347: How I Balance Business, Motherhood, and Homeschooling (Spoiler: It’s Not Perfect)
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In this episode of The Joyful Mom Podcast, Megan Hilluka shares a personal shift in how she approaches her podcast. Instead of relying on carefully scripted episodes, she wants to practice speaking more authentically and from the heart, inspired by lessons on authenticity she picked up at a recent business retreat. Megan admits that balancing clarity with the realities of "mom brain," especially while caring for her three-month-old baby, can be challenging. But her goal is to show up as she is, connect honestly with listeners, and bring more natural flow into her content while still offering meaningful insights for mothers navigating busy, chaotic lives.
Megan then dives into what a typical week looks like for her as a homeschooling mother of nine (with eight children at home), a wife, and a business owner. Mondays are her reset days, free from outside appointments, where she focuses on housework, laundry, planning, and connecting with her kids through a daily "morning basket" routine that anchors their homeschooling. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are dedicated workdays, supported by a babysitter, where Megan structures her time with focused blocks for business tasks like podcast recording. She emphasizes the importance of creating “guardrails” and systems, which help her stay on track despite her natural tendency toward chaos and distraction.
Thursdays and Fridays are more flexible and social. Thursdays often include family connection activities, date nights with her husband, or one-on-one time with her children, while Fridays may feature special family traditions like "poetry tea time" or active outings. Weekends are reserved for family, rest, and socializing, with Sundays as a day of rest, church, and resetting for the week ahead. Megan highlights how important it is to avoid overwhelm by focusing on the next thing rather than all tasks at once. She closes with an invitation for listeners struggling with anxiety or trauma to seek support through her coaching services, reminding them that healing and calm are possible.
If you want to learn more about how you can clear anxiety more automatically by rewiring how the mind is working and processing things, go to my website www.meganhillukka.com where you can click on a link to register for my free training, where I will show you what you need in order to do this.
