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The Mother Like a Boss Podcast

Everything I would teach my teenage self about adulting 101

The Mother Like a Boss Podcast

Kendra Hennessy

Homemanagement, Organizing, Mom, Kids & Family, Motherhood, Parenting, Homemaking, Cleaning

4.8943 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

If I could turn back time, I’d tell myself a lot.

I’d teach my younger self all the things I learned the hard way so she didn’t have to.

Most of all, I’d show her grace and compassion so she could enter adulthood feeling prepared without worrying about being perfect.

Today’s episode is dedicated to the everything I’d teach my younger self about adulting.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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

0:05.0

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

0:10.0

Keep a clean house but not too clean.

0:12.0

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

0:15.0

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

0:19.0

We're told you have two choices.

0:21.0

Be Pinterest perfect or a 24-7 hot mess.

0:24.0

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

0:26.7

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

0:29.0

and I put reluctant homemakers back in the driver's

0:31.4

seat of motherhood with realistic routines and

0:33.8

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

0:37.7

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

0:41.3

behind the wheel of your own life. As a mom of two,

0:43.9

I'm here to give you judgment-free strategies and have honest conversations that

0:47.8

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

0:52.1

Mother Like a Boss podcast.

0:55.0

Overwhelmed. That's the word of the year. Of the past two years, really of the past decade or so. It's the cry of the modern mom.

1:04.0

Overwhelmed has almost surpassed busy as the most go-to answer

1:08.0

when asked so how you doing how you feeling?

1:10.0

The list never seemed to end and life feels like a game of whack-a-mole knock one thing off and two pop up in its place.

1:17.0

You know you want to make some changes, you know you can't keep going like this, and you know you don't want stress to be your default but the real

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