The Art of a Balanced Schedule with Marissa Lawton. In this episode of the Boss Mom Podcast, Marissa shares how to focus on your values, the importance of giving back to yourself and how motherhood helped her grow her business.   Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes:  In this episode you’ll hear: Marissa talk about her path to motherhood, through infertility and adoption. Her company, The Riss Lawton Company, after becoming a mother and wanting more than just being a traditional mother. How Marissa wants to encourage mothers to pour into themselves so they can pour into others. Why she stopped looking down on her gifts and embraced the ability to help others. Marissa's focus on values and balance. How different expectations can arise with being entrepreneurs. Recommended links and resources: Trello Mompreneur's Balanced Month: An Audit to help you find the Time you Need for the things you Love Can I quote you on that?  I always knew that I'd be an entrepreneur, but to me, that was someone who was retired, not someone my age. - Marissa After birth I learned that it's okay to have a purpose and a passion outside of becoming a mom. - Marissa Women can be better moms when they are fulfilled in other ways. - Marissa Shift your thoughts about your gifts into a positive mindset surrounding those gifts. - Dana Give yourself permission to have an ugly planner where you can make scribbles and figure things out, then you can transfer it to the pretty planner. - Marissa More about our guest, Marissa Lawton. Marissa Lawton is a Self-Esteem & Strategy Coach for mompreneurs. In a previous life, Marissa worked in corporate finance. She then became a Mental Health Counselor who specialized in women's issues. Today, she uses her training as a licensed therapist along with her business degree to help moms raise their biz babies while raising their real-life babies. To learn all about balancing your family, home, biz, and Me Time head here >>> bit.ly/balancedmompreneur. Marissa wants to offer our fantastic Boss Mom listeners a chance to download my free Mompreneur's Balanced Month: An Audit to help you find the Time you Need for the things you Love which they can find here bit.ly/balancedmompreneur. Website / Pinterest / Instagram / Periscope Photo by Deviant Light Photography. Connect with Dana: Instagram / Periscope (her total happy place) We love hearing from you guys! If you’ve got a question about today’s episode or want to leave us some inbox love, you can email us at hello@boss-mom.com Or, you can always find both Dana hanging out in our Boss Mom Facebook Community.  We would LOVE it if you’d leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes. We also know it can be kind of tricky to figure out. Here are a few step by step instructions on how to leave an iTunes rating or review for a podcast from your iPhone or iPad Launch Apple’s Podcast app. Tap the Search tab. Enter the name of the podcast you want to rate or review. Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right. Tap the album art for the podcast. Tap the Reviews tab. Tap Write a Review at the bottom. Enter your iTunes password to login. Tap the Stars to leave a rating. Enter title text and content to leave a review. Tap Send.