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THE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity95 | How to Dress as the Resilient Mum You Want to Be with Nikki HinrichsWhen you wake up in the morning and open your cupboard, does getting dressed fill you with joy or do you spend ages staring at the pile of clothes, wondering whether you can get away with wearing the same outfit that you feel so comfortable in for the third time this week?
When you dress in alignment with your personal brand, it can make you feel more confident and more certain and may even leave you feeling less stressed and overwhelmed!
Nikki Hinrichs is a certified Christian image consultant who combines her faith and style...2025-05-2026 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity94 | Why Balance is a Lie (And What You REALLY Need!)Work life balance is something I hear nearly every working mum say she wishes she had more of. But in this episode, I debunk the balance myth and offer you a different strategy to help you find the peace and ease you are after.
Stop striving for balance and start living a life that is full and fun when you use the tool I offer in this episode.
If you would like to connect with me, follow the links below:
Find me on Instagram or Facebook: @charlottecoaches
Find me on LinkedIn: h...2025-05-1328 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity93 | LIVE COACHING - How Can I Find Balance and Have More Time for Me?As a working mom of two, Kristen was desperate to find some work life balance and to have a bit more time for herself.
In this coaching session, she had originally asked for some practical scheduling help so that she could find that balance. But as we dug deeper, she realised what the real issue is and was able to find some relief as I offered her a different perspective on her busy-ness and how she might be able to manage her time.
Grab a notebook and pen for this episode as you might like...2025-05-0638 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity92 | Feeling Numb, Snappy or Checked Out? This is Your Wake Up CallAre you feeling detached, unmotivated or impatient? Do you wish you had more energy and could be more focused but everything just feels like hard work?
So many working moms are living like this and in this episode, I talk about why this is happening and how you can overcome it so that you can have more energy and feel excited about life again!
If you would like to connect with me, follow the links below:
Find me on Instagram or Facebook: @charlottecoaches
Find me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.c...2025-04-2921 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity91 | Wish You Felt More Confident? The Confidence Hack Nobody Talks AboutAs a working mum, you lead yourself and your family and you are a leader in your workplace. As a leader, you need to be able to make decisions, set boundaries and be clear and certain.
This is not so easy when you don’t feel confident. And the problem is that we are all looking for other people to build our confidence.
Here is one surprising way that you can build your confidence that will change your life and the lives of those around you. Give it a try and come into...2025-04-2232 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity90 | No More Decision Fatigue When Feeding Your Family with Alicia RoseFeeding your family can feel like a huge burden as a working mom who comes home exhausted at the end of the day. The last thing you want to think about is what to cook when you are already struggling with decision fatigue.
In this episode with Alicia Rose, wife, mom and suburban homesteader, she offers some simple meal planning systems you can use to make feeding your family less onerous and time consuming and more fun – and a really great opportunity for you to connect with your children!
To find out more about Alicia an...2025-04-1527 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity89 | Stressed Out Working Mom? One Way to Make Life Easier (Part 2)In this second part of our 2 part ‘miniseries’ around the stress of being a working mom, I offer 5 practical steps you can take so that life can feel easier so that you can get more done, be more present and generally perform at your best.
Stress is a choice and when you are resilient, you have the skill set to make a different choice so that you can be calmer, feel more peaceful and have the great relationships and the TIME that you so desperately long for!
If you would like to connect with me, foll...2025-04-0828 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity88 | Stressed Out Working Mom? One Way to Make Life Easier (Part 1)You think that you have all this stress coming at you and there is no way that you can handle it all. And you just wish that life as a working mum with so much to do, and all the mom guilt that you carry as a result, would feel easier and less overwhelming.
Living with stress is exhausting and can lead to burnout.
Here is one way you can get out of that cycle so that things can feel easier – and actually BE easier (because you are focused, present and productive!)
If...2025-04-0129 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity87 | Making Your Health a Priority as a Working Mom With Kelsey WickenhauserAs a working mum, it is so easy to put your health last and then you find yourself in a place where it feels impossible to feel good again and health ends up feeling like a mountain to climb.
In this great conversation with Kelsey Wickenhauser, we talk about why moms struggle to prioritise their health and how you can make your health a priority again so that you can say yes to all the things that come your way...for many years to come!
Kelsey is a Physician Assistant turned Chri...2025-03-2528 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity86.1 | Special Podcasthon Episode: The Children Who Got Me Here Before I Had My OwnThis week, I am bringing you a different kind of episode.
I am thrilled to be participating in the 3rd edition of Podcasthon where, for one week, more than a thousand podcasters will be talking about a charity of their choice.
This week I get to tell you about some very special children (and women) who have been a huge part of my journey.
To find out more about the Podcasthon and to discover over a thousand other podcasters who are part of this incredible drive, visit www.podcasthon.org.
If y...2025-03-1824 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity85 | A Simple Method to Have More TimeMore time. The one thing I hear working moms tell me they need more of time and time (!) again.
In this episode, we look at what is taking up your time (spoiler alert…it’s not all the things on your to do list or even just the time you waste scrolling through social media!!) and I give you a simple step by step method you can follow so that you have can have the time to spend with your family and do the things that YOU love to do!
If you would like to conn...2025-03-1127 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity84 | Mom Guilt - It's a GOOD Thing!Mom guilt is something that every working mom has experienced at one point or another. We feel guilty that we work too hard. Or that we don’t work enough. We feel guilty that we aren’t present or that we aren’t productive enough.
It can be heavy and it can lead to anxiety, overwhelm and burnout. OR it can be a friend that you use to guide your behaviour. In this episode, I talk about how you can get out of the guilt reactivity loop and find yourself grateful for guilt and the way that it...2025-03-0418 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity83 | Stop Making Excuses for Your Distraction. This is the Reason You Can't FocusGetting things done is one of the biggest causes of stress for working moms.
There is a to do list as long as your arm and it never seems like there is enough time in the day to complete it.
And you think that it is the to do list that is causing your distraction.
In this episode, I explain that it is NOT the to do list that is causing you to jump from task to task.
I offer you one way you...2025-02-2514 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity82 | Navigating the Complexities of Self Care With Emma BenyonNavigating the concept of self care is a big topic for moms, let alone for working moms! Why do we struggle with this concept?
In this interview with coach and self care expert, Emma Benyon, we talk about the importance of modeling self care to our children because it is an integral part of not just being able to serve but also of our health not just in this season but in every season of our lives.
Emma Benyon is a Coach for Busy Mums, Self Care Expert and Educator supporting mum...2025-02-1831 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity81 | How to Feel Like Newly Weds When Your Children Take Up So Much SpaceDo you ever look back on when you first got married and wonder if you will ever feel that way again? How will you find your way back to that place when there is so much to do and you are so stressed and exhausted and overwhelmed and resentful?
You cannot imagine a time when you didn't have to give so much of your attention to your children and a time when you had time for yourself.
There is a way back. This episode outlines the steps you can take to fin...2025-02-1121 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity80 | Stuck in a Cycle of Stress and Overwhelm? There IS a Way Out!It is easy to keep trying and trying and to find yourself stressed and overwhelmed when you don’t get the results that you want. And then to find yourself shouting in frustration. And then to feel that mom guilt that washes over you when you do what you told yourself you wouldn’t.
This episode invites you to try a new tactic this year, one that will help you to problem solve, communicate better and build great relationships. Join me on this journey in 2025!
If you would like to connect with me, follow the link...2025-02-0422 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity79.1 | The Resilient Mum Podcast Launches TODAY!This short bonus episode tells you about why I started this podcast and why I have changed its name.
I look forward to many more years of teaching stress managements strategies to you, incredible professional mom managing the juggle of home and work, and to helping you build your resilience!
If you would like to connect with me, follow the links below:
Find me on Instagram or Facebook: @charlottecoaches
Find me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-haggie-5a2451282/
Check out my website: www.charlottehaggie.com
If...2025-01-2908 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity79 | The Best Way to Feel Happy This Year as a Working MomHappiness is something we desperately want for our children but also something that we strive for and that is not always easy to find as working moms. Things can go wrong that cause us to be unhappy and we can feel, instead, overwhelmed, stressed and frustrated.
Here is one way that you can feel happier this year so that you can shout less, focus more, be less distracted and be more present and productive at home and at work. Be the mom you long to be while succeeding in and loving your work this year! ...2025-01-2819 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity78 | Life as The Gatekeeper of Everyone's Emotions with Cheyanne CleymanIt can often feel like you are what Cheyanne Cleyman terms so beautifully the ‘gatekeeper of everyone’s emotions’ as a working mom. When we had this conversation, she was living with her parents and her Belgian husband as well as her step-daughter, who did not speak much English, and her two small sons.
Cheyanne tells us about life in a situation where you are the mediator between different generations and teaches us about communicating to comprehend in this fantastic conversation.
Cheyanne is the host of The Energized Mama podcast and can be found on Instagr...2025-01-2144 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity77 | Find Your Flow and Be More Productive As You Start the YearThe beginning of the year can feel a bit like a crazy Monday morning. You look at all the things you put off at the end of last year and realise that you have SO much to catch up on!
Here are three tips to help you find your flow as you get started this year so that the heaviness of a Monday morning can be lifted and you can settle into a year of productivity and presence with less stress and overwhelm and more joy, fun and laughter in this season as a busy w...2025-01-1414 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity76 | Collapsing Under Working Mom Pressure? Do This One ThingPressure is something that we feel so much as working moms. Pressure to be a good mom but also do a good job at work. Pressure to cook the right kind of food and to keep a good home. Pressure to look a certain way. And all these pressure creates a huge amount of stress and overwhelm and leaves us feeling exhausted.
Here’s one reason why we feel so much pressure and one thing you can do to take the pressure off so that you can be more present, be more productive and find joy in this b...2025-01-0728 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity75 | New Year's Resolutions Hanging Over Your Head? Do This One Exercise!For us as mothers, New Years’ Eve can feel a bit like a noose tightening around our necks. Just as Christmas is over, you feel like you can slow down a bit and perhaps breathe for a moment…and then BAM you tell yourself you are going to give up chocolate, eat only kale and run 10 times a week this year. UGH!
Why does it feel like keeping your resolutions, whether they be New Year’s resolutions or the things you tell yourself you will do differently each day, is just so hard? This episode will expl...2024-12-3126 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity74 | A Christmas Message for Working Moms - You Get to DecideHappy Christmas Eve! My hope for you is that this Christmas is a peaceful, calm and joyful one where you can be present and remember all the precious moments.
If not, I hope that this episode helps you to figure out how it can be more like this so that as you go into 2025, you can start to build a life that is peaceful, confident, calm and at ease.
If you would like to connect with me, follow the links below:
Find me on Instagram or Facebook: @charlottecoaches
F...2024-12-2409 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity73 | Find More Time for You This ChristmasMore time is something that everyone working mother is after. But I want you to know that it is not about the number of hours you have in your day (of which it feels like there are not enough). You CAN have the time that you so desperately long for this Christmas. You just need to decide!
And this episode will help you figure out how to do that!
If you are struggling with this and would like some help, let’s set up a free time audit where we can look at where you are...2024-12-1730 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity72 | How To Slow Down So You Can Reach Your Goals - Lessons Learnt from Climbing KilimanjaroRacing to cross off all the things on your to do list is a bit like trying to climb a mountain only to find there is another mountain on the other side.
When you are always longing to get to the top of the mountain, to somewhere other than where you are, the feat can feel completely insurmountable. This is what climbing Mount Kilimanjaro taught me about the journey of being a working mom and about the rush and stress that it entails.
The lessons that mountain taught me about slowing dow...2024-12-1018 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity71 | Always in a Hurry? Slow Down Enough to Enjoy This Time of YearRush, rush, rush. Do, do, do. That’s what life as a mom and especially as a working mom feels like most of the time. But as the year comes to a close, there are a million other things to add to the already full list and it just seems like we have to run on double speed just to get through it all.
This episode gives you a chance to think about why you are rushing and what you could do instead so that you can live in a more calm, peaceful and intentional way...2024-12-0313 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity70 | From Mom Rage to Peace and Calm with Rachel FernandezRachel Fernandez is an anxiety management coach and the host of the Ditch Mom Anxiety podcast where she helps Christian working moms regulate their emotions by calming their nervous systems.
After struggling with debilitating anxiety through miscarriage, pregnancy, and eventual motherhood, Rachel learned the importance of supporting her nervous system with food, rest, movement, and mindset so she could show up as a present, joyful mom. She loves to help other moms find their own path to healing their anxiety so they can stop yelling, start laughing, and finally find their calm in motherhood.
You can...2024-11-2638 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity69 | Why You Keep Doing the Things You Promised Yourself You Wouldn’tHow often have you tried to do things differently, either promising yourself that you wouldn’t do this thing or you would do that thing? And the day goes by and you find yourself doing exactly what you promised yourself you wouldn’t or not doing what you promised yourself you would.
As a working mom, it is so easy to find yourself feeling stressed out, flustered, guilty and out of control. And when you are feeling like this, it is hard to think clearly and make decisions that will get you the results that you want. But...2024-11-1916 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity68 | Exhausted? Wiped Out? Running on Fumes? Why Stressed Out Working Moms Feel So TiredAs a professional and a mom, this working mom life can leave you feeling like you are literally just getting through the day, desperate for the next time you can lay your head on the pillow.
I have felt like that and when we are so exhausted that we feel like we are running on fumes, it is hard to find joy and be present in this season that we keep getting told is going to go by so fast. This episode explains why you feel so tired and gives you on step you can take to...2024-11-1218 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity67 | Good Mom Syndrome. It's Causing You So Much StressBeing the good mom is exhausting. Carrying the mental, emotional and physical load that comes with trying to do it all and be it all is causing you huge stress and anxiety.
Good mom syndrome is prevalent all over the world so you are not alone. But it is actually getting you the opposite results to what you want. The stress of trying to be the good mom is making you snappy, reactive and impatient, leaving you feeling guilty, tired and overwhelmed.
This episode explains why we experience good mom syndrome and gives you the f...2024-11-0525 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity66 | The Best Way to Get People to Listen for Working MomsAs a working mom with a career you love and a home that you want to give your best to, you carry so much of the mental and emotional load of life at both places. And sometimes all you want is for someone to do what you ask of them. But when you do finally ask someone to help you, nobody listens!
‘Are their ears painted on?’ is something I often wander around muttering to myself! It is so frustrating to feel like you are not being listened to or not being heard, whether this is at work...2024-10-2922 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity65 | Why We Lose Our Spark and How to Get it Back With Leigh RoseCan you remember when you had spark in your life? A time when you weren’t feeling the mom guilt you feel when you are trying to do everything, are stressed and overwhelmed but still seem to be failing?
Maybe you still do have that spark but its just a bit dimmer? Or maybe it is shining bright! Wherever you are, listen in to this episode!
Leigh Rose tells us all about why she thinks people have lost their spark and what you can do to get it back in this calm, peaceful interview where sh...2024-10-2228 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity64 | Your Attention Is a Gift. Give It Where It Matters MostYour attention is a most wonderful gift you can give to those around you and to yourself. It has a huge impact on your relationships and on your performance but it is also incredibly fragile. We are so easily distracted and our attention can be broken by the quickest glance at something else!
In this episode, we look at the three systems of attention and how they function to support one another and to support you as you go through your day, engaging with your work, engaging with those around you and engaging with yourself....2024-10-1530 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity63 | 5 Reasons Confident People Have More EnergyHave you ever noticed how confident people appear to have so much energy? And how lacking confidence can mean that generally, or after a specific event or situation, you are left feeling exhausted?
This episode digs a little deeper into how being confident and certain allows us to do the things that give us energy and also to not do the things that deplete our energy. And when we are confident, we are more able to manage our stress, we are more resilient and we are much more able to get the results that we want.
2024-10-0822 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity62 | LIVE COACHING: How Values Can Guide the Way You Work and ParentIn this vulnerable, honest coaching session, Amy wanted to find out how she could set boundaries without feeling guilty.
What it came down to was that she was trying to meet two different sets of values, one that belonged to her and one that belonged to the world.
By figuring out what her values are and what it means to live by these values, she could choose how she finds the space and time she needs while still being the mum, wife and friend that she wants to be.
If you would like to...2024-10-0136 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity61 | Sick of Trying to Lose Weight? One Reason It’s Not Happening That Nobody Talks AboutWhen you are a mum, losing weight becomes harder than ever before. So much changes and it just seems to become more and more of an effort.
If you have found yourself trying everything under the sun when it comes to your weight loss as a working mom, listen to this episode where I talk about the thing that gets ignored when it comes to how we go about this process.
When you look at losing weight this way, you will see that there is real hope for you!
If...2024-09-2414 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity60 | You Have Time Even When You Think You Don’t With Lissa FigginsDo you wish you had more time? Does it feel like the to do list is never ending and you don’t have time to finish all the things that need to get done let alone have some time to do the things you love?
In this interview with Lissa Figgins, time stewardship coach, we talk about how you DO have time and how asking yourself one question can change your perception around time and around how much time you have.
Watch Lissa's free masterclass here: https://redeemhertime.com/masterclass
Listen to...2024-09-1737 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity59 | The REAL Key to Finding BalanceAs working moms, we are all after more balance. But when you think about balance, what does it mean to you? Is it two sides of a scale? Or is it balancing on a beam?
While we spend a lot of time desperately trying to find balance, I believe that there is only one way to truly create balance in your life and I talk about it in this episode today.
If you would like to connect with me, follow the links below:
Find me on Instagram or Facebook: @charlottecoaches
Find...2024-09-1014 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity58 | Why You Struggle to Be ConsistentHow often have you ‘decided’ that today/this month/this year you are going to do something and you are going to stick to it?
And by lunch time or within a week or a month, you realise that you are doing exactly what you said you weren’t going to do or you are not doing what you said you were going to do?
You are not alone! Being consistent is hard for all of us and especially for us as working moms. But I want to tell you that it is NOT about willpow...2024-09-0335 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity57 | Leading Yourself So You Can Lead Others as a Working Mom With Guest Angela BuckleyIn this hugely insightful interview with Angela Buckley, we talk about her journey of working motherhood and how she has had a very successful career while also spending real quality time with and instilling in her son the values of leadership, including the importance of community.
It was truly an honour to share this time with someone who is so clearly capable and strong and able to be vulnerable in how she leads both herself and those around her. I believe that Angela visibly showcases the elements of resilience that can allow us to stand firm and...2024-08-2743 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity56 | It’s Not Your to Do List Stealing Your PresenceEvery working mom I have ever talked to or worked with has told me that she struggles with being present. She finds it hard to be with her children without thinking about all she has to do and she finds it difficult to focus on her work without being distracted by the endless list running through her mind.
Today, I am here to tell you that it is NOT your to do list that is keeping you from being present or focused. And that you CAN do something about the things that are distracting you and tearing y...2024-08-2048 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity55 | Longing for a Life of Calm and Ease? You Can Have It!My mission is to help working moms build the mental muscles of resilience so that they can enjoy this busy season of life and can do so calmly and with peace and confidence.
The truth is that you CAN be successful at work while being present with your family and building deep relationships with them without feeling exhausted and overwhelmed by it all.
In this episode I tell you how you can do this so that you can create a new way of being that allows you to get the results that you want in a...2024-08-1332 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity54 | The Road to Resilient - A Place of Calm, Confidence and Peace as a Working MomLife as a working mom is stressful. You have so much to do. You feel guilty for doing or not doing things. There are so many expectations on you and needs that you are trying to meet.
I have been there and have found myself in the spin that comes with feeling stressed and anxious all the time. This episode tells the story of how I moved from this place of overwhelm and exhaustion, feeling frustrated and stuck, to a place of calm and peace and confidence.
It has been a journey of learning, discovery an...2024-08-0622 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity53 | LIVE COACHING: How Do I Stay Present in the Moment With My Children?In this live coaching session, Amanda wanted some help figuring out how she could lose her temper less and could be more present with her children, giving them the attention they need and crave so that their cups can be filled.
I loved the intentionality of this session where she was vulnerable enough to get to know what blockages she had that were causing her to snap at her children or struggle to play with them without being drawn to the millions of things that needed doing.
As a result, she walked away with some...2024-07-3035 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity52 | Failing at Home and at Work? Success Is 3 Steps Away!When there are so many balls in the air, it is easy to feel like we are dropping some or not juggling them very well at all. As working moms, this can leave us feeling defeated and exhausted.
But there are things we can do so that we can feel like we are succeeding and so that we can enjoy this season with more calm, feeling confident in the way we are parenting and working and finding it all so much easier.
If you would like to connect with me, follow the links below:
...2024-07-2314 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity51 | How to Say No Without Feeling GuiltyOooh, the discomfort of mom guilt! What a thing! It can rule our lives so much that we would rather give up our own boundaries and our needs in order to avoid it.
This episode was a live that I did in my Facebook group which I would love to invite you to be a part of. You can join here: bit.ly/managingmumcommunity
It gives you a new perspective on setting boundaries and saying no that I think might help you to let go of the guilt and start to get...2024-07-1636 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity49 | 3 Ways to Bust School Holiday AnxietyI know that the mid year school holidays can cause huge stress and anxiety. I have felt it myself and I have heard numerous mums talking about it in various places. So if you have felt a bit of dread about this period, you are not alone!
I believe that there are ways that we can feel different about this time, however. Ways that, rather than leaving us depleted, irritable and snappy, can give us the energy to cope with all that it entails and to find some real joy in the precious time it g...2024-07-0217 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity47.1 | Find More Time Friday - The Relationship Between Time and ValuesI had a great session with a colleague once that highlighted so much to me about my relationship with time and also with money. I bring the exercise she did with me to this episode today so that you can benefit from the lesson I learnt about the relationship between our values and time, including how much time we have.
In this third Find More Time Friday, grab a notebook and pen and really dig into the exercise as it is sure to offer you an aha moment that might change your whole perception of how...2024-06-2113 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity47 | 5 Questions to Shift Your Mindset as a Working MomThis episode is inspired by 5 questions I got from Marie Forleo, the author of a book called ‘Everything is Figureoutable’.
I loved these questions and thought that as working mums, they can be so useful to help us be curious about where we are unsatisfied or stuck and where we want to make changes.
When we know what is causing us discomfort in the way that we are operating, we can find a way to move towards a calm mindset, one that allows us to be patient, to make choices that create more time, and to bu...2024-06-1829 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity46.1 | Find More Time Friday - A Formula for More TimeMore time is something that we, as working moms, long for. And more specifically more me-time, time to slow down, breathe and perhaps do something for ourselves.
I believe that this time comes from doing something in the moments when we feel like we have no time. And this formula offers a reminder for what you can do in the moment to help you have more time.
To register for the Take Back Your Time Workshop on 2 July 2024 at 7pm SAST, click here: bit.ly/takebacktimeworkshop
If you would like to c...2024-06-1408 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity46 | Build Boundaries Between Work and Home: Be More Organised With This Simple ToolAre you a fly by the seat of your pants kind of person? Do you wish you could be more organized but can't seem to figure out how (or perhaps even why?!)
There is a fluster and chaos that comes with not having a plan in place and even though planning might feel uncomfortable to you, it makes such a difference to how productive you are.
Today I outline the method I use to help me plan, to create structure and set boundaries in my life that allow me to get things done, be focused...2024-06-1126 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity45.1 | Find More Time Friday - What Happens When You Think You Have No TimeIn preparation for the Take Back Your Time Workshop on 2 July, every Friday for the month of June will be Find More Time Friday where I will be bringing you a short bonus episode with some concept or thought or experience I have of how you can have more time as a working mom.
To register for the Take Back Your Time Workshop on 2 July 2024, click here: bit.ly/takebacktimeworkshop
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2024-06-0710 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity45 | Never Have Enough Time? Stop Making These 3 ExcusesTime is a finite thing and it can feel like it is slipping through our fingers. Have you ever found that there are times when you can get so much done that you suddenly have a bit of time to spare? If so, what was different about that situation?
I would imagine that you possibly were enjoying the things you were doing and so there were no other distracting thoughts running through your head. This episode looks at some of those thoughts that cause us to get distracted, be unproductive and end up overwhelmed by the to...2024-06-0414 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity44 | LIVE COACHING: How Do I Stop Snapping and Be More Patient?Sarah had been struggling to keep her patience with her toddler and her husband and found herself snapping at them. Since becoming a mom and working on her business at the same time, she had lost sight of what she did to bring her joy and find her peace and she was looking for help in finding a way to be more patient and to remember what she loved to do.
In this live coaching session, we worked through the challenges Sarah was facing and how she could live her life less reactively. She wanted to feel li...2024-05-2838 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity43 | The One Thing Working Moms Can Do to Slow Down and Be CalmerCalm is something I used to envy in other working mums, or even SAHM mums, that seemed to have it all together. I might have looked calm on the outside but underneath it all, I was paddling furiously to keep myself afloat, I was exhausted and behind the scenes was chaos.
But I have learnt how to slow down, how to be calmer and more patient and I am sharing one great way I have done this with you today.
I hope that what you learn in this episode helps you to find some time fo...2024-05-2124 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity42 | Set Boundaries So That You Can Be More Productive With Mahnaz SharifThis episode is a fabulous conversation with Mahnaz Sharif all about boundaries and how setting boundaries can support our productivity and our wellbeing!
Mahnaz empowers Mums whose business dreams are buried under family needs. Most mums know the feeling of being sandwiched between what their family needs from them and the business they want to create.
With a degree in mathematics and 20 years of experience as an analyst, Mahnaz is a Mum of two teens and the Founder of the “Build with Boundaries Podcast” - her clients learn to work in harmony, and respect their time and...2024-05-1439 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity41 | My Journey From Hating Exercise to Completing a Half IronmanAs a young girl, the thought of exercise made me feel exhausted, heavy and lethargic. I would do everything I could not to exercise.
Little did I know that a few years later, I would be a rower, would be running half marathons and would be completing a half ironman. My story is one that I think that we could possibly all relate to in some area of our lives. It might give you the motivation to shift some beliefs that are keeping you stuck, stopping you from setting boundaries, longing for some time for you, wishing tha...2024-05-0715 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity40 | Feeling Stuck? 5 Ways to Move From Striving to FlowAre you feeling stuck in some area of your life? In your role as a working mom or in your role at work? In your health or in your relationships? Do you feel like you just can’t see way out of the situation and the way that things are going but you know that you want things to be different?
Today's episode offers five steps to getting unstuck that I have tried and tested on myself and my clients and that can help you to find freedom from the heaviness of feeling stuck so that you ca...2024-04-3022 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity39.1 | BONUS EPISODE 2 - The Impact of Stress on How Much Time You Have as a Working MomYou are stressed and overwhelmed and just wish you had a moment for yourself. The to do list goes on and on and you aren't sure when you are going to get it all done. You snap at the children, want to cry and feel like you are going to break at any moment.
This episode looks at how this state of stress can lead to the fact that we have even less time and how that then perpetuates the cycle as we get more exhausted and feel more panicked and anxious.
But there is a wa...2024-04-2631 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity39 | How to Close Your Laptop When You Still Have Things to DoAt the end of the day, do you find it really hard to close your laptop and stop thinking about the to do list and all the things that you didn’t get done? Do you feel drawn back to it and find yourself working after hours or unable to be present with your family or even yourself?
The overstimulation of all that is required of us during the day can leave us exhausted and on top of this, we find ourselves distracted and with not enough time. This makes it hard to close down at the end...2024-04-2322 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity38.1 | BONUS EPISODE - 3 Ways You Can Take Back Your TimeWe all long for more time. Time to do the have tos and time to do the want tos! But it feels like there is never enough of this precious resource and we are running around trying to fit everything in while feeling flustered and exhausted.
Today, I offer three practical ways that you can take back your time so that you can get more done in the day and so that you can feel energized and on top of things. You can stop feeling that mom guilt that happens when you still have things to do bu...2024-04-1812 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity38 | Struggling to Stay Focused? Stop doing These 3 ThingsWhen the to do list is as long as our arms, it is so easy to jump from task to task, suddenly remembering that something needs to be done or reacting to a request for something from one of the many people who have needs or expectations of us. We are distracted, there isn't enough time to fit everything in and we end up feeling guilty for not working or parenting properly.
When we are overstimulated by all the demands that are coming at us from outside, we carry a hidden stress that is heavy and we e...2024-04-1615 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity37 | Lesson’s Learnt About Living From My Daughter’s Open-Heart SurgeryOn 9 June 2022, my two-year-old daughter was wheeled into theatre to undergo open heart surgery. As I watched her prepare for the surgery and in the days following this ordeal, I was in awe of how she managed the whole process and it got me thinking about why she was able to do so with such calm and ease and peace.
It made me think about how we could live our lives more like this and so I offer my journey through this process and my learnings from this journey in today’s episode.
If you woul...2024-04-0925 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity36 | Money vs Time. The Debate Between Working Full Time and Being With Your ChildrenDo you feel like you are constantly chasing your tail, trying to balance the time you spend at work and the time you spend at home? Do you wish you had more time for your children and yourself and that you could give up some of your work time but you need the money? Does the work life balance seem impossible to find and you wish you could feel less stressed and more in control?
Today, we are talking about the tension between time and money when it comes to being a working mum and what we c...2024-04-0218 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity35 | 3 Ways Back to Me Time and What Brings You Joy and BalanceDo you find that you never have a chance to do the things that you love? Or you actually can’t even remember what it was that you used to do that brought you joy? One of the biggest problems I have come across for working moms is finding ‘me-time’ or taking any time for ourselves if the time does come up or is offered to us. We end up out of balance, impatient and frustrated.
What I have learnt is how much better we are as moms, employees, managers and people when we are energised by doing th...2024-03-2619 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity34 | How Her Beliefs Caused Her Anxiety and How That Changed With Shan WrightToday, I had the great privilege of spending time with Shan Wright who lives in Indiana USA, a working mom of 4 and a registered nurse and wellness coach so we have a little bit in common!
Shan’s passion for holistic healing and wellness grew after her experience with postpartum anxiety. She now shares the solutions she uses for intentional and peaceful motherhood on the Top 3% globally ranked podcast, Holistic Moms.
In today’s episode, Shan tells us a bit about her journey from being a perfectionist with anxiety to finding her calling through her fait...2024-03-1950 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity33 | LIVE COACHING: How Do I Stay Focused so I Can Get Everything Done?In this coaching call, Diane was looking for some help with time management. She came to me looking for strategies to shut out the noise and focus on what matters in every time block and each area of her life.
We worked through what isn’t working for her. She was distracted and found that she wasn't productive when she had the time to be. She developed a plan that she could take away and implement to help her stay disciplined and focused on the task at hand.
See if you can follow along and pra...2024-03-1227 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity32 | A Bit More About My Journey of Working Motherhood 🥳WITH A BIRTHDAY GIFT INSIDE🎁Today is my birthday and so I am excited to share a little bit more about where I have come from and where I am today. We look at the tools that I have used to make changes in my life and to transform it from one of striving and fluster and not doing anything properly to one of focus and feeing in control of my future, able to keep that work life balance and enjoy my work and my motherhood.
My aim to is to look back on my life when I am near the end...2024-03-0517 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity31 | The Secret Weapon to Living a Slower, Calmer Life With BalanceSometimes we lie in bed and wonder how we could make a change to the relentless rush and hamster wheel of life. Or at least, I have done that many nights of my life!
And I have found that there is one thing that I can do that can allow me the space and the freedom to slow down and to respond life the way that I want to, living it more intentionally rather than just reacting to whatever next thing gets thrown at me.
I offer this one thing to you today and invite yo...2024-02-2726 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity30 | Find the Focus You Need to Get Things Done as a Working MumOnce the children are settled at school and the year is in full swing, we still have to get back into the swing of work if we have been out of it over the holidays. I found that my work took a bit of a backseat while I was getting everyone ready and into the new school year and now I am back at my desk and need to hit the ground running!
This can sometimes feel like a slog when we have hundreds of emails to reply to or things to catch up on. Or when w...2024-02-2010 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity29 | VALENTINE'S SPECIAL: How to Connect With Your Husband and Feel ‘In Love’ AgainConnecting with someone is the foundation of any relationship. If you do not connect with someone, it is hard to keep that relationship going.
In the busy-ness of working and mothering life, there is little time to think about how we connect. Sometimes we do and sometimes we don’t and if we don’t, we don’t often take time to think about why not. This Christmas, I took some time to figure out why I was feeling disconnected from my husband. The realization I had and the conversation we had afterwards helped us make a change...2024-02-1314 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity28 | Manage the Back to School/New School ExhaustionThis is a busy season for working moms. After the holidays, we are flung into back-to-school activities with everything new whether it is a new class or a new school altogether, or just a new year after the festivities of the Christmas holidays!
It can be exhausting and this exhaustion can cause us to be impatient, irritable and generally not the way we want to be.
I followed the three steps I offer in this episode to get myself off the kitchen floor and to find joy in the juggle again, feeling energized and ready...2024-02-0615 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity27 | Resentment Eating You Up? Time to Take Back the Fork!If you are anything like me, resentment is a part of your life, even more so now that you are a mum trying to manage the mental and emotional load and fit everything in that needs to get done. It is a really hard emotion to put down and it can cause real chasms and break downs in relationships.
Today’s episode offers a new take on resentment that might allow you to be able to put it down, to take back the fork so that it can stop eating you up and you can start to br...2024-01-3015 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity26 | Do This One Thing to Get the Results You WantAre you struggling to see results even though it feels like you are working so hard? Do you wonder why you can’t see to make any progress? Do you wish you could feel less pressured and more at ease?
In every area of our lives, there is one thing we can do to make sure that we make progress and that we get the results that we want. Today’s episode talks about this and offers 6 tips to moving closer to our goals and achieving the results that we want whether that be for great relationships at ho...2024-01-2327 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity25 | The Anxiety Equation. Shift Your Perspective and Get ControlFeeling anxious is something that we have all experienced in varying degrees. But why do some people find certain situations anxiety provoking while others seem to manage them or even thrive in them? Why do some people get overwhelmed, lose focus and feel stressed when other can remain calm and peaceful and in control?
Today’s conversation takes a look at an equation that offers a different perspective on anxiety that might allow you to understand it a little bit better. This perspective might help you make changes to the way that you approach a situation so that...2024-01-1616 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity24 | My Word for 2024 to Anchor Me and Keep Me Focused and CalmI think it is really useful to have a word for the year that keeps us aligned to our goals and can help to ground us when things get a little chaotic so that we can keep balanced and feel more in control.
This year, I have chosen a word that is going to remind me what I am doing with this podcast and as a working mum. It is a word that you, too, can use to make the work that you do at work and at home feel less onerous and heavy!
If yo...2024-01-1514 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity23 | Sick of Giving Up On Your New Years Resolutions? Try This One ExerciseIt is the beginning of a new year. And we all have a list of resolutions that we are going to keep THIS YEAR! We are going to be more organized. We are going to be more consistent with our eating/exercise/parenting strategy. We are going to stop shouting at the children so much. We are going to be more self-controlled. We are going to be healthier. We are going to find more balance and be less stressed.
The question is why it has been so hard to keep these resolutions up until now? And what can...2024-01-0225 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity22 | POST CHRISTMAS EPISODE! Intermittent Fasting. Why it Helps You Lose Weight and How You Can StartStruggling to lose weight? Wish you had more control of what you eat and how much you eat? Do you want to find a way of life that makes you feel clearer and cleaner and healthier in your body and in your mind? Longing to focus on your work and be more productive but there is so much noise in your head about what works and what doesn't?
I have always struggled with my weight and I have been on and off the diet roller coaster much of my life. It has been stressful and overwhelming. But...2023-12-2629 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity21 | Overwhelmed by Life? 3 Non-negotiables Supporting My Work Life BalanceWhen the balls are all in the air and you feel overwhelmed and like you need more time, it is easy to drop the balls that appear to be not ‘as important’. These are generally the things that are the most important for us, the working mum, the things that keep us going and make us feel good as mums and as women.
I have three non-negotiables in my day that I know I need in order to maintain my work life balance. They make sure that I feel physically, mentally and emotionally healthy so that I can...2023-12-1910 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity20 | How to Ask For Help So That You Actually Get it and Can Have More TimeIn this second part of our two part ‘series’ on asking for help, we look at how you can ask for help in a way that you will actually get it so that you can have more time to get things done, can focus and be more productive and can feel less stressed about your to do list!
If you haven’t yet, I really recommend that if you struggle to ask for help, you listen to part one first. This episode offers clarity around why it is hard to ask for help and why it causes such an...2023-12-1219 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity19 | Exhausted by Having to Do it All? How to Be Ok With Asking for HelpAsking for help can be really hard for a lot of us as working mums. And yet getting help might be the difference between failure and success. It can decrease our stress levels and allow us to be more productive so that we can focus more and in turn feel less stressed!
There are various reasons why it might be difficult for us to ask for help. Getting to know these gives the chance to get past our blockages so that we can ask for help. By doing this one thing, we have more time, we are...2023-12-0527 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity18 | The Working Mom’s Guide to Getting Through And Enjoying ChristmasI love Christmas and all that it means. But in recent years since I have become a mom, I have found that there is so much to do and so much to think of that it has become less joyful and more arduous and there are times that I have wished it was over!
I have found it all very stressful and have struggled with the mental load, longing for more time to get it all done and wishing I could be more present in all the fun activities. I have felt the mom guilt of missing C...2023-11-2831 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity17 | The Challenges We Face in this Modern Day as Women and Working MomsFor women, and especially working mums, the modern world brings so many new and different expectations and challenges that lead us to this struggle of trying to manage it all, wearing so many different hats at the same time. This episode looks at a few of the struggles we face as modern women who are working, looking after our homes, making sure all the needs of our children, colleagues and others around us are met, trying to find that elusive work life balance as well as providing everyone with a healthy, happy lifestyle!
While there are many ch...2023-11-2124 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity16 | Positive Body Image. What Is It and How Can You Foster It ?As women, we generally have a negative image of our bodies. We see everything that is wrong with them and this can cause us to feel and think and behave in a negative way. It can cause us to feel stressed, to snap or shout at those around us, to feel out of control and unable to prioritize ourselves.
I love helping women develop a more positive body image. It is not easy after many years of messaging that tells us our bodies are ‘wrong’ but when we can see ourselves in a different way, we find ourse...2023-11-1426 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity15 | The Rhino and Hedgehog. Two Responses to Conflict in Your MarriageDo you struggle with conflict in relationships? You might shy away from it or be the one who charges into it. But whichever way you go, it causes stress, frustration and anxiety.
Nicky and Sila Lee, in their pre-marriage and marriage course, offer a great analogy that can be helpful in how we manage conflict in our marriages or in any relationship and this is the focus of our discussion today.
Think about how you can use this analogy in your marriage or any other relationship to manage the conflict better so that you can f...2023-11-0716 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity14 | Use This One Tool to Manage the Overwhelm of the To Do ListIf you are anything like me, you have endless lists of things that need to get done. And once you tick one task off, another gets added. It is completely overwhelming and stressful and the mental load is huge.
Today’s conversation offers a tool that you can use to help you manage the to-do list a little bit better and can help you set boundaries so that you can focus on the tasks that are a priority and that can only be ticked off the to-do list once they are done.
By doing this, you...2023-10-3122 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity13 | The Top 5 Things You Should Experience Once in Your Life as a Working MomThis episode sprouted out of a post I saw on Facebook inviting comments on the 5 top things you should experience in your life.
This is my take on it and includes the 5 things that I think you should experience in your life as a working mum that you can experience without having to do anything crazy like jump out of an aeroplane or climb a mountain.
This list of experiences can bring you joy and pleasure and excitement every day of your life!
By doing these things, you can find ease and peace i...2023-10-2414 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity12 | Start the Day Calm and Confident With This One Morning RitualDo you ever start the day feeling like it is already a wash out? Like you are already on the back foot and you don’t know how to get back on an even keel? You wish you were more organized, that life was less stressful and that you had more work life balance but you can't seem to get it together?
By doing this super simple morning ritual, you can get back on track. You can take control of your day again and can do so feeling confident and in control!
You can find out...2023-10-1709 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity11 | Get Clear on What You Want and Then Go and Get It'What do I want?' is not a question we as working moms ask ourselves very often. It almost feels like it is taboo to think about what we want (especially if it's a bit more time for me!)
And yet, if we are not getting what we want, or perhaps it is more about what we need, then it is going to be a real struggle to get up in the morning and to be all we need to be for everyone else! We are going to struggle to be productive, organized and present where it...2023-10-1030 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity10 | The Positive Impact of Being a Working Mom on Family RelationshipsAre you worried about the impact that being a working mom is having on your children and your family, and in this case, specifically on the relationships within your family?
In this episode, we look at the positive impact that being a working mom can have on the relationships between you and your family based on research and on my own experience.
How can knowing this help you be focused and productive at work so that you can come home and be present with your children, creating that work life balance that we are all...2023-10-0317 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity09 | Multitasking vs Single-tasking - Increase Productivity and Decrease StressWe’ve all heard it said that women/moms can multitask and I think that as a result, we all end up doing it. Especially when there is so much to get done!
But do you ever find that when you multitask, you actually aren’t as productive as you would like to be or you find yourself snappy and irritable? You find that you actually lose control of the work life balance you are trying to create by multitasking?
Today, we are looking at why mono-tasking, or single tasking, is actually a better way for us...2023-09-2639 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity08 | Take Ownership of Your Life as a Working Mom and Feel Calm and in Control Despite the CircumstancesDo you find that you are easily triggered by the circumstances that you find yourself in? When a plan changes, or someone says something or gives you a look, do you find yourself reacting in a way that you wish you hadn’t, snapping at the children or losing your temper, ending up with a result that you didn’t want?
In this episode, I offer a few steps to take so you can take ownership of your reactivity and your life again and can get the results that you want, whether in your relationships, your health, arou...2023-09-1920 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity07 | Follow the Fun. Find Energy and Enthusiasm in Doing the Things That Make You Fizz!Have you forgotten what it’s like to have fun? Or to feel energized and enthusiastic about life? Do you feel heavy, exhausted and like everything is a bit of a drag. Going to work is tiring. Coming home at the end of the day feels overwhelming. And you just long to feel alive again?
This episode tells a little of my story about finding my fizz and following the fun again and talks about how you, too, can find your buzz and can be energetic and enthusiastic about life again.
Life can be easier and...2023-09-1217 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity06 | Failing as a Working Mom? 6 Tips to Feel Like You are Rocking ItWhen there are so many expectations to juggle as a working mum, it is no wonder that we feel like we are failing somewhere. It might be in our relationship with our children or in our roles at work or in looking after our bodies and our health. It might be in our marriages or in our role as a friend or a daughter. Or just in our relationship with ourselves.
This episode offers 6 tips to put into practice so that you can feel better about your performance so that, ironically, you can in fact perform better...2023-09-0524 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity05 | Let Go of the Guilt of Leaving Your Children at Home During the Holidays - Or Just Let Go of Mom Guilt Altogether!Mom guilt comes standard with being a mum, let alone with being a working mum/mom. Do you feel guilty when you go to work? Do you feel guilty when you are not working? Do you feel guilty when all you long for is to close the door and have a bath? Or go for a run? Or have shouted at your children?
You are not alone. Today’s episode looks at mom guilt, or guilt in general, from a different perspective so that you can do all these things without feeling guilty, turning each experience into a p...2023-08-2935 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity04 | Why We Compare Ourselves to Others and What We Can Do to Stop ItWe all compare ourselves to others in one way or another. It can sometimes drive us to be better but it can also cause us to feel depleted, unworthy and guilty. It can cause us to behave in ways we wish we hadn’t and is generally unhealthy.
Today’s episode looks at how we can keep our eyes in our lane, focused on the race ahead so that we can perform better and be more of the people that we actually can be. I offer 4 tips to help you move out of comparison and into a space...2023-08-2230 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity03 | Why Do I Wake Up Tired and Heavy Even After a Good Night’s Sleep?Do you ever wake up after a full night’s sleep and feel like you are walking through treacle? Or spend 3 hours watching Netflix and ‘relaxing’ but you still feel exhausted and wrung out?
This episode touches on why this is the case and offers some practical tips to help you shift out of this state of relentless depletion to one of renewal, energy and the ability to be the mum and the manager that you need to be.
Remember that we don’t go to gym once and then our muscles are strong and our bodi...2023-08-1427 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity02 | 3 Steps for a Lighter Body and MindAs a personal trainer, as well as helping my clients lose weight, my aim is to help them build up their muscles so that they can do the tasks that daily life requires of them. They feel lighter in their bodies and they are able to live day to day with more ease and comfort.
As a wellbeing coach, my aim is to help my clients build up the mental muscles that allow them to feel lighter mentally and emotionally. It is a process and in this episode, I share the three steps that this process entails th...2023-08-1421 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, Productivity01 | My Journey to Lightness as a Working MumIn this very first episode, I introduce myself and talk a little bit about my journey towards feeling lighter physically and emotionally as a working mum. I share the ups and downs of my life and how they have led me to this point and to the joyful role I now play of helping other working mums achieve lightness. I hope that this episode helps you to get to know me a bit and gives you some insight into who I am and why I am here!
If you would like to connect with me, fol...2023-08-0822 minTHE RESILIENT WORKING MUM, Stress Management, Time Management, Boundaries, Work Life Balance, Mom Guilt, Burnout, Resilience, ProductivityTrailer - Introducing Charlotte Haggie, Personal Trainer, Wellbeing Coach and Working MomA brief introduction to what this podcast is about and what you can hope to get out of it!
If you would like to connect with me, follow the links below:
Find me on Instagram or Facebook: @charlottecoaches
Find me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-haggie-5a2451282/
Check out my website: www.charlottehaggie.com
If you would like to work with me to help you overcome the overwhelm and find a way of being that allows you to be healthy, happy and present in your role at w...2023-08-0804 min