In this episode, host Jill Wright welcomes Sarah Johnson, educator, youth mindset coach, and founder of The Bigger Things Project, for a powerful and personal conversation about the healing power of breath. If you or someone you love is navigating anxiety, overwhelm, or burnout, especially as a teen or young adult, this episode offers a grounded and compassionate path forward.

Sarah shares her own journey from burnout and anxiety to empowerment, revealing how breathwork became the missing link in her healing after years of therapy and personal development. Now, she helps teens and young adults reconnect with their inner strength, calm their nervous systems, and create change from the inside out.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

💨 What breathwork really is,and how it works

🧠 How mindset and breath are connected to emotional regulation

🪞 Why self-awareness is the first step toward lasting change

👣 Small, daily practices to help calm anxiety and increase confidence

🌱 How to support young people (and yourself) through emotional overwhelm

About Sarah:

Sarah is a mindset and breath work coach, founder of the Bigger Things Project, and creator of the 12-week Bigger Things Blueprint. Drawing on her background in education and personal transformation, she helps teens and young adults build confidence, overcome fear, and reconnect with their true selves. Through mindset work, connected purpose, and breath coaching, Sarah empowers the next generation to stop playing small and start living boldly.

Connect with Sarah:📱 https://www.instagram.com/biggerthingsproject

Resources Mentioned:

7 Day Breath & Reset Challenge for parents & teens

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yjH_C2d5PrdksY2PAKaETBpfU05MwXD8/view?usp=sharing

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In this episode, host Jill Wright welcomes Hannah Morgan:entrepreneur, mom of three, and the founder of Heron House Management for a powerful conversation about redefining how we manage our homes. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the mental load of motherhood or struggled to find balance in your home life, this episode is for you.

Hannah shares how she created the first-ever virtual house management service to support working parents in systematizing their homes, redistributing domestic labor, and reclaiming time and energy. From real talk about burnout to practical strategies for outsourcing household tasks, this conversation is full of insights for anyone who’s juggling “all the things.”

In this episode, you’ll learn:

💡 How to create more equity and balance in your household

🧠 What it means to outsource the mental load—and how to start

🛠️ Simple systems to reduce stress and keep your household running smoothly

🌱 Why managing your home like a project can give you back time for what really matters

👨‍👩‍👧 How to shift the dynamic between partners to create a more supportive team at home

About Hannah:

Hannah Morgan is the founder of Heron House Management, the first virtual house management company designed to help busy parents streamline their home life. With a background in project management and a heart for working moms, Hannah is on a mission to help families reduce overwhelm, redistribute responsibilities, and make space for joy.

Connect with Hannah:

🌐 https://www.heronhousemanagement.com

📱 https://www.instagram.com/heronhousemanagement and https://www.facebook.com/heronhousemanagement

Resources Mentioned:

🛒Shop the Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/heronhousemanagement

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If your brain feels like a browser with 27 tabs open, this episode is for you. Jill sits down with Adrienne Dalaly - process queen, spiritual strategist, and working mom whisperer - to talk about how mind mapping can be a powerful tool for getting out of overwhelm and into clarity.

They dive into why traditional lists don’t always work for neurodivergent or busy brains, and how visual tools like mind mapping help you see the big picture, prioritize what matters, and stop wasting energy on mental clutter.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• What mind mapping actually is (and why it works better than a to-do list for many moms)

• A simple, no-fluff way to get started using it—right now

• How Adrienne uses mind mapping in her own life and business to save time and reduce mental load

• The connection between clarity, intuition, and strategic thinking

• Why “thinking on paper” helps you calm the chaos and reclaim your time

  
  

About Adrienne:

Adrienne Dalaly is a consultant, analyst, and spiritual strategist who helps people cut through the noise and create real progress. With 30 years of experience across industries, she blends logic and intuition to help humans and their businesses work smarter. As a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Adrienne simplifies complex processes to make them manageable. She’s also an astrologer and tarot advisor, showing people how to trust their instincts in decision-making.

Through her consulting, Adrienne empowers others to reclaim their time, reduce burnout, and align their actions with what truly matters. Whether mapping out better workflows or guiding clients, she brings a grounded, no-nonsense approach to transformation.

Connect with Adrienne:

Website: http://www.skulltistics.com

IG/Threads: @adrienne_dalaly_skulltistics

Facebook: Skulltistics

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriennepdalaly/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/adrienne-dalaly-consulting

Resources Mentioned:

Journal prompts for 5S with Tarot spreadhttps://www.adriennedalalyconsulting.com/5s-prompts-tarot

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What if your symptoms around food, fatigue, and frustration during perimenopause weren’t just hormonal, but also deeply rooted in how you relate to food itself?

This week, Jill is joined by Cindy Spratt, a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Eating Psychology Counsellor, to explore how disordered eating patterns picked up throughout life can resurface or intensify during midlife.

Together, they unpack what disordered eating really looks like (hint: it's not just a diagnosis), and how women can shift their relationship with food in order to prepare their bodies and minds for the perimenopausal transition.

With warmth and wisdom, Cindy shares practical steps to let go of food guilt, reconnect with your body, and begin nourishing yourself - physically and emotionally.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• What disordered eating really means—and why it’s more common than we think

• How to tell if your relationship with food is holding you back

• The connection between unresolved food issues and perimenopausal symptoms

• Why strict plans and perfectionism don’t work in midlife

• How to start supporting your body with nourishment instead of punishment

• Tips for eating in alignment with your emotions, hormones, and values

• Why food freedom is foundational to thriving through perimenopause

About Cindy:

Cindy is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Eating Psychology Counsellor & Eating Disorder Recovery Coach specializing in Culinary & Functional Nutrition. She helps women transform their food relationship so that they can let go of disordered eating, food guilt & shame, regain their health, and reclaim their life with confidence & freedom. Cindy offers one-on-one counselling and online classes, weaving her areas of expertise by infusing nutritional education with emotional & mental guidance and culinary passion. It is her mission to help women make realistic, long-term life changes for thriving health in mind & body.

Connect with Cindy:

Website: https://www.cindyspratt.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cindysprattnutrition

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cindysprattnutrition

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-spratt-663042a9

Resources Mentioned:

Mindful Nutrition https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eDRZ7gxoIxzQg7JWIurQZwpaLTADWXA5?usp=drive_link

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In this refreshingly honest episode, we’re joined by Katie Faloon-Drew - habit change expert, coach, and founder of Healthy Confident YOU. Together, we explore the often-overlooked connection between boundaries, burnout, and how we show up in our lives as moms.

Katie shares how making small, sustainable habit shifts (rather than doing more or aiming for perfection) can create a real sense of relief and empowerment. We unpack the pressures moms feel to be everything to everyone, and how to begin reclaiming your time, energy, and self-trust without burning out.

🎧 In this episode, we talk about:

• What boundaries actually look like for moms, and why we struggle to set them

• Why it’s not about doing more, it’s about doing what actually matters

• The invisible load of motherhood and how to lighten it

• How to rewrite the “shoulds” and default patterns we fall into

• Ways to cultivate confidence and agency in your day-to-day life

• Katie’s unique approach to coaching that blends habit science with compassion
  

About Katie:

Katie is a leading habit change expert, dynamic speaker, Wellness Coach, best selling author, workplace wellness virtuoso, mental illness survivor and thriver & busy mom of two. With a Master’s in Health Psychology and 20+ years in wellness, Katie blends habit change science, coaching, and personal experience to help busy people create realistic, lasting habits that boost energy, authentic confidence, and well-being – without burning out.

Connect with Katie:

www.healthyconfidentyou.com

https://www.instagram.com/healthyconfidentu

https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-faloon-drew

https://www.facebook.com/Healthyconfidentu

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📱 Instagram: @growlikeamother

In this empowering episode of Grow Like a Mother, Jill Wright sits down with emotional mastery and self-trust coach, Courtney Osselaer, for a deeply affirming conversation about the journey from overwhelm and anxiety to inner peace and personal power.

Courtney, once a registered nurse and now a transformational coach for spiritual and self-aware moms, shares how she blends clinical experience with holistic modalities like inner child healing and intuitive coaching. Together, they explore what it truly means to come home to yourself as a mother, how to reclaim your power, and why emotional safety is the foundation of authentic confidence.

If you’ve been feeling stuck in cycles of burnout, self-doubt, or over-giving, this episode will show you that another way is possible.

✨ In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• • Courtney’s powerful career shift from nursing to coaching
  • How motherhood triggered her own healing journey

• • Why emotional safety is the key to true self-trust

  • How we can begin to unlearn people-pleasing and perfectionism

  • The truth about intuition (and how to reconnect with it)

  • Simple tools to start feeling more grounded and safe in your body

  About Courtney:

  Courtney Osselaer is an Emotional Mastery and Self-Trust Coach who supports self-aware, spiritual moms in breaking free from overwhelm, self-doubt, and anxiety. With 15 years of experience as a Registered Nurse, Courtney now blends her clinical expertise with holistic modalities like inner child healing and intuitive coaching to guide women back to their power. Her work centers on helping mothers create emotional safety, set boundaries without guilt, and break free from generational cycles, so they can show up fully as the women and mothers they were always meant to be. Courtney’s mission is clear: to help women reconnect with their intuition because when a woman trusts herself, everything changes.

  Connect with Courtney:

  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_eo_seahorse

  Website: https://courtneycoacheswellness.com

  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/courtney.osselaer

  Email: courtney@courtneycoacheswellness.com

  
  

  Resources Mentioned:

  Rooted and Radiant Group Coaching: https://courtneycoacheswellness.com/rooted

  The Trigger Reflection Journal https://l.bttr.to/37Qhv

  
  

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In this uplifting and empowering episode, we dive into the real meaning of leadership as it shows up in motherhood, work, and everyday life.

Janet Krebs—a speaker, strategist, and 4x bestselling author—shares her powerful perspective on how moms are already functioning as CEOs in their own lives: as the Chief Everything Officers. With a background in consulting, education, and even commanding a space flight simulator for students, Janet brings humor, insight, and heart to the conversation about cultivating self-reliance, confidence, and influence as a parent and as a person.

Whether you're in the thick of raising kids or looking to reignite your leadership in a new season, this one will leave you feeling inspired and equipped.

🎧 In this episode, we talk about:

• Why leadership isn’t just for the boardroom—and why motherhood is one of the most powerful leadership roles there is

• What it means to embrace being the “Chief Everything Officer” of your life

• The importance of seeing leadership as a posture, not a position

• Why traditional views of leadership don’t serve moms—and what to replace them with

• How Janet’s experience in education, HR, and even as a space flight simulator commander shaped her unique take on family leadership

• The small mindset shifts that help moms lead with more clarity, confidence, and calm
  

About Janet:

Janet Krebs is a speaker, author, and strategist who helps families and influencers unleash their leadership mindset. With a rich career in consulting, HR, and education, she’s impacted over 65,000 students through her work as “Commander Krebs” in a Space Flight Simulator. She holds advanced degrees in Human Behavior, Counseling Psychology, and Education—and she’s passionate about helping people cultivate confidence, clarity, and courage in every area of life.

Connect with Janet:

🌐 Website: janetkrebs.com

💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/janetkrebsri

📘 Facebook: facebook.com/jkrebs3

🎁 Freebie: 45-Minute Family Audit Session

Resources Mentioned:

Previous episode with Sarah Kinlin: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/crafting-goals-that-light-you-up/id1601675882?i=1000694252306

Grace, Grit and Goals Book and Journal

https://sarahkinlin.com/products/grit-grace-and-goals-book

https://sarahkinlin.com/products/grit-grace-and-goals-journal

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