This is episode 149 with my guest Alicia Byers. Alicia is wife to Chad, mom to two toddlers, and she coaches women online! She lives on a small farm in South Carolina nurturing her 6 chickens!

Alicia is a recovering hustler…a natural go getter, Alicia has learned how to live a restful life that is freeing her to be the best wife and mom she can be! And she’s here to share how we can too!!!

You will hear the difference between hustle and habit culture, small steps we can do to integrate rest in our own lives, and we will find out what Alicia means when she said…“It’s life giving to your whole house when you do this.” And, she shares something special that I did not know about her family and its’ precious.

Okay, let’s get to it! Here is my conversation with my friend, Alicia Byers.

SHOW NOTES:

Quotes from the episode:

“I think I rebelled against rest for so long because I equated rest with laziness.”

“Having that mindset was very detrimental to my growth.”

“Learning to rest shook up a lot of bad habits I was doing.”

“The Lord used people in my life to say, ‘I’m hurting for you’ ‘it’s like you never slow down.’ “

“Good rest drives success.”

“I’m working from my rest.”

“Rest can be our fuel for the things God has for us that day.”

“We made rest a priority.”

“Get loud about what you need from your people.”

“Hustle culture starts to breed so many habits that are unhealthy.”

“Small progress over time.”

“Habit culture means you are no longer dictated by the hustle mindset anymore.”

“Put a beginning and an end to your hustle.”

“Time blocking is putting intentional things on your calendar, it’s like protecting your rest.”

“We live in a culture right now that we have to be very intentional about protecting the sacred things.”

“It’s life giving to your whole house when you do this.”

“I have to harnass the good gift.”

Practical Way to Integrate Rest as Moms

1)Identify what is restful for you

2) Get your people involved “It’s 7 pm and I’m done for the day” Voice it.

3) Schedule rest throughout the day in small chunks.

4) Tie lunch with rest

Connect with Alicia

Find Alicia at @coachaliciabyers on Instagram or reach out at www.aliciabyers.com

EAT READ LOVE

E: Fall food-Harvest Sheet Pan Dinners by @maryswholelife

R: Fear is not the Boss of You by Jennifer Allwood & Contagious by Jonah Burger

L: Community; Reconnecting with friends