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180. Self-care and self-love, what would our mothers say?
Sometimes we can find ourselves reaching for a bowl of chocolate, scrolling through social media, or checking out for the night, and call that self-care. But that is really self-comfort and only serves to numb the discomfort instead of fixing…
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179. What are your needs and how are you meeting them?
What are needs? At a basic level, they are simple things like food, water, shelter, sleep. They can also be more complicated, like friendship, personal accomplishment, and sense of purpose. Sometimes it can be difficult to meet these needs, or…
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178. Don’t water the weeds (intentional parenting for proactive connection)
Giving your child extra attention might seem like a great idea, but if it’s the wrong type of attention it could do more harm than good. Let’s learn what it means to parent intentionally and make proactive connections with your…
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177. Understanding what is motivating you (chasing vs avoiding)
Motivation. It is something we all want more of. However, every day we take little actions and make little choices that are coming from motivation. A motivation to avoid something or a motivation to move towards something. And why does…
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176. When you don’t know what you want in life. Life on purpose for the non-dreamer
I want to talk to you about listening more deeply to yourself and asking, “what do I want?”. For some of us, we are out of touch with our dreams or our life vision. We might feel overwhelmed, or like…
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175. What will your future be? More of the same? Or will you turn off the autopilot?
With 2023 finally here, it is time to start looking forward to the future and improve our health, relationships, and life. But sometimes it might be a good idea to look inwards as well and see if we intend to…
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174. Christmas hygge ideas + understanding how the window of tolerance impacts your stress in motherhood
With all the planning, gift wrapping, baking, and decorating, this time of year can get crazy, and life seems to just stop until the 25th is well behind us. Today I wanted to talk about the concept of Hygge and…
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173. What you can learn from imposter syndrome (inquiring into the doubt and fears with these journalling questions)
Everyone has doubts and fears, but sometimes these doubts can manifest into something stronger and more potent, Imposter Syndrome. Today I go through a list of questions to help you inquire about the Imposter Syndrome within you, and how to…
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172. Tips for having more than one kid (mom of three asking for advice)
As much as we might want it to exist, there just isn’t a magical list or routine we can implement to make it an easy transition to have a second or third kid. And once they are here, it can…
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171. Making home a place where your kids want to hangout (with you, and their friends)
Whether your vision is to be the hangout spot on the block, or a place your kids still come to visit after moving out, small changes can be made to create a cozy, comfortable, and welcoming home for the quickly…
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170. Planning the Day (reactive vs proactive, tools and approaches I use)
Planning the day can be an overwhelming chore that you are constantly behind in. Sticking to that plan can be frustrating and seem impossible. I want to share a few ways that I keep myself on track and having a…
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169. Moms Simplifying Q+A: Toddler MomLife, Procrastination and Decluttering
Answering decluttering, simplifying and momlife questions that were sent in through the Simple on Purpose community group. Covering topics including organization, procrastination, decluttering kids’ clothes, showing up well for momlife. Make sure to check out the show notes for more…
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168. Teaching our kids contentment, on purpose
How do we teach our kids contentment? I want to unpack this question from all angles. From why it is hard for us as parents, how we teach them reactively vs on purpose, where the emotion of contentment comes from,…
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167. Conscious parenting through the struggles, and letting go of perfectionism in motherhood
Being a mom on purpose means stepping into your strengths as well as stepping into your struggles. This means letting go of perfectionism and the chase to be the ideal mom and have the ideal kids. Products recommended here…
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166. How to find confidence in being the mom you are, intentional motherhood
Motherhood is a journey and there are stepping stones along the way of things we learn. I want to share a few of my stepping stones with you. They are around parenting from our own strengths, rather than focussing on…
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165. Spring cleaning urgency + organization tips and inventory strategies that save you money and reduce clutter
Spring cleaning had me feeling a mental urgency at ALL THE THINGS I needed to get cleaned in my home. I am sharing how I am approaching that overwhelm. Also sharing how organization and inventory of your stuff can save…
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164. How I am finding balance in my life this year
I was asked to cover this topic in the recent feedback survey. I think it is a great question to ask, and it is one I’ve ruthlessly searched to the ends of Pinterest to answer, ‘how to find balance in…
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163. Have fun with your kids, on purpose + reasons we don’t have fun
How to have more fun with our kids. It is OK if you feel like you aren’t enjoying your kids and if having fun with them is not happening or is hard to do. There are a lot of reasons…
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162. Think the best of me, or not. Allowing the hard and awesome in ourselves and in our lives.
When we want others to think well of us, what is happening is we are buying into the cultural myth that WE are all good, all the time. And then our EGO steps in to defend this truth and make…
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161. Why having LESS matters, the benefits of decluttering and minimalism
Ever wonder if decluttering will be worth your time? Does minimalism really matter much? This question was asked in a recent survey I held and I thought it was so valuable. Because we all want to know that going through…
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160. Getting dressed can be a keystone habit, creating an easy wardrobe / INSIGHTS from the 30for30 closet remix
This is a continuation of the insights we had in the #moms30for30 challenge, where we wore 30 items of clothes for 30 days. This challenge was a way for us to shop our closets, wear clothing items we never wear…
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159. Wearing your fave clothes, mindful shopping, trends and style, and pride vs vanity in moms getting dressed each day / INSIGHTS from the capsule wardrobe challenge
In this episode, we are recapping the moms30for30 capsule wardrobe challenge. I will be sharing the insights I have learned and the ones shared by the ladies who joined in this round. Listen to this if you are curious about…
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158. MVP/ Do you typecast your kids? How labels impact our parenting and our children
Hi friends, welcome to an MVP episode. These are episodes I have shared over the years that I have had feedback on that they have been particularly helpful. I am sharing these for those who missed them the first time…
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157. How I tackled decluttering my office and kids craft drawers + how I handle the resistance to decluttering
This past week I decluttered a few spaces in the home, the kitchen craft drawers and the office closet. These are areas that had become unruly with stuff and clutter. They have been on my list to declutter as we…
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156. 3 things to know about feeling negative emotions
We spend much of our days avoiding the emotions we don’t want to feel and panicking when we do feel those negative emotions. But then what happens is we give control over to the emotions and build up our lives…
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155. If I talk about hard things is it complaining? Or venting?
How do we talk about hard things? For some of us, our emotions seem overwhelming and we find ourselves dumping them out onto those around us. For some, our emotions seem unacceptable and we find ourselves bottling them up. Neither…
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154. What to do now that you are motivated (simplify getting started)
We are feeling ready! We have stocked our motivation with books and podcasts and tedtalks, and we have our sneakers on and we are READY So what do we do?? It is normal to start making a list of all…
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153. How to move from ambivalent to ambitious (making change takes more than just willpower)
How do you go from sitting on the couch staring at your phone to DOING the THING you said you WANTED to be doing? I want to teach you how to spot AMBIVALENCE and how to address it, so you…
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152. How to declutter the closet to make a capsule wardrobe (that works with your life)
In order to do my capsule wardrobe challenge (#moms30for30) I decided to do a big closet declutter. I’m sharing my takeaways and tips to help you do that big clothes declutter, make refined decisions about what stays, and have a…
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151. Capsule wardrobe closet remix challenge, the #moms30for30
The 30for30 is a popular closet remix challenge. This February 1st I will be hosting a #moms30for30, which is a challenge we have been doing since 2014, where we wear 30 items for 30 days. You can learn so much…
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150. A new approach to habit change: routine and habit refinement
The new year brings a lot of thought to the goals and habits we want to have. I have a new tool for you to try if you are feeling overwhelmed and frustrated with all the work that goes into…
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149. How to find what matters to you (uncovering your personal values)
How do you want to spend your time? Your energy? Your space and money? When you decide in line with your values you will feel intentional and purposeful with all your little and big decisions. Knowing your personal values helps…
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148. Why even make family Christmas traditions? (+ ones that didn’t work, ones that did)
Family traditions are something we often think about as we start having kids. Many of us are looking for traditions to bring into our holidays that help us make memories with our kids. Sometimes we even feel an urgency to…
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147. Intentional phone habits and boundaries, using your phone ON PURPOSE
Would you like to be more intentional with how you use your phone? Do you want to set boundaries and take back control of what your relationship with your phone looks like? In this episode, I have tips on how…
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146. Feeling addicted to your phone? Understanding your phone habit + worksheets
I get messages from moms, and coach women who feel like they are addicted to their phones. They share how it pulls them out of their presence with their kids and their lives. It sucks up their time and they…
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145. You aren’t alone mama, I go through that too
I knew I had to share this episode as I heard more and more coaching clients tell me how much they appreciated hearing me say that I don’t always enjoy my kids, that I was a mom martyr, that pregnancy…
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144. How to lighten the mental load of DECISION FATIGUE
We hear a lot about the mental burden that moms carry. We have so many things on our minds about all the people and all the things that need to happen PLUS all the things we want to be doing…
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143. How to let go of IDENTITY CLUTTER
There is a type of clutter we ALL have in our home. It is identity clutter – you know those items that for someone we are not – but rather for different versions of ourselves: our past self, our aspirational…
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142. What will change cost you? (Paying the status quo or investing in change)
We all feel this sense of ‘ideal self’ that we want to be moving towards. It is safe to assume a lot of us desire some change on some level in some area of our lives. But we need to…
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141. When shopping isn’t making your life better (mindful and minimalist tips for shopping)
Feel like you are shopping too much? Want to bring a minimalist approach and mindset into how you shop? Every season we seem to be bombarded with the latest fashion trends – a marketing strategy that fast fashion uses to…
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140. Give your discomfort a purpose #uncomfortableonpurpose
I challenged you to get uncomfortable this week. Now I want to dig into doing simple things that serve a bigger purpose. Giving your discomfort a purpose to work towards the vision and goals you have for your life. I…
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139. Are you TOO comfortable? And what is it costing you?
I love comfort (#typeninevibes) and I know that a lot of my comfort-seeking is more the AVOIDANCE of discomfort. I don’t want to be uncomfortable. What things make you uncomfortable? For me they have been things like: Taking my…
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138. Is momlife UNFUN? How to be a more FUN MOM, stop withholding fun from yourself
Looking for ways to have more fun in motherhood and BE more fun as a mom? I have asked myself this question too. Inside of our FB Group – Simple on Purpose Community, there comes a great question. The question…
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137. Back to school routines that we have in our house
It’s back to school time! Are you ready? I know we have been enjoying the slow pace of summer and will need to put ourselves back on schedule to make back to school run more smoothly. Over the years we…
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136. How to do better, next summer (PROMPT episode)
How did your summer go? Anything you wish you that you did more of or less of? Today I have a PROMPT episode for you – where I will prompt you through some helpful questions that I hope will help…
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135. Procrastination tips for moms
Procrastination is an avoidant strategy and there are so many layers to it, why we do it, how to redirect it, how to accept it, and so on. It is also something almost everyone does and something that can cause…
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134. Do you typecast your kids? (Labels + how they impact our parenting and our kids)
When an actor is typecast, they are locked into being cast for a certain TYPE of character, always a version of the same thing. And as parents, we can typecast our own kids. We give them labels on what they…
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133. 4 simple habits that make my momlife better
I have been researching goals and habits since we started setting them in 2015. You can hear Conor share his take on doing this work as a couple in this episode. Over the years I have searched to the ends…
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132. Teaching our kids a healthy relationship with food (+ our own food guilt and body shame) with Andrea Heyman
Andrea is a Registered Dietician who is here to talk with me about our relationship to food and teaching our kids a healthy relationship with food I also had a secret motive in asking her on because I had questions…
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130. Q+A (seasons of life, husbands, parenting, family chores, choosing our feelings)
This is a Q+A episode featuring questions from the Simple Squad (the Simple on Purpose Facebook Community). We are talking about feelings, marriage, seasons of life, parenting and family chores. These answers are coming at you from my life coaching…
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129. Does your ‘to-do list’ overwhelm you? Expectation overwhelm and how to handle it.
Expectation overwhelm is when you have a to-do list that is so long that it overwhelms you. This starts a defeating cycle of hustling, beating ourselves up for not doing ‘enough’, and not really feeling empowered to live a life…
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128. Getting dressed every day, with less guilt & more confidence (with Jaime McLaughlin)
Do you struggle in your relationship to getting dressed each day? Do you feel guilty for it, or lack confidence in it? Jaime McLaughlin is a hair and make-up artist who is helping moms take care of themselves without the…
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127. Planning your Summer on Purpose (Tips for Moms)
When we think about being home with the kids for the summer there can be a lot to dread AND be excited about in this season. I have found my way out of that mental overwhelm is to make a…
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126. The Joy of Being Mediocre (hobby without the hustle)
As moms who want to have hobbies and do things they love we get bogged down with notions that we have to monetize our hobby, or that we have to be exceptional at it. We almost use these as measurements…
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125. Creativity vs Productivity in Motherhood (making time for the things you love to do, with Siobhan Jones)
Do you wish you made time for the things you enjoy? Maybe you aren’t sure what hobbies you would like, or you think you aren’t ‘creative enough’ to have hobbies. I have encouragement for the mom who feels guilty that…
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124. How to love your home (when you wish it were different)
This is not the house I would have chosen to be my forever home, but over the years I have come to terms with us staying here – but how to reconcile with the dissatisfaction of this home not being…
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123. Myths about emotion coaching our kids [LIVE]
This is the LIVE recording from a Facebook Live held earlier today in the Simple on Purpose Community group I am answering FAQs and addressing the myths we might have about emotional intelligence and emotion coaching our kids. I have…
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122. What your mom never taught you about hormone health (with Dana Irvine)
Health class may of taught us about anatomy, maybe our moms taught us about how to manage a period (but if you are like me, you just figured it out on your own reading the pamphlets in confusion and piecing together…
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121. Paying attention to how you feel (body and emotional awareness)
As we talked a lot about emotional intelligence, I want to move over to the physical side of emotional awareness. So often we just ignore our bodies and treat them as something that slows us down – but I’ve learned…
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120. Teaching our kids emotional intelligence
I have had some great questions on how to teach our kids emotional intelligence – and I will answer them in this episode. I will also run through the 5 steps I use (and learned from John Gottman) on how…
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119. Tolerating tough emotions in our kids (and ourselves)
I want to run through the steps of teaching your kids emotional intelligence. And to lay the groundwork for that, let’s take a minute to explore our relationship to uncomfortable emotions. We are conditioned to view certain emotions as acceptable…
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118. Joy amidst depression in motherhood with Jenna Griffith
There is an emotional experience of motherhood that can feel dark, angry, exhausting, hopeless. Some of us even experience postpartum depression or other hormonal imbalances that impact our emotional experience. Is joy still available to us in these really tough…
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117. Emotional Intelligence 101 (and by Enneagram Type)
What does it mean to be ‘Emotionally Intelligent’? How can this help you in motherhood and your life? I’m sharing the basics of Emotional Intelligence (aka EQ) and giving you my take on where each Enneagram Type can develop and…
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116. Survey Says (what you had to say about Simple on Purpose)
This is a bit different of an episode – it is a FUN episode! It is OUR episode – the one where I tell you what is happening behind the scenes and tell you what the reader/listener feedback survey revealed….
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115. A Controlling mom, or a capable mom?
I was a controlling mom. I turned on the NO switch and said no to my kids, to my husband, to myself. But this need to control everything came from one very specific belief I had about myself: that I…
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114. Being a Mom, on Purpose (it’s not about happy, obedient kids)
What it means to be a mom on purpose – and it is not about having happy, obedient kids. It is actually about being a mom on purpose when our kids are NOT happy or obedient, or when life feels…
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113. Why you aren’t thriving in motherhood (stress and surviving)
There is a quote ‘don’t just survive in motherhood, thrive in it’ When I first heard this quote I really hated it. I was home with three kids under four and very aware of how I was NOT thriving and…
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112. Are you parenting the wrong issue? (Power struggles and problem solving)
Today I a sharing a shift I have made in my parenting that has made such a big difference – when I teach it to my coaching clients they have an ‘aha moment’ too – because we might not see…
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111. Decluttering decisions and guilt [Q+A]
Making decisions on what to declutter can be exhausting and often bring up emotions like guilt. I am offering my life coaching and decluttering advice on these topics as well as organizing and cleaning kid’s toys. Listen to the…
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110. Our relationship with stuff, and other decluttering questions
A popular topic I life coach moms on is their relationship to their stuff and decluttering their home. I wanted to share a Q+A time for more questions about decluttering. I asked for your decluttering questions in the Simple on…
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109. Decluttering and Motherhood with Elyse of Wholesome Mumma
Elyse is a mom of three in Australia and she has a heart for helping moms make things simpler in their lives. I asked her to come and share with us what her decluttering experience was like. In this conversation,…
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108. [Coaching Session] Seeking joy in motherhood
This is the final part of the coaching session with Laura, the mom of a 4-year-old and 1.5 year old . In this part of the coaching call, we wrap up with how to take ACTION that moves her in…
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107. [Coaching Session] Being and loving the mom you ARE (self-recognition and values)
This is part 2 of my life coaching call with Laura. We are continuing the conversation with an exploration of what values she wants to bring into her parenting. This portion of the coaching session was getting clarity on WHERE…
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106. [Coaching Session] Mom life, negative emotion, uncomfortable feelings
This is a Coaching Session I had with Laura, who is looking for coaching support on dealing with jealousy of when her kids prefer her husband to her – and with setting up a motherhood mantra for herself to anchor…
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105. Do you TRUST yourself to show up for YOU?
There have been a lot of changes I wanted to make in my life, but I didn’t trust myself to follow through and do them. So I stopped setting goals and making promises to myself. This is something I have…
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104. Dress like you are 30
How should a 30 something-year-old dress? I have asked this question for some years as I decluttered my closet and focussed on creating a closet of clothes I love to wear. I don’t want it to be the latest trends,…
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103. Habits of a debt-crushing family (with Bethany + Corey Adkins)
We all can think of some financial goals we want to meet (debt-repayment, emergency savings) and maybe we know what habits could get us there – but DOING it is the hard work. And I find it so helpful to…
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102. Starting the Debt-Free Journey (With Bethany + Corey Adkins)
Wonder what it would be like to make a BIG CHANGE that starts your debt-free journey? Today we are hearing from Bethany and Corey on their story of what that looked like in their life. When they decide to give…
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101. Finding the time, planning the day and stress responses (Life Coaching Q+A for moms who want to live on purpose)
Today I’m sharing some of a LIVE Q+A I did in FB community last month A few times each month I ask for questions and sometimes on a certain topic, then I come on and answer them live In this…
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100. Type 9 Mom (the Peacemaker), Enneagram + Motherhood
We did it friends! I am proud of us! We finished the Enneagram and Motherhood series featuring moms from all over the continent sharing what it is like to parent through the lens of their Enneagram type. Today we wrap…
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99. Type 8 Mom (the Challenger), Enneagram + Motherhood
The Type 8 is also known as the Maverick – they are confident, assertive and make natural leaders. Today I have three Type 8 moms sharing how their Enneagram type empowers them in their motherhood and how it shows up…
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98. Type 7 Mom (the Adventurer), Enneagram + Motherhood
The Type 7 on the Enneagram is also called the Enthusiast, or Fun Ninjas (as my friend Julia coined them) They are spontaneous and open to new experiences. In this episode, two Type 7 moms share how their Enneagram type…
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97. Type 6 Mom (the Loyalist), Enneagram + Motherhood
Welcome to the Simple on Purpose Podcast! For moms on the go who want nuggets of information and encouragement that helps them live with more peace, purpose and presence in their daily lives. We are continuing with our series on…
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96. Type 5 Mom (the Observer), Enneagram + Motherhood
The Type 5 on the Enneagram is also called the Investigator. They are someone who is watching and observing and analyzing how everything works. They gather knowledge on how things work and how to navigate the world with their competence. …
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95. Type 4 Mom (the Individualist), Enneagram + Motherhood
The Type 4 on the Enneagram is also called the Individualist, or the Romantic. They have a reputation of being artistic, expressive and willing to feel a range of emotions. Which I think makes them very brave and they hold…
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94. Type 3 Mom (the Achiever), Enneagram + Motherhood
The Type 3 on the Enneagram is also known as the Achiever or the Performer. They are motivated by a need to be successful and they are natural checklist-makers and goal getters. What is it like to be a Type…
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93. Type 2 Mom (the Helper), Enneagram + Motherhood
The Type 2 on the Enneagram is also known as The Helper. For this reason, a lot of us can identify as a possible Type 2 – especially in North America where this is a cultural expectation that women are…
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92. Type 1 Mom (the Perfectionist), Enneagram + Motherhood
I have three moms sharing a few minutes each about their experience of motherhood as being a Type 1 on the Enneagram. As part of a series I am doing on all the nine enneagram types called Enneagram + Motherhood…
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91. What are your motives (Enneagram + Motherhood)
One tool I use in my life coaching is the Enneagram. It is a self-discovery tool that brings more awareness to your stress habits, your strengths, your behaviour patterns and it is all based on your MOTIVES – why you…
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90. Declutter ‘what if I need it one day?’ items from your home with THIS shift
What if I need it one day? Ask this question can leave you holding onto a lot of items that you really don’t ‘need’ in your life. From old magazines, to old chargers, to clothes, to kitchen gadgets. This is…
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88. How to plan yearly goals and habits in the 9 areas of life
Welcome to the New Year friends! This is the time we feel this resolution to make things new, as we flip over the calendar. There is a lot of thought given to resolutions, goals and habits to make. And all…
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87. Why it is hard to be a present parent, and what to do about it
One thing I hear moms tell me they want is to be MORE PRESENT. We know that in our daily life we have a lot of distractions pulling our attention away. And this is a problem when we are being…
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86. Why you are too busy (by enneagram type)
‘How are things going?’ ‘Oh, they are busy’. How often are you talking about how BUSY you are? How often do you find yourself thinking you wish you had more time for other things. How often do you end your…
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85. When empathy is hard in marriage and friendships
Empathy with other adults can feel differently than it does between us and kids. This is often because our emotions are used as currency, as power. And also because we are raised to stigmatize negative and uncomfortable emotions. So why…
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84. How parenting with empathy can transform your relationship
I have been coaching women who shy away from empathy in their motherhood and relationships. Sometimes this is because they can’t see it as a part of a solution, maybe it doesn’t come naturally to them. Most often we don’t…
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83. My Current Faves (things I’m loving & a reminder that you are never behind)
Hey friends! Let’s have a momfriend coffee date – grab a warm drink and sit with me, Your Nerdy Girlfriend and Life Coach. Well this, is a coffee date for all friends really – mom or not. Because I want…
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82. Feeling discouraged about this Christmas? Start HERE.
This Christmas won’t be like the ones you have curated and cherished. This is a holiday during a pandemic and we are having a universal experience of learning what that can look like. As moms, we do most of the…
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81. Are you trading in peace, in your life and relationships, for relief?
I see a theme in the women I life coach. When I ask them what they want in their life, their homes, their motherhood, their relationships, peace (calm, serenity, harmony) is a common answer. Peace is something we crave, but…
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80. Things nobody really talks about when it comes to intentional living
When we decide we want to turn off the autopilot and take control of our lives, we might be really excited. It is fun to think about the goals and dreams we have, where we want to go with our…
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