Do you wonder why it is so much harder for you to get things done than other people in your life or family? Does your child have a hard time getting started, planning for projects, or staying organized?

Carrie Bonnett joins us today on the show to talk all about executive function. Carrie is a veteran teacher, lifelong list-maker, and Executive Function coach based in Bend, Oregon, where she lives with her husband and two children. She helps empower students to thrive in life and school, parents and teachers to better support their children, and adults get on top of all that life requires.

Today we discuss…

• What is executive function and how is it important to get things done
• What does motivation have to do with getting started
• What skills fall into executive function (Carrie recommends you check out Smart But Scattered)
• Why are these skills so hard for some of us and easier for others
• How can we help our child who struggles with executive function
• Why language matters and shame is not a solution
• Being gentle with yourself while getting “the brain on board”
• Strategies for improving brain skills with your child and yourself
• The concept of body doubling and why it works
• How to make the invisible visible

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Do you find the messages in diet culture impacting your feelings of worth? You are NOT alone! Nicole Hagen joins us today to talk about diet culture drama and how to unsubscribe from these ideas. Instead, she shares tools you can use to lose fat while not tying that fat loss to who you are as a person. Nicole is a Nutrition Coach, Host of The Health, Wellth & Wisdom Podcast & a New Mom.

Today we discuss…

• Believing your worth is connected to the size of your body
• Putting your time, energy, and effort into everything in your life except your health
• Using food as control when life feels out of control
• Nourishing your body in positive ways
• Limiting beliefs in diet culture and unsubscribing from these ideas
• Weight loss vs. fat loss
• Crash dieting and loss of muscle and water in addition to body fat
• Eating for your old lady body
• A four-step diet-free process for fat loss
• Creating a strategy for a caloric deficit that works for you
• Prioritizing nutrient-dense foods
• Celebrating progress off the scale as well as weight loss
• Creating a sustainable plan vs. Diet Culture Crash diet

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Raise your hand if you need better sleep? Many of us, as busy moms, are consistently sleep-deprived.

Joining us today is Better Sleep Council Representative Terry Cralle! As a Registered Nurse and Certified Clinical Sleep Educator who specializes in sleep health and wellness, Terry educates on the critical importance of sleep to physical and psychological health, growth and development, safety, optimum functioning, productivity, peak performance, and quality of life. She shares why sleep is so important, even more than diet and exercise, for optimum health.

Her work in the field of sleep medicine has included clinical research in insomnia as well as advocating for educational initiatives such as drowsy-driving prevention.

She shares with us why sleep is so important and why considering independent sleeping, also called a “sleep divorce”, may be just what you need to get the best sleep possible.

Today we discuss…

• Why we glamorize lack of sleep
• What happens to us when we are sleep-deprived
• The importance of sleep for brain function, focus, and energy
• Why you might need to consider a “sleep divorce” or to consider an independent sleeping arrangement
• How sleeping alone can improve your quality of sleep
• Why people believe that sleeping together is required for a good relationship
• Feeling bad for needing sleep or prioritizing sleep as a busy mom
• The emotional impact of sleep deprivation
• Recognizing the lack of sleep in your children but ignoring it in yourself
• Terry’s two-week challenge to get better sleep
• Tips for getting better sleep from Terry and the Better Sleep Council
• A “sleep divorce” and the impact on intimacy
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