431: This Is Not Normal

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

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

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The life you are living right now is not normal. It is far from it. Pretending this is normal is dangerous. We can’t afford to normalize this because we would risk losing our compassion, our fighting spirit, and the opportunity to innovate and create solutions that are desperately needed right now. If we normalize this, we risk bypassing our grief and our suffering. We risk not learning critical lessons in order to know better and do better next time we are faced with a similar crisis. Right now, we are not ok. While we may be counting our blessings and feeling lucky and grateful in many ways, we are not ok. We get to be both. Two conflicting emotions get to exist: Not ok and lucky. Sad and hopeful. Tired and cheerful. Scared and joyful. Overwhelmed and grateful. Isolated yet overly connected and enmeshed with every member of our household (am I right??) We are not ok and we will not normalize this, but we do need to create a sense of normalcy in our everyday lives. Listen in to learn 4 ways to create normalcy when life is anything but normal. Links Mentioned: Join The Shameless Mom Con Collective: shamelessmomcon.com Thank you to our sponsors: Best Fiends: Download FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 431.
0:03.9	Show notes for this episode, including any links mentioned in the episode, as well as any
0:07.3	discount codes from our sponsors, can be found by going to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode
0:12.3	431.
0:18.2	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy.
0:20.3	I'm your host, Sarah Dean. I'm here to give you and other
0:23.7	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
0:38.4	free private Facebook group to connect with other shameless moms just like you. You can find us over
0:43.8	at shamelessom.com forward slash Facebook. All right, let's dive into today's episode.
0:57.2	This episode is brought to you by Best Fiends.
1:02.9	With over 100 million downloads and tons of five-star reviews, Best Fiends is a must-play game.
1:07.8	You can download Best Fiends for free in the Apple App Store or on Google Play.
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1:15.6	Hello, shameless moms.
1:16.5	Happy Monday.
1:21.5	This is for us kicking off week five of COVID life.
1:24.6	I'm just tracking from the time that school shut down because that's where things got real hairy for us.
1:26.2	And since I last recorded, schools have been
1:28.7	shut down in Washington State for the rest of the year, which means that we're all just enjoying
1:33.1	a six-month summer vacation over here. Also, I'm supposed to leave for Mexico tomorrow in my
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