Raising Her Confidence | Confidence & Leadership in Motherhood

Kim Mittelstadt Image Consultant, Life Coach, Functional Medicine Health Coach. Teen Coach
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Raising Her Confidence is a podcast for mothers who understand that leadership at home begins within. As children grow into teens, young adults, and eventually independence, the role of “mom” shifts and so does the woman. This show explores the recalibration of identity, emotional steadiness, and embodied presence that shapes a family’s atmosphere. Hosted by Kim Mittelstadt, identity and confidence coach, Raising Her Confidence blends self-leadership, emotional regulation, and visible alignment through her signature Power Shift™ lens. Because children rise inside the climate we create not just the words we say. This podcast is a recalibration of identity for women who understand that the way they stand in their life shapes the atmosphere of their home through every season of motherhood. If you’re ready to feel steady, inspired, and deeply confident in the woman you are becoming, this space is for you. 👉👉WANT TO DEEPEN CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR TEEN? Grab the free list of over 100 prompts to use when you’re trying to connect, and watch her start to open up to you. 🌐Head to our website:https://powerwithinmovement.com/ 👉👉WANT TO CONNECT WITH OUR MOM GROUP? Join our support group for Moms https://www.facebook.com/groups/powerwithinmoms

  1. 2D AGO

    Ep. 25 - The Invisible Reset - Why Moms Feel Different in Midlife (And What’s Actually Happening)

    Many moms reach a season where something feels… different. You respond more slowly. You hesitate before correcting. You feel less reactive and sometimes less certain. If you’re navigating midlife, changing family dynamics, adult children, perimenopause, or identity shifts, this episode will feel familiar. This isn’t a loss of confidence. It’s a recalibration. In this episode, Kim introduces the concept of the Invisible Reset - the quiet leadership reorganization that happens as women evolve from urgency to discernment. You’ll hear: • Why protector energy naturally shifts as children grow • How nervous system regulation impacts confidence • Why hormonal changes can amplify emotional recalibration • How identity evolution affects how you show up This conversation will help you understand what’s actually happening beneath the surface so you can move forward with steadiness instead of self-doubt. You are not fading. You are refining.

    8 min

  2. FEB 10

    Ep.24 - Stop Chasing the Mood - How to Stay Steady When Your Teen Isn’t

    When your teen’s mood shifts, it’s easy to feel unsteady as a mom. One moment feels connected, the next feels tense and suddenly you’re questioning what to say, what to do, and whether you’re handling things the right way. In this episode of Raising Her Confidence, we talk about how moms can stay emotionally steady when their teen isn’t without shutting down, snapping, or chasing connection. You’ll learn how to regulate your own nervous system, respond with calm confidence during emotionally charged moments, and recognize the difference between everyday teen mood swings and true cries for help. This conversation is about discernment, emotional leadership, and protecting connection while still trusting your instincts. We explore how teens often interpret words differently than intended, why peer responses can deepen feelings of worthlessness, and why a mother’s steady presence matters more than perfection. You’ll walk away with practical tools, reassurance, and a grounded framework for supporting your teen while staying anchored in yourself. If you’re raising a teen and want to feel more confident, clear, and steady in how you show up especially during emotional highs and lows, this episode offers a compassionate, forward-thinking approach to parenting teens with strength and care. Listener Safety Note: This episode focuses on everyday emotional regulation and parenting through teen mood shifts. It is not intended to replace professional or crisis support. If your child is expressing hopelessness, thoughts of self-harm, or not wanting to be here or if your intuition tells you something is more serious, please trust that instinct and seek immediate help from a qualified mental health professional or local crisis resource. You do not have to handle that alone.

    9 min

  3. FEB 3

    Ep.23 - Why Boundaries Feel So Hard for Moms - What actually works instead

    Why Boundaries Feel So Hard for Moms and What Actually Works Instead Boundaries feel complicated for many moms especially as kids grow older and the stakes feel higher. The pressure to say the right thing, protect connection, and avoid regret can slowly quiet a mom’s inner voice. In this episode of Raising Her Confidence, Kim shares her personal story of losing trust in her intuition over time and how over-caution, fear of mistakes, and outside voices can make boundaries feel heavy instead of supportive. This conversation reframes boundaries through a calm leadership lens, showing moms how emotional regulation, body awareness, and self-trust create clarity without guilt or rigidity. Kim introduces the Power Shift™ as a tool for self-leadership and emotional regulation, and weaves in a perspective to explain how physical signals like stress, sleep, food, and inflammation influence emotions and decision-making. This episode offers reassurance, strength, and hope for moms who feel stuck, hesitant, or quietly overwhelmed without asking for perfection. If boundaries feel exhausting, this episode provides a grounded path back to clarity, confidence, and calm authority. Visit us at www.powerwithinmovement.com or join our private facebook group for moms at https://www.facebook.com/groups/powerwithinmoms

    8 min

  4. JAN 27

    Ep.22 - I Gave Them Wings - Why Letting Go Still Hurts (and What Strong Women Understand About Change)

    🎧 Episode 22 Description (Primary / Recommended) Letting go is supposed to feel right, so why does it still hurt? In this episode of Raising Her Confidence, Kim explores the quiet emotional shift that happens when life changes in healthy ways when adult children grow, roles evolve, and nothing is technically wrong… yet something still feels different. This conversation is for women, especially moms who have raised capable, independent people and are now navigating a new season of leadership, identity, and emotional steadiness. It’s not about fixing relationships or questioning decisions. It’s about understanding why letting go can feel heavy, even when it’s right and how confident women lead themselves through that transition without clinging, withdrawing, or losing their sense of self. Inside this episode, you’ll explore: Why letting go can feel painful even when you’re confident and grounded The hidden grief many women experience during healthy transitions How strong women navigate change without self-blame or emotional shutdown What “quiet leadership” looks like in motherhood and in life How confidence evolves when roles shift and identities mature If you’re a woman or a mom navigating change, identity shifts, or emotional transitions, this episode will help you feel steadier, clearer, and more confident in who you’re becoming.

    9 min

  5. JAN 20

    Ep.21 - Why Decision-Making Feels So Hard, Even When You’re Confident

    In this episode of Raising Her Confidence, Kim explores why so many high-functioning women struggle with clarity, overthinking, and decision fatigue, especially during seasons of transition. If you’ve ever felt stuck between options, mentally drained by choices, or frustrated that decisions feel heavier than they should, this conversation will shift how you understand what’s really happening. You’ll learn why decision-making isn’t a confidence problem, why more information doesn’t always create clarity, and how unseen pressure and emotional responsibility quietly interfere with your ability to decide. Kim introduces a powerful reframe that helps women move out of relief-based decisions and back into grounded, steady leadership without burnout or second-guessing. This episode is for women who are successful, self-aware, and capable but ready to stop carrying invisible weight and start making decisions that reflect alignment, not pressure. This is where clarity returns. This is where confidence steadies. This is where the Power Shift begins.

    10 min

  6. JAN 13

    Ep.20 How to Stop Reacting to Life and Start Leading with Confidence

    Many capable women don’t feel overwhelmed, they feel constantly on. Always responding. Always adjusting. Always managing what comes next. In this episode of Raising Her Confidence, Kim explores why confidence can quietly erode when life is lived in reaction mode and how true confidence returns when you shift from responding to life to leading yourself within it. This conversation isn’t about doing more, fixing yourself, or pushing harder. It’s about understanding how urgency hijacks leadership and how slowing your internal pace restores clarity, steadiness, and self-trust. You’ll learn: Why reaction mode feels exhausting even when life looks “fine” How confidence shifts in seasons of motherhood, transition, and midlife The real difference between reacting and leading A simple, practical way to reset your internal orientation when everything feels urgent How self-leadership creates calm for you and the people who rely on you This episode is for women who are capable, thoughtful, and ready to stop living on alert and start leading their lives with confidence, clarity, and intention. You don’t need to become someone new, you simply need to lead yourself again.

    9 min

  7. JAN 6

    Ep.19 When Your Mind Says “Shut It All Down” — What It’s Really Asking For Motherhood Transitions, Overwhelm, and Listening to Your Intuition

    Have you ever thought, “I just want to quit”? At the start of a new year or a new season of motherhood that thought can feel unsettling. Especially for moms who have spent years being everything for everyone else. In this episode of Raising Her Confidence, we explore why that inner message doesn’t mean you’re burnt out, broken, or failing and what it may actually be asking of you instead. This conversation is for: moms raising small kids, teens or young adults empty nesters navigating a quieter chapter women in transition who feel “off,” but not lost We talk about the difference between discernment and overwhelm, why many women misinterpret their intuition as a problem, and how learning to pause before fixing or pushing can become a powerful form of self-leadership. Drawing on personal reflection and intuitive discernment principles inspired by one of my mentors, this episode offers a grounded reframe for moms who sense that something is shifting  and want to listen without fear. If you’ve been feeling the urge to step back, simplify, or reclaim yourself without guilt… this episode is for you. join our facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/powerwithinmoms

    9 min

  8. 12/30/2025

    Ep.18 - Your Role as Mom When Your Child Is Grown: Staying Connected Without Losing Yourself

    When your child is grown, the relationship changes and so does your role as mom. In this episode, we explore what it really means to stay connected with your older or young adult child when the familiar dynamics no longer fit. Not from a place of control or fixing, but from calm presence, emotional maturity, and steadiness. This conversation is for the mom who has spent years supporting, managing, planning, adjusting, and holding everything together and is now realizing that the role she once lived in so naturally feels different. Maybe quieter. Maybe uncertain. Maybe harder to name. We talk about the subtle shift from protecting and mentoring to supporting and anchoring and why learning how to stay steady matters more than always having the right response. We explore how fear, over-accommodation, and the instinct to fix can quietly shape our decisions, and how letting life teach can build real resilience for both you and your child. If you’ve ever wondered: What is my role now that my child is growing up? How do I stay connected without losing myself? How do I stop fixing and start leading with calm? This episode offers reassurance, perspective, and a grounded reframe for this season of motherhood. You are not behind. You are not failing. You are learning a new way to be mom and that matters. XOXO

    10 min
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Raising Her Confidence is a podcast for mothers who understand that leadership at home begins within. As children grow into teens, young adults, and eventually independence, the role of “mom” shifts and so does the woman. This show explores the recalibration of identity, emotional steadiness, and embodied presence that shapes a family’s atmosphere. Hosted by Kim Mittelstadt, identity and confidence coach, Raising Her Confidence blends self-leadership, emotional regulation, and visible alignment through her signature Power Shift™ lens. Because children rise inside the climate we create not just the words we say. This podcast is a recalibration of identity for women who understand that the way they stand in their life shapes the atmosphere of their home through every season of motherhood. If you’re ready to feel steady, inspired, and deeply confident in the woman you are becoming, this space is for you. 👉👉WANT TO DEEPEN CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR TEEN? Grab the free list of over 100 prompts to use when you’re trying to connect, and watch her start to open up to you. 🌐Head to our website:https://powerwithinmovement.com/ 👉👉WANT TO CONNECT WITH OUR MOM GROUP? Join our support group for Moms https://www.facebook.com/groups/powerwithinmoms

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