidsBasic ground rules for quiet timeWhy breaks matter (both for you...
2024-07-0904 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsMy unpopular opinion: you’re allowed to delegate something you haven’t mastered yet (in your business) – and here’s why!Have you fallen into this trap? The "I must master everything" trap?It's propagated by well-meaning coaches. Taught by outsourcing industry experts. Passed on by older moms, well-intentioned-ly mentoring younger ones.But I call bunk.Today’s topics:Why you don't’ need to prove you can master something first before you’re allowed to outsource itWhat performing from weakness has to do with genuine excellence in your businessThe only situation when you need to learn hated tasks instead of hire an expert...
2024-07-0204 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsWhy your biggest weakness is actually your greatest strength as a business owning mom!Today we’re talking about why your handicap is actually your greatest strength (both in #momlife and in biz).This is a really weird thought, right? That the way you handle your "handicap" frees or chains other women who have that same exact trait?(Think generationally - your daughters?)Listen to what Jennifer Allwood says: "The enemy wants to take what God has gifted you with and distort it. Quit thinking that it's going to hold you back."That’s po...
2024-06-2504 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsTired of the hustle? Use this too-easy hack to right-size your schedule and quit cramming more into your business and family calendars!Today we’re talking about how to use the power of saying no to quit the hustle zone in time management advice.All right. You’ve got too much to do, your body is already in stress mode with the pressure building on you, and you don’t know how to fix it (for good). Here’s what you do, courtesy of Marcus Urbanski, a Swedish business coach.Today’s topics:The most underutilized productivity hack everHow you’re rubber stamping your schedule...
2024-06-1804 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsHere’s how much productivity it costs you as a business owner when you stay up late each night!Today we’re talking about how much productivity it costs you when you stay up late each night.You know what I’m talking about, right? That “do I have to get up this morning” groan that rips from your throat without you even having to think about it, when you’ve pushed your bedtime just a liiiiittle bit too far (okay, a lot too far) the night before?Have you ever stopped to think how much this sleep hangover and fuzzy brain setting is affectin...
2024-06-1103 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsWhy introverted entrepreneurs need minimalism: this is why you MUST be a practicing minimalist if you want your work-from-home life to thrive!Today we’re talking about why introverts need minimalism: this is why you MUST be a practicing minimalist if you want your family to thrive! And what I really mean is you to thrive. Because when you’re happy, and fulfilled, and moving through life in a grace-centered way? Your kids benefit, too. So here’s how minimalism actually fits in the "unbusy yourself” life paradigm. Today’s topics:· The relationship between clutter and noise· Your stress levels as a mom with a messy house
2024-06-0404 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsWant change? You have to do this first! (How to unlock a huge productivity boost for your SAHM with a business life!)Today we’re talking about how to unlock a huge productivity boost for your #momlife – because if you want change, you have to do this first. Otherwise you’ll just see that your calendar is a little better than before, and call it good enough. Today’s topics:· Why your end goal is the most important part as a mom· The difference your ideal vision of life can make in your daily routines· How to start the ideal day brainstorming process for yourself So what do you think – is it t...
2024-05-2804 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsHate bullet journaling? Why you can still be productive as an online entrepreneur (even if you aren’t the artsy planner type!)Today we’re talking about why you can still be productive as a mom (if you aren’t the artsy planner type!), even if you hate bullet journaling. Because I used to think planning was just for ultra-organized moms with binders and planners. But that’s not me – on so many levels. Today’s topics:· Why your expectations around planning may be what’s derailing you· Whether you like the artistic aspects of bullet journaling, or they just make it harder· What you ne...
2024-05-2104 minThe Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsCan’t quit the work-at-home mom guilt? Here’s why it’s so hard for you to release your own housework expectations and start a new WAHM routine for your family!Today we’re talking about mom guilt: here’s why it’s so hard for you to release your own housework expectations and start a new routine for your family. I’m sure this scenario is familiar to you: you go to the fridge to start supper, but then realize you somehow forgot to thaw the meat for tonight’s meal. Which means you’re out of luck on that one and you have to come up with an entire entrée on the fly. After you’ve dealt with what...
2024-05-1406 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsWhy waiting for a huge burst of energy to clear your business to-do list isn’t working for you (you need to do this instead!)Today we’re talking about why waiting for a huge burst of energy to clear your to-do list isn’t working for you – because you need to do this instead!We’re going to tackle the myth going around the mom productivity space that if you can just wait for (or create) that magic burst of energy, you’re going to clear your to-do list, get like twenty things done, and cue angels singing (aka, everything gets fixed about your mom day).Ah, no – that’s not how it works.I think this “...
2024-05-0707 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsProductivity showdown: is minimalism better than routines if you’re a mom with a business? Find out which method works better for WAHMs, and why!Today we’re talking about the latest productivity showdown: is minimalism better than routines? Find out which method works better for moms, and why! (This might be kind of controversial, but here goes.) Today’s topics:· Which is easier if you haven’t finished a KonMari purge yet· Why your kids aren’t keeping up with their pickup habits· Where routines fit in a minimized #momlife So what do you think, looking through your day-in-a-life? Would minimalism help you more, or routines? You’ve got this!Alyssa Routin...
2024-04-3007 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsSnowed under by to dos? Do this to get out of your mompreneur overwhelm! (Plus, the sneaky reason why decluttering affects your productivity as a WAHM!)Are you glaring at that giant to-do list, mad because you can’t cross off a single one of those to-dos, and it’s been weeks, and you aren’t making any progress? Good. I have the cure for you. Today we’re talking about what to do to get out of your #momlife overwhelm when you’re snowed under by to dos (plus, the sneaky reason why decluttering affects your productivity!). Today’s topics:· Why your brain can’t make progress in a cluttered environment· ...
2024-04-2308 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsDecluttering fail: is there a secret key you’re missing as a work-at-home mom? You need this AND minimalism!Today we’re talking about the secret key you’re missing if you’ve ever failed at decluttering – it’s because you need this AND minimalism! You know the minimalism drill, right? “All you need to do is declutter.” “If you decluttered, then you’d have your life together.” Except by now, you’re getting kind of suspicious of them and wondering if this whole thing was a scam. Today’s topics:· Why minimizing won’t automatically fix your mom schedule· Why purging your kids’ toys doesn’t equate to getting help around the house·...
2024-04-1604 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsCan’t seem to let go of the chores when running your business? Here’s why you aren’t getting any help around the house as a work-at-home mom!Today we’re talking about why you aren’t getting any help around the house if you can’t seem to let go of the chores. “Your reality will always follow your expectations.” That’s from Allie Casazza. So if that’s true, and it is, what have you been telling yourself about your life, your home, or your kids? (Maybe even your husband?) What about your closets or kitchen? Today’s topics:· What you’re truly, deep down anticipating from your #momlife· How your family (especially the kids) is just fulfilling your e...
2024-04-0905 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsIs mom guilt popping up around the chores? Here’s why work-at-home moms feel guilty talking about what their kids do for chores!If you’ve started to make over your household the way I share, I bet that sometimes you’re hiding how good your life is from your mom friends or relatives.Why? Because you’re not comfortable living there yourself! Today's topics:The mindset shift it takes before you can easily hand off chores to the kidsWhy you’re worried about other people’s opinions of your parentingWhat’s wrong with letting naysayers speak into your motherhoodStop waffling over your parenting convictions, and get back on course.The...
2024-04-0406 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsHow much longer are you going to wait before getting help with the chores as a WAHM? (Pep talk for you as a busy work-at-home mom!)I’m serious. Do you have a 5-year plan? A 1-year plan? A “just as soon as I’m post-partum cleared with this baby” plan?‘Cause I sure don’t hear any delegating going on over there!Today's topics:· Delegation pep talk (for when you’re avoiding outsourcing)· 5 powerful journal prompts that will uncover what you’ve been hiding behind your excuses· Why chore delegation doesn’t have to be an emotional issue for youIf you’re ready, it’s time. Time to do this. Time to be set free.Time to...
2024-04-0207 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsWhy you need to let up the pressure on your homeschooling if you’re a mom who’s running an online business, too!Today we’re talking about why you need to let up the pressure on your homeschooling if you’re a mom who’s running an online business, too. If you’re a business mom AND you’re a homeschooler, we need to talk. Now. Because you can’t keep on pressuring yourself to grow to 6 figures AND give your kids the best education ever, both at once. (And that’s completely skipping the house, the meals, your husband, your friend life, and even yourself! Not going to fly.) ...
2024-03-2804 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsToo much housework? Why you need to push back on this cultural narrative for moms if you're working from home and take back your day!Maybe you’ve already given up. You think, “housework just takes up too much of my time to get anything else done or have a life outside the kids and school.”In other words, “I’m overloaded – and that’s the way it’s going to be.”Today's topics:· Are you packing too many hours into your cooking and cleaning role?· What standards have you been holding yourself to? (That no one else is!)· Why you’re holding onto those chores and refusing to lighten your loadI know it’s hard. I know it’s changin...
2024-03-2605 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsShort on time? Here’s why you can never finish that to-do list as an online business owner (plus the productivity hack you should do instead!)Today we’re talking about why you can never finish that to-do list (plus the productivity hack you should do instead), when you’re short on time as a mom. Listen, guys - you’re not supposed to be checking off every single one of those 50-item whole-house cleaning lists! That’s for bored single housekeepers or empty nesters (ahem). This is why you never have enough time in your cleaning schedule as a mom – because the system wasn’t designed for you to ever cross it all off!...
2024-03-2104 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsHomeschooling and doing it all? Why you need to implement delegation as a work-from-home homeschooling mom! (Plus my perspective!)Look – delegation is crucial. You can’t cook three meals from scratch, manage the kids, clean the house top to bottom, homeschool everybody, change all the diapers, AND get time to yourself for working out or talking to *your* friends without it.Today's topics:· What’s wrong with “you can do it all” culture· Why you’re letting busyness steal your memories of your kids· How to shatter the homeschooling mold and delegate parts of your #momlifeYou’re allowed to skip that part of #momlife. Of homeschooling. Of hou...
2024-03-1806 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsTrouble delegating in your work-at-home life? Here’s why you need to do what you’re good at (plus how to say “no thank you” to new responsibilities!)Today we’re talking about why you need to stay in your lane and do what you’re good at (plus how to say “no thank you” to new responsibilities!) if you’re having trouble delegating. There’s a lot of talk about delegating out there, but how do you know *which* things you should delegate, and which ones you just need to make yourself do them and keep? Here’s a startling new perspective for you on this matter, courtesy of Allie Casazza. Today’s topics:· ...
2024-03-1405 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsGetting pressured by family? Here’s what to do when relatives shame you for outsourcing chores to your kids when you work from home!Today we’re talking about what to do when relatives shame you for outsourcing chores to your kids – aka, how to handle getting pressured by the family.You thought delegating was going to make your life easier. What you didn’t realize was that it was going to make those nosy relatives harder.Today’s topics:Why your relatives are even harder on you once you start outsourcing tasksThe two biggest false beliefs that are keeping you from delegating houseworkHow to not get sucked into taking back chores you’ve already delegated
2024-03-1104 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsWorried your kids are doing too much around the house while you work? Here’s how to know if you’re expecting too much of your kids!Are you worried that you’ve asked your kids to help out *too* much? That they’re doing too big a portion of the work?Here’s how to tell if that worry is true, or just your brain kicking up stuff at you. Today's topics:· How to use your mom intuition to your advantage· What to do when you’re worried you don’t *want* to change, but should· How to get out of the perfectionism trap when going in a new directionIt’s going to be worth it.
2024-03-0705 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsAre you an introverted mom? These are the secret pros for your kids when they have an introverted mom who's got a business!Guess what – your kids *do* get some sneaky benefits when they’ve got an introvert for a mom! So let’s ditch the “too bad they aren’t having the best childhood they could be if I was different” game and start playing to your strengths.Today's topics:· Modeling a “work till you’re tired” philosophy· Why that’s different from most parenting· Inoculating your kids against workaholismWhere can you reframe your introvert energy level to a positive thing *for your kids*, particularly in your day-to-day life?
2024-02-2703 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsClient Case Study: My husband doesn’t like the changes I’m making in our family – do I have to quit? Productivity advice for the work at home mom!How many times have you made a change in your life that your husband didn’t like?A lot, right?We can’t pretend this isn’t here when I’m asking you to make *major* life changes to your #momlife, your workload, and the way you involve your kids. I would be doing you a disservice to ignore it.So today, let’s talk about dealing with frustration from your husband as you move through your own life change.You've g...
2024-02-2203 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsFeel like nobody understands you? If you’re an introverted online business owner, here’s why! (Plus what you can do about it!)You know what? You’re right! People *don’t* understand you as an introvert mom. (Unless they’re introverts themselves, of course!)But this is what I want to reframe for you today.Today's topics:· What it means to reject cultural extroversion standards· How to release the pressure of “I need a different personality”· Why you’re allowed to not want noiseYou’re exactly the way God made you, and He called it good. Are you ready to live like you believe it?
2024-02-2003 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsLots of kids but desperately need quiet to work on your business? Here’s how to get time for yourself!I’m an introverted mom with 5 kids, and I get you.I know what it’s like to want a big family and yet yearn for quiet.Today's topics:· The twin realities of being “mom” and needing time to yourself· You don’t actually need to be doing everything you think you do· Why you get to stop when you’re out of juiceLet’s do this. Let’s get you unbusy. Because I know what it feels like, and I’m going to get you out of there.You’ve go...
2024-02-0603 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsDealing with naysayers? Here’s what to do if they don't like the way you run your family as a work-from-home mom!You’ve run into those naysayers, right? The ones that say, “oh, I would never do things that way – are you sure you know what’s best? Aren’t you afraid it’ll never work out?”And they send you right into a worry spiral about your parenting choices, your schooling choices, or your run-a-business-while-having-kids choices while you stand there and watch.Today's topics:Why unsolicited outside opinions disrespect your role as motherWhose job it actually is to raise your childrenHow to hold boundaries around your God-given family prioritiesYou weren’t...
2024-02-0103 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsNew year, new slate? How to set yourself up for amazing success this year in your online business!Have you ever dreaded a day like today? (Did that happen, just this morning?)Let’s turn that thinking around and get you set on the path to success. (Nothing fancy here – just you, enjoying your life.)Today's topics:· A curated list of “new start” affirmations for your #momlife· The top new belief you need to hold· How to get started - practically! - on the road to changeRepeat this episode if you want, really get these prompts in your head, and then walk around your day with this new...
2024-01-3003 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsHow to pinpoint your first productivity domino right now as a business owning mom! (Productivity hack!)What’s going wrong for you right now? (You know, getting in your way, tripping you up, and holding you down?) Today's topics:· The power of “first domino” thinking· Practical examples of some typical first dominoes for moms· The first thing you need to do once you’ve found your dominoI know you’ve got this – that you’re totally capable of making big change.So go out there and act like it.You’ve got this, sister.AlyssaRoutines for introverted w...
2024-01-2303 min
The Unbusy Mom - take your time back strategies for business momsHey overachieving business mom: do you truly enjoy getting things done? I bet not – here’s why! (Time to get rid of your mental expectations!)I know you like checking things off your to-do list. But do you really enjoy anything else in the process *besides* that final checkmark?This mental state best described by a quote I heard from Christine Lynn. She says: “For a lot of my clients, getting things done isn't the issue. They're type-A, go-getters... and they're going to get things done. Whether they enjoy the process is a totally separate issue.”Today's topics:· How to get out of the “type A” rut· Journal prompts to uncover what’s beneath the...
2024-01-1604 min