321: 10 Ways To Lighten Your Load and Lighten Up

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

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

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Heaviness can show up in our lives in a lot of ways. Sometimes it’s a trauma like a cancer diagnosis or the death of a parent. Sometimes it’s a transition like a new job or a new baby or moving to a new city. Sometimes it’s a stressful phase - lots of expectations at work, a partner who is traveling a lot. Sometimes it’s general overwhelm - so. many. things. to keep up with #everydamnday In these times of heaviness, sometimes we are tempted to tell ourselves to “Stay Strong!” and “Power Through!” But the reality, sometimes you actually TRULY need a break - a respite. And after that break, you will actually be more STRONG and POWERFUL. It is really important to make a concerted effort to lighten our load and lighten up sometimes (probably more often than you think). When we give ourselves the space & grace to do so, we come back to focus, we have renewed our mental and emotional reserves. This rejuvenation is almost always palpable. These breaks for levity and lightness are so valuable. Listen in to hear a deep dive on these 10 ways to lighten your load and lighten up: Dedicate time for play - whatever that means for you Find your zen Listen to funny podcasts Watch a comedy special or funny Netflix series Engage in menial tasks Find an inspiring place to complete hard tasks Go shopping Make hard things fun Read a funny book Give yourself rewards Links Mentioned: Join us at Shameless Mom Con: Shameless Mom Con Thank you to our sponsors: Open Fit Grove Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 321. Show notes for this episode, including all links
0:05.7	mentioned in the episode, as well as any discount codes from our sponsors, can be found by going
0:09.9	to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 321.1. Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy.
0:20.8	I'm your host, Sarah Dean.
0:22.4	I'm here to give you and other passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources,
0:28.8	and a little bit of humor to help you lead more positive, powerful, and purposeful lives
0:33.5	every damn day.
0:35.0	One of the best things about the Shameless Mom Academy is our community. So be sure to
0:38.4	join us in our free private Facebook group to connect with other shameless moms just like you.
0:43.4	You can find us over at shamelessom.com forward slash Facebook. All right, let's dive into today's
0:49.9	episode. Hello, Shameless moms. Happy Monday. I hope it's sunny where you are. It's sunny while I'm
1:00.4	recording this. It's feeling very spring like in Seattle. And by the time you listen to this,
1:04.3	I will just be back from Michigan. So I'm recording this before I go. But I'm speaking this
1:08.8	weekend, an inspired mama in Michigan. And I'm so excited about that. And but I'm speaking this weekend at Inspired Mama in Michigan.
1:11.5	And I'm so excited about that. And if I met you this weekend at Inspired Mama in Michigan,
1:17.2	that was a blast. I'm just going to expect that it's going to be a blast. So I can say that
1:21.1	preemptively and just say it's going to be amazing. And I can't wait. I'm so, so excited. And I have to give a huge shout out to Samantha,
1:28.2	Shameless Mom, Samantha, who's running this as her very first live event, or her live event,
1:32.6	at least in this arena that I'm aware of. So it's going to be fantastic. And congratulations,
1:38.1	Samantha, on your first inspired mama. Such good stuff. So I want to start this episode with our Shameless Mom of the Week. And
1:45.8	Shameless Mom of the Week, this week is Tiffany S. So remember, Shameless Mom of the Week always
1:50.7	comes from someone who's left a review on iTunes to let me know how the show has impacted their
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