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Fight Fear, Gain Confidence, and Find Yourself Again
Rachel Marie Martin is a blogger, speaker, author, marketer, podcaster, and mom of seven kids. She has the ability to turn the most mundane thing or situation into something interesting. She started her blog in 2005 and has since been constantly putting in the work to further enhance that superpower.
According to Book Authority, her book The Brave Art of Motherhood is “one of the best motherhood books of all time“.
I did not realize that simple things could push me to the brink. – Rachel Marie Martin, talking about little struggles that pile up and threaten to push one over the edge
When you have heart issues that need addressing, you can’t just rearrange stuff around you. You have to get to the root of not only why, but how the problem happened. And then, work to fix it. Rachel talks about this in her book, addressing the mask that we put on to hide the problems we face, which causes the problems to fester and grow underneath it.
When we live like a slave to our emotions, it’s like we’re allowing a 7-year old child to take the keys to the car and drive it around with us in the back seat. That is not saying that we should ignore our emotions. It just means that we are more than those emotions and labels. We should still allow ourselves to feel, but not allow those feelings to define us.
If we’re empty ourselves, we can’t pour into other people. – Rachel Marie Martin
There’s a reason why during an emergency, airlines require adults to put on the oxygen masks first before putting them on their kids. You have to be able to take care of yourself before you could take care of anybody else. But somehow, “mommy guilt” shows up and takes over our judgement.
There’s so much beauty and power in showing up for our kid. – Rachel Marie Martin
What You’ll Learn
- How Rachel found the power of words and her “10,000 hours” to develop her skills
- The “Goundhog Day loop” of motherhood
- Rachel’s experiences and lessons in Haiti, including her first-ever motorcycle ride
- The glorious things hiding behind the barrier of fears
- Where should a struggling parent start when trying to fix problems?
- How to control “mommy guilt”
Resources
- The Brave Art of Motherhood: Fight Fear, Gain Confidence, and Find Yourself Again by Rachel Marie Martin
- Finding Joy blog
- To my kids, what I need you to know about friends
Bio
Rachel Marie Martin, having pulled herself up from poverty to being named one of Inc. magazine’s top 40 entrepreneurs, has been writing Finding Joy full time for several years and writing online for over a decade. She has always had a passion for a daring, adventure-filled life and is often requested to speak and motivate others with her vivacious energy and deep belief that life is a gift. Rachel is also a partner in Blogging Concentrated, the world’s largest training and development company for bloggers, authors, and entrepreneurs. She travels worldwide teaching marketing, voice, messaging, social media strategy and more. Rachel is a single mom of seven and lives in Tennessee.
