The Mindful Midlife Mom - Mindfulness Practices and Techniques for Mentally Exhausted Moms Juggling Kids & Aging Parents
Are you an overstretched midlife mom juggling teenagers and aging parents while feeling mentally exhausted and losing yourself in the process?
You're not alone in this overwhelming season. As someone currently living in the sandwich generation with my dad in assisted living while my kids are in school, I understand the unique burnout that comes from caring for everyone except yourself.
This show offers practical mindfulness tools specifically designed for moms navigating caregiving responsibilities while raising kids.
Tune in twice a week for:
- Sundays: 20-minute episodes addressing common midlife challenges with practical strategies plus a featured mindfulness practice (affirmations, mantras, or meditations)
- Wednesdays: Short guided practice sessions to reinforce Sunday's mindfulness technique and reset your week
These bite-sized practices fit into your chaotic schedule and help you show up as the calm, present mom you want to be.
Start with our fan-favorite Episode 97: "Midlife Slump? You Deserve Better— 'I Am' Affirmations for Self Worth" to begin transforming how you see yourself today.
The Mindful Midlife Mom - Mindfulness Practices and Techniques for Mentally Exhausted Moms Juggling Kids & Aging Parents
115 | Why Always Saying No To Yourself Keeps Midlife Moms Feeling Stuck (A Month of Mindful Abundance Can Help)
Do you catch yourself saying no to growth opportunities because you feel guilty about prioritizing yourself?
Whether you’re craving a new routine, a chance to invest in yourself, or simply space to reconnect with who you are, this episode is your reminder that saying “yes” in midlife isn’t selfish—it’s necessary. Especially as the back-to-school season invites fresh starts, it’s time to embrace a season of personal expansion.
Discover how a simple shift—committing to a “Month of Yes”—can open the door to more joy, clarity, and abundance in your daily life.
- Learn how to reframe guilt, stop deferring your dreams, and start saying yes to yourself without apology.
- Hear real-world examples of small, everyday ways to say yes—from waking up 10 minutes earlier to finally signing up for that workshop.
- Recite a powerful affirmation to welcome abundance and new opportunities into your life—starting today.
🎧 Press play to begin your Month of Yes and explore the freedom, fulfillment, and growth that awaits when you finally say yes to you.
You’re listening to the right show, formerly known as the Mindful Life Changes or Mindful Career Change Podcast. We’ve made some pivots through the years, but we’ve finally landed on the right path: producing content for moms seeking calm within the chaos of midlife changes.
New episodes drop on:
- Sundays: 20-minute episodes addressing common midlife challenges with practical strategies plus a featured mindfulness practice (affirmations, mantras, or meditations)
- Wednesdays: Short guided practice sessions to reinforce Sunday's mindfulness technique and reset your week
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This podcast explores patience, meditation, confidence, presence, and overcoming resentment while cultivating calm, peace, mindfulness, clarity, mantras, and addressing loneliness and burn out; it covers boundaries, caregiving, guilt, affirmations, working moms, self-care, midlife crisis, empty nesters, empowerment, people pleasing, compassion fatigue, family caregiving, stress relief, self-worth, stress management, and how to shift from reactive to centered when feeling short tempered, offering tools for self acceptance, easing mental exhaustion, building emotional resilience, harnessing inner strength, and preventing caregiver fatigue for those in the sandwich generation through expert advice on boundaries setting.
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