Knowing Yourself As A Mom: Episode 203

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Self-discovery doesn’t always coincide with becoming a mom, but for many of us the identity shift that begins in new motherhood continues down a path of personal development through personality profiling, self-help books, and other modes of learning. In Episode 203 Meagan and Sarah look at our own interest in personality tests and self-discovery, and how knowing yourself as a mom can make you a more compassionate parent, partner and friend. Join us!

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Links we mentioned (or should have) in Episode 203:

• Enneagram resources:
  • We like this free test from eccelecticenergies.com
  • We like the 9 Type Descriptions found at enneagraminstitute.com
  • We’ve both read The Road Back To You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery (affiliate link) by Ian Morgan Cron
• We recommend the full Myers-Briggs type descriptions found here, and a more in-depth explanation of the Myers-Briggs letters found here
• Take the Five Love Languages quiz here
• Take Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies Quiz
• Sarah mentioned Gift From The Sea (affiliate link) by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
• We talked about books by Brene Brown and Rachel Macy Stafford (affiliate links)
• Meagan mentioned Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings (affiliate link) by Pema Chodron