Heidi Carlson is a Certified Master Life, Relationship, and Self-Empowerment Coach who helps women navigate complex mother-daughter dynamics.  
Raised as the youngest of five children to young immigrant parents in an arranged marriage, Heidi faced unique challenges stemming from her parents’ limited life and relationship experience. Growing up in a culture that prioritized people-pleasing over self-prioritization left her without essential life skills, compounded by her parents’ struggling marriage, further complicating her understanding of a healthy relationship.  
At 19, Heidi's transformative journey began with deep self-discovery and personal growth. Heidi now embodies self-compassion, prioritizes herself, communicates effectively, and maintains boundaries. Her journey also transformed her relationship with her mother. 
Over the years, Heidi has guided countless women on similar personal growth and healing paths. She is a respected guiding force, inspiring women to take control of their lives and mend their mother-daughter relationships.

﻿Listen in to hear Heidi share:

Her experience being the youngest of 5 kids, born to immigrant parents who were married at a very young by way of an arranged marriage

How her family’s circumstances suppressed her identity

How her family dynamics and her trying relationship with her mom led her down a path of personal discovery 

The impact of her being labeled her mom’s “Mini Me” and how that contributed to her struggles with her identity

The significance of healing mother-daughter relationships to show up differently in all areas of your life

How consistency played a big role in healing herself and her relationship with her mom

What it feels like to shift from someone who was chronically self-sacrificial in relationships to someone who uses her voice, sets boundaries, asks for what she needs in relationships, and goes after what she wants despite other’s opinions


Links mentioned:

Connect with Heidi: heidicarlsoncoaching.com


Email Heidi: heidi@heidicarlsoncoaching.com

Heidi on LinkedIn

Heidi on FB

Heidi on IG


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855: Heidi Carlson: How to Navigate Complex Mother-Daughter Dynamics

This feels very surreal. But, yes, I’m going to grad school! This is a decision that seemed to come quickly out of nowhere, but it was also always right there. It feels fast, but right on time. I feel unprepared yet 100% ready. I’m so excited but also nervous. At the end of the day, it feels RIGHT. And, that feels GOOD. 
A big part of this decision came as I was considering that I have another 20 years (at least) to invest in my career path. I have no desire to change what I’m doing today, but I also feel like I want some grounding and intentionality as I make decisions around what I’m delightedly calling My Next 20.  
As I started thinking about My Next 20, I asked myself:

Where do you want to be at the end of your career?

How do you want to use all the work you’ve done for the last 25 years to inform your work for the next 20 years?

What decisions can you make now that will give you options and flexibility over time?

How can you continue to create work opportunities for yourself that bring you purpose, meaning, and joy?

In what directions are you most excited to learn and grow?

Navigating these questions gave me a fairly quick and clear sense of the direction I wanted to head and helped me see that a master's degree would support this direction. 
In this episode, I talk more about why I’m going back to school, why I chose the program I chose, what I want to do with the degree, and how I’m combatting my inner critic as I return to studying, writing papers, and being in new and uncomfortable territory.  

I hope this episode will help you also consider what you want to create for yourself over your Next 20!

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854: Why I’m Going to Grad School

Nadia Davis is a mom, attorney, victims’ rights advocate, kundalini yoga instructor, and author of Home Is Within You: A Memoir of Recovery and Redemption and has a podcast of the same name. She is a survivor of trauma and abuse, a near-fatal car accident, addiction, and public shaming. Nadia has a lifetime record of passionate work and dedication to improving the lives of others. She has received numerous awards for her work, including the John F. Kennedy Jr. Service Award. Nadia works for justice in keeping moms with their kids while seeking treatment, and for more compassionate methods of treatment and restorative justice. She has a BA from UCLA and a JD from Loyola Law School. 
 
Listen in to hear Nadia share:

Her young life of seeking acceptance and assurance as the youngest of 7 children

How her lack of safety as a child led to her narrow zone of tolerance as an adult

How she was forced to face her childhood trauma after enduring public shaming, blackmail, and addiction 

The steps she took to start healing

Simple steps anyone can incorporate to start a healing practice

How to build a home within that gives us the personal autonomy that is often (almost always) missing from our lives


Links mentioned:

Connect with Nadia: www.nadia-davis.com


Nadia’s Book: Home is Within You: Transforming Shame into Power


Nadia’s Podcast: Home is Within You: Transforming Shame into Power


Nadia on FB

Nadia on IG

Nadia on TT


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853: Nadia Davis: Home Is Within You

This is one of those episodes where once I started down the rabbit hole, I couldn’t find my way back out. I was digging through research and information on motherhood, burnout and exhaustion and every piece of information led me to more info that I didn’t know I needed. At a certain point, I realized I was building list upon list for you all. This onslaught of information helped me see the pervasiveness and insidiousness of burnout and exhaustion that profoundly impact mothers.  
The truth is we are all tired. Beyond tired. Most of us don’t even know it. We are walking around in a state of malaise that we see as normal. We don’t recognize who we are anymore, and we don’t have a clue how to find ourselves again. Plus, who even has time to find themselves given all the immediate and urgent tasks that fill our days, nights, and dreams (or nightmares??)
In this episode, we will dig into the symptoms and causes of motherhood exhaustion and burnout. Then, we dig into solutions. What are the simple things you can do to bring you back to yourself and step away from the habits and mindsets that are creating a state of perpetual exhaustion and burnout in your life?

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852: How to Manage Motherhood Exhaustion & Burnout

Priya Krishnan, Chief Digital, and Transformation Officer at Bright Horizons, is an entrepreneur who founded India’s leading child care and schooling service provider with more than 150 company-owned, company-operated centers across the country. At Bright Horizons, she leads client relationships for the US, International M&A, and innovation projects. Priya joined Bright Horizons after founding and running KLAY, a high-quality childcare organization, which has grown to become India’s largest child care. She initially started the business to enable women to return to work after childbirth. She won numerous entrepreneurship recognition awards, as her startup venture expanded to 180 company-owned, company-operated centers across the country, staffed with empowered employees taking care of more than 16,000 children. Priya’s company went on to provide high-quality child care services onsite, and worked with varying workplace models to help companies create employee solutions.
Priya also founded a not-for-profit school for marginalized children which has been recognized worldwide for its pedagogy and approach to blended learning. Priya has had a global career in IT consulting across Singapore, New York, and London, working with companies including Accenture, PwC, EDS, and HP. She holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and has an MBA from London Business School.

Listen in to hear Priya share:

Her life mantra: Failing fast, failing cheap, and learning fast

What inspired her work to build a childcare system in India - leading her to become a sought-after visionary and national leader in childcare

Her contribution to set a national standard of 6 months maternity leave in India and a national mandate for companies to provide childcare

How alignment in values has impacted her career trajectory and called her to build a career around intergenerational family systems 

Why childcare is a critical component of cultural infrastructure - and how childcare is a triple bottom line impact in terms of how it positively or negatively impacts the entire society

Her invitation to design work around life vs life around work


Links mentioned:

Listen to Priya’s Podcast: The Work-Life Equation


Connect with Bright Horizons: https://www.brighthorizons.com/


Bright Horizons on IG

Bright Horizons on FB

Bright Horizons on LinkedIn

Priya on LinkedIn

Priya on Twitter/X


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851: Priya Krishnan: Childcare Culture Shifter and Culture Shaper

Are you a high-five person? My husband and I spent a weekend with a couple years ago who high-fived each other all the time. After that weekend, my husband said to me, “They high-five a lot. We are just not high-five people.” Don’t get me wrong, we loved this couple. But we didn’t think we would ever share their enthusiasm for high fives.  
What’s ironic now is that I’ve built an entire legacy around high-fiving women, more or less. When I think of high-fiving others it can look like a lot of things - a compliment, a congrats, a comment of support. When someone else high-fives me, literally or figuratively, it feels so good!  
It takes almost nothing to be a cheerleader and champion of other women, yet it can make all the difference in the world. Think of how great it feels when someone shows up to let you know they are happy for you, impressed by you, or grateful for you. High-fives matter.  
Women championing one another is a must. This is how we model to our children how women treat women. This is how we make space for other women in a world that, in many instances, doesn’t make space for women. This is how we can see others and be seen ourselves.  
In this episode, I share 6 ways you can champion other women in loud & proud ways, as well as quietly. After you listen in, think about how you can immediately go champion another woman by giving her that literal or figurative high-five to let her know, “We are in this together. I got you. I see you.”

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850: Why and How to Champion Other Women

Going back to school after 40 is not for the faint of heart. Dr. Vrnda 'V' Boykin knows this well returning to school in 2017 and obtaining her BS in Marketing Management, MS in Management and Leadership, Master of Business Administration, and Doctorate of Business Administration in Organizational Leadership. Dr. V’s expertise is in creating equitable work experiences for women. Dr. V established clear evidence to illustrate the importance of social support systems in tackling workplace equity through simple shifts in the social environment.
Bravery is in Dr. V's bones and she is known for her commitment to innovation. Viewing education as the most effective tool in achieving equity, V utilizes her skills and knowledge to disrupt and redefine leadership training and enablement programs resulting in increased performance and profitability within the technology space.

﻿Listen in to hear Dr. V share:

Her recent accomplishment of getting her PhD and becoming one 4.4% of black women with a doctoral degree

Her life path from being a very young mother and stripper on food stamps who ended up in the prison system to then getting 4 degrees, including a PhD, in a mere 7 years

How she used her time in prison, and how she decided to move forward from that time in her life

How she sits with shame and how and why she has worked so hard to reconcile that for herself and other Black women

The fine line between vulnerability and power and how dancing and stripping allowed her to step away from vulnerability and into her power

The legacy she is building around creating equity and belonging in the workplace, as well as what true equity in the workplace looks like for women and moms

The major caveat around the “bringing your full self to work” movement, especially for people carrying marginalized identities

How providing services for women and moms benefits organizations

Her tagline and call to action: stop talking about my attitude and start talking about my accomplishments


Links mentioned:

Connect with Dr. V: drvboykin.com


V on LinkedIn


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849: Dr. V Boykin: From Prison to PhD While Finding Power in the Most Vulnerable Moments

You know that voice in your head that makes you doubt yourself, says nasty things to yourself, beats yourself up, compares you to others, and tells you you are not enough? That’s your inner critic. She can be a real nightmare! If you’re anything like most women I know, you probably give her way too much airplay. You hear her as she clears her throat to step up to the mic and then you listen intently as she rants about your weaknesses and shortcomings. Worst of all, you believe her.  
Your inner critic keeps you quiet, small, fearful, and frustrated. Because she has been with you for so long, you likely don’t realize she has set up shop as your default voice. You may find she is the loudest voice in your head. As the loudest voice in your head, she inhibits your decision-making and action-taking. She tells you you’re not worthy, capable, qualified, or ready to do the things you want to do or say the things you want to say. She has stolen your voice and stunted your growth as a woman and a leader in the world. 
In this episode, I walk you through how your inner critic came to be and how she got so loud. I hope that once you see how she was born you can permit yourself to permanently kick her to the curb. She is a product of the patriarchy and she really doesn’t deserve another ounce of your precious time or energy. Sometimes, we see things we can’t unsee or hear things we can’t unhear. I think you’ll find when you learn the roots of your inner critic, you can no longer sit idly by and let her go on. Because the reality is that you are worthy, capable, qualified, and ready to do the things you want to do or say the things you want to say. She, on the other hand, is NOT. 

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848: Why Your Inner Critic Is So Loud

Maria Ross is a speaker, leadership trainer, author, and empathy advocate who believes cash flow, creativity, and compassion are not mutually exclusive. She’s spent decades helping forward-thinking leaders and teams connect and engage through empathy to accelerate growth and impact. Maria has authored multiple books, including her most recent, The Empathy Edge, and hosts The Empathy Edge podcast. Maria understands the power of empathy on a personal level: In 2008, shortly after launching her business, she suffered a near-fatal ruptured brain aneurysm that inspired her memoir, Rebooting My Brain. Her next book The Empathy Dilemma: How Successful Leaders Balance Performance, People, and Personal Boundaries, arrives Fall 2024.

﻿Listen in to hear Maria share:

How she shifted from her work as a brand strategist to empathy expert

How motherhood pushed her to really dig into bringing her empathy work into the 

workplace

Different examples of what empathy looks like in the workplace - and what the absence of it looks like

How empathy in the workplace must be a combination of compassion + action

Myths around empathy

The significance of action behind your empathy - and how action can look for different people

How we can (and why we should) use empathy in the overlap of our personal & professional lives

What to do in an interaction with someone who is not being empathetic


Links mentioned:

Connect with Maria: https://www.red-slice.com


Maria’s Podcast: The Empathy Edge  

TedX Talk

LinkedIn

Instagram

Threads

Twitter/X

Facebook

Maria on YouTube

Book: Roadmap for Revolutionaries



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847: Maria Ross: Empathy in Action

In no universe am I a time management expert. However, it is something I get asked about all the time. While I am not a time management expert, I have had to learn to manage time in very strategic ways for my brain to maximize all I want to get done in a day (without feeling like I’m in constant chaos).
I get better and better with time management every year that I am a business owner and a mom. Because it’s necessary for survival, haha… 
I’ve implemented a handful of time management tricks that have created mental ease and a ton more focus time for me over the years. These strategies are have allowed me to build multiple businesses simultaneously while enjoying motherhood for a good chunk of every day, and while keeping up with multiple community volunteer commitments.  
I’m sharing my tactics with you in case applying even one of them might bring you mental ease, more focus, and greater productivity with less stress.  
Listen in to hear me share:

How I manage my calendar on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis

How I use categorized checklists to guide me weeks and each specific day of the week

The ways I use “focus mode” and “pause” functions on various tech platforms to remind me when it’s time to focus

The ways I use timers to complete tasks and manage energy


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846: Time Management Tips for Getting (Important) Stuff Done

Tracy Crowley is an author and entrepreneur who is passionate about helping stay-at-home moms. As a former stay-at-home mom with a side hustle, she knows the day-to-day challenges stay-at-home-moms face when they think about returning to work. After returning to work she realized she had gone through a process others could follow, so she started writing. The result was her Growing Back to Work workbook. Her work life has spanned everything from running her own business to retail to network marketing and now having a full-time career. She has been married for almost 30 years and has raised two boys. She loves connecting with people and partnering with moms to help them be successful.
Listen in to hear Tracy share:

Her process of deciding to re-enter the workforce and how she was able to create a system around her process

How her side hustles and work in a network marketing and networking groups prepared her to re-enter the workforce

How to take skills from motherhood and turn them into translatable skills for the workplace - while also creating metrics to support your skills and strengths

How to start quickly and easily preparing for a shift in work and return to the workforce

The magic of giving yourself 12-18 months to begin your career transition - if you can

How to leverage the heck out of little bits of time

Links mentioned:

Tracy’s podcast: https://www.goodlifestories.com/


Connect with Tracy, get the book, and get her newsletter: https://tracycrowley.life/


Tracy on FB

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845: Tracy Crowley: Successfully Navigate the Motherhood >> Back to Workforce Transition

Over the last few years, I have heard the discourse on rest evolve dramatically. More and more books are coming out on the importance of rest. Doctors, therapists, and thought leaders are addressing the ways our chronic hustling has harmed us as individuals and as a society. This is great and necessary progress.  
It is very hard to reprogram a society that was built on devaluing rest, even going so far as labeling anything that’s not explicitly productive as “lazy”.
Last year, I read Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey and my eyes were further opened to how our inability to rest is all part of Supremacy culture. Not resting isn’t new. It’s part of an over 400-year-old, very intentionally built system.  
As you think about what you want and what you need for yourself this year, I want to invite you to explore your relationship with rest. Is resting hard for you, even downright uncomfortable? Do you have a hard time giving yourself permission to do nothing? Do you use rest as a reward when, in reality, it is your birthright?
In this episode, you will have the chance to explore your roots with rest as well as your current relationship with rest. If you find rest to be uncomfortable, I’m right there with you. This episode is for us! Let’s make this the year that we reframe our relationships with rest and model what rest looks like to those around us so they may build healthier relationships with rest, shall we?
Link mentioned:
Book: Rest Is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
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844: Rest Is Your Birthright, Not a Reward

Diana Fryc is a Shameless Mom and stepmom who was raised by immigrant refugee parents. Her father is a holocaust survivor. Professionally, she is a marketing executive with 20 years of experience advising brands from Fortune 50 companies to start-ups on how to address their toughest growth challenges. As partner and CMO of branding firm Retail Voodoo, Diana uses her expertise in brand development, innovation, consumer markets, marketing, and packaging systems to help clients generate meaningful and sustainable growth. Tireless and determined in every element of her work, Diana believes that business should be a force for good. She uses her networking superpowers to drive change in the food, beverage, and wellness industries - specifically in the areas of employment diversity, food equality, and the promotion of sustainable supply chain. She is also the founder and host of The Gooder Podcast where she interviews the powerhouse women leading on every level in food, beverage, and wellness.

Listen in to hear Diana share: 

How her work with Jane Goodall impacted her work and professional journey in a profound way

Her experience being raised in the US by immigrant refugee parents and navigating being “in the middle” of so many aspects of her identity - not fitting in in many places and always feeling like an outsider

The impact of learning her Dad was a holocaust survivor in her twenties

How she has been able to use “finding common ground by acknowledging differences” as a superpower 

How she has used her values and layered identities to build a company around her personal philosophy to “do good”

What she loves and what she struggles with as a stepparent

Her experience getting her MBA as a mom of a middle schooler and high schooler


Links mentioned:

Connect with Diana and follow her work: Retail-voodoo.com


Diana’s Podcast: Gooder Podcast 

Diana on LinkedIn

Retail Voodoo on LinkedIn

Retail Voodoo on FB

Diana on IG


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843: Diana Fryc: Finding Your Superpowers When You Don’t Fit the Mold

Looking forward can be exciting. It can also be very scary. It’s easy to put off our future lives because the uncertainty can feel too great, the stakes too high.  
As I’ve been working with clients and teams over the last few years, it has been so thrilling to see how we can shift what we see as possible when we take some intentional time to look back and find evidence of what we are capable in order to harness that capability moving forward.  
As the world has flipped itself upside down over and over again in my last 20+ years as an entrepreneur, I have had the opportunity to experience some deep lows followed by very high highs. Over the last few years, I have found myself better able to sit in sticky moments and look toward an uncertain future with ease and even excitement.  
This is because I’ve had to spend a lot of time collecting past evidence as proof that: 

I can figure out really complicated things.

I’m good at adapting to changing times (even if I hate it). 

My creativity allows me to be nimble and agile. 

My intuition is strong and is usually right on the money.  


These are all things that I long thought I sucked at. But when I started forcing myself to look back before making moves forward, I was able to see my track record. I was able to see all this proof that I was actually good at things I had been telling myself I was horrible at. Recognizing this has given me a tremendous amount of power over my decision-making and action-taking in recent years. 
In this episode, I walk you through a few ways you can use your past successes and failures to collect the right evidence to help you make bold moves with ease and confidence moving forward. 

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842: How to Face Your Future with Ease and Confidence

Dr. Catherine McCarthy, Dr. Heather Tedesco, and Jennifer Weaver are all mental health professionals who jointly co-authored RAISING A KID WHO CAN, a simple but comprehensive how-to parenting manual designed for the post-pandemic world. They were able to recognize that most parents' depleted attention and energy is in constant conflict with their desire to be guided by the most current, evidence-based information and best how-to strategies when it comes to their kids and mental health.  
What I love about this book is that it’s organized for easy skimming and designed to be useful at any stage in a child’s life. The book devotes one short, impactful chapter per principle, including Resilience, Attention and Self-Control, Psychological Flexibility, Self-Motivation, Compassion, and Gratitude. The result is a new approach to a parenting guide that takes a holistic approach to nurturing a child’s development and helps parents get right to the information they need right when they need it most.
Listen in to hear Catherine, Heather, and Jennifer share:

Their invitation to parents to embrace and stay in this "The Age of Adaptability" without feeling chronically overwhelmed

The beauty of "the Age of Adaptability" for our kids

How to use a Validation Sandwich to help you or your child in a moment of struggle or unpredictability

How they formatted their book to be a guide you could immediately put to use without having to do heavy reading 

The significance of knowing the WHAT, the WHY, and the HOW in how you parent in specific situations

The 10 Essentials of Raising a Kid Who Can

How to manage some of the paradoxes of parenting that often make us feel like we are getting it wrong

The problem with trying to “fix” your child’s feelings

Links mentioned:

Learn more: Raisingakidwhocan.com


Get the Book: Raising a Kid Who Can


Connect with Heather: www.drtedesco.com


Connect with Jennifer: https://weaverandassociates.net


Book: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk


Raising A Kid Who Can on IG

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841: Dr. Catherine McCarthy, Dr. Heather Tedesco, and Jennifer Weaver: Raising a Kid Who Can

As I’ve kicked off the year with my business consulting clients and corporate clients, the topic of expanding visibility keeps coming up. It’s an important topic for anyone entering a new year!  
As you think about what you want to make happen for yourself as a mother, an employee, a team member, a community member, a business owner, a partner, or a friend, how do you want to expand upon who you are now in order to get your needs met, have your voice heard, share your gifts and ideas, and have an impact in the spaces you inhabit over the next 12 months? 
It’s a big question, isn’t it?! Don’t worry, I got you.  
In this episode, I talk through 4 questions to ask yourself as you consider how you want to grow this year. Then, we talk through the actual steps to take to make this happen.  
As I’ve been working with clients over the last two weeks, I’ve seen them light up as they have considered what is possible and started to put together action steps to move toward possibility. The overwhelm and uncertainty of a new year can be a lot. Taking some time to reflect on you can make a huge difference in terms of feeling ready, confident, and competent.  
You got this. Promise. 
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840: Questions to Ask Yourself as You Expand Your Visibility in 2024

Stefanie Wilder-Taylor is a past guest of the SMA, one of my very favorite podcasters, my beloved pandemic memoir writing teacher, and author of Drunkish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol - coming out January 16th
In addition to all these roles, Stephanie is a TV personality, and cohost of the popular podcast For Crying Out Loud. She co-created and hosted the late-night comedy parenting show Parental Discretion with Stefanie Wilder-Taylor for NickMom on Nickelodeon. Her books include Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay; Naptime Is the New Happy Hour; It’s Not Me, It’s You; I’m Kind of a Big Deal; and Gummi Bears Should Not Be Organic. She’s appeared on Good Morning America, 20/20, The Dr. Oz Show, Dr. Phil, Larry King Live, and Today. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, her three delightful teenagers, and her dog, Penelope.
Listen in to hear Stefanie share:

How she rationalized her addiction for decades

Her slow burn to full-blown problematic drinking 

Her lowest moment of driving her children while drunk

How she had to shift her identity from an author who writes about “mom drinking” to writing about being a sober mom

How she managed her diagnosed anxiety after getting off alcohol and Xanax

How she was outed after 10 days of sobriety by the New York Times 

Links mentioned:

Connect with Stefanie: Stefaniewildertaylor.com

Book: Drunkish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol


Stefanie on IG

@fcolpodcast across all platforms


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839: Stefanie Wilder-Taylor: Drunkish… A Story of Loving and Leaving Alcohol

As you welcome in a new year, perhaps you’re giving some consideration to changes you want to make. I want to invite you to be gentle with yourself as you enter this year. Sometimes we try to make so many changes to kick off a year that we are almost immediately too overwhelmed to follow through on any of them for the long haul.  
I always encourage moms to give themselves the entire month of January and even into February to settle into the new year, set goals, and start taking action steps. Your last 6 weeks have likely been a chaotic explosion of fun, festivities, fatigue, drama, confusion, and feeling not so grounded. Give yourself a minute to reground yourself for the new year.  
As you walk gently through this process of grounding yourself and growing some intentional roots for 2024, think about what YOU really want and need most right now. Collectively, we all need more help, more support, more validation, more connection, more resources, more open and authentic communication, and more opportunities and time for personal growth beyond motherhood. But, what do YOU specifically need most?
In this episode, I will talk you through what moms need most right now so that you may have some verbiage to express your needs to others as well as see how you might be able to show up for the other mothers around you. If we can all be more transparent about what we need, we can more openly acknowledge and take responsibility for the fact that we belong to each other and we truly need each other.  
I got you and I know you got me. That truth can bring comfort to us all. I am so excited to do 2024 with you!

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838: What Moms Need Most in 2024

A new year is always a good time to reflect on the state of your current relationships. As I considered which past guests could bring the most value to you as you kick off 2024, I immediately thought of Kat Vellos, who specializes in helping people develop meaningful friendships in adulthood. Sometimes it can feel like a dirty little secret in adulthood, “I don’t have many friends.” So, we keep it to ourselves. This Best Of conversation is an invitation to openly and proudly pursue the friendships you have long been craving in 2024. 
Kat Vellos is a trusted expert on the power of cultivating healthy teams and meaningful friendships in adulthood. Formerly a UX designer at Slack, Pandora, and multiple startups, her work today focuses on helping people design belonging into their lives and workplaces. She is the author of We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, TED Talks, Forbes, Real Simple, Communication Arts, SF Design Week, Lesbians Who Tech, and many more.
Listen in to hear Kat share:

The difference between meeting people and actually making friends

The 4 reasons it gets harder to make friends as we age

The specific challenges for moms in making friends

How our relationships evolve (for better or worse) as our various identities evolve

The significance of reciprocity in healthy adult friendships

The important role of curiosity in friendship

How to maintain strong friendships even when you’re on separate life paths

Steps to take to invest in a new friendship

Specific steps we can take to invest in the relationships we want to grow and preserve

Links mentioned:

Connect with Kat: weshouldgettogether.com


Get Kat’s Book: We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships


Kat on IG

Kat on Twitter

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837: Kat Vellos: Secrets to Attracting Better Friendships in 2024

When I was considering which episodes of the SMA I wanted to bring back for you this week, I went to see what my most downloaded episodes of the last couple of years have been. This interview with Aubrey Gordon was my most downloaded episode of this year. I think (and hope!) this is because you are all huge Aubrey fans AND I hope this episode&#39;s popularity is a reflection of this community’s openness and eagerness to have conversations around bodies, size, anti-fat bias, and fat activism. Sizeism, the discrimination toward a person or group of people based on their size or weight, remains the only socially acceptable form of discrimination and oppression - and it’s rampant. Since this interview, Aubrey has gone on to release her very own documentary, Your Fat Friend, which has received an abundance of awards and critical acclaim, packing theaters at film festivals and selling out theater after theater across the US and various other countries. As you consider your relationship within your body as you enter 2024, I invite you to listen and learn from Aubrey. She may be able to bring you peace and ease with your current body that you have never found before.
Aubrey Gordon writes under the pseudonym of “Your Fat Friend,” illuminating the experiences of fat people and urging greater compassion for people of all sizes. She is the author of What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat and her newest book, You Just Need to Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People. Her work has reached millions of readers and has been translated into 19 languages. She is co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, a top-rated podcast since its launch in 2021, and a columnist with SELF magazine. Her work has also been featured in Health magazine, Vox, and Gay Mag, among others. She lives in the Northwest, where she works as a writer and organizer. 
Listen in to hear Aubrey share: 

What it was like for her to go from an anonymous online writer to a fully public figure

How the success of the Maintenance Phase has impacted her work

How women are conditioned to externally process and speak about their bodies and food constantly and how this is harmful in a myriad of ways

The importance of understanding thin privilege and recognizing if you benefit from thin privilege

Scripts and language for parents to talk to kids about bodies and fatness in a neutral way

How to talk to your kids about healthy eating without subscribing to your own internalized messages from diet culture

Links mentioned:

Connect with her at yourfatfriend.com and aubreygordon.net/


Book: What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat

Book: You Just Need to Lose Weight - And 19 Other Myths About Fat People

Podcast: Maintenance Phase


Aubrey on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook: @yrfatfriend 

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