291: Permission To Eat, Drink, And Be Merry

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Let’s get really clear about something real quick… You deserve to enjoy your holidays. You deserve to eat the cookies. You deserve to drink the nog. You deserve to live it up and laugh out loud and love lots in all the ways that fill your soul. AND, you deserve to do all this guilt-free. That said, I want you to be mindful and intentional about what truly brings you joy. I want you to be aware of delightful indulgence vs mindless consumption. For me, delightful indulgence is: A piece of my Aunt Sara’s chocolate cake A glass of a full-bodied red Extra time spent with family and friends Crab dipped in melted butter at my Aunt Marybeth’s annual crab feed Wearing pajamas all day Watching Elf 87 times A cold, crisp run in the sun in my mom’s neighborhood Putting my phone down and being more present For me, delightful indulgence is NOT: Going to bed so full my stomach hurts Being wide awake with insomnia because I had 3 glasses of wine after dinner Eating so many cookies I have a massive sugar rush and then crash an hour later Hungover parenting Skipping workouts Constant posting to FB/IG Because I know what my delightful indulgences are, I am careful to prioritize those things. In fact, I often pass up a lot of other things to make space for these delightful indulgences. I’ll skip the nog in order to enjoy the red. I’ll pass on the cookies to enjoy every bite of the cake. I’ll switch to club soda after 2 glasses of wine so I will sleep well. I’ll decide which days I’m wearing PJs all day, so I can also determine which days I’m getting up to go running. Determine your delightful indulgences. Then make space for them. Then, say NO to the things that are not as awesome as your delightful indulgences. Don’t be in constant consumption mode. Be in thoughtful consumption mode. You will enjoy every bit of your holidays more. Tune into this episode to get specific pointers on how to be intentional around your delightful indulgences so you can spend your holidays in delighted JOY. Thank you to our sponsors: BarkBox: Get a free month of Barkbox with any 6 or 12-month subscription by visiting Bark Box. Canvas People: To get a FREE 11x14 canvas print (just pay shipping) of any of your photos, go to Canvas People and use the code SHAMELESS at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy, episode 291.
0:03.8	Show notes for this episode, including any links mentioned in the episode, as well as any
0:07.5	discount codes from our sponsors, can be found by going to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 291.
0:18.1	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy.
0:20.3	I'm your host, Sarah Dean. I'm here to give you and other
0:23.6	passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help you lead
0:29.8	more positive, powerful, and purposeful lives every damn day. One of the best things about the
0:35.2	Shameless Mom Academy is our community. So be sure to join us in our free
0:38.7	private Facebook group to connect with other shameless moms just like you. You can find us over
0:43.7	at shamelessom.com forward slash Facebook. All right. Let's dive into today's episode.
1:01.7	Hello, Shameless moms. Happy Monday. It is getting, no, it's not getting close to the holidays.
1:08.8	It is the holidays. Like, we are fully in it. And I am recording on a very cold and very sunny day in Seattle. And this is my favorite. I love cold sunny days. I am walking
1:14.6	Vinita school these days in my ugs and my long down coat, my long puffy coat. So it's basically
1:20.5	I'm a walking sleeping bag. I am now sitting at my desk with a blanket wrapped around me.
1:24.7	Like this is where I thrive. So I am loving this weather and the
1:29.0	holiday season. And I already, I wonder if anyone else is like this. I'm already sad for when
1:36.5	December's over. And this is like the curse of my life that when I'm in things that I really enjoy,
1:43.3	I just already like start the grieving
1:45.5	process for when they're going to be over. So like when we're on vacation, if we're on
1:48.2	vacation for seven days, by like day three, I start mourning that it's almost halfway done. And then
1:54.2	every day it's just like a countdown for when it's going to be over. So that's where I'm at right
1:57.5	now. Just already sad that Christmas is almost over, even though it hasn't
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