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102. Let's REWIRE...Time
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- Sep 24, 2026
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Summary
“I don't have time. There's never enough time. I'm always behind.” If any of that sounds familiar, this episode is for you. I'm kicking off a new podcast miniseries called Let's Rewire, where we're digging into the hot-button patterns so many of us as mothers are desperate to change — starting with the big one: time. This series is launching right alongside open enrollment for the very first cohort of REWIRE , our seven-week life lab designed to help you close the gap between the mom you know you want to be and actually being her. Because here's the truth I keep coming back to — our daughters aren't inheriting our intentions. They're not inheriting what we know we should do or wish we could do. They're inheriting what we model and embody. And so much of that modeling happens below the level of words. In this episode, I talk about: Why time is at the forefront of almost every conversation I have with moms — and why "I don't have time" is so often really about anxiety, resentment, or self-abandonment in disguise The research on communication that stopped me in my tracks: 55% of our impact is body language, 38% is tone, and only 7% is actually our words — which means our nervous system state is doing most of the talking, especially with our kids The difference between a perceived lack of time and a real lack of time, and why looking at your screen time is such an uncomfortable (and clarifying) place to start My own inner "Polly" — my type-A inner planner — and how getting to know the parts of us that manage time can shift us out of victimhood and into ownership Why "when I slow down, time slows down" isn't just a nice line, and how our worth-through-busyness programming keeps us stuck What actually happens when women are given a full free day (spoiler: it's rarely peacefu…