41 Hard Life Lessons I Wish I Knew in My 20s (as a Busy Working Mom of 6)

Welcome back, besties! 🎉 In this episode I’m sharing 41 lessons I wish I’d known—from health and faith to marriage, parenting, and chasing your dreams. Some are funny, some are raw, and ALL of them are things I learned the hard way. Oh, and…

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⏱️ Chapters / Timestamps / Lessons

00:00 – Welcome + Happy Christmas! (release day 🎄)
02:00 – Why I’m sharing 41 lessons
04:00 – Don't sleep on this
06:00 – Own any room
07:00 – Quit being dumb about this!
08:00 – FIRE tip about habits!
10:00 – Adults need timeouts too
11:00 – The less you do this, the happier you are
12:00 – Mental toughness: what and why and how
13:30 – Get better at Asking for help
15:00 – “This too shall be a God thing”
16:00 – This saved my butt later
17:00 – This saved my butt later pt 2
19:00 – Follow the right people or else...
20:00 – Understand this about money
22:00 – the financial payoff
23:00 – harsh but true about goals
24:00 – Do this daily = massive results
25:00 – Fight shiny-object syndrome!
26:00 – About resting...
28:00 – Quit this! It's killing your moments
29:00 – Not every hobby needs monetized. periodt.
30:00 – You don’t need...
32:00 – Adult friendship truth bombs
33:00 – About Party friends ≠ real friends
35:00 – Marriage tip 1
36:00 – Marriage tip 2
37:00 – Romanticize your own romance!
38:00 – Remember it's you vs
39:00 – Build the life you want “brick by terrible brick”
42:00 – Parenting and boundaries
44:00 – Small gestures go a long way
47:00 – We focus on the wrong things
50:00 – It WON'T get better by DOING THIS
51:00 – when in doubt...
52:00 – Fess up if you mess up as a parent
53:00 – Read more
53:30 – Capture more
54:00 – Do it fat
55:00 – About Mean girls
56:00 – About your mentors
57:00 – Do you really want that?
59:00 – The years are long
01:02:00 – My number one life mantra now.

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