The Self-Care You Actually Need (Especially During the Holidays) | Elisha Beach (EP422)
Minimalist Moms Podcast | Simple Living for Overwhelmed Moms
Diane Boden
4.8 • 952 Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Today’s guest says moms aren’t burned out because they’re doing too little — but because we’ve been taught the wrong version of self-care. Elisha Beach, writer, speaker, and mom of eight, is here to rewrite the script. After her own public meltdown, she rebuilt her life through practical, unglamorous self-care that actually works — the kind behind her new book, Balance Is Bullsht*.
We talk about why “balance” is a myth, how to spot burnout before it hits, and what real self-care looks like when life is busy and loud. If you’ve ever felt like you’re failing at self-care, this episode offers simple, grounding shifts that truly support your well-being.
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About Elisha|
Elisha Beach is an experienced speaker, writer, and professional mom of 8. After going viral in 2015 for posting a relatable photo of herself breastfeeding her daughter while on the toilet, she responded with a Huffington post article, joined the popular parenting blog Scary Mommy as a staff writer, and founded The Mom Forum to continue her mission of unabashedly sharing the realities of motherhood. More recently, following the birth of her youngest child, she had a very public “mommy meltdown” that led her to reflect on the ways in which she takes care of herself; Elisha spent over a year learning how to prioritize her own needs before combining what she learned, along with her skills as a Certified Strategic Planner, to self-publish The Mom Selfcare Planner—a guide for everyday moms to create realistic self-care practices. The enthusiastic feedback has spurred her to take her writing to the next level by pairing the tools from her workbook with refreshingly honest storytelling for a more expansive guide. The result: her upcoming book, Balance Is Bullsh*t: The Truth About Motherhood and Self-Care.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | My biggest game changer was learning to keep it simple. I used to get really like, okay, I'm going to work out, we're going to drink water, and we're going to journal every night, and I'm going to get eight hours of sleep. |
| 0:12.7 | And I'd give myself about two weeks before I totally burnt out, and then none of it was happening. |
| 0:18.3 | So the thing that I discovered is just start with one little thing |
| 0:22.0 | and then let it kind of snowball. It's kind of like if you start drinking water, then you tend to |
| 0:27.3 | eat a little healthier. Then when you're eating healthier, you're sleeping better. Just think of |
| 0:32.2 | one thing that you can focus on and I promise you it will snowball into other things instead of going, oh my God, |
| 0:39.0 | I have to do all these things and then you go into shutdown because you're overwhelmed. |
| 0:43.9 | Today's guest says we've been sold a version of self-care that doesn't match real life. |
| 0:48.8 | While social media shows bubble baths and color-coded routines, she spent years talking with moms |
| 0:53.8 | who are juggling kids, |
| 0:55.4 | work, relationships, and exhaustion, and wondering why self-care never seems to make anything easier. |
| 1:01.3 | She's seen women push themselves past their limits, convinced that they just need to try harder, |
| 1:05.9 | when what they actually need is permission to slow down, set boundaries, and tell the truth about what they're carrying. |
| 1:15.7 | Alicia Beach is a speaker, writer, certified strategic planner, and professional mom of eight. I've discussed self-care a handful of times on the show, but I think this episode is |
| 1:20.3 | full of practical reminders. Most importantly, realizing that real self-care is work, |
| 1:25.7 | it's maintenance. It's the unglamorous, sometimes uncomfortable choices you make when no one is watching. And like I said, since we're heading into the holiday season, this kind of self-care becomes even more important. But before we get there, if you have yet to leave a rating and review for the minimalist mom's podcast, I ask you just to pause the episode. It only takes a brief moment or two. Tell me your favorite |
| 1:44.6 | guest, your favorite episode, how the show has been impactful to your life. This is the best way |
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| 1:55.3 | There are so many shows that you could be listening to so it doesn't go unnoticed that you're |
| 1:58.8 | here continuing to listen to the Minimalist Moms podcast. So I appreciate all the small ways of support. And as always, I hope the content in |
| 2:05.8 | this episode is beneficial to you. And with that, let's get into this conversation with |
| 2:10.3 | Alicia. Okay, so I'm so excited to dive into the content of our conversation today. We're going to be |
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