85. How to Have Your Best Summer Ever as a CEO Mom

Summer's coming in HOT, mama, and with it—kids home, routines flying out the window, and that "wait, how am I supposed to keep this business running?!" feeling. In this part-three finale of the Summer Series, we’re diving into what it actually takes to thrive through the summer months as a CEO mom.

If you’ve been wondering how you can stay present with your kids and keep your business humming along—without the guilt, chaos, or complete loss of sanity—this one’s for you.

I’m sharing real strategies, mindset shifts, and mom hacks that have helped me navigate summers with babies, toddlers, tweens, and teens (yes, all at once). From work/kid/you-time containers to flexible routines and embracing the joyful mess, you’ll leave this episode feeling more prepared—and way less panicked—about what’s coming.

What you’ll learn:

• Why your old "summer expectations" might be setting you up for resentment
• The 3 key containers every CEO mom needs (no, not Tupperware)
• How to actually enjoy summer with your kids and keep cash flowing
• Why being proactive > reactive (especially when it comes to screen time + meals)
• How to plan summer days so everyone’s less cranky (you included)
• Tiny moments of presence and gratitude that make it magical

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The fourth part is being proactive and not reactive. Okay? So all this, everything I'm talking about today is, I learned this from my mom as well. She's really great. But even having like a rough plan helps everyone feel calmer because you're not scrambling, you are leading, right? Thinking about what activities you wanna prep ahead. What meals you wanna batch cook, even what days you're gonna be fully off or, working more.'cause proactive energy to me equals peaceful energy. So it does take time, it does take time to plan ahead, but I believe this when it comes to, when it comes to business I really do believe, like when I sit on on Sunday and plan out the week, then my week just goes better welcome to the Raising Your Business Podcast. I'm your host, Al Behan, founder of CEO Mom Academy, mom of Six and Lifelong Reading addict. This podcast is here to empower moms to run their businesses and lives like the powerhouse CEO. They are. I want you to believe that you can have the business success you desire. And be present with your family and to give you my best tips and strategies for how to make that happen. I'll be sharing the honest reality of balancing business and motherhood biz models that work for you. Marketing simplicity, and the mindset of A CEO, mom. Now let's dive in. Hello. Hello. Welcome back to the podcast, and this is part three of our summer series. So for parts one and two, we had the strategy piece, which was exactly what to do, how to use your summer, whether you are still growing to six figures, or whether you were already at six figures. And this week we're talking about how to show up for the summer, mentally, emotionally, just as the mom piece, right? So summer is coming in hot. Okay. It is just, oh my God, faster and faster. There's all kinds of end of year stuff happening and now we're like getting like the graduation dates and, i'm getting all the emails from camps and everything, and the kids are gonna be home. Routines are gonna be out the window a little bit and somehow you're still supposed to keep running a business. So today we're gonna be diving into how to have your best summer ever as a CEO Mom. So how to stay present with your kids and keep your business moving without losing your mind or spiraling into resentment or chaos or overwhelm or guilt. Okay? And I'm gonna be sharing real strategies and mindset shifts and mom hacks that have helped me navigate summers with babies, toddlers, and teens. And this year it's all of them at once. Literally. So before we jump in, I just wanna tell you, today is the last day you can get my summer like a boss masterclass for just$25. It is normally 47 and inside that I share exactly how I plan my summer schedule, manage my business and stay sane with five boys and one girly, including a baby and some kids in camp, some kids without camp. So it is strategic, it's mom proof, and it's built to help you enjoy your summer and stay profitable at the same time. So grab it now. The link is in the show notes. Today is the last day. You can get it for$25. You can still get it after that, but it's 47, so you may as well get it today. Okay, so let's talk about the summer mindset reset. So let's start here. Most of us come into summer still holding onto that childhood belief that it should be like this total time off, right? And I'm 34 years old. I'm turning 35 next month. I haven't been in school for the past. I don't know. 17 years or so. Yet I still have this. Immediate. When I think of summer, I'm like, oh, summer vacation and no school and no responsibilities and ice cream trucks and just chilling and not really having to do anything. And so somewhere deep down, we still carry that expectation. I find a lot of times. But then we're the moms, I. Right now we're the moms. We're running the summer show. We're running our businesses. So even if your kids are in camp, you're still handling the pickups and the drop offs and the meltdowns and meal prep and people being out of routine. And you gotta put on sunscreen and we're going to the pool and we're coming home from the pool and wet things and sandy things. And the reality of summer as a mom, especially a mom with a business, is a whole different story than summer as a child, right? So here's the shift for you. Summer gets to be more relaxed. Yes. But it's not gonna be a vacation in mojitos by the pool unless you get really lucky. Maybe you will have some mojitos by the pool. Maybe you'll have some days in mojitos by the pool. And some days it'll be just like, oh my God. Coffee. Just to get through the day.'cause it's a long day, right? So you need to set a new expectation for yourself. Summer, it gets to be fun and beautiful and memory making. And yes, profitable. Okay? But it also does need structure and realistic planning in order to feel. Good. Okay. So I really do try to lean into flexibility in the summer as much as I can because naturally I'm very like, like type a, okay, like things have to be a certain way. And I honestly like that is my personality. And so I like to use summer as a way to once a year teach myself that we can just chill sometimes. Like not everything has to be scheduled down to the minute to the hour. And the truth is I think it's an important thing for me. And Kendra Aachi talks about this in the Lazy Genius about all the different things that summer that summer that different seasons can teach us, right? So she says, I'm paraphrasing here because my book, I'm actually in my parents' house right now because we had to have some sort of machine installed in our house to remove moisture from our underneath our floors, which is crazy. Anyway, it's very loud. It's blowing, boiling, hot air out, and it's like basically like a gigantic vacuum that's piped into. A whole bunch of different rooms in our house into the floors. So anyway, long story short, we can't close most of the bedroom doors and I don't wanna live like that. So we're at my parents for about a month, and I don't have my book with me, but what she did say was something about like summer teaching us, like how to let go of like the rigidity of routines or something along those lines. Kinda like to lean into flexibility, like to slow down and not be like, always rushing around the whole time. And I think that's a really important thing. How to create, let's talk about how to create your best summer ever. Okay. Because we obviously don't wanna be like, oh my gosh, if this is not the best summer ever, then my children are gonna grow up and they're gonna go to the therapist and tell'em that we are the suckiest parents ever. First of all, they probably will do that anyway, so whatever. Okay. But let's just take it let's just be honest, okay. Anything that's wrong with our kids is, is our fault, and so let's just accept it right now. I'm kidding. It's not our fault. Okay? I truly believe this. I learned this in a parenting class, but God gave us our children because our children are supposed to have us as parents, and I want to, I want you to remember that. I think that's a really good important point to start this off with. Your children are your children because God firmly believed that they needed you as parents in order to become the best, most, valuable version of themselves. Okay? That's how God created. You and created them. He gave them to you because they needed to be your children and messed up in your own unique way, so to speak, right? And with you and all your flaws and your triggers and all that kind of stuff, and their own flaws and their triggers, and that together turns them into the person they are meant to be. And I do believe that like as long as you're doing your best to be the best parent you can be, then that's just how it is. Okay. Be okay with that. Except that like you will make mistakes sometimes and that is okay. And if overall you do have a general kind of feeling of of coming closer in connection rather than going, moving apart, I really do think that's gonna, that's gonna be, that's gonna trump everything. And and I really do think that is. That is the most important thing. That's the most important thing for your kids is to feel somewhat connected to you, somewhat generally, to feel connected to you and and so any points of connection you can find with them are gonna serve you well in your relationship with them. Okay? Currently my oldest son is telling me like, about all of his Call of Duty stuff and I have no idea about Call of Duty. I do not know how the game works. All I know is that it involves some sort of. Guns and things because that's what he tells me and I am like, oh my gosh, wow, that so amazing. Wow, that game sounds like it was really good. Wow. Look at you and you really got, you got that many points. That's awesome. I have no freaking idea what he's talking about, but that's how he connects with me. So I really try to be interested in it as best as I possibly can without knowing anything about it. I do a little research, but there's only so much I can fit into my head at one time. Okay, so that's like the thing I wanna establish first. Now, the first thing I want you to remember to do is to create containers. Okay? Work time, kid time. You time what? I try to do everything at once, right? Be with my kids and work at the same time. None of it will go all that well. Okay? I will get overwhelmed. I'll get snappy. I'll be like, shush, sh shush. I'm trying to record something. I'm trying to talk, I'm trying to do this, and my brain is scrambled and. So this is key for me is to try to have designated guilt-free blocks of time, both for work and for myself. Now that being said, I do coach my clients. I'll coach my clients. When I'm with my kids, sometimes like I'll just be like, get on a voice note and I'll be like, Hey, just lemme send, I have to send someone a message. And I'll coach them. I've literally coached my clients while wiping butts. Okay. And I'll be like, Hey, I'm just in the bathroom, but we're in the middle of a conversation. I really wanted to get this across to you while it's still fresh in my mind. So if you hear, kids talking in the background, I'm just wiping a butt right now and they think it's actually hilarious.'cause that is their life too. So it's totally fine. Okay, so what I really, really, really try to focus on creating. Is designated work time and I will be okay if that is my kids' screen time. I will. When my baby naps is work time, no matter what. Okay, so if my baby is napping and I have kids around, like they will just have to, they know. They know that that is non-negotiable. Mommy goes into her office and that is it, because I have very limited amount of baby nap time in the day, and I prefer not to work all evening. And so I really, really do my best to knock out as much work as I can during that nap time. So if my kids have to watch Netflix during that time. I'm okay with it. I don't feel guilty. Okay. Because this is when I can knock out podcasts. This is when I can knock out emails, sales copy, whatever it is content and no guilt because I planned it that way, right? So. But I talk about like not doing it by default. I'm like, I will be like, okay, this is nap time and during nap time you guys, get your screen time for the morning or whatever. It's that way. I know that they'll be busy and generally they do not tend to interrupt me when they're in the middle of watching something.'cause they don't want me to remember that they're watching anything.'cause then I'll tell'em to get off. So it works out really well for both of us. And then I really just do my best, especially in the summer, to have full presence when it's kid time. Okay. So that means like, phone down as best as possible, although I like to take a lot of pictures of them. Laptop shot, trying to be in the moment as best as possible. Obviously I'm very, very busy. I have six kids, so it is what it is, but when I'm with them, really, really doing my best to be with them and and being like offline. As best as I can at the time. So whether, whether we're going to the pool outside or making popsicles or my kids love baking and so I keep trying to get them to bake healthy things. But doing something like that at least once a summer, they like to do a cooking competition, so they make like a whole meal. And then I have to judge, I have to judge it. So it's just very fun. So. Yeah, it's fun, it's messy, but it is what it is. And again, it's summer, so I try to like, let go of my, you know, my usual, oh my God, the kitchen is messy, right. As much as I can. And the last part is you time, right? So we have work time, kid time, and you time. So the work time is during, generally during nap time and in the evening. The kid time is whatever that is the rest of the day, full presence with my children. And you time that is non-negotiable. Okay. So I will, I do my best, like at this point to send my, be like, okay, if you wanna be awake, you have to be awake in your room. I just need, you know, it's time for, for me and for daddy, depending if my husband's home or if he is not on shift. So taking at least 30 minutes a day if or more if possible, to just be a person. Right. Just. Sit outside with a nice coffee and a book and feel just totally fine about it. Learn a TikTok dance with your kids. I, I actually like, that's actually kid time, so I, I did we just recently learned the, bye bye. Bye dance. And even my baby knows how to like wave his little fist in the air. It's, it's adorable. So, yeah, I, I like to learn dances and my kids like it too sometimes, depending on the child. Just make a smoothie. Do some yoga or, or just a little workout. Go for a solo walk binge something on Netflix. I am currently in the middle of the resident, right. Whatever it is, just taking some time for yourself just to be and, and, and honestly, I, I tend to just get, find that I get a lot of really good ideas in general for myself, my life, my business when I'm just being, but it's, it's hard. So whatever you choose to do, just take the time for yourself because I find that I really, really, really need to have me time in order to be able to pour into my kids as best as possible. Okay? And so even if it's 15 minutes here, half an hour there giving yourself those little moments, even if it's before they wake up or after they go to bed. I, I need it. Okay. I spend my whole, I spend my whole day pretty much just being. The mommy and being the CEO. And so I try to take sometimes to just be me. And also taking some time with my husband as well. We don't get it as regularly because he doesn't have a regular schedule. It's always up in the air. But when it comes down to it, we try to at least like, have some time together, some like really good quality time together, at least once a week, whether we go out or whether we just side spend time together. Currently we're, we're redoing something in our house or we're, we're redoing a wall and we were painting and, and plastering and doing all that kind of stuff. So that is. That is like, you know, our current bonding experience. So yeah, that is the first part. So creating your containers of work time, kid time, you time and, you know, and sometimes you can combine those, those two things. Like I said, you know, doing, learning a dance with your kids or doing a workout with your kids could be some level of you time, right? So it doesn't necessarily need to be alone, alone, alone. Because if you're doing something good for yourself, then it's still you time taking a walk with my baby. I still consider me time because I enjoy it. I'm spending time with him. He's so cute. We like to go outside. I pick leaves for him to hold and explore and you know, we, we, we, it, it's just, it's just, that is, it is still me time, even though it's quality time with my baby. So if you can I, depending on. Again, what you're doing. Sometimes those things can cross over. Sometimes work time can become kid time, work time. It can be you time. Like I just like, you know, having a, a business conversation with a friend to me is me time, because this is the kind of thing we geek out over. So I'm not saying that everything has to be completely separate, separate, separate. But definitely having designated time for each in the day even if it's not, even if it's not all day, is going to really, really help you. The second piece is camp. Okay. If you can get them into camp, do it. Okay. Some of my kids love camp. Some of my kids hate camp. I'm not gonna force anyone into a meltdown, especially like my older boys. Like I'm not, I can't make them do anything, right? But if you can book those spots, you will be together enough this summer, I promise. Okay? So no guilt. Even a half day camp buys you a few hours of quiet and focused work time, so I highly, highly recommend it. My daughter is definitely going to camp because she needs it. She needs it. She cannot be home all day with me and all the boys and and, and, and she'll be bored. You know, she will just be bored and, and, and she, she needs to be around. Some girl is her own age. So, so that is something that I know like for sure. And, and for me, it's really on a case by case basis. But if they're not in camp, I really, really do. I really do try to schedule a day anyway and make some sort of routine, which I'm gonna talk about now. So, making a plan, even a loose one is key. Okay. Making a plan for your summer is key. You do not wanna wake up every morning just being like, oh, what should we do today? Because that is just a recipe for crankiness and chaos and resentment. Resentment from on both sides. Okay. So I know that my kids wake up in the morning, like, what are we gonna do today? And I'm like, I don't know, whatever. Something they, they're just like, they're in a bad mood, okay? Because kids need to know what to expect. They also like, they're like, yeah, well it's summer. They sh they do wanna enjoy themselves and have a good time and do stuff that they can't do during the year. So. I'll do my best to make that happen. Now that I have a driving license, which is really exciting, actually, I'm gonna do a whole podcast about like, lessons I learned from, from learning to drive because it was, it was a journey. It was, it took whatever it took 18 months and it was brutal. And I'm gonna go deeper into that, into that in a, in a different in a different episode because it's too long to discuss right now. But lemme just say that driving licenses in Israel are different than. Than the United States and uk, which are the other two places that I've lived. So it's a very, very different experience. And so. I am really, really relishing this opportunity that I can like just get in the car and take the kids somewhere. Unfortunately, we still do not have a car that's big enough to hold everybody'cause we're still trying to find a car that fits our needs and is not in the category of truck, which I think if you have over, like, I think it's like if it's over like nine seats or like over a certain size. It's considered a truck and you need a truck license. My husband has one. I do not. So I am, we're still trying to find something that will make sense for our family and will be like, efficient. And, and also, just enable me to be able to drive everyone around at the same time. But having a plan for the day, for the week even is a really, really, really important thing. And I remember when I was a kid growing up, my mom, we did not go to camp. I think I went to camp for one half summer, but my mom did mommy camp. Okay. And it was just, it was, it was. Now looking back, I'm like, wow. She was amazing because it's a lot to have, to have kids and to be doing stuff like all summer long. And we had a much longer summer than the kids here have. We had like two and a half months of summer, so it was a long. It was a long time, but she, at the beginning of the summer we would literally plan out the summer. We'd take a calendar. It'd be like, okay, I don't know, Wednesdays, or like Wednesdays were like trip days and Thursdays were like, getting ready for for our Sabbath. Right? So like that would be like, that would be like the activity for the day, right? And different days at different, at different things. But also I like to block out my days in like these, these very rough sort of time blocks, right? So. Morning could be doing any summer learning they need to do. Any sort of projects. Getting, getting the morning tours done. My work time as well, because that's when my baby naps. Then midday would be pool time or outings and. I'm very lucky that I have a really handy husband because it is too hot generally to go into the pool midday, but every summer he sets up a tarp above our garden so that the sun is kind of blocked off, and so it doesn't get too, it doesn't get too boiling in our garden, and the kids are able to go in the pool at any time, which is really amazing. So, so you can decide, okay, that's, full time is. Midday or like, again, I don't like to do pool every single day because then they get tired of it. So like, let's say Sundays and Tuesdays and Thursdays are pool days or something like that. Right? Afternoon could be screen time and maybe work time also, depending on, if there are naps. And evenings would be whatever it is, family move in night, play, play dates, barbecues downtime, whatever that looks like. So just having a rough plan for the day so the kids know what to expect, I find makes a very, very big difference. When it comes to the general crankiness, I like to let each kid pick some sort of like summer project like some sort of. Thing that they wanna do, learn, accomplish that summer. Like I said, my older son, my oldest son who's 15, he really wants to just get a job and make some money. So I'm like, great, by all means, please go out, get outta the house, do something. And he's, he's good. He's happy to work. He's really like, he's, I'm, I'm very proud of him. He's very happy to work if he, if he, if he's getting compensated for it. So he just does whatever he, he was doing cleaning before Passover. He's. He's worked in in like park activity places. Like he, he finds, he finds stuff so. I am not so worried about him, but different kids are interested in different things. My, my 13-year-old just got interested in Dungeons and Dragons. My 11-year-old is very into electronics. My 9-year-old just likes reading. But no, he, he, he likes to do things. He might go to camp actually with, with his cousin. So my, my nephew is, they're not in the same grade, but they're very close. And so they might go to camp together because I think that he, he might, he might enjoy that, but it really depends. Again, it really depends on the kid. And I probably will. Have maybe like, so that I don't, I'm not limited to just like an hour of work every day. I might have my kids just rotate who helps with the baby and probably I'll probably pay them.'Cause it'll either them responsibility, it will give me some space and they will be much more engaged with the baby if if they, if they feel like they're getting compensated out as well. I don't normally pay them for, you know, for watching their younger siblings.'Cause I don't know, I just feel like that's just part of being in a family. I was never paid to babysitting my, my siblings. I, to me, so that's just, that is just part of that is just part of being an older sibling. And he is very, very cute. So it's not like a, a big hardship. But I do think if it's gonna be something that's more like, like scheduled, like, okay, every day whatever, the baby has his, his nap, and then after his nap. You watch him for an hour and a half while I continue working, it's more, it's planned ahead. I do think it should be paid because they, then they can't do something else during that time. And I want them to be fully present with him. So if they feel like they're getting compensated, I think they're much more likely to be fully present rather than just, sitting on the floor reading a book and like, just throwing them toys every once in a while. So that is that is the, that is, that is my plan. We'll see how, we'll see how it goes. We'll see who's home. We'll see who's available to do that. So I, so I, I believe the same when it comes to life in general and business in general. I've spoke about this a lot in previous episodes, right? I think Abraham Lincoln or George Washington, one of the presidents said, if I was gonna spend an hour chopping down a tree, I'd spend 45 minutes sharpening the ax, or something like that. So I do believe that sharpening the ax is important when it comes to everything you do. Even if it's just a rough plan, even having a rough plan is better than no plan. Okay. And I really do believe that. So when you are being proactive about it, when you're like, okay, here are the activities I'm gonna pull out when the kids are getting bored and cranky, here are the things I'm gonna do in the afternoon when, my daughter comes home from camp. Maybe we'll do, maybe we'll do batch prepping. A dinner every day. Maybe I'll give my kids the opportunity to plan dinners for the week and each of them takes a day. Like they would, they would love that, right? Like, but knowing what's going to happen makes everyone happier. Okay. And, and so having that rough plan makes flexibility easier because then you can sign the, change the plan up. Because you have a plan to change. If you're just going into like, just floating around and like being like, oh yeah, we'll just figure things out when it happens. That might work for some people. It does not work for me. It does not work for my kids. They need to know. Okay. So that is the last, the last part of this is being proactive and not reactive in all areas of life. I feel that is a good, it is just a good, it's a good philosophy to have. And the last part I wanna talk about is finding the joy. Yes. And even when it's loud and. Summer can be overstimulating. Okay? Especially if you have a DHD like me. There are some days when the noise is just a lot. Okay? There's, I have five boys, including a baby who's also very loud and a girl who's not quiet either. But I do believe that you can find joy in the chaos. And there's a few things that I like to do to find the joy as best as I can. The first part is gratitude. Okay? So pause, looking, looking at your kids, okay? This is, probably what you wanted, right? I know. This is what I wanted. I wanted a big family. I wanted kids, running around. I wanted just a happy home. And, they're healthy, they're beautiful. Thank God. These moments are fleeting. And I saw this amazing thing. It's like, if you wanna be more present with your kids imagine that you are actually like 80 and you've got to, you've got to come back for one day. To be with your kids at this age and like, see how different you feel about it. And I really try to like lean into that mentality when I'm starting to feel really overwhelmed and annoyed by everyone around me. And I'm like, okay, everybody is just calm down. Read a book, do something color. Just, just be quiet for five minutes, right? But I really do find that like trying to lean into gratitude as best as I can, it makes a huge difference for me. Because, being a mom is not for the faint of heart. So you need to, you need to be able to lean into that and be like, be able to. Hold onto that even in the hard times. Okay? And there are gonna be hard times. There's gonna be great times, there's gonna be all, all kinds of times. The second part is presence, right? So the more intentional that I am, the more grateful I feel, right? So, putting your phone down and watching them just jump in the pool and laugh at their jokes and just letting yourself feel it. Make such a difference now. I do. Again, I like to document. I like to document and I understand that. And I and I will always have my phone up taking pictures of that, like the whole time. And I'm so glad that I do because now I keep getting these like pictures, like, oh, 10 years ago, and looking at my cute little kids 10 years ago is just, is just it? It just, it just. It makes me so emotional. It makes me so emotional because like they were all so little and now they're just so big and it just reminds me how fast time goes. So I'm not saying don't document right. But trying to at least, I try to like leave my phone somewhere where I'm not, like in a different room or something, so that I can at least try to be present for 10 minutes, 15 minutes, and half an hour an hour, right? As best as I can, and letting yourself celebrate the little wins, right? So you worked for an hour uninterrupted. That's a win. You made it to the park and didn't yell at anybody. That's a win you got in a solo ice coffee break. That is a win. Okay. Stack those wins for yourself. Try to write those down, like, or try to like, just keep, keep, keep note of it. I like to have, like, I like to use chat GBT for this. Like, just like, talk into it and be like, here's, this is my win chat and I'm gonna just talk into it and have it summarize your wins. At the end of the day. It makes things a lot easier to do. Like I just, I I just find it much easier to do that than, than typing things out because I find that I verbally process much better. So it really once at the, at the end of the day, at the end of the week, kind of looking at all the wins that you've had will really make you feel good about yourself and it'll help you pat yourself in the back. I'm very into verbal validation. So I have to either wait for it for someone else or I validate myself. So I'm happy with both. So I do, I do tend to self endorse whatever possible. I'll self endorse in front of my husband and they'll be like, oh, yeah, yeah, right. Oh my, you were so great when you did that. And I'm like, right. I know. No, I'm kidding. He does, he does, he does do that. It's not his natural love language, but he knows how much it means to me. So he really does try. But,, everyone has their own thing, that they have their own tendency. And so I don't, I don't hold it against him that it's not his, his natural tendency to do that. So self endorse yourself as much as possible. So, to sum up, alright, you do not have to choose between being a great mom and running a great business this summer. Alright? You just need realistic expectations. Right. You need clear containers of time. And again, they don't, the whole day doesn't have to be clear containers of time. You can overlap. You can have work time plus kid time. You can have kid time plus you time. You can have work time plus you time. Right. That is okay. I'm actually thinking I should make a really cute, like sort of, a really, a really cool sort of like Venn diagram for this. Oh my God, I just had such a great idea. I'm gonna make a Venn diagram for this. Okay. So I do think they can overlap, but at at least have some of the days be clear containers of each being proactive, planning ahead, being proactive and having space for you to rest and reset and pat yourself on the back and be in gratitude and be present. You can absolutely have your best summer ever, even with a baby. On your hip, even with loads of emails piling up. It might be a little messy. It might be loud, but it can still be magical. Okay? And if this episode may be made, you feel even 1% more ready for summer, I'm really happy about that. Please let me know on Instagram. But go grab my summer like a boss training. It is only$25 today. Today's the last day you can get it, and it's going to seriously change your entire summer strategy. Okay? It is short. It's powerful. It is packed with mom tested methods to make the season actually work for you and your business. I've never had a business without children. Okay. I started my business with four children, then had my fifth and my sixth as a CEO mom. And so I've like literally like run, run the gamut of business summers, and I don't wanna say that I've, I've cracked it, but I do pretty good. We, I, I figured some things out. So if you know another CEO mom that's staring down summer with., A little guilt and a little fear and little apprehension, then share this episode with her. Tag me on Instagram at the Al Behan. Let me know what your summer setup looks like, and until next time, I'll see you. Keep showing up. Mama. You have got this. I can't thank you enough for listening to raising your business. I hope this episode has inspired you to take another step towards building a business and life that you love, and growing your income in a way that works for you and your family. 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