Work + Life Harmony | Time Management, Organization and Planning for Overwhelmed Women

Have you ever said out loud, "I wish I had a wife"? I know I have!
For years I thought the answer was to hire it out in pieces, so I had a nanny for my daughter and a cleaner coming every week. Then I'd look at whether a laundry service was worth it, or whether I could find somebody to walk the dogs on the days I just couldn't. By the time I added it all up, I was looking at eight or nine different people for eight or nine little pockets of my life and the math stopped making sense. And not one of them was taking the thinking off my plate.
Turns out there was a whole category of help I didn't know existed, and I really wish I'd known about it ten years ago.
My guest this week is Kelly Hubbell, founder and CEO of Sage Haus, and she's here to explain what a household manager actually is.
In This Episode, I'll Cover:
What a house manager actually does, and why it is a completely different job than a nanny or a housekeeper.
What this really costs, and the number of hours a week most families start with.
The difference between handing off a task and handing off the thinking behind it, which is where most of us get stuck.
Why this isn't only for households with young kids at home.
Mentioned in the episode:
Book an introductory call: sagehaus.com/pinkbee
Connect with Kelly + Sage Hause
sagehaus.com
linkedin.com/in/kellyhubbell
instagram.com/mysagehaus

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All I wanted to do was finish my daughter's baby book. Months 11 and 12 of her first year of life were the only thing left, maybe eight pages, and I wrote it on my list almost every other week for three years. 
It never got done. But you know what did get done? Just about everything for everybody else.
I know you have one of these. It's the project that needs a free weekend, or two full days, or a few months of real effort. You can look at your calendar two months out and see wide open space where it could finally happen, and then those two months arrive, and puff, the space is gone. So you tell yourself you'll get to it "when things settle down", or "when this season is over", or "when I have time".
For three years I kept asking myself what was wrong with me. Where was my discipline, my willpower, whatever people call it. That wasn't it at all, and today I'm telling you what was actually going on, because I promise it's happening to you too.
In This Episode, I'll Cover:
Why "when I have time" and "when things settle down" never actually show up.
Where all that open space on your calendar disappears to 
Why the projects nobody else is asking you for are always the first to fall off.
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Overwhelmed? Frazzled? Tired of your calendar controlling you?
 You’re in the right place. Sign up for my free, on-demand training and learn how to take control of your time—no matter what life throws at you.
 👉 www.megansumrell.com/freetraining
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I teach planning for a living, and almost nothing I mapped out for this summer actually happened the way I planned it.
Since the middle of June I have been on 22 airplanes. Three of those trips were booked with about 48 hours notice, and three separate times I had to disappear from work completely and hand this business over to my team.
From the outside, that probably looks like a planning expert whose planning failed. And if you have ever watched your own plan go up in flames and thought "why do I even bother," this episode is for you. Because I hear women call themselves failures over this all the time, and it breaks my heart every single time. There is something happening here that almost nobody names, and once you see it, you stop measuring the year by whether the plan survived it.
In This Episode, I'll Cover:
The three choices you get to make about anything you can't get to right now.
What an annual plan is actually giving you, which is not the thing you think it is.
The reason you can end a year nowhere near where you planned and still feel zero guilt about it.
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Overwhelmed? Frazzled? Tired of your calendar controlling you?
 You’re in the right place. Sign up for my free, on-demand training and learn how to take control of your time—no matter what life throws at you.
 👉 www.megansumrell.com/freetraining
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📱 Get The Pink Bee App
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Megan 🩷🐝

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If you have ever decided you're just not a confident person, this episode is going to change how you think about that. My inner critic gets real noisy sometimes, and I'm guessing yours does too. I hear this from women constantly, that you either have confidence or you don't, and if you don't, that's just your lot. Dr. Cindra Kamphoff is here to tell us that is not how it works, and what I loved is that she didn't just tell me confidence is something I can build. She handed me the tools to do it.
Cindra has a PhD in performance psychology, spent four years as the mental performance coach for the Minnesota Vikings, and runs the Mentally Strong Institute with a team of 15 coaches. Her whole message is that confidence is not something you're born with or without. It's a habit, which means it's something you get to keep growing. 
In This Episode, We Cover:
Why confidence disappears right when you need it most.
How to stop replaying a mistake for three days straight.
The three questions that shut down the voice saying you're not good enough.
What the research says about why women hold back more than men.
The two-minute habit that quietly rebuilds your belief in yourself.
Mentioned in the Episode:
Get Cindra's new book, The Confidence Habit: www.confidencetools.com
Connect With Dr. Cindra Kamphoff:
www.cindrakamphoff.com
www.instagram.com/cindrakamphoff
www.linkedin.com/in/cindrakamphoff
www.facebook.com/drcindrakamphoff
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💻 Free Training
Overwhelmed? Frazzled? Tired of your calendar controlling you?
 You’re in the right place. Sign up for my free, on-demand training and learn how to take control of your time—no matter what life throws at you.
 👉 www.megansumrell.com/freetraining
________________________________
📱 Get The Pink Bee App
Access planning tools, trainings, and support all in one place.
 👉 www.onelink.to/qxdcwu
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Megan 🩷🐝

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Every household has one: the person who knows when the prescriptions are running low, when the pet food is almost out, which kid has a field trip on Thursday, and when the car is due for an oil change. That person is "the glue" and it's a job that never came with a job description.
The advice we all get is to ask for help...delegate, get something off your list. So you do it, and somehow you feel exactly as heavy as you did before. 
In this episode I am breaking down the difference between holding something and doing something, why those are two completely different jobs, and what has to actually change if you want the weight to move off you for good. 
In This Episode, I'll Cover:
What is still sitting on your plate after your partner does the exact thing you asked them to do.
The measuring stick most women were handed growing up, and how it is different from the one our partners got.
Why "what can I do to help" is the wrong question, and the one I actually want to hear instead.
How to pick the first thing to hand over, and the two words that decide whether it sticks.
Mentioned in This Episode:
A Better Share by Dr. Morgan Cutlip: https://drmorgancutlip.com/
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💻 Free Training
Overwhelmed? Frazzled? Tired of your calendar controlling you?
 You’re in the right place. Sign up for my free, on-demand training and learn how to take control of your time—no matter what life throws at you.
 👉 www.megansumrell.com/freetraining
________________________________
📱 Get The Pink Bee App
Access planning tools, trainings, and support all in one place.
 👉 www.onelink.to/qxdcwu
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Thanks for tuning in!
Megan 🩷🐝

www.megansumrell.com
www.instagram.com/megansumrell
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