Are You A Mom? Then You Are A Leader.

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Are You A Mom? Then You Are A Leader.

Happy Mother's Day! Warriors. Whether you became a mom by enduring a sword, push, or oath (shout out to moms who adopted too!) then you are the world's GREATEST leader and warrior in my eyes.

Melissa Llarena

May 08, 2024

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So many of us swapped leading Fortune 500 organizations to focus on being moms (we are fortunate for sure, those of us who had this choice). Some took a pause (but, what about motherhood is a pause?...everyday feels like a fast-forward in my house?) in our careers to raise our kids. Who exactly are these "us's"?

Moms with MBAs
Moms with PhDs
Moms with BAs
Moms with MAs
Moms with JDs
Moms with LLMs (wow, about this one)
Moms with proven sales results in their history (former managers with over $100M AUMs)
Moms with extraordinary pre-mom athletic achievements (not me, but maybe you?)
Moms with dreams locked in their hearts because they didn't get to them yet

Today's podcast is dedicated to you, to us, to the ones who have learned leadership skills in conventional ways and as moms when it comes to the highest stakes decisions we can ever make.

My guest on Unimaginable Wellness the podcast for mom founders is Zibby Owens!

Zibby Owens — like Pippa Jones — wears a lot of hats. She is the award-winning podcast host of Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books; founder and CEO of Zibby Media, which includes the publishing house Zibby Books, a book club, retreats, classes, and events; and is the proud owner of Zibby’s Bookshop, an independent bookstore in Santa Monica.

Her previous books include Bookends: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, children’s book Princess Charming, and two anthologies that she edited. A frequent contributor to Good Morning America, Katie Couric Media, and other outlets, she is – most of all! – the mother of four fabulous kids ages 9 to 16 — and wife to Kyle Owens, founder of Morning Moon Productions.

Follow her on Instagram and Substack where she tells it like it is!

BIG ALERT: You’ll want to watch the video to see our faces when we shifted the conversation from the book to mom leadership. It’s a snippet of the full episode.

This conversation with Zibby Owens on Unimaginable Wellness is available in its full episode format in it’s audio version! Just in time for Mother's Day!

Listen to the full episode on my website or wherever you tune into Zibby’s award-winning podcast Moms Don’t Have Time For Reading Books!

Be sure to officially follow the podcast (on iTunes works?) because every Tuesday I share my actionable wisdom for mom founders and/or feature an expert who will pull out the best in you. Pinky promise!

And if you resonated with what was said then please shop our books. Grab Zibby’s USA Today Bestseller Blank: A Novel here.

About Melissa Llarena

I’m a bestselling author (learn more on www.fertileideas.com), imagination coach, consultant, speaker, contributor to ForbesWomen articles that have garnered 4 million-plus views, and the host of Unimaginable Wellness, the podcast for entrepreneurs, founders, and creators who are moms. Featured guests include GaryVee, Beth Comstock, Suzy Batiz, David Meltzer, and hundreds of other unconventional thinkers. Melissa has been featured in the WSJ, Business Insider, Fox Business, CNN Money, The Huffington Post, and other publications. She holds a psychology degree from NYU, an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and a Transformational Coaching Academy certificate and is training to become a meditation practitioner. Melissa lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and three sons (one singleton and a set of identical twins).

Shop my book Fertile Imagination: A Guide for Stretching Every Mom’s Superpower for Maximum Impact.

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Unimaginable Wellness For Aspiring Mom Nonfiction Writers

You also won’t get your book done if you wait for that perfect month-long book-writing retreat others have gloated about. Instead, you need to write, parent, and keep things moving while protecting your mental, spiritual, physical, emotional, and creative health. You are a mom; you yearn for a kind of unimaginable wellness that can and will take you to the finish line without losing your marbles. You seek mindfulness practices moms can fit into their lives, journaling exercises that draw out raw and real insights that can get you writing like a mad woman, and ideas on immersive experiences to help you unleash your overall well-being so that you can push out the greatest story of your life. Sounds good? Then keep listening.

If this is you then pick from any of 100+ episodes to learn from mental health, mindfulness, wellness experts, entrepreneurs, psychologists, writers, and moms who decided to safeguard their well-being during intense life moments through wellness practices that you too as a mom can apply, so you can write your non-fiction book and retain the kind of unimaginable wellness that goes beyond your imagination.

Each week, author, podcaster, mom to three school-age sons Melissa Llarena helps aspiring non-fiction writing moms feel mentally capable of writing and mothering every day. In this podcast, you will learn how to mentally prepare for the wacky non-fiction-writing journey that moms uniquely face, have the vitality and energy to create your own momentum, find creative and practical ways to feel calm amidst chaos, and stay physically fit so that you can bounce back from any word document file corruption tantrums.

Learn from psychologists (Thomas Hills), nutritionists (Dr. Joel Fuhrman), healers/seekers (Marshall Dunn), writers (Lisa Messenger, James Altucher), multi-passionates (Beth Comstock, Gabriele Corcos), mental health advocates (Joe Williams, Jason Partington), artists (Max Mendez, Suzy Batiz), creators (GaryVee, David Meltzer), and intellectuals/thinkers (Jordan Harbinger, Cal Fussman) and Melissa.

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You are a mom who enjoys reading nonfiction and now wants to write your own. The challenge is you will have to write somewhere in between rushing your kids to school and waiting for them in the car pick-up lane. On a good day, your emotional book-ends may include self-doubt, brain fog, anxiety, stress, a short fuse, and exhaustion. A big fear that you face is that you are at risk of getting into survival mode and staying there. You could find yourself stuck staring or weeping at a blank page for days, months, years, or decades. However, who has the time? You want to share your expertise and stories with readers in this lifetime; your book can’t wait for when the kids leave home. You also won’t get your book done if you wait for that perfect month-long book-writing retreat others have gloated about. Instead, you need to write, parent, and keep things moving while protecting your mental, spiritual, physical, emotional, and creative health. You are a mom; you yearn for a kind of unimaginable wellness that can and will take you to the finish line without losing your marbles. You seek mindfulness practices moms can fit into their lives, journaling exercises that draw out raw and real insights that can get you writing like a mad woman, and ideas on immersive experiences to help you unleash your overall well-being so that you can push out the greatest story of your life. Sounds good? Then keep listening. If this is you then pick from any of 100+ episodes to learn from mental health, mindfulness, wellness experts, entrepreneurs, psychologists, writers, and moms who decided to safeguard their well-being during intense life moments through wellness practices that you too as a mom can apply, so you can write your non-fiction book and retain the kind of unimaginable wellness that goes beyond your imagination. Each week, author, podcaster, mom to three school-age sons Melissa Llarena helps aspiring non-fiction writing moms feel mentally capable of writing and mothering every day. In this podcast, you will learn how to mentally prepare for the wacky non-fiction-writing journey that moms uniquely face, have the vitality and energy to create your own momentum, find creative and practical ways to feel calm amidst chaos, and stay physically fit so that you can bounce back from any word document file corruption tantrums. Learn from psychologists (Thomas Hills), nutritionists (Dr. Joel Fuhrman), healers/seekers (Marshall Dunn), writers (Lisa Messenger, James Altucher), multi-passionates (Beth Comstock, Gabriele Corcos), mental health advocates (Joe Williams, Jason Partington), artists (Max Mendez, Suzy Batiz), creators (GaryVee, David Meltzer), and intellectuals/thinkers (Jordan Harbinger, Cal Fussman) and Melissa. Follow Melissa @melissallarena on Instagram for mindfulness, meditation, mental health, and inspiring mini-adventures to get you to the writing finish lines without losing your marbles. Follow An Interview With Melissa Llarena and share the show with an aspiring non-fiction writer who is also a mom and can't afford to lose her sanity!

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