Homeschooling, Nonprofit Advocacy and A Purpose-Led Life with Karla Severson

What if a full life could feel lighter and fulfilling? We sit down with Karla (a mum of three, nonprofit director, church leader, and homeschool parent) to unpack how purpose, support and simple systems can turn a crowded schedule into a steady rhythm. From scholarships that open doors to civics programs that make learning fun, she shows how education advocacy can meet families where they are and connect them to real help.

We get practical about homeschooling: start with the child’s learning style, blend online and book-based tools, and trade seat time for meaningful time. Karla shares why music and movement change the brain, how micro schooling and real-life projects spark curiosity, and why parents are their children’s first and lasting teachers. We also explore the Fatherhood Project, a research-backed path for emotionally engaged dads and parents in recovery, and how elevating fathers strengthens the entire family.

Health and energy run through it all. Karla reflects on recovering from a stroke, the role of sleep and holistic care, and how gratitude and prayer keep her grounded. Mel opens up about reshaping routines after burnout and choosing boundaries that protect joy. Together we map out simple, repeatable habits  like calendars that actually serve you, support networks that lighten the load, and guilt-free self-care that keeps love and patience on tap. If you’re craving a home that learns, laughs, and rests, this conversation offers some steps and warm encouragement.

Follow Karla on Instagram at @connectwithkarla and on Facebook.

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Transcript

Welcome And Show Setup

Mel 0:22

Welcome to Beyond Organised, the podcast that helps you simplify your life and amplify your purpose. I'm Mel Schenker, life coach, speaker, founder of She's Organised, but, more importantly, a wife and mum of four little kids. If you've ever felt overwhelmed, like you're constantly juggling everything but never quite catching up, this is the place for you. Here we go beyond just the tidying up and creating systems. We're talking about real life strategies that bring order to your life, but also we talk about the things beyond the organising, the things that really matter, like your parenting relationships and so much more. So grab your coffee and let's dive in.

Meet Karla: Mum, Leader, Connector

Mel 0:59

Welcome back to another episode of Beyond Organized. I have Carla with me here today, and I am going to get Carla to introduce herself to you all.

Karla 1:09

Hello, everyone. Thank you so much, Mel, for having me on here and getting to know you. I'm excited to actually learn more about you. I am here in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States. I know you're over there down under. Yeah. I am a mom of three. Um, I actually have a daughter who's graduating high school this year, and I can't believe it. She'll 17, almost 18. Yes. You didn't look old enough. Um, I'm 41 years old. Oh. So yes, happily married. Also, it's funny that you're from Australia. Yeah. Right. Because my husband's company, the owner is actually from Australia and he talks to him every single day. So he's always like, okay, I'm gonna call you this time because it's this time. So, but I am I'm a mom of three. I'm an entrepreneur and also a director of programs for a nonprofit um here in America called Power to Parent. And we advocate for kids and and children and education, everything that has to do with education. Um, really excited about that. And um I'm homeschooling my my youngest two currently, my 10 and eight-year-old, and then my oldest is a private high school. And so it's a really fun experience because I homeschooled my my eldest originally and up to seventh grade. Wow. So this is my second round of homeschooling. So I'm really I love it, but I'm about the child as a whole, like who they are, how they learn, because every child is different. So I have a boy in the middle, and so yes, and I just love to connect with people. Uh my handle is connect with Carla for a purpose because I love to connect with people in every level, whatever it is. So I I connecting even where people like, do you know a plumber? And I'm like, Yeah, I do actually want to connect you with a plumber. Or you'll handy time. Okay. No, like anybody that they just have like my friend the other day was like, Do you know anybody who's selling breast milk? Because my friend is not able to pop. And I was like, I actually do. I know I do a lot of organization, I can connect you. So I just love the internet. The white pages. I just love to connect everybody.

Mel 3:31

So I love that. Well, thank you for coming on because I I love that you want to connect with people, but I also love that your main focus is mom. And I can see that from your Instagram pages. Your your main uh identity, I guess you want to portray, is mom. And I this is a show for mums. So you're in the right place there. But I also love that you're so much more than that. You've got quite a number of different projects and things going on. So I would love to hear a little bit more about what you're doing outside of being a mum for now, and then we can connect that in as you go.

Nonprofit Work And Education Advocacy

Karla 4:09

Yeah, so uh I had mentioned the nonprofit working as a director of programs. I've got quite different programs that we have going on, and a lot of it is based in education, whether it's advocacy in education or coming alongside families, if we need to advocate for them in the school system, and also bringing resources to families, just with anything that has to do with education and really as a family as a whole, helping their family being empowered.

Mel 4:39

Is it more for people that are in disadvantaged areas or have learning disabilities or like it's really uh just a general idea it's like everybody, everyone, yeah, everyone.

Karla 4:52

And if we don't have it, we're not necessarily specialized in um those with you know disabilities or anything like that, but we have partners. So we just partner with all the community members and all the community yes, and we will connect them to whomever that may be, and just being a resource, being a resource to families with that. And then we have a couple programs. One of our programs, we have a scholarship. So we funded last year about 13 um students to go to private high school. And that was

Scholarships, Civics, And Community Programs

Karla 5:24

really awesome. So we just launched that, our Empowered Choice Scholarship. And then one of our other programs is our civics portion, which is learning about the country. So we have a Patriot camp and a constitution bowl. We just got um a grant from the Department of Education actually to be able to help families with that. And it's a really fun, it's really fun and engaging, kind of like a, you know, a little game show for the Constitution Bowl. So it's really cool. And I love it. I'm an immigrant. I'm actually, you know, originally from the Philippines and I moved here when I was 10 years old. So um I love everything, just learning about history, right? Of the country that I'm in, you know. So it's really fun. So there's one of our other programs, and then another program that we have is uh is focused on uh those who have been incarcerated, uh, some of them the f really focusing on fathers, actually. The fatherhood project, and that is one of the things that I really am very passionate about that. We actually partnered up with an incredible, brilliant professor from Harvard, and he created this curriculum called the Fatherhood Project. And I had found it like at two in the morning, I couldn't sleep, and we were looking for a program that could really help families, which it uh can also help mothers. It's uh it's called Parents and Recovery. So those that have gone through, you know, rec um addiction or whatnot, and even if they haven't, a lot of it is, you know, just being emotionally engaged with their children because an emotionally engaged parent is empowered,

Fatherhood Project And Engaged Parenting

Karla 6:52

right? And empowers their children.

Mel 6:53

Yeah, but I think you don't value enough at times the role that fathers play. I think we've I mean we've come through the ages, mums were just sort of shoved into the background and had a really important role, and now we've we're really coming out and and the world sees how important we are as mums. But I feel like that's come at a cost to our fathers. And I just think that the more we can create a healthy relationship and a healthy balance in how we see fathers, and I get that not everybody has a good experience with a father figure. I understand that. But if we can equip and build the fathers even of the next generation, I I don't think that can be underestimated. So it certainly plays a part with family and the importance in that. And boy, it sounds like you're doing some really big work, like mid-level work that it makes me wonder as a mom, how do you fit all of this in amongst your family and home life?

Karla 7:52

How do you do it? It's definitely the support, right? A support system, which is really powerful. My husband has been is a great help with that. And thank God for that that uh that partnership, you know, that's really important. I'll be about it. Right. And then my my eldest daughter is incredible, such a like very responsible

Purpose, Faith, And Managing A Full Life

Karla 8:13

young lady. My father-in-law, who's here, all of our families actually, so we live in Las Vegas, but I really grew up in Orange County in California. So it's just a state over about four hours away from Nevada, from Las Vegas. And so all my family, I have six siblings, they're all in California, and I'm the only one here. And all my husband's siblings are all in California. So we're the only ones here. Okay, wife. In Las Vegas, yes, and we do have a great church community. I'm also a director of a children's ministry at my church. Wow. So a woman. Oh my gosh. I know, I know, but it's just been a calling. I've been a part of it now for the church since 2010. And um, I just love God hasn't released me yet. So it's my passion to just really um help and be there for for the youth. Just I believe there's a part of me as a young girl that wished to be the person that I am to them. And so I want to be that person for them and and fill that gap for some. And then I also work with very part-time building my Korean skincare business. So it's just like super, it's fun, it all melds together.

Mel 9:28

Wow. I I mean, I don't know about you, and I'm an organized person, hence the name of it. Geez, even just juggling this one business with oh well, I still have a part-time job because you know, still gonna help pay the bills a little bit, and you know, running a household and time for the family, and I've got four kids and all of that. Like, I'm struggling with one business. I don't know how you're doing it with all this. Like, you must have, you know, a hundred hours in a day.

Systems, Calendars, And Protecting Sleep

Karla 9:59

No, no. I think utilizing what we have, like systems, right? Like making sure things are calendared also, right? And let you know what's going on. Right. I think the systems are important, having some of those. I still feel like this year for sure, just like really prioritizing what exactly, you know, what needs to be done. And so there are pockets of time where I have to take a break from certain things so that I could focus on that. And so realizing when to do that and understanding, okay, being aware. Okay, I need to take a box. Yes, yes, and definitely, yes, with and rest is so important, right? Like I just read an article how the main cause of death, you know, lack of sleep, more than diet.

Mel 10:43

Not surprised. I've had some seriously sleep-deprived moments, especially with kids, you know, newborn. You almost feel like you're not yourself anymore. Like you're going crazy almost. And I can't imagine, yeah, the people that just go days without it. It's like, it is killing you.

Karla 11:00

Get sleep. Oh yes. Yeah. So I definitely cherish my sleep. Yeah,

Health Scares, Healing, And Gratitude

Karla 11:06

me too. And I in 2018 I had a stroke and and I was getting seizures and everything like that. So sleep, you know, just studying the brain. And I mean, I actually had a listener that so long. Yeah. I've got some fun health stuff that I've had to deal with with my heart. I'm so sorry. And blood, you know, but I'm healed, do a lot of things, I try to do things holistically and just really uh have a holistic approach in my healing and you know, taking the things that I need to to make sure that I stay healthy. And also a lot of it really is just having a really grateful heart and a prayerful life. And I feel that a lot of things are aligning in some sense for me because I feel I am I feel like I'm walking in my purpose. And so I get excited about what I'm doing and passionate about it. I can understand that. Yeah, right. And so, and I feel like because of that, um, I mean, not that they're easy, you know, you've got the energies and you've got the capability to deal with it more.

Mel 12:10

Like, I I totally hear you because as much as my calendar is very full, my business is like full time with coaching and everything, and then obviously running podcasts and all this. But I love it. I love every single bit of it, and uh it's also just stepping into my purpose and my calling. I mean, I probably worked just as hard in the past with less kids at the time, but still time hours and ridiculous pressure on me, leadership running teams, all that kind of stuff. And I was drained. But I wasn't stepping into my full potential and my full purpose in what God actually

Alignment With Calling And Energy

Mel 12:50

wanted for me. And now that I am, it's amazing what you can achieve when it's aligned properly with his vision, not just my own. And so I can really, really hear you on that because I have people asking me, and I'm sure you get this too, how on earth do you manage it all? How do you feel it all? Because you hear it all and you just think like, yeah, I I actually don't know. It it really is God that sustains me.

Karla 13:17

But that's it. Like a hundred percent. Yeah. A hundred percent. I I really feel that way, like so much because I feel like I am in walking into what I'm supposed to do and really uh having real change and and my heart is in it. And so the connections that I I feel like that come into my life are just the right people that come at the right time. And I I I truly believe because of prayer and just being in alignment with the Lord with what he wants to for me to do. And so that's the only sometimes the only real response that I can really offer. And you know, because it really, I mean, obviously, and in the natural to just um, you know, we I have realized like even for my kids with homeschooling, I am not they're not doing academics for five hours. You know, that's that's not what they're doing. I am I am understanding how they're learning and what is most important for them. Yeah. And, you know, and like today they had music class, which is great. I could take them to the academy and I'm not doing that, but during that 30-minute time while they're in their music class, I can even send some emails. I can even just chill if I want to and actually get a little rest for 30 minutes.

Mel 14:56

I was wondering how you balance homeschooling on top of it all, because I will admit, like obviously I'm working ridiculous hours at the moment, but I know it'll improve the more God provides and step into things more. This is the season. This is the season of building. I get that. But I've got my older two kids in a Christian school at the moment because I'm to be honest, I'm just frankly quite against the things that they are trying to indoctrine and push on the kids in the public system. I don't agree with a lot of it now, and the school feels like they've got all the rights to try and brainwash my kids, and I just don't want to do that. So they're in Christian school, but obviously that costs an arm and a leg. I feel like my yeah, because you've got your oldest one in private school, but my husband, like, because I keep saying, you know, what what do you want? Like dreaming of the future of like, okay, just say we have got the finances to make it happen. We're really stepping into what it is, you know, God is pushing us forward. He would love to homeschool the kids. He wants to work and continue. He's he's a cabinet maker. Um, he wants to work and have his own, like, create tiny homes and stuff. That's like a dream. Oh, how fun! Um, and he is very skilled and very detailed, and I'm sure he'll be very sought after when that happens. But

Homeschool Philosophy And Flexibility

Mel 16:16

he wants to homeschool too. Now, I'm not the homeschooling mum type. I'm really not. I just certainly don't trust my kids' education on me.

Karla 16:25

I I trust you.

Mel 16:27

But even then, God's challenging me with that. But Sam, my husband, would absolutely love it. He would love to, and I just think, wow, for my kids to actually have that time with their dad, just a bit every day, learning from him, getting hands-on with the tools, doing things. Yeah, all these things. I just think, man, that's time that is just so precious. And so there's that, like, oh, are we gonna ever make that leap? Will we do that? I don't know. Like, oh, I feel like there's so much shift happening with that. And I and I wonder, just hearing from what you're saying, how you manage the homeschooling with all these projects, all these things you've got going on.

Karla 17:09

Well, it's not always perfect, but I really think the main thing is like when you start understanding your kids and knowing how they learn, I think that's part of one of the main things that we actually have to think about before just putting any kind of curriculum on them. It's like, how does my son or daughter learn? Like when just you've observed them and how different I'm guessing. Yeah. Yeah, they're all so different. Very different.

Mel 17:37

Like all the different things.

Karla 17:38

Yeah, oh absolutely. They're all so different, right? And the beautiful thing that I have to say is that there are incredible curriculum out there that you don't need to that you don't even need to duplicate. Yeah. And you can use all kinds of different cur curriculum. Like the one thing I tell people all the time, and here in Nevada, we actually have one of the best laws for homeschooling. And I'm definitely a proponent for it, and I promote it so much. It's good. The one thing that is awesome is there's so much curriculum that you can utilize, and you don't have to use just one kind. Like if in math they are learning this way, you can have them get on that. You know, whether it's online or whether it's on the book, they're not a book person, they hate it, or they're more into technology, right? You can do that. And so there's so so much resources, and that's a beautiful thing. We have so much information now than we've ever had before.

Mel 18:38

Yeah.

Karla 18:40

It can be overwhelming. But once, you know, there's something that you could teach your kids. So I feel that we have been so conditioned. Like we have to learn this way. They have to learn for these many hours. When in technicality, they're not learning that many hours in that day.

unknown 18:56

Yeah.

Karla 18:56

As a matter of fact, they're learning a lot. They're learning a bunch of dumb stuff. Like they're not even learning all the things. So we have to really think about okay, what do they need to learn, right? I mean, of course, we want them to read and write and know math, right? Know about some history, you know. But making it making it fun and making it um making it exciting.

Mel 19:18

Oh, relevant for real life.

Karla 19:20

Relevant for them. Yeah. But the skills are so important. And that's one of the things that I loved with my daughter was home, like my my eldest now. She homeschooled

Real-World Learning And Micro Schooling

Karla 19:29

all the way up to seventh grade. And then we helped open up a micro school at my church, and then she started going there for a couple of years, and then she took another break in 10th grade and did homeschool. And then we applied for the private school, and she's been there for her junior and senior year. But we have such an amazing relationship. I mean, she went with me to my business meetings. I mean, she got to meet mentors that were like real incredible, you know, and she was exposed to so many cool things. And then she would be with my husband, because he sells diesel parts for performance trucks. And she, you know, by the time she was six, she knew what the injectors and washers were and all those different things and what they look, you know what I'm saying? Real life skills. So by the time she was 10, she opened up her, she had started her own little business. She started doing tie-dye custom shirts and stuff like that. And so, but those are things that they can do when they have the time, you know, and you're not restricted and you can create, right? Because the main thing is is creating. We're created to create.

Mel 20:28

Yep.

Karla 20:29

And uh, and I believe if we allow the kids to really find find that thing for them, but make sure, you know, we don't want them to get lazy and I have to really hone in my son specifically. And but I'm trying to really understand how he's learning. But I've also learned that if you just, you know, you do some of the academics, you know, get them in some kind of sports or something that's active for them. Yeah. And then music. Yeah, and then music. I I believe if they go to music class, even just they'd go like 30 minutes a a week. There's something that shifts in their brain also. So it doesn't really have to be so complicated, and you really don't have to do it all. Like you're not necessarily just sitting there, but you know, we could have these conversations, we can ask questions about things and have real life conversations. We do our Bible, we know, read the scriptures and like talk about it. And um I feel that those things don't even take that much time. Yeah. And so, and so my approach is a little bit different. Everybody's different and how they do it.

Mel 21:37

And there's no right or wrong. But your kids will respond to your approach for the most part because it they've been placed in your family for a reason. You know, because you're their parents. It's given me a lot to think about with.

Karla 21:56

Yeah. And I'm here to help you. If you have any questions and you actually get into that. Point, like I am, I'm here to help. I'm here to help. I love it. And I think that's what it is. Like, we're their first teachers. And I think we have to realize that. Yeah. We're their first teachers. We're the ones that taught them how to how to walk, how to talk, you know, how to read. Even we're reading with them and all those things, right? You know, and but at the same time, I respect teachers so much and you know what they do. But we are their first teachers. And

Music, Movement, And Simple Routines

Karla 22:28

that is the one thing as a parent that we have. And yeah, there's some things that we may lack. And that's thank God we do have options that we can reach out, like even tutoring, you know, or whatever. Like, I'm gonna need somebody to teach you this math. Like, I can't really do it, but maybe you know, you can have a nine-year-old has already surpassed me.

Mel 22:47

He's one smart with that stuff. I'm just like, I mean, thank goodness my husband is good with maths and everything. Because I'm just like, that's not my thing. I but see, that's a beautiful thing. Your husband could be the math teacher. Do you know what I'm saying? I just I don't care enough about maths. And that's the thing I've I've worked out in my my second, he's very much like me. If he's not interested, he's switched off. And it's the same thing as me. But if I'm like interested, I'm all in. Like the distinctions kind of in, but it's like if I'm not interested, then forget about it.

Karla 23:22

Like my brain.

Mel 23:26

Yeah.

Karla 23:27

Yeah. Oh my gosh. Yeah. So that's awesome.

Mel 23:31

I'm curious as a mum, because obviously a lot of the people listening, they're not running businesses and things like that. But how do you find time for yourself in amongst all of this? And and maybe what's some advice you might even have for other mums that are just busy, got a lot on their plate that you find helpful?

Karla 23:51

Uh for me, when there's that quiet time, you know, everybody's in bed, right? I definitely get that. I know it's like, woo, thank you. And I can think, I love just having a cup of tea and really just relaxes you and stuff. And you know, I I really do my best to to put a lot of good things in my mind, like whether it is reading personal

Mum Self-Care Without Guilt

Karla 24:19

development, listening to it, or or watching something funny, because I love comedy. Like I'm lapping. I am.

Mel 24:29

I can't handle the action or all that stuff. I could at one point, but my life is too full on. I'm happy to go the rom-coms and just the comedies, the things that are lighthearted that doesn't bring any stress.

Karla 24:41

Yeah, like Korean dramas are like my my my Korean drama. That makes me so.

Mel 24:49

I love Korean cooking shows. Oh my gosh. All the food. Far out. My husband was binging this show that we had on Netflix here, and it was um a Korean cooking show, and they had like, I don't know, a million of the currency. I can't remember, but they had like a million, and they could spend it on whichever the two restaurants that were like competing against each other and and they were just eating all this food like and they were like judges, like a whole table of people and judging anyway. I I was amazed how much food people could eat. But the food looked like, I mean, we're just sitting there drooling. We're like, we don't have Korean restaurants near us, like, oh my gosh, we want food. Where exactly are you? I'm in Melbourne. There are Korean there are Korean restaurants around.

Karla 25:36

Yeah, I believe so.

Mel 25:37

There's not where we were, like we'd have to go further than 10 minutes kind of thing, you know?

Karla 25:44

Got it, got it. Yeah, no, I I love it. I mean, so I do, I think that's one of the things, and I think having mom friends, right? That I could call and and we could actually laugh about it or like, oh gosh, my kid did this. You're like, yeah, me too. Like I think also realizing that you're normal, like things that happen in your household is normal, like you're not crazy. You're not the only person

Laughter, Friends, And Normalising Chaos

Karla 26:07

going through that. Like, I think we have to understand, like, you're not the only person dealing with this. So don't beat yourself up like you messed up or you yell did something. It it's also forgiving yourself. Like I really have to look at myself and oh, how did I handle this? You know, I also really I ask forgiveness for my kids also when I'm gonna mess up.

Mel 26:28

Me too. But I also feel like if if anyone listening feels like they've got friends that make you feel like you're the only one that's going through it, maybe it's time to reevaluate your friends. I think that's a good thing. Not me personally, but my other friends who have got other friends.

Karla 26:47

And then I'm like, that's not healthy. That's not normal, healthy friends.

Mel 26:50

Yeah, they're they're in a bit of a delusional state themselves, I think. It's yeah, yeah. Anyway, but yes, for most normal people, we go through the craziness of all of it. So even when you're like even when you're on top of things, even when you've got your own systems and structures, kids have their own timetable. They've got their own way of talking about things. You've got to be flexible enough to go with it. Seriously, what are your ages for your baby for your kiddos? Yeah, so nine, nearly ten, seven, nearly four in a few weeks, and one. So oh wow, yeah, yeah. My hands are full, spread across the age.

Karla 27:32

Your hands are full. Absolutely. I love it. Absolutely. I'm actually gonna be hosting this event and I'll send it over to you. She's called a peaceful sleeper. And we're looking to help as many moms with that. Like, and she's an expert, she's doing a free teaching. Like, this sleep is so important, right? And I think resting, really finding time for yourself and not feel guilty that you're doing something for you is really important. It's so important. I love chiropractic care. She's really like my primary care doctor, is that like I suggest everybody define a chiropractor that practices the gonsted method, which I feel like is

Newborn Sleep, Chiropractic, And Recovery

Karla 28:12

a gold standard of chiropractic because it is uh it's gonsted G-O-N-S-T-E-A-D. And like for me, I've been through so many chiropractors. That practice is just the golden standard for me. I mean, she doesn't just adjust your neck like a little conductor that shows the heated parts of your body, and she only adjusts those parts. That's another thing, you know. It's like understanding that, especially for us women, we need we need more sleep than men. That's really important. We need more sleep. And you know, when I love that newborn sleep is like, that's why I feel like I had this stroke. I was nine months, uh, my daughter was nine months old when I had the stroke. And it I definitely was not sleeping well. And with nursing, it's like, oh my gosh, like every bit of my energy, you're literally sucking the life out of me. Like literally, like too literal, you know, and so I believe that not being guilty about taking care of yourself, right? And yeah, and and that's why I love what I do with our Korean skincare, because everything to me is like holistic, everything is clean, like trying to really focus on that. That's what we ingest is our temple, you know, taking care of ourselves and making sure we are putting the things that are helping us, and it's not just for vanity to look young or whatever. Because the bottom line is as mothers, we want to grow up and see our children grow older and have their own children.

Mel 29:45

Have their own children, yeah. And they grow up.

Karla 29:48

Yeah, yeah, and to have the energy to do it. And so the only way to do that is we have to take care of ourselves first, put the mask on first. That's it. That's order to be able to be guilty to take care of you because you're important.

unknown 30:03

Right?

Love, Boundaries, And Lasting Partnership

Karla 30:04

Right, me too.

Mel 30:05

And I and I thought it was the right response.

Karla 30:08

If that makes sense.

Mel 30:10

Yeah, no, I get you the way I should be feeling because you know, I don't know. I don't even know why now, now that I know better. But it's just I I was yeah, burnt out. I wasn't good to anyone because I was putting everyone's needs before my own. Mine almost never got met. And and that was even when I was like really highly organized to the point of being miserable. And so even pairing it back to a healthy balance now, but also realizing my self-care and the time that I have for myself is so critically important because otherwise I'm a monster. Let's face it.

Karla 30:49

I'm not good for anyone. So oh, I know. I'm like, oh, I'm the dragon lady right now. Like I need to scale back. Yeah, I'm a mother of dragons and I'm being a dragon right now. Like literally.

unknown 31:08

Yeah.

Karla 31:09

You know, yeah. So it's it's really, really critical that we do take care of ourselves and not feel guilty about any of it and and love ourselves, you know, enough because that's important, really. It's uh we in order for us to to love others and and do the things for others, we have to really love and take care of ourselves, you know, and it's it's healthy, it's not being selfish, you know. We're actually being selfish when we aren't taking care of ourselves because, you know, one of my favorite quotes from Jim Rohn, he says,

Where To Find Carla And Wrap-Up

Karla 31:42

Take care of you for me, and I will take care of me for you. Yeah. And that is being really considerate.

Mel 31:50

Yeah. Well, that's how I am with my husband, and he's with me. That's what makes a good marriage, too. The same goes for friendship, same goes for ourselves. Yes, yes. Yeah, absolutely. Ah, look, again, time just disappears. So Carla, if people wanted to connect with you, see what you're doing, see your beautiful family and pictures and all of that, where can they find you?

Karla 32:15

They can find me on Instagram or Facebook. Instagram is at connect with Carla with a K. And also on Facebook, Carla Severson, K-A-R-L-A, Severson, also at Connect with Carla. And yes, I please at let's connect. I that's what I'm all about. I love connecting with people all over the world. And and I'm so grateful that we connected, Mel. Like, you're so awesome. I can't wait to hear more. And I can't wait to see your husband's cabinet work because I love woodwork. I'm like, I'm I'm obsessed with woodwork. It's so cool, you know. To me, I love it so much. I love it so much. And it's it's so that's super neat. I want him to have his dream. And I think you guys will be able to fulfill that. And I just pray blessings for you and your family.

Mel 33:13

Thank you. Thank you so much for coming on, and I'll make sure all the details are in the show notes so everyone can find you. But I really appreciate you coming on today and for your time. Yes, thank you.

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Mel 33:25

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