Carpool Convos

Carpool Convos

Hosted by: Kim Anderson

These Carpool Convos are intended to be bite-sized nuggets of information, allowing you to listen to them easily and quickly while sitting in the carpool pickup line at school. Or, driving to or from work or on a...

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CC 55: 3 Truths About Making a Mistake

Shame wants us to stay stuck and wallow in our imperfection. It wants us to believe redemption and reconciliation are impossible. If you're anything like me, my inner-critic can go to town beating me up. If you find...
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CC 53: Why Feedback Matters

Let's be honest. Feedback can be scary. It's easy to cringe or tense up when we realize someone will share their perspective of us, our words, or our performance. We can feel exposed and vulnerable as shame washes...
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CC 52: Be Your Own Valentine

The truth is our ability to serve our friends and family starts with how well we take care of ourselves. Loving yourself well isn’t selfish; it’s essential. So what about if we reframed this Day of Love to remind...
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CC 51: What Would You Do If You Weren't Afraid?

What would you do if you weren't afraid? For most of us, the list is long. If we're honest, fear stops us in our tracks. We need to remember that fear is temporary. A German proverb says, "Fear makes the wolf bigger...
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CC 50: Why Is It Hard to Ask For Help?

Why is it we often don’t want to ask for help? Sometimes it feels like admitting we are weak. Sometimes we don’t want to be a burden. Sometimes it seems like everyone else has it all together, so it's embarrassing to...
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CC 49: Is it Too Late to Find My Purpose?

Do you ever feel like something is missing? Are you going through the motions of life reactively instead of intentionally? Almost like you're running on a hamster wheel of exhaustion but not going in any direction? I...
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CC 48: 3 Ways to Invest in Your Loved Ones

So often we don’t realize the enormous impact we have on others. We miss the simple ways we can let others know they matter. We can invest in others by using these three strategies we dive into on this episode!
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CC 47: How to Get Off the Drama Train

When I think about drama, it takes me right back to middle school. While we can’t completely isolate ourselves from toxic people (or maybe we are even the conductor of the drama train sometimes) we can protect...
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CC 46: What Are the Questions You Ask Your Kids Really Saying to Them?

Here's the thing with questions - sometimes we ask questions because we don't know any other way to connect with our kids. But...sometimes questions don't actually connect us to our kids. They're just a way for us to...
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CC 45: Do My Kids Define Me?

Today we're going to dig into this big question: Do my kids define me? This is a hard one. While we might quickly and proudly answer "Yes! I love being my kids' mom!" there can be a real danger in that becoming our...
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CC 44: What Are Your Rocks?

Imagine you have a jar, some rocks, and some sand that all represent different aspects of your life. You need to be able to get them all into the jar together. We know they all fit, but we need to know how to assemble...
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CC 43: Are You Trapped in “Shoulds"

One of the ways we get stuck as moms is in our shame narratives often come from the "shoulds" we tell ourselves.  I should be able to work full-time and be at every school function and the PTO president.   I should...
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