About Progress

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All the self-help extremes out there seem designed for perfect robots. But what if progress doesn’t require perfection? Welcome to your gentle self-development hub: About Progress, a podcast and community devoted to progress made practical. Join host and coach, Monica Packer, and her special guests to get the hug AND kick in the pants you need to do something and grow in ways that stick.

  1. 1 day ago

    Moment for More: Day Three

    Start the day with Monica and a "Moment for More," where she shares why that day's pillar matters for moms, and introduces the content from the day's rundown. Today's pillar: HEALTH!   LINKS FOR YOU: UPGRADE to the All-Access pass for lifetime access, special bonuses, and a private, ad-free podcast feed PARTICIPATE in the private Facebook group (+vote for your daily favorite speaker) CHECK OUT our Sponsors, who made 7 free days and an affordable All-Access pass possible Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. 1 day ago

    Special Bonus with Rachel Nielson: "The Simplest Shift to Find the Magic in Your Motherhood"

    What if the secret to loving motherhood isn't enjoying every minute, but recognizing the small, golden moments that make motherhood feel magical? Rachel Nielson, host of 3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms Podcast, founder of Flecks of Gold Journal, and special sponsor of this Conference, wants moms to start looking for the tiny flecks of gold tucked into their days with their kids instead of waiting for the huge nuggets of joy.   This is a practice that saved Rachel's young motherhood when her expectations of cotton candy and angel babies met the cold hard reality of colicky newborns and fiery toddlers. Learning to locate the small, golden moments shifted the story Rachel was telling herself about her children and her parenting, and it's continued to support Rachel (and so many other moms) as her kids have grown, alongside their struggles.  With practical tips and simple mindset shifts, Rachel encourages every mom to stop trying to "enjoy every minute," and to instead focus on a single moment that documents daily why you love motherhood as much as you love your kids. FREEBIE for all: Find Your Magic in Motherhood Mini Course A 5-Day mini-course to help you find your magic in motherhood. BONUS raffled off to one participant: One Free Flecks of Gold Journal! Get 15% your Flecks of Gold Journal with the code MORE.   Rachel Nielson is a motherhood educator, podcaster, and mom of two. As a former high school English teacher, she has a gift for making complex ideas clear and actionable—a skill that shows up in everything she creates. Rachel's own path into motherhood came through adoption and IVF, and she expected to love every minute of it. Instead, she found herself lost in postpartum depression, wondering why loving her kids and loving her motherhood felt like two entirely different things. So she started the 3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms podcast, where she's since interviewed more than 350 parenting and self-development experts, searching for the core principles behind a motherhood that actually feels good to live. What she learned along the way became the Self-Assured Motherhood Framework, the foundation for her live program, and the Flecks of Gold Journal for Moms. Everything Rachel creates is designed to help women find joy in their own unique motherhood, not the one they think they're supposed to have. FOLLOW ON IG WEBSITE    OTHER LINKS UPGRADE to the All-Access pass for lifetime access, special bonuses, and a private, ad-free podcast feed PARTICIPATE in the private Facebook group (+vote for your daily favorite speaker) CHECK OUT our Sponsors, who made 7 free days and an affordable All-Access pass possible Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. 1 day ago

    Dr. Sara Reardon: "Sneaky Ways Motherhood Changes Your Pelvic Floor + Practical Fixes You Can Start Now"

    What if leaking, prolapse, and painful sex after babies aren't just "part of being a mom"? Dr. Sara Reardon, pelvic floor therapist of 20 years, joins Monica to break down what's really happening to your pelvic floor during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, and why even the things we've been told are "normal" are actually signs your body needs support. From the surprising truth about Kegels (you're probably doing them wrong) to why constantly "sucking in" your stomach could be making things worse, this conversation is packed with "I had no idea" moments every mom needs to hear. Whether you're pregnant, newly postpartum, or years into motherhood and quietly white-knuckling through symptoms, this episode will change how you think about your body, and give you real, doable tools to start feeling like yourself again. FREEBIE for all: How to Take Great Care of Your Pelvic Floor a free downloadable guide with 6 tips every woman should know about caring for the pelvic floor BONUS raffled off to All-Access Pass Holders: 3-month Free Pass to the V-Hive App Enjoy 90 days of on-demand pelvic floor and core workouts totally free. The V-Hive is your pocket pelvic floor therapist. Whether you are navigating pregnancy, postpartum, menopause, painful sex, or seeking pelvic floor strengthening, the V-Hive has over 300 workouts requiring minimal equipm=ent that can be done from the comfort of home. Want to trive the V-Hive app? Get your 7-day trial HERE.   Dr. Sara Reardon is a board-certified pelvic floor physical therapist, widely known as The Vagina Whisperer on Instagram and TikTok. She is the creator of The V-Hive App, an online pelvic floor workout app for pregnancy, postpartum, menopause, painful sex, and pelvic floor strengthening. Sara has been featured in The Washington Post, Time Magazine, NPR, Harper’s Bazaar, The Today Show, and numerous other podcasts, publications, and conferences for her advocacy and educational work as pelvic floor therapist. She is a TED presenter on Rethinking Postpartum Care and the author of the national bestselling book, FLOORED: A Woman’s Guide to Pelvic Floor Health at Every Age and Stage. FOLLOW ON IG TIKTOK FACEBOOK WEBSITE BOOK   OTHER LINKS UPGRADE to the All-Access pass for lifetime access, special bonuses, and a private, ad-free podcast feed PARTICIPATE in the private Facebook group (+vote for your daily favorite speaker) CHECK OUT our Sponsors, who made 7 free days and an affordable All-Access pass possible Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. 1 day ago

    Amber Brueseke: "Your Body Isn't Broken . . . Perimenopause Just Changed the Workout Rules"

    You're doing the same workouts, eating the same way, but suddenly nothing is working. Your body composition is shifting, you're more tired, and you're wondering if your body is just . . . broken. It's not. It's changing. In this session, fitness and nutrition coach Amber Brueseke breaks down exactly what's happening hormonally during perimenopause and why the exercise approach that worked in your 30s is working differently now.  She shares the one shift that changes everything (hint: it's not more cardio), a bare-minimum workout plan that takes just 1 hour and 40 minutes a week, and the truth about cortisol, HIIT, and weight gain that social media keeps getting wrong. If you're approaching midlife--or are already there--this conversation will replace fear with a plan.  FREEBIE for all: Why Your Workouts Aren't Working A free 60 minute workshop where we'll diagnose what's not working with your workouts and how to fix it so that the time you spend sweating translates into more muscle and less fat. BONUS raffled off to All-Access Pass Holders: Build Your Workouts Program Most workout programs give you a plan and hope you figure it out. Build Your Workouts is different. Instead of handing you someone else's generic program to follow, it teaches you how to build your own completely customized to your body, your goals, and your life.   Amber Brueseke is the founder of Biceps After Babies, a fitness and nutrition coaching brand that has helped more than 10,000 women over the past decade. A former RN and certified personal trainer, Amber teaches both the tactical side of macro counting and the psychology behind why women get in their own way. Her podcast, Biceps After Babies Radio, has surpassed 5 million downloads. She lives in Southern California with her husband and four kids, and can usually be found lifting heavy at CrossFit or eating peanut butter straight from the jar. FOLLOW ON IG FACEBOOK TIKTOK WEBSITE   OTHER LINKS UPGRADE to the All-Access pass for lifetime access, special bonuses, and a private, ad-free podcast feed PARTICIPATE in the private Facebook group (+vote for your daily favorite speaker) CHECK OUT our Sponsors, who made 7 free days and an affordable All-Access pass possible Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. 1 day ago

    Dr. Angela Holliday-Bell: "Why Moms Procrastinate Sleep: How to Quit 'Revenge Bedtime Procrastination'"

    Everyone is asleep . . . but you. Again. Sleep specialist Dr. Angela Holliday-Bell has an important perspective on the "revenge bedtime procrastination" phenomenon: there's nothing wrong with wanting time that's just yours; the problem is where you're taking it from. In this session from the More For Moms Conference, Dr. Holliday-Bell (a physician and mom herself) unpacks why moms have been forgotten in the sleep conversation, why exhaustion has become your "normal" without you even realizing it, and how your nightly scroll is quietly rewiring your brain to treat sleep as optional. Dr. Holliday-Bell wants you to help you make shifts to your nightly routine, starting with if you do something that actually makes you look forward to it all day? Press play for the mindset shift, the science, and the small, doable tweaks that can help you stop stealing from tomorrow's energy, and start feeling like you again. FREEBIE for all: Postpartum Sleep Sabateur Quiz Uncover the five main categories that moms struggle to sleep even after their baby does, identify what your blocks are, and what you can do about them. BONUS raffled off to All-Access Pass Holders: The Postpartum Sleep Reset Program A self-paced program designed for moms who still feel wired, anxious, or unable to sleep even when their baby is resting. It helps you retrain your hyperalert nervous system, rebuild healthy sleep patterns, and start sleeping more deeply again using practical, science based strategies created specifically for the postpartum season.   Dr. Angela Holliday Bell is a Board Certified Physician, Certified Clinical Sleep Specialist, author, speaker, and mom. She helps busy women and mothers improve their sleep using practical, science backed strategies that fit real life. After overcoming her own struggle with insomnia during medical training, she built her career around helping others feel more rested, focused, and energized. She is also the founder of The Solution is Sleep and the author of Sleeping on the Job. FOLLOW ON IG TIKTOK WEBSITE   OTHER LINKS UPGRADE to the All-Access pass for lifetime access, special bonuses, and a private, ad-free podcast feed PARTICIPATE in the private Facebook group (+vote for your daily favorite speaker) CHECK OUT our Sponsors, who made 7 free days and an affordable All-Access pass possible Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. 1 day ago

    Carlie Palmer-Webb: "What Happened to Your Sex Drive + How to Get it Back"

    You're exhausted. You're touched out. And the last thing on your mind is the thing that used to come naturally. If you've been silently wondering where your libido went (and whether something is wrong with you) this episode is the exhale you didn't know you needed. Sex educator and researcher Carlie Palmer-Webb breaks down exactly what's happening inside a mom's body and life after kids (hint: your system is working perfectly—just not in the way you'd hope). She shares her own postpartum story, explains why sexual desire is far more malleable than you think, and introduces one simple 10-minute exercise that you can do today to start shifting things. No guilt. No urgency. Just real hope that your sex life can be better than it's ever been.  FREEBIE for all: The Women-Tell-All Learning to Orgasm Guide Over 500 women shared their experiences learning how to orgasm consistently in their sexual relationship with their spouse. This resource is a compilation of their suggestions and experiences.  BONUS raffled off to All-Access Pass Holders: The Pleasure Playbook: An in-depth PDF guidebook to help you increase pleasure (for her & for him) through manual, oral, and penetrative sex. This is the "how-to" guide that every Christian couple needs to make sex great.    Carlie Palmer-Webb is a sex educator and researcher with a master’s degree in Marriage, Family, and Human Development. She's the creator behind The Christian Sex Educator, where she works to provide shame-free, research-based sex education to Christians in every life stage. When she isn't teaching about anatomy or honeymoon prep, you can find Carlie hanging out with her husband, Dallin, playing Magna-tiles with her three-year-old, Miles, eating as much bread as possible, and asking personal questions to absolutely everyone (small talk is not her strong suit).  FOLLOW ON IG WEBSITE   OTHER LINKS UPGRADE to the All-Access pass for lifetime access, special bonuses, and a private, ad-free podcast feed PARTICIPATE in the private Facebook group (+vote for your daily favorite speaker) CHECK OUT our Sponsors, who made 7 free days and an affordable All-Access pass possible Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. 1 day ago

    Cheryl Cardall: "How to Protect Your Mental Health When Your Kids Are Struggling"

    We've all heard the saying: "A mom is only as happy as her saddest child." But is that actually true, or is it quietly sinking the moms who believe it most? Cheryl Cardall has spent over two decades raising five kids through mental health crises, neurodivergent diagnoses, and daily big emotions. She reached a point of burnout so deep she couldn't get out of bed—until her own kids noticed and she realized something had to change. In this honest conversation with Monica, Cheryl shares what she's learned about the space between acceptance and apathy: how to let your kids struggle without abandoning them, and how to stop abandoning yourself in the process. If you're carrying the weight of a struggling child and wondering whether you're still allowed to feel happy, this session will help you explore how. FREEBIE for all: Parenting Mantras Printable A printable of several life changing parenting mantras  BONUS raffled off to All-Access Pass Holders: One Free 30-Minute Coaching Call (If interested, email at cheryl.cardall@gmail.com)   Cheryl Cardall is a nonprofit founder, parent educator, and family advocate who believes families deserve support, not judgment. Through education, advocacy, and community building, she helps parents navigate mental health challenges, neurodiversity, and the realities of raising kids in a complex world. Her work centers on compassion, connection, and helping families find hope even in difficult seasons. FOLLOW ON IG WEBSITE   OTHER LINKS UPGRADE to the All-Access pass for lifetime access, special bonuses, and a private, ad-free podcast feed PARTICIPATE in the private Facebook group (+vote for your daily favorite speaker) CHECK OUT our Sponsors, who made 7 free days and an affordable All-Access pass possible Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. 2 days ago

    Moment for More: Day Two

    Start the day with Monica and a "Moment for More," where she shares why that day's pillar matters for moms, and introduces the content from the day's rundown. Today's pillar: HABITS!   LINKS FOR YOU: UPGRADE to the All-Access pass for lifetime access, special bonuses, and a private, ad-free podcast feed PARTICIPATE in the private Facebook group (+vote for your daily favorite speaker) CHECK OUT our Sponsors, who made 7 free days and an affordable All-Access pass possible Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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All the self-help extremes out there seem designed for perfect robots. But what if progress doesn’t require perfection? Welcome to your gentle self-development hub: About Progress, a podcast and community devoted to progress made practical. Join host and coach, Monica Packer, and her special guests to get the hug AND kick in the pants you need to do something and grow in ways that stick.

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  • Creator
    Cloud10
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    916
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © All content is copyrighted to Monica Packer. Do not use without permission.
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    About Progress

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