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#7: Time Momagement: Marisa’s Secrets to Mastering Time for Moms in Business

• Alyssa Bellisario • Season 1 • Episode 7

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Managing time as a mom and solopreneur can feel like an impossible juggling act, but it doesn’t have to be. In this episode of Brilliant Ideas, I’m joined by Marisa Lonic, Founder of Mama Work It, time management coach, author, and creator of the Time Momagement program. Marisa shares her journey from corporate life to entrepreneurship, offering actionable insights for moms striving to balance their personal and professional lives.

We dive into the strategies she teaches in her Time Momagement program, from creating a sustainable work-life balance to overcoming mom guilt and prioritizing self-care. Whether you’re trying to squeeze more hours into your day or want to feel more in control of your time, this episode is packed with advice to help you thrive in all areas of your life.

What You’ll Learn:

  • How to use the principles of Time Momagement to master your schedule.
  • Insights from Marisa’s transition from corporate to entrepreneurship.
  • Strategies for creating harmony between work, family, and personal care.
  • Practical tips for overcoming guilt and prioritizing yourself.

If you’ve ever wished for more time in your day, this episode is a must-listen!

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Alyssa:

Welcome to Brilliant Ideas, the podcast that takes you behind the scenes of some of the most inspiring digital products created by solopreneurs just like you. I'm your host, Alyssa, a digital product strategist who helps subject matter experts grow their business with online courses, memberships, coaching programs, and ebooks. If you're a solopreneur with dreams of packaging your expertise into a profitable digital product, then this is the podcast for you. Expect honest conversations of how they started, the obstacles they overcame, lessons learned the hard way, and who face the same fears, doubts, and challenges you're experiencing. From unexpected surprises to breakthrough moments, and everything in between. Tune in, get inspired, and let's spark your next big brilliant idea. Marissa is a certified intuitive life and business coach, global keynote speaker three times author, and top rated podcast host, and the founder of Mama, Work it and Marissa Lonick Coaching and Consulting. After spending nearly 15 years in corporate leadership positions, Marissa shifted gears to become a full time entrepreneur and coach. Her time management and goal achievement strategies have helped individuals in over 90 countries turn their dreams into reality, even when they thought they had no time to make any of it happen. Welcome to the show, Marissa.

Marisa:

Thank you. I'm so excited to be here and I feel really grateful that you invited me, so thank you.

Alyssa:

Of course. And if you're a mom tuning into this episode right now, you're definitely going to want to stick around. Marissa is about to drop some serious gems on time management that will completely change how you juggle motherhood, work, and everything in between. She's sharing her tried and true strategies for staying organized, finding balance, and making it all work without feeling overwhelmed. Whether you're running a business, managing a household, or just trying to keep your sanity intact, Marissa's insights are exactly what you need to hear now. Before we dive in, Marissa, our listeners would love to know what you do and who you help. Can you share a bit about yourself and your business?

Marisa:

Absolutely. So, by the way, no pressure, Marissa, to deliver on this episode. Big shoes to fill. Okay, so my name is Marissa Lonick, as Alyssa mentioned, and I am a working mom of four kids. Essentially. I have twins who are 11, I have a middle guy who is seven and my youngest just turned five. And wow, that was like a transition for me because I feel like I left those early baby toddler years and now all my kids are kind of bigger and like it is a season that I'm entering. So I have been an entrepreneur. Well, let me take you back a little bit further. I was always a traditional working mom, so I was A corporate working mom. I was, you know, doing commutes to the city every day, running to catch a train, taking, you know, buses, trains, cars, all the things, like, to and from the office, doing all the things. And I loved it. And I found myself in a season kind of as I entered motherhood in the juggle. And I know if you're a working mom, you can feel the juggle, right? You feel pushed and pulled in so many different directions. And so even though from the outside looking in, it looked like I had it all together internally, I was feeling like the hot mess express. And basically it all came down to this common denominator of I felt like I never had time. And I think if you are a working mom in any way, shape or form, you can relate to this. You probably even say this expression all day, every day, like I used to. And so what happens, I'm at this. This point in my career, like, I like my job, I obviously love my family, but I feel really spread very thin. And I get offered this massive promotion during this time. And this promotion meant I'd have to move cross country and basically leave my whole support system, like, everything. I knew all the things. And I would also take on a much more demanding schedule, longer commute, all of that. And so I thought really hard about it. And initially I let fear get to me and I said, no way, I already don't have time. How could I ever possibly take on something else? But as all of you listeners, I imagine, are very ambitious women, that does not sit well with us. Like when someone tells us we can't do something, and even if that is our own internal voice, like it was for me in that situation, I like to say, watch me be and like, show you how it's done. Right? So I quickly, after I regretted that. No, I quickly asked my manager at the time, hey, could we actually reinstate this? I think I really want to give this a try. And she did, and I was very grateful. And so me, my family, we moved cross country. I kept up in the corporate world, and then my third son was born. And so I went back to work. And if you've ever gone back to work after a baby, you know, that is hard no matter what season of life you are in. And I just knew at that time I wanted something more, something different, something more flexible, something where I didn't have to take multiple forms of transportation to work every day. And so I started my business at that time. And at that time, my business was sort of like, I felt early on in those days, it was a little bit of a hot mess. It didn't have a clear direction. It was this blog I didn't tell many people about. But it turned into something much bigger because the working mom, I felt like, didn't have the resources out there that were needed. Like there were plenty of motherhood resources, there were prompts, plenty of career resources, but I didn't find that many people had married the two worlds together. And it was quite an important connection that I felt needed to be made. So I was blogging, I was writing, I was developing courses, you know, things I could do for passive income while I was working full time. And that was working great until again, it started to feel misaligned for me. And I think anytime you're feeling in a stage of your life where things are just feeling kind of like it's hard to do the basic things every day, like it's hard to, you know, do your job or it gets hard to do something here or there, you know, you're out of alignment. And that's how I knew it. So after three years of juggling my business, my full time job, I took a leap of faith. I stepped fully into my business. And that is really my story in a nutshell, probably longer than you wanted to hear.

Alyssa:

No, I love that I to that so much. I also, like there is a part of me that is feeling guilty almost because I am very overachieving and there is a part of me that wants to aim higher and higher, but the demands of having a toddler is really tough. Like yesterday, even just yesterday, I, my, you know, my mom thankfully had taken my toddler so that I could work a little bit because I can only work during her nap time and during, when she's asleep and you know, those times and it's really, really hard to juggle. They're both full time jobs and thankfully, you know, I have a business and I also teach as well, which is also part time. So. But I could never do a full time job. There's no way, absolutely none. And I feel like that is such a barrier. But also building a business has allowed me to have so much freedom and flexibility which I can, I couldn't even think about going back to a full time job. That just wouldn't happen. And so I'm so happy that you bet everything and you went into your business because look, now you have the flexibility, the freedom, you can make your own hours, you can tend to your children when you need to. It's such a great opportunity. And I think us women, we want to have, we need to have that little extra thing that we do that's not just all about our kids. And I feel that too. I, you know, I feel that for me, it's. For me, it's important to have something else just for myself in addition to being a stay at home mom as well. So as I had mentioned, so I was looking at your program, the time mom management program, which I feel is so great and so needed. It is a gap that I feel like you're filling where you're teaching women about how to manage their schedule and their life and how to do both, manage their business while also being able to take back control of their life. And so what words do you hear most often when it comes to time management?

Marisa:

Yeah, and before I answer that, I want to quickly touch upon something you said that I think is so crucial and important is high achieving women. It can feel like a struggle when you have all these hats you're wearing, all these roles you're juggling of like mom, wife, entrepreneur, maybe even an employee while you're building your business. Most people don't wake up and decide, I'm going to start a business today and quit their job on the same day. You know, most people are building a business while having a very full life already. And so if this, if you're feeling like, how could I possibly dive into this business? How could I possibly build this business with my life already feeling so busy? I want to remind you that this is a complete possibility. You absolutely have the power to do this. If I could do this while pregnant, while building my family, while I was an executive leader in a corporation, like, I didn't have an easy, small job. My job was big and demanding. If I could do that, you can absolutely do this. And yes, I do think time is the common denominator. But the way I teach time management, it's obviously very much geared towards moms when we're talking about this time management concept that we're going to dive into. But it's also quite different than what you might expect because I think when people hear the words time management, they get a little cringy. They get a little like, oh, spreadsheets or oh, and maybe you don't, Alyssa, because you are like, by far one of the most organized people I know. But like, your average gal out there may not feel like she has that grasp that handle on things of organization. And I just want to say, like, that's not the only and most important component of this. So I just want to preface what we're going to talk about with that, because I. And we don't even have live listeners right now, But I've done this so many times, and I've been in this world and talked to mom so many times. I can feel that cringy energy coming from the other side of, like, the speakers where people are already thinking, like, yeah, this is not going to work for me. Like, girlfriend, listen, okay? Like, I know who you are. I know what your struggles are. And this, if you give this a real honest, good try, like, this can change your life.

Alyssa:

And you know what? You know what? It's like? It's like the time management. When people hear that, it's like, oh, no, it's going to be another presentation of strategies of how you manage your time. Like, it's nothing like that.

Marisa:

Mm, yeah. Or it's going to be another pretty planner I pick up at Target that I think is going to change my life. And then, you know, three days in, I've never. I never opened it again. So. Yeah.

Alyssa:

Yeah.

Marisa:

All right. So the four most common words I hear when I talk to moms, really, when I talk to anybody about time is, I don't have it. I don't have time. And I. Guys, I'm telling you, like, this was me, too. I used to say this all day, every day. And I want to start here because this mentality, this belief, this verbiage that we're using on a regular basis is deeply sabotaging our time management success. Because what happens is I'm a certified intuitive coach, so I do a lot of intuition work, internal work, subconscious stuff. When we think things like this, when we think in this very scarcity type of mindset, our feelings follow, right? So we think, I don't have time. And then we start to feel like time is very scarce. There's never enough time. And then our actions follow that. And we think, well, why would I bother starting or working on that business or doing that thing for myself because there's no time anyway. And then our results ends that. And the results are we don't get the business off the ground. We don't reach out to the leads, or we don't go on that walk that we really needed to. For ourselves to clear our mind or whatever it is. And so when we start with the mindset, with the, like, really shifting that scarcity to one of abundance when it comes to our time, it changes everything.

Alyssa:

I love that. I love That I love that mindset piece that because I have said that to myself, I don't have time for this, I can't do this. And it actually, your body goes into this scarcity, like, oh, yeah, then we're not going to do it. Then we don't have time and we just give up. And our mind is really powerful in that way where if we feed it thoughts like that continuously, it will believe them. And so how do we stop that train of thought or those intrusive thoughts that tell us, you know, we're not, we can't do this, we have no time, we can't commit to anything. And how do we switch that around? And so that is something that I think mindset, we have to start with first before you even start implementing some of those management time management strategies that you talk about. Which leads me to my next thought. When I first saw your program, the name came up as time mom management. And so I wondered if that was on purpose. So what is time mom management and how is that different than time management?

Marisa:

Yeah, so it's called time management. I know it's a little bit of a tongue twister. And how this name came to be was I was writing my first book. My first book is all about time management for moms. And I thought, how, what am I going to call this that's really going to give it the justice like the real name it needs. And I don't know about you, Alyssa, I get my best ideas in two places. On walks or runs, outside and in the shower.

Alyssa:

Same.

Marisa:

Yep. And I got this idea in the shower and I really thought about the word management. And if you think about the word management, it starts with the word man. And when you are in motherhood in a season, like of the early years, especially of motherhood, it is quite the season, right? Like, if you are a new mom, think about how drastically your life just changed, even if you're not a new mom. But like, maybe it's a little harder to think back. Like, I've got 11 year olds now, like, this is my life for a while. But like really thinking back, like before this time, it's just a completely different way that you manage your time, your priorities, your schedule. When you are in mom mode, it's different. And so I swapped the man for mom and time management was born. And time management isn't just about getting the things done off the checklist. Moms, you're already doing it, okay? You're already managing your time like a boss, but you don't feel good about it. And that's the bottom line. Like, you're going to bed with thoughts running through your head of all the things you didn't get done that day, even though you were busy AF and felt like a chicken running around with its head cut off. Okay, so that's not feeling successful in your time management. Even though maybe you checked a few things off this list and, you know, fed five humans and drove people to school and soccer and, you know, brushed your teeth. Like, okay, yes, but if you don't feel good about all this at the end of the day, if you're, like, constantly stressed, feeling like you're multitasking all day long, waiting for, you know, one of those plates are spinning to fall to the ground. Like, that's not time management success in my book.

Alyssa:

I agree with that.

Marisa:

And so, yeah, and so time management is about really prioritizing not just the things you need to get done, but yourself back into your life, your own goals and ambitions, and ultimately living your best life, feeling your best self, being the highest version of yourself, showing up like that each and every day. And so it's time management, but with a real twist of the motherhood element included in it.

Alyssa:

Yeah, that makes perfect sense. I really, you know, when I go to bed at night, it's like, okay, I have to do this all over again. It's like, it doesn't. And then I think about the next things that I didn't get done. So the next day I have to do laundry, I have to do cooking, I have to think about all of these things. I have to take her to gymnastics or take her to ballet. And it's like I. I feel like I'm always behind. And that is not a great feeling. I always feel like, you know, I always. There's something that's missing. And I don't feel like I'm ever ahead of the game. And, you know, people will tell you, or moms. Other moms will tell you have to be two steps ahead. I am not two steps ahead. I am living in the moment. Day by day, I'm in, You know, as a toddler, I mean, for a toddler, right now, my life is day to day. Like, I, you know, I work and then I try to manage the household, and I don't feel like I'm ahead. And so I'm living for right now in, you know, some moms would say survival mode. Because really, you are. I mean, you're really just trying to live for the Moment and because every hour is. It's just different day to day. You know, one day she'll be great, and then the next day she'll be unpredictable. Unpredictable meltdowns. And it's like, you know, those terrible twos, right? We're in the thick of it right now. So, you know, it's just, it's like I. I would love, you know, I would love to know some strategies to just when I go to bed, night that I feel good about. Okay, I have accomplished this. I feel good, and now I can start the next day and, you know, try to improve and do better. And so I would love a good, like, organizing system. And would you recommend. What would you recommend for us moms who are in the thick of it right now, who really struggle with behind the scenes chaos? Do you have any systems for staying organized? I am so. I mean, even though I organize my business, my life sometimes behind the scenes is chaotic with a toddler. So I'm sure other moms can also relate to this. So what kind of recommendations or advice can you give us here?

Marisa:

Yes. Yes. Good question. So you may or may not like my answer? Because the thing is, what works for me may not work for you or work for her. Or work for her. And so in my mind, it's not about the actual system. And we can definitely go over some great options out there. But what may be great for you may not be great for me or her. Or her. And so you need to do some trial and error here. So if you are feeling like I don't even have a system, and I can't tell you how many times I go to talks like this, live talks in person, and I ask people, what's your system like, Share it with us. And people are like, what system? I don't even have a system. Or like, yeah, I have this planner, but I haven't opened it in three months or something, like, if that's your system and you're not using it's not a successful or the right system for you. I've tried many different systems and they even fluctuate with the seasons I'm in. Like, sometimes this season this system works. And, you know, a year or two later, we've changed completely in this house of like, activities kids are in or like, school schedules. And like, that's just not working for me anymore. So I would say be open and willing to do some trial and error here. And like, I've also been in seasons where I've been closed off and been like, I don't want to try a new system. But then I tried it and I'm like, wow, this is life changing. Like, I can't believe I haven't been doing this for years. So, ideas. You know, a digital calendar with reminders that go off for you, A whiteboard in a central hub in your home, A paper planner if that's what you like, an app. There's so many great apps out there that can help you. I mean, like shared Google Calendars. There are lots and lots of systems. But yes, a system is crucial because when moms tell me it's all up here, I'm like, oh, no wonder you feel like a tornado is going off every day in your head. You know, like you need someplace to get it out of here and onto there. And if you're just listening, I'm talking about getting it out of your head and onto some other resource, whether that be even just like pen to paper or this whiteboard or this calendar or whatever it is.

Alyssa:

Yeah, I love that. And right now what I'm using is a Google Calendar. So even for, you know, ballet and gymnastics, I will literally put down when it starts, when it ends, when I have to be there, when I, you know, when her nap time is, when sometimes I'll even just map out her exact schedule just so that I feel like I don't have to think about it and think about what to do and where to go and where to take her and all of those appointments and things that I, you know, that live literally inside my head. Like I, and I need to get them, I need to remember to get them out on a piece of paper or a planner. As you mentioned, I usually use timers on my phone. So like for, you know, when I'm working on my business while she naps, I have to also make sure to make her lunch. So I have to leave enough time that when she's sleeping, I make lunch. But then I still get some work done. So I actually use timers in my phone a lot of the time. And that seems to work okay. But you know, again, it will evolve as she gets older and more responsibilities come on my plate. So I do have to be more open minded to that as to my strategies will evolve as she grows up, which I have noticed significantly, you know, since she was just a baby to now a toddler, a lot more responsibilities are now on my plate. So how we manage all of those things. So I love that advice and I think it's something a lot of moms will find reassuring, especially knowing that they're just not alone. You know, I also, if, you know, moms are listening to this right now, you're not alone. And knowing that there are support systems out there, like your time mom management program that are designed to give you these, you know, organizational systems that you can try to make your life so much easier. And I do agree that it is different for. Because every child, every family is different. And so I also was reading a study on multitasking and the effects it has, you know, doing all these things at once. And they were saying that, you know, I always thought that multitasking. Everyone talks about how to master multitasking, you know, do it all as a super mom. And I was like, I don't know why I'm not mastering it yet. Like, I've been studying this for years. How come it's not working? And actually, this. They did a study on this and they were saying that it. You can't. It's actually not good for the brain to multitask. It is actually the least productive way. And it actually hurts your brain, so it actually will hurt your focus and attention and it puts extra strain on the systems of your brain, and it actually has negative effects. So multitasking will come at a cost, and it leads to that drop in performance. So the opposite is true. So trying not to do everything at once. And so when it comes to multitasking, what would you say your mantra is that could help us moms achieve greater productivity levels?

Marisa:

Yes. And thank you for sharing that. I think that there are a lot of studies out there and there are a lot of experts out there, like really successful people that I follow, that I look up to, that I consider mentors and coaches to me, that will tell you point blank, like, hey, just don't multitask. It is this black and white issue. And, you know, let's be honest, think about. Oftentimes when you multitask, you feel very frazzled, you feel very stressed, you are very impatient, and, you know, or you make mistakes. Like, hello, anyone ever done like, a reply all where it should not have been a reply all? Like, I know, I have. So, yes, I can agree with that to an extent, because you guys. And I'm just gonna keep it very real. I'm a mom of four kids. If multitasking didn't happen in some way, shape or form in this house, I don't know, a lot of things might not get done. And so I want to be very realistic in this approach here because I'm not a hypocrite. I'm not going to sit here and be like, don't multitask, because I'm real. I'm real like you. Like, I don't have a whole staff here helping me do all the things every day, maybe one day, but not today. So I have this mantra. It's worked wonders for me. For many of my clients, I think it is a shift in sort of how we look at multitasking. Because chances are, if you're listening, you are feeling that level of, like, frazzled and stressed and, like, jug. Like, the vision of juggling all the things and then waiting for. I heard this thing once that was juggling all the balls as a mom. And you just have to make sure the ones that fall are not the glass ones, they're the plastic ones. And so this goes really nicely with my mantra, because you need to be very wise and thoughtful and intentional about what you choose to multitask and what you don't. And so this mantra goes like this, and I would highly suggest writing it down, is you multitask the mindless, and you solo task the mindful. And what that means is the things that are mindless that you could do on autopilot, that if you messed them up a little bit, would not be the end of the world. And I'm thinking things like cleaning up the dinner dishes after, you know, emptying the dishwasher, you know, packing lunches, folding laundry, like, even sometimes, like, taking a walk around my neighborhood or like, getting some exercise in where I don't have to, like, follow a class or, you know, like, where my mind can wander a little bit. Those are the things I will often suggest multitasking. And here's the kicker. I like to tell people to multitask them with things that you are often saying you don't have time for, things that honestly, like, bring you joy that you leave at the bottom of your to do list. Because you're a mom and, like, you tend to do that, right? So, like, maybe you feel like you never have time to catch up with a friend on the phone, but you could take a walk around your neighborhood and you could call her. Or maybe you feel like you never have time to read, but you could listen to an audiobook while you wash the dishes. You know, like, these are things like that I would suggest. And then on the other side of that, things that you're probably multitasking now that you might not want to are things that you do want to be fully present for Fully attentive things that if you did mess up that reply all would be costs you a pretty penny. So like, you know, this is like dinner with your family and really having a conversation, putting your phone away during that time and not getting distracted by like the notifications, the email and that's the whole thing we talk about in time management too and how to kind of eliminate those distractions. You know, maybe this is some real creative work in your business. Instead of like trying to multitask all the daily to dos in your business, you set aside time for that creative, strategic, big picture, visualization, CEO type of work. Right? You want to be working on your business, not in your business all the time. These are things like having, you know, connection with your partner or with friends and not, you know, trying to do 100 other things during that moment, like making eye contact. So yeah, being really mindful about what you choose to multitask and what you don't.

Alyssa:

I love that it's such an inspiring mantra and I can see how it really would shift the way we approach productivity, especially as busy moms like all of us. And building on that, it's clear that productivity really isn't just about checking off a to do list either. I think it is also being very clear about our intention and our time and our energy and where are we spending it. I think just thinking those things through and not just rushing to get things the next things off because that's how you quickly burn out. And this I find it when you're thinking about your intentional in your. You're intentional about your time and your energy. It really resonates because it's something I think we just need to be really kind to ourselves that we're not just machines and robots to just get everything done and rush through things and just fill our never ending to do list. Because there's always something to do. I feel like that there's. It's a never ending checklist. But we shouldn't treat it like that. We shouldn't treat it as something that all we do is just check it off and we don't go to the next thing. And we're not robots. We were not meant for that. And so I just find, I also think it's important to just have grace and to give yourself patience and to find ways to stay on track with your goals and responsibilities without burning out. I have, you know, myself have burnt out trying to do everything, become super mom, not, you know, be intentional with where I was spending My time feeling out of alignment. And when I found out that didn't work for me and I needed to change, slowing down actually really helped me finding blocks of time where I could work on my business. And I had that something for myself. But then I also didn't sign up, you know, didn't sign up my daughter to, you know, ballet or gymnastics. Just having, not rushing out the door, just having that time with her and enjoying the moment and, you know, baking with her and doing those things and like, and finding time and finding joy in those little moments. So there's so much inspiration from what you said to so many moms to rethink how they manage their time. So I'm curious, what would you say, what is one piece of advice or wisdom that you can share with other moms that want to make an impact in their home and business life?

Marisa:

Well, I think just to piggyback on what you're saying, like, everything's a choice. Everything's a choice in how we spend our time. And some choices are easier than others. I get that. Right. It is. Even though you might feel like right now you're in a position where you just have so much on your plate and you have no choice and this is all just taking up all your time every single day. If you really get down to the bare root of all of this, it's a choice. It's a choice to wake up and, you know, go to work every day. If you're an employee. It's a choice. It's a. Now you might say that's not an easy choice. I have to pay my mortgage, I have to pay my bills. Absolutely. But in the end, it's still a choice. It's a choice to pick up your phone and scroll social media when you have 15 minutes of free time or you know, sit down and make a list of the leads or the marketing things you know, you want to be doing in your business, the marketing efforts. It's a choice to take a break and take a 20 minute walk and clear your mind and come back refreshed and re energized versus just powering through and pushing yourself to the limit. Everything is a choice. And yeah, I was going to.

Alyssa:

Say that's such powerful advice. Like, it's really good.

Marisa:

Yeah. And you know, I feel like you could hear that and you could be like, feel really like that's very daunting and that's a lot of pressure. Or you could hear that and you could be like, well, that's Empowering. And that's really awesome. And like the fact that I have this power to make this choice each and every day with each and every moment of the day, like, I can use my time with intention. I can decide what is worthy of my time and what isn't. And so we could go down, we could talk about this all day, Alyssa. We could talk about boundaries, we could talk about prioritization, we could talk about very tangible action items. We could talk about all this inner work that we do in the time management program as well. It is a four week program, so it's jam packed. But I know your show is only, you know, this amount of time, so.

Alyssa:

I know, I know. But you know, it really hits home. I find for so many moms who are just trying to balance both their personal and their ambitious goals. And it's easy to feel torn, you know, wanting to make a difference in our homes, but wanting to succeed at the same time. And what I love about, is it about your advice, is it encourages moms to pursue both. But you don't have to sacrifice one or the other. Like, everything is a choice. You can go for a walk, you can scroll and do, what are they calling it? Doom scrolling on your phone for half an hour. And don't feel guilty about it. Like, that is. You need that shut off time as well. It's not about being a mom and just that's all you do with your time. Like there's, you can do other things. Like, I mean, sometimes I catch myself, like, my husband will be like, why are you scrolling? Are you, are you supposed to be doing something right now? And I'm like, I am. Because after she goes to bed, I just, I need a minute to just, yes, shut down. I just need to scroll and get my mind back into relaxation mode. Because it's like I've been going all day and it's like doom scrolling. I don't do it for hours, but for that, for a little, for 15, 20 minutes, just let me just start go into relaxation mode. And so I have to realize that is not something that I should not feel guilty about. That that is something that is necessary, needed to just come back and to. And so I feel much better after. It's like, because I, you know, it's like I come back into, okay, now I can do whatever I want to do after she goes to bed. It's like, it's great, you know, it's.

Marisa:

Filling your cup in that moment. And I think it's about Knowing what you need in that moment. And you know, for some people that could turn into a 45 hour long session where they feel like crap afterwards and that's not the right choice. But for you, that's the right choice for that time.

Alyssa:

Yeah, exactly. And this is where I think the Time Mom Mentioned Mom Management program would really help moms regain control of their time and not feel so exhausted every single day. So Marissa, where would people find you online and where would people find your program?

Marisa:

Yes, so I am at the website www.mamaworkit.com M A and on Mama Work it you will find tons of resources where we support the juggle of work life, mom life, wife life, fill in the blank life. There's tons of blogs, podcast episodes, programs, freebies. I mean this is, this business is on year six. So it's a culmination of all the things and the time management program is on that site. Either you can find a link on the homepage or it's mamaworkit.com timemomagement amazing.

Alyssa:

And I love how you've broken it down today and just made things so clear and actionable for moms who don't really have a lot of time and they just need strategies they can use right away. Now I want to thank you, Marissa, for being on the show and sharing your expertise and experience with us. If you're listening to this episode and you want to be a Time mom manager, don't forget to check out Marissa's Time mom mention program. I'll link it in the show notes for this episode. And of course you can stay connected with Marissa and learn more by following her on Instagram and visiting her website. You can also find me on Instagram where I show you how to increase your monthly income by turning what you know into a successful digital product. If you love this episode, make sure to subscribe so you never miss out on more conversations like this one. And don't forget to leave a review. It really helps get the word out to more listeners like you who are looking for strategies to grow both personally and professionally. Thank you again for tuning in. I'm so grateful to have you here and I look forward to catching you in the next episode of Brilliant Ideas. Thanks for tuning in to this episode of Brilliant Ideas. If you love the show, be sure to leave a review and follow me on Instagram for even more insider tips and inspiration. Ready to bring your next big brilliant idea to life? Visit elissabelser.com for resources, his guidance, and everything you need to start creating something amazing.