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❌ Don't confuse the two. . . Grace for ourselves is an act of love and kindness. It's a true act of self-care. . . Excuses are an act of victimhood. . . What grace have you given yourself lately? What excuses have you decided to give up?
"The point of this intervention is to get your child back on track with their grade level work." . These were the words written on a note home advising us that our son really should be receiving extra help in reading. . . This is something we already knew. It's not a surprise. He has a little trouble, but he's also 6. He's had some struggles and I am all for him getting extra help with our sole goal that he feels comfortable reading, fosters a true love for learning and enjoys the beauty that is books, even if he's a little slower than another kid." . . What rubbed me the wrong way was the wording of the sentence. Back on track? He's 6. How can he be "off track" already? How can we already be planting these seeds? Words are everything and that simple sentence reminded me why we as adults have such palpable anxiety about being "off track" and "behind" in life. . . My course Homemakerish U has been taken now by over 2200 moms and one of the most popular statements I hear from my students is all a reference to being "behind": "I just don't want to be behind. How do I ensure I don't fall behind. We had a crazy month and now I'm behind. What if I fall behind?" . . We've done this to ourselves by doing this to our youth. No wonder we all feel like we're behind. We're measuring our success in life by some arbitrary and ever-changing finish line. Instead of focusing on each individual, we put a big, black marker line on a wall and say, "Meet this. If you don't, you're behind." . . As the kids would say (at some point in history) I'm so over this. . . You're not behind in your own race anymore than my son is "behind" in reading. The bar keeps changing, year to year in school as it does in society. How is anyone supposed to keep up with what the right "track" is anymore? I'm here to tell you unapologetically that you can't be behind if there is no one else in the race. There is no winner or loser, and there is no finish line. There are an infinite amount of finish lines. When one season ends, another begins and that is life. How can you be behind? . . (Continued in comments👇🏼)
This just in... . ❌ Unhappiness is NOT a requirement in motherhood and it's time we stop telling moms that it is. Learn to manage what you expect and when you expect it without lowering your standards to a place that just burdens you with more stress and anxiety.
🙋🏼‍♀️ Well heeeey there friend, . . It’s Friday. Let’s have some fun. We get new followers here everyday and since it’s weird just following a stranger online, I’d love for you to get to know me and I’d love to get to know you. . . I’m Kendra, the founder here at Mother Like a Boss and the podcast host of the same name. I put a fresh, modern twist on homemaking so that moms feel more confident running their homes and raising their kids in the way that serves them best. . . I have two kids that keep me on my toes and a husband that keeps me grounded. . . Today, I want to know what you love. And I don’t mean your kids or family. We know that. I want to know what small thing just gives you such immeasurable joy, you could burst. . . For me, its: sleeping on freshly-washed sheets, the smell of my husband after he takes a shower, the way leaves crunch when you walk on them, really hot coffee, a Sunday snowstorm, stale potato chips (yes, really) and holding a newborn baby. . . What super simple thing or things just give you all the feels and make you wanna dance with pure joy? 👇🏼
This is my new mantra whenever I feel myself reaching for judgement as my first response what another mother is doing. . . We all do this and it's equally as important that we recognize WHY we're judging someone else so we can put a stop to it. . . We can't change what we don't acknowledge. . . Judgement feels good in the moment, because it's righteous. When someone else is wrong, you get to be right and who doesn't want to be right...right? . . The problem is that at some point, you'll be on the other end. Someone has made you wrong to make themselves right. How is this serving anyone? . . Mom empowerment is more than a shareable graphic on Facebook every few weeks when you feel like getting likes and hearts. Mom empowerment is about creating a world where mothers feel protected from judgement and safe to make mistakes; where moms respect themselves because they are respected by others; where moms are given praise for seeking help and wanting to do better instead of eye-rolled. . . I've reached for judgement way too many times as a coping mechanism because it feels better to be the judge than the judged. But not anymore. I am on a mission to stop myself in my tracks and take a look at my OWN fears and insecurities. You can't mother like a boss and judge like a boss at the same time. . . We can do better, for ourselves and one another. Who’s ready to get uncomfortable with me and dig into their own fears when judgement feels like the easy out?! ✌🏼
Is your busy schedule really just a security blanket? . . Look, being busy is so the norm these days that when we have free time, we don't know what to do with ourselves. Free time feels scary. What if I don't use it wisely? What if I make the wrong decisions about what to do with it? What if people think I'm lazy? . . If we're going to get really honest with ourselves, being busy makes us feel important. Busy people are doing things. Busy people are getting things done. Busy people have people counting on them. But, are we really getting things done, or are we just doing things to do them? . . We're a culture that uses a busy schedule as a security blanket. No one expects much of a "busy" person because they already have such full calendar. Busy feels good, until it doesn't. Busy serves us, until it doesn't. Busy keeps us from having to really look at what our priorities are, until it doesn't. . . The next time you catch yourself feeling busy, talking about being busy, making excuses because you're busy and complaining about being busy, ask yourself why it feels so good. Why does the warmth of a busy blanket feel so inviting? . . I have no interest in it anymore. I threw mine out. I bought a productively lazy blanket instead. Feels just as cozy and I have more free time to snuggle up with it now that I'm not committed to being busy-ing my life away.
I'm not here to be Google for moms. . . I'm not here to be a Pinterest feed of hacks. . . I'm not here to provide podcast episodes that just give moms more information that will clog their brains, overwhelm their days and ultimately changes nothing. . . I'm here for the coachable moms, the ones ready for a transformation, the moms that are ready to ask themselves uncomfortable questions and seek the answers. I'm here to guide, not to be a regurgitator of Googleable info. . . I used to believe that what I needed to be successful in life was more information, but we have a literal world of facts and data and how-tos at our fingertips every single day thanks to the internet and yet we're more overwhelmed and confused than ever. . . Information is only important if you're willing to implement. Hacks only work if you already have a plan in place. Efficiency means squat if you have no idea how to be effective. . . If you just want to be teachable, seek information. If you're ready to be coachable, seek transformation.
ONE MILLION DOWNLOADS! . . Back on August 3, the podcast reached one million downloads after being “on the air” for just 18 months. This is bananas to me. Bonkers. Nutso. One MILLION of anything is just such a huge amount, I almost can’t imagine it. . . I told myself I would celebrate when it happened, but life happened and one day turned into a week turned into a month and now, we’re 100,000 downloads past that number and it felt weird to celebrate it now. . . But screw that. Women are taught to be quiet and small, not to brag and boast, not to be too much. I don’t want to set an example for my daughter that her accomplishments should be celebrated behind closed doors so not to offend anyone with her loudness. . . This number is just a number. It doesn’t define me or my business. What it does do is remind me that YOU are listening and that YOU want to be empowered. THAT is worth celebrating. . . YOU are worth celebrating. . . To everyone who has ever listened, I thank you so humbly and with such love, I could sob just thinking about it. Thank you for every beautiful word you’ve said, every share you’ve given, every mention you’ve spoken. . . I won’t stop here. There is a fire in me and I know I have more work to do. I hope you’ll join me for another million downloads and beyond. . . Thank you. I love you.
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