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Fertile Imagination: A Guide for Stretching Every Mom’s Superpower for Maximum Impact
"Fertile Imagination is the jet engine you need to go after what you really, really want.
You can be a great mom without giving up, shrinking, or hiding your dreams. There’s flexibility in how you pursue anything—your role, your lifestyle, and your personal and professional goals. The limitations on dreams you chase are waiting to be shattered. It’s time to see and seize what’s beyond your gaze. Let’s bridge your childhood daydreams with your grown-up realities. Imagine skipping with your kids across any path—you, surpassing your milestones while your kids are reaching theirs. There’s only one superpower versatile enough to stretch your thinking beyond what’s been done a Fertile Imagination. It’s the perfect kryptonite for impostor syndrome and feeling stuck when it’s alert!
In Fertile Imagination, you will awaken your sleeping source of creative solutions. If you can wake up a toddler or a groggy middle schooler, then together with the stories in this book—featuring 25 guests from my podcast Unimaginable Wellness, proven tools, and personal anecdotes—we will wake up your former your imagination!
Dive in if you’ve ever asked
Why do I want more?
What about my big ideas?
When do I get to play?
Where can I find the energy?
Who else is going for it and getting it done?
How can I stay relevant and keep growing?
What if I don’t want to wait until my kids are grown?
Discover fresh ways
Rewrite our ""mom scripts""
Overcome imposter syndrome
Reduce decision fatigue
Play with ideas
Be present, feel more alive
Duplicate yourself; ask for help
Use your greatness at home and/or globally
Featured podcast guests Suzy Batiz, Beth Comstock former GE CMO, Diane Bell, Lisa Messenger Australia's Entrepreneur's Entrepreneur, James Altucher, Martha Hennessey, Phaidra Knight, Gary Vaynerchuk, David Meltzer, Marc Champagne, Breeja Larson, Theo Travers, David Roberts, Asha Curran and others.
Praise for Fertile Imagination
“Melissa is an inspiring display of tenacity and motivation. Whenever you’re feeling stuck, peruse Melissa’s thoughtfully compiled tips and exercises and you’ll be creating magic in no time.” —Suzy Batiz, the chief executive and visionary officer of ~Pourri, The Makers of Poo~Pourri, supernatural, and Alive OS
“Melissa’s words are authentic and important. She is a great listener and now shares reality-based strategies for imagining your own imperfect, fulfilling life.” —Martha Hennessey, a former New Hampshire State Senator/member of the House of Representatives
“This is the book for a mom who wants a second jet engine to embark on her own journey from thinking she will have to wait another lifetime to dream big to knowing she can take steps right now to uncover and do what she would find more fulfilling at this life stage. Melissa writes both intimately and conversationally about topics that many moms around the world can relate to (some dads too).” —Ken Honda, Japan’s best-selling Zen millionaire and the author of Happy The Japanese Art of Making Peace with Your Money
About the Author
Melissa Llarena is an author, imagination coach, consultant, speaker, and contributor to ForbesWomen articles that have garnered 4 million + views. She is also the host of Unimaginable Wellness, the podcast for entrepreneurs, founders, and creators who are also moms. Featured guests include GaryVee and Beth Comstock. Melissa holds a psychology degree from New York University, an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and a Transformational Coaching Academy certificate. She is training to become a meditation practitioner. Melissa lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and three sons. Visit www.fertileideas.com."
You can be a great mom without giving up, shrinking, or hiding your dreams. There’s flexibility in how you pursue anything—your role, your lifestyle, and your personal and professional goals. The limitations on dreams you chase are waiting to be shattered. It’s time to see and seize what’s beyond your gaze. Let’s bridge your childhood daydreams with your grown-up realities. Imagine skipping with your kids across any path—you, surpassing your milestones while your kids are reaching theirs. There’s only one superpower versatile enough to stretch your thinking beyond what’s been done a Fertile Imagination. It’s the perfect kryptonite for impostor syndrome and feeling stuck when it’s alert!
In Fertile Imagination, you will awaken your sleeping source of creative solutions. If you can wake up a toddler or a groggy middle schooler, then together with the stories in this book—featuring 25 guests from my podcast Unimaginable Wellness, proven tools, and personal anecdotes—we will wake up your former your imagination!
Dive in if you’ve ever asked
Why do I want more?
What about my big ideas?
When do I get to play?
Where can I find the energy?
Who else is going for it and getting it done?
How can I stay relevant and keep growing?
What if I don’t want to wait until my kids are grown?
Discover fresh ways
Rewrite our ""mom scripts""
Overcome imposter syndrome
Reduce decision fatigue
Play with ideas
Be present, feel more alive
Duplicate yourself; ask for help
Use your greatness at home and/or globally
Featured podcast guests Suzy Batiz, Beth Comstock former GE CMO, Diane Bell, Lisa Messenger Australia's Entrepreneur's Entrepreneur, James Altucher, Martha Hennessey, Phaidra Knight, Gary Vaynerchuk, David Meltzer, Marc Champagne, Breeja Larson, Theo Travers, David Roberts, Asha Curran and others.
Praise for Fertile Imagination
“Melissa is an inspiring display of tenacity and motivation. Whenever you’re feeling stuck, peruse Melissa’s thoughtfully compiled tips and exercises and you’ll be creating magic in no time.” —Suzy Batiz, the chief executive and visionary officer of ~Pourri, The Makers of Poo~Pourri, supernatural, and Alive OS
“Melissa’s words are authentic and important. She is a great listener and now shares reality-based strategies for imagining your own imperfect, fulfilling life.” —Martha Hennessey, a former New Hampshire State Senator/member of the House of Representatives
“This is the book for a mom who wants a second jet engine to embark on her own journey from thinking she will have to wait another lifetime to dream big to knowing she can take steps right now to uncover and do what she would find more fulfilling at this life stage. Melissa writes both intimately and conversationally about topics that many moms around the world can relate to (some dads too).” —Ken Honda, Japan’s best-selling Zen millionaire and the author of Happy The Japanese Art of Making Peace with Your Money
About the Author
Melissa Llarena is an author, imagination coach, consultant, speaker, and contributor to ForbesWomen articles that have garnered 4 million + views. She is also the host of Unimaginable Wellness, the podcast for entrepreneurs, founders, and creators who are also moms. Featured guests include GaryVee and Beth Comstock. Melissa holds a psychology degree from New York University, an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and a Transformational Coaching Academy certificate. She is training to become a meditation practitioner. Melissa lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and three sons. Visit www.fertileideas.com."
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October 25, 2023
Working moms are tired. Stay at home moms are tired. We get our routines and slog through the days most of the time. Melissa Llerena’s Fertile Imagination is an approachable book of stories no matter what kind of tired mom you are. Being given permission to exist in a place of creativity beyond our mothering boundaries, is like breathing fresh air or remembering to put our bare feet in the grass once in a while. Reminding ourselves that the interests we had before we were parents or even ideas of what could become interests is just as important as nurturing our child’s interests.
Fertile Imagination offers colorful chapters to remind us of ourselves. You can read through or even bounce around if one chapter is calling you over the rest. This book lets you dig deep so you can recover something or even discover something in yourself. The encouragement is beautiful and freeing and I’m looking forward to gifting this book to those friends I kept thinking about as I read. It was a great way to get out of my reading slump from heavy non fictions like Body Keeps The Score and My Grandmothers Hands.
Fertile Imagination offers colorful chapters to remind us of ourselves. You can read through or even bounce around if one chapter is calling you over the rest. This book lets you dig deep so you can recover something or even discover something in yourself. The encouragement is beautiful and freeing and I’m looking forward to gifting this book to those friends I kept thinking about as I read. It was a great way to get out of my reading slump from heavy non fictions like Body Keeps The Score and My Grandmothers Hands.
October 22, 2023
Melissa is an amazing interviewer and listener, and now she’s proven herself to be an amazing author! An empowering read for all the mums out there, no matter what stage of mumhood they’re at.
This book was both inspirational and motivational and definitely worth picking up if you’re a mum who adores her kids, but still wants more. It IS possible to have it all without the guilt- sometimes you just have to think outside the square and do it your way.
This book was both inspirational and motivational and definitely worth picking up if you’re a mum who adores her kids, but still wants more. It IS possible to have it all without the guilt- sometimes you just have to think outside the square and do it your way.
October 31, 2023
Really great read.
This book provides Extensive examples and many questions for how to reframe mindset. I enjoyed it!
This book provides Extensive examples and many questions for how to reframe mindset. I enjoyed it!
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