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The Honest Mom Podcast

Michelle Mansfield

The Honest Mom Podcast is a real & honest look at motherhood through vulnerability, embarrassing stories, mistakes, and no BS. Hopefully you can relate, breathe a sigh of relief, and know you"re never alone. Enjoy solo episodes along with special guests and friends Michelle brings to you every other week. Get ready for some honesty and to be a part of an incredible community of moms being honest. For more information visit www.michellemansfieldauthor.com or on Instagram @michelle.a.mansfield

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00:26:58

COURAGE Redefined: Rebranding What it Means to be Brave

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2024/05/23

Thank you so much for listening to today's episode on finding YOUR unique definition of courage. Here is a wonderful quote by Rachel Marie Martin to inspire you and to connect you more with your courage through motherhood: "STRENGTH. It is not found in perfection. It is found in the moments. The moments of doubt. Of courage. Of tenacity. Of bravery. Of loving. Of giving. Of believing. Of laughing. Of crying. Of trying. That is real strength. That is motherhood." I I couldn't

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00:23:44

How you Feel About Your Life is up to You

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2024/05/09

Thank you so much for listening to this week's episode about Perspective & Perception. I hope you enjoy it as much as I still need to hear it! Remember, this topic is a LOT of work. Daily work. So cut yourself some slack and consider today the start of a brand new perspective! Mom Card Drawing of the Week: "...we are the hero of our own story." -Mary McCarthy These are a few of my favorite things: Ryan Holiday's trifecta of books: "Stillness is the Key", "The

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00:26:51

The "Quiet Cousin of Courage" & Motherhood

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2024/04/18

HELLO MOMS! Welcome back to the bi-weekly episode where we are talking about what Judith Lasater calls, "The Quiet Cousin of Courage." Faith. Not solely in the religious sense but in the sense of trusting ourselves, our experiences in life working out and an intuitive connection with something greater than us. Faith allows us to find the bravery to take a chance, even if there are no guarantees. It allows us to make the most important decisions in our lives. And the beauty of making these

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00:24:20

Easing Self-Judgment

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2024/04/04

THANK YOU for tuning back into this week's episode inspired by Judith Lasater's book, "Living Your Yoga." This week we focus on Chapter 4: Self Judgment. Boy do we do this as moms! Or is it just me? It's never just me I find. I hope you find this week inspirational, awakening, acknowledging and that you finally find some grace for yourself (and others). My favorite sentence in the book is, "Remember, the difficulty might never change, but your attitude and inner dialogue

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00:27:23

Detachment Saved my Motherhood

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2024/02/29

This week we will talk about something that is HARD to do, has to be done DAILY but with this commitment I promise you it will save your soul & motherhood. This week we focus on Chapter 3 of "Living Your Yoga" by Judith Lasater titled, "Letting Go." We try to let go, we try so dang hard. But sometimes you try that surrender thing and it just doesn't work. There's not enough forward folds in the world to make this easier. I hope this episode can connect you more with

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00:27:02

Gain More Freedom in Your Day

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2024/02/15

Welcome to this week's episode where our goal, together, is to make our lives EASIER with more intentional and meaningful discipline in our lives. That has nothing to do with our kids! Listen to this new way of seeing discipline in our own lives to transform and find more freedom in our days. You'll find a big weight lifted off your shoulders as you find a more realistic way of accomplishing things on your terms with more intention. A nice surprise beginning to this episode brought to you by

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00:25:54

Spiritual Seeking in Motherhood

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2024/02/01

Mom Card Drawing of the Week: "You have a gift that only you can give the world." -Oprah WinfreyThank you so much for giving this season a try. Even if you've never practiced yoga, had no desire to, or if you're curious and open to it I hope this is a nice window to a very accepting and peaceful way of living. Living your motherhood. I am excited to share Judith Lasater's book with you this season, "Living Your Yoga", and how it can apply to your motherhood. You

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00:27:51

The Purpose of Winter: Survive & Thrive in the Season

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2024/01/18

Welcome to SEASON 3 of The Honest Mom Podcast! Today we talk about the difficult season of winter and getting a new outlook on this important and much needed season of our year. Our lives. I've done research and soul-searching to get out of my SAD that I've had every year because it affected me SO much. With being in the midwest, the winter season can feel like an eternity so I had to get my life back. On top of it, Brooklyn was born during a massive snowstorm in February 2013 and then we

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00:20:16

This is OUR TIME! (plus a special announcement!)

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2023/12/21

Happy Holidays to all of you! I hope you've had a wonderful holiday season so far. We are almost at the end of 2023 and Season 2 which brings me to a special announcement in this episode. After that, I talk about a very important subject in motherhood. Especially when it comes to my friendships (and it can apply to marriage too!). It parallels an important scene, the climax, of one of my favorite childhood movies. I hope after this episode you can connect more to letting go of guilt,

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00:15:23

Letting Go of Who You Thought You'd Be

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2023/12/07

If my story became my truth I would have been the unrealistic do-it-all-mom still in my career and in the position my bosses were in. I'd be someone I made up in my early 20's when my life was only about me. My episode on identity talks about this attachment to our career and what we "do all day" as part of our identity. So when life throws us some curveballs (AKA children) and we need to change- what are we changing into? And why is it so hard to let go of the life we had and

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00:21:53

Pivoting Your Life- It Can Be Scary!

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2023/11/16

I lived the typical corporate life that included the heels, control top pantyhose, suits and pearls. The daily grind was no joke. It was exhilarating, fun, and my confidence soared in everything I accomplished. I was a people-pleaser, or should I say a boss-pleaser, and constantly did it all for my boss and company. I left my house by 5:30am and home after 7pm on a good day. I was Melanie Griffith in "Working Girl" on steroids. Then came motherhood. If you've read my book or listened

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00:25:49

Protect Yourself From This Person

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2023/10/19

PEOPLE WON'T CHANGE Whoa. Wait a minute. What are you talking about?! You think everything is your fault. They are VERY reactive with feedback- ANY kind. They don't like being told what to do (and we aren't talking about your children). They hijack conversations. Make it about themselves. Constantly put people down to bring themselves up. They minimalize your feelings (hello gaslighting). There's no flexibility- either they don't have any or it doesn't matter to them. This

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00:29:04

HEY! Where Did My Sex Drive Go?!

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2023/10/05

I hate conflict. I hate confrontation. I'd rather wait and see if it goes away. And this goes with intimacy issues. I don't feel I have a healthy mindset about sex and what it should be in a marriage. That it's not about college hook-ups, one-night-stands and being taken advantage of or used. I loved the male friendships I had throughout high school and college but I was also "privy" to the conversations they had about women they were dating or had an after-hours experience

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00:29:21

Avoiding Pain: WHY We Do It & HOW to Face It

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2023/09/21

I talk about these subjects because I, too, experience them. So selfishly I find myself researching, learning, and sharing these topics with you so we can all be in the same boat and grow together. Today we talk about avoiding pain. Why we do it. How we can break through our fears to acknowledge the pain, get help, heal and become who we are meant to be because of the pain. We can't avoid painful situations just as much as we can't protect our children from them. PsychCentral

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00:25:52

The Myth of Motherhood

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2023/09/14

I thought I was super strong in so many ways but found that motherhood has held some of my weakest moments of my life. I was always one to stand out, do my own thing, and with no apologies but here I was completely crippled by standards, myths, and BS about what a mom was supposed to be. It took me almost a decade to find where I was supposed to return to. ME. "The expectation that a mother should always feel joy and fulfillment is a part of the myth of motherhood. The myth of motherhood is

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00:39:14

Why We Gossip- & How It's Not Always a Bad Thing

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2023/08/24

"We all gossip. We all listen to gossip. But it is possible, if you're willing to exercise awareness, to begin to discriminate about how and when you do it. Obviously, you can't cut out all conversation about other people, and you don't have to. Instead, you can make your conversations more conscious, more disciplined, more measured. You can contemplate exactly why you sometimes feel compelled to bad-mouth a friend, or to spread a rumor that might cause harm. You can look into the

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00:22:35

Communicating Boundaries in a Healthy Way

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2023/08/17

Perhaps you're cooked well-done with this topic of boundaries but in my opinion, I don't feel we've even touched the surface. We read the books, we connect with the boundary influencers on Instagram, we even tell our friends over dinner what all of us should do. But are we REALLY doing it? Are we terrified of confrontation (ummm, my hand is raised!)? Is it easier to ghost the person or ignore someone's behavior? Do you find release complaining and declaring how you're being

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00:51:28

BOO! You've Been Ghosted. Now What? With Author,...

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2023/07/13

I've opened up a LOT about my own ghosting experience that happened over two years ago. I am so happy that I've been honest about it because it opened the doors for so many women who've reached out to me that experienced a similar situation. They were embarrassed and felt rejected, confused, angry, and just plain old heart broken where they hid their feelings until someone else opened the doors for them. One woman I met along this vulnerability journey is the incredible author, Annie

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01:05:43

Let's Ease The Stress of Parenting Teens with Lindy...

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2023/07/06

You hear how teens are "terrible" and all the negatives about entitlement, attitude, laziness, and how exhausting it can be. Parents tell you that they can't wait for their teen to be in college and how their teen treats them. That they don't open up. They shut down. They say hurtful things. Is this the case with ALL teens? The good news is that it isn't. Lindy & Kirsten are sisters that I adore, admire and am inspired by with how they raise their kids and look at their

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00:59:27

How Yoga Can Transform Your Motherhood with Kelly...

The Honest Mom Podcast ·

2023/06/23

You may already know that yoga is a huge part of my life. As I finish my 250hr yoga teacher training this summer, I reflect on this past year and all I've learned about the value of yoga in my life. I reflect back to over 10 years ago when I was in my prenatal yoga classes within the walls of the exact studio I'm getting my certification with. How important prenatal yoga was with my pregnancy as well as Brooklyn's birth. My labor & delivery experience was definitely due to my

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