100% Guilt-Free Self-Care

Show notes: https://www.tamihackbarth.com/blog/episode-224

I have been meeting with tons of interesting women doing amazing work in the world, taking a class on branding, preparing for a couple of speaking events and handling some big parenting challenges.

In other words, I am ready for a little R&R this weekend for Mother’s Day.

So many have told me lately that all they want for Mother's Day is some silence and solitude, perhaps a meal they don’t have to think about or clean up after.

Me too! So that’s what I requested from my family. I will also be reading by a pool and swimming. Nice way to spend a Sunday if you ask me.

So excited to share my interview with Melissa Llarena. We talked about how our imagination is the secret weapon to getting the life and career you want.

I love how her mind thinks! Melissa’s creativity, imagination and determination have helped her connect with some of the biggest thought leaders.

Melissa Llarena is a bestselling author, imagination coach, consultant, speaker, contributor to ForbesWomen articles that have garnered 4 million-plus views.

Melissa is also the host of Unimaginable Wellness, the podcast for entrepreneurs, founders, and creators who are moms. Featured guests include Gary Vee, Beth Comstock, Suzy Batiz, David Meltzer, Jordan Harbinger, Kanika Chadda Gupta, Angela Middleton MBE (i.e., Member of the British Empire), Ken Honda, and hundreds of other unconventional thinkers.

Melissa has been featured in the WSJ, Business Insider, Fox Business, CNN Money, The Huffington Post, and other publications. She holds a psychology degree from NYU, an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and a Transformational Coaching Academy certificate. She is also training to become a meditation practitioner.

Melissa lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and three sons (one singleton and a set of identical twins).

Show notes: https://www.tamihackbarth.com/blog/episode-223

Welcome to Maycember!

If you are a parent or teacher you know that May is just as busy as December (thank you Holderness family). It’s also the season when we start looking towards summer break and beyond.

Are you a teacher, helper or giver with something to teach? Would you like to make income from your ideas?

This week’s podcast guest Sara Torpey can teach you how to do just that.

Show notes: https://www.tamihackbarth.com/blog/episode-222

Have you read You Can Heal Your Life? I only understood about every third word, but one big takeaway is: change is possible and you have the power to make it happen.

I was sold on the concept, but I needed something a bit more practical to help me in my everyday life.

Then I found this book, and everything changed. It set me on the path I am on today.

The Women’s Comfort Book: A Self-Nurturing Guide for Restoring Balance in Your Life by Jennifer Louden. Fast forward a few decades and I had a major epiphany: authors are people. People are on social media.

✨poof✨

I found Jen on Twitter and sent her a message telling her how her book had changed my life. She responded (🤗🤩🥳)

And now we are BFFS!!!

Just kidding! (Sort of)….

In case you haven't met yet. JENNIFER LOUDEN wanted to be Harriet the Spy when she was eight, an enlightened master when she was twelve, and a brilliant comedy writer when she was twenty-two. She penned her bestseller, The Woman’s Comfort Book, after her first why bother time. She’s the author of five additional books including The Woman’s Retreat Book and The Life Organizer. She has inspired millions of women through her books, her retreats, and her newsletter, but probably not through her cooking or her typos.

I hope you’ll give this week’s episode with Jennifer Louden a listen. I tried really hard to not fangirl too much. I loved hearing how self-care has evolved over the decades since Jen first wrote her self-care best seller.

Show notes: https://www.tamihackbarth.com/blog/episode-221

Five years ago I published my first 100% Guilt-Free Self-Care episode. I promised myself I would release a season because I knew I had ten things about self-care I wanted to share with you.

I had no idea what the show would grow into. 🤯

Over the five years, we have learned from so many authors I admire. We have seen how self-care impacts women in all kinds of industries and professions.

Deep dives into Enneagram and Getting Good at Grief gave me a chance to collaborate with my pals and learn more about myself (and you) in the process.

Self-care for the 9-5er came about from a question from an audience member.

I couldn’t do this without you.

Show notes: https://www.tamihackbarth.com/blog/episode-220

Today's guest is Kat Green, she's a perpetually curious and laid-back individual, a minimalist, and the proud owner of Badass Homelife. She is an ADHD Organizing Specialist and absolutely loves helping neurospicy folks find systems that work for them.

I hope you’ll give my interview with Kat a listen.

Show notes: https://www.tamihackbarth.com/blog/episode-219

After I attended an author's panel last year I introduced myself to Laura Tremaine. It was a super nerdy moment for me because I love her books and podcasts. I love her storytelling.

I am super intrigued by her. Our backgrounds are very different—she grew up in very conservative Oklahoma, and I grew up in the liberal San Francisco Bay Area. But she moved to Los Angeles in her 20s and has talked about how that has impacted her.

Because I wanted to learn more about her, I asked her to be a guest on my podcast; she said yes!

Then I made it weird. I didn’t reach out to schedule for almost a year. 🫣

Let this be a lesson to us all: people are lovely even when you leave them hanging for months.

Show notes: https://www.tamihackbarth.com/blog/episode-218

For more than a decade, I have been talking to people about self-care. Some would say I am a self-care evangelist because it saved my life. It is the only thing that keeps us from being burnt out. It is the fuel for feeling good enough in your life to keep going in our desire to make the world a better place.

“I don’t have enough time” is one of the most often expressed reasons why women aren’t doing the self-care that they need. They are too busy because of work, child raising, keeping up with the housework, and doing all the things for all the people in their lives.

What in your life would change if all time was created equal? What would change if you had enough time for your self-care and a more balanced distribution of housework and childcare in your home?

In this week’s podcast, I got to talk with Eve Rodsky, author of Fair Play, about creating equitable households, reducing the mental load, decreasing emotional labor, and making invisible work visible.

Show notes: https://www.tamihackbarth.com/blog/episode-217

It’s my birthday week, and I am having a lot of feelings. Spring feels like another new year; it is election season, and I am now entering my mid-50s. Now seems like a good time to share my birthday wishes with you. You can find them in this week’s podcast episode. Some may surprise you, and others may not.

Show notes: https://www.tamihackbarth.com/blog/episode-216

I’ve got moms on the brain. Yesterday was the 9th anniversary of my mom’s death and I am so bummed she isn’t here to see how well I am doing, how much my daughter is growing and how the world is changing for the better. She would 100% be my biggest cheerleader in my work.

I even talked a lot about moms in this week’s podcast. I interviewed Calvina Nguyen of Your Brand Spark. Calvina was born in China and moved to the US when she was 9, which brought a whole new conversation around self-care and one immigrant family’s experience.

In her professional life, Calvina runs Your Brand Spark, a creative agency that educates small businesses in design and branding while helping them build a solid visual brand foundation that empowers them to connect with the right audience and grow a thriving business.

I hope you’ll listen to my interview with Calvina.

Show notes: https://www.tamihackbarth.com/blog/episode-215

How are you this late winter transitioning into spring?

This week in my Facebook group I asked what magazines people read when they were in their teens and early 20s. Turns out a lot of us read Seventeen. Lots of others read Sassy and Jane. Ms. Magazine, Bitch, Bust got some shoutouts and even the ever-nerdy Utne Reader.

Those magazines helped us feel less alone. We could find out what other GenXers or Millennials across the country were doing, thinking, and feeling. We found parts of ourselves in those pages.

I asked because in this week’s podcast, I interviewed Jen Cooper, the founder of Jennifer Magazine.

Show links:

• jennifermag.com