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HERself

58. HERstory: Erin Barsness on Doing Life Your Own Way When it Comes to Motherhood, Marriage, and Budgeting

HERself

Abby and Amy

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

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Erin (or @mamabearbliss as her followers know her) is a mama of 3 little girls. The youngest was a fresh 6 weeks when she sat down to talk to us. We covered it all. From transitioning to 3 kids, to becoming pregnant and getting married during college, to how her and her husband changed the trajectory of their financial lives by learning to budget. We loved our chat with Erin. One of our favorite parts about her is that in a sea of people trying to keep up with the Joneses, she has decided...

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If I focused on defending my happiness or the why behind it, then I wouldn't be setting a great example for my daughters either.

0:08.0

My biggest aspiration for my kids is for me to lead more with my actions rather than my words. I want to show

0:15.9

them that what other people think is none of their business and I'm leaning

0:21.3

into only surrounding myself with supportive, loyal, trustworthy people in my life in hopes it's a testament of the people my daughters should hold close or just smile in passing and let that person keep on walking.

0:35.6

I'm Amy and I'm Abby and as women we are constantly comparing ourselves to others but your life isn't

0:46.3

supposed to look like hers being your best self means standing firm in your decisions and

0:51.7

always being willing to grow with a purpose.

0:54.4

We get vulnerable and real with an honest look into the challenges and triumphs we all face.

1:00.9

Every woman listening gets the opportunity to choose what life looks like for herself.

1:09.0

Today on the podcast we're excited to introduce you guys to my friend Aaron Barsmith.

1:15.3

Aaron is the mama of three little girls, the youngest being just a fresh six weeks.

1:21.2

We're going to get into all the things with her today, from parenting to budgeting to

1:25.8

marriage and more. So, Aaron, thank you so much for spending time with us today. I know that you have a really

1:32.2

full household right now, but if you could

1:34.8

start by introducing yourself for our listeners.

1:38.0

Oh, well, first of all, what an honor to be on the podcast. Thank you so much Amy and Abby for inviting me on to chat. I am so excited to be here.

1:48.0

As Amy said, my name is Aaron and I live in the Blizzard State of Wisconsin with my husband Bryce and our three little girls.

1:55.7

Declan is five, Nora is almost three and Emmy is our newest bundle who is six weeks.

2:02.4

They are quite the trio and a lot

2:05.4

that hurts always. But we're in such a fun, busy, exhausting and full season over here.

2:15.8

Even though my favorite title is Mom,

2:18.8

I also work full time as the director of marketing

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