Empowered Educator Mom

Adding is our natural default when it comes to solving problems and striving to improve our lives.  We add organizers to manage clutter. We add diet plans to lose weight. We add programs to help stru…

Empowerment is like a magic pill that makes it easier for you to handle challenges and stress, find solutions to problems, push harder on your goals, advocate for what you want, strengthen your relat…

Ever feel like life is happening to you, or like you're a puppet and other people are pulling your strings?  If you want to feel more in control in your life, to feel more empowered, this episode wil…

This episode is a follow-up to last week’s episode on improving your relationships.  Everyone struggles with relationships at times, be they romantic, familial, friendship, or work.  If you’re not ha…

Everyone struggles with challenging relationships at times, be they romantic, familial, friendship, or work.  If you’re not happy with a relationship but you don’t want to leave it, what can you do?

I…

When we face unexpected challenges, it’s normal for our brains to spin out in worry and fear about potential outcomes. This mental “spin cycle” not only hinders our ability to accurately assess the p…

Outsourcing confidence is something all perfectionist women do.  While there is probably a biological benefit to our brains doing it, it can be quite problematic.  If you notice you’re outsourcing yo…

Cognitive flexibility has a big impact on your emotional health and wellness.  In a nutshell, cognitive flexibility is the ability to appropriately switch your thinking and your actions.  It may not …

According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), nearly 58 million U.S. adults live with mental illness like anxiety and depression.  In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, I’m dedica…

Women face a host of physiological, neurological, cultural and other factors that inhibit their confidence.  Beyond the strategies discussed in last week’s episode, what can women do to overcome spec…

Confidence is foundational to accomplishing goals and dreams in life, but it doesn’t come easily to most women. This is due to a variety of reasons – some biological, some environmental, and some cul…

Most people struggle with difficult coworkers at some point in their career.  Conflict and tension are natural components of all human relationships.  What can you do when the conflict or tension und…

Everyone experiences hard things in life.  Sometimes we choose the challenges (like when we go after a goal or try to learn something new) and sometimes we don’t (like when we experience natural disa…

Every day our amazing brains automatically and subconsciously collect evidence from the world around us.  They collect evidence of what is and isn’t safe, what works and what doesn’t, and what’s impo…

We always think we want quick progress and that slow progress is bad, but what if that’s not true?  What if slow progress is okay or even useful?  In this episode we’ll explore why slow progress isn’…

Seeing others as God does can be challenging. Our brains are hardwired to make snap judgements of others based on their outward appearance and behaviors.  How can we go beyond "looking on the outward…

If you set New Year’s resolutions or goals in January, there’s a decent chance you’ve already slipped up or abandoned them completely.  But that doesn’t mean failure is inevitable.  In this episode, …

This episode is part three of a three-part series on the Lies of Perfectionism.

Do you identify as a perfectionist?  Do you think perfectionism helps you do better work and be a better person?   

Perfe…

This episode is part two of a three-part series on the Lies of Perfectionism.

Do you identify as a perfectionist?  Do you think perfectionism helps you do better work and be a better person?   

Perfect…

This episode is part one of a three-part series on the Lies of Perfectionism.

Do you identify as a perfectionist?  Do you think perfectionism helps you do better work and be a better person?   

Perfect…