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HERself Podcast At HERself, we want to help every woman to be the BEST version of themselves. We're Abby Green and Amy Kiefer, the co-hosts of the HERself Podcast.

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This is the pep talk we keep giving ourselves before summer starts. And if you needed someone to say it to you today — h...
06/03/2026

This is the pep talk we keep giving ourselves before summer starts.

And if you needed someone to say it to you today — here it is.

You are not behind. You are not doing it wrong. You do not need a perfectly planned summer to be a good mom.

You just need to show up. Imperfectly. Consistently. Lovingly.

That is more than enough. 🤍

Save this. Share it with the mom who needs it today.

Want our best summertime tips from this week’s new episode?! Follow us and comment EPISODE and we’ll send you the link!

motherhood | summer | mom life | parenting | self care

The summer activities list you’ve been looking for is here. ☀️100+ ideas across every category — free, budget friendly, ...
06/03/2026

The summer activities list you’ve been looking for is here. ☀️

100+ ideas across every category — free, budget friendly, and worth the splurge. Yours to download and use all summer long.

Comment SUMMER below and I’ll send it straight to your DMs!

summer | parenting | mom life | summer activities | family

The summer nanny conversation that prevents 90% of the stress before it starts. Not a contract. Not a rulebook. Just an ...
06/02/2026

The summer nanny conversation that prevents 90% of the stress before it starts.

Not a contract. Not a rulebook. Just an honest conversation before day one that makes sure everyone is working toward the same summer.

The misaligned expectations are what make it hard. This conversation is what prevents them.

Save this. Share it with every mom hiring summer help right now.

Want our best summertime tips from this week’s new episode?! Follow us and comment EPISODE and we’ll send you the link!

parenting | summer | nanny | mom life | motherhood

06/02/2026

Friendly reminder before your summer nanny starts. 🤓

If healthy eating and good nutrition is important to your family this summer — that conversation starts with you. Not her.

She is 18. She is doing her absolute best. And she genuinely might not know how to cook yet. That is not a failure on her part — it’s just where she is in life.

So if you care about what your kids are eating this summer — set her up to win.

Leave easy options. Write out simple lunch ideas. Meal prep a few things ahead of time so the decisions are already made. Stock the fridge with things that are grab and go.

Don’t come home to chicken nuggets on repeat and be frustrated. Come home to the lunch you set her up to make.

The nannies who thrive are the ones whose families gave them a roadmap. The ones who struggle are the ones who were handed a schedule and expected to figure out the rest.

Set her up for success. Set your summer up for success. It starts before day one. ☀️

Want our best summertime tips from this week’s new episode?! Follow us and comment EPISODE and we’ll send you the link!

parenting | summer | nanny | mom life | motherhood

Not the mom with the cleanest house this summer. Not the mom with the most planned activities or the most perfectly docu...
06/01/2026

Not the mom with the cleanest house this summer.

Not the mom with the most planned activities or the most perfectly documented moments.

The one who got in the water even when she didn’t feel like it.

The one who said yes to one more story, one more game, one more walk around the block after dinner even when she was tired.

The one who let the dishes sit and sat down next to them instead.

That’s the mom that lives in their memories forever. Not perfect. Not put together. Just present.

This summer — be her. Even imperfectly. Even on the hard days. Even when it would be easier not to. 🤍

Want our best summertime tips from this week’s new episode?! Follow us and comment EPISODE and we’ll send you the link!

motherhood | summer | mom life | parenting | presence

Before summer starts — give yourself this permission. ☀️Drop what YOU are giving yourself permission to this summer in t...
05/31/2026

Before summer starts — give yourself this permission. ☀️

Drop what YOU are giving yourself permission to this summer in the comments below. We want to hear it. 😎

motherhood | summer | mom life | parenting | self care

This carousel is your starting point. Save it, screenshot it, send it to someone else who needs to hear the reminder.If ...
05/30/2026

This carousel is your starting point. Save it, screenshot it, send it to someone else who needs to hear the reminder.

If you’re deep in the sandwich years right now — this one is for you. 🤍

Your future self has made it through. She wants you to know you will too.

sandwich generation | caregiver burnout | women’s mental health | motherhood | self care

Setting limits with a big reactor without it turning into a full blown power struggle — this one is for you. 🤍Because if...
05/29/2026

Setting limits with a big reactor without it turning into a full blown power struggle — this one is for you. 🤍

Because if you have a big reactor, you already know that the standard “just say no and hold firm” advice completely falls apart the moment you try it. Their reaction to a limit can feel so intense that you start questioning whether the limit was even worth it.
It was.

Here’s what taught us that changed everything.

Your tone is doing more work than your words. Calm, warm, and firm — not apologetic, not aggressive. The moment anxiety creeps into your voice they feel it and the escalation begins.

Don’t over-explain. A confident simple statement holds more weight than a paragraph of justification. The more you explain the more negotiating room they think they have.

And when the protest comes — and it will come — that is not evidence the limit was wrong. That is just what it sounds like when a big reactor hits a boundary they don’t like.

Stay the course. Because the love is in the limit. 🤍

Structure is not punishment. It’s how they learn the world is safe.

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parenting | big reactor | child development | sensitive child | motherhood

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