84. (S5E9) Awesome Adulting | with Jessica Hammond
Brave Writer
Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley
4.8 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2019
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Jessica Hammond is a homeschooling mother of two who feels conflicted as she tries to spin half a dozen plates. She has a laundry list of passion projects and hobbies, and she wants to be able to devote time and energy on those passions without feeling guilty.
“I want to be present and engaged with my kids during our days. But I also want to accomplish interesting projects of my own. And right now, it feels a constant tug of war between the two, Jessica says. “How can I adjust my mindset and trust that I really am going to get enough time for all of it?”
Sound familiar? With your various roles as a parent, spouse, and home educator, have you ever stopped and wondered where your own personal fulfillment fits in? How to nurture your Awesome Adult self?
If so, then our talk with Jessica will help you, too.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode of the podcast could be called Plate Spinning 101. |
| 0:09.0 | I know you know the drill. |
| 0:11.0 | Each day you want to connect to your kids, you want a little me time, and you |
| 0:16.9 | want to live in a house that is reasonably tidy, or well at least reasonably sanitary and it seems like it takes every last |
| 0:26.4 | ounce of energy to do those three things. Sometimes it's a juggling act and |
| 0:31.6 | we're going to discuss that very struggle, |
| 0:35.1 | the plate's bin, the juggle today, |
| 0:38.0 | with Jessica Hammond, a homeschooling mother of two ages seven and two years old. |
| 0:51.7 | Before her kiddos came along, |
| 0:53.3 | Jessica studied elementary education |
| 0:56.0 | and was a librarian. |
| 0:58.3 | Jessica has a laundry list of passion projects and hobbies, |
| 1:01.9 | and she wants to be able to devote time and |
| 1:04.5 | energy to those passions without feeling guilty. Sound familiar? |
| 1:09.1 | With our various roles as mothers, wives, and home educators, |
| 1:14.5 | have you ever stopped and wondered |
| 1:16.3 | where your own personal fulfillment fits in? |
| 1:19.9 | How do you nurture that awesome adult |
| 1:22.2 | I like to talk about in yourself? |
| 1:25.0 | Jessica has a similar question. She asks, how can I adjust my mindset and trust that I really am going to get enough time for both home education |
| 1:35.2 | and all of my varied interests. Welcome to the podcast Jessica. Thank you. Does that |
| 1:42.0 | represent the question you had? |
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