It's okay to admit that mom life feels harder than you ever thought it would be.

It's also okay to want it to feel easier. We're surrounded by mixed messages all day.

Keep a clean house, but not too clean.

Take a rest mama, but not too long, that's just selfish.

Homemaking is dead, but you better still take care of everything every day.

We're told you have two choices.

Be Pinterest perfect or a 24-7 hot mess.

I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted and over it.

I'm Kendra Hennessy, founder of Mother Like a Boss,

and I put reluctant homemakers back in the driver's

seat of motherhood with realistic routines and

practical mindset shifts. I believe in empowering you to create a home that feels like a

safety net, not a tight rope. I believe in martyr-free motherhood that puts you

behind the wheel of your own life.

As a mom of two, I'm here to give you judgment-free strategies and have honest conversations

that equip you with what you need to live your absolute best mom life.

Welcome to the Mother Like a Boss podcast.

Hello there friends, welcome back to the Mother Like a Boss

podcast. It's your host Kendra Hennessy and I have a great episode for you

today. I decided to do a an intro that was separate usually just it's one you know episode the episode has the intro and everything in it but I decided to do a separate intro because today's episode has a special guest, a very wonderful special

guest. And that is my lovely daughter, Ava, who is joining us just to have a fun conversation.

She, as we recorded it, it was just before her 16th birthday,

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