106: No More Vanilla

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06/22/15 • 9 min

Mom at 41 with Dr. Karen Osburn

Who and what experiences told you to stop to being LESS of you?

In this Episode I discuss:

the epiphany I had recently listening to a Podcast that made me realize I’m been less of ME for the last several years
the connections I now see with some recent very tough life experiences
the importance I feel in expreessing ALL of me, to not hold back, and which I hope will also inpsire you to do the same!

Resources

School of Greatness Podcast Episode: What Makes of Breaks an Entrepreneur with Darren Hardy

Shit’s About to Get Real (The Facebook post that inspired this Podcast Episode)

Burpees How To Video

Related Mom at 41 Episodes

Episode 104: Are Your Growing or Dying?

Episode 103: I’m Not Enough and Other Lies I Used to Tell Myself

Momma Action Step

Where in your life have you toned down YOU? Been less of you for fear of rejection, to blend in better with the herd, or to be accepted by more people?

And what can you do to start TODAY to begin getting back to the REAL you?

Take some time to journal, think, talk to your spouse or friend, and really figure out how to get back to you being YOU again.

YOU being you is the biggest gift you can give your kids, family, and the world.

Please be ALL of you, and don’t hold anything back.

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Who and what experiences told you to stop to being LESS of you?

In this Episode I discuss:

the epiphany I had recently listening to a Podcast that made me realize I’m been less of ME for the last several years
the connections I now see with some recent very tough life experiences
the importance I feel in expreessing ALL of me, to not hold back, and which I hope will also inpsire you to do the same!

Resources

School of Greatness Podcast Episode: What Makes of Breaks an Entrepreneur with Darren Hardy

Shit’s About to Get Real (The Facebook post that inspired this Podcast Episode)

Burpees How To Video

Related Mom at 41 Episodes

Episode 104: Are Your Growing or Dying?

Episode 103: I’m Not Enough and Other Lies I Used to Tell Myself

Momma Action Step

Where in your life have you toned down YOU? Been less of you for fear of rejection, to blend in better with the herd, or to be accepted by more people?

And what can you do to start TODAY to begin getting back to the REAL you?

Take some time to journal, think, talk to your spouse or friend, and really figure out how to get back to you being YOU again.

YOU being you is the biggest gift you can give your kids, family, and the world.

Please be ALL of you, and don’t hold anything back.

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Previous Episode

105: Creating Your Own Definition of Having it All With Yogipreneuer Racheal Cook

What if you could really have it all? What if you could design the life you want to live, with meaningful work, a wonderful marriage, and have kids, too?

In this Episode Racheal and I discuss:

the debilitaing anxiety she has as a consultant that led to adrenal fatigue and panic attacks
how yoga, mindfulness and personal development helped her find a new path
how she learned how to make her business work for the life you want to have, and started teaching this to other mommy entrepreneurs
that the greatest gift you can give others in your life is to be responsible for your own Happiness
how having clearly defined boundaries is necessary in her life
the importance of giving up things that don’t matter for the things that do, and that learning how to say ‘No’ is a muscle

Resources

What if you could really have it all? (blog post by Rachael)

Racheal’s Website

The Fired Up and Focused Challenge (Racheal’s FREE Challenge!)

Related Mom at 41 Episodes

Episode 93: The Honest Struggle of Kids and Career with Tally Abecassis from First Day Back Podcast

Episode 92: Having it All is a Lie

Episode 51: The Beautiful Mess Called Life and Parenting with Heather Chauvin

How Can you Connect with Racheal?

Racheal’s Website

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Next Episode

107: You Are a Product of Your Environment

Do you ever see yourself changing into something you do not want to become?

Do you feel you're losing who you are?

Are you the YOU you want to be, or are you simply a product of your environment?

In this Episode I discuss:

some awful memories that resurfaced from when my husband had emergency surgery in 2010
the person I saw him starting to become again leading up to a recent medical procedure that he had done
the realization that what I was seeing was Ed becoming a product of his environment (sick people in a hospital)
the power you have to change a situation you may be in if it's not allowing you to be who you are

Related Mom at 41 Episodes

Episode 106: No More Vanilla

Episode 103: I'm Not Enough and Other Lies I Used to Tell Myself

Episode 82: Top 5 Reasons to Stop Being So Hard on Yourself

Momma Action Step

Take some time to journal and reflect on WHAT in your environment (a job, relationship, where you live, etc.) is holding you back from being who you want to be?

Then ask yourself these questions:

What do you want to change?

How will you do it?

What help do you need to ask for to make it happen?

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