5 Lessons I've Learned From This Busy Season [Episode 337]

This fall has been a very busy season for our family where we are stuck tackling things that are urgent. While it has been exhausting and at times felt like survival mode (some days have been 100% survival mode), I have learned some powerful lessons that are changing how I approach my days that I discuss in this week's episode.

I've found myself living on razor-thin margins lately - where there's just enough capacity for the scheduled things, but anything else feels impossible. Throughout this season, I've been learning some important lessons about how to make things work better, even when we're at capacity:

• How a simple whiteboard is changing our family communication and getting everyone moving in the same direction

• What happened when I started letting my family help instead of running faster and faster by myself

• Why acknowledging our limitations (and communicating them to our kids) actually makes everything easier

• The mindset shift that's helping me recognize I'm more capable than I think

• How simplifying and creating systems is slowly giving us more breathing room

All these lessons from our busy season are becoming part of something bigger - The Surviving to Thriving Toolkit.

After years of hearing, "I found your podcast - where do I start?", I realize that all roads point to this toolkit. It will walk you through each stage of the journey from surviving to thriving, with real, practical help for wherever you are right now.

I'm also including a Family Systems Playbook with video walkthroughs of how we actually make things work in our home. Not because it's the only way or even the best way, but because having a starting point can make such a difference when you're trying to figure things out for your own family.

Right now I'm working on Win Your Week Academy (the Thriving phase) and in January I'll start building out the other modules. I'm hoping to release the full toolkit in early 2025. If you want to be the first to know when it's ready, you can join the waitlist at: thrivinginmotherhoodpodcast.com/toolkit.

I hope this episode helps you pause and think about where you are in your own life. Whether it's hard, fast-paced, slow, or busy, there's always something we can learn to move us forward.