{"podcast":{"title":"Get Mom Ready Podcast","slug":"get-mom-ready-podcast-7501224","podcast_index_feed_id":7501224,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/5620416.rss","website_url":"https://www.getmomready.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/5620416/e412bfb8b29862fa486bbc13e2929be4.jpg","author":"The Ready Network","episode_count":47,"summary":"Four moms. Four stages. One mission: help you stay grounded in who you are while raising kids. Expect real talk, expert insight, and zero judgement.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T12:18:53.027996+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/get-mom-ready-podcast-7501224"},"episode":{"title":"Self Care is More Than Just Anthro Clearance","slug":"self-care-is-more-than-just-anthro-clearance","published_at":"2026-05-18T01:13:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/get-mom-ready-podcast-7501224/self-care-is-more-than-just-anthro-clearance","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/get-mom-ready-podcast-7501224","url":"https://www.getmomready.com/p/self-care-is-more-than-just-anthro","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/197398387/b434773dcfd51dc534297708ed6aebbf.mp3","summary":"Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode: Apple | Spotify | GetMomReady.com Okay…we thought this episode was going to be practical, like: “10 easy self-care tips for moms.” Maybe a conversation about bubble baths. Maybe a Target run. Maybe one of us would say “drink more water” and we’d all nod in agreement…instead, we somehow ended up questioning the entire concept of self-care (because, of course we did). 🫣 Here’s why: somewhere along the way, self-care started feeling like another thing moms were supposed to optimize. Another thing to buy, another thing to earn, another thing to perform, and a lot of the time, it still leaves us exhausted. The MRI That Accidentally Became Self-Care This episode starts with Anna getting an MRI on Mother’s Day weekend. Which sounds stressful… except she somehow found it relaxing. No phone, no interruptions, a warm blanket, and permission to lay still for 45 minutes…basically a spa day. And while most people would describe an MRI as claustrophobic, Anna’s immediate thought was: “Wow. Nobody can reach me.” Which honestly says a lot about modern motherhood. That story became the jumping-off point for a bigger conversation: What if self-care isn’t always about escaping your life, but about finding ways to feel more grounded inside your life? Maybe Real Self-Care Is More Proactive Than Reactive One of the biggest themes from this conversation was this idea that self-care isn’t always the thing you do after you hit your breaking point. Sometimes it’s the tiny systems that help prevent the breaking point in the first place. Like: * organizing the makeup drawer that irritates you every morning * finally dealing with the chaotic shoe basket by the front door * prepping the coffee the night before * creating rhythms that reduce mental friction (s…","meta_description":"Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode: Apple | Spotify | GetMomReady.com Okay…we thought this episode was going to be practical, like: “10 easy self-care…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2034,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/get-mom-ready-podcast-7501224/episodes/self-care-is-more-than-just-anthro-clearance/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/get-mom-ready-podcast-7501224/self-care-is-more-than-just-anthro-clearance.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}