#59. Dying To Be a Good Mother with Heather Chauvin

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“My mission in life right now is to change the culture of motherhood. To change the conversation around it and the expectations for women.”

- Heather Chauvin

Hey you wild women!

Heather Chauvin is a leadership coach and strategic parenting expert who helps ambitious women become leaders at work and home. 

Drawing from her professional experience as a social worker and her life experience raising three boys, Heather created a signature approach to focus her clients on sustainability, profitability and ease in business and life. 

She is the host of the Mom Is In Control Podcast where she reveals her most vulnerable truths about womanhood, marriage, parenting, living through stage 4 cancer and running a successful business—without burning out. 

Heather has been featured as a TEDx speaker and on The OWN Network, CTV, and The Jenny McCarthy Show. She has also appeared in Entrepreneur and Real Simple. 

When Heather isn’t being a classic Canadian by driving her boys to hockey practice, you’ll find her curled up on the couch with her husband surfing the internet, researching their next family adventure. 

In This Episode, You Will Learn About:

  • Heather’s mission to change the culture of motherhood.

  • Learning to disregard business advice that doesn’t feel good.

  • The mistake Heather made of building digital assets before building a community and brand.

  • About Heather’s new book “Dying to be a Good Mother.”

  • Taking the time to pause and reassess after being diagnosed with cancer.

  • Patriarchy as a stressor: Undoing the influence of a patriarchal society.

  • Getting over guilt.

  • Resistance and breadcrumbs: Why resistance is essential.

  • Pushing through resistance to the good feeling.

  • The damage that the all or nothing mindset can cause.

  • Giving yourself permission to want what you want.

  • Changing the world by setting boundaries.

  • Understanding and selling your value in business.

  • Beta testing your pricing.

  • How your children’s behavior can tell you about yourself.

  • The limiting belief that you don’t have enough time.

What it means to be a WILD woman:

“To me it’s calm but steady. It’s internal confidence. This is who I am. I don’t need to scream it from the rooftops, I got this. Calm, steady, and stoic.”

- Heather Chauvin

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