Summer Strategies Laura and Courtney Ep 249

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Education, Leisure, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Whether your kids are school age or not, summer typically brings a big shift to our family routine and to our mindset. Joining me today to talk through strategies to thrive this summer are Laura Hernandez and Courtney Cleveland.

We talk about systems, tips and plans for making the most of the time you have with your kids this summer. Laura even shares an acronym for how to plan with the word ENJOY. That’s right! We can absolutely enjoy the summer and these ladies have some great ideas to get you started.

“It doesn't need to be a family bucket list and it doesn't need to be a hundred goals. It's just a simple focused looking at your summer and saying, what do I want it to feel like? What do I want it to look like for our family? And you will reap the benefits of it.”

If you’re like me and want to figure out a way to involve your kids in household jobs without the whining and complaining or make a plan for using screen time effectively, we cover it all in this chat. We also talk about summer road tips and ways to stop entitlement behavior when it rears its ugly head.

There is so much life in slowing down and spending time with our kids in the summer. Whether you are on summer number 2 or summer number 14 (like me) with your oldest, I pray that you embrace the time you have and ENJOY your summer!

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, welcome back to the Don't Mom Alon podcast.
0:10.5	I'm your host Heather McFadden and this is the place where I'm going to walk alongside
0:15.0	you and connect you with people and resources who remind you you don't mom alone.
0:21.7	In this episode number 249, I've invited friends Laura Hernandez and Courtney Cleveland to
0:28.2	have a little chat in my office about summer strategies.
0:32.7	These things might sound obvious and simple but I think taking yourself on a date at the
0:38.5	beginning of the summer, it doesn't need to be more than an hour but to just give some
0:43.5	attention like take yourself through these questions and it doesn't even need to be specific.
0:50.1	It doesn't need to be a family bucket list and it doesn't need to be a hundred goals.
0:55.2	It's just a simple, focused looking at your summer and saying what do I want it to
1:01.4	feel like, what do I want, to look like for our family and you will reap the benefits
1:06.2	of it.
1:07.2	I just think that we don't take the steps sometimes.
1:09.5	We think that we got it, I understand what you're saying and I think if you will walk
1:14.4	away from this conversation, move through this acronym, you could really enjoy your summer.
1:21.2	Whether you have school aged kids or not, there's something about the summer, the longer
1:24.8	days, the warmer temperatures, the slower pace, the less extracurricular activities that
1:30.8	cause us to evaluate how we're going to make the most of our time.
1:35.0	Whether you work in the home or outside the home, you're thinking, I want to make memories
1:39.6	with my kids, I want to take advantage of the time that we have.
1:43.3	And if you have little kids, I get it.
1:45.8	Your nap times are going to stay the same, your bed times are going to stay the same.
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