How do you create a happy brain? Today, you learn how! Dr. Lindy Fields joins us today to dive into brain health and the impact on your personal happiness and mood.

Dr. Lindy Fields is a mom, wife, dog mom, neuropsychologist, and founder of Brain Doc On Demand, where she equips individuals with science-based insights to improve brain health and wellbeing through online courses, coaching, and speaking engagements. She has been published on Mind Body Green, Her View From Home, and TODAY Parenting Team and is on a mission to bring brain science to life, helping busy individuals build healthier and happier brains.

Today we discuss…

• Brain health and how you can build a happy brain
• Why lifestyle habits matter for a healthy and happy brain
• Physical, cognitive, and social activities that impact brain health
• Movement and how it impacts memory and mood
• Prioritizing and blocking time on your calendar for the most important lifestyle habits
• Creating a backup plan for when life happens
• Why a flexible mindset can give you more success in the long run
• Scheduling physical, cognitive, and social activities into your life intentionally

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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

For the show notes and all the links mentioned in today’s episode, head to secretsofsupermom.com/180.

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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

For the show notes and all the links mentioned in today’s episode, head to secretsofsupermom.com/179.

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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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Do you feel pressure to be a perfect mom? Perfect parties and perfect family photos? Perfect outfits and perfectly behaved children? Cari Fund joins us today to share where perfect mom syndrome comes from and how to break the cycle. Cari’s mission is to inspire mothers to be the women they were born to be, turn their pain into power, and shift to more positive parenting.

Today we discuss…

• The trophy mom or the “perfect mom syndrome”
• What it means to be a toxic parent and what that does to children
• Toxic parents versus imperfect parents
• Triggering moments and how to manage your own emotions
• Creating space between the toxic people in your life
• The superpower of vulnerability
• Understanding that you meant for more joy not more perfection
• Where perfect mom syndrome comes from
• How to be present instead of perfect

For the show notes and all the links mentioned in today’s episode, head to secretsofsupermom.com/177.

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Do you ever feel like you have lost your identity or simply lost passion since becoming a mom? Our guest today, Dr. Tori Ellis, Transformational Life and Business Coach and Best-Selling Author, shares what to do when you feel lost.

As a "millennial," she is dedicated to providing her peers and future generations with tools for exemplary societal contributions, emphasizing wellness, positive psychology, and entrepreneurship.

Today we discuss…

• Understanding that is okay to not be okay
• The importance of “mommy moments” without feeling guilty
• The shock of realizing that motherhood changes everything
• Allowing yourself the emotions you feel instead of constantly trying to change them
• Where women tend to get stuck and overwhelmed
• Losing your identity and your passion
• How to find your passion again and asking yourself “What do I need?”
• Paying attention to things that peak your interest
• Listening to your body
• Learning how to say YES

For the show notes and all the links mentioned in today’s episode, head to secretsofsupermom.com/176.

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Our guest today shares her secrets to getting it all done as a mom of 6.

Kimberly Montgomery is a time management coach, blogger, owner and host of the global podcast High Five Motherhood. She helps overwhelmed moms go from surviving to thriving in motherhood in three simple steps: your schedule, your systems and routines, and your self-care.

Today we discuss…

• Mistakes you might be making when trying to schedule your life
• Weekly foundations that help you stay afloat
• The A-D-E Method of reviewing your schedule
• Giving yourself grace and flexibility when setting boundaries
• The 1-1-1 rule and how it can jump-start momentum
• The power of systems and routines in mom life
• The 4 Cs in home life: Cooking, Cleaning, Calendaring, and Communication
• Weekly meetings with your partner and/or family
• Meal planning tricks for large families
• Focused (but simple!) one-on-one time with each child
• Taking care of yourself to have the energy for everyone else in your family
• The power of a morning routine

For the show notes and all the links mentioned in today’s episode, head to secretsofsupermom.com/175.

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What a FUN way to share with you today! Kelly Thompson and I are talking all about how our businesses began today in a super fun crossover episode.

Kelly is a messaging and visibility coach who helps women master their message, generate leads, and make money by selling high-value offers without being chained to social media. She is a wife, mother of 4, 13-year homeschool mom, author, speaker and host of the Genius In You podcast where she gets to talk to ordinary moms doing incredible things in business and in life.

Did you hear us talking about the awesome chance to hang out with us virtually? Do you want to use your skills, talents and experiences to create your own profitable business without having to show up on social media 24/7. Join us in the Package Your Genius Summit!

Today we discuss…

• Coming together in community in a really fun crossover episode
• How Secrets of Supermom came to be and how Kelly started her business
• Starting a business in the midst of small children and busy lives
• What it means to be a “finisher”
• The struggle with showing up how you are “supposed” to show up
• Being called to share your secret sauce with the world
• Living a life of no regrets and learning from those who have come before us
• Practical ways to start your own business or dip your toe in the water
• When we “hope” something will happy, we are unlikely to ever start
• Creating a vision for the life you want to have and what that would feel like
• Stuck in the doing instead of the deciding
• Connecting with a community of those who have gone before you

For the show notes and all the links mentioned in today’s episode, head to secretsofsupermom.com/174.

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