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The Intentional Midlife Mom Podcast | Simple, Practical Life, Home & Mindset Solutions for Moms Over 40 — 247 episodes
Ep. 247: Stress & Anxiety: The Background Noise You Can't Shut Off
Ep. 246: Your Clutter Isn't Laziness. It's Guilt and Grief.
Ep. 245: Emotional Clutter: How to Actually Start Clearing It.
Ep. 244: I Don't Even Know How I Got Here: 10 Hard Truths About Midlife No One Prepares You For
Ep. 243: Emotional Clutter: You're not feeling it- You're carrying it.
Ep. 242: When Clutter Pulls at Your Heartstrings: Letting Go Without Losing Yourself
Ep. 241: Emotional Clutter: The Dish on the Counter That Made You Snap
Ep. 240: Decluttering Isn't About Your Stuff (+ what it’s actually about)
Ep. 239: Emotional Clutter: Why You Feel So Heavy When Nothing is Obviously Wrong
Ep. 238: It's Not the Clutter…But Here’s What it is
Ep. 237: Before You Start Over Again… Listen to This
Ep. 236: The Permission Nobody Gives to Midlife Women
Ep. 235: Why You Keep Losing Momentum (Even When You Start Strong)
Ep. 234: Why You Keep Avoiding Certain Clutter (And What To Do About It)
Ep. 233: When Panic Finds You in the Night
Ep. 232: Why You Get Stuck at Decluttering (and What Actually Helps)
Ep. 231: Why You Haven’t Been Able to Start (And What Changes Today)
Ep. 230: The Real Midlife Crisis... It's Not What You Think
Ep. 229: Why Nothing Has Cleared the Clutter (Even When You've Tried So Hard)
Ep. 228: The Losses Midlife Women Carry That Never Get a Funeral
Ep. 227: Clutter Help: Why the Clutter Keeps Coming Back
Ep. 226: When Survival Mode Is Your Permanent Address
Ep. 225: When You Can't Put It Down...And Nobody Gets It
Ep. 224: You Didn’t Lose Yourself in Midlife… Here’s What Actually Happened
Ep. 223: Clutter Help: When Your Brain Feels Full and Your Life Doesn't Fit Anymore
Ep. 222: When You've Given Up Inside the Marriage: Quiet Divorce, Learned Futility, and Overfunctioning
Ep. 221: Clutter Help: Why Nothing Has Worked: The 5 Types of Clutter Crippling Midlife Women Explained
Ep. 220: Why Simple Things Feel Impossible in Midlife & What Actually Works
Ep. 219: How We Made Decluttering Suck Less & What Happened Next
Ep. 218: When You're Finally Ready For Your Life to Change
Ep. 217: Clutter Help: It's Not About the Mess: What Your Counter Is Actually Telling You
Ep. 216: The Hidden Reason You Still Feel Stuck (And How to Finally Move Forward)
Ep. 215: Clutter Help: The Missing Strategy When You’re Stuck in Your Clutter (without it, the clutter will stay)
Ep. 214: The Midlife Exhaustion No Planner Can Fix
Ep. 213: Clutter Help: Why Structure and Permission Are Both Required
Ep. 212: Why Midlife Women Are So Tired & Sleep Doesn’t Seem to Fix it
Ep. 211: Clutter Help: Why Your Clutter Keeps Coming Back (And How to Finally Stop It)
Ep. 210: Clutter Help: What If Clutter Isn’t About Motivation? (Why ‘Just Try Harder’ Keeps Failing)
Ep. 209: Clutter Help: The Most Common Reason Women Are Stuck in Their Clutter
Ep. 208: From Drowning to Steady: The 4-Part Framework That Finally Made Sense of the Chaos
Ep. 207: Clutter Help: Which Clutter Language Are You? (The Real Reason You Can't Get Rid of It)
Ep. 206: When the Weight Comes On and Stays: The Conversation No One's Having
Ep. 205: Your Clutter Has a Language — Here's How to Decode It
Ep. 204: How to Keep Going With Clutter Even When You’re Tired, Stuck, or Doubting Yourself
Ep. 203: Why You Keep Quitting Decluttering (And How to Finally Break the Pattern)
Ep. 202: Breaking the Decluttering Quitting Pattern: Why You Freeze and Why You Haven’t Waited Too Long
Ep. 201: When You've Lost Your Motivation… and Don't Even Recognize Yourself Anymore
Ep. 200: The Turning Point: What Actually Changes Everything (and Why It's Simpler Than You Think)
Ep. 199: You're Not Lazy—You're Misdiagnosed: Why Your Fixes Keep Falling Apart
Ep. 198: Why Midlife Overload Feels Different (And What to Do About It)
Ep. 197: The 5 Types of Overload—and Why You Feel So Stuck
Ep. 196: When You've Lost Your Motivation… and Don't Even Recognize Yourself Anymore
Ep. 195: The Framework That Changed Everything: How I Stopped Spinning and Finally Felt Steady
Ep. 194: You're Not Lazy—You're Misdiagnosed: Why Your Fixes Keep Falling Apart
Ep. 193: When You're Too Tired to Begin: Why Rest Isn't the Enemy of Progress
Ep. 192: This Is What You Actually Need: Survey-Backed Solutions for the Overwhelmed Woman
Ep. 191: You're Not Failing—You're Out of Bandwidth: What 2026 Women Are Really Dealing With
Ep. 190: The Invisible Load Women are Carrying Into 2026
Ep. 189: What If It's Not Too Late?
Ep. 188: It Shouldn't Take a Breakdown to Get His Attention
Ep. 187: I Miss Being Touched — But I Don't Want to Be Touched
Ep. 186: Is This All There Is?
Ep. 185: Why Am I Always the One Who Has to Change?
Ep. 184: He Says He's Trying — But It's Not What I Need
Ep. 183: I'm Tired of Being the One Who Holds It All Together — And He Doesn't Even Know I Do
Ep. 182: I Don't Know If Anyone Actually Sees Me Anymore
Ep. 181: He's Still Doing What He's Always Done — So Why Does It Feel So Wrong Now?
Ep. 180: "What If I Don't Even Love Him Anymore?"
Ep. 179: Why Does Everything Fall on You? Maybe You’re the Default Parent
Ep. 178: Finding the Good—Without Gaslighting Yourself
Ep. 177: Stop Waiting for Rescue: How to Carry Your Life Differently When Help Isn't Coming
Ep. 176: Sprint Recap Day 3: Survival Isn't Failure—It's Success
Ep. 175: Sprint Recap Day 2: You Can Stop the Spin, Even in Chaos
Ep. 174: Sprint Recap Day 1: You're Not Broken—You're Overloaded
Ep. 173: Why Survival Mode Isn't Failure—And How to Make It Strong
Ep. 172: Why You Keep Resetting (And How to Actually Move Forward)
Ep. 171: The Power of Becoming Survival Mode Strong
Ep. 170: From People-Pleasing to Peace: Taking Back the Driver's Seat in Midlife
Ep. 169: Okay, I'm Not Alone- Now What?
Ep. 168: The Invisible Load You're Not Imagining: Why Your Nervous System Is Fried—and How to Get Back in Control
Ep. 167: The Survival Mode Survival Plan
Ep. 166: The Mental Load You’re Not Imagining (And Why You Can’t Carry It Alone)
Ep. 165: You Don't Need a Total Overhaul: 3 Truths That Would've Saved Me Years of Spinning
Ep. 164: You Think You're 'Handling It All'... But Are You Really?
Ep. 163: Clutter Success Stories – Real Women, Real Wins
Ep. 162: Why You’re Still Stuck: 10 Clutter Struggles and the Mindset Holding You Back
Ep. 161: When Belief Is Hard: 3 Ways to Move Toward the Life You Want — Even When You Don’t Believe You Can
Ep. 160: What Your Clutter Is Really Trying to Tell You
Ep. 159: Procrastination Isn’t the Problem: The Truth About What’s Actually Keeping You Stuck
Ep. 158: When Mindset Work Doesn’t Mean Reframing the Hard Stuff
Ep. 157: The Glass That Wasn’t Helping: What You’re Really Reaching For
Ep. 156: You Don’t Have to Blow Up Your Life to Take It Back
Ep. 155: When “I’m Fine” Isn’t Working Anymore: How to Finally Hear What You Need
Ep. 154: Answering the "How did life get like this?" question
Ep. 153: Why You Keep Starting Over—And How to Finally Move Forward
Ep. 152: Unhidden: Why This Bandage Felt Different
Ep. 151: Monday Mantra 04/07
Ep. 150: Is It Laziness… or Exhaustion in Disguise?
Ep. 149: Monday Mantra 03/31
Ep. 148: When You’re Winning at Work… but Your Home Life Is Falling Apart
Ep. 147: Monday Mantra 03/24
Ep. 146: How to Break Free & Invest in Yourself Without Guilt
Ep. 145: Monday Mantra 03/17
Ep. 144: The Cost of Staying the Same: Why Women Struggle to Invest in Themselves (And How to Change That)
Ep. 143: Monday Mantra 03/10
Ep. 142: It's Time to Prioritize YOU—Without Guilt
Ep. 141: Monday Mantra 03/03
Ep. 140: When You’re Just Too Tired to Care: How to Keep Moving Forward Anyway
Ep. 139: Monday Mantra 02/24
Ep. 138: The Freedom of Less – What You Gain When You Finally Take Control of Clutter
Ep. 137: The Hidden Costs of Clutter: Why It's Holding You Back in More Ways Than You Think
Ep. 136: Monday Mantra 02/10
Ep. 135: Why You Can’t Let Go: 3 Hidden Clutter Struggles (and How to Break Free)
Ep. 134: Monday Mantra 02/03
Ep. 133: The Real Reason You’re Avoiding Your Money and How to Change That
Ep. 132: Monday Mantra 1/27
Ep. 131: Why Decluttering Feels Impossible and How to Change That
Ep. 130: Monday Mantra 1/20
Ep. 129: Feeling Stuck? 3 Simple Steps to Overcome Overwhelm
Ep. 128: Monday Mantra 01/13
Ep 127: Monday Mantra 01/06
Ep. 126: A simple framework for creating & keeping habits
Ep. 125: Monday Mantra 12/30
Ep. 124: Creating Habits You Can Actually Keep
Ep. 123: Monday Mantra 12/16
Ep. 122: How to make doing hard things easier
Ep. 121: Monday Mantra 12/09
Ep. 120: Survival Mode vs. Surviving Mode
Ep. 119: Monday Mantra 12/02
Ep. 118: How to Move Forward When You Feel Stuck
Ep. 117: Monday Mantra 11/25
Ep. 116: How to Deal with Life as a Midlife Mom when the World Feels Out of Control (Pt. 3 of 3)
Ep. 115: Monday Mantra 11/18
Ep 114: How to Deal with Life as a Midlife Mom when the World Feels Out of Control (Pt. 2 of 3)
Ep. 113: Monday Mantra 11/11
Ep. 112: How to Deal with Life as a Midlife Mom when the World Feels Out of Control (Pt. 1 of 3)
Ep. 111: When the Holidays are Hard For You as a Midlife Mom
Ep. 110: Monday Mantra 11/04
Ep. 109: Setting Boundaries & Doing Less This Holiday Season
Ep. 108: Monday Mantra 10/28
Ep. 107: Starting & Ending Your Day Strong
Ep. 105: Monday Mantra 10/14
Ep. 104: The 10-Minute Trick to Better Mornings
Ep. 103: Monday Mantra 10/7
Ep. 102: 4 Simple Steps for Having More Time + 1 Surprising Thing
Ep. 101: Monday Mantra 9/30
Ep. 100: Making the Most of Midlife & Beyond!
Ep. 99: What If It's Not a Motivation Issue? What It Could Be Instead
Ep. 98: Feeling Lost as a Midlife Mom? Here's Why + What to Do
Ep. 97: Monday Mantra 8/26
Ep. 96: When You're Tired of Caring What Others Think About You (this one's for you!)
Ep. 95: Monday Mantra 8/19
Ep. 94: 3 Quick & Easy Tips for Getting Dinner on the Table
Ep. 93: Monday Mantra 8/12
Ep. 92: 5 Truths for Moms When the Days are Hard
Ep. 91: Monday Mantra 8/5
Ep. 90: 2 Solutions When Your Kids Don't Clean Up After Themselves
Ep. 89: Monday Mantra 7/29
Ep. 88: Take Back Control of Your Life!
Ep. 87:Monday Mantra 7/22
Ep. 86: Monday Mantra 7/15/24
Ep. 85: The Mistake I Made Until I Was in my 40s
Ep. 84: Stop Accepting Your Life As Is
Ep. 83: Surviving as a Midlife Mom When Your Kids are Getting Older & Leaving the Nest
Ep. 82: Monday Mantra 6/17/24
Ep. 81: How to Be Motivated 100% of the Time
Ep. 80: This ONE Thing CHANGED My Marriage
Ep 79: Thriving with A.D.D. as a Christian Woman with Lacy Estelle
Ep. 78: Monday Mantra 6/10/24
Ep. 77: Ask: a Life Coach: How do You Spend $650/month on food for 10?
Ep. 76: The Missing Piece That Finally Helped Me Lose the Weight
Ep. 75: Making Meals Easier with Rachel Fairchild
Ep. 74: Monday Mantra 6/3/24
Ep. 73: 7 Powerhouse Strategies That Will Change Everything Pt. 2 - Ask a Life Coach
Ep. 72: 7 Powerhouse Truths That Will Change Everything - Pt. 1
Ep. 71: Creating a Healthy Morning Routine For Moms & Kids with Erin Leonard
Ep. 70: Monday Mantra 3/20/24
Ep. 69: Ask a Life Coach - Is Procrastination Ever a Good Thing?
Ep. 68: How to Change Your Life
Ep. 67: Managing Kids During the Summer With JoAnn Crohn
Ep. 66: Monday Mantra 5/13/24
Ep. 65: Ask a Life Coach: What About When No One Cleans Up After Themselves?
Ep. 64: Quick & Easy Dinner Ideas For Busy Moms
Ep. 63: Uncovering the To-Do's That Aren't Serving You With Melissa James
Ep. 62 Monday Mantra 5/5/24
Ep 61: Busy Mom Brain & Life Organizing With Sticky Notes
Ep. 60: Gardening (& homesteading) Made Easy With Shelby DeVore
Ep. 59: Monday Mantra 4/29/24
Ep. 58: Ask a Life Coach: How Can I Eat Healthy When I'm So Busy?
Ep. 57: 5 Things I'm Not Doing
Ep. 56: People Pleasing With Karen Ehman
Ep. 55 Monday Mantra 4/22/24
Ep. 54: Ask a Life Coach: Where Do I Even Begin in Managing My Time?
Ep. 53: Scroll on Your Phone - Guilt Free!
Ep. 52: Managing Your Time During Busy Seasons With Melissa James
Ep. 51 Monday Mantra 4/15/24
Ep. 50 How to Save Money on Groceries
Ep. 49: How to Overcome Procrastination
Ep. 48: Managing Your ADHD as a Woman and Mom With Jami Nato
Ep. 47: 3 Powerhouse Words That Should Be in Every Woman's Vocabulary
Ep. 46: Monday Mantra 4/8/24
Ep. 45: The Simple Cleaning Strategy That Helped Me Stop Yelling at My Kids
Ep. 44: Feeling Lost? How to Find Yourself Again
Ask a Life Coach: How to Get Out of Survival Mode By the End of the Day
Part 5 of 5: Days that Have Meaning
Part 4 of 5: Taking a Vacation (in your mind)
Part 3 of 5: When You Feel Like You're Gasping For Air
What is the Enneagram + How it Affects Us With Laurie Palau
Part 2 of 5: What is Rest? (and what it's not!)
Part 1 of 5: Permission to Be "Lazy"
Monday Mantra 4/1/2024
Get Some Peace & Calm at Home (even with kids)
Socks! Help! How Our Family of 11 Manages All the Socks!
Ask a Life Coach: Help! I Can't Get My Kids (or anyone else) to Listen to Me!
How to Put an End to Manic Mornings
Meal Planning Made Easy With Rachel Fairchild
Perfection Paralysis & How to Get Rid Of It
Monday Mantra 3/25/24
How to Give Yourself the Weekend Off
How to Get Your Kids to Help at Home
Ask a Life Coach: My Family Doesn't Appreciate Me!
What is a Life Coach? Answer: The Key to Getting Unstuck
About That Clutter - It's Not What You Think
Managing Life as a Woman With ADD - With Jami Nato
"How Do You Have the Time For a Workout?" (or anything else you want)
How to Have a Clean Home Even If You're Busy
Monday Mantra 3/18/2024
Ep 17 Ask a Life Coach - I’m Paralyzed by Thinking I’m Going to Fail...So I Don’t Even Try
Time Saving Hacks For Busy Moms
Help! My House is a Mess! (+ clutter strategy to fix it)
The Basics of Herbs & Essential Oils With Heidi Villegas
The Lie That Women Believe & What's Actually True
For the Mom Who Feels Like She's Failing
Monday Mantra 3/11/24
Spring Break/Vacation Prepping For a Family of 11 (or any size!)
Ask a Life Coach: How Working Moms Can Get Their Lives Together Outside of Work
How to Know If It's Time to Quit...OR Keep Going
The Unknown Enemy That is Keeping You Stuck
The Secret Weapon to Following Thru With Your Plans
Stop Doing These 5 Things That are Sabotaging Your Productivity
Busting the Myth That Moms Have to Do It All With JoAnn Crohn
Why Flying By the Seat of Your Pants Can Be Good
Setting No-Fail Goals
Monday Mantra 3/4/2024
Monday Mantra 2/26/2024
6 Mantras For Intentional Moms
Monday Mantra 2/19/2024