{"podcast":{"title":"Mothering Ourselves Mindfully","slug":"mothering-ourselves-mindfully-7036456","podcast_index_feed_id":7036456,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/mothering-ourselves/","website_url":"https://www.theschoolofmom.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/6828e479-dd7d-4eee-9483-f29cbf938061/New-Final-3000-x-3000-px.jpg","author":"Sarah Lowell Harmon","episode_count":105,"summary":"Welcome to Mothering Ourselves Mindfully with me, Sarah Harmon. I am the founder, head teacher, and forever student at The School of MOM. I invite you to take a walk with me to hear insights, inspiration, and practical tools to help you navigate the everyday challenges of raising kids while nurturing your own well-being. Whether you’re deep in the trenches of parenting or looking for a moment of calm amidst the chaos, this podcast is your space for reflection, affirmation, and growth. Let's create new intergenerational patterns for ourselves AND our kids together.","last_synced_at":"2026-10-01T10:18:41.772307+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mothering-ourselves-mindfully-7036456"},"episode":{"title":"83. Who Programmed Your Motherhood GPS?","slug":"83-who-programmed-your-motherhood-gps","published_at":"2026-03-17T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mothering-ourselves-mindfully-7036456/83-who-programmed-your-motherhood-gps","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mothering-ourselves-mindfully-7036456","url":"https://www.theschoolofmom.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/2a0d055b-144f-4ed8-937e-aee3fe61ba21.mp3","summary":"It's my birthday week, and I'm out on the road celebrating with something special — opening up a limited number of Flourished Mother Map sessions to the wider community for the very first time. In this episode, I walk you through exactly what the Flourished Mother Map is, why it's the foundation of everything we do in the School of MOM, and introduce a metaphor that might just change how you see your patterns forever: your motherhood GPS. We explore who programmed it, where it's actually taking you — and how to reroute. Key Points What the Flourished Mother Map is and why women in Flourish consistently say it's worth the entire investment on its own The self-driving car metaphor: how most of us are being driven by unconscious programming we didn't choose and can't see Why having the right planner, system, or notebook will never get you to your destination if the GPS is programmed to go somewhere else One of the most common themes in Flourished Mother Maps: making time for ourselves and the beliefs that get in the way The \"achieving first, rest later\" programming so many high-functioning mothers carry — and what the updated belief system looks like Why we need support to make our own unconscious conscious (even Sarah, who coaches on this, needs her own coach) The garden metaphor: we can't blame the flower for not blooming — we have to look at the conditions it's planted in How the Flourished Mother Map zooms out to show you where you are, where you're getting stuck, what's working, and what your path forward looks like The full School of MOM journey: starting with your Flourished Mother Map → integration in Flourish → your unique path to flourishing Quotes \"You have been put in a self-driving car that has its own destination — and you didn't pick it.\" \"You can have the…","meta_description":"It's my birthday week, and I'm out on the road celebrating with something special — opening up a limited number of Flourished Mother Map sessions to the w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1038,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mothering-ourselves-mindfully-7036456/episodes/83-who-programmed-your-motherhood-gps/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mothering-ourselves-mindfully-7036456/83-who-programmed-your-motherhood-gps.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}