5 Steps from Surviving to Thriving in Motherhood

The Minimal Mom

Dawn Madsen

Self-improvement, Education:how To, Education, How To

4.8 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Are you in survival mode as a mom? Do you frequently feel overwhelmed and like you just aren't doing this right? Do you want to learn a better way? With candor and warmth, Jessica delves into the heart of motherhood, addressing the challenges that many moms face in feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, and constantly on the brink. Throughout this episode, Jessica unravels practical strategies and mindset shifts that empower mothers to reclaim their joy and purpose amidst the chaos of everyday life. IN THIS EPISODE: - Navigating really hard seasons as a mom - The 5 Step Path from Surviving to Thriving - Understanding the truth about Survival Mode - Re-entry when your support has gone home - Normalizing and the power of "Good Enough" - Circle of Concern vs. Circle of Influence - GEM: Helping her pessimistic son have a more positive attitude (minute 20:13) - The power of decluttering to be a better mom ABOUT JESSICA: Jessica Jackson is a homeschooling mother of four children, host of the Thriving in Motherhood Podcast and creator of Thriving in Motherhood Planner and Journal. Jessica is determined to not only enjoy motherhood, but to build a strong family and become better in the process. Along the way she's become well practiced in thriving through survival mode while experiencing difficult pregnancies, health challenges, and multiple cross country moves. Jessica loves empowering women to thrive in every season of motherhood and see the joy and growth in everyday life. Download the Free 5 Step Path From Surviving to Thriving Checklist here: https://thrivinginmotherhoodpodcast.com/checklist/ Jessica's Website & Podcast: https://thrivinginmotherhoodpodcast.com/ Thank you so much for listening and could I ask a favor? Would you mind subscribing? It helps the podcast be recommend to more friends. Thank you! Dawn

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0:00.0	Yeah, oh, today it did not look like nobody, like we were moving. I promise you, we were very
0:03.5	lived in the house today. Yeah. But it wasn't overwhelming. Like there's a difference of like lived in
0:08.2	versus like drowning in the stuff, right? And I still had people over when I was drowning in the
0:14.0	stuff because that matters. Yeah. It absolutely matters. But the enjoyment on my part was a lot
0:19.3	higher. Yes. Welcome to the Minimal Mom podcast.
0:23.1	Oh my goodness.
0:24.0	I don't even know where to begin.
0:25.8	You've opened my eyes to so many things in my house.
0:28.8	I'm loving my house more and more.
0:31.1	And even with less stuff, I still want to get red, red, red, red, red.
0:36.5	Today, Dawn is joined by Jessica Jackson from Soaring and Motherhood.
0:40.9	Jessica is a mother of four who is determined to not only enjoy motherhood,
0:44.8	but to build a strong family and become better in the process.
0:48.7	Along the way, she's become well practiced in thriving through survival mode
0:52.7	while experiencing difficult
0:54.4	pregnancies health challenges and multiple cross-country moves. Over the last five
0:59.6	years I have continued to have incredibly hard seasons like my husband's in grad school
1:04.4	I had really hard pregnancies I couldn't walk I was very sick I've had surgeries
1:08.9	I've had crazy like super bug that attacked me after one of my
1:13.2	kids was born. So really hard things that have happened. And as I've continued to slide up and down
1:17.2	that scale, I've just been very aware and observing what's happening and how can I make this better
1:23.4	and how can I make this easier. And so I went from a wish to now feeling very confident
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