Ambitious and Balanced Working Moms
Episodes
7 truths about emotions
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Emotions are not meant to be avoidedā¦theyāre meant to be felt. When you give yourself space to feel your emotions, they donāt linger as long, yo...
4 tools to calm down your brain (with Cathy Sullivan)
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As a working mom your brain is likely always "on". You are constantly thinking about the things that need to get accomplished and the decisions that n...
How to self-validate
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There is a secret to feeling confident. To prioritizing your own needs. To feeling in control of your time and turning off your work brain at the time...
Are you exactly where you should be?
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today Iām sharing a transformative belief: Iām exactly where I should be. Imagine believing that in the midst of failure, youāre exactly where y...
The most important relationship in your life
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The most important relationship in your life is the one that you have with yourself. The way you treat yourself, either makes you feel really good or ...
How to make big decisions
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We all want big things in our life. We want jobs that are fulfilling, careers that are meaningful and lives that feel balanced. But when it comes to m...
Making decisions you feel certain about
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your brain craves certainty when making decisions. It wants to know youāre getting it ārightā. But often times that feeling of certainty can fee...
Guilt because you love your job
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Many ambitious career driven women experience guilt because they love what they do and sometimes they like it more than being with their kids. Our cul...
3 things you must know about your purpose
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Women want to feel fulfilled in their job, especially if they are going to leave their baby to go do it. For many women, motherhood is a transition wh...
What to do when you feel overwhelmed
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Letās talk about overwhelm. Overwhelm doesnāt just happen to us. Itās an emotion our brain uses to communicate important questions. When we see ...
3 reasons to dream big
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What big goals do you have for yourself? Do you want to make a certain amount of money? Do you want to reach a certain level in your career? Maybe you...
Creating a successful maternity leave (with author Amy Beacom)
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In todayās podcast I am interviewing Amy Beacom, author of the book The Parental Leave Playbook, which helps expecting parents take control of their...
What makes you a great mom?
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you were to write a resume for yourself as a mom, what would be on it? What would be your strengths, what would be your successes, how would you de...
A new approach to goal setting
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At work, high achieving women are amazing at meeting goals, but when it comes to their personal life, they get stuck. Goals like balance, happiness an...
Enoughness (rebroadcast)
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There are three beliefs that are at the foundation of work-life balance. I am enough. I am doing enough. I am good enough. These three beliefs make up...
Your value is not found in your career (rebroadcast)
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today is a rebroadcast of an early episode that focuses on understanding your true value. Your value is not found in your career, itās not found in ...
Choose your perspective
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There are many different perspectives you can have of your year. Some of them will leave you feeling dissatisfied and disappointed, and others will le...
4 steps to leaving work on-time
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Even if you love your job, you still want to have a life outside of work. In order to do that, you will need to learn how to shut down you work brain ...
3 strategies to stay balanced in the midst of holiday busyness (part 3)
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The holidays are chaotic times, but they can also be times of great joy and balance. It doesn't matter how many things you have to do during the holid...
Managing expectations during the holidays (part 2)
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone has opinions about the holidays and trying to manage everyoneās expectations creates a very exhausting and overwhelming holiday season. To ...
Balance during the holidays (part 1)
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
During the holidays there are often dozens of additional tasks that need to get done. And even though we want things to run smoothly, what we really d...
Managing Imposter Syndrome
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole felt like an imposter in her job. Even though she had been at her company for over a decade, her brain continued to tell her that she wasnāt ...
Should you quit your job?
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After becoming a mom, I wrestled with the idea of quitting my job but felt trapped in golden handcuffs. I needed to feel sure that quitting was the ri...
Does your job need to be fulfilling to create balance?
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We spend over a third of our awake life working. So, having a job that you want to go to every day is important, but is it necessary for creating work...
Achieve More By Working Less (with Erika Maddamma)
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Erika is a past client who recently implemented the belief that achieving more does not mean working more. As a recovering āhyper-doerā, Erika alw...
The Truth About Creating Boundaries Between Work & Home
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Family is your #1 priority, but are you actually prioritizing them? Is your work getting your best self while your family gets the leftovers? In this ...
The 5 stages of balance
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When someone is moving from an imbalanced life to a balanced life, they go through 5 stages. In today's episode I'm going to walk you through each of ...
When family responsibilities all fall on you (with Maggie Reyes)
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview with Marriage coach Maggie Reyes, we discuss what to do when it feels like you are handling all the household responsibilities. We d...
Doās and Donāts to Increasing Confidence After Motherhood
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Building off of last weekās episode on growing your confidence, in todayās podcast I am giving you access to the first day of a 4-day training I o...
#1 Strategy to Grow Confidence
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In todayās episode I am breaking down the #1 strategy to growing confident: increasing your self-belief. At a foundational level, confidence is simp...
Separating your identity from your job (with Erin Bowald)
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Erin is on the executive leadership team at a marketing firm and through coaching went from feeling burnt out and overwhelmed as a working mom to feel...
Youāre a Better Mom Because You Work
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You are a better mom because you work, your kids are better because you work and your work is getting a better employee because you're a mom. These th...
From Feeling Lost to Following a Dream (with Laura Hardie)
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Laura graduated from coaching a year ago and took everything she learned to finally leave a job that she no longer enjoyed to follow her dream. She sh...
Feeling unmotivated at work?
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Your purpose in life and your job are not one in the same, but they are deeply connected. Your career must feel purposeful if you are going to create ...
How to Develop Self-Compassion
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in this week to discover the importance of self-compassion. Instead of beating yourself up and stuffing your emotions away when you fail, feel in...
The Secret to Prioritizing Yourself
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Self-care is an important part of staying sane as working moms and yet for many women it is extremely hard to do. We just simply arenāt the priority...
Regaining confidence after motherhood
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Experiencing a dip in confidence after motherhood is normal. Learning to care for an infant is a brand-new experience for most women that leaves them ...
Unplug from work in 4 easy steps
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Learning to unplug and turn off your work brain at the end of a workday or on a weekend is an important skill when creating a balanced life. Our brain...
Welcome Disappointment
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Disappointment is not what you think it is. It's not something you want to avoid, it's not something that says you're doing something wrong, it's not ...
Goals Change After Motherhood
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Before kids our ambitions were focused on our career. But after kids, our goals seem to change. Success is no longer just about our career, it's about...
Freedom From Mom-Guilt in 3 Steps
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast we are addressing the #1 thing working moms need freedom from: guilt. Guilt is the emotion that shows up when you feel you ar...
Controlling Your To-Do List
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The length of your to-do list is often a source of anxiety. When the to-do list is short you feel productive and good about yourself, but when the to-...
The Single Best Productivity Tool
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Work and rest are not on opposite ends of the spectrum. The single best productivity tool you have is REST. In today's episode I'm going to be making ...
3 Hacks to Achieve More in Less Time
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In todayās interview with time hacking expert Vikki Louise, we call B.S. on the thought, āI donāt have enough timeā. We talk all about how ā...
Enoughness
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode we're going to talk about enoughness. This is the belief that you are enough and that you're doing enough. A balanced life is a lif...
5 Secrets to Living in the Present
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this in this week's episode Iām focusing on what it takes to be present. A balanced life is a present life. You want to be present for all the mi...
Have to vs. want to
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A balanced life is a life of WANT-to. Itās a life that feels purposeful, motivating, fun and even easy. An unbalanced life is a life of HAVE-to. Itā...
Failure and disappointing others
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How would life be different if you were willing to fail and disappoint others? If you simply stopped avoiding it? Would you work less? Try to perfect ...
Stop Shoulding
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast today Iām going to talk about a word we all use that is often the source of imbalance: SHOULD. Working moms have a bad habit of shou...
Navigating the work to home transition
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I am going to talk about creating a work-to-home transition. This is the moment of the day that is the most crucial to creating work-...
Success is not dependent on time
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I am going to talk about why you donāt need more time to be successful. That actually, success has nothing to do with time. Our bra...
Your value isn't found in your career
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In todayās episode I'm going to be addressing one of the most important topics to creating balance in your life: your value. Essentially your worth....
The missing link that creates balance: commitment (part 4)
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are going to be talking about the missing link to creating a balanced life: commitment. Most people have some sense of what they n...
The link between your brain and balance (part 3)
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Your brain is so powerful, that your thoughts are like a self-fulfilling prophecy. They will either move you forward or hold you back. Which means, yo...
Clarity is essential to work-life balance (part 2)
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Clarity is essential to work-life balance. When you are clear, you donāt second guess yourself and you make more decisive decisions. Clarity is like...
The foundation to creating work-life balance
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you're not feeling really good about you and your work, you're likely not going to feel balanced in life. If you're constantly looking for other pe...
Welcome to Ambitious & Balanced Working Moms!
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is a show for working moms who want to balance their ambitious career goals with their life as a mom. Being a career-driven woman is hard and con...