Ambitious and Balanced Working Moms – Details, episodes & analysis

In this week's episode of the podcast, I dive into one of the most critical skills for living an ambitious and balanced life: prioritization. I break down a simple, five-step process that will help you tackle your busy workload without feeling overwhelmed. I also share insights from a real coaching session that highlight why knowing the process isn’t enough—execution is key. If you've ever felt like you’re drowning in tasks but not making real progress, this episode is exactly what you need. Trust me, you don’t want to miss it! 

• A five-step process to focus on what matters. 
• Tips to handle your workload smoothly. 
• How prioritization leads to success. 
• “More time" isn’t always the solution. 
• Simple ways to organize and get things done. 

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In this week's episode of the podcast, I'm excited to walk you through the Ambitious and Balanced process, where I break down the three key steps that are essential for creating a balanced life as a working mom.

I'll guide you through each step, revealing the exact process I'll be using in my upcoming group coaching program, Ambitious & Balanced. Plus, I’m sharing all the juicy details about this program.

So if you’ve been craving a life where you’re calm, confident, and truly in control, you won’t want to miss this episode! 

• Overview of the Ambitious and Balanced process. 
• Key decisions for achieving work-life balance. 
• Fall launch of a new group coaching program. 
• Strategies for effective time management and prioritization. 
• Group coaching details and ongoing support plan. 

• Click here for more information on the Ambitious & Balanced group coaching coming this fall! https://www.rebeccaolsoncoaching.com/ambitiousandbalanced 
• Book your FREE 30 minute Ambitious and Balanced Connection Call: https://shorturl.at/bKS4b 
• You can watch this episode on YouTube! Check it out by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPZA5JKXYxjCMqodh4wxPBg  
• Learn more about coaching with me by clicking here: https://www.rebeccaolsoncoaching.com/aligning-motherhood-program  

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In this week's podcast episode, I'm sharing five hot tips for a balanced and fun summer that every working mom needs to hear!

From handling big emotions to mastering unplugged vacations, these strategies will help you enjoy a fulfilling season with your family without sacrificing your professional goals.

Tune in to discover how to make this summer your best one yet!

• Navigating big emotions 
• Setting realistic expectations 
• The importance of fully disconnecting during vacation 
• How to maintain balance and prevent burnout 
• Explore ways to inject fun into everyday tasks

• This podcast is on YouTube! Check it out by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPZA5JKXYxjCMqodh4wxPBg  
• Learn more about coaching with me by clicking here: https://www.rebeccaolsoncoaching.com/aligning-motherhood-program  
• Book a free breakthrough call here: https://www.rebeccaolsoncoaching.com/book

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What do you do when you realize you are doing the very thing you don’t want to do? For example, you are distracted on your phone when with your kids, unable to shut down your work brain, saying yes to too many things, yelling at your kids or logging back on at night. How do you get yourself back on track? In this episode I am sharing 8 tools that take 2 minutes or less to help you reset so you can quickly get back on track toward balance and happiness.

• 8 practical tools to help you reset your mindset and emotions
• Why your thoughts and feelings are behind every imbalanced behavior
• Getting yourself out of lack or “I’m not good enough”
• The importance of saying the thing even when it feels mean and icky
• Emotions have specific sensations

• Stop falling back into old bad habits of overworking and click here to schedule a breakthrough call: www.rebeccaolsoncoaching.com/book
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Today on the podcast, I interview Stacy Mayer, an executive coach and promotion strategist, on what it takes to advance your career as a working mom. During the interview we discuss the challenges that working moms face, some of the mindsets that hold them back and ultimately what it takes to take full control of your career trajectory.

• How opportunities have shifted for working moms in the last 5 years and why that is good for you
• Is it true that moving up in your career will require more time & energy?
• The importance of setting a vision for your career and how to do it
• The difference between visioning and goal setting in your career
• The importance of intentionality when it comes to career advancement

• Maximize Your Career with Stacy Mayer - https://www.stacymayer.com/podcast/
• Free career advancement resources: https://www.stacymayer.com/resources/
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The motherhood identity crisis is the internal questioning that happens after you start having kids. “Who am I?” and “What do I want?” are fundamental questions that need to be answered in order for you to continue operating as an ambitious woman. In today’s podcast I am sharing with you two reasons why women experience an identity crisis after becoming a mom and what they can do to help themselves through it.

• Normalizing the identity crisis after motherhood
• The importance of knowing who you are and what you want
• Why ambitious career driven women experience a crisis after having kids
• 3 steps to moving yourself through the motherhood identity crisis
• How coaching can help you get out of crisis mode faster

• Get out of crisis mode and into an intentionally balanced life! Click here to schedule a free call www.rebeccaolsoncoaching.com/book
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Hyper-doing is the overwhelming need to get one more thing done. Hyper-doing is one of the three most common overworking behaviors that cause working moms to prioritize work over rest because it has you focusing on doing more instead of being present and having fun. In today’s podcast, I will be sharing with you three practical ways to rewire your hyper-doing brain so that rest, adventures, delight and presence is prioritized over productivity. This is part 3 of a 3-part series on the three most common overworking behaviors.

• What is hyper-doing?
• 3 reasons why hyper-doing is the cause of imbalance
• How accomplishing more will not allow you to rest
• You are not more valuable if you achieve more
• Why you shouldn’t squeeze one more thing in, even if you can
• The importance of feeling satisfied so you stop doing more things
• 3 ways to rewire your hyper-doing brain

• Episode References:
• Episode 79 – The truth about people pleasing
• Episode 80 - The truth about perfectionism
• Stop prioritizing work and start prioritizing your family! Click here to schedule a free call and learn how we’ll do it, in coaching: www.rebeccaolsoncoaching.com/book
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Perfectionism is at the root of many time-sucking imbalanced behaviors like indecision, overpreparing, and seeking validation. And it would be hard for you to experience the full joy of life and feel true balance without addressing your perfectionist tendencies. On today’s podcast I share with you the truth about perfectionism, what it is, exactly why you need to be working on it and I’ll give you two specific exercises to help you overcome it.

• The need to get things right
• Perfectionism and the avoidance of failure
• Why it’s important to practice self-trust
• 1 core belief that will end perfectionism if you truly believed it
• My personal battle with perfectionism and fearing failure
• If failure isn’t negative, what is it?

• Episode References:
• Episode 79 – The truth about people pleasing
• Episode 42 – Enoughness (rebroadcast)
• Episode 41 – Your value is not found in your career
• Overcome your perfectionist behaviors and learn the tools to end your fear of failure so you can go after the life you want! Click here to schedule a free call and learn how we’ll do it, in coaching: www.rebeccaolsoncoaching.com/book
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People pleasing is a behavior that prevents women from experiencing work-life balance. It causes them to say yes to too many things, to not delegate, to work late and always be available. People pleasers don’t want anyone else to feel disappointed and so they avoid conflict at all costs. But people pleasing isn’t really what you think. In today’s podcast, I’m sharing the truth about people pleasing, what you’re actually trying to avoid by people pleasing and 2 things you need to do to stop the people pleasing behaviors.

• What you likely misunderstand about people pleasing
• Why people pleasers are amazing people and what makes it good
• What you make it mean when someone else is disappointed in something you do
• How inadequacy and feeling incapable are at the heart of people pleasing
• Why it’s important for you to know what makes you invaluable at your company
• The 2 step path toward ending people pleasing

In 6 months you can stop people pleasing and start controlling your schedule, presence and energy. Click here to schedule a free call and learn more about coaching: www.rebeccaolsoncoaching.com/book

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When you think “it’s not working, I’m failing, this shouldn’t be happening…” how does that make you feel? Not good, right? Thinking “it’s not working” sends you into fix-it mode where you start working more in order to prove yourself and feel better about your work. In today’s podcast I’m breaking down three scenarios where the thought “it’s not working” or “something’s wrong” is at the heart of imbalance and share with you exactly what you should be thinking instead.

• “It’s not working” is just “I’m failing” in disguise
• How imbalance stems from some flavor of the thought “it’s not working”
• Not getting through your to-do’s does not mean you’re doing something wrong
• Yelling at your kids doesn’t make you a bad mom
• When you problem solve at the highest level

• Create for yourself a mindset and life that is always working – schedule a time for us to connect about coaching: www.rebeccaolsoncoaching.com/book
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