The Small Habits That Help Us Heal and Grow || H&K with Lysha Smith

About Progress

Cloud10

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Lysha Smith opens up about how perfectionism, grief, and daily stress can coexist with joy, creativity, and growth. This conversation blends personal development with self-compassion and shows how to be happier by finding outlets that restore your energy. A self-help podcast favorite for women learning how to stop being a perfectionist, build healthier daily habits, and explore self care for mothers through real life. Listen to the full episode here: https://www.aboutprogress.com/blog/lysha-smith Sign up as a Supporter to get access to our private, premium, ad-free podcast, More Personal. Episodes air each Friday! More for Moms Conference use code “LISTENER” for $20 off Leave a rating and review Check out my ⁠workshops⁠! Follow About Progress on YOUTUBE! Book Launch Committee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Something unexpected has arrived in Happy Meal.
0:03.0	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Hello Kitty and friends are teaming up for the Ultimate Collab.
0:08.0	Joining your little ones on a fun-fueled adventure.
0:11.0	Some fun, some food, it's all inside this Happy Meal.
0:16.0	Until the 2nd of February from 11 AM includes one pre-selected book or toy whilst it's last.
0:20.0	Olivia Coppo here to tell you all about the launch of the new Abercrombie Spring Denim Collection, made the way denim should feel. Their denim has always been a staple in my wardrobe and has a wide range of fits, styles, and washes. Every gene is available in both their classic fit and viral curve love.
0:39.9	Shop in the app, online, and in stores.
0:53.4	Hi, I'm Monica Packer from About Progress.
1:06.6	And this is a hug and a kick, a series where I share a short excerpt from my extensive podcast archives, one carefully selected to give you the validation and or motivation you need for the weekend. What is it like to still go through the process of mourning, of feeling scared or anxious and sad, but still see it in a way that's going to move you forward rather than hold you back?
1:29.8	I think you need to allow yourself to feel those feelings and it's important to feel those
1:36.8	sad emotions. I feel them. I still like today struggle with a three-year-old tantrum as I did when my husband was going through
1:46.5	cancer. I don't think you need like really big trials in your life to understand that we're all
1:52.5	going to struggle. I've been crying for a week because my son gets in trouble at preschool every time
1:57.6	I pick him up. I'm like, why? You know, I take these as opportunities to learn
2:06.6	where can I do better in teaching him? Where can I do better in this? And, you know, I just feel like
2:14.6	I have to just look at each day with learning to feel what I'm feeling
2:21.2	and know that my heart is breakable, but my soul isn't, and that I can feel sad.
2:29.1	But there are ways to get through this.
2:32.6	You know, my religion has a big part in this, but also, like, I feel like each person has,
2:38.1	like, this outlet they can use to express these things.
2:42.0	Like, for me, right now, it is painting.
2:44.3	Before it was journaling.
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