A family vision statement or a family mission statement, it's going to help to form our kids

and our families identities. We can use that mission statement to start a conversation about what

sets our family apart. Like what does it mean to be part of your family?

Welcome back to the Motherhood podcast, a live workshop style podcast that is helping thousands

of moms redefine their motherhood journey.

There was a point in my life when I was trying to do all the things, parent my kids,

pour into my marriage, run a busy law practice, keep up my home.

And what I found was that I was on the fast track to burnout until I discovered a better way. Now I help women just like you to close the

gap between their vision of motherhood and what they're actually experiencing in their day-to-day

lives. Together, we'll explore when and where to simplify,

systemize, and surrender. I promise you, you're already doing so much better than you think.

I'm your coach, Michelle Grocer, and this is Motherhood.

Welcome back to the Motherhood podcast. I've got a quick question for you. What's your family's

mission? Have you ever considered it? It's kind of like a deep loaded question, right? When I was in the

planning stages for this podcast, Jeff was actually working on a new project too,

and we were discussing mission statements and what the vision would be for our new ventures.

We knew that without a clear mission and without a clear vision, that clear direction,

it'd be difficult for us to stay the course and stay true to our mission, define that purpose,

and get where we wanted to go.

And in that conversation, we started looking at different companies' mission statements,

and we had this revelation like, we got to write our family's mission statement.

It's something we'd wanted to do, especially since having kids, but we had never actually sat down and put pen to paper,

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