Have you been struggling? Are you trying to make sense of all the changes that have been happening around you? You're not alone! Sometimes our lives can feel like a hurricane is in control, blowing us from one urgent matter to the next, soaking us with disappointment.    You don't have to live that way, constantly fighting the storm. It's so much more peaceful to learn to be flexible and bend like a palm tree.    Check out the episode to find out more, and find the transcript HERE. Thank you for joining me today!  Looking for a community of moms who get what it's like to do all the things while having health challenges? Join the private Hardy Mom Community! Go to HardyMom.com/community to request your invitation. Want more? Go to HardyMom.com and you'll find ways to live well, grow, and enjoy your life again - with any health challenges. I'd love to hear what you think about this episode! Send me a message at HardyMom.com/contact Have a blessed week, Jen

Are you spinning your wheels trying to get it all done? Wonder what's really going to matter to your kids decades from now? Find out on this episode of the Hardy Mom Podcast featuring Anna Russell, grandma of 38. Anna is the most beautiful soul I've ever known!  She leaves voices texts of herself singing for me when I'm having a bad day! (spoiler alert - they become great days!) Discover Anna's secrets to close family relationships on this episode, and find more at HardyMom.com I've got my own secret - she's not even my Grandma! Nope!    We've been in a weekly writing group together for about a year now. I've talked to her, at most, 50 times. In. A. Group. (and never met her in person) And she sings to me!   This is the kind of person I aspire to be. The kind we all should seek to be. And that's why she's here to talk to you today.  Do you have a loving Grandma? My kids have never had the kind of Grandma that would sing to them. And that's why I knew I needed some good advice. How can I be a Mom who turns into someone like Anna? And how can you?  Her secrets aren't really secrets at all. In fact, most Grandparents of a certain era do these things instinctively.  For those who don't, or those who do but need a breath of fresh air...heeeeeere's Anna.   If you'd like to contact Anna, please email contact @HardyMom.com and I will forward the message. She'd love to hear from you. Thank you for joining me today!  Looking for a community of moms who get what it's like to do all the things while having health challenges? Join the private Hardy Mom Community! Go to HardyMom.com/community to request your invitation. Want more? Go to HardyMom.com and you'll find ways to live well, grow, and enjoy your life again - with any health challenges. I'd love to hear what you think about this episode! Send me a message at HardyMom.com/contact Have a blessed week, Jen

Here's the story of what happened when I had a stroke (and how I got there):  Did you know that (until last week) I was simultaneously working on 5 books. Five books!! That's the level of intensity I've been running at! So my body decided to slow me down, in the scariest way possible. (Did I tell you the tests also show I've had a recent heart attack? "No, honey, I'm just going to clutch my chest for a minute and then finish that article..." Seriously! I do need to listen to my body better.) Are you listening to your body? If it's saying slow down, please do it! And listen to this episode to find out more...   Thank you for joining me today!  Looking for a community of moms who get what it's like to do all the things while having health challenges? Join the private Hardy Mom Community! Go to HardyMom.com/community to request your invitation. Want more? Go to HardyMom.com and you'll find ways to live well, grow, and enjoy your life again - with any health challenges. I'd love to hear what you think about this episode! Send me a message at HardyMom.com/contact Have a blessed week, Jen

Have you ever had relationship issues? If so, this episode is for you! Julie Menanno MA has got some great tips you can use today to make all of your relationships better. Julie's tips: 3 easy things you can do today to build toward 'The Secure Relationship you desire: (find much more on HardyMom.com) Give and receive healthy physical touch Say "thank you" (the message is I see you, I appreciate you, and I want you to feel good) Ask, "what is it you're needing from me today?" Learn where you are at the "Window of Tolerance" and much, much more in the episode and in the rest of the show notes HERE   Want to hear more from Julie? Check out her Instagram page with nearly 1 million followers & in these places: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesecurerelationship/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesecurerelationship/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesecurerelationship?fan_landing=true Website: https://www.thesecurerelationship.com/   and find me, Jen Hardy, at HardyMom.com and on instagram https://www.instagram.com/thejenhardy   Sharing is caring! Please share with someone who'd enjoy it, thanks! Jen  

How to Improve Your Doctor-Patient Relationship and get the care you need   I don't know about you, but I've been struggling with getting quality medical care. I've asked around and many people I know have been having the same issue. So I started thinking, is it the doctor? Or could it be... US? Well, I've used Dr. Bluestein's advice for my last hospital stay and last 3 office visits, and it's made a huge difference!!  (ok, I did not take it at the end of my hospital stay...but more on that later. Did that end well? no.)   The two things to remember from this episode: Be concise. Bring your one-sheet. don't share a long story about what happened, just share the facts. Give the physician time to think. Allow silences during your visit so they can read the chart and think about what's happening. Letting them think through things while you are silent will allow them to give your condition more attention and come to a clearer conclusion. Find the 11 tips and other amazing (and somewhat unexpected) tips in this episode. I never would have thought of #7!    

Stop doing this today and feel better tonight!  I'm pretty sure you're doing it, I know I was! I put everyone else first. But I had to, right? I mean,   I LOVE my kids! I didn't feel well, and saved up my energy to take them where they wanted to go. I hosted as many events and parties as I could to make them happy. (One month we had 3 parties for just one of our daughters - 3!!) Sometimes I'd stay healthy, and sometimes I pushed so hard I'd be in bed for days... weeks... or months. Was it teaching them what they needed to know?  Was it teaching them that others are important? Did it teach them that I have value, or that they are imminently more important than me? NOPE! Learn how to find the balance, and start feeling better tonight on this episode. "Putting everyone else first doesn't teach them to feel loved. It teaches them you're not important." -Jen Hardy   Thank you for joining me today!  Are you looking for a community of moms who get what it's like to do all the things while having health challenges? Join the private Hardy Mom Community! Go to HardyMom.com/community to request your invitation. Want more? Go to HardyMom.com and you'll find ways to live well, grow, and enjoy your life again - with any health challenges. I'd love to hear what you think about this episode! Send me a message at HardyMom.com/contact Have a blessed week, Jen  

After 23 years of homeschooling (and 8 years to go) I've learned some great tips & tricks to homeschool the easy way! 7 Easy Steps to Homeschooling: (Step 5 is the easiest!) Step 1- Relax Step 2 - Create your battle plan Step 3 - Discover your style Discover the rest when you hear the episode, and go to HardyMom.com/homeschool-help for the extensive article with the info from this episode and much more. Thank you for joining me today!  Looking for a community of moms who get what it's like to do all the things while having health challenges? Join the private Hardy Mom Community! Go to HardyMom.com/community to request your invitation. Want more? Go to HardyMom.com and you'll find ways to live well, grow, and enjoy your life again - with any health challenges. I'd love to hear what you think about this episode! Send me a message at HardyMom.com/contact Have a blessed week, Jen    

I clicked on a trailer for a film I'd never heard of. I'd found it while scrolling, I don't even know where. It mentioned invisible illness, and having several of those I was intrigued.    Not even a minute into that trailer for 'We Are Visible,' and I had to push pause. I was sobbing so hard I couldn't hear it anymore. After a few minutes I finished watching it and immediately searched for the creator's email address. I HAD to interview her.  How did she do it? How could she have captured what everyone I know with chronic illness has experienced at some point? I had to know! And she said yes!! This sweet, demure, and incredibly strong woman said yes! When you watch the movie, and you need to watch this movie. (Pay the $6 and do it!) You'll feel like those women are your friends. And, at times, like you're looking in a mirror.  Thank you for joining me today!  Do you ever feel alone because of your chronic illness or health challenge? Go to HardyMom.com and join our community, we're waiting for you❤️.  I'd love to hear what you think about this episode! Send me a message at HardyMom.com/contact Have a blessed week, Jen  

TRIGGER WARNING Chances are, when you listen to this episode you’re going to have feelings about it.  This is Scott Newgent's story. It’s an important one as our society moves forward making decisions - permanent decisions - about the future of our children. Scott, and those who have medically transitioned, are the only ones who can tell the rest of us what medical transition truly is, what the long term effects are, and how it could impact children long-term.  Why Scott? He used to be Kelly King, a healthy, successful Mom. Learn more in the episode & you'll find links to everthing mentioned, as well as the transcription to the full-length interview at HardyMom.com Thank you for joining us today,  Jen   Want more? Go to HardyMom.com and you'll find ways to live well, grow, and enjoy your life again - with any health challenges.  

I have 7 kids.  5 of them are adults, and they’re successful as the world sees it. They each live on their own, are financially self-supporting - with cars, and money in the bank.  But when I was raising them, I didn’t know how to be a good parent. I never really spent time with good parents. So I raised them on book knowledge and what I knew I didn’t want to do.  On this podcast, I've said from the beginning that I'd share what to do, and what NOT to do. It's been tough to share my mistakes, but I need to do it. Here are mistakes that I and other Moms have made that really alienate kids. If you've done these things it's time to stop, apologize, and move forward.    HOW TO ALIENATE YOUR CHILD: Tune out Lie to them Don’t be forthcoming with important information, omission is a form of lying Find the rest in the episode, or at hardymom.com/how-to-alienate-your-child. Thank you for joining me today!  Want more? Go to HardyMom.com and you'll find ways to live well, grow, and enjoy your life again - with any health challenges. I'd love to hear what you think about this episode! Send me a message at HardyMom.com/contact Have a blessed week, Jen