118: Own Your Day and Crush Your Goals Without the Mom Guilt with Nikki Oden
Do you feel like being a mom gets in the way of your business goals?
As a parent, you probably can’t help but feel that family should come first. But you might also be letting that thinking get in the way of the ambitious woman you want to be.
It doesn’t have to be impossible to go after your business dreams and be a mom, though! And today, I’ve invited a guest expert onto the Time to Level Up podcast who does it and helps mentor other moms to do the same.
CEO and author Nikki Oden knows how easy it is to lose yourself by putting family first. She walked away from a career in law to become a stay-at-home mom. But through trial and error, she discovered how to harmonize her ambitiously entrepreneurial self with parenthood.
In this episode of Time to Level Up, you’ll learn about how to love yourself and your mom life a little more. Nikki will teach you the five key things you need to do to keep your sanity as a CEO mother and offer perspectives on guilt and self-care that might differ slightly from what you’ve adopted.
What’s Covered in This Episode About Mom Guilt
4:12 - When it’s okay for you to drop the ball
9:31 - Why feeling guilty is your choice
11:29 - Another aspect of guilt that can come up as you grow and change
15:41 - Five things you need as a mom to keep yourself sane
24:47 - The main character in your and your kids’ lives
26:42 - The biggest fallacy you learn about time (especially women)
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Quotes from this Episode of Time to Level Up
“Different areas of our lives represent different balls that we're juggling and if we need to drop a ball, we always drop the one that will bounce versus dropping the glass ball.” - Nikki Oden
“Be intentional about how you treat yourself in those moments because we really should be speaking to ourselves the way we would speak to someone we love.” - Nikki Oden
“As someone who has recovered from being a guilt-written mom, I'll say that it's not easy to shake off but it is a choice” - Nikki Oden
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