Eps 219: Being a Shameless Mom with Sara Dean

I am so excited to welcome Sara Dean to the Joyful Courage Podcast. Sara is the creator and host of the Shameless Mom Academy Podcast, a top rated podcast with over 2 million downloads. Her biggest passion is helping women own their space. After enduring a long infertility journey, and then a full blown identity crises following the birth of her son, Sara took her background in psychology/health/ wellness and rebuilt her identity – one step at a time. Today, Sara motivates and inspires women to stop shrinking and start growing in every aspect of their lives. She is on a mission to inspire women and moms, in particular, to live bigger, bolder, braver #everydamnday.
"I realized over time that I wanted to be having conversations about helping women take up space, rather than always trying to shrink in the space they existed in.”
“Perfect is paralyzing.”
“If you're in perfectionism, there's no momentum.”
“We need to give ourselves permission to feel in big ways and to be vulnerable with those feelings.”
“It's okay to cry, but suffering in silence is the most surefire way to destroy yourself.”
 
What you’ll hear in this episode:

The role of mindset 

Outcome versus process goals 

Moms and worthiness

Why perfect sucks

Perfectionism, procrastination and high achieving women

How perfectionism robs you of momentum

Doing B- work

The role of routine and structure

Creating mental freedom

Giving ourselves permission to feel

Intuition and finding the lessons in the chaos

Learning to sit in discomfort

Finding gratitude in hard moments and hard phases

The universality of challenges and trauma 

Why women suffer in silence

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I am so excited to welcome Sara Dean to the Joyful Courage Podcast. Sara is the creator and host of the Shameless Mom Academy Podcast, a top rated podcast with over 2 million downloads. Her biggest passion is helping women own their space. After enduring a long infertility journey, and then a full blown identity crises following the birth of her son, Sara took her background in psychology/health/ wellness and rebuilt her identity – one step at a time. Today, Sara motivates and inspires women to stop shrinking and start growing in every aspect of their lives. She is on a mission to inspire women and moms, in particular, to live bigger, bolder, braver #everydamnday.

"I realized over time that I wanted to be having conversations about helping women take up space, rather than always trying to shrink in the space they existed in.”

“Perfect is paralyzing.”

“If you're in perfectionism, there's no momentum.”

“We need to give ourselves permission to feel in big ways and to be vulnerable with those feelings.”

“It's okay to cry, but suffering in silence is the most surefire way to destroy yourself.”

 

What you’ll hear in this episode:

The role of mindset 
Outcome versus process goals 
Moms and worthiness
Why perfect sucks
Perfectionism, procrastination and high achieving women
How perfectionism robs you of momentum
Doing B- work
The role of routine and structure
Creating mental freedom
Giving ourselves permission to feel
Intuition and finding the lessons in the chaos
Learning to sit in discomfort
Finding gratitude in hard moments and hard phases
The universality of challenges and trauma 
Why women suffer in silence

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