Motherhood Mindset with Stephanie Pletka

1. On this week's episode of Motherhood Mindset, I'm interviewing Amy Carney, author of Parent on Purpose and 100 Questions for Moms, to discuss Ways to Enjoy Traditions that Matter to Your Family, minus the hurriedness of trying to Be All & Do it All.

You're just one person. Slow down and live out these precious days on purpose.

If we are lucky, Amy reminds us that we have only 18 seasons with our kids. Would you rather focus on image, perfection, keeping up with the Jonses, or customizing your holiday season to focus on what matters most to your family?

Give yourself grace to be human. There are some seasons where you can add more traditons and items to the list, and other seasons, for example, when you're having a baby, adopting a child, starting a job, or going back to school; those seasons need a little more attention and something has to give.

Amy offers 3 actionable steps to determine what matters most to your family; and how to live a more intentional holiday season, to enjoy the goodness sitting right before you.

God is your anchor in the midst of the storm. Don't be afraid, for the Lord will go before you and will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Deut 31: 6-8

About the Show:

Hey mama, are you ready to live life to the full instead of the busy, exchanging guilt for grace? With humor and relatable stories, we’ll find goodness in the hard places. It’s time to become the person God created you to be, Yourself! Here’s to Living Your Best Life!
Please call 480-788-1805 for sponsorship or speaking engagements.

Steph's Bio:

Stephanie Pletka is a motivational speaker and author of Living Your Best Life. With humor, she tells relatable stories to help women let go of what doesn’t serve them, to chase their dreams and write their story. She’s a mom of 4 who who turned her pain into a platform of change to help moms find the goodness in the hard places. A family of 6, they hit the road for a life of adventure, traveling, educating and working on the road, visiting 45 states and 10 countries. She now resides in Scottsdale, AZ enjoying the beauty of the West.

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Stephanie's Bio:

Stephanie Pletka is a mom of 4, a motivational speaker, best selling author of Living Your Best Life and host of the Motherhood Mindset, a podcast to help women navigate the messy parts of motherhood.
She specializes in helping moms create deep-rooted relationships with their kids, customing the family life you've always dreamed; through firepit moments, travel and exploration. From littles to teens, we've got you covered, mama.

Get ready for entertaining stories and 3 actionable steps to finding the goodness in the hard places. It's time to chase your dreams and write your story.

Grab a copy of Living Your Best Life or download your audible for moms on the go. Subscribe to stephaniepletka.com for mom hacks, tips and upcoming events.

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This week on Motherhood Mindset, I interviewed Victoria Saylor of Common Sense Media to discuss how digital products, video games, social media and iphones are affecting our kids.

The conversaton took some surprising turns.

We discussed the positive, negative and how to lead from behind on helping our teens and tweens navigate the digital age. From family contracts to accountability, how to create open communication with our teens.

Victoria Saylor, is the Sr Manager for Education partnerships and Community Engagement at Common Sense Media, where she uses her background in education to create relevant content. She collaborates with school districts and programs to engage families in digital citizenship as an advocate for their well-being. In her free time, Victoria enjoys cooking, traveling and hiking in the beautiful Arizona desert.

Common Sense is an independent voice for kids, families, and communities everywhere combining original research with game-changing advocacy efforts to make the digital world work better for all kids. Our advocacy work highlights legislation related to technology and identifies solutions that protect consumer privacy, push for better connectivity for students and families, and hold tech companies accountable to ensure a healthy internet for all.

Common Sense Media rates movies, TV shows, books, and more so parents can feel good about the entertainment choices they make for their kids. We offer the largest, most trusted library of independent age-based ratings and reviews. Our timely parenting advice supports families as they navigate the challenges and possibilities of raising kids in the digital age. Learn how we rate and review and see our founding editors' 10 Beliefs. Our vision: Families taking charge of their digital choices.

Stephanie's Bio:

Stephanie Pletka is a motivational speaker, author of Living Your Best Life and radio show host of Motherhood Mindset on Faith Talk Radio 1360 in Phoenix. She produces a weekly podcast to help women navigate the messy parts of motherhood. Get ready for entertaining stories and 3 actionable steps to finding the goodness in the hard places. It's time to be encouraged to chase your dreams and wri

Stephanie's Bio:

Stephanie Pletka is a mom of 4, a motivational speaker, best selling author of Living Your Best Life and host of the Motherhood Mindset, a podcast to help women navigate the messy parts of motherhood.
She specializes in helping moms create deep-rooted relationships with their kids, customing the family life you've always dreamed; through firepit moments, travel and exploration. From littles to teens, we've got you covered, mama.

Get ready for entertaining stories and 3 actionable steps to finding the goodness in the hard places. It's time to chase your dreams and write your story.

Grab a copy of Living Your Best Life or download your audible for moms on the go. Subscribe to stephaniepletka.com for mom hacks, tips and upcoming events.

@stephaniepletka IG

On this week's show, Stephanie Pletka, author of Living Your Best Life remembers the call that created a paradigm shift in her life.

Topic: What does your Marketing Brand say about you? We all have a look, a perception. You may be a leader, a people pleaser, the one with all the kids, the mom with the best snacks, the drama queen, the one who is most put together. We all have a brand, what is yours?

This episode delves into what creates our brand, and 3 actionable steps to building a better image.

Resources: Present Over Perfect with Shauna Niequist

Scripture: Eph 2:10, Gal 6:9, Phil 4:13

Four Ways to Create Space to Breathe:

1. What can you do the night before to prepare for the week ahead?

2. Name two bad habits that keep you from owning the morning.

3. What tools or apps can you download to create a more effi cient life?

4. Who or what can you say no to this week to pad your life with a little more margin?

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Stephanie Pletka is a motivational speaker, author of Living Your Best Life and radio show host of Motherhood Mindset on Faith Talk Radio 1360 in Phoenix. She produces a weekly podcast to help women navigate the messy parts of motherhood. Get ready for entertaining stories and 3 actionable steps to finding the goodness in the hard places. It's time to be encouraged to chase your dreams and write your story.

Grab a copy of Living Your Best Life or download your audible for moms on the go.

Website: stephaniepletka.com

Email: [email protected]

Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniepletka/

Contact: 480-788-1805 (show ideas, sponsorships, speaking engagements)

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Stephanie's Bio:

Stephanie Pletka is a mom of 4, a motivational speaker, best selling author of Living Your Best Life and host of the Motherhood Mindset, a podcast to help women navigate the messy parts of motherhood.
She specializes in helping moms create deep-rooted relationships with their kids, customing the family life you've always dreamed; through firepit moments, travel and exploration. From littles to teens, we've got you covered, mama.

Get ready for entertaining stories and 3 actionable steps to finding the goodness in the hard places. It's time to chase your dreams and write your story.

Grab a copy of Living Your Best Life or download your audible for moms on the go. Subscribe to stephaniepletka.com for mom hacks, tips and upcoming events.

@stephaniepletka IG

On today's episode I talk about The Waiting Place. God has lessons He needs to teach. Transformation He wants to offer.

If you're always on the run, afraid to sit in the hard, or marinate in the heat, then I fear you'll need to repeat the lesson.

Climbing a mountain creates strength, offers prospective.

Those times in the valley, make you wiser. stronger.

Stephanie offers 3 actonable steps to get the most Return out of the Waiting Place.

Sources:

Marissa Rehder @thenourishmenthaven

Ps 46:10

Interview Questions:What makes you happy?

What makes you angry?

Why distractons keep you from feeling all the feels, from facing what doesn't serve you?

What makes us want to run?

What happens if we use distractions, create excuses to not sit in the waiting place>

What happens if we sit in the waiting place?

Stephanie's Bio:

Stephanie Pletka is a motivational speaker, author of Living Your Best Life and radio show host of Motherhood Mindset on Faith Talk Radio 1360 in Phoenix. She produces a weekly podcast to help women navigate the messy parts of motherhood. Get ready for entertaining stories and 3 actionable steps to finding the goodness in the hard places. It's time to be encouraged to chase your dreams and write your story.

Grab a copy of Living Your Best Life or download your audible for moms on the go.

Subscribe to stephaniepletka.com for mom hacks, tips and upcoming events.

@stephaniepletka IG

stephaniepletka.com

[email protected]

Contact me at: 480-788-1805 for sponsorship, show ideas & speaking engagements.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephanie's Bio:

Stephanie Pletka is a mom of 4, a motivational speaker, best selling author of Living Your Best Life and host of the Motherhood Mindset, a podcast to help women navigate the messy parts of motherhood.
She specializes in helping moms create deep-rooted relationships with their kids, customing the family life you've always dreamed; through firepit moments, travel and exploration. From littles to teens, we've got you covered, mama.

Get ready for entertaining stories and 3 actionable steps to finding the goodness in the hard places. It's time to chase your dreams and write your story.

Grab a copy of Living Your Best Life or download your audible for moms on the go. Subscribe to stephaniepletka.com for mom hacks, tips and upcoming events.

@stephaniepletka IG

Family dynamics: What role did you play? An Achiever, the Entertainer, the Black sheep? How family trauma and unmet expectations hand us a Life Script.

What Role did you Play in the Family Dynamics: A leader, a caregiver, the entertainer, the achiever and its effects on your life path? Who needs a counseling sesh? Let's do this.

1. Why did you take on this role?

2. How has this role played into your adulthood?

3. How to change those patterns by figuring out the payoff?

Today, we're talking about the roles we played as a child and how the script taught us to An Achiever, anentertainer, the black sheep and more. How family trauma and unmet expectations hand us a Life Script that affect us for the rest of our lives.

We'll discuss how we were handed the role.

How that role created certain characteristics that we rely on to this day.

The pros and cons of the patterns we carried into adulthood.

How to write our own story and be True to YOU.

Resources:

Hope Floats

Dwayne Dyer

Lewis Howes

Jeremiah 29:11

The Body Keeps the Score

Stephanie's Bio:

Stephanie Pletka is a motivational speaker, author of Living Your Best Life and radio show host of Motherhood Mindset on Faith Talk Radio 1360 in Phoenix. She produces a weekly podcast to help women navigate the messy parts of motherhood.

Get ready for entertaining stories and 3 actionable steps to finding the goodness in the hard places. It's time to be encouraged to chase your dreams and write your story.

Grab a copy of Living Your Best Life or download your audible for moms on the go.

Subscribe to stephaniepletka.com for mom hacks, tips and upcoming events.

@stephaniepletka IG

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephanie's Bio:

Stephanie Pletka is a mom of 4, a motivational speaker, best selling author of Living Your Best Life and host of the Motherhood Mindset, a podcast to help women navigate the messy parts of motherhood.
She specializes in helping moms create deep-rooted relationships with their kids, customing the family life you've always dreamed; through firepit moments, travel and exploration. From littles to teens, we've got you covered, mama.

Get ready for entertaining stories and 3 actionable steps to finding the goodness in the hard places. It's time to chase your dreams and write your story.

Grab a copy of Living Your Best Life or download your audible for moms on the go. Subscribe to stephaniepletka.com for mom hacks, tips and upcoming events.

@stephaniepletka IG