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MAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community43 // You. Are. Worthy. Of. Your. Pain. - Why Devaluing Your Emotions is Poppycock ! PLUS Baby#2 UpdateYou are WORTHY of your pain! ( Read and Repeat) In fact, there are no requirements that dictate whether you deserve to feel what is real to you! It's totally human of us to judge and justify our own pain. The truth is we don't like to feel or show our weakness, others so often belittle our pain even with the best intentions, and we live in a comparison society that reminds us to suck it up, because someone else has it worse.
BUT, guess what… this coping strategy is total POPPYCOCK (new favorite word)!
...2021-05-1824 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community42 // Elliana's Uncomplicated Nuchal Cord + Home Birth - a Birth Story with Megan Rothenberg ---- Long Umbilical Cord, Midwifery Care, Physiology of Birth, Water BirthToday's birth story includes a nuchal cord, where the umbilical cord is wrapped around baby's neck one or more times. This amazing home birth comes from Megan Rothenberg who you might remember from episode 15, where we learned of her traumatic first birth. Megan is now a seasoned Home Water Birth Mama and she's back to retell the fresh birth of her 3 month old Eliana.
A Nuchal cord might sound pretty scary, but we hope to put you at ease in this episode by sharing some statistics and educating you on the incredible physiology of the w...2021-05-1156 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community41// The Do's and Don'ts in Your Pregnant & Postpartum Body - Incontinence, Malpositioned Baby and Diastasis Recti with Prenatal/ Postpartum Yoga and Pelvic Floor Coach Anastacia DrakeToo many of us are mis-informed on how we can support optimal baby positioning, abdomen and pelvic floor function through this journey to motherhood. This means many of us are unaware of how our posture, breathing, daily habits, and exercise contribute to a malpositioned baby, incontinence, Diastasis Recti, and a long road to recovery.
Today we are talking to Prenatal/Postpartum Yoga and Pelvic Floor Coach Anastacia Drake on our bodies through pregnancy and postpartum. Anastacia is going to help us gain an understanding of how the muscles, ligaments, and bone structure in the uterus, ab...2021-05-0455 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community40 // Building Your Prenatal, Birth, & Postpartum Dream Team - How to Choose a Provider, Midwife, Doula and Other Support PersonsDo you know how to choose the right provider and support persons for YOU and your growing family through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum? You only get to do THIS birth ONCE and the team you surround yourself with will have a profound impact on what is already a profound experience.
You might not know all your preferences in the birth world just yet and that’s OK! The purpose of this episode is to get your wheels turning, to help you ask the right questions, reflect on if these providers and support people make you feel...2021-04-2739 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community39 // An Altered Birth Plan, An Empowered Birth - Sarah Moyer's Birth Story --- Midwifery Care, Hospital Transfer for Pitocin, Postpartum Hemorrhage, Informed ConsentSarah's birth didn't go exactly to plan, in fact some may see some parts of her birth as traumatic. However, when she thinks back to the events and how she felt, it's all still "beautiful." You see, Sarah's sister-in-law experienced a traumatic birth. Her story scared her and she knew that she would need to be prepared and well supported for the birth of her own little girl.
A long birth center labor and ultimately a transfer to the hospital are among a few of the detours along the way. But because she had put i...2021-04-2055 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community38 // Traumatic Birth & Postpartum Bonding - Sarah Poland's Birth Story - Unnecessary Labor Induction, Cesarean, NICU, Postpartum SupportAfter her non medically indicated induction and 8 days in the NICU, Sarah was happy to finally be bringing her baby girl home. However, once home the trauma hit and she struggled to bond with her daughter. When she decided to speak up about her postpartum bonding experience and her birth, she received the support she needed and began to make the connection with her sweet girl.
Today Sarah shares her story to encourage moms like you to educate and advocate for yourself, to ask questions, and understand that if you're not connecting with your new m...2021-04-1753 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community37 // Are YOU Ready to Surrender the Future and Nurture the Now? Finding Happiness in the Moment with Samantha KellgrenLife in uncertainty can be all consuming. Whether you are trying to conceive, experiencing pregnancy after miscarriage, or living through the many struggles in motherhood, we must learn to surrender. When we learn to surrender we release energy spent attempting to control an outcome, allowing us to redirect that energy to what serves us in the moment.
Today we have the pleasure of learning from a queen of mom-spiration herself, Samantha Kellgren. She is a health and mindset coach who helps women become more aware of the happiness available to them in the moment, without guilt, and...2021-04-081h 08MAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community36 // Conception After Miscarriage - UPDATE I'm Still Pregnant! My Fertility Health Journey in Eastern Medicine & Holistic HealthAfter 2 miscarriages I felt the need to be open to change, to seek a deeper understanding of my current health, to explore new avenues within fertility health, and find new ways to bring more peace to my womb. Today I want to share my successful conception journey, what I did different, what I learned, and how I am feeling NOW at 22 weeks.
While I may never be able prove that these changes are why this 3rd pregnancy stuck, I do believe that through the help of Eastern medicine and Holistic health I was able to p...2021-04-0135 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community35 // What Our Children Learn From Our Struggles & Transformations - Marisa Kimmel on Mothering Through Alopecia, Preventative Mastectomy, Beauty Standards, and Normalizing EmotionsMarisa Kimmel is with us today and her story is one you will not soon forget. She's a mama of a beautiful two year old boy and the way she navigates motherhood so honestly is truly inspiring. Through growing up with Alopecia (hair-loss) and now having made the decision to get a preventative double mastectomy, Marisa sees that her responsibility and gift as a mother is to be open through the good and bad.
She wants her son to know that emotions are normal, that it's ok to feel them and accept them. She sees op...2021-03-181h 06MAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community34 // Don't Let Loss Scare You Out of Trying ! - Tiffany Griffin's Journey to Motherhood Through Multiple Miscarriages, D&C's, and Uterine HemorrhageToday we're speaking on that tough journey to motherhood, the one many of us experience by surprise and often all too quietly. Tiffany Griffin hadn't spoken of her multiple miscarriage story in a long time, but today recalls those four years she put behind her. As she relives this story she is reminded of just how hard that road was, how she coped by simply looking forward, and ultimately uncovered some lessons she wishes to offer all the mamas listening.
Tiffany hopes her story inspires moms to hold onto that vision of their family, and to...2021-03-111h 14MAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community33 // YOUR Prenatal & Beyond Breastfeeding Guide - Part 2 : All Things Latch and Our Heart Message to MomsThis is Part 2 of the Prenatal and Beyond Breastfeeding Guide. Today IBCLC Alicia Duncan, CEO of Nourish Lactation and I cover what a proper latch looks like, how to help baby latch, signs baby is transferring, signs there is a latch issue, troubleshooting latch, signs of tongue ties/lip ties, how they are diagnosed and treated, WE EVEN talk co-sleeping vs bed-sharing and how to do it safely as a breastfeeding mom.
We've made it to the end of our breastfeeding series and at the end of the episode we send you mamas off with a...2021-03-0451 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community32 // YOUR Prenatal and Beyond Guide to Breastfeeding Part 1: Learn What is Normal and How to Set Yourself Up for SuccessMany of us spend most of our pregnancy researching and planning our birth, but do little preparation for one of the biggest, first hurdles in motherhood… breastfeeding. Today IBCLC Alicia Duncan is back and we have put together 2 episodes dedicated to preparing you for your best breastfeeding journey possible ( lots of prayer hands here).
In part 1 we will cover learning hand expression, collecting colostrum before baby arrives, importance of skin-to-skin, first-latch/ golden hour, how exactly the baby effectively extracts milk, milk production, engorgement and how to handle it, should you pump or should you offer a p...2021-02-2558 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community31 // It Was HARD, but It Was WORTH It - My Crazy, Yet Beautiful Breastfeeding JourneyWhen I found out Miles had been starving at 2 weeks, our incredibly hard breastfeeding journey began. We fought for the first 6 months of his life, rebuilding my milk supply, supplementing with donor milk, navigating nipple shields, breast pumps, supplemental nursing systems, weaning off the bottle back to the breast, and then correcting latch and breaking him from clamping down when nursing.
It has been the hardest piece of my motherhood journey, but also the most rewarding. There were many weeks where I had to just tell myself to make it through that present day and if I...2021-02-1754 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community30 // Postpartum Anxiety & Breastfeeding - a Mother's Decision to Formula Feed With Chelsea BakerThe breastfeeding journey will most likely be the beginning of discovering who you are as a mother, what's important to you, what's priority for your baby, and what path you will take out of the best interest for ALL of you. The BEST choice might be, to end your breastfeeding journey and begin to formula feed.
Chelsea Baker wanted to breastfeed her baby, but a lack of lactation support, a bad latch, loss of milk supply, and postpartum anxiety began to affect her mental health. She was not able to enjoy this anticipated bonding with b...2021-02-111h 07MAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community29 // Part 2: Show Me Your Boobs! What No One Tells You - Realistic Breastfeeding Expectations with IBCLC Alicia DuncanWelcome to Part 2 of my chat with Lactation Consultant, Alicia Duncan where we discuss realistic expectations of the breastfeeding journey for first time moms or those reborn. As we laid out in Part 1, breastfeeding is often so much harder than we anticipate it to be. While it doesn't have to be AS HARD as if often is, the reality is that it WILL be tough at least for a period of time.
It's important to remember that not only did you give birth to a baby, but also a mother. Everything is new for ALL o...2021-02-0443 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community28 // Part 1: Show Me Your Boobs! Why Breastfeeding Is SO HARD and How YOU Can Change the Narrative One Latch at a TimeHave you ever seen a mother latch her baby at the breast? What are/were your expectations of your breastfeeding journey and did it match the reality? Today we are talking with IBCLC Lactation Consultant, Alicia Duncan on WHY breastfeeding is so much harder than we expect it to be and how we might change the narrative around this beautiful, yet skewed part of motherhood.
From efforts at first latch, lack of breastfeeding support, nursing in public, opinions on attachment parenting, sexualization of breasts, methods of breastfeeding, to the simple lack of exposure or knowledge, ma...2021-01-2853 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community27 // The Unexpected Journey of Breastfeeding - a Mother's Story of Nourishment Beyond the BoobBreastfeeding is something many of us prepare so little for. So often a mother's milk journey is told with tears and admissions of being unprepared for something that was supposed to be so easy and natural. Laura's breastfeeding story may feel familiar. She did all the things to give her daughter Ivetta Mae the best nourishment, from pumping night and day, lactation support, donor milk supplementation, pumping affirmations, daily doses of oatmeal, brewers yeast, and fenugreek, to the difficult decision of surrendering to formula feeding.
Laura wants you to know that nourishing your baby goes beyond how...2021-01-211h 01MAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community26 // Mad Respect for the Mom Bod - Learn to Live in Harmony With Your Body and Overcome Body ShameToday we are shifting our mindset from body shame to body appreciation. We've dealt with body image issues our whole life, because we've been conditioned to believe that so much of our worth is dictated by our figure. The journey in motherhood comes with more changes, fluctuations, and transitions than we have ever experienced and it can leave us feeling deflated.
The truth is the story our mom bods tell are nothing short of extraordinary. They've endured major transformations and even trauma, from both miraculous events like growing and birthing a child to damage done by our...2021-01-1439 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community25 // Rare Genetic Disorder, Infant Loss, and the Spiritual Healing Journey of a Grieving Mom - Remembering Kolby with Kelly KendallKelly and AJ Kendall knew their daughter Kolby would need some help once she was born. They expected her to be sick and that she'd possibly need surgeries. They were ready for that struggle and ready to love her no matter. What they didn't expect was that they would have to say goodbye just 3 days later.
Kelly and I grew up together and she's one of the most beautiful people I know. She has a special kind of light you simply are drawn to and that makes this episode all that much more heartbreaking, yet p...2021-01-071h 29MAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community24 // Eating for Two: Holistic Preconception and Prenatal Nutrition with Jade Van Gelderen -- Gestational diabetes, MTHFR, Preparing for pregnancy, Fertility and Pregnancy SuperfoodsToday I'm talking with Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Jade Van Gelderen owner of Happy Pineapple Nutrition and she is here to chat with us on preparing for pregnancy and how to care for two. We're going beyond the pamphlet you get at from your OB, covering fertility and pregnancy superfoods, the sitch on caffeine, Gestational diabetes, MTHFR, Folate vs Folic Acid, Prenatal vitamins, satiating cravings, pregnancy aversions, morning sickness, water intake, mindset shifts around food, and exposing the truth about the ole' "eating for two" myth.
Jade believes in preparing body for baby, but that it's n...2020-12-171h 04MAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community23 // Gift of Hygge - Uncover the Stress FREE Secret to Making the Holidays SpecialGive yourself permission to keep the holidays simple. Coming off this crazy year we've had, it feels there is even more pressure to make things extra special. I have the best news for you, you can do this for free, without draining your bank account, without exhausting your mind and body, and with what you already have.
Today I want to give you a light introduction into the world of Hygge. Essentially it's all of your most cherished holiday memories in one word. These memories are filled with the warmth of the holiday spirit and th...2020-12-1023 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community22 // Why You Never Ignore a Mother's Intuition! Preeclampsia, HELLP Syndrome, NICU Baby, Preemie Mom - with Samantha Gardner HavenToday you are going to hear the birth story of Benjamin who was born at 24 weeks due to Preeclampsia. Samantha Gardner Haven joins me in my home studio (aka the desk in the corner of my bedroom) for this episode and she brings us along as she relives the details of his birth and the hard months that followed.
Due to her severe condition Sam developed HELLP Syndrome and was unable to see her new baby boy in the NICU for 8 days. Today we will hear about the moments when mom and baby were reunited, the moments...2020-12-0454 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community21 // Connection, Compassion, Gratitude - A Cozy Thanksgiving Chat with Casey LynchI hope your'e listening to this episode with a cup of coffee, some fuzzy socks, and your'e getting things fired up in the kitchen, because this is a warm and cozy one. Today I am talking with one my favorite people, Casey Lynch on the history of Thanksgiving, the connections to the year of struggle we endured in 2020, our own Thanksgiving memories, and the true power of gratitude.
I wanted to bring you something that would warm and inspire your heart on this beloved day, but above all create a new meaning and intention. It's a...2020-11-261h 04MAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community20 // You Were Made for This ! A Mindset Motivation Cure for Self-DoubtToday you get a pep talk from yours truly! After self-doubt had almost ruined my day, fate stepped in and reminded me that nothing that insists on growth is easy. The goal, the challenge, the endeavor, the new biz you have decided to pursue is meant to change you and so it will be hard. On those days when you want to quit, remember it's a test. Can you push through, keeping in mind that on the other side of that hard are milestones and life changing moments?
Let's shift your mindset and keep you on this...2020-11-2409 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community19 // Foster Care, Adoption, Love & Trauma - Adam's Adoption Story with Lindsay LasterCan you imagine deeply loving a child who calls you Mama, while having to remind yourself that it could all be ripped away at any moment? Today we are honoring National Adoption Month and hearing from Lindsay Laster as she shares the beautiful, yet traumatic truth of being a foster parent and about the journey to adoption.
From the CPS home visits, grounds for kin unification, handing over your child to strangers, your options when it comes to the CPS case worker, fighting for the best interests of the child, to the moments when you finally can...2020-11-2051 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community18 // FREE Fear Workshop P3: Surrender the Outcome ! Learn to Choose Joy Despite Your FearI hope to inspire the heck out you today with the power you hold and with a story that reminds you that joy is not based on circumstances. Today we are taking our new vision of fear from Part 1 and our new understanding of our fears from Part 2, and we're implementing practices that will help you anticipate fear, curate joy, and fuel your gratitude.
So many of our moments spent in joy are chosen. We must choose to put fear to rest, surrender, have faith, live in gratitude for the blessings and the beautiful moments, t...2020-11-1821 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community17 // FREE Fear Workshop P2 : 4 Things You Need to Know to Overcome Fear of the UnknownIn part 2 of our fear workshop, we are going to learn more about the purpose of fear and how it works, especially around uncertainty, the unknown, and when it feels we've lost control. We are going to really get to know our fear, how it responds to our knee jerk reactions, and what it needs from us so we can work to create a relationship that is supportive.
I believe the more knowledge we have around anything, specifically today our fear, the more we understand it. When we understand something or someone, we can act out of comp...2020-11-1325 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community16 // FREE Fear Workshop P1: Fear Get's a FaceliftI am guessing 2020 was a tough year for you too, filled with anxiety, fear of the unknown, uncertainty, and feeling a loss of control. Add on any personal stressors in your life, struggling to conceive, working to adopt, grappling with an altered birth plan, stressing over your baby's milestones or fretting about the future of COIVD, and we find ourselves attached to an outcome that's out of our hands, living our days driven by fear.
Well I've got some exciting news for you, we're about to walk into 2021 empowered by our new vision of fear, j...2020-11-1022 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community15 // What You Wish You Knew -a Birth Trauma Story with Megan RothenbergWe all dream about the moments of finally meeting, smelling, kissing, holding and connecting to the we've life created, outside of our womb. Megan Rothenberg was robbed of those magical moments due to the insensitive and impatient provider on call the night Nora, her first babe was born. Today Megan share's Nora's traumatic birth story, the moments that haunt her to this day, what she wishes she'd known then, and a message to other mama's who may find themselves on this healing journey.
What we want to drive home on this episode is that knowledge i...2020-11-051h 07MAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community14 // Part 2: Exposing the Hidden Truth of Early Miscarriage with Erica SeifertTwo chicks chatting and swapping early miscarriage experiences continues. This common, yet stigmatized and lonely loss is exposed! Today we discuss the physical symptoms and recovery, the raging hormones, expectations around spousal coping, why this loss is misunderstood, and the blessing/ curse of our motherly connection to growing life.
Please note we are not doctors and be sure to talk with your provider as to specific questions regarding your own care.
Do you know someone who could benefit from this episode? Please share if so! Our mission is to encourage mamas to s...2020-10-2940 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community13 // BONUS ! Mama Moment: Restore Patience and LoveToday I am bringing you a guided Mama Moment. We've touched on this in prior episodes, but if you are new here I am going to fill you in. A Mama Moment is a few minutes taken in a day to de-escalate any negative emotions, release tension, restore calm, and rejuvenate your loving spirit. It's a mix of amateur meditation and self-affirmations and can be used as needed.
My goal in creating this episode is to offer you something you can reach for whenever your are lacking patience and acting out of your weakness. Head t...2020-10-2806 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community12 // Exposing the Hidden Truth of Early Miscarriage with Erica SeifertWhen you find out you've experienced an early miscarriage it's scary. You have to make choices on how to move forward and are faced with so many questions. Many of us find ourselves googling non-stop and simply looking for resources to help us understand what is happening. In today's interview, Erica Seifert shares her own miscarriage story and together we swap experiences. We approached this conversation as an opportunity to share, educate, reassure, and simply offer perspective.
You will hear about Erica's infertility journey to her first born and about her second conception journey to he...2020-10-2742 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community11 // Miscarriage Sucks, Period - My Second LossMultiple miscarriages as an already established parent is an interesting experience. Somehow this pain "should" hurt less, because you already have a child. The truth is it doesn’t matter and while you are so very thankful for your child, it doesn't make it hurt any less. I believe more than ever we devalue our own pain and allow others to do so, without correction. Everyone's pain is of their own and isn't to be judged or made small by comparison. I tell this story to let you know it counts, it's real, and that you deserve to feel th...2020-10-2231 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community10 // Miscarriage Sucks, Period - My First LossThis is the story of my first miscarriage. It was painful, lonely, and humbling. I never quite understood how quickly you could fall in love with a miracle you've never met, and it only takes days. In this episode I reveal how I told Cameron about our pregnancy, how I talked myself out of the reality of our loss, my medical miscarriage experience, and how I coped in the days following.
My hope in telling my story is that other mamas don't have to experience this kind of loss to recognize it as the loss i...2020-10-2028 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community9 // Part 2: Motherhood after Loss - a Story of Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Trauma with Megan StoferToday is part 2 of the interview with Megan Stofer. In this episode she speaks to the truly incredible gift of intuition we’re born with as mothers, and what to do with it when it speaks. We learn how to support a mother who’s experienced loss, what to say, what not to say, and how she chooses to honor the life of Connelly daily.
Megan speaks to the mother of loss in this episode, it’s powerful and it’s honest. To this mother: you are not alone, you don’t have to pretend your child d...2020-10-1548 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community8 // Part 1: Motherhood after Loss - a Story of Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Trauma with Megan StoferEverything in your life changes when you experience loss through stillbirth and learning to navigate this new life without resources or dedicated support seems nearly impossible. Today we are going to hear from the incredible Megan Stofer, a mother who's experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, trauma, and the power of mamas uniting for a like cause. Megan's story is hard to hear, but also incredibly beautiful. From the intention of love and fore-thinking that went into her decisions to commemorate and soak in Connelly's life, to the work she and her circle of badass angels are doing today to support other "loss f...2020-10-1353 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community7 // Mom Guilt or Joy, You Choose - Daily Action Plan for the Overwhelmed MamaToday's episode is all about giving you the tools you need to get out of the of Mom Guilt cycle and rediscover the true value of your own joy! We are going to learn a daily self-awareness practice that will drive you to take quick action when feelings of anxiety, stress, impatience, chaos, and overwhelm creep up. You will get the opportunity to explore what truly lights your fire and make a plan to incorporate it into your daily life, so you can play a more proactive role in your happiness.
Our moments of weakness t...2020-10-0824 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community6 // When Are YOU Going to Have Kids? - Infertility Warrior Ashely Wallace AnswersWe receive this question so causally as soon as we are married or are of the "age" to bare children and it's time it stops. In this episode Ashley Wallace shares how her answer to this question changed over the course of her 5 year long infertility battle, how it felt to receive it, and her commitment to enlightening others when it's asked of her today.
We are going to hear how she and her husband Branson uncovered true blessings amidst the hard and the moments in which their adoption blog was created. You must go r...2020-10-0639 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community5 // Overcoming the 5 Reasons You Aren't Practicing Self- CareWe Mamas are incredible! We are capable of taking care of everyone and everything and think nothing of it… because it's just what we do! But, in the end we often neglect ourselves. In today's episode we are going to DEBUNK the 5 reasons you are not practicing self care, why the cleaning, kids, guilt, the world's opinion, our blurred vision of what's necessity and what isn't often get in the way of living our healthiest and happiest life.
We will discern the small actions each day that make a big impact on the way we fee...2020-10-0123 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community2 // The Birth of Mama InspiredI am going to get real in today's episode as I relive the moments Mama Inspired was born. You'll hear how sharing in my loss, fear, and isolation in a post on social media propelled this journey to discovering my mission, and how I came to understand the power of courageous vulnerability.
In these moments I felt this overwhelming need from my community to drive a movement, cultivate a more enlightened, compassionate and empowered mama collective, and to encourage mamas and mamas-to-be to avoid isolation and fear not comparison and judgement.
I believe storytelling not...2020-09-2721 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community3 // Uncovering the Lie of Self Care & 5 Pillars of InspirationHave you been deceived by the term " Self Care"? In today's episode I uncover the lie we tell ourselves around this buzzword and help you adopt a more realistic and impactful way of applying it to your day-to-day life. If you so badly want and need more patience, focus, compassion, gratitude, and energy for you life and your family, this is where it starts.
This episode is meant to prepare for what you will feel, learn, and grow in, as you listen to the podcast. I set the record straight on my definition of a "m...2020-09-2733 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community4 // Postpartum Depression in a Pandemic with Ali BlackburnIn honor of the National Suicide Prevention Month September
Can you imagine living on an island in Alaska, making your way through the new journey of motherhood, living through the pandemic of Covid, AND battling Postpartum Depression? Ali Blackburn is a warrior and even though the last year plus has been the toughest yet, she chooses to make something beautiful from the mess.
In this episode Ali walks us through the horrifying moments of Postpartum Depression, the thoughts, fears, symptoms, words that made the difference, and the steps she took to mak...2020-09-2751 minMAMA INSPIRED - Mindset, Motivation, Motherhood, Mom Community1 // My Story & the Miracle in the MessIn today's episode I'll share my story, give you a true sense of where I came from, and the things that molded me into this Mama Inspired. You will hear my journey from corporate America sales, to small town Alaska real estate, to network marketing health and fitness coach, to NOW driving a mama-led-movement as a podcaster. I'll share with you how the hardest two years of my life transformed me into the empowered, compassionate, and grateful woman I am today. It's a true example of how just a little perspective, love, and faith can unveil the miracle in...2020-09-2728 min