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Introducing the Executive Mom Reset!
31 Plays2 months ago
Leanna unveils her new coaching program, The Executive Mom Reset, and shares what’s inside! This six-month coaching program is a one-on-one format that consists of weekly 1:1 coaching sessions and asynchronous support between sessions. She outlines the four areas of focus:
- Stress Management
- Work-Life Balance
- Confidence
- Fulfillment
Leanna offers a one-hour, no cost, obligation-free consultation call to custom design the program for you.
Start your journey of living a life you love and schedule your free consultation call today at coachleanna.com!
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Transcript
Podcast Introduction
00:00:08
Speaker
Welcome to the Executive Coach for Moms podcast, where we support women who are attempting to find balance and joy while simultaneously leading people at work and at home. I'm your host, Leigh Ann Alaski McGrath, former tech exec turned full-time mom, recovering perfectionist and workaholic and certified executive coach.
00:00:34
Speaker
Hi everyone, welcome back to the show and thank you so much for being here. It is September somehow. I feel like it was June and July and then I blinked and it was September. Does anyone else feel this way? Oh my goodness. So it's September.
Webinar Insights
00:00:50
Speaker
And earlier this week, I did a webinar called, Reduce the Mom Guilt, Back to School Edition. If you missed it, I'll have it up on my website as soon as I figure out how to do that. But feel free to reach out to me via email, liana at coachliana.com or shoot me a LinkedIn message and I'll be happy to share it with you if you
00:01:11
Speaker
I think it might be something that would be helpful for you. I talked about mom guilt, why we have it, where it comes from. I talked about the mom guilt cycle and we brought some awareness to that and we looked back on the summer and thought about how we could release some of that mom guilt and I took the participants through some exercises on how to do that and then we looked forward to the school year and got really clear on what are our expectations for the school year and how are we going to reduce our guilt ahead of time. So working to break the cycle coming up here. So it was a wonderful session and I would love to share it with you if you are interested, if that sounds helpful to you. And it was so amazing to hear the feedback from some of the attendees. I just, I really love being able to help people, especially women, especially executive moms. And I feel like I was able to do that with this webinar. So I plan to offer more of these free webinars in the future, just to offer more value and and help more people.
00:02:13
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Another thing I talked about on that call is I actually unveiled my new program because I know that a webinar might meet your need at this point, but there might also be a deeper need for kind of more in-depth coaching and for us to work.
00:02:31
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more closely together to identify some of the things that you want to work on. So I was really excited to unveil this. I've actually been doing this program for a while now, but I recently gave it a name and just kind of like wrapped it up with a pretty bow to make it much easier for people to understand what
Executive Mom Reset Program
00:02:50
Speaker
I offer. And of course I wanted to let you know about it as well, because now that school has started back up and my daughter is in kindergarten, Um, I have a little bit more capacity and you might also be able to think a little bit more clearly without kids running around and trying to manage camp schedules and childcare coverage and things like that. So hopefully we're all in a place as we've kind of started to get the school routines down and get back into that rhythm where we can start to think about what might be helpful for us.
00:03:21
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My goal for my coaching business is really to help support as many women as possible especially executive moms and to grow my business with my daughter. As she gets more involved in school and activities then I can help more and more people. So I'm currently enrolling for this program and I currently have four open spots available so I wanted to tell you about it in case you might be interested or maybe you know someone who might be interested and I would so appreciate if you would share this episode with them.
00:03:49
Speaker
The name of the program is the Executive Mom Reset and it is a six month coaching program. The current format is one-on-one. I plan to also offer a group format in the future, but right now ah we are doing one-on-one, which is great because you get much more personalized coaching.
00:04:06
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and Some people ask, do I have to be an executive or do I have to be a mom? The answer is no. It's not a requirement. I know it's in the name. And that is really who I think I'm best set up to help are executive moms. But of course, depending on the size of an organization, you know, you might be a director and have a larger team that you manage than some executives. Really, I am best suited to help leaders and the reason that I wanted to focus on executive moms is because I noticed in the executive coaching space I actually had a friend who was going back to work after baby and she was looking for an executive coach and most of the executive coaches out there are older men or women who are also older and I think traditionally it's been more the case that women would have their children and then build their careers but I think now for Millennials especially it's much more common we're seeing it a lot more where women are building their careers and waiting to have children and then having children while they are at a higher level within the organization and so I think it's a newer challenge that we have trying to balance
00:05:24
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a young child or young children while also leading a large team or an organization.
Supporting Executive Moms
00:05:31
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So that's really where I think I can help because that's something that I have done in my lifetime. And I just have a much better understanding of the struggles and challenges that come along with trying to juggle that at all.
00:05:49
Speaker
But also I have clients who are not moms. I have clients who are not executives and they get a lot of value and I love working with them as well. So you might be curious kind of what we do inside the program. So I'm going to kind of explain that a little bit. We will have weekly one-on-one sessions.
00:06:06
Speaker
for 45 minutes to an hour where we'll focus on something different each week. You get to set the agenda, so it's what is most pressing for you. We work together to really kind of figure out what are the biggest areas for growth and what are the areas that maybe you feel pretty good about. And the four areas that I focus on the most, because I find that most of my clients are facing these different areas,
00:06:35
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and challenges. So first is stress management. So that's actually where the reducing the mom guilt comes in, um reducing anxiety and kind of just finding ways to better manage stress. I think that we have such high expectations for ourselves.
00:06:56
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that we often just feel like we're failing at everything because we're trying to do so many things. and We're trying to do everything in a hundred percent. And so what we do is work together and really the goal there. And one of the things that a lot of my clients experience is that you are not feeling guilty when you spend time with your kids. You're not feeling like you are letting down work. And also you're able to get all of the work done without feeling guilty that you are not spending time with your kids. So really looking for feeling less guilt, anxiety, and stress about not giving enough. One of my clients actually, after our first session, it was so fun to hear in her second session, she said, I just spent the weekend with my kids and it was the first time that I didn't have that like underlying anxiety the whole time about checking in on work. And what am I missing at work? So that is one of the areas that we work on because I think that that is so pervasive. And what I really want my vision for women who are trying to juggle everything and balance both is that when you're at work, you're at work.
00:08:08
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and you're not feeling guilty about not doing other parts of your life and you're able to get your work done really well. And when you're with your kids and your family, you love that time and you're able to be present and you aren't feeling like, oh my gosh, I'm missing out on something at work. And just really reducing and eventually eliminating that kind of underlying anxiety that loves to follow us around. The second area we work on a lot is work-life balance or work-life integration kind of whatever you want to call it. But the idea of feeling like you're out of balance, feeling like the ground beneath you is shaky and you're letting everyone down and you're unable to focus on anything because you're trying to focus on everything. And then also really not being able to find time for yourself. I think that what we often do as moms is we prioritize everything else before ourselves.
00:09:04
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And so we work through that when we figure out, you know, what makes the most sense whenever we look at your goals, then we can do some empowered prioritization and figure out how do you want to spend your time and what is the best way to spend your time to meet those goals. We also work on setting healthy boundaries and feeling peace about that. And really depending on where you're at with this, a lot of times women have a hard time communicating what they need and asking for help and also just kind of learning to say no. And so we spend a lot of time working on this so that you're able to find a better balance and just feel empowered to really identify and communicate your own needs and also believing that your needs are valid and that you're worthy of having them. The third area that I love to work on with my clients is confidence and authentic leadership. I think that whenever we become moms often, not always, but often we kind of feel a little bit different and some of our confidence actually goes away. Like it takes a hit because we kind of feel like we've lost a part of us or maybe we're not sure how others are going to perceive us as a mother whenever we've always been this kind of badass.
00:10:25
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working professional and so we kind of work to restore that and work to empower you to be a leader and bring yourself to the role. I had worked in tech so in a very male-dominated industry for a long time. I was the only woman and I often just felt like i I couldn't bring myself to the role because I was looking at all these men around me and they were doing things so differently than me and I thought if everybody's doing it that way like Maybe the way that I want to approach things is not the right way. Maybe I'm doing it wrong. What if I am? And so I second guessed myself a lot. And what I found towards the end of my tenure as an executive in the tech industry was that when I was able to kind of shed that and work through that and bring myself to the role, I showed up so much better and my organization and my team benefited from it so much.
00:11:22
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getting all of me and my authentic version of leadership, which was so different from the way that the men were leading. So I really want every woman to be able to show up as the leader that they are because I think that our organizations need that. They need our perspectives and they need us showing up in our unique ways.
00:11:44
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So one of my clients, Angela, she's a VP in the biotech industry. I just love her story because she really came to me looking for more confidence and we work through it so much and she is showing up at work.
00:12:01
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so much stronger and more herself. We worked together to create her authentic leadership vision and she realized, you know what, this is actually different from what I have seen in my leaders because most of my leaders have been men and so I want to show up differently and so really working together every single week to build up that confidence to be able to show up that way. So my goal for you in this area is really that you're able to show up as a leader in your personal and professional life and also not feel like an imposter. I think that imposter syndrome is a big thing that we tackle in this area. If that's something that you're experiencing, it's so, so common for so many of my high achieving executive clients.
00:12:49
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And then the final area that we focus on is fulfillment. I believe that we all are put on this earth for a reason and that we have the opportunity to spend our time in the way that feels most true to us. And that is different for everybody. And I think it's so important to really think about and consider how do I want to spend my time? What feels right for me when I am at the end of my life and I'm looking back?
00:13:18
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what would I regret the most if I didn't do? What would I feel like I had missed out on if I didn't prioritize? And so we really kind of take a look at that life vision for you and figure out like, what is it that you want big picture? and figuring out how to find fulfillment and enjoyment in life. Getting really clear on that because I think that's something that we don't spend a lot of time doing is stepping back and looking at the macro version of our lives and careers. And so that is what I want for us. I want us to be working hard, of course, course and collecting all of the successes and accolades and accomplishments while raising our families and taking care of our families and leading our families. And I want us to enjoy
Living Life on Your Terms
00:14:08
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it. I think that that is possible. I think that so often we are just stuck in kind of the hamster wheel of going to work
00:14:15
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taking care of the kids, going to bed, get up, do it all over again. And I believe that whenever we carve out a little bit of time for ourselves to take a look at this, it gives back so much because we're able to really step back and figure out what do we want? Am I living my life the way I want to? And how do I make shifts so that I can really live the life that I want to. So my goal here for all of my clients is to create a life that you love on your own terms and really feel good about how you spend your time living your life on purpose, having a healthy relationship with yourself and taking ownership of decisions and situations and just getting out of that victim mindset and and really shifting from I have to
00:15:02
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to I want to or I'm choosing to in all aspects of your life and career. It's really about sitting in the driver's seat and taking the wheel for your own life. That kind of tells you a little bit about what we focus on. Of course, depending on the person, it is completely individualized and customized for each person. So the way that we start off is with a consultation call. And in that we talk about where you are now, where you want to be, and we look at where you are in these four different areas.
00:15:35
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where you're feeling stronger, where you're feeling like you really want to focus more. And then we design our program based on that. And we really design it for you to make sure that you get what you need. So if you are an achievement oriented, success driven, career focused woman, or if you know of any,
00:15:55
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I would love to talk to you. If you go to my website, coachliana.com, you can sign up for a free consultation call and that will be a one hour
Free Consultation Offer
00:16:06
Speaker
call. It's completely obligation free where we just, like I said, talk about where you are now, where you'd like to be, and of course how I might be able to help you to get there.
00:16:19
Speaker
I believe that even spending an hour of time stepping back and looking at where we want to be is so beneficial in itself. So you might choose that you want to figure that out on your own. And that's totally fine. I'll be here and you can continue to listen to my podcast and all of my free resources and webinars and things like that. But if you're wanting to fast track or kind of take it to the next level, then I'm here for that too. So I would love to talk to you. Let's connect on LinkedIn or head on over to my website to book a consultation call. And let's talk about what you see your life looking like and how we might be able to work together to help you get there. I hope this has been helpful for you to think about what's possible. And even if you have no interest in coaching to maybe think about those different areas of your life,
00:17:13
Speaker
and take a look at how are you feeling about stress management, work-life balance, confidence, and fulfillment for yourself right now. I would invite you to scale them on a scale of 0 to 10 and just sit down and kind of figure out like what do I want my life to look like? How do I want to spend my time?
00:17:33
Speaker
and spend some time thinking about that. I think it's so important for all of us. I have spent the last four years being coached to think about things in a whole new and different way, and I believe that my life is a representation of what's possible when we spend time focusing on ourselves and pouring into ourselves.
00:17:54
Speaker
because i am living a life that i absolutely love and i just wish that for you too i wish that for everyone i believe our world would be such a better place if everyone was living into their purpose and feeling fulfilled and just enjoying their lives so that's available to you and i hope that you create that for yourself if you want to And of course I'm here to support you in your journey every step of the way.
Closing Remarks
00:18:20
Speaker
Having a coach has changed my life for the better and it can absolutely 100% do the same for you. Thank you so much everyone for being here today and I am wishing you a wonderful week. We'll see you next week.
00:18:37
Speaker
Thanks so much for tuning in to the Executive Coach for Moms podcast. Please like, subscribe, or follow the show so you'll be notified when the next episode is available. I hope you'll join me again next time. Take care.