Healthy Habits for Busy Moms with Heather Kirwan

2022-11-03

Why, as busy moms, do we often let our health habits go out the window? We prioritize our family. We think it needs to be perfect or not at all. Our guest today, Heather Kirwan, says this is NOT the path to true self-care. Heather is a new mom of three, a Physician Assistant, and pilot wife living in Southern California.She was really struggling with the demands of motherhood and put herself last on the priority list. Once she started building simple self-care habits, adjusting her mindset, and asking for support, she saw a huge change in her energy and...

She was really struggling with the demands of motherhood and put herself last on the priority list. Once she started building simple self-care habits, adjusting her mindset, and asking for support, she saw a huge change in her energy and confidence.

She started Habit Maker Mama as a way to provide busy moms a community with tools and support to build healthy self-care habits so they can be the moms they want to be.

In today’s episode, we discuss…

How, as moms, we often lose our best healthy habits once we have children
The outside pressures to be a “perfect mom”
Why we prioritize things we “need to do” over what makes us feel good and energized
Negative perceptions of self-care in the media
The six buckets of self-care from the book Mama, You are Enough
How to actually put small healthy habits into place
The pressure we put on our habits to be perfect (ie. 100%) instead of good enough
Some of Heather’s favorite healthy habits and self-care techniques and faves from her clients
Low-pressure ways to look at self-care
How you can start if you are really far from the healthy habits you want to build
The enemy of the “perfect plan”
Allowing yourself to focus on what you would actually enjoy