194. The Back to School Episode

HERself

Abby and Amy

Grow, Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health, Parenting, Kids & Family, Opportunity, Honest, Real, Vulnerable, Purpose, Best Self, Self-improvement, Future, Comparison

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🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

It’s almost back to school time! Since we both have soon to be second graders, almost kindergarteners, and younger kiddos, we thought we would do an episode all about this big transition! This time around we feel a little more experienced and open up to you about how the process of sending our littles off to school has gone for us.

In this episode, we start off by sharing our thoughts on the end of the summer pressure we put on ourselves as moms. We might feel like we haven’t done enough. But ask your kids what their favorite memory from this summer was. We think you might be surprised to hear that in their eyes, the little things are what matter most.

We share what caught us off guard as first time parents of kindergarteners. We touch on how with school comes a whole new bag of unexpected responsibilities for not only your child but for you as the parent as well. If you’re part of a household that has two, full-time working parents, juggling this new school year schedule definitely comes with its challenges. We share how we’ve had to build a bigger village than just our own couplehoods in order to get the help that we need.

With big transitions come big emotions. We want you to know that every feeling is valid. You and your little one have everything you need, you’re going to get through this, and don’t forget to have a little fun along the way!

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0:00.0	Of course, we can have emotions, and that's normal, but we want to prepare these kiddos
0:06.2	so that they feel like we believe that they can do it.
0:10.0	We believe that they can go off and be successful at kindergarten, and we're not putting the
0:15.8	anxiety that we might feel onto them.
0:23.0	I'm Amy, and I'm Abby, and as women, we are constantly comparing ourselves to others.
0:29.9	But your life isn't supposed to look like hers.
0:33.5	Being your best south means standing firm in your decisions, and always being willing
0:37.6	to grow with a purpose.
0:39.2	We get vulnerable and real, with an honest look into the challenges and triumphs we all
0:44.3	face.
0:45.6	Every woman listening is an opportunity to choose what life looks like for herself.
0:50.3	Hey guys, it is almost time for those of us with
0:59.8	school ages for them to head back to school.
1:02.9	Maybe your kids are already starting, and Abby and I thought we would do an episode
1:07.2	just that two of us all about this subject.
1:10.9	As most of you know, we have kids that are going into second grade, both of us, and then
1:16.2	a fresh set of kindergartners, and then some younger kids as well.
1:19.8	So we feel a little more experienced, and we just kind of wanted to open up about the process.
1:25.5	I did, however, want to start with this idea of end of summer pressure.
1:31.9	This is something that my friend Sarah brought up to me.
1:34.7	I guess I was just kind of a loof of this happening to people, but she, when she opened
1:40.8	up to me, she had tears in her eyes.
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