116 - Why "Just for This Season" Keeps Turning Into Forever (And How to Stop It)
The Life Coach for Working Moms PodcastShow Notes
In this episode, I'm talking about that exact moment: the one where you've dropped a ball or burned the candle at both ends one too many nights, and you finally have to decide what to let go of. I share two of my own stories — giving up running after my first child was born, and later stepping out of a travel-heavy sales role after my third — and why both of those choices, while hard, weren't permanent verdicts on who I am.
Because here's the trap I see so often with working moms: we make a smart, necessary choice to scale back for a season, and then that "for now" quietly turns into "just how things are" for years, without us ever checking back in. I'll walk you through why that happens and give you a simple way to build in an actual check-in point, so your choices stay choices, not permanent sentences.
If you've ever had to cut something you loved to survive a season of parenting, work, or life, this one's for you.
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