Thank you for listening to another episode! Today we are talking about the j pittance of self care. How the stress’s of life depend on you taking of YOU first. We talk a little bit our favorite forms of self care. We both enjoy a good sweat sesh in a good workout and taking care of our bodies. Getting outside and just taking a walk enjoying the sunshine. Leslie talked about being at her family cabin on the lake. Stephanie brought up the fact that it actually boosts your mood if you are anywhere beside water for at least 15 minutes. Stephanie talked and has in the past about grounding, it’s basically just being outside barefoot on the grass and letting the Earth just take what it needs to from you (all the bad) and refill you with all the good for your body. It’s crazy how God created your body that way and how we are intended to do those things to live a healthier life. We both just want to remind you that it’s not selfish to take care of yourself first. As moms we usually feel guilty if we get to do something for ourselves, thank you society for telling us that. But that’s WRONG! You can’t pour from an empty cup. You must take care of you guest before you can take care of your littles or anyone around you. We’d love to hear from you. What’s your favorite form of self care? What’s something you do everyday that brings you so much joy, you just have to have it?

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Today we thought we’d celebrate for a minute and give you guys (that don’t know it) the backstory of how we met. How the podcast started with just Leslie them Stephanie joining in May of 22. Leslie talks about how she always wanted to start a podcast just to encourage women of all walks of life. Encourage them to do the workout, go after your dream, and find what works for you. She made that dream come true for her in 2021 when she started Hero starts with Her. Leslie is a working mom of four, two in high school and another still in elementary which she homeschools. She also has a foster daughter right now, which is her line of work.

Stephanie is also a working mom of three, one high schooler, a elementary and toddler whom she homeschools. Her oldest is going to be a junior this year and attends public school. We met through FB, formed a friendship through our love for health and fitness. And that blossomed into a co-host opportunity. Stephanie would join Leslie a few times on episodes before she decided to join her for good in May of 22. So we’re celebrating that one year anniversary this month.

We both shared our passions with you guys again today and we hope that our episodes just continue to encourage you. Our Facebook community we share into. Join us: https://www.facebook.com/groups/107794994826764/

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Thank you for joining us for another episode! Today is just a life chat episode. We had an episode for ya’ll but our recording website is being a difficult toddler and not allowing us to edit and air it. We’re working through some life series we’d like to bring you. But that’s still in the planning stages. So hang tight with us working mommas as we figure it all out. Today we’re being honest and real (cause that’s who we are) about life as a wife, mom who work full time and try to be the best we can be. We hope you continue to enjoy our talks about life, love, faith, and marriage. Thank you for listening. Until next time guys.

This one is ON FIRE about stuff that is like, taboo! it’s intimacy in our marriages! We’ve chatted about this before on the podcast. But the chat came up again today as we were chatting about Ephesians 5:22 being submissive as a wife per God’s word. The verse mentions wives submitting to their husband and it’s not what society really makes it out to be. It doesn’t mean that you’re weak. You can be a strong willed, loving, God fearing woman and mother and still be submissive in your marriage. Which is what God calls us to do. However~ we both talk about how this is a struggle for us. For us it’s a mental thing, but we feel like it’s not for men. Stephanie talks about how she feels it’s a physical thing for men but not as much for women (at least not me) and Leslie talks about how she’s had some hard conversations in their marriage about sex and intimacy. Don’t worry guys! We still have fun with the episode and throw in our corks and laughs into the mix while we chat today. We hope you continue to enjoy our talks about life, love, faith, and marriage. Thank you for listening.

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We want to hear from YOU!! Please email us with topics, that you might want us to talk about. Things we can dive into WITH YOU.  Email us feedback on how we can improve and what you want to hear.  We are here because of YOU and for YOU.  We love being transparent with you all and we hope you will consider writing us because we love hearing from you and hearing your stories.   Please Message either of us. Or email: herostartswithher@outlook.com Until next time guys.

Hey guys!! Thank you for joining us for another episode where we’re just chatting about life as a homeschool mom. We both homeschool at least one of our kiddos. Leslie homeschools Knox, who is 10. And Stephanie homeschools Laina, who is 8 and Olivia whose 3. Our oldest arent homeschool so we get to enjoy the best of both worlds, kinda. We share tips and tricks about how we get through the days and weeks. The books and supplies we use as curriculum. Stephanie talks about how she uses a lot of sheets that are printed off, until recently she purchased a specific book for Math and Language Arts. Leslie shares about her and Knox do projects and how she has him write his spelling words a few times throughout the week. And the cool thing she purchased to help him with cursive. We both talk about how freeing and how flexible it is. The links we chatted about are listed below. We hope you enjoy our talks about life as we continue to dive in and share more of our lives with you guys. Links from the show:

Masterbooks curriculum Stephanie mentioned: https://www.christianbook.com/page/homeschool/master-books/language-lessons-for-a-living-education PaperPie items mentioned: Squishy human body: PaperPie. Squishy Human Body Wipe clean books: PaperPie. Search Cursive Wipe clean: https://r13202.paperpie.com/p/7093/wipe-clean-starting-cursive

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Hey Hey!! We’re excited to chat with you guys today. Some updates about life, but mostly about the “Mom Types” see the post below from our blog pages. We both agreed we’re like a mix of all mom types. We talked about how we think it’s important to have other mom types in our lives too. It really is. We all need the diversity of friends, but also the diversity of mom friends to help us through different phases in our life. Leslie talks about a mom friend that she has that had older kids and has helped her look at life different as the years pass by. Because MAN, they do go fast. Like Leslie said the days are LONG, but the years are short and fly by. Stephanie mentions a couple different mom type friends she has and says everyone needs a friend that can drop it all (maybe not a mom with young kids) to meet for lunch or dinner and just chat. We all need those days from time to time. It’s soooo important. Being a mom is the HARDEST job that you’re given on this earth. Don’t do it by yourself. Reach out to someone if you need help. Reach out if you need to talk or vent. Reach out if you need to just meet for drinks. Find your mom friends. Don’t be scared to step out there and meet a new “mom type”. We’d love to know.. What “Mom Type” are you? Blog post: https://www.facebook.com/100063009351173/posts/pfbid02vBfXWkqixA1KyFoUcrJS2iwTUQrg7XWiFXCrMtQ8wc2LvP8T6VkoCwV8ytfsx3Nwl/?mibextid=cr9u03 Our Facebook community we share into. Join us: https://www.facebook.com/groups/107794994826764/

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We want to hear from YOU!! Please email us with topics, that you might want us to talk about. Things we can dive into WITH YOU.  Email us feedback on how we can improve and what you want to hear. We are here because of YOU and for YOU.  We love being transparent with you all and we hope you will consider writing us because we love hearing from you and hearing your stories.   Please Message either of us. Or email: herostartswithher@outlook.com Until next time guys.

We’re back bitches! We took some very much needed time away from recording. We’re back today to have a quick chat about the Love languages. Leslie took her test on the podcast last year sometime. So this time Stephanie is taking it. Turns out she’s 30% Words of Affirmation. While taking the test they chatted a bit. And we don’t know about you guys, but we feel like we could answer the questions different depending on the day.  Have you taken it? If so, do you feel like it’s accurate for you? We’d love to hear from you. If you’d like to take the quiz, you can find it linked here: Our hope is to bring you guys some short and sweet episodes this month if there’s something you’d like to hear us talk about, please email us.   The Real Highlight FB Community. Is our community we are working hard to build—something woman can turn to when shit gets real with life. We talk about the real feels and try to work through life with a friend by your side, NOT alone.

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We want to hear from YOU!! Please email us with topics, that you might want us to talk about. Things we can dive into WITH YOU.  Email us feedback on how we can improve and what you want to hear.  We are here because of YOU and for YOU.  We love being transparent with you all and we hope you will consider writing us because we love hearing from you and hearing your stories.   Please Message either of us. Or email: herostartswithher@outlook.com

Until next time guys.