Entrepreneur Parents - Pretty & Punk Podcast | Family Success, Business Tactics, Relationship Goals
Sep 18, 2026 · 38 min · 10 segments
**🎙️EP 347** **THEY SAID SHE CHANGED, BUT GOD NEVER ASKED HER TO STAY THE SAME!** **(Solo episode w/ Ildiko Ferenczi)** **ENTREPRENEUR PARENTS PODCAST** **BECOMING UNSHAKABLE: MOMS SUPPORTING…
Dan CaldwellHostIt was so good that I had to bring it to you, uh, because I know, I know it's gonna be relatable.
I'm not gonna share her name, but one of my favorite mamas received a text the other day, and the text was only two words at the end there.
When she placed the phone down to think about what had just [laughs] come through for her, she put it face down beside her, and, and she just thought about it.
She no longer explained every decision until everyone felt comfortable with it.
She had learned to say no without th- three or five paragraphs of apology afterwards.
She protected time with her children so differently than when it was just herself and her husband.
She guarded the quiet hours she needed to create, to pour into her family, and she stopped attending conversations that always left her feeling smaller and, and, like, stressed out.
It's time to cut those things out." She had become more careful about where she placed her energy.
For years, people told her, y- the ones that loved her, "You need stronger boundaries.
You need to stop allowing everyone else's needs to come before your own." And then she did.
When, when the baby takes their first breath, we as mothers, we take our [laughs] our first breath, too, as someone else.
And suddenly the woman they had encouraged her to become, right? The people around her, not, not the ones that love her and that want her to change, but there was a lot of people around her, and this new m- woman that she was becoming was making them uncomfortable.
But when her growth changed her availability, her access, and the way she allowed herself to be treated, they called her changed.
But she looked at that message again, "You've changed," and this time she didn't defend herself.
I prayed for this." Get ready for another amazing conversation that I think you're gonna see yourself in.

Join us as we learn from other entrepreneurs going through the same life struggles.
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It was so good that I had to bring it to you, uh, because I know, I know it's gonna be relatable.
I'm not gonna share her name, but one of my favorite mamas received a text the other day, and the text was only two words at the end there.
When she placed the phone down to think about what had just [laughs] come through for her, she put it face down beside her, and, and she just thought about it.
She no longer explained every decision until everyone felt comfortable with it.
She had learned to say no without th- three or five paragraphs of apology afterwards.
She protected time with her children so differently than when it was just herself and her husband.
She guarded the quiet hours she needed to create, to pour into her family, and she stopped attending conversations that always left her feeling smaller and, and, like, stressed out.
It's time to cut those things out." She had become more careful about where she placed her energy.
For years, people told her, y- the ones that loved her, "You need stronger boundaries.
You need to stop allowing everyone else's needs to come before your own." And then she did.
When, when the baby takes their first breath, we as mothers, we take our [laughs] our first breath, too, as someone else.
And suddenly the woman they had encouraged her to become, right? The people around her, not, not the ones that love her and that want her to change, but there was a lot of people around her, and this new m- woman that she was becoming was making them uncomfortable.
But when her growth changed her availability, her access, and the way she allowed herself to be treated, they called her changed.
But she looked at that message again, "You've changed," and this time she didn't defend herself.
I prayed for this." Get ready for another amazing conversation that I think you're gonna see yourself in.

Join us as we learn from other entrepreneurs going through the same life struggles.