7 Ways to Reduce the Mental Load as a Parent Entrepreneur

About this episode

Alysha Sanford shares 7 ways for parent entrepreneurs to reduce their mental load and stress.

Hello and welcome to the Messy Mompreneur Podcast, where we cover all things community, parent entrepreneurship, and building life-first marketing efforts for your small business! I’m your host, Alysha Sanford. I’m a mostly-work-from-home mom with a background in brand photography and a passion for sustainable marketing strategies. You’re probably listening because you, too, wear all of the hats, and I’m so happy to have you here! If you hit play on this episode, I’m going to guess that you might be feeling overwhelmed managing all of the things. And if you’re listening to this in real time as this episode is published, I’m also guessing that the holiday to-dos aren’t helping. Today I want to address the thing that we call mental load, how it affects parent entrepreneurs, but more specifically how it affects mom entrepreneurs. I want to share 7 ways to reduce that mental load and overall stress, and all can make a difference through the year if you put them into practice. This wasn’t an episode I’d originally planned to drop at this time, but I’m feeling the importance of sharing it now and I really hope that it feels like a big hug. Main topics included in this episode: A…

People in this episode

Host: Alysha Sanford

Topics covered

• mental load
• parent entrepreneurship
• stress reduction
• mom entrepreneurs
• work-life balance
• sustainable marketing

Keywords

• mental load
• parenting
• entrepreneurship
• stress management
• work-from-home
• mom life
• business strategies

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