Hosted by: Reesa Morala, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

In this episode, Julie Seal-Gaustad joins Reesa to talk business, parenting, and her family's famous banana bread. Get ready for practical insights, real-life challenges, and a recipe that's sure to become a household favorite.

• Julie introduces herself as a business and executive coach serving Southern California, sharing her career journey and client focus.

• The story behind Nana Kate's banana bread recipe and why it's a special family tradition.

• Step-by-step baking tips for making the moistest banana bread (with secret tips for extra flavor and texture).

• Julie's honest conversation about balancing business ownership with motherhood, including tough choices about childcare and quality time.

• Lessons on embracing flexibility, letting go of "perfect parent" expectations, and practicing humility and self-compassion as a parent and professional.

Connect with Julie: https://calendly.com/jsgactioncoach/discovery

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Nana's Banana Bread

Heat oven to 325 degrees

Peel three bananas large or 4 smaller and crush with fork

Grease a loaf pan with baking spray or solid Crisco

Put these next ingredients in mixing bowl as indicated in directions

3/4 to 1 cup sugar (depends on how sweet you like it) I have substituted 1/4 to 1/2 brown sugar with 1/2 cup regular for a change in taste

1/2 cup canola oil

Beat those two ingredients together for about 1 to 2 minutes

Add 1 egg close to room temperature and beat again

You can add 1 tsp vanilla at this point or not as you choose.

In a separate smaller bowl put 1 and 1/2 cups of flour with 1 tsp soda and 1/2 tsp salt. You could add any dry spices, 1/2 to 1 tsp if you like. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't.

Stir to combine dry ingredients.

Add the bananas to your liquid mixture, mix until blended.

Add dry ingredients and mix only until well combined.

You can add nuts, chocolate chips, cranberries, whatever at this time, give bread a quick stir to blend them in and then...

Pour into baking loaf pan

Bake for about 50 minutes, check by using tooth pick in center, if it comes out clean bread is done, if still a bit wet, cook about 5 to 10 minutes more watching closely.

When done take out and put pan on wire rack for ten minutes to cool

Then use knife to loosen edges and take out of loaf pan.

Cool on wire rack

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