So many of us step into business with huge hearts and deep skills, then crash into the reality of motherhood — where hustle culture doesn’t work and “balance” is a myth. In this episode we explore what it really takes to grow your business as an intentional mother: creating rhythms that fit your season of life, using small windows of time to move the needle, building in alignment with your values (not someone else’s), and letting business become something that not only sustains you, but actually gives you love, energy, and connection back.

In this episode we discuss:
- Why chasing balance sets us up to fail, and why the word ‘seasons’ is so much more supportive
- How to honour the ebb and flow of motherhood and business (some days are big moves, some days are maintenance, some days are just survival…and that’s okay)
- What “enough” looks like when your business has to fit alongside family life
- Balance is a myth: life is constant cycles of challenge, problem, and growth: which can feel deeply meaningful when aligned with your values
- The trap of waiting until you “have more time” (spoiler: you never do)
- Why mothers are mofos of productivity: clarity on daily micro-goals, plus giving kids invitations to play that don’t require you
- How micro-moves (those 10–15 minute bursts) add up to real growth
- Busywork vs. high-yield actions: where to spend energy when you only have scraps of time
- Simple rhythms that keep momentum going when everything feels chaotic
- Redefining success for your values and current season of life (and stopping the guilt cycles when you can’t do it all)
- Why your motherhood values (empathy, presence, intuition, boundaries) are actually your business superpower
- Being selective about who you allow to lead you…because you borrow their priority system, and that can pull you out of alignment
- Building a business as a training ground: website skills, communication, marketing, pivoting, resilience; all of which make you highly employable and more disciplined
- Letting go of guilt around investing in yourself and your business, because what nourishes you, nourishes your whole family
- Redefining success: a business that supports your nervous system and actually gives you more energy than it takes

Want support on this journey? Come join us inside Honey Club - where we melt these blocks together, one breath, one practice, one deep remembering at a time. Find out more at julietenner.love or visit: https://julie-tenner.newzenler.com/courses/honeyclub


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This episode is raw, tear-filled, and honest as Julie shares what it was actually like to say goodbye to Heath as he left for the United States — the pride, the ache, and the messy middle. We walk through the good, the bad, the ugly, the learning, and the letting go. It’s matrescence at the other end of parenting, when identity is cleaved and you gather the pieces to remake yourself, and when love and intimacy are invited to mature.


In this episode we discuss:
- Letting go of a son to the world and the real sensations of a stretched nervous system without pathologising it
- The grief-swell and pride-swell cycle, and allowing both to belong
- Identity beyond roles: who am I when the house is quieter and the calendar opens
- Micro-choices that rebuild selfhood: choosing your own rhythm, protecting small desires, giving yourself room to want
- Loving without clinging: holding freedom for those we love and for ourselves
- How eroticism returns when pressure drops and sovereignty rises
- Partnership in transition: inviting support, naming needs, staying tender when you miss each other

Want support on this journey? Come join us inside Honey Club - where we melt these blocks together, one breath, one practice, one deep remembering at a time. Find out more at julietenner.love or visit: https://julie-tenner.newzenler.com/courses/honeyclub


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Sometimes, being in relationship feels heavier than doing it all on your own.

In this episode, Julie shares a raw revelation: while solo parenting her girls, managing sport schedules, interstate travel, and two national award wins — she realised that, in some ways, it actually felt easier than being in partnership.

We unpack why long-term relationships can feel harder than parenting solo, what this means for intimacy, and the practical ways couples can shift from tension and resentment into connection and play again.

In this episode we discuss:
- Solo time and the deep relishing of quiet space on your own.

- Balancing the perception that relationship should feel easier with the reality that partnership carries a cost and a toll.

- Navigating the constant negotiation of another person’s needs, parenting style, and household preferences.

- How different attachment styles can surface in different seasons of life and impact intimacy, closeness, and connection.

- Giving yourself permission to be brutally honest about your lived experience without guilt or shame.

- The power of sharing your truth with other women and normalising the nuance of different relationship structures.

- Exploring the impact of time apart — energetically, physically, and emotionally — and how it can shift dynamics inside partnership.

- Julie’s three award wins, including both national and international recognition, and how she managed to achieve them while solo-mumming.

Want support on this journey? Come join us inside Honey Club - where we melt these blocks together, one breath, one practice, one deep remembering at a time. Find out more at julietenner.love or visit: https://julie-tenner.newzenler.com/courses/honeyclub


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