Mom of All Trades // Tyla Bearss

Hey, Sister!

Tyla Bearss of Cake-N-Tyla joins co-hosts Courtney and Carley and shares her experiences, tips and tricks for pursuing personal passions as a mom. Tyla, Courtney and Carley swap stories and personal philosophies about trying to manage motherhood responsibilities while carving out time to practice new skills. This is the fourth episode in the 5-part series on motherhood, airing May 2022.

Call to Action:

Put yourself out there and try something you’ve been interested in!

“We, as moms, get so wrapped up in our kids and what they need. We sometimes forget we have needs as well and we also have talents and hobbies and things that can enrich other people's lives and our kids' lives by them seeing us pursue those things, seeing what brings us joy. They say, “a happy wife, a happy life.” And I feel like when I'm doing things that bring me joy, I'm a better mom at home.

So I just say, put yourself out there. Try something new. Even if you're nervous to do it, it doesn't hurt to try! And if you don't succeed the first time, just keep trying. ‘Cause I promise, practice makes perfect—well, no— practice makes progress is what I'll say, because it's never, always going to be perfect, but practice definitely makes progress.”

- Tyla Bearss of Cake-n-Tyla

Referenced Links and Episodes:

• Cake-n-Tyla Facebook
• Cake-n-Tyla Instagram
• Episode 10 Wise Up // Mindy Schoen
• Episode 2 Hit It

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Show Timeline:

0:00 Introduction of topic and guest host

5:15 Tyla’s cake decorating journey: husband’s M&M cake beginnings, encouragement from friends, Stranger Things cake story, husband support in the middle of the night, early successes and difficult lessons

14:30 Personal growth: overcoming feelings of inadequacy, prioritizing time for passion projects

16:30 Involving kids vs. excluding kids from involvement in passion projects

18:45 Lessons children learn watching moms practice new skills: things don’t come easy/free, you have to work hard in life

20:00 Balancing act: a continual work in progress, bike analogy

21:30 Balance v. Harmony in life: discussion on “mom guilt”

24:15 Personal lessons learned: You can do hard things, recognizing progress and celebrating the milestones, keeping motivation up by continually learning new techniques

26:15 Social media comparisons: recognizing room for growth and making changes, not getting impatient with yourself along your journey

29:45 Personal passions as a source of income: providing Christmas, finding harmony and recognizing “discord” and how to resolve it

34:00 Intentional with use of time: moms can still make life fun on the go/doing chores/working

36:00 Call to Action: examples of trying new things—musical numbers and running

38:30 Supporting women in your life in their passion projects

40:45 Closing remarks: Tyla’s contact information, 3 baking tips, outtakes