No Guilt Mom | Overcoming Mom Guilt, Parenting Tips, & Self Care for Moms

In today’s podcast we speak with Tina Payne Bryson, PhD. She's a mom of 3 boys, an LCSW, New York Times Best Selling author of several books, the Founder and Executive Director of The Center for Connection, a multidisciplinary clinical practice in Southern California, and frequently consults with schools, businesses, and other organizations on parenting helping parents everywhere raise children who are happy, healthy and fully themselves. We discuss the secret to being the best parent we can is just being there and simply connecting with your kids. Resources We Shared: Tina Payne Bryson The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired The Bottom Line for Baby: From Sleep Training to Screens, Thumb Sucking to Tummy Time--What the Science Says The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child Download the transcripts HERE Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals and discounts from our amazing sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everyday feels like a fight. Whether you ask your kids to pick up their shoes off the floor, to go get dressed for school, or simply to come join the family for dinner. It often feels like our kids simply don’t listen to us! But if we did just 3 simple things, we would see much different results. Today, we are joined by Katherine Reynold Lewis, who is an award-winning journalist, certified parent educator and author of The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever -- And What to Do About It. She strives to truly help families support kids' ability to manage their behavior, thoughts and emotions. Resources We Shared: Katherine Reynolds Lewis The Good News About Bad Behavior Download the transcripts HERE Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals and discounts from our amazing sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To many of us, the phrase “body image” is like saying the “B” word- it’s a nasty derogatory thing. But it doesn’t have to be, and it shouldn’t be! In today’s podcast, we’re joined by Carly Anderson of Lipgloss and Crayons. She helps moms empower themselves and their children through body confidence, female empowerment, education and fun! Together, we discuss ways to take back the POSITIVE in body image! Resources we shared: Lipgloss and Crayons Download the transcripts HERE Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals and discounts from our amazing sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Have you ever heard the phrase “You get more done, doing nothing at all”? No? Well, you will after today. It turns out that sometimes, being busy- can be almost a bad word. Today we speak with Alex Soojung-Kim Pang PhD, founder of Strategy and Rest, author of four books (most recently Shorter) and advocate for the benefits of rest and a shortened work week. He shares with us what his research shows about not only the benefits of rest, but also why being busy all the time, may not be that beneficial after all. Resources We Shared: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang Rest Download the transcripts HERE Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals and discounts from our amazing sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We all feel mom guilt, but add chronic illness to that and it becomes almost unbearable. In this podcast, we talk with our friends about what it’s like being a mom with chronic illness, discuss how it’s impacted them, and what we can do to help support them. Resources We Shared: @Sempersanare - Alana’s Instagram @DeadDollHouse - Jessica’s blog on Facebook Download the transcript HERE Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals and discounts from our amazing sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2020 has been a never-ending source of stress for many of us. And when we are stressed, empathy is difficult to muster. What does that mean for our kids? Today we speak with Dr. Michele Borba, an educational psychologist, author, and parenting expert about simple things we can do to raise an empathetic kid in an all-about-me world. Resources we shared: Michele Borba Unselfie Download the Transcripts HERE Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals from our fabulous sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

These days, everyone has trouble communicating. People yell. Co-workers talk over one another to prove their point. We want our kids to do better. In today’s episode, JoAnn and Brie discuss keeping your mama bear in check and how to help your kids work through conflict. Resources we shared: Loom Pantsuit Politics Download the Transcript HERE Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals from our fabulous sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Have you heard of “Me Time” but haven’t been able to actually achieve it for yourself? Consistently? Today, we speak with Ruth Soukup, who is dedicated to helping women everywhere create a life they love, encouraging her more than 1 million subscribers to follow their dreams and reach their goals. She shares with us her secret to finding that “Me Time” and how it has helped with her personal growth as well as having helped her family become even stronger! Resources We Shared: Ruth Soukup Download the Transcript HERE Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals from our fabulous sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Your kids start fighting- you know, like they do everyday. And you get pulled into it to diffuse the situation. But wouldn’t it be wonderful if you didn’t have to do that? Guess what- you don’t have to! In today’s podcast episode, JoAnn and Brie talk about sibling fights, and how you can help your kids solve them on their own and you won’t have to be the ref! Resources we shared: Download the Transcript HERE Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals from our fabulous sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today's episode we speak with Tessa Stuckey, Mom of 4, Therapist, Author of the book "For the Sake of Our Youth" and host for the new podcast "For the Sake of Our Youth". We talk about: one little thing parents can do while using their cell phones Why our kids feel disconnected and what we can do about it. We discuss what are some of the pressures on our kids in today's culture, and what we can do to help. Resources we shared: For the Sake of Our Youth Tessa Stuckey Download the Transcript HERE Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals from our fabulous sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's episode is a bit of a different one. No music, no formal intro. Just JoAnn and Brie talking honestly about the current state of politics in America and what we can do to help relieve some of that anxiety, pain and helplessness that some of us are feeling these days. Resources We Mentioned: Download the transcript HERE Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals from our fabulous sponsors here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As a parent, how to raise self-reliant kids is a hard question. We all want kids who take care of themselves and their families, but many families struggle with how to get there. In today's podcast, Jessica Lahey joins us and shares with us simple, yet far from easy, parenting tips that are a great place to start. Resources we shared: The Gift of Failure Jessica Lahey Download the transcript HERE Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals from our fabulous sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Positive Discipline is a mindset change. It’s based on helping kids belong, mutual respect, kind but firm limits, and encouragement. In this podcast we speak Positive Discipline expert Dodie Blomberg, and she shares how we don’t need to punish our kids to be a good parent. We can teach them life skills instead. Resources we shared: Dodieblomberg.com Positivediscipline.com Download the transcripts here Get the Show Notes Here Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals from our fabulous sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Moms are often expected to take on primary child rearing duties while also working full time, and keeping the entire family organized. This comes with a cost, often exhaustion. And the message to our children is that: Moms must take care of everything. But mama-You don’t need to do it all! In today’s podcast, we discuss those gender roles and what we can do to break those never ending tasks. Resources We Shared: Amazon Echo - Remember Baby Love Warrior: A Memoir Untamed Download the transcript here Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals from our fabulous sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You’re not imagining it. Mom burnout is real. Dr. Sheryl Zeigler, author of the book Mommy Burnout, joins us today. She’ll help you recognize the signs of mommy burnout and how to deal with it. Take a big sigh of relief. Other moms are struggling in the same way you are. You are not alone. Resources we shared: Dr. Sheryl Ziegler Start With The Talk Mommy Burnout book Download the Transcript here Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals from our fabulous sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feel like you have to juggle everything in your family? You aren’t alone. But guess what? You don’t have to do it all mama! Let us show you how to juggle all those B.A.L.L.S. Resources We Shared: Indistractable Fair Play Mom is Busy Sign Download Download the Transcript here Find the Show Notes Here Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals from our fabulous sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feel like teaching kids to be friendly to the environment is ONE more thing? You know you should do it, but you aren’t sure how to fit it into your already packed schedule? Shannon Brescher Shea is with us today telling how you can get your child to be more independent, do more chores and help the environment - all in one. It’s a win-win. Get the Shownotes here Resources We Shared: We’ll Eat You Up, We Love you So Growing Sustainable Together: Practical Resources to Raise Kind, Engaged, Resilient Children Download the Transcript here Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals from our fabulous sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When you have anxiety, you feel like you’re all alone. But you’re not. Anxiety isn’t a topic we openly discuss in public. We’re afraid our anxiety makes us weak, we’re afraid of what other people might say or think. But let’s be real, talk about it, and even share ways to cope with the anxiety we feel as moms. Resources we mentioned: Emotions 911 Download the transcript here Get the show notes here Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals from our fabulous sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Struggling to say “No” to others and avoid that mom guilt? Our guest Laura Smith, founder of I Heart Planners, shares with us how she has learned to delegate and simply say “no” to keep organized, maintain her goals, and keep her sanity. Resources We Mentioned: Sign up for the FREE Get Organized HQ Summit Get the Show Notes Here Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals from our fabulous sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feel like budgeting is too painful? Yes? Our guest Nicole Rule, the founder of Your Greatest Worth, paid down $100,000 in 26 months, but wouldn’t recommend that process to anyone. Instead, Nicole has a way to make budgeting happier. The Abundant Life Summit Get the show notes here Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals from our fabulous sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Time management is hard for every mom! That’s why we wanted to bring Jennifer Roskamp on the podcast today. She’s the mom of NINE kids, runs a successful business and homeschools. Here’s how she decides what to focus on at any given time. Read the breakdown here Resources we mentioned: The Intentional Mom with Jennifer Roskamp Life Management CEO Planner Home and Life Strategies Toolbox Mom is Busy Sign Download Download the Transcript here Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals from our fabulous sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is homework (or distance learning… thank you 2020) a struggle in your house? Your child may have one of these four distinct homework personalities. Find out if they are a: Quick Quitter Perfectionist Emotionally Overloaded Kid or, Oblivious Dreamer And more importantly, we’ll tell you what to do about it! Find show notes and links at noguiltmom.com/episode003 Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals from our fabulous sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Concerned about how long your kids stare at screens during distance learning? Or maybe secretly fear that they’ll lose their ability to interact with other people? You’re not alone, mama! Dr. Lisa Bravo is a child and family therapist who helps families heal from trauma. In this episode you’ll find out how to improve your child’s emotional well-being as well as manage your own expectations. One phrase: Embrace the Messiness! Show notes and links: noguiltmom.com/episode002 Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals from our fabulous sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our mom guilt and parenting overwhelm doesn’t come strictly from how much we have to do. Rather, it comes from what we think we should do. We “should” on ourselves. We can lessen the guilt by changing our mindset. So, let’s lay it all out on the table for our first episode with SIX mindset changes to make for a happier mom life. I want you to tell yourself these things EVERY day. You can print out a copy of this mindset at: noguiltmom.com/episode001 No Guilt Mom https://www.noguiltmom.com Books discussed: Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live) by Eve Rodsky Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! Check out our favorite deals from our fabulous sponsors here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices