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Kate Northrup is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and mama who has built a multimedia digital platform called The Origin Company. She is committed to supporting ambitious women to light up the world without burning themselves out.

After reading her book Do Less, I felt seen and inspired to find a different way to live and thrive that wasn’t controlled by the hustle and grind, and our conversation gives a voice to others as well as practical steps to get there. There actually is a way to DO less, so that you can BE so much more.

Show links:

• Grab The Business Pressure Relief Kit at katenorthrup.com.
• Read Do Less.

As always, I’d love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.

Kate Northrup is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and mama who has built a multimedia digital platform called The Origin Company. She is committed to supporting ambitious women to light up the world without burning themselves out.

After reading her book Do Less, I felt seen and inspired to find a different way to live and thrive that wasn’t controlled by the hustle and grind, and our conversation gives a voice to others as well as practical steps to get there. There actually is a way to DO less, so that you can BE so much more.

Show links:

• Grab The Business Pressure Relief Kit at katenorthrup.com.
• Read Do Less.

As always, I’d love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.

As a parent, you have a lot on your plate—and sometimes you end up sacrificing self-care and any small things that bring you joy. But actually, fun is a feeling rather than an activity, and happiness is something you can choose.

Catherine Price is a science journalist and author who is passionate about helping people make positive changes in their lives and have more fun. She explains the three components of fun and why each one is so important to our well-being. So what would it take to rearrange your day to look for the pockets where you could create joy?

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Show links:

• Watch the full clip.
• Learn more at catherineprice.com.
• Read The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again.
  

As always, I’d love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.

Sara Olsher went through a divorce, a major move and career change, and cancer treatment all in her daughter’s first seven years of life. When she found herself frustrated with the lack of resources for cancer patients with young kids, she started creating them herself—and her company Mighty + Bright was born. Sara’s products help parents and kids talk about (and even thrive) through difficult experiences.

In this conversation, she opens up about her own life and how she’s learning to connect with her daughter, ask for help when needed, and break generational habits of parenting. I know you’ll enjoy this conversation with Sara as much as I did.

Show links:

• Learn more at mightyandbright.com.
• Read No Feeling Lasts Forever: Recognizing Emotions in Ourselves and Others.
• Better Help — use code PGISH for 10% off your first month.

As always, I’d love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.

Sometimes we just need to hear that we’re doing a good job, and that others see goodness inside of us. Yet too often we hold back our words of appreciation for others out of fear, or thinking that our words aren’t important. But we matter to the people around us, and building community is crucial to our well-being.

Today Courtney Ferrell reminds you to show up authentically in community, solely because you’re good enough. She also talks about the three kinds of love, all of which are important to not only live out, but to teach our kids.

Show links:

• Watch the full clip.
• Learn more at igotoneforya.com.

As always, I’d love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.

Sometimes we just need to hear that we’re doing a good job, and that others see goodness inside of us. Yet too often we hold back our words of appreciation for others out of fear, or thinking that our words aren’t important. But we matter to the people around us, and building community is crucial to our well-being.

Today Courtney Ferrell reminds you to show up authentically in community, solely because you’re good enough. She also talks about the three kinds of love, all of which are important to not only live out, but to teach our kids.

Show links:

• Watch the full clip.
• Learn more at igotoneforya.com.

As always, I’d love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.

As adults, we have things to do—kiddos to raise, jobs to maintain, goals to reach. It can be tough to find time to both fulfill our responsibilities and to take care of ourselves. In the tough moments when it’s hard to get motivated, we need to create good systems of discipline and consistency to keep us on the right track.

In this episode, Jocko Willink explains why discipline equals freedom, and how having a loose schedule that allows for both errors and joy can eliminate decision fatigue.

Show links:

• Watch the full clip.
• Learn more at jockopodcast.com.
• Read Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual.
• Join my course Weary To Revived.

As always, I’d love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.

Jeffery Jay Luhn has been in the art world for 50 years as a professional photographer, author, jazz musician, college professor, and art activist. He has seen firsthand the impact that art can have on our education system, and what happens when kids don’t have access to creative outlets. Our schools may lack the resources needed to give our kids access to art in various forms, but as parents, there are small steps we can take to open up the world of art to our kiddos.

Connect with Jeffery at luhnphoto.com.

As always, I’d love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.

I sometimes get glimpses of myself in my daughters—in the unceasing questions and narratives of their days, in the wonder in their eyes, in the stomps of frustration and stubbornness—and I wonder what I would do without them to teach me about myself and about life.

Today’s clip with Sarah Kay takes us on a spoken word journey of what she would say to her daughter about the good, the bad, the ugly, and the sweetness of life, and how we should embrace it all. Whether you have girls, boys, both, or neither, it’s a good reminder for all of us.

Show links:

• Watch the full clip.
• Learn more at kaysarahsera.com.
• Read No Matter the Wreckage.
  

As always, I’d love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.

I sometimes get glimpses of myself in my daughters—in the unceasing questions and narratives of their days, in the wonder in their eyes, in the stomps of frustration and stubbornness—and I wonder what I would do without them to teach me about myself and about life.

Today’s clip with Sarah Kay takes us on a spoken word journey of what she would say to her daughter about the good, the bad, the ugly, and the sweetness of life, and how we should embrace it all. Whether you have girls, boys, both, or neither, it’s a good reminder for all of us.

Show links:

• Watch the full clip.
• Learn more at kaysarahsera.com.
• Read No Matter the Wreckage.
  

As always, I’d love to hear from you! Subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on IG @pgishparenting, or you can always find me at www.pgishparenting.com.