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The Go-To Podcast for Teacher Mamas Wanting to Create Work-Life Balance With Healthy Routines Top 5% of Podcasts in Education, Self-Improvement and Kids & Family/Parenting Do you wish you could stop using up all your patience and energy in the classroom so you have some left for your own kids when you get home? Are you sick of coming home to a constant mess and never-ending to-do list that it feels like you’re working a second job? Do you wish you had more time for yourself, your kids, your husband and your Faith? Are you ready to turn off your teacher brain at the end of the day so you can transition into mom mode? We are so excited you’re here! This podcast will help you enjoy teaching and your home life again, be more efficient and focused with the time you have and create more energy to pour into your family and the things that matter most to you! Hi, I’m Ashley, and I’m Roberta. We are both Wives, and Teacher Mamas with a combined 28 years of experience in the classroom and we’ve both been that exhausted, stressed out teacher mom. We too were overstimulated and overwhelmed, brought too much work home, struggled with keeping up on the house chores and dinner, and did zero things that we enjoyed outside of school. We finally realized that if we were going to live more energetic and balanced lives, we needed to learn different routines, time management, and stress relieving strategies. We created a plan that fits us and is actually easy to stick with. A lifestyle that made teaching, momming, and wifeing easier and fun again. And we’re ready to share it with you! If you’re ready to: Start finding balance between work and home… Get your housework under control so you don’t feel like you need to clone yourself to get things done… Find time for yourself, your family, and home with simple routines, time and stress management strategies… And have more energy, focus, fulfillment and patience- this podcast is for you! So go grab your coffee and leave those ungraded papers at school, because we are about to dive in!! Get ready to get your binge listen on!! Next steps: Become and Insider: ＞＞＞https://bit.ly/teachermamainsider Join our free community: ＞＞＞https://bit.ly/timeandstressmanagement Email us: ＞＞＞theteachermamaspodcast@gmail.com

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United States

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Kids & Family Podcasts

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The Go-To Podcast for Teacher Mamas Wanting to Create Work-Life Balance With Healthy Routines *****Top 5% of Podcasts in Education, Self-Improvement and Kids & Family/Parenting***** Do you wish you could stop using up all your patience and energy in the classroom so you have some left for your own kids when you get home? Are you sick of coming home to a constant mess and never-ending to-do list that it feels like you’re working a second job? Do you wish you had more time for yourself, your kids, your husband and your Faith? Are you ready to turn off your teacher brain at the end of the day so you can transition into mom mode? We are so excited you’re here! This podcast will help you enjoy teaching and your home life again, be more efficient and focused with the time you have and create more energy to pour into your family and the things that matter most to you! Hi, I’m Ashley, and I’m Roberta. We are both Wives, and Teacher Mamas with a combined 28 years of experience in the classroom and we’ve both been that exhausted, stressed out teacher mom. We too were overstimulated and overwhelmed, brought too much work home, struggled with keeping up on the house chores and dinner, and did zero things that we enjoyed outside of school. We finally realized that if we were going to live more energetic and balanced lives, we needed to learn different routines, time management, and stress relieving strategies. We created a plan that fits *us* and is actually easy to stick with. A lifestyle that made teaching, momming, and wifeing easier and fun again. And we’re ready to share it with you! If you’re ready to: ***Start finding balance between work and home… ***Get your housework under control so you don’t feel like you need to clone yourself to get things done… ***Find time for yourself, your family, and home with simple routines, time and stress management strategies… ***And have more energy, focus, fulfillment and patience- this podcast is for you! So go grab your coffee and leave those ungraded papers at school, because we are about to dive in!! Get ready to get your binge listen on!! Next steps: Become and Insider: ＞＞＞https://bit.ly/teachermamainsider Join our free community: ＞＞＞https://bit.ly/timeandstressmanagement Email us: ＞＞＞theteachermamaspodcast@gmail.com

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English

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Episodes

187. Overwhelmed by unknowns at the end of the school year? 3 step process to gain back control and feel more at peace.

5/6/2024

Today’s podcast episode is all about what we can do as teacher mama’s when we feel like our future is uncertain and we feel a lack of control. Springtime brings (hopefully) a time when we find out our job assignments for the following school year. Most of us most likely hope we are staying in the same spot. But we also know that might not happen. I am in a season of uncertainty myself. I’m unsure what next school year will bring. And I am not a patient person. It is really hard for me to wait and see how things will turn out. It is also hard for me to just trust that everything will work out. BUT it is also really important to me that I am present and soaking up the remainder of the current school year. So I used a 3 step process to gain back my control and feel more at peace. This episode is for you if: Wanna work with us to feel more focused and efficient during your work day so you can feel more focused and present during your time at home? Step 1: Sign up to be an insider with our weekly newsletter. Let’s ditch the Teacher Mama stress together → https://bit.ly/teachermamainsider Step 2: Connect with us and a supportive community of other Teacher Mamas who get it through our FREE Facebook Community → http://bit.ly/timeandstressmanagement Step 3: Create More Time for Your Needs with Personal Power Routines and 1:1 coaching!→ https://theteachermamas.com/powerroutines

Duration:00:17:12

186. Stop Fighting About Bedtime Routines with Your Kids. Try These 9 Tips Instead!

5/2/2024

Today we are going to talk about the fighting and the yelling and the frustration that can ensue when you have taken all this time to implement a beautiful routine with your kids, and it’s still not working! Yes, you may have done everything right and it’s still turning into a fight before bed! Don’t fret! Don’t give up! Keep going, I promise it will all be worth it because we are going to share some things that may help this process even more for you today! We have both been there before. Dealing with the tantrums and the 10,000 times they leave their room saying they can’t sleep, or need water, or something scary is in the closet, or… In today’s episode you will learn: Wanna work with us to feel more focused and efficient during your work day so you can feel more focused and present during your time at home? Step 1: Sign up to be an insider with our weekly newsletter. Let’s ditch the Teacher Mama stress together → https://bit.ly/teachermamainsider Step 2: Connect with us and a supportive community of other Teacher Mamas who get it through our FREE Facebook Community → http://bit.ly/timeandstressmanagement Step 3: Create More Time for Your Needs with Personal Power Routines and 1:1 coaching!→ https://theteachermamas.com/powerroutines

Duration:00:26:12

185. I’m not tired! 9 calming activities our kids can choose for better sleep

4/29/2024

We all know calming activities before bed is helpful. But sometimes our kids just aren’t ready for bed when it is bedtime. And they might need some extra time doing something that helps calm their body and minds. Ashley and I have helped our kids find new calming activities over the years that match the season where the kids find themselves. There are so many options. And our kids each have those calming activities that without fail, work to help them each fall asleep. In this episode you will learn: Wanna work with us to feel more focused and efficient during your work day so you can feel more focused and present during your time at home? Step 1: Sign up to be an insider with our weekly newsletter. Let’s ditch the Teacher Mama stress together → https://bit.ly/teachermamainsider Step 2: Connect with us and a supportive community of other Teacher Mamas who get it through our FREE Facebook Community → http://bit.ly/timeandstressmanagement Step 3: Create More Time for Your Needs with Personal Power Routines and 1:1 coaching!→ https://theteachermamas.com/powerroutines Resource mentioned: https://move-mindfully.com/store/

Duration:00:14:26

184. Why Your Kids Can’t Follow the Evening Routine You Made Them and 3 Ways to Fix it.

4/25/2024

So you’ve made your kids evening routines list and it’s amazing. It has all the things that your journaled about from episode #178 on there and they just haven’t quite been following it like you thought they would the last couple weeks. It’s time to pretty that thang up so today we are going to talk about 3 ways to make it more visually appealing to them and easier to follow so stick around! Ashley and Roberta have both used various types of visual routines with their own kids over the years and have narrowed the list down to the top 3 best ways to make routine lists visual. In this episode you will learn: https://theteachermamascourses.thinkific.com/courses/dream-routine-for-kids Wanna work with us to feel more focused and efficient during your work day so you can feel more focused and present during your time at home? Step 1: Sign up to be an insider with our weekly newsletter. Let’s ditch the Teacher Mama stress together → https://bit.ly/teachermamainsider Step 2: Connect with us and a supportive community of other Teacher Mamas who get it through our FREE Facebook Community → http://bit.ly/timeandstressmanagement Step 3: Create More Time for Your Needs with Personal Power Routines and 1:1 coaching!→ https://theteachermamas.com/powerroutines Amazon link for checklist:

Duration:00:17:58

183. 3 tips to have mindful caffeine and better sleep

4/22/2024

Do you wake up already feeling exhausted? Do you use caffeine throughout the day to keep you going? To hopefully improve your focus and attention? Are you someone who can drink caffeine at 8 pm and still fall asleep? Or are you someone who can’t drink caffeine after noon, because you will lie wide awake at night? Our bodies may all metabolize caffeine differently and at a different rate, but one thing is true: caffeine affects our sleep. The question is, how? In this episode you will learn: Wanna work with us to feel more focused and efficient during your work day so you can feel more focused and present during your time at home? Step 1: Sign up to be an insider with our weekly newsletter. Let’s ditch the Teacher Mama stress together → https://bit.ly/teachermamainsider Step 2: Connect with us and a supportive community of other Teacher Mamas who get it through our FREE Facebook Community → http://bit.ly/timeandstressmanagement Step 3: Create More Time for Your Needs with Personal Power Routines and 1:1 coaching!→ https://theteachermamas.com/powerroutines Resources: National Sleep Foundation Article: https://www.thensf.org/what-is-sleep-quality/ National Sleep Foundation: https://www.sleepfoundation.org/nutrition/caffeine-and-sleep

Duration:00:23:31

182. Ready for sleep? How a bedtime routine can help you get there, fast.

4/18/2024

In this episode you will learn: Wanna work with us to feel more focused and efficient during your work day so you can feel more focused and present during your time at home? Step 1: Sign up to be an insider with our weekly newsletter. Let’s ditch the Teacher Mama stress together → here Step 2: Connect with us and a supportive community of other Teacher Mamas who get it through our FREE Facebook Community → here Step 3: Create More Time for Your Needs with Personal Power Routines and 1:1 coaching!→ here

Duration:00:22:21

181. 6 Ways to Get More Exercise During the Busy Teacher Day to Get Better Sleep.

4/15/2024

Exercise helps you sleep. It gives us endorphins (the happy hormone) which also helps reduce stress. This is often a big reason why you can't fall asleep at night. Exercise also helps increase the natural release of melatonin in our bodies which if you listened to previous episodes, you know, helps us fall asleep at night. There is so much research out there on how 30 minutes of aerobic exercise helps with sleep quality but let's get into some ways you can fit it in during your crazy busy Teacher mom day! In this episode you will learn: Wanna work with us to feel more focused and efficient during your work day so you can feel more focused and present during your time at home? Step 1: Sign up to be an insider with our weekly newsletter. Let’s ditch the Teacher Mama stress together → https://bit.ly/teachermamainsider Step 2: Connect with us and a supportive community of other Teacher Mamas who get it through our FREE Facebook Community → http://bit.ly/timeandstressmanagement Step 3: Create More Time for Your Needs with Personal Power Routines and 1:1 coaching!→ https://theteachermamas.com/powerroutines

Duration:00:20:20

180. Why a bedtime routine is actually self-care. The #1 Way I get better sleep.

4/11/2024

Many of us mama's get to the end of the day and flop into bed. But the things we do leading up to bed vary each and every day. The time we go to bed may be different each and every day. In this episode Ashley and Roberta talk about what is part of their own bedtime routines. The things on their routines help them to both sleep better AND set their mornings up for success. In this episode you will learn: Wanna work with us to feel more focused and efficient during your work day so you can feel more focused and present during your time at home? Step 1: Sign up to be an insider with our weekly newsletter. Let’s ditch the Teacher Mama stress together → https://bit.ly/teachermamainsider Step 2: Connect with us and a supportive community of other Teacher Mamas who get it through our FREE Facebook Community → http://bit.ly/timeandstressmanagement Step 3: Create More Time for Your Needs with Personal Power Routines and 1:1 coaching!→ https://theteachermamas.com/powerroutines

Duration:00:23:51

179. Instead of avoiding overwhelm, try this daily routine to finally sleep well

4/8/2024

Wanna work with us to feel more focused and efficient during your work day so you can feel more focused and present during your time at home? Step 1: Sign up to be an insider with our weekly newsletter. Let’s ditch the Teacher Mama stress together → https://bit.ly/teachermamainsider Step 2: Connect with us and a supportive community of other Teacher Mamas who get it through our FREE Facebook Community → http://bit.ly/timeandstressmanagement Step 3: Create More Time for Your Needs with Personal Power Routines and 1:1 coaching!→ https://theteachermamas.com/powerroutines

Duration:00:28:47

178. Prompts for an efficient bedtime routine for your kids

4/4/2024

Find more at www.theteachermamas.com

Duration:00:17:54

177. Struggling to Find Peace Before Bed? Try This 1 Tip for You and Your Kiddos

4/1/2024

Duration:00:13:11

176. Exhausted? How much sleep do you need and 5 things you don't even know could be affecting it

3/28/2024

Exhausted? How much sleep do you need and 5 things you don't even know could be affecting it Wanna work with us to feel more focused and efficient during your work day so you can feel more focused and present during your time at home? Step 1: Sign up to be an insider with our weekly newsletter. Let’s ditch the Teacher Mama stress together → https://bit.ly/teachermamainsider Step 2: Connect with us and a supportive community of other Teacher Mamas who get it through our FREE Facebook Community → http://bit.ly/timeandstressmanagement Step 3: Create More Time for Your Needs with Personal Power Routines and 1:1 coaching!→ https://theteachermamas.com/powerroutines

Duration:00:32:33

175. 2 Tips for A Better Sleep Routine

3/25/2024

Do you or kids struggle with falling or staying asleep? Our Monday episodes are going to start being dedicated to a couple of things you can do during the day and/or at night to help with your sleeping and bedtime routine. Wanna work with us to feel more focused and efficient during your work day so you can feel more focused and present during your time at home? Step 1: Sign up to be an insider with our weekly newsletter. Let’s ditch the Teacher Mama stress together → https://bit.ly/teachermamainsider Step 2: Connect with us and a supportive community of other Teacher Mamas who get it through our FREE Facebook Community → http://bit.ly/timeandstressmanagement Step 3: Create More Time for Your Needs with Personal Power Routines and 1:1 coaching!→ https://theteachermamas.com/powerroutines

Duration:00:18:34

174. Getting Enough Sleep but Still Feel Like a Zombie? Your Sleep Quality Needs an Upgrade.

3/21/2024

Getting Enough Sleep but Still Feel Like a Zombie? Your Sleep Quality Needs an Upgrade. Are you walking around like a zombie all day long? You feel like you sleep enough but then your body doesn’t tell you that throughout the day? You have a hard time making decisions or it takes you way too long to plan because you can’t think properly. You blow up at your kids when it’s not warranted or you're falling asleep at 1 in the afternoon? These can all be signs that you're not getting the quality sleep you need! Listen in to see if this is you and how you can actually calculate if you're getting the sleep you need. This is going to be important for future episodes where we will give you tangible tips you can use throughout the day and before bed to help with your restless nights! Article used in this episode: National Sleep Foundation Article: https://www.thensf.org/what-is-sleep-quality/ Wanna work with us to feel more focused and efficient during your work day so you can feel more focused and present during your time at home? Step 1: Sign up to be an insider with our weekly newsletter. Let’s ditch the Teacher Mama stress together → https://bit.ly/teachermamainsider Step 2: Connect with us and a supportive community of other Teacher Mamas who get it through our FREE Facebook Community → http://bit.ly/timeandstressmanagement Step 3: Create More Time for Your Needs with Personal Power Routines and 1:1 coaching!→ https://theteachermamas.com/powerroutines

Duration:00:16:32

173. Sick of waking up after hitting snooze? Try this self-love practice instead.

3/18/2024

Sick of waking up after hitting snooze? Try this self-love practice instead. Wanna work with us to feel more focused and efficient during your work day so you can feel more focused and present during your time at home? Step 1: Become a Teacher Mama Insider → https://bit.ly/teachermamainsider Step 2: Connect with us and a supportive community of other Teacher Mamas who get it through our FREE Facebook Community → http://bit.ly/timeandstressmanagement Step 3: Get more personalized support with two-on-one coaching! → www.theteachermamas.com/powerroutines

Duration:00:19:44

172. Sick of Running Late to Work? Why Your Morning Routine Isn’t the Only Problem and How to Fix It.

3/14/2024

I am really good at being late to school if I don’t plan ahead the night before…like really really good, add two kids to the mix and we could easily be 20 minutes late every day. But when I figure out that all I needed to do was look at my morning and take everything that was making me late and move it to my evening routine, it saved me so much time. So we are just going to do a little brain storm sesh here today for you and your kiddos and you are going to start doing these tasks at night that can be done at night- kapeesh! Wanna work with us to feel more focused and efficient during your work day so you can feel more focused and present during your time at home? Step 1: Sign up to be an insider with our weekly newsletter. Let’s ditch the Teacher Mama stress together → https://bit.ly/teachermamainsider Step 2: Connect with us and a supportive community of other Teacher Mamas who get it through our FREE Facebook Community → http://bit.ly/timeandstressmanagement Step 3: Get more personalized support with two-on-one coaching! → www.theteachermamas.com/powerroutines

Duration:00:16:42

171. Monthly Meal Planning Bootcamp

3/11/2024

Monthly Meal Planning Bootcamp www.theteachermamas.com/bootcamp

Duration:00:10:50

170. Daily Routines to Feel More at Peace

3/7/2024

Do you wanna work with us so you can feel more at peace in your home? Step 1: Sign up for our FREE Monthly Meal Planning Bootcamp that will be on March 11th, 2024 → www.theteachermamas.com/bootcamp Step 2: Connect with us and a supportive community of other Teacher Mamas who get it through our FREE Facebook Community → http://bit.ly/timeandstressmanagement Step 3: Create More Time for Your Needs with Personal Power Routines and 1:1 coaching!→ https://theteachermamas.com/powerroutines

Duration:00:22:00

169. Mind Racing Keeping You Awake? Try This!

3/4/2024

Wanna work with us to feel more focused and efficient during your work day so you can feel more focused and present during your time at home? Step 1: Sign up for our free Monthly Meal Planning Bootcamp www.theteachermamas.com/bootcamp Step 2: Connect with us and a supportive community of other Teacher Mamas who get it through our FREE Facebook Community → http://bit.ly/timeandstressmanagement Step 3: Create More Time for Your Needs with Personal Power Routines and 1:1 coaching!→ https://theteachermamas.com/powerroutines

Duration:00:15:34

168. 5 routines you need to relieve stress and find peace at home

2/29/2024

5 must have routines for after the school day/work day. Have no idea where to start? Roberta and I want you to know that we are here to help! We can help coach you on all of these things! With a quick 25 minute call, we can focus on a me-time routine for you, a quick chore routine, or a night time routine. For the dinner and the cleaning routine, we can get you started with one call but will need more calls to get the entire routine worked out for you. Wanna work with us to feel more focused and efficient during your work day so you can feel more focused and present during your time at home? To sign up for that coaching call with us, go to https://theteachermamas.com/powerroutines *We also have our first FREE Monthly meal planning bootcamp where we teach you our 30 day process (Your basically getting free group coaching on this topic!) Make sure you go to this link to sign up. It will be on March 11th at 7PM Central time and you can go to theteachermamas.com/bootcamp You’ll also want to hop into our facebook group because that’s where we are hosting it! bit.ly/timeandstressmanagement

Duration:00:38:26