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Rebecca Kane: Harnessing Our Superpowers! 08

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Rebecca Kane, the creator of Your Shero’s Journey, is a travel guide for women on their own shero’s journey. She’s a stay-at-home mum of an almost-two-year-old, and is extremely knowledgeable about kinesiology and raw food and letting go of any limiting beliefs that are holding us back. We talked about so much good stuff: honoring our energy cycles as women, letting go of limiting beliefs, how she gets things done, and even the healthy juices and smoothies she’s loving these days. I’m thrilled to have her on the podcast!

Highlights of Our Conversation:

  • How motherhood has changed her life
  • Her background in kinesiology and raw food, and her journey to where she is today
  • Tapping into our wisdom and intuition
  • Releasing our limiting beliefs
  • The elastic band
  • Energy healing, and how it’s like magic!
  • What are emotions?
  • Honoring our energy cycles
  • Using our superpowers!
  • Practical applications of knowing our own cycles and the moon cycles
  • The question most women can’t answer.
  • The benefits of taking good care of ourselves
  • How she finds time to create and run her business as a stay-at-home mum
  • Her own self-care essentials
  • The energy-clearing meditations she uses herself and offers for FREE on her website
  • Her favorite juices and smoothies

Quotes from This Episode by Rebecca Kane:

  • “It’s not so much about changing, it’s about releasing the limiting beliefs that we have, so that we can really connect with ourselves and that real sense of who we are, and when we have that, we have a huge sense of clarity, and it makes everything else in life and all the choices in life so much easier.”
  • “Each month we get the chance to start again.”
  • “Emotions are just energy in motion.”

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Thank you so much for listening! I hope this podcast helps you be a little bit happier, and remember, self-care is not selfish, it’s essential.

Camaron Brooks On Staying Present and Happy 07

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Happiness Mama Podcast with Heather Ash Episode 7 Camaron Brooks On Staying Present & Happy

I’m so happy to bring you episode 7 of The Happiness Mama Podcast! I spoke with Camaron Brooks, a mother of two young children who recently published her first book. In her book, Reporting Live From Studio B, she shares the real joys and challenges of motherhood and her transition from being a TV news anchor/reporter to a stay-at-home mom.

I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed talking with her! And make sure to check out her blog at ReportingLiveFromStudioB.com and her book on Amazon. It’s sooo good!

Highlights of Our Conversation

  • Why and how Camaron wrote and published her book with two very young children
  • The “inherent loneliness” of motherhood
  • Enjoy the phase you’re in…
  • The need to be in the moment as a mother
  • Motherhood is a huge learning experience
  • Our legacy of love
  • The importance of reflection and connection
  • Tuning in to “natural sound”: anchors that help us get back to the present
  • Moving towards love, not fear
  • What is healthy striving?
  • Accepting our past
  • The importance of little victories for our children
  • How we judge ourselves
  • Why self-care matters
  • High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), walking, and having fun
  • The importance of play
  • The power of small steps in creating change
  • Some advice for new mamas

Connection is why we're here. Camaron Brooks

Quotes from This Episode by Camaron Brooks

  • “My identity as a person really kind of exploded when I became a mom, and I didn’t know who I was and I think that’s because I had a false sense of identity based on career and a lot of other things. But motherhood kind of cracked that all open. We all go through that.”
  • “Connection is why we’re here.”
  • “Everything in life is a practice, there’s no finish line…”
  • “How am I treating my body? How am I taking care of myself?”
  • “I see aging as a beautiful process…”

Other Quotes from This Episode

  • “What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” – Mother Teresa
  • “A miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love—from a belief in what is not real, to faith in that which is. That shift in perception changes everything.” -Marianne Williamson

Links and Books Mentioned In This Episode

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    Thank you so much for listening! I hope this podcast helps you be a little bit happier, and remember, self-care is not selfish, it’s essential.

    Love Heather

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    Jenn Sher: Awakening through Mixed Media Art 06

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    Happiness Mama Podcast, Episode 6

    Jenn Sher, mom to three girls, is an amazingly talented mixed media artist and blogger. In this episode, Jenn and I talk about her recent dive into mixed media art, and she has great advice for other moms who are interesting in getting started with it. She also shares how she and her husband got fit, gained energy, and together lost 73 pounds, in 12 weeks! Jenn also shares her word of the year and what it means to her. I loved talking with Jenn, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

    This is the first episode of Season 2 of The Happiness Mama Podcast, which is focusing on Self-Care! A new episode will be released twice a month, so stay tuned! Enjoy…

    Highlights of Our Conversation:

    • Journalling
    • How she got into mixed media art
    • Advice for moms who are new to mixed media art
    • How she and her husband got fit, lost weight, and gained energy, in just 12 weeks
    • How Jenn prepares healthy meals AND saves time
    • Her secret to getting voluntary help in the kitchen
    • Word of the year and what it means to her
    • Her special free offer of an Andy Warhol-inspired custom portrait (!)
    Jenn Sher Artwork
    Artwork by Jenn Sher

    Quotes from This Episode by Jenn Sher:

    • “I want to show people that if you take steps, you can do it.”
    • “Take yourself out of the whole chaos or just the regular routine, and do something that [makes] you feel like a child.”

    Links and Books Mentioned In This Episode:

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    If you enjoyed the podcast and want to help other mamas be happier, too, visit iTunes or Stitcher and kindly leave me a rating, review, and subscribe. More ratings and reviews can lead to more eyes and ears seeing and hearing the podcast. Thank you!

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    Stay in Touch:

    Never miss an episode!

    Click here to get the Happiness Mama Newsletter and your free gift, The Self-Care Workbook, with a self-care assessment and over 50 specific ways to add more self-care to your life, so you can feel AMAZING.

    Thank you so much for listening! I hope this podcast helps you be a little bit happier, and remember, self-care is not selfish, it’s essential.

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    Kris Baker Dersch: Flash Fiction, Podcasting, and the Productive Struggle 05

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    Happiness Mama Podcast Episode 5 with Kris Baker Dersch

    Highlights of Our Conversation:

    • Favorite children’s books and authors
    • How she got into writing when her son was a year old
    • What exactly is flash fiction?
    • Her inspiration to start her podcast
    • Her experiences with NaNoWriMo
    • The great thing about being the editor of your own podcast
    • Her Christmas serial in December, a fanciful trip to the North Pole at Christmas
    • How and why she podcasts while having a toddler
    • Keeps her energy up for the things she has to do
    • “Writing time” for our kids
    • Starting out part time…
    • “You kind of wake up one morning and realize you’re running out of somedays, and if you’re gonna do this, you might as well start now.”
    • Ira Glass on creativity…
    • Doing the work to get better
    • Permission to suck, practicing for the time we won’t suck
    • Advice from a Native American basket weaver that she’s never forgotten
    • The value of “productive struggle” and why it’s good to make mistakes
    • How are culture is hard on moms
    • Starting a blog or podcast when others don’t totally get it
    • “You can’t get discouraged by the numbers… If it’s not worth it to you to do for you, then it’s not gonna be worth it because you’re not going to get a huge audience and you’re not gonna get all that right away.”
    • What drew her to podcasts and why she became even more into them when her baby was little
    • How we listen to podcasts
    • The surprising criteria she uses to judge other podcasts
    • Too many podcasts, too little time…
    • Her main goal in podcasting
    • New show idea! Women Belong in Baseball
    • Three great pieces of advice for other moms: find your village, trust your instincts, & find moments of joy and creativity in the mundane
    • The hardest part of the SAHM gig
    • Embracing the “verb” of homemaking

    Quotes from This Episode by Kris Baker Dersch:

    • “You will fit in what you make a priority.”
    • “Stop listening to the negative.”
    • “There’s something to be said for just doing it.”
    • “It’s nice to not know everything; it’s nice to learn by doing.”
    • “Just do a paragraph. Just do a page.”
    • “Some days, some months, it just doesn’t happen.”

    Links and Books Mentioned In This Episode:

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    If you enjoyed the podcast and want to help other mamas be happier, too, visit iTunes and kindly leave me a rating, review, and subscribe. (More ratings and reviews can lead to more eyes and ears seeing and hearing the podcast.) Thank you!

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    Stay in Touch:

    Never miss an episode!

    Click here to get the Happiness Mama Newsletter and your free gift.

    Thank you so much for listening! I hope this podcast helps you be a little bit happier, and helps you go from striving to thriving!
    Love,
    Heather

    Oana Hogrefe: Photography and Mindful Mothering 04

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    Happiness Mama Podcast Episode 4 Oana Hogrefe

    Photographer and mother of three Oana Hogrefe and I spoke about her journey to owning a successful portrait studio, how to take better photographs, and how to help our children be creative. We also talked about Oana’s decision to homeschool her children, the charities that she created, and what it means to be creative. With so many special photo opportunities coming up with the holidays, this is the perfect time to listen and learn from a pro how to get the best pictures. I really enjoyed our conversation, and I hope you do, too!

    Highlights of Our Conversation

    • How Oana got into photography
    • Her background in science (She has a PhD in physics!) and web development in the corporate world…
    • Creativity in software development and working with an international team
    • Creativity is problem solving, letting go, releasing inhibitions, and expressing your inner self
    • Crafting your own life, through the choices you make every day.
    • Tons of tips for how to take good photographs
    • How to have a good photo shoot when working with a professional photographer, and what not to do
    • Advice for you when you’re taking pictures of your own kids, especially for getting good shots when you’re trying to do “special pictures” such as a family photograph…
    • What NOT to do in your family photo shoots
    • Murphy’s Law when it comes to group photos
    • Oana’s hierarchy of what’s important for how to get the best photograph
    • Why you can find Oana in back alleys taking photos instead of out by the pretty fountain…
    • Her charities
    • What creativity means to her…
    • Letting go and relaxing and really listening to our children and being responsive to them.
    • Why she got into homeschooling and what that looks like for her.
    • The benefits of having her own photography business and how she has kept it as something that brings her joy
    • How homeschooling allows her to be creative as well and how she encourages her children to be creative… by allowing them as much freedom as she can within the right limits.

    Links and Books Mentioned

    www.shutterview.com
    www.facebook.com/oanahogrefe
    www.facebook.com/OanaHogrefePhotography
    Free Guide to a Mindful Holiday
    www.happinessmama.com/my-mindful-holiday (Coaching Program)

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    Stay in Touch

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    Thank you so much for listening! I hope this podcast helps you be a little bit happier, and helps you go from striving to thriving!