Ep 029: How routines (and grace) helped me survive my postpartum season

The Mother Like a Boss Podcast

Kendra Hennessy

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 949 Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The postpartum season of life brings about a lot of joy, a lot of tears and many times, a lot of emotions we aren't prepared for. In my care, that emotion was anxiety. After waiting 6 years to have another baby, I was thrust back into baby mode and honestly, wasn't prepared. I spent many nights sobbing, wondering how I was ever going to get back on track. My new routines (and a whole lot of grace) saved me.

While routines will not be the fix for all moms in this difficult stage, especially those dealing with crippling depression, it gave me more peace than I had in a long time. The predictability of my routines gave me strength and handed me some of the control I felt like I lost when I gave birth to my precious boy.

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0:00.0	It's okay.
0:05.0	okay. You can admit it.
0:07.0	Sometimes motherhood seems less like the sweetness of a pamper's commercial and more like a scene out of jaws.
0:12.0	Hey mamas, I'm Kendra Hennessy,
0:13.7	mom of two spunky kids of my own,
0:15.4	and after 10 years in the motherhood game
0:17.6	and owning a house cleaning business,
0:19.4	I discovered that moms need more than just to clean home.
0:22.2	They need encouragement, support, and the permission to be,
0:25.3	as I like to say, just a little bit homemakerish.
0:28.1	I'm on a mission to give the reluctant homemakers of the world
0:30.9	the tools, the strategies, and the systems that will help you simplify your life
0:35.0	and put some fun back into being a mom. Modern homemaking doesn't have to be unpleasant
0:40.0	or even something you dread. We're going to have the conversations that will help you
0:43.6	uncomplicate motherhood and embrace home management without the perfection.
0:47.2	This is a sanctumami free territory. This is a place where moms can be
0:51.2	themselves. This is the Mother Like a Boss podcast.
0:57.8	This episode of the Mother Like a Boss podcast is brought to you by the Mother Like a Boss
1:02.1	vault. My free resource library full of worksheets,
1:07.3	PDFs, checklists, mini courses, videos, audios, all the things. I even include some of my favorite tools and supplies, which is a question I get asked all the time.
1:21.0	I created this resource library because I have so many free resources out there
1:25.7	and checklists and worksheets that people are downloading and I realized it's best to just put it all in one place.
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