Episode 224: Tips On How To Be a Present, Working Parent

Habits and Hustle

Jen Cohen and Habit Nest

Education, Health & Fitness, Business, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship

4.4 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Habits & Hustle podcast, Jennifer discusses the challenges that come with being a working parent. Being a present parent with a thriving career is difficult, and many people don’t know how hard it is to do both well. Luckily, having a great support team and being efficient with your time can make balancing the two a little easier. What’s discussed: 01:39 Balancing work obligations and your kids’ schedule 02:19 Why you need a great support team 04:53 How to be more available and present 06:50 Why you need to be more efficient with your time 07:34 Why you shouldn’t be too hard on yourself Key Takeaways: Being a working parent is a work in progress, and it’s important to remember to not be too hard on yourself. It’s important to be more efficient with your time so you can accomplish the things that you need to do for yourself and accommodate your kids schedule. Nobody is self-made in this world, so it is important to have a great support team around you. Find more from Jennifer: Jen's Bigger, Better, Bolder Mastermind starts in March! Apply now to be considered: https://www.jennifercohen.com/bigger-better-bolder-mastermind Join Jen’s new Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/662921105381902/ Find out Jen’s secret to getting anything you want out of life: https://www.jennifercohen.com/the-secret-to-getting-anything-you-want-in-life Follow Jennifer: Instagram: http://instagram.com/therealjencohen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therealjencohen/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealjencohen Jennifer’s Website: https://jennifercohen.com/ Did you learn something from tuning in today? Please pay it forward and write us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. If you have feedback for the show, please email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I got his Tony Robbins you're listening to habits and hustle crush it
0:10.0	All right, okay, we're gonna talk about something we just changed topics of what we're gonna talk about because it was happening in real time
0:16.7	Which is working and being a mom working and being a parent that is a present parent?
0:23.6	That's what I want to talk about wait this hat looks so cute on you by the way
0:26.3	Thanks
0:33.6	Thank you, though every time why we're talking about this one today's because so let me just give you a back story
0:39.6	Sean it comes over and she's like let's we gotta like do some solos and I'm like yeah
0:43.9	Let's do what let's do it in my kitchen and she's like don't do it in the kitchen
0:47.2	We can't do in the kitchen because if we do in the kitchen the kids are gonna come home
0:50.1	We're gonna have to do this. We're gonna have to do that
0:51.7	It's gonna take five hours to do like three ten minute episodes
0:55.4	And I'm like giving her a hard time. I'm like don't be ridiculous. It'll take like no time
0:59.9	We're gonna knock it out. We fine and this went on for a bit and
1:05.1	Low and behold what happens my kids come home from school and
1:09.9	It is like becomes mayhem mom. I want to watch the iPad mom
1:14.1	I want to like what do this may and
1:16.9	It was really like kind of like it was like not world war
1:21.9	Three but it was like a it was like a whole thing in the house where like
1:26.1	Where the kids are gonna go if I can wash an iPad about the sports when they're gonna go to the sports the
1:32.5	Timing of everything how I'm gonna like fit in certain things that I need to get done for work
1:39.1	Then balance that out with when I'm gonna have to do with my kids for their schedule
1:44.2	Let me tell you it is this is not an easy job if you want to be a good
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