The Intentional Midlife Mom Podcast | Simple, Practical Life, Home & Mindset Solutions for Moms Over 40

Jennifer Roskamp, CLC
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Welcome to The Intentional Mom™ Podcast, where we provide simple, practical solutions for women over 40 and over 50 who are feeling lost in their lives as their kids are getting older & leaving the nest. Hosted by Certified Intentional Living Coach, Jennifer Roskamp, this empowering show is brought to you by Accomplished Lifestyle, dedicated to helping women and moms over 40 and 50  craft the life they truly desire within their homes & families. Our mission is to help you find your purpose, your confidence, and yourself as a person since your kids are more independent & maybe even off on their own. Each week, join us as we candidly discuss common pitfalls, challenges, and stumbling blocks that often leave us feeling overwhelmed, confused, and lost about what our purpose is when our kids aren't needing us like they did before. With Jennifer’s guidance, we’ll explore how to uncover & rediscover who YOU are and what YOU actually want. You’ll discover that you’re not alone in the emotions, challenges, and trials of everyday life. Instead, you’ll feel seen, understood, and inspired to move forward just one step at a time, stepping into the you you've always wanted to be!

  1. 2d ago

    Ep. 270: What if You Don't Have to Get Rid of It?

    Send us Fan Mail I want you to think of one thing in your house right now. Not the whole junk drawer. Not the closet you slam shut when guests come over. Just one thing. Maybe it's a bowl in your cabinet that was your grandmother's. Maybe it's a bin of baby clothes in the basement that you've moved four times and unpacked zero times. Maybe it's a shirt in your closet from a version of you that doesn't exist anymore…the one before kids, or before the job change, or before the fifteen pounds that came and never quite left. You know exactly what I'm talking about. You pictured it before I even finished the sentence. Now here's my question. Why is it still there? If you're like most of the women I talk to, the honest answer isn't I forgot about it or I haven't gotten around to it. The honest answer is something closer to: I know what I'm supposed to do with it. I just haven't done it. You already know the rule. If you haven't used it in a year, it goes. If it doesn't fit, it goes. If you have three of them, two go. If it doesn't spark anything, it goes. You know the rules. And you're not following them. And somewhere in the back of your mind, that feels like evidence. Evidence that you're bad at this. Undisciplined. Sentimental to a fault. Behind, again, on something that should be simple. I don't think that's true. And today I want to show you why. Let’s get into it! Resources mentioned in this episode:  https://www.jenniferroskamp.com/clutter-event-of-the-fall--d3296 Get some powerful mantras to inspire, encourage, and life you up when you need as little something intentional to focus on.  We have a beautiful pdf download of the 6 Mantras For Intentional Moms you can keep or print. Request them right HERE. Visit The Intentional Mom Follow us on Instagram HERE Visit our YouTube Channel HERE Rate & Review The Intentional Mom Podcast on Apple . We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast. If you listen on Spotify, you can rate & review us there, too.

  2. Aug 18

    Ep. 269: The Emotional Burden Of Your Clutter

    Send us Fan Mail There's a plastic bin in my basement that I have moved thirty-seven times. At least. I'm not exaggerating for effect. I could probably prove it if I tracked the number of times I've picked it up, looked at it, said "I need to deal with this," and then set it right back down in the exact same spot. Inside that bin are baby clothes. Not from my youngest, most are actually from my oldest. The onesies. The going-home outfit. A little hat that used to fit a head the size of a grapefruit and now belongs to a person who is taller than me and has her own house and children. I don't need those clothes. I'm not having any more babies in them. Nobody is asking me for them. And still, every single time I walk past that bin, something in me says, not yet. So today, I don't want to talk to you about how to declutter your house. You already know how decluttering works. You know about the three piles everyone talks a bout. Keep, donate, trash. If you’ve listened to me talk about clutter, you know the secret sauce of the “not now” pile. It’s a beautiful thing.  But I know you…you've watched the shows. You've done the challenges. You've Marie Kondo'd your sock drawer and felt very accomplished for about eleven days. That's not the problem. The problem is that some of us have a bin. Or a closet. Or a drawer. Or an entire spare room. Full of things we cannot seem to make a decision about…no matter how many organizing systems we throw at it. And I think that's because the thing sitting in front of you isn't actually the problem. It might be evidence of the problem. Get some powerful mantras to inspire, encourage, and life you up when you need as little something intentional to focus on.  We have a beautiful pdf download of the 6 Mantras For Intentional Moms you can keep or print. Request them right HERE. Visit The Intentional Mom Follow us on Instagram HERE Visit our YouTube Channel HERE Rate & Review The Intentional Mom Podcast on Apple . We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast. If you listen on Spotify, you can rate & review us there, too.

  3. Aug 11

    Ep. 268: The Hardest Part of Midlife Nobody Talks About

    Send us Fan Mail I don't think the hardest part of midlife is getting older. I don't think it's wrinkles. I don't think it's menopause. I don't even think it's the teenagers or parenting of adults…walking alongside them. I think the hardest part of midlife is realizing that the way you've always done life doesn't seem to work anymore. And if you've been feeling that lately, I want you to know something before we go any further. I don't think you're failing. I don't think you've become lazy. I don't think you've suddenly lost your ability to handle life. I think you've reached a season that asks something different from you. And that's the part nobody talks about. Nobody sits you down at forty-five and says, hey, by the way, the strategy that's carried you through every hard season so far is about to stop working, and that's actually not a crisis—it's a milestone.  Nobody tells you that. You just find out the hard way, usually alone, usually while quietly wondering what happened to the woman who used to handle everything. Today we’re going to talk openly about the physical side of midlife. Hormones, sleep, metabolism, all of it. We're far less honest about this part…the quiet realization that the entire way you've operated for twenty years has an expiration date, and nobody warned you it was coming. Get some powerful mantras to inspire, encourage, and life you up when you need as little something intentional to focus on.  We have a beautiful pdf download of the 6 Mantras For Intentional Moms you can keep or print. Request them right HERE. Visit The Intentional Mom Follow us on Instagram HERE Visit our YouTube Channel HERE Rate & Review The Intentional Mom Podcast on Apple . We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast. If you listen on Spotify, you can rate & review us there, too.

  4. Aug 6

    Ep. 267: Why Everything Feels Like Too Much (Even When You're Doing Everything Right)

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever looked at your calendar and thought, it's not even that full. So why do I feel like I can't breathe? Maybe it's because overwhelm isn't measured by your schedule. It's measured by what every commitment is actually asking of you. Today I want to show you why you can be doing everything right and still feel like you're drowning—and the one question that finally explains why. Resources mentioned in this episode: https://www.jenniferroskamp.com/personalized-operating-procedures-for-real-life--fc043 Get some powerful mantras to inspire, encourage, and life you up when you need as little something intentional to focus on.  We have a beautiful pdf download of the 6 Mantras For Intentional Moms you can keep or print. Request them right HERE. Visit The Intentional Mom Follow us on Instagram HERE Visit our YouTube Channel HERE Rate & Review The Intentional Mom Podcast on Apple . We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast. If you listen on Spotify, you can rate & review us there, too.

  5. Aug 4

    Ep. 266: Why Nothing You've Tried Makes Your Days Any Easier

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever noticed that every new system seems to work... ...for a little while? Maybe it's a brand-new planner. A fresh morning routine. A color-coded schedule. A time-blocking app you paid actual money for. You feel hopeful. You think, this is it. This is finally going to be the thing that helps me stay on top of my life. For a few days, it even feels true. You're checking boxes. You're ahead of the laundry. You're texting your sister, "okay, I think I finally figured it out." And then. Life happens. Someone gets sick. Work gets busy. The kids' schedules shift. You stop sleeping well. Your energy crashes. And the system you were so hopeful about? It quietly falls apart. You don't even notice the exact moment it happens. You just look up two weeks later and realize you haven't opened the planner in ten days. If you've ever thought, why can't I stick with anything? Or, why does nothing ever seem to work for me? I want you to hear something before we go any further. I don't think the problem is you. I think you've been trying to use systems that were never designed for the life you're actually living. Stick with me. Because by the end of our conversation today, I think you're going to look at every failed planner, every abandoned routine, every "I'll start again Monday" a little differently. Get some powerful mantras to inspire, encourage, and life you up when you need as little something intentional to focus on.  We have a beautiful pdf download of the 6 Mantras For Intentional Moms you can keep or print. Request them right HERE. Visit The Intentional Mom Follow us on Instagram HERE Visit our YouTube Channel HERE Rate & Review The Intentional Mom Podcast on Apple . We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast. If you listen on Spotify, you can rate & review us there, too.

  6. Jul 30

    Ep. 265: You're Not Behind...But Here's What's Really Happening

    Send us Fan Mail You wake up already thinking. Before your feet even hit the floor, you've made twenty decisions. What needs to happen today. Who has an appointment. Did I text my mom back. What's for dinner. I forgot to send that email. I should work out today. I need to remember. I can't forget. Before you've poured your coffee, you've already spent part of yourself. Not your time. Your attention. Your patience. Your emotional energy. Your focus. And somewhere around dinner, exhausted, wondering why you still didn't get everything done, you tell yourself the same thing you always tell yourself. I just need to be more organized. I need a better routine. I just need to try harder. Can I tell you something? I don't think you're behind. I think something else is happening. And once you see it, you can't unsee it. You've probably tried the color-coded calendar. The 5 a.m. wake-up call. The productivity app that promised to finally get you organized. And maybe some of it helped, for a week or two. But the exhaustion always came back. That's not a you problem. That's a sign you've been solving the wrong problem the whole time. Resources mentioned in this episode:  The July Workshop HERE Get some powerful mantras to inspire, encourage, and life you up when you need as little something intentional to focus on.  We have a beautiful pdf download of the 6 Mantras For Intentional Moms you can keep or print. Request them right HERE. Visit The Intentional Mom Follow us on Instagram HERE Visit our YouTube Channel HERE Rate & Review The Intentional Mom Podcast on Apple . We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast. If you listen on Spotify, you can rate & review us there, too.

  7. Jul 28

    Ep. 264: Your House Isn't the Problem...But It Is Trying to Tell You Something

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever walked into your own home and immediately felt overwhelmed? Not because it's dirty. Not because it's out of control. Just... heavy. Like no matter how much you clean, straighten, or organize, the weight never really goes away. Today, I want to suggest something that might surprise you. Maybe your house isn't the problem. Maybe it's trying to tell you something about the season you're in, the decisions you've been avoiding, and the life you've quietly outgrown. Resources mentioned in this episode:  https://www.jenniferroskamp.com/acl-june Get some powerful mantras to inspire, encourage, and life you up when you need as little something intentional to focus on.  We have a beautiful pdf download of the 6 Mantras For Intentional Moms you can keep or print. Request them right HERE. Visit The Intentional Mom Follow us on Instagram HERE Visit our YouTube Channel HERE Rate & Review The Intentional Mom Podcast on Apple . We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast. If you listen on Spotify, you can rate & review us there, too.

  8. Jul 23

    Ep. 263: How To Stop Spending Yourself on Everything

    Send us Fan Mail Last week, I asked you to consider something. And judging from the messages and the emails that flooded in, it hit home for a lot of you. I asked you to consider this: What if you've been trying to solve the wrong problem all along? Not a productivity problem. Not a motivation problem. Not even a time problem. A capacity problem. And so many of you wrote back and said some version of the same thing. "Jennifer, I finally understand why I've been feeling this way." But then almost every single message ended with the same question. "Okay. Now what?" Because here's the thing. Understanding that you're finite doesn't suddenly make your life smaller. Your kids still need you. Your job still needs you. The dishes still need to get done. Your parents still need help. Life didn't magically become easier just because you listened to a podcast episode. So today, I want to answer the question that naturally comes next. How do you actually live differently once you realize there isn't enough of you to keep living the way you've been living? Because that's the real question, isn't it?  Not "is this true," but "what do I do about it." Resources mentioned in this episode:  https://www.jenniferroskamp.com/stop-trying-to-cram-everything-into-your-life Get some powerful mantras to inspire, encourage, and life you up when you need as little something intentional to focus on.  We have a beautiful pdf download of the 6 Mantras For Intentional Moms you can keep or print. Request them right HERE. Visit The Intentional Mom Follow us on Instagram HERE Visit our YouTube Channel HERE Rate & Review The Intentional Mom Podcast on Apple . We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast. If you listen on Spotify, you can rate & review us there, too.

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Welcome to The Intentional Mom™ Podcast, where we provide simple, practical solutions for women over 40 and over 50 who are feeling lost in their lives as their kids are getting older & leaving the nest. Hosted by Certified Intentional Living Coach, Jennifer Roskamp, this empowering show is brought to you by Accomplished Lifestyle, dedicated to helping women and moms over 40 and 50  craft the life they truly desire within their homes & families. Our mission is to help you find your purpose, your confidence, and yourself as a person since your kids are more independent & maybe even off on their own. Each week, join us as we candidly discuss common pitfalls, challenges, and stumbling blocks that often leave us feeling overwhelmed, confused, and lost about what our purpose is when our kids aren't needing us like they did before. With Jennifer’s guidance, we’ll explore how to uncover & rediscover who YOU are and what YOU actually want. You’ll discover that you’re not alone in the emotions, challenges, and trials of everyday life. Instead, you’ll feel seen, understood, and inspired to move forward just one step at a time, stepping into the you you've always wanted to be!

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