What does it actually cost to raise a child on someone else's timeline? In this episode, Jenny Maxwell gets honest about the pressure parents feel to keep their kids 'on track' - the sports schedules, the AP classes, the invisible race nobody signed up for. Drawing on her own experience watching her two boys find their own paths later than most, Jenny explores what happens when kids are pushed to perform before they're ready — and why those early patterns of saying yes, pushing through, and ignoring what they feel show up decades later in exhausted, people-pleasing adults.

This episode is for every parent who has quietly wondered whether they're doing too much — and for every adult who is only now starting to recognise where their people-pleasing patterns actually began.

What You'll Hear in This Episode

→ Why nearly 70% of kids drop out of organised sports by age 13 - and what that number is really telling us → Jenny's sons Jonah and Danny: what starting late actually taught them (and why they still love their sports) → The real financial and emotional cost of over-scheduling children → How childhood pressure to perform plants the seeds of adult people-pleasing → The difference between reacting automatically and pausing to choose your response → What Jenny actually wanted for her kids - and why it had nothing to do with grades or trophies

Resources & Links

Join The Reset Info Session — free live event, June 16th: www.jennymcoaching.com/group

Not sure if people pleasing applies to you?

Take the 2-minute quiz:

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This podcast is produced by www.keystepsupport.com

Have you ever found yourself thinking:

👉 "I don't know what I want anymore…"
👉 "Why do I feel so stuck?"
👉 "I used to be decisive - what happened?"

In this episode, I take you inside a real coaching conversation where a client said something that stopped me in my tracks:

👉 "I don't think I've had conviction about anything… since college."

What we uncovered wasn't a lack of confidence or direction.

It was a loss of connection to the version of her who trusted herself.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why feeling stuck doesn't mean something is wrong with you

• How overthinking quietly replaces self-trust

• The shift from "trying to get it right" → trusting yourself again

• A simple way to start moving forward (without blowing up your life)

The real shift:
You don't need a full plan.

You need to reconnect with the version of you who already knows how to take the next step.

✨ A simple question to take with you:
👉 Where have you started to believe "that's not me anymore"?
👉 And what would that version of you do next?

💛 Want to go deeper?
If this episode resonated, the best place to start is my People Pleasing Quiz.

https://forms.gle/hs6wa6N6Q6iqKYBt9

It will help you see your patterns clearly - especially if you tend to:

• overthink decisions

• say yes when you don't want to

• feel stuck between what you want and what you "should" do

You'll also get access to my emails where I share simple, real-life ways to shift from reacting to responding.

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If this episode helped you, make sure you follow the podcast so you don't miss what's coming next.

I'm sharing more behind-the-scenes coaching moments like this… and introducing a new way to work with me soon.

This podcast is produced by www.keystepsupport.com

Life is full of transitions.

Some we expect.
Some we don't.

And even when they're good… they can feel overwhelming.

In this episode, I share a personal moment I'm moving through right now:

• my youngest graduating

• my oldest starting her next chapter

• and the shift into a quieter home

Alongside that, I take you inside a powerful experience from an equine therapy workshop that brought everything into focus.

In this episode, you'll learn:
• Why transitions can trigger overwhelm—even when nothing is "wrong"

• What actually causes that frozen, stuck feeling

• How to stay grounded instead of trying to figure everything out at once

• The unexpected lesson a horse named Pebbles taught me about trust

The real shift:

Overwhelm isn't about doing too much.

It's about trying to hold everything at once.

When you slow things down… and come back to one step… everything starts to move again.

✨ A simple question to take with you:
👉 What's one thing you're trying to figure out all at once?
👉 And what's the next small step instead?

Want support with this?
If you're in a season of change and feeling stretched, this is exactly the work I'm leaning into more right now.

Start with my People Pleasing Quiz to understand your patterns around:

• overthinking

• overgiving

• and trying to keep everything together

https://bit.ly/notapeoplepleaser

You'll also get access to my emails where I share simple ways to reset and respond differently in real life.

Follow the show
If this episode resonated, follow the podcast.

I'll be sharing more real-life moments like this… and opening up a new group experience soon.

This podcast is produced by www.keystepsupport.com