Monday Motivation

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Monday Motivation with Cindy & Sophie Acres is not your average pep-talk podcast—it’s a mother–daughter conversation designed to help you shift your mindset and create the life you truly desire, one step at a time. Each week, Cindy and Sophie share raw, honest, and inspiring chats about motivation, growth, and navigating life’s challenges with resilience and positivity. With Cindy’s transformational wisdom and Sophie’s fresh perspective, they bring two generations together to prove that it’s never too late—or too early—to rewrite your story. Whether you’re chasing big goals, craving more confidence, or simply want to start your week with uplifting energy, this podcast gives you practical tools, mindset shifts, and the encouragement you need to move forward with purpose. Start your week with us, and discover how small steps lead to big change.

  1. 4d ago

    What Are You Really Shopping For? Monday Motivation

    🎙️ What Are You Really Shopping For? | Monday Motivation Ever popped into a shop for one thing and come out with a bag full of things you didn't even know you needed? Or found yourself buying something simply because you've had a difficult day? In this week's Monday Motivation, Cindy and Soph are talking about emotional shopping and why sometimes it's not really about what we're buying, but how we're hoping it will make us feel. From candles to the famous Aldi middle aisle, we're exploring how shopping can become a way of finding comfort, rewarding ourselves or escaping the uncertainty of everyday life. And here's the thing — there's absolutely nothing wrong with treating yourself or enjoying nice things! But what happens when we're shopping to fill an emotional gap rather than because we actually want or need something? In this episode, we explore: Why we turn to shopping when we're feeling low, stressed or overwhelmed. The difference between buying something we love and buying something to change how we feel. How to recognise emotional spending without guilt or judgement. Why pausing and asking ourselves one simple question can change our habits. ✨ Our Monday Motivation takeaway: Before your next impulse purchase, ask yourself: “What am I really hoping this purchase will give me?” Because sometimes it's not another candle, outfit or bargain we need. It's rest, reassurance, connection or simply a little time for ourselves. 🎧 Join Cindy and Soph for another honest, relatable mother-and-daughter conversation about life, emotions and becoming more aware of the choices we make. 💛 If you enjoy Monday Motivation, please follow, share and leave us a review. It helps us reach more people who might need to hear this week's message. And remember, life doesn’t have to be perfect… and neither do we. Stay connected Try the Life Compass membership with a free seven-day trial: ⁠https://www.skool.com/the-life-compass-collective-8448/about⁠ Visit ⁠https://www.lifecompass.coach/⁠ Follow Cindy on Instagram⁠: @life_compass_coach.⁠

  2. Oct 12

    Stop Saving Your Happiness for Later: Confidence, Self-Worth & Enjoying Life Now

    Are you waiting until you’ve lost weight, got more money or feel more confident before you enjoy your life? This week on Monday Motivation, Cindy and Sophie are talking about saving your happiness for later. “When work calms down.” “When everyone else is sorted.” “When I’ve got more time.” But when does that actually happen? There’s always another job to do or someone who needs something. Through their own experiences, Cindy and Sophie explore confidence, making time for yourself and enjoying life while you’re still working things out. What have you been putting off—and does it really need to wait? This week’s action is simple: choose ONE thing you’d love to do and put it in your diary. It doesn’t have to be big. Just something that makes you smile. 🎧 Follow Monday Motivation for a new episode every Monday, and share this one with a friend who keeps saying, “One day.” Stay connected Try the Life Compass membership with a free seven-day trial: https://www.skool.com/the-life-compass-collective-8448/about Visit https://www.lifecompass.coach/ Follow Cindy on Instagram: @life_compass_coach.   Stop saving all your happiness for later. This week counts too. 🤍 Cindy and Sophie

  3. Sep 28

    Run Your Own Race: What the Swindon Half Marathon Taught Us About Life

    What can the Swindon Half Marathon teach us about life? This week on Monday Motivation, we’re talking about running your own race, letting go of comparison and starting to make your future your new normal. Watching members of our family take on the Swindon Half Marathon got us thinking about everything that happens before the finish line. The decision to start, the preparation, the support, the difficult days and the small steps that eventually add up. And life is no different. It’s easy to look at somebody else’s success and think they’re miles ahead, but you don’t know their starting point, their journey or what it took to get there. So this week, we’re bringing the focus back to you. Your action step is simple. Finish this sentence: “In the life I’m building, I regularly make time for…” Then ask yourself: “What is ONE small action I can take this week to start making that part of my normal?” Decide when you’re going to do it, put it in your diary and think about what support you might need to follow through. You don’t need to change your whole life overnight. You just need to take the next step in your own race. 🎧 Download this episode so you can come back to it during the week. Follow Monday Motivation so you don’t miss future episodes, and if this conversation makes you think of someone who needs a little encouragement, share it with them too. Run your own race. Your future starts with the choices you make today.  See you next Monday Cindy and Soph

  4. Sep 21

    What Do You Tell Yourself When Motivation Disappears?

    What do you say to yourself when things get difficult? “I can’t do this”? “Nothing ever changes”? “I’ll start again on Monday”? This week on Monday Motivation, Cindy and Sophie talk about the words we repeat to ourselves—and choosing a personal motto that helps us keep going. From “health is wealth” to “I’m allowed to say no”, they explore how a few meaningful words can remind you of what matters when motivation disappears. Cindy shares how her own motto has helped her make different choices over the past twelve months. Together, they ask: what words would help you take your next step? This week’s challenge: choose one goal, give it a motto and do one thing that puts those words into action. 🎧 Listen to the episode, follow Monday Motivation and share it with someone working towards a change. Stay connected Try the Life Compass membership with a free seven-day trial: https://www.skool.com/the-life-compass-collective-8448/about Visit https://www.lifecompass.coach/ Follow Cindy on Instagram: @life_compass_coach You are in the driving seat. What will you tell yourself this week? Cindy and Sophie 🤍

  5. Sep 14

    Why We Choose What’s Familiar

    Do you ever find yourself choosing what feels comfortable… even when you know it might not be what’s best for you? In this week’s episode, Cindy and Sophie are talking about why we choose what’s familiar — and why change can feel so uncomfortable, even when we know it could move us forward. We explore the little choices that show up in everyday life: ✨ Staying on the sofa instead of going for the run. ✨ Putting off the conversation you know you need to have. ✨ Staying in routines that no longer really work for you. ✨ Saying yes because it feels easier than saying no. ✨ Waiting to feel motivated before taking action. We also talk about James, Laura, Lewis and Em training for a half marathon — and how signing up is the easy bit. The real challenge is showing up on the days when you’re tired, it’s raining and you simply don’t feel like doing it. Because sometimes the choice that feels best in the moment isn’t the choice that will feel best later. This episode is your reminder that familiar doesn’t always mean good for you. Sometimes growth feels uncomfortable simply because it’s new. Sometimes discipline is keeping a promise to yourself. And sometimes the question isn’t, “Do I feel like doing this?” It’s: What would Future Me thank me for? So this week, ask yourself: Am I choosing this because it’s good for me… or because it’s familiar? Where am I waiting for motivation instead of taking action? What small choice could I make today that Future Me would thank me for? You don’t need to change everything at once. Sometimes one small decision, repeated often enough, can completely change your direction. Stop choosing what keeps you comfortable just because you know it. Start choosing what moves you forward. If you enjoyed today’s episode, don’t forget to follow the podcast and share this episode with someone who might need this reminder too. It really does help us reach more people.

  6. Sep 7

    Make Life Work for You

    Do you ever feel like you’re constantly trying to fit yourself around your life? In this week’s episode, Cindy and Sophie are talking about what it really means to make life work for you — instead of constantly trying to keep up with everyone else’s expectations. We explore the double-binding messages so many of us receive: ✨ Look after yourself… but don’t be selfish. ✨ Be ambitious… but don’t work too much. ✨ Be present with your family… but keep achieving. ✨ Slow down… but don’t fall behind. No wonder so many of us feel pulled in different directions. This episode is your reminder that there isn’t one “right” way to do life. Sometimes making life work for you is about simplifying things, combining things, asking for help, changing a routine, putting a boundary in place or simply letting go of the idea that everything has to be done perfectly. It might be putting a face mask on while the children are in the bath, listening to a podcast while you walk, ordering the food shop instead of going out, or creating a morning routine that actually fits your life. The question we want you to take away this week is: What am I making harder than it needs to be? Then choose just one thing you can change this week to make your life 10% easier. What could you simplify? What could you stop doing out of obligation? What could you do differently to make life work better for you? You don’t need to completely overhaul your life. Sometimes one small change can create more space, more energy and a lot less pressure. Stop trying to fit yourself around your life. Start making your life work for you. If you enjoyed today’s episode, don’t forget to follow the podcast and share this episode with someone who might need this reminder too. It really does help us reach more people.

  7. Aug 31

    When the Plan Changes: Soph’s Birth Story

    It’s so lovely to have Soph back with me this week for another mother-and-daughter episode.  And this one is a really personal conversation. Soph shares the story of her birth experience and what happened when the plan she had imagined changed very quickly and ended in an emergency C-section. We talk about the emotions that can come when something doesn’t go the way you hoped, how easy it is to blame yourself, and why a change of plan does not mean you have failed. From birth plans to careers, relationships, goals and everyday life, we explore how often we create an idea of how things “should” look — and how hard we can be on ourselves when reality looks different. We also talk about speaking to yourself as you would a friend, being kinder to yourself when plans change, and why you don’t need to have everything figured out as we head into September. Sometimes the plan changes. Sometimes life takes us in a completely different direction. And sometimes the most important thing we can do is pause, reset and ask: What is the next step from where I am now? Because if today hasn’t gone to plan, that doesn’t mean today has gone wrong.  If you enjoy our mother-and-daughter chats, please follow the podcast, like, subscribe and share this episode with someone who might need to hear it. It really does help more people find us, and we’re so grateful to have you listening.

  8. Aug 24

    The September Reset: What Could Change Before Christmas?

    The September Reset: What Could Change Before Christmas? Does September feel more like a fresh start than January to you? In this week’s episode, Cindy is going solo and talking about using September as an opportunity to reset, refocus and become more intentional about what you want from the rest of the year. With four months still to go until Christmas, there is so much that can change — without putting pressure on yourself to completely overhaul your life. ✨ What do you want to achieve by Christmas? ✨ How do you want to feel? ✨ What small habits could you put in place now? ✨ And most importantly… where is your energy going? This episode is your reminder that you don't need to wait until January to make a change. Four months of small, intentional decisions could put you in a very different place by Christmas. ✨ Your Action Step Take a few minutes after listening and choose just three things: One thing you want to achieve by Christmas. One way you want to feel by Christmas. One small habit or action you can start now to help you get there. Write them down somewhere you'll see them and use them to guide you through the next four months. I decide where my energy goes. ❤️ 🎧 If you enjoyed today’s episode, don’t forget to follow the podcast and share this episode with someone who might need their own September reset. It really does help us reach more people.

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Monday Motivation with Cindy & Sophie Acres is not your average pep-talk podcast—it’s a mother–daughter conversation designed to help you shift your mindset and create the life you truly desire, one step at a time. Each week, Cindy and Sophie share raw, honest, and inspiring chats about motivation, growth, and navigating life’s challenges with resilience and positivity. With Cindy’s transformational wisdom and Sophie’s fresh perspective, they bring two generations together to prove that it’s never too late—or too early—to rewrite your story. Whether you’re chasing big goals, craving more confidence, or simply want to start your week with uplifting energy, this podcast gives you practical tools, mindset shifts, and the encouragement you need to move forward with purpose. Start your week with us, and discover how small steps lead to big change.

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  • Creator
    cindyacres
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    67
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