Productively Present Parenting for Mompreneurs
48 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsProductively Present Parenting™ tips for the busy mom. Get tips for tackling the less important, but necessary, aspects of life so more time can be spent doing what matters most. The show is designed to give you clarity over your own vision of SuperMom and gives (mom-sized) actionable steps to achieve your vision of a clean house, healthy diet, organic beauty, peaceful parenting, and homeschool life.
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New Year, New Mom - Refresh, Renew, Re-Inspire
January 13, 2021 21:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBLet’s imagine that it's the first day of the year and you feel the pull to create big, bad, hairy, audacious goals. The problem is looking at what you want to accomplish reminds you of what you didn't actually accomplish last year. But don't worry, statistics show that you're not alone. We are not alone. Everyone has grand ambitions as the clock strikes midnight on 12/31. On December 31, right, the gyms are packed the first few weeks of January and by February, those same gyms are running me...
Shifting Focus Strategy #4 - Money
September 09, 2020 05:00 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBWhat is Guaranteed? Strategy #4 is Money. Employment has never been guaranteed. Job volatility has always been around. There are times when our economy does well and then there are times when it does poorly. When we’re in a good place, you make money, pay bills, and make tiny bits of progress toward their big financial goals. But it’s never perfect nor will it ever. Do you have a plan for when things change drastically? Right now we're seeing a lot of problems in the job industry. There's...
How to Get Shit Done Like a Super Mom
September 02, 2020 11:00 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBThere Is No "Right" Time to Follow Your Dreams I know. It's kind of a sad reality check right there to hear that, but it's the truth. There's always going to be another reason why your goals are going to need to take the backseat. There's going to be another baby (that happened to me - our third baby was a total surprise). There's going to be toddlerhood, you're going to have a spirited child, one of your children will be more difficult than the other. There's going to be sports when they ...
Shifting Focus Strategy #3 - Mindset
August 27, 2020 19:48 - 6 minutes - 6.38 MBSit down, make a plan for the future and change your mindset. Do you currently believe that you are resilient? Do you currently see yourself as a supermom? Why don't you believe that you can homeschool and work from home? Why don’t you believe you can deal with whatever is about to come your way? Why do you believe that? Have you not gone through worse stuff? Get the Super Mom's Guide to Getting Shit Done, Free, here.
Shifting Focus Strategy #2 - Priorities
August 19, 2020 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.44 MBHow Modernization Has Changed Life When you have constant access to the internet, that means you can constantly work and that also means that your employer can constantly contact you and expect a really quick response. The problem with that is that you're working more and probably getting paid the same. You're not able to create the true American dream that you want, because you might have your white picket fence and you might have your fully loaded SUV, but you're working so much to pay f...
Shifting Focus Strategy #1 - Beginning Homeschool
August 05, 2020 11:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBJoin me in a small group coaching program for the school year - Productively Present Parenting™ Homeschool Life Support Edition https://www.crunchysupermom.com/productively-present-parenting-homeschool Read more here https://www.crunchysupermom.com/blog/shift-focus-1 Get my Top Working Mom Productivity tools here https://www.crunchysupermom.com/ppe-homeschool-live-talk-registration
Know Your Detox Pathways - Like a Super Mom
July 15, 2020 21:42 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBFor a super-fast boost to your antioxidant systems that promote and enhance genes that will assist in efficient detoxification (specifically Phase 2 detoxification), just sign up here. You’ll get a video that explains more and you’ll get the Biohacker’s Detox with Crunchy Super Mom complete list and personalized action plan for supporting your body’s detox pathways naturally.
Love and Respect In Marriage with Cindy Maxwell - Homeschooling Mom of 6
July 01, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBIn this episode we're going to spend some time talking about marriage. It's not a topic I cover often because marriage is one of those tricky subjects that none of us are really experts in. And however, I have a friend named Cindy Maxwell, who's on this episode with me today and I want to have her share her wisdom because she was the one who pointed me in the direction of a book called love and respect. By Dr. Emerson Eggeret. I hope I said his name correctly. So I just want to tell you a li...
Achieving Life Goals Becoming More Than Just a Mom
June 24, 2020 11:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBCreating a Dream Business Creating Crunchy Super Mom fulfilled my every dream and it also allows me to use my gifts in ways that truly blesses other moms. This type of opportunity isn't for every mom and that's why I'm so excited about the second opportunity that found me during one of the hardest seasons of my life. Anything can happen if you are open to it. And I truly believe that I can mentor anyone who is willing and driven. I'd love to chat with you about it. Click here to book a ca...
Super Mom Is Real - How To Find Her
June 17, 2020 11:00 - 8 minutes - 8.03 MBSuperMom is real. You are SuperMom. I am SuperMom. Let me tell you just one SuperMom story… After months of being unable to get out of the house and weeks of being unable to get out of bed due to the onset of severe vertigo after the birth of our third child in 2014, I was resentful. Prior to the onset of my affliction, I had all the perfect systems and routines in place in our lives. A bout with vestibular neuritis left me unable to maintain my normal life--and that meant SuperMom...
5 Steps to Rock Motherhood Like a Super Mom
June 10, 2020 17:06 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBThere are a lot of ways to get through life but not all of them are ideal. The words mom and overwhelm are so connected that being overwhelmed is just an expectation. It is considered normal. Overwhelm isn't a feeling we should experience persistently as we navigate life. If you are overwhelmed and you know you don't want to exist in such a negative state as you go through your life as a mom, then you are in good company. Crunchy SuperMom has built a community of like-minded moms who just do...
4 Steps to a Fresh Start
February 03, 2020 13:00 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBThere are so many ways to get a fresh start, but a few things that have always been part of my ending/beginning a new routine ritual include ending the time period with a grocery spending freeze, a money leak scavenger hunt, Inbox purge, and a lot of planning and goal-setting exercises. Read more about the tips here: https://www.crunchysupermom.com/blog/newyear Get the worksheet for applying this to your life here: https://www.crunchysupermom.com/blog/newyearmom
Where to Start When You think You Might Homeschool
January 30, 2020 16:49 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBWhere do you start? Find the resources for your state here. https://www.crunchysupermom.com/blog/homeschool What do you teach? I don't recommend buying all the curricula (that's plural for curriculum). Just start simple. Get my beginning tips here. What about socialization? Think you could never homeschool your kids? What about working from home and homeschooling? Listen, mama, I've got you covered.
Holistic Weight Loss Solutions -- Beyond Diet and Exercise
May 29, 2019 03:43 - 19 minutes - 27.2 MBEnvironment Natural minded moms know this, but might not know how this works for weight Environment Simple tip: sit down while you eat. No distractions. Spirit Simple tip: Increase the peace, harmony, trust, and love in your life. Reduce fear, defeat, hate, mistrust, and bitterness. Mind Simple tip: Lower your stress levels. - Stress increases the physiologic need for specific micronutrients. Body Simple tip: Sleep - when someone is short on sleep, they eat an average of 385 more ...
6 Ways Busy Moms Rock Meal Planning
May 02, 2019 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBWith a clear plan of action, your responsibility is to take those action steps every day. I say this a lot on the Crunchy SuperMom show- it is more painful to skip a step than it is to power through and do the step today. An example: I had the flu worse than I’d ever had the flu before- so I had the choice one morning- throw a rock solid frozen whole chicken into the instant pot--which was above the refrigerator...and you know how painful it is to change the position of your head when it is...
Suffering for Endurance that Develops Character
April 17, 2019 15:00 - 17 minutes - 23.8 MBI never felt like I was failing at motherhood until my third pregnancy was followed by a debilitating chronic illness the same year my husband spent his career traveling, leaving me to solo-parent all three of our kids. ALL I DID WAS LIE IN BED AND WATCH THE ROOM SPIN DREADING THE MOMENT ONE OF THE SMALL VOICES WOULD CALL OUT TO ME-- BECAUSE I COULDN’T COME, EVEN IF I TRIED. MY HOUSE FELL TO PIECES. BELIEVING IT WOULD END “ANY DAY NOW”, WE MADE THE BEST OF IT. And really that just meant th...
Mastering Mom Life - One Minute at a Time [031]
October 06, 2018 07:20 - 5 minutes - 4.9 MBFinding time in the day to “do it all” is something of a skill and has absolutely nothing to do with luck or even having the right amount of things on your proverbial plate. This skill is something that you absolutely can develop, especially through the SuperMom Academy. Get Meal Plans, Cleaning Routines, and Personal Guidance for your Mom Life Click here to get a reminder for Episode 032. Why do this? Easy: knowing that all you have to do is ONE thing for 20 minutes and then you get a ...
Meal Prep for Busy Moms With Rebel Health's Brianne Pugh [030]
July 20, 2018 10:18 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBCooking from scratch and eating a healthy diet is often overwhelming and time-consuming. It can also be quite expensive. However, Brianne Pugh of Rebel Health shares how she balances it all despite her more than full-time work schedule as a nurse and a functional nutritionist plus she's a mom of three kids. Get Simple Meal Plan Tips for Busy Moms Brianne's simple meal plan guide is FREE for you here. Brianne is also offering a special opportunity for SuperMoms! Get a 15 min discovery call...
The Story of a Real Crunchy Super Mom [029]
July 10, 2018 12:23 - 17 minutes - 16 MBHow many of you all have ever looked at other moms and thought, “well, she looks perfect so of course, she can get everything done and still have time to be the best mom!" If you have, you’re not alone. It is easy to judge by what we see on the outside and assume the success another mom has isn’t something we can have for ourselves. And the story behind why Sarah started Crunchy Super Mom really began with a huge struggle that is similar to any struggle moms overcome. I wasn’t always produc...
The SuperMom Guide to Making Lasting Memories
June 19, 2018 11:34 - 17 minutes - 16 MBWe want to help you realize that you can make memories and establish traditions that will help your family stay close no matter how old your kids are. Traditions are so important for families and especially children. Research is showing that traditions help build resilience in children. Often traditions revolve around the seasons of the year, but they don’t have to just be seasonal or related to a holiday. You can create daily or weekly traditions like the ones we mentioned on the show. On ...
5 Tips to Improve Toddler Behavior Through Connection [027]
June 12, 2018 11:01 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBA connection is what we really are striving for as parents, but with a toddler’s strong will, it can leave you butting heads instead of connecting like you would like to. Your toddler’s strong will can come as a shock in the beginning. That will of a toddler is instant gratification of all needs. From birth until age 3, a conscious will doesn’t truly exist. This may be of some comfort to you when you reflect on your toddler’s behavior after a challenging day. Until the period of 3-6 years, y...
Summertime Solution for Busy Moms and Kids [026]
June 05, 2018 11:35 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBAre you craving lazy summer days, but knowing you might end up losing your sanity this summer because of all the extra activities and longer days? We have a system that can help you manage your home while school is out or you are on a homeschool break. We are also going to help you identify some ways to be prepared for fun this summer at a moment’s notice. And we can’t forget both the screen-free activities and Crunchy SuperMom approved apps when you do need screen time. Make sure you sign u...
Want to Be Happier? There's a Routine for That [025]
May 29, 2018 11:58 - 9 minutes - 8.82 MBGET THE SHOWNOTES AND SIMPLE DAILY ROUTINE TIPS HERE Be sure to subscribe to our show so you never miss an episode. Also, we don’t want you to worry about having to take notes or missing anything so we have a complete PowerPlan laid out so you can have all of the helpful information from this show right at your fingertips. All you need to do is go to is click here to grab that free PowerPlan! Step 1: Plan for your morning the night before. Step 2: Take control and don’t react. Step 3: Ma...
How to Simplify Mom Life with Our Speed Clean Tips [024]
May 15, 2018 14:30 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBYour home really should feel like a place where you love to be and enjoy relaxing in. But what sort of feelings do you get if you look around and all you see is mess? How can you relax and unwind or even enjoy time with your precious family if you are surrounded by all of the things that remind you of how much work you need to get done? Get the Speed Cleaning Tips & Checklist when you download the Power Plan for this episode. The benefits of a clean home are many and vary based on the indi...
How to Get Out of the Dirty House Cycle With These 5 Steps [023]
May 01, 2018 10:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBDo you ever feel like you can’t escape the dirty house cycle? We know how difficult it can be to feel like you are just stuck with a dirty house forever. We are going to give you the five easiest steps to get out of this cycle. These tips really work and are going to help you gain control and feel better about your home practically overnight. We kicked off this episode with a new segment where we answered a listener question. This week it dealt with getting the littles to go down at night w...
10 Easy Ways to Green Clean Your Home [022]
April 17, 2018 11:00 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBIndoor air quality inside my home was not something that I really considered to be a potential hazard for my family. In fact, I was shocked to discover scientific evidence indicating that the air inside a home can be more polluted than even a large, industrial city. Get our free Power Plan & Show Notes so you can take action on everything you learn. What I also learned is that most homes do not mechanically bring any fresh air into the house. This includes forced air heating systems like s...
7 Tips for Organizing After Decluttering [021]
April 03, 2018 11:00 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBWe are talking about our favorite tips on how to organize after decluttering. You might be thinking, isn’t organization the same thing as decluttering or doesn’t it go hand in hand? Well, our answer is “yes”....but...there is more. Click here to get the power plan. Like so much of what we do there is a system or a rhythm to organization and decluttering and while they do often go together they are also separate. If you have trouble figuring out how to organize the spaces in your home or...
8 Tips to Declutter With Kids [#020]
March 20, 2018 11:00 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBWe don’t want you to worry about having to take notes or missing anything because, well, you might be like us and love a podcast message and yet not have the ability to write anything down! We are both moms and we love podcasts, but they are often what we listen to while driving or even working out. To make it easier for our Super Moms, we have a complete PowerPlan laid out so you can have all of the helpful information from this podcast right at your fingertips. All you need to do is go to ...
Super Mom Myth Busting: What is a Super Mom Really? [#019]
March 06, 2018 12:07 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBWe want to do a little myth busting on the topic of Super Mom. We are going to try to clear up any misconceptions about what a Super Mom is. We want to share some of our own struggles with the Super Mom mindset. We don’t want you to worry about having to take notes or missing anything so we have a complete PowerPlan laid out for you so you can have all of the helpful information from this podcast right at your fingertips. All you need to do is go to enter link description here to grab that ...
The Clutter Cure - Episode [#018]
February 20, 2018 11:55 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBWe have huge problems with clutter. It can make us have chest closing anxiety at times. We feel out of control and will start to wonder if we can ever get our lives back in order. It is safe to say that clutter defeats us and keeps us from getting things accomplished. Get our FREE Clutter Cure Mini Guide. Subscribe: ApplePodcasts Sarah’s recent experience: I’m not a huge purchaser either so it isn’t like I bring in a lot of stuff for my family. However, we had an overwhelming amount of cl...
Designing the Perfect Routine [#017]
February 06, 2018 11:00 - 19 minutes - 18.5 MBOn this show, we talk about designing a daily routine that can make you feel like a SuperMom who CAN do it all! Maybe you already have a routine that you enjoy, or maybe you have a routine that currently is not working well for you or your family. Perhaps your “routine” consists mostly of reacting to your day instead of being in control of your day. In this podcast, we are going to highlight ways for you examine how you can stop reacting and start feeling in complete control of your day. ...
Super Mom Perfection and Why We All Want It [#016]
January 23, 2018 12:53 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBHey SuperMoms! I’m Mandy, and I’m Sarah. We are your hosts and the creators of the Crunchy SuperMom blog. Today we are talking about the concept of SuperMom perfection and why we all want it. You may not feel like a SuperMom or you might have already “hung up your cape” and stopped even trying to feel like a SuperMom. But isn’t there somewhere deep inside that still wants it? I know that was (and still is!) true for me. In this episode, we are going to offer you a new perspective and hopefu...
Oh @#$*, Mom is sick! [#014]
January 10, 2018 06:59 - 24 minutes - 23.1 MBHaving kids means sickness and germs play a very big role in mom’s life. And boy does it stink when she falls ill! Not having a sick day routine in place means that as soon as mom gets well, she has the joy of cleaning every square inch of my house, grocery shopping, redoing the meal plan and likely catching up on days of laundry. Get our Power Plan and show notes here.
9 Tips for Mom for Better Sleep [#015]
August 14, 2017 11:38 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MBToday’s show is all about our favorite tips for getting better sleep. Click here for the Sleep Power Plan. As moms of little children, we often lack the ability to get the sleep we so desperately need. Considering our sleep is so precious, we want to maximize the quality of our sleep as well as how often and how long we get to catch those z’s.
The Heavy Mental Load [#013]
July 31, 2017 11:08 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBToday’s show was inspired by all of the work at home parents (and we are including the “stay at home parents” in that group because they DO work!) and their heavy mental load. GET THE POWERPLAN to take action HERE. Often it is the person who manages the household that will carry the invisible burdens and manage the mental load all on their own. It can be frustrating and demoralizing when no one recognizes or appreciates the work you do. In this episode, we are going to show you how creating...
The Wonder Weeks and Beyond [#012]
April 18, 2017 13:00 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBSubscribe so you never miss an episode. Apple Podcasts Stitcher Radio In this episode, we are talking about the "wonder weeks" and beyond. Those moments when good kids go “bad”. And, of course, we do not literally mean “bad” at all, but simply those times when your little one goes from being completely sweet to incredibly difficult seemingly overnight! These developmental leaps and milestones, or wonder weeks as Dr. Frans calls them, can be incredibly confusing and hard to deal wi...
Developing Good Habits [#011]
April 04, 2017 11:00 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MB[Developing Good Habits] In this episode today we are talking about our ridiculously messy homes and developing good habits to combat them! Yes, you heard me correctly, our homes are messy too! And not just messy sometimes, I would say that they are messy every single day because we have very young children who are home with us all day since we homeschool. Can any of you relate to this problem? While we wish our homes would stay effortlessly clean, this is simply not realistic given the s...
The Case for Raw Dairy [#010]
March 21, 2017 11:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBThis episode is all about raw dairy and our inability to understand why raw dairy is not approved for Whole30 while processed nut milk gets the seal of approval. We hope that by the end of the episode you will have a better idea on what might work best for you and your family and why raw dairy can be a healthy, whole, food that you don't have to eliminate from your diet. Get the Power Plan and show notes here. Make sure you subscribe so you never miss our 2-Minute Tear Apart session that y...
Managing the Home [#009]
March 09, 2017 14:16 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBDo you really feel better about managing the home with your sink full of dishes, pile of dirty laundry, and dust bunny breeding ground if someone tells you, “the dishes can wait, the laundry can wait, the dusting can wait?” What about “messy house, happy kids”? If yes, then keep doing what you are doing because it works for you and that’s great! However, if platitudes like that just make you want to argue and justify all of the reasons why the dishes really can’t wait...then you need to tun...
Food & Finances [#008]
February 22, 2017 17:40 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBFood & Finances go hand-in-hand. Learn how to manage them both on this episode of The Crunchy SuperMom Show! This is our final jumpstart episode to help you start your new year the right way. This is not about coming up with a bunch of resolutions. This is about developing new and improved routines in your life. Get the show notes for this episode here. In this show we are talking about food and finances which are two issues that every SuperMom must deal with. Listen to the episodes on a ...
Developing a self care routine [#007]
February 21, 2017 22:18 - 36 minutes - 35.1 MBSelf-care is especially important for SuperMoms! All too often we are meeting the needs, ALL the needs, of our family and we put ourselves dead last. While this might be necessary sometimes, doing it all the time can lead to overwhelm and even resentment. We have created a challenge to help you examine whether you actually take any time for self-care and then also figure out what would "fill your cup" and make you feel cared for. Get the free Power Plan and shownotes for this espisode by ...
Getting Into a Clean House Routine [#006]
January 24, 2017 03:13 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBDownload Episode! Subscribe and listen on any device. ** iTunes | Stitcher |** ** ** I love the promise of hope that a new or upgraded routine can give! We have created a challenge to help you do just that. Get the cleaning recipes, Power Plan and shownotes here. Listen to the full episode and subscribe here: What you will learn about developing a clean house routine: Our challenge will help you Jumpstart your routine and it begins with a clean house. Subscribe so you don't miss the ...
What Kind of Homeschool Mom Are You + Why Every Family Needs and After School Routine [#005]
January 17, 2017 11:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBIn this episode, we talk about homeschool, which is something that we both do with our kids and we know a lot of other SuperMoms do too! While there are numerous things we could talk about, as with so many of our pillar topics, today we want to focus on something that is actually really general for all families with kids even if you don’t homeschool. That topic is what kind of homeschool or school SuperMom are you? And are you comfortable with it or do you want to change? CLICK HERE to get t...
Organic beauty: Nude-faced minimalist or glamor diva? [#004]
January 10, 2017 13:24 - 28 minutes - 28.3 MBWe’re talking about organic beauty today and what that means for Super Moms who want and need certain beauty and personal care items but don’t want all the toxins that often come with those products. As usual, we don’t want you to take notes because we have already done that for you. To get the show notes for today’s episode go, click here. What you will learn about organic beauty: You can be both a natural-faced minimalist and a glamor diva without exposing yourself or your family to h...
Natural Ways to Survive the Cold and Flu Season [#003]
January 10, 2017 12:53 - 16 minutes - 17.1 MBHey, SuperMoms! Listen to your hosts, Sarah & Mandy, talk about natural ways to survive the cold and flu season. We want you to prepare so we are going to spend today talking about what you can do to prevent those nasty illnesses. What you will learn about surviving cold and flu season: This is about how to prevent illness with some of our favorite immune boosters. Listen as Mandy tells us why you might jump for joy that your kids eat their boogers. Am I serious? You'll have to tune in to...
Develop a Healthy Eating Routine: End the Dinnertime Overwhelm [#002]
January 02, 2017 13:10 - 28 minutes - 27 MBLet's get started designing a healthy eating routine and talk about what that looks like for other SuperMoms like you who want to feed their families the highest quality food but still not spend all your time in the kitchen or all your budget on food. Design Your Own Healthy Eating Routine While we are definitely talking all about food, we aren’t dishing out a bunch of advice on what you should exactly be eating. Instead, we are just going to run you through how to improve some of the diet...
Overwhelmed Mom = Unproductive Mom [#001]
December 31, 2016 16:13 - 16 minutes - 16.8 MBAre you an overwhelmed mom? Listen to the first ever Podcast show for holistic, natural-minded moms! Super Moms Sarah and Mandy take on an arch nemesis: overwhelm. In this episode you’ll learn how important it is to overpower self-defeating talk, improve your time management with Super routines, and we'll share our best Super Mom secrets. This show includes access to a Power Plan that will help you implement what you learn to develop a routine or rhythm that fits your life. Be more productiv...
Overwhelmed Mom = Unproductive Mom [#001]
December 31, 2016 16:13 - 16 minutes - 16.8 MBAre you an overwhelmed mom? Listen to the first ever Podcast show for holistic, natural-minded moms! Super Moms Sarah and Mandy take on an arch nemesis: overwhelm. In this episode you’ll learn how important it is to overpower self-defeating talk, improve your time management with Super routines, and we'll share our best Super Mom secrets. This show includes access to a Power Plan that will help you implement what you learn to develop a routine or rhythm that fits your life. Be more productive...