Amanda Kingsley is a Certified Life Coach and Doula, and the host of the Speaking Light Into Abortion podcast. After her own unanticipated abortion as a mother of three, she recognized the need for a wider conversation around mental health and the complex emotional landscape of life after abortion. She reminds her audience that it’s okay to feel all the feelings after abortion and that we can honor our decisions by living the life we made our choice for. 
 
Amanda and I set out to have this conversation in November of 2021. But a series of life events kept pushing out our recording date. How serendipitous that we would end up recording this just days after Roe vs Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court. It was hard to have this conversation as we were both still processing what this means for us - as citizens, women, and moms. But this conversation has never been more crucial. I am so grateful to Amanda for showing up and speaking up in the middle of this devastating season. 


Listen in to hear Amanda share:

The story of her abortion when she was already a mom of 3 

Myths and truths and things we often don’t consider about abortion

Some of the privileges she carried during her abortion experience

Permission to hold joy and pain simultaneously when enduring hard times

What she learned about abortion that she could only learn by going through it herself

The expansiveness that came out of her abortion experience

How she realized that 60-65% of women who have abortions are already moms and the anger that brought her

Who should be speaking up about abortion right now



Links mentioned:

Take my Shameless Summer Survey and win $100 gift card: shamelessmom.com/survey


Connect with Amanda: amandastarkingsley.com


Amanda on IG

Amanda’s Book: What I Wish: 100 love notes to help you survive, come alive, and thrive after abortion


Amanda’s Podcast: Speaking Light into Abortion


 
Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

665: Amanda Kingsley: Speaking Light Into Abortion

Let your rage be your fuel.  

The rage I have carried over the last 6+ or so years has fueled so much of my work. But rage is not a long-term plan.  

If you want to show up in advocacy, allyship, and activism you need more than rage. Rage will only take you so far. I want your rage to fuel you - it can be the gas that allows you to keep your foot on the pedal. But, I also want you to be able to sustain the long-term fight that is often required to make change. And that will require more than rage.  

In this episode, I walk you through how to let your rage be your fuel while also not letting you get overly caught up in any one moment. The power of pacing yourself in your advocacy, allyship, and activism is what will allow you to stay in the work over the course of the next few decades - and that is what we need from you. 

From the moment Roe vs Wade was decided in 1973, people (white men of privilege, to be exact) have been working to overturn it. They have worked on this diligently for 50 years. 50 years! While I don’t think it will take 50 years to codify abortion rights, I do believe we have a long haul in front of us. This goes for this fight and so many others.  

Advocacy is an ongoing, long-term commitment. In this episode, I talk you through how to stay in this commitment over the long haul as well as how you can take action today. 

We can use our rage for good. We can keep showing up, no matter how long it takes. We can get loud. We can get creative and innovative and scrappy AF. We can and will stay in this as long as is required.  

Link mentioned:
Take my Shameless Summer Survey and win $100 gift card: shamelessmom.com/survey


Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

664: How to Play the Long Game in Your Advocacy and Activism

Amy Shlosberg, Ph.D , is an Associate Professor of Criminology and Department Chair at Fairleigh Dickinson University where she teaches courses on Wrongful Conviction, Offender Reentry and Reintegration, Race and Crime, Penology, Comparative Justice Systems, Data Analysis and Research Methods. Her primary research focuses on miscarriages of justice, the negative implications of incarceration and issues surrounding reentry, with an emphasis on policy and procedural reform. She is also the co-host of two podcasts: Women & Crime and Direct Appeal
 
Amy and I connect via Instagram (where all the best relationships are born) and I immediately knew I wanted to have her on the show. The work she is doing in our criminal justice system is so important. And it’s so important that all of us US citizens understand the way our system works - and repeatedly fails to work. I learned so much in this conversation and I think you will too.  

Listen in to hear Amy share:

How she got involved teaching people in prisons and why it lights her up

The impact of bringing university students into her prison classroom

What inspired her and her podcast co host to create Women & Crime

How women can be offenders and victims in our criminal justice system at the same time

Her thoughts on whether or not our current criminal justice system works

How the culture of poverty impacts our criminal justice system

Why people are wrongfully convicted and the role of bias in wrongful convictions

The problem with our bail system

Why she has hope for our criminal justice system in spite of its current 


Links mentioned:

Take my Shameless Summer Survey and win $100 gift card: shamelessmom.com/survey


Connect with Amy: womenandcrimepodcast.com/


Podcast: Women and Crime


Podcast: Direct Appeal 


Women and Crime on Instagram and Facebook: @womenandcrimepodcast

 
Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

663: Amy Shlosberg: Women, Crime, and Our Dysfunctional Criminal Justice System

Every time I’ve surveyed you all over the last 6 years, you have shared with me that overwhelm is one of your biggest struggles.  
 
I HEAR YOU.  
 
It seems no matter the season of life, if you are parenting, you are overwhelmed. Whether it’s the challenge of the constant caregiving logistics, that challenge of the state of the world, the challenge of holding emotional space for your children, or the challenge of trying to find some semblance of your own sense of self in all of this - IT IS A LOT. And it is CONSTANT. 
 
Today, I’m giving you permission to start dropping some balls. Maybe one. Maybe two. Maybe, like 13???  
 
In this episode, I walk you through how to determine which balls to drop and how to restructure time so you can keep the most important balls in the air.  
 
I hope this episode helps you take a close look at what you can let go of in order to make space for more peace, joy and sanity.  
 
Link mentioned:
Take my Shameless Summer Survey and win $100 gift card: shamelessmom.com/survey

 
Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

662: How to Drop the Ball on Purpose

Former litigator Shari Leid currently operates An Imperfectly Perfect Life, LLC, a professional mindset coaching business serving clients who are in those tricky middle age years, helping them create the life of their dreams. She is the author of the Friendship Flow transformational book series, which includes The 50/50 Friendship Flow: Life Lessons From and For My Girlfriends and Make Your Mess Your Message - More Life Lessons From and For My Girlfriends.

Shari’s life has been an incredible journey of identity shifting and identity shaping events that have led her to such a beautiful place of honoring who she is and how she wants to show up in the world and share her life with other women.  

Listen in to hear Shari share:

Her story of being adopted from Seoul Korea in 1970 in the first wave of international adoptions by Japanese American parents who were interned during WWII

Her parent’s memories of living and working in internment camps

The impacts of her parent’s internment on her upbringing

How she ended up growing her family by 2 children in less than one year

How adopting her daughter brought her full circle in seeing her own adoption journey

Her massive shift in identity when she left a career as a litigating attorney to become a stay at home mom - and the major struggle to maintain her sense of self

The impact of her physical sense of self as she had double hip replacement from hip dysplasia and double mastectomy after a breast cancer diagnosis


Links mentioned:

Connect with Shari: animperfectlyperfectlife.com


Shari on LinkedIn

Shari on IG

Shari on FB

Shari on YouTube

Shari on TikTok


Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

661: Shari Leid: Identity Through Adoption, Internment, Career & Cancer

As I’ve worked with moms over the last 19 (!!) years, I’ve noticed how quickly society sells us short. And how often we, in turn, sell ourselves short.  

I want to invite you to cross more finish lines - BUT - not by working more or working harder. I want you to cross more finish lines, reach more goals, and live more of your dreams by simply owning and honoring who you are, where you’ve been and how that journey makes you completely magical, uniquely talented, and tough as nails.  

Motherhood makes you a better leader, advocate, and citizen. Motherhood allows you to hone skills you never knew you’d need and maybe never wanted - master negotiator, thoughtful persuasionist, quick adaptor, highly efficient productivityist, and intentional & considerate champion of others. Motherhood positions you as an expert and an authority on compassion, connection, and unconditional love. 

If you can own and honor these skills, the world opens up for you. But, we aren’t taught to own and honor these skills. Let’s change that.  

In this episode, I’ll talk you through 4 ways you can leverage the gifts of motherhood in ways that can be mutually beneficial for you and for the world. 

Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

660: 4 Ways for Moms to Get Across More Finish Lines

Jessica Sinarski is a highly sought-after therapist, speaker, and change-maker. Extensive post-graduate training and 15+ years as a clinician and educator led her to create the resource and training platform–BraveBrains. She makes brain science practical, helping parents and professionals become healers for hurting children. She is the author of the award-winning Riley the Brave series, Hello, Anger, and more.
This is Jessica’s third time on the show! Anytime she has a new book, I’m dying to get her back on the SMA. Jessica’s ability to help kids and parents understand brain science in order to support emotional management is incredible. I walk away from every conversation with Jessica feeling like I have a ton of new tools to support my child and myself. 

Listen in to hear Jessica share:

What anger is and why it’s so crucial to talk about it now

The importance of recognizing anger as a protection mechanism

Why we need to recognize that anger is not bad

The vicious cycle of anger and shame 

How mom overwhelm triggers anger

The importance of really accessing our anger and working through it vs avoiding it and stuffing it (which ultimately forces it to show up in dysfunctional ways)

How to explicitly ask for help with your anger or shame

Why it was important to her to write a book that honors anger, not shut it down


Links mentioned:

Connect with Jessica: www.bravebrains.com


Book Jess: info@bravebrains.com

Shop Books: www.rileythebrave.org/bookstorev2


Jessica on IG

Jessica on Twitter

Jessica on Facebook


Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

659: Jessica Sinarski: How to Own and Embrace Your Anger

I have spent the last year co-chairing the Parent Association at Vinnie’s school. I have learned so much from this experience. I’ve stretched myself in new ways and humbled myself more than once. I’ve made incredible new friends and led in ways I never saw coming.  

You may recall many occasions in which I encouraged moms to “Get off the PTA! Stop volunteering so much!” So, yes, I feel like a bit of a hypocrite sharing my commitment to our school’s Parent Association. But hear me out… 

While I stand by the fact that moms over give and it’s a big problem, I am so grateful for this opportunity to show up and lead in new ways. I believe it has qualified me to lead in other new ways down the road. This role has allowed me to see myself as capable and qualified to do new things in my community that I never previously considered and that feels like a huge win and huge gift. 

I’m not at all suggesting that you all go out and become Volunteer of the Year at your kids school. But, if you do choose to step into leadership in your community in a similar way, I think my lessons might help you. 

To anyone from Vinnie’s school who might tune into this one, thank you for the opportunity to lead in this way and for affording me constant grace. I feel so fortunate to be a part of this community. It has been an honor to serve in this way. 


Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

658: Lessons Learned Co-Chairing the PTA

As a speaker, teacher, podcast host and author, Miranda Anderson provides tools and inspiration for women to live a creative, adventurous, and intentional life. Starting out as a lifestyle blogger in 2007, Miranda now offers thousands of weekly listeners of the Live Free Creative podcast something new to think about, feel and DO as they move toward living the life of their dreams. In 2018, she published ‘More Than Enough’ to chronicle her family’s 12-month no-shopping challenge that both shaped their perspective and family culture, and informed some of her most popular content on sustainability and intentionality. Since then, she’s hosted online courses, creative retreats, and in-person workshops in her efforts to help those ‘go-getter at heart’ women who feel stuck by circumstances live a life more aligned with their dreams and values.

Listen in to hear Miranda share:

Her philosophy on “just going for it”, knowing full well she may fail

The massive impact of her 12 month no-shopping minimalism challenge, which inspired her book, More Than Enough

What she learned about herself and how she learned to listen to her intuition by not buying anything new for herself or her family of 5 for 12 months

How the 12 month challenge evolved and inspired her work today

How she helps moms adopt a sense of adventure as a mindset

Using adventure as a mindset and a lens to creativity, curiosity, connection, calm

The difference between perfectionism and striving in how we manage outcomes

How moms (especially risk averse or perfectionist moms) can practice being adventurous in low stakes way that can have big impact



Links mentioned:

Enroll in Momentum Mamas: shamelessmom.com/momentum


Connect with Miranda: livefreecreative.co

Join Miranda’s Grown Up Summer Camp July 14th-17th

Miranda’s Podcast: Live Free Creative


Miranda on Facebook

Miranda on Instagram

Miranda on Twitter

Miranda on YouTube

Miranda on Pinterest

 
Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

657: Miranda Anderson: Overcoming Perfectionism to Live More Adventurously

Fear is a beast. Don’t get me wrong, fear can be functional. It can protect us from great harm. But, it can also hold us back from taking action. It can paralyze our heads and our hearts. It can prevent us from dreaming, doing, and becoming.  

There are some very real reasons to carry fear right now. That will continue to be the case. So, how will you learn to navigate fear and all the internal and external noise that accompanies it?

Fear keeps us stuck. 

Fear allows our inner critic to grow louder each and every day. 

Fear keeps us stuck in inaction.  

Right now, we cannot afford to sit in fear. 

When we are feeling fear, everything constricts - our ability to see possibility and potential, our ability to be nimble and adaptive, our ability to see what else is true beyond our fear. 

In this episode, I walk you through the ways that your fear might show up. Then, I share how to see it, listen to it, and continue to move through it - with it at your side instead of in your driver's seat. 



Link mentioned:
Enroll in Momentum Mamas: shamelessmom.com/momentum


Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

656: 5 Steps to Push Past the Fear & Noise

Piers Kowalski is an average father of two with a not so average story.
 
Born and raised in Colorado, Piers lived and worked on the west coast for 11 years before moving back to Colorado with his wife. He started building a career in his dream field of performance psychology, his wife went back to school for nursing, and they had two children. They seemed to be living a typical life. But at the age of 36, Piers was seven years, two kids, and two dogs into marriage when he discovered he was transgender. He was afraid he was going to lose everything and everyone he loved.
 
On a mission to change the world, Piers shares his story of pain, self-discovery, fear, love, and hope to help others better understand the transgender experience, community, and humanity.
 
We have had parents of trans kids on the show in the past, but Piers is our first trans parent to come on the show. I am so grateful and honored that he said yes. This was a really special and important conversation. I hope you’ll listen and then share it widely.

Listen in to hear Piers share:

The unexpected process of realizing he was trangender at the age of 36

The choice he had to make to either live with his family as a women - internalizing destructive pain - or take the risk of transitioning to living in his full male identity and potentially lose everything that meant the most to him

The social conditioning of shame that creates immense and unnecessary pain for trans people

His experience coming out to his mom and where she made missteps out of love that ultimately caused harm

Simple steps cisgender people can support transgender people

His 4 part advice for parents of a child who identifies as trans/non-binary or who are gender expansive/diverse in their gender identity or expression


Links mentioned:

Piers’s Personal IG

Piers’s Professional IG

 
Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

655: Piers Kowalski: Shameless Transgender Dad

How do you get people to do what you want them to do?

How do you help people make decisions that will benefit them?

How do you help people see the potential they have to be leaders, culture shifters, and culture shapers?

How do you move people to action?

This might sound daunting, I know. But here’s the thing… You are already doing this in your parenting. You help your children make decisions. You help your children see their potential. You walk them into opportunities that serve them. You probably also cheer for and champion your partners and friends when they are doing something great.  

How can you take the next step to become someone who inspires others to take action, to step into their gifts to lead, to advocate for themselves and others?  

You can do this. I’m going to give you 4 steps to do it. 4 steps to inspire your children, partner, parents, friends, and co-workers to become better action takers.

Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

654: How to Inspire Someone to Take Action

Sonora Jha is the author of the memoir How to Raise a Feminist Son and the novel Foreign. After a career as a journalist covering crime, politics, and culture in India and Singapore, she moved to the United States to earn a Ph.D. in media and public affairs. Sonora’s op-eds, essays, and public appearances have featured in the New York Times, on BBC, and elsewhere. She is a professor of journalism and lives in Seattle.
 
I recently discovered Sonora and her book, How to Raise a Feminist Son, on Instagram. I got her audiobook and was hooked by the end of her introduction. Sonora is a phenomenal storyteller and truth teller. She is a magical combination of professor, comedian and friend as she digs into her life as a single mom who left India to bring her son to Seattle and raise him as a feminist as she built a family around them. I couldn’t be more excited and delighted to be sharing her with you all today. 

Listen in to hear Sonora share:

How her 27 year old son is showing up as an activist for women’s rights today

What inspired her book, HOW TO RAISE A FEMINIST SON

How raising her son in the dark - at the movies - launched her and her son as a family unit into the world

How she intentionally built a family around her and her son - that did not include blood relatives

Why feminists can and should include men in their activism - and how we might need to check our biases and assumptions that men aren’t open to being feminists

How she redefined motherhood in order to raise a feminist son

Why it is important for men and boys to be intersectional feminists

 
Links mentioned:

Connect with Sonora: sonorajha.com


Book: How to Raise a Feminist Son by Sonora Jha


Book: Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay


Book: Inclusion on Purpose by Ruchika Tulshyan


Sonora on Twitter


Sonora on Instagram


Sonora on Facebook


 
 
Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

653: Sonora Jha: How to Raise a Feminist Son

Madeline Pratt is the founder & CEO of Fearless Foundry, a creative consultancy that supports ambitious humans in building branding, marketing, and business development strategies that allow them to make a meaningful impact in the world. Madeline is an outspoken force for promoting equity, collaboration, and community in business and she spends her time working with clients, creating content, hosting the Finding Fearless podcast, and leading her growing team. 
 
I have had the pleasure of interviewing Madeline as well as being interviewed by her and I can tell you she is the real deal.  She walks the walk and lives the values she has posted on her walls and on social media. It’s been awesome getting to know her as we’ve guested on each other’s podcasts! 

Listen in to hear Madeline share:

Her story of having the rug pulled out from under her in her corporate career

How to assess the cost of staying in a position that’s not working for you

The power and significance of negotiating and advocating for yourself even if you don’t get what you want

How to assess if a company is aligned with your core values and if they are actively LIVING their core values vs just plastering them on a wall

How having to go back to work 2 weeks postpartum fuels her work around parental leave policies

How to start building a strategy and plan if you want to make a career change or start your own business



Links mentioned:

Connect with Madeline: www.fearlessfoundry.com


Madeline’s podcast: Finding Fearless


Madeline’s interviewing Sara on Finding Fearless


Madeline on IG

Fearless Foundry on IG


Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

652: Madeline Pratt: Strategizing, Negotiating and Advocating for Your Needs at Work

Luvvie Ajayi Jones is a two-time New York Times bestselling author, sought-after speaker, and podcast host who thrives at the intersection of humor, media, and justice. Her critically acclaimed books Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual (2021) and I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual (2016) were instant bestsellers and established her as a literary force with a powerful pen. Her newest book Rising Troublemaker: A Manual for Teens is out NOW!

Luvvie is a proud disruptor who has been featured in NPR, Forbes, Inc, Fortune, Chicago Tribune, and more. She has disruptively graced the stages of Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and Nike and many more top brands. Her renowned TED talk "Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable" has over 8 million views, has been transcribed into 23 languages, and has placed her in the Top 1% of TED Talks of all time.

Born in Nigeria, bred in Chicago and comfortable everywhere, Luvvie enjoys laying
around in her plush robe, eating a warm bowl of jollof rice in her free time. Her love
language is shoes.

Listen in to hear Luvvie share:

The importance and urgency of showing up in this very moment in history

How to be a Troublemaker in ways that are authentic and true to who you are

Why you must become a Professional Troublemaker yourself in order to raise a Troublemaker

Why Troublemakers need to ask more questions

How to circle back on missed chances to speak up

The 4 types of Troublemaker

3 things three things Rising Troublemakers can do every day to own your dopeness

The domino effect of using your words to have impact


Links mentioned:

Connect with Luvvie: luvvie.org/


Book: Rising Troublemaker: A Fear-Fighter Manual for Teens 


Book: Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual


Podcast: Professional Troublemaker


Luvvie’s Community: LuvvNation


Luvvie's Blog: https://awesomelyluvvie.com/


Luvvie on Social Media: @luvvie on all platforms


﻿Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

651: Luvvie Ajayi Jones: Be a Troublemaker and Raise a Troublemaker

For a few years now I have walked you all through building Summer Bucket Lists. I love that a number of you have taken on this tradition with your families. It is such a fun and meaningful tradition.  

When I told Vinnie I was going to record an episode on Summer Bucket Lists, he lit up. “Mom, it’s time to make ours!!” I asked him if he had any advice for all the Shameless Moms who are getting ready to make their Summer Bucket Lists and he told me, “You should put a lot of fun things on your list.”  

So, FUN is the official #1 rule of Summer Bucket Lists. 

In this episode I walk you through why Summer Bucket Lists are so special and meaningful as a family tradition. Then, I share a few (very loose) rules for building your Summer Bucket List. Lastly, I give you 3 steps/categories to use when creating your Summer Bucket Lists:

Old Traditions

New Adventures

Soul Nourishment (This one is just for you, mama. You’re welcome.)


After you listen to this episode, please create your Summer Bucket Lists and share them to inspire other mamas to make theirs. And make sure to tag me @shamelessmomacademy so I can see all the FUN you are planning this summer. (Don’t forget the FUN.)


Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

650: 3 Steps to Build Your Summer Bucket List

Neill Williams is a Master Certified Life and Productivity Coach, host of “The Unbusy Your Life” podcast, and creator of the Unbusy Entrepreneur Mastermind. Only after ditching her own belief that success was measured by the number of hours worked was Neill able to achieve true lifestyle freedom while juggling her roles as a mom, wife, Master Certified Coach, entrepreneur and employee. Now, she helps too busy high-achieving online entrepreneurs simplify their schedules to 30 hours or less for more time and lifestyle freedom.

Listen in to hear Neill share:
How she scaled her corporate job from 60 hours a week to 30 hours a week
Why she set a goal to quit working overtime hours after proudly being the employee with the most overtime hours for a long time
How to negotiate cutting work hours without cutting your salary
The two questions you should ask if you want to work fewer hours
The powerful difference between making a To Do List vs a Done List
How to shift your mindset around productivity and what you can get done in shorter time frames
Why she thinks “productivity” is an outdated concept that needs to be rethought
Why scheduling is a self care tool
How traditional jobs reinforce mom guilt and unnecessary busyness - and how the pandemic massively compounded this
How to catch yourself when you’re worrying about someone’s reactions to you

Links mentioned:

Connect with Neill: neillwilliams.com


Neill’s podcast: Unbusy Your Life


Neill on IG

Neill on FB


Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

649: Neill Williams: How to Flip Your Mindset Around Productivity

I started dreaming up this episode last Sunday. The next day, the Supreme Court was outed on their plan to own our bodies. The next day, our family was hit with Covid.  

By the time I sat down to record this, what I wanted to say shifted quite a bit. I was seeing this conversation through a totally different lens.  

As you listen in, I want you to deeply understand how to honor yourself as well as how to keep showing up for the hard stuff - the stuff that is so critically important in our world right now. This episode gives you permission and guidance on how to do both.  

In honor of Mother’s Day, let me confirm for you that you are an excellent mother. Full stop. And here are a few gifts I share with you, as you hold space for your excellence:


You don’t owe anyone anything

Your world can suck and be great simultaneously

The little ways you show up in the world are making a difference

BONUS - you gotta listen in for this one. (And it’s my favorite one!)



Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

648: My 3 Mother's Day Gifts to You

Leah Carey is a sex and intimacy coach and host of the podcast “Good Girls Talk About Sex.” She works with people eager to explore new avenues of their sexuality and fulfill their greatest desires, like: diving back into the dating pool after a long time away, having first-time queer experiences, investigating consensual non-monogamy, or learning how to communicate about kink.
 
This work was not an obvious life choice for Leah. Growing up with an abusive father, she learned to be a VERY “good girl.”
 
She got involved in a series of emotionally abusive relationships, always convinced that SHE was the problem – not pretty enough, smart enough, or sexually skilled enough. And because she wasn’t having pleasure during sex, so she was convinced she was broken.
 
At age 42, life threw Leah an opportunity to build a new story: with both parents gone and no siblings, she could put aside the family mythology of the “good girl.”
 
She began challenging her old beliefs about worthiness, attractiveness, and desirability. Watching her phenomenal growth, friends started seeking her out to help them do the same.
 
Today, Leah works with women JUST LIKE YOU to reflect their true sexual nature back to them, without the judgment, shame, or fear that can get in the way of seeing it for themselves.

Listen in to hear Leah share:

How growing up in an alcoholic and abusive household shaped her sexual identity

The challenge of healing trauma and overcoming sexual repression while her parents were still alive

The road trip that led her on her journey of sexual awakening

How her work with a sex worker was so healing and transformational

How going to a sex resort and not having any sex completely changed her relationship with her body for the better

Why connection and safety must trump sex even in trusted long term relationships

Why libido is likely not the issue holding back sex & intimacy in your life

Why moms are “touched out” and what to do about it

The current cultural shift in acceptance and normalization of sexual identities, practices and frameworks

 
Links mentioned:

Connect with Leah: LeahCarey.com


Leah’s podcast Good Girls Talk About Sex: GoodGirlsTalk.com


Leah on Instagram

Leah on Twitter

Leah on YouTube

 
Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

647: Leah Carey: Good Girls Talk About Sex

Last week we went on the spring break trip we had been planning for 4 years. We started planning this trip well before the pandemic hit and then had to cancel it and wait. And wait. And wait.  

Over the last 2 years, we have done a decent job of taking time as a family to get away in ways that felt safe(ish). Things like road trips and camping trips. And these have all been great. But we were definitely missing bigger vacations and longer getaways to places further from home.  

Last week, we spent a week on the tiny island of Isla Mujeres, just off the coast of Cancun, Mexico. It was the dreamiest trip (in spite of me completely throwing my back on Day 2.) The trip was dreamy because of its natural beauty - white sand beaches and the lightest turquoise water - but also because of how we managed the trip.  

In this episode, I share 3 things that made this trip exactly the respite I didn’t know I desperately needed. I hope these 3 things inspire you to take a vacation this summer - in whatever way is accessible to you. I’m guessing you need a break - perhaps desperately so. You might not even realize how badly you need it. I certainly didn’t.  

Listen in for some serious vacay inspo! 

Sponsor info and promo codes:

Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/


Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com

The Shameless Mom Academy

The Shameless Mom Academy

Get Started

Download the App