Episode 73

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13th May 2025

Maycember Madness: Planning, Pressure, and the Myth of Doing It All

May doesn’t come with twinkle lights, gifts, or permission to reset and yet it’s one of the most intense months on the calendar. In this unfiltered episode, I sit down with Meg to talk how we’re navigating this high-pressure month when you’re running a business, raising a family, and trying to stay sane in the middle of wind, branding season, and end-of-school-year chaos.

We chat candidly about how the myth of “doing it all” is still showing up in subtle ways, how systems become strategy when your whole life feels over-committed, and why managing your capacity has nothing to do with being less ambitious. This episode is equal parts coaching session, permission slip, and reminder that the goal isn’t to fix everything.

In This Episode

  • Why May feels like December without the joy.
  • The “net stress analysis” I use to make hard choices (like skipping a big award event).
  • How to measure the real cost of saying yes: emotionally, logistically, and energetically.
  • The myth of linear priorities and why “family over business” isn’t always a useful frame.
  • How systems aren’t just about efficiency, instead they’re your lifeline in seasons of unpredictability.
  • Why long-range planning creates margin.
  • The difference between working in your life and working on your life.

Favorite Moments

  • “If everything is getting done, why am I still overwhelmed?”
  • “You’re the COO of your own life. You have departments and you need systems.”
  • “Sometimes we live in a myth of overwhelm. And that myth is costing us margin.”

Let’s Keep the Conversation Going

If you find yourself checking all the boxes and still wondering why you feel maxed out, we’d love to hear what part of this conversation hit home. Screenshot this episode, tag @cowgirlsovercoffee and tell us about it!

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Cowgirls Over Coffee
Spoiler: there’s nothing you’re missing. There’s no hack, strategy, system or secret that you just haven’t figured out. There’s only the process of discovering what matters for you and what doesn’t, what works for you and what doesn’t. The Cowgirls Over Coffee podcast exists to invite women into deeper conversations that lead to stronger lives.

Welcome to Cowgirls Over Coffee with Thea Larsen! The podcast where I take you along on my mission to encourage and equip women to finally quit winging it, and learn to savor life at the intersection of home and ambition. Tune in each week for conversations with not only myself, but also roundtable discussions with my friends, and even an expert or two, as we navigate the messy, mundane and magic of every day cultivating thriving homes and businesses from the ranch, farm, kitchen table or cab of the truck.

This is an experiment in embracing the process, sampling systems, and nurturing self, all while simply refusing to settle for less than we know we can achieve - for ourselves, our families, our communities and our businesses. We’ll cover topics like planning, organization, rural lifestyle, motherhood, wellbeing, homemaking, dream chasing and entrepreneurship.

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