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Do you wish you could just GET THINGS DONE so you can be free to pursue your passion and NOT feel guilty about your to-do list? Are you tired of waiting patiently for the day your kids are all in school so you can finally take time for YOU? Is the chaos in your home and your mind driving you to distraction...leaving you wondering if you’ll ever trust yourself enough to really follow through on what you feel pulled to do? I’m so glad you’re here! Each week I’ll help you create clarity, find y ...
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On this week’s episode we explore how to wake up worry-free when you’re used to starting your day with a familiar feeling of dread as the first anxious thoughts leap into your brain.Learn how to stop being reactive to the circumstances you’re worried about and to welcome the information your worry is here to give you instead.Take a listen and then …
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Have you noticed how things tend to happen as they’re needed in your life, not necessarily when you want them to? Do you believe that there are lessons to be taken from everything you experience, even when it feels like an adverse experience as you’re actually going through it?In this week’s episode we’re exploring how everything is happening FOR y…
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We think we have no time for what we want to do because of the kids. And nothing we’ve tried so far in an attempt to GET more time (meal plans, cleaning schedules, decluttering hacks) has ever worked……because we’ve been focusing on all the wrong things. In this week’s episode, I’ll show you where to put your focus to create the changes you want to …
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When things seem really hard and it feels impossible to understand why we, as humans, do what we do and make the choices we make, it’s worth remembering that we all want to be loved, and accepted, and to feel like we’re enough, and we’re always going to feel better when someone else tells us that we ARE all of those things. Because in that brief mo…
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On this week’s episode, we’re talking about making changes in your life and the anxiety that often holds you back from actually going for it. When you realize that you’re sick and tired of letting it have so much power over you, you quickly reach a tipping point that shifts you into a decision to face the anxiety head on. Listen in to the episode t…
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If you’re determined to do things differently this year so you can create changes in your life, this episode is for you.But first we’re going to let go of the word “determined” and replace it with “allowing” because what you’re going to do this year is allow yourself to return to your natural state of wholeness without the gripping, worrying about …
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As we celebrate the New Year, I hope you’ll take this moment to also celebrate YOU. Because who you are is worth celebrating, and if you’re busy making New Year’s resolutions, I invite you to make them from a place of celebrating who you are NOW.NOT focusing on all the things in you that need fixing before you can be celebrated - if, indeed, you ev…
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On today’s episode - as we finish getting ready for Christmas - we’re talking all about PERSPECTIVE, which may well come in handy as we navigate some difficult moments with our families over the next few days. We’re always trying to make sense of things - the thoughts we think and the emotions we feel - and we’re always trying to give them meaning……
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This time of year can often disappoint, given the very high expectations we - and those around us - have for it. But while we’re busy telling ourselves it’s because of the gift we didn’t receive or the lack of kind words spoken, we’re missing the opportunity to FEEL the disappointment that’s been trapped in our bodies since WE first felt like a dis…
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On this week’s episode we’re talking about how we all want to feel better about ourselves and what’s going on in the world, but that the answer is never to try to “fix” what we think is wrong with us.Because there IS nothing wrong with us - we are inherently right, and good, and worthy exactly as we are. What we want to do instead is to show oursel…
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Inspired by the TV show “WeCrashed” we’re talking on this week’s episode about being in the messy middle of going for what you want. Even when your brain gets busy offering you all the evidence that what you want is NOT meant for you, you can choose to stay true to that knowing in your heart that it is all already yours, no matter what path you pic…
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This week we’re talking about kindness and how the familiar holiday-season message to BE KIND TO OTHERS fails to include the all-important reminder to be kind to ourselves.At a time when many of us are feeling triggered by family members and struggling with how we react to them, we explore how to gain a deeper understanding of ourselves, which is t…
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When we’re feeling resentment, we often get stuck in it, and think the only way to escape is to hash it out until the other person agrees to behave differently.But what if that resentment is actually directed towards ourselves? And what if ruminating on it is never going to help us anyway?In today’s episode we talk about why FEELING resentment is y…
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When you’re not willing to pay attention to your desire to rest, this directly affects the quality of attention you pay your kids when they talk.Rest is a practice, just like focus and connection are too and in this episode we explore why it’s worth practicing, even through the discomfort that inevitably comes with it. Take a listen then come say h…
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In this week’s episode we’re talking about choosing your own identity rather than letting what’s happened to you or something someone else said define it for you.Come take a listen and then send me a message to let me know what identity you are choosing for yourself in this phase of your life now.www.joyfullmamacoaching.com…
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In today’s episode we’re talking about why you can’t ever seem to finish one thing before starting the next. SPOILER ALERT…it’s not the kids!Take a listen and then come find me over on Instagram @joryancoaching. I’d love to chat about how coaching can help to you follow that pull to do what you were always meant to do alongside your motherhood - wi…
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You’re stuck in the fear that people are mad at you all the time.But it’s not because they are; it’s because you’re mad at yourself.Yes, it might stem from a childhood with chronically angry parents, but you’re also angry that YOU didn’t speak up. You couldn’t, then. It’s ok. You can now. Yet there’s something you want that you’re not speaking out …
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Welcome to Season 2 of Stay-At-FULL Motherhood! Today we’re exploring how to make the changes you want when it feels awful to do so - based on my experience of moving the family across the country this summer.Take a listen and then come let me know what change you’re currently struggling to make by sending me a message over on Instagram @joryancoac…
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What you focus on is always going to be what you create for yourself. When you learn to bring your awareness to what you’re thinking about, and talking about, and worrying about, and getting excited about, you can see where you’re placing your focus in your life.And once you see this, you then get to CHOOSE whether you want to continue on in what y…
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All-or-nothing thinking comes up a lot for SAHMs - namely in telling us we just can’t do what WE want to do because everything will fall apart if we do.In this episode, we look at the good news behind why your brain goes to thinking this way, and how you can work WITH it to go for what you want alongside your motherhood.Take a listen and then come …
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This week’s episode is inspired by the song ‘Follow You’ by Imagine Dragons after I heard within the lyrics the simple two-step secret to happiness for SAHMs.Take a listen to stop hiding from yourself what you already know in your body to be true, even as your mind pushes you to reason you way out of believing it.And then come sign up for a free 20…
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We’re all trying to make motherhood easier - by researching tips, tricks and hacks on the internet and looking for systems someone else has created that are guaranteed to transform our lives from messy to mastered. But the thing is, we already know everything we need to know; there’s just one thing we don’t want to DO…and that’s to feel the feeling…
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It can be disheartening or even devastating when Mother’s Day doesn’t go as you hoped - especially when you see other moms being so lovingly celebrated on social media, while you’re left with nothing. In this episode we look at why Mother’s Day so often disappoints, what it really means for you, and what you can do about it.Listen in, then come sig…
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We all know that good and sufficient sleep is important for our health and wellbeing, and we also know we’re not the only ones out there depriving ourselves of sleep through our bedtime procrastination - or in other words postponing going to bed without there being any external circumstances that force us to do so.In this episode, we explore why we…
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When we’re feeling guilty about not contributing financially, this is often not about the money at all.There IS a gap here, but it might not be monetary; instead it could well be about the gap between your expectations of stay-at-home motherhood and your reality as you’re now living it.Listen to today’s episode, which explores this gap, your resent…
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When we’ve been rushing and running late for many years, we see this as part of our identity - just WHO we are.But this is not who we are, it’s how our nervous system is responding to a perceived danger or threat, and we can help ourselves by bringing ourselves back to a feeling of safety.Learn more at www.joyfullmamacoaching.com .…
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We were taught as kids to hand our authority over to others - someone else always knew best.So it’s no surprise that you still tend to do that now - after all it’s what is known and safe.But it didn’t feel good in your body when you did that as a kid, and it definitely doesn’t feel good now. You can learn to trust what your body is telling you abou…
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As stay-at-home moms we have so much more power than we think we do to create the experience we want for ourselves.We can step into our more empowered selves any time we want to, yet we so often take this away from ourselves by not seeing the CHOICE that’s available to us in any given moment.In this episode we talk about why it’s important to regar…
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What are you moving towards? Do you know where you’re headed? Are you clear on what you’re intentionally choosing for yourself? It’s very easy to get caught up in all the DOING and perpetually seeing problems that need fixing…until you reach a point where you’ve lost touch with why you started doing the thing at all.In today’s episode we’re talking…
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When we don’t see our power to choose, we make ourselves helpless.We believe that something or someone outside of us is responsible for creating the situations and circumstances we find ourselves in.But we always have the power to choose, and the most loving thing we can do for ourselves this Valentine’s Day - and every other day - is give ourselve…
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When we stop seeing things in black-and-white, we NEVER have to wait for the life we want now.Listen to this week’s episode to hear lots of imperfection as I step into the colors, and to learn why your brain clings to your to-do list as much as it does your black-and-white thinking.And then come join my Facebook group Drop In After Drop-off for SAH…
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If you’re feeling trapped, then you’re feeling like you’re not able to CHOOSE in your motherhood - whether that’s what your day looks like or how you show up as a mom.Any time you MOVE, you’re accessing that choice, and any time to choose to move differently, you’re also opening yourself up to new ways of thinking, as well as new possibilities.Fear…
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When we change the way we move in our motherhood - the daily movement patterns and postures we repeat every day - we change the way we think about ourselves and what’s possible for us.This week’s episode explores how we get out of alignment once we become moms, as well as the easiest way to come back to our bodies and remember who we are.Join my Fa…
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Our thoughts are not facts. They come into our heads, tell us we need to control everything around us to stay safe, cause all sorts of commotion in our lives, and then either move out again or play on repeat. You don’t have to choose to listen to them and you don’t have to live your life by them. In this episode, I share a simple process to bring y…
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If you’re stuck in a problem and trying to think your way out, this episode is for you. Being in your head is never the easiest or most effective way to solve an issue - the clarity you’re looking for only ever comes when you first give yourself permission to MOVE.Listen in to find out why and then come sign up for a free 20-minute Zoom Discovery C…
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We focus on our problems and trying to come up with solutions for them because we think that taking the things that are “wrong” OUT of our lives will give us more space. In today’s episode we look at how adding IN more of the things that feel “right” to us in our bodies naturally creates more time and space for us as we allow ourselves to be fueled…
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We often set New Year’s Resolutions from a place of seeing all the ways we failed at the ones we set last year. We hope for yet ANOTHER chance to become a whole new person once the clock ticks around to midnight. But if we want to create this sort of magic, we need only be celebrating who we ALREADY are. Listen to today’s episode to find out how an…
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We spend so much of our time and energy around the holidays spinning in thoughts about our to-do list, and our in-laws, and trying to create magical experiences for our kids. And all this ever does is take us out of the moment we’re in. In this episode we explore how to listen to our bodies and to BE with our emotions instead, so that we can break …
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So often we find ourselves crowdsourcing our discernment - asking everyone else’s opinions before we ever even think to ask ourselves. In this episode we explore how to stop drowning out the sense of knowing we have in our bodies about what’s true for US, and start using our brains as tools to create exactly what we want for ourselves.…
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Are you aware of how you’re currently spending your time? Are you listening to the stories in your head about WHO YOU ARE and WHAT YOU DO and regarding those stories as what determines your identity? In this episode we are reminded that we always have the power to DECIDE on who we are - and that we can give ourselves permission to invest our time h…
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We're exhausted because we're perpetually rushing from one thing to the next (the most taxing thing for our bodies) and negotiating on every decision we make (the most taxing thing for our brains). Then we multiply this x 100 once the holiday season comes back around. We go back and forth with errands and drop-offs and events; the cleaning, cooking…
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What You Waiting For? When we tell ourselves we’re just waiting for the RIGHT time to start that thing we’re longing to do, we give TIME responsibility for whether or not we actually do it. But TIME cannot create anything in our lives; only WE can ever do that. Listen to today’s episode for three quick check-ins you can use to get yourself going wh…
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When we struggle to make decisions, it’s so easy to assume that we’re just bad at making decisions; that we’re just wired that way. But your brain is then ignoring all the evidence that you HAVE, in fact, made decisions quickly and easily in the past. In today’s episode we look at the ONE question to ask yourself when you’re struggling with a decis…
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It’s easy to get stuck in thoughts about everything that’s “wrong” in your relationship and to lose hope that you’ll ever be able to get back to a place of connection and fun. But as this episode explores, when we start to feel that disconnect with our partners, the only place to start is with our connection to ourselves.Come join my Facebook group…
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What is your priority right now? How do you decide what it is you want to prioritize? In this episode we explore the ONE thing we want to focus on as a SAHM that, by doing it, makes everything else much easier, or perhaps not even necessary at all. Come join my Facebook group ‘The Time Management, Prioritization, and Focus Fix for SAHMs, where I’ll…
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It’s easy to feel like you’re lost, flailing and failing when you don’t know what is you really want for yourself, or why you’re really doing what you’re doing day after day as a SAHM. Prioritizing your values can help you to come home to yourself and give purpose to how you allocate your time, as well as make room for your passion and the value yo…
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