Ep 34: Motherhood Mindset Shifts
Bringing little humans into the world bears with it the heavy realization that we're responsible for making sure they grow up with the right skills, values, and lessons to be good adults. It's a thought that can literally keep us up at night.
Over the years, Lara's learned that while we do need to teach our young ones, we're also still humans living a human experience. In today's episode, she shares three powerful, yet subtle, mindset shifts of motherhood that will hopefully bring things back to center and bring a little peace to your heart.
This Episode is For You If:
- You've ever felt an urgency to fill your kids up with all the important lessons as soon as you can
- You feel burdened by the responsibility of ensuring they become good humans in the world
- You feel a lot of guilt about not being good enough, making mistakes, or not showing up the way you intend
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Ep 28: What My Birth Story Can Teach You About Goals
After a few weeks of maternity leave, Lara Johnson is back with an all-new episode for the Mom on Purpose Podcast and boy, does she have a story to tell. Lara shares the intimate details of her son's birth and the powerful lessons that came from it; lessons that are going to help you, today, make progress on your goals.
What you'll learn in this episode:
- Lara's birth story and how it followed the same cycle as goal setting
- How to handle stagnation in your goal progress
- What roadblocks and challenges really mean
- How to adjust expectations
- Just how close greatness is when you think all is lost
Chasing down dreams is a wild, challenging, painful process, but in the end, when you're looking at the wonder you created, it's all worth it.
Listen now to learn how to put it all together.
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Ep 20 When Following Your Passions Can Ruin Your Life
Have you ever gotten burned by your passions, only to feel like you have to take time away from them? If your passions require more than the resources you have to give, such as your time, money, or energy, then this episode is for you.
In this episode, you will learn:
- The 5 "rocks" to help you create boundaries to enjoy guilt-free passions
- Why it's important to conserve your energy so you don't burn out
- How keep the fire going so your passions don't fizzle
- How passions stop feeling fun when other areas of your life are suffering
- Steps for taking inventory to see if your passions still light you up or not
When these 5 "rocks" or boundaries are in place, your passions become the fuel, the mark that you leave on the world.
They won’t over consume you to the point where you have to take off long periods of time to recover, or that you have to manage guilt because your relationships aren’t as strong as you want them to be.
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Ep 19 Create Gratitude by Letting Go of "Negative Gratitude"
Do you try to "look at the brighter side" anytime you feel negative emotions? If so, you are practicing "Negative Gratitude." Instead, take a deeper dive into your positive and negative emotions so that you can create a joyful gratitude practice that honors what you feel while fueling your daily life.
In this episode, you will learn:
- The more we try to fix emotions we don't want, the more we amplify them
- Why allowing others to be seen and heard is the most loving thing
- "Looking at the brighter side" is not always the best advice
- Emotions are simply vibrations in our body that we label "good/bad"
- How to see feelings as waves that rise and then fall away
- Feeling an emotion we don't like does not mean something has gone wrong
- How to see emotions as cyclical and be willing to experience the full range
- The most loving question we can ask before "spewing negative gratitude"
- How deep breathing allows you to "blow into the vibration" of feelings
- The 3 steps to...
Ep 17 How to Make Goals Not Suck (Part 2)
In this episode, we’ll continue to explore the tools to help you reach your goals and make the process of goal setting NOT suck and view the steps as a blessing that helps you create freedom and a life by design.
We’re going to continue to heal your relationship with your goals so you can fall in love with the process, and dig in deeper to The Goal Cycle which I introduced in episode 16.
In this episode, you will learn:
- How to look at goals as a blessing
- There’s no right way to set and achieve goals
- How to work with your own brain, not against it
- To apply the principles to fit you personally
- Understand how intention creates your results
- Allowing your inner compass to drive the bus
- Who you need to BE each day to reach your goal
- You’ll get curious about doubt and why it’s there
- Become a master at turning obstacles into opportunities
- Learn to quiet the “it’s not working” tape in your head
- Celebrating your progress is the...
Ep 16 How to Make Goals Not Suck (part 1)
If you burnout when working towards goals OR if your skin crawls just hearing the word “goals,” it’s because you’ve been taught to have an unhealthy relationship with them.
It’s time to heal your relationship with goals by using a tool I created called, “The Goal Cycle.” Knowing how to use this tool will help you reach your goals AND make the process not suck.
In this episode, you will learn:
- Why you hate setting goals;
- 4 goal myths that are making you miserable;
- 3 reasons why it’s fun to have goals;
- “The Goal Cycle” and how to use it;
- What part of “The Goal Cycle” is the most important.
How to Connect with Lara:
Web: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/j.lara.johnson/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/larajohnsoncoaching
Work with Lara: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com/work-with-me/
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Ep 15 How to Avoid the “Back to School Bonk
As you crawl to the close of summer, it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking life will be easier once school starts. But, if experience has taught you anything, you know you’re trading one kind of crazy for another.
When this happens, it’s easy to hit a wall with your energy reserves. This means you stop playing and being present with your family, and go into “hulk mode” because you have so much to do.
But there’s another way to keep your energy levels up while still managing the crazy and being the present, playful mom you want to be.
In this episode, you will learn:
- What it means to hit the “Back to School Bonk;”
- 5 things to keep your energy reserves up;
- How to mentally prepare for the next big transition;
- Systems you can do to support yourself during this transition;
- How to increase your energy reserves in preparation for the transition;
- Ways to celebrate the HUGE success you’ve had this summer!
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Ep 14 7 Tips for Dealing with the Storms of Life
It’s not a matter of IF the Storms of Life will happen, it’s a matter of WHEN. These can be big life events, or small like a busy season with kids’ activities, before your period, prepping for vacations, or transitioning to summer break.
Regardless of the storm and it's size, it’s essential for you to have the skills to support yourself through it. This will help the storm be less painful and more filled with self-love, compassion, and empathy.
In this episode, you will learn:
- Why your brain freaks out when a life storm happens;
- What happens to your body during a life storm;
- How to stay calm for yourself and your family;
- 7 tips to support yourself during a storm.
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Ep 13 When You Lack Motivation For the Clutter Piles
Are your piles of clutter mocking you? Or do you have a nagging list of projects you aren’t doing? The answer to addressing these things is not more motivation, time or energy.
The answer is strengthening your “Decision Making Muscle” so that you can make empowered decisions to leave the stuff alone or to deal with it once and for all.
In this episode, you will learn:
- Why you avoiding decisions;
- How making decisions develops your self-trust;
- When to choose to leave the piles;
- When to choose to address the piles;
- How to be nice to yourself no matter what.
- Why this matters when you are discovering your purpose.
How to Connect with Lara:
Web: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/j.lara.johnson/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/larajohnsoncoaching
Work with Lara: www.larajohnsoncoaching.com/work-with-me/
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Ep 12 3 Steps to Overcoming To-Do List Paralysis
You have a lot to do, but you can't get off the couch. Instead, you zone out, scroll on your phone, and then get mad at yourself for wasting time when you should have been getting stuff done.
This is what I call, “To-Do List Paralysis.” It’s an epidemic that affects EVERY mom! Your “To-Do List Paralysis” makes you mad AND causes you to get behind on everything you have to get done. This only adds to your overwhelm and causes you to get more discouraged.
But this doesn’t have to happen, and I’ll show you how to overcome it once and for all so that you can get your to-do list done in less time and with energy to spare.
In this episode, you will learn:
- Why “To-Do List Paralysis” happens;
- The difference between being in “shut down mode” vs. “paralysis;”
- How to work with your brain to address it;
- The 3 simple steps to put yourself IN motion;
- How to get your to-do list done once you’re in...
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