The Secret PondCast

Neutralizing the Evil Never-Ending To-Do List

What if the secret to your overwhelming to-do list is not doing more, but seeing it differently? In this honest and uplifting episode, Carmen shares how asking “WHY?” and breaking your list into three simple categories can bring moreclarity, ease, and flow to the way you move through each day.

How Overwhelm Led to the Dawn of Epiphany Girl

What if our overwhelm, burnout and emotional shutdown are trying to tell us something?   In this honest and upliftingepisode, Carmen explores how these became the doorway to deeper clarity, self-worth, and freedom from carrying too much.  Through humor, heart, and her “super alter ego” lens, she reveals how performance, control, fear, and scarcity can quietly shape our lives…and how asking “WHY?” can lead us back to openness, truth and…Flow.

Don't Wait for the Word

Carmen here- not asking but telling you (yes, I’m bossy) to TRUST. YOUR. GUT. Life it too short to worry about what Norm thinks…and honestly, does he even really know us anyway? In this post, I share how I wobbled back and forth between trusting myself and questioning myself (and freaking out a little…OK, a lot!) while learning- and living- outside the box, especially as it relates to parenting, which is already tough enough. AND why you don’t need to wait for permission… or a word, to know what you already know. I’d love to know what shows up for you when you look back! If you had to sum it up in a word- what would it be? And why?

New Year, Smoo Year

Did the New Year train already leave the station—and you didn’t even have a chance to buy a ticket, let alone decide where you wanted to go? It’s okay. That was just the first train—not the last. New Year, SmooYear is for anyone who’s trying to survive exhaustion (and winter!), and could use a little real talk, a reality check (the good kind!), and a laugh. Here's to giving ourselves a little grace and allowing ourselves to process —without wallowing in last year’s leftovers! CHEERS!