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 33 Coaching, Therapy, Meds and More
Mental health carries a lot of weight, stigma, and embarrassment that prevents many from reaching out for the help they need. In today's special episode, Lara opens up about her own life of anxiety and depression.
Drawing on her experiences as a child, mom, and wife, Lara is candid about the tools she's leaned into: therapy, medication, and life coaching (to name a few). And what began as thinking her faith wasn't strong enough has now turned into a deeper faith and a gratitude to God for the bounty of help. Maybe Lara's story can help you uncover the tools you need.
This episode is for you if ...
- You've ever wondered about the difference between therapy and coaching
- You're not sure if you should see a therapist or if you should get a coach
- You've had questions about whether or not you should take medicine
- You've had the thought, "Well, I've done therapy"
- Or the thought, "I don't feel like it's the right next step for me"
- You also may be contemplating, "What...
Ep 31: How to Keep a Clean Home
Are you a mom who goes all-in on what you love, but you don't have the systems built within your home and then before you know it, things get really cluttered and out of control?
If you find yourself getting so overwhelmed to the point where it actually stops you from progressing forward, listen in as Lara shares a process that will help you put a plan into place, say good-bye to clutter and overwhelm, and hello to a happy, harmonious home.
This episode is for you if …
- The messes in your house are yelling at you
- The more you try to juggle, the messier and more disorganized things get
- You yell at and shame your parter and kids for not "helping"
- You think you need to reorganize everything before working on a goal
When you think of your home like the zones of a sprinkler, you can figure it out based on the time you choose or have to give to it, not what needs to be done, but the time you choose to spend doing it. Then you can decide which zones in your home...
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 24 Creating a Successful Family Schedule
If you struggle with planning a sustainable schedule for your family, this episode shows you how to revolutionize how you see your relationship with time, by offering a new way to use it with a series of quadrants that compliment your personal style.
You'll get clear on which one you fall into, and how to play with other quadrants so you can understand which ones each of your family members thrives in.
You'll know this episode if for you if ...
- Creating a schedule for your family leaves a really bad taste in your mouth
- When you do make a schedule, you feel like you're suffocating
- You shame yourself for not being more productive
- You LOVE creating a schedule but HATE that your family doesn't follow it
- When you block your time, you never complete what you wanted to
- You find the perfect planner and think, "this is it ... now it will be different!"
If you're not clear on what your relationship is with time, or how you function with it, then it can become a challenge...
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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