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Clowning Around About Taylor Swift with Dan Shapiro
Amanda is joined by fellow Swift Dan Shapiro to clown about Taylor Swift, reminisce on the beloved Eras Tour and more.
Included in this episode:
Dan shares how he helped SO many fans get their hands on tickets to the Eras Tour by quickly becoming the go to for information regarding Ticketmaster drops.
Dan shares a story of how he saw Taylor twice thanks to his amazing followers.
Karma - the lost album, do we think its real?
Travis and Taylor - what are Amanda and Dan's thoughts and do we hope Taylor marries the guy on the football team?
Follow Dan on TikTok @danshapiro97
Mindset Matters: Cultivating Growth from the Inside Out with Kayleigh Kennedy
Amanda is joined by her friend, mother, author and fellow entrepreneur Andrea Mondoux to have an open and honest conversation about motherhood, diet culture and more.
Included in this episode:
Being a mother, what mom guilt can feel like when you are trying to build a business.
Working on your dream during nap and bed time.
Grandparents - DID we go there? We sure did.
Diet Culture
Cycle Breaking
Follow Andrea on IG @the.balance.bliss
Follow Amanda on IG @honest.as.a.mother_
The Struggles of Being a Working Mom with Dr. Susan Landers
Amanda is joined by Dr. Susan Landers who is a retired NICU physician, author and mother to talk about what it is actually like to be a working mom, and working mother burnout.
Included in this episode:
What Susan's challenges were as a working mother.
Mom Guilt - How did she deal with it?
How was Susan able to separate the NICU from her own parenting.
Working mother burnout - what it looks like, and how to work through it.
Follow Susan on IG @drsusanlanders and purchase her book: https://susanlandersmd.com
Amanda is joined by Kate Borsato who is a mother, and a liscensed therapist for maternal mental health to discuss Postpartum Anxiety and Intrusive Thoughts.
Included in this episode:
Intrusive thoughts - What are they? What are the different types?
Are intrusive thoughts stemming from Anxiety?
Can Dads get intrusive thoughts in the postpartum period?
When should a mother seek help?
Do they only come in the postpartum period?
How to deal with an intrusive thought when it comes through
Follow Kate on IG @kateborstato or @theperinatalcollective
Amanda and Katie are back to check in with one another and speak about mental health issues with themselves and talk about the stigma that is still so high with mental health.
Included in this episode:
How we both know our mental health is declining
#bellletstalk - Lets actually talk PLEASE Bell
What we do to better our mental health
Losing ourselves in motherhood, but did we or we're we lost long ago?
Friendships changing and evolving and how it effects us
What mental health can look like
Twitch Dying
Follow Katie on IG @katiellangdon and Amanda @honest.as.a.mother_
Amanda is joined by Ted Talk Speaker, Author, Mother and Concious Parenting Coach and she is here to teach us how to become more concious parents.
Included in this episode:
Lavender shares how we can let go of shame by sharing our secrets. She openly talks about her struggles to allow others to know they can do this as well
Concious parenting - What is it? How can we become more concious parents
The power of affirmation for both our children and the parents
The power of meditation
Follow Lavender on IG @lavendermorantz
Purchase her books : https://www.amazon.ca/Am-Collection-Affirmations-ages-99/dp/1989716822/ref=sr_1_1?gclid=Cj0KCQiAiJSeBhCCARIsAHnAzT_62sjdh-JZVJaMf7YKwlA7f4hAcbY-4nlI21flmK8QWa1PA4jnpekaAiT9EALw_wcB&hvadid=636409772762&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9000872&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=14542683825478046869&hvtargid=kwd-1931863592368&hydadcr=16490_13432546&keywords=lavender+morantz&qid=1673889566&rnid=5264023011&s=books&sr=1-1
Postpartum Nutrition and Postpartum Bodies with Laura Lima
Amanda is joined by Laura Lima who is a hollistic nutritionist and they are discussing the importance of nutrition all the time but also while in the postpartum period.
Included in this episode:
The importance of fueling your body with nutrients vs depriving it of calories
Postpartum bodies - How can we embrace and accept our "new" body after we have a baby? How does food play into this acceptance?
Postpartum snacks - Laura shares her favourite that are tasty but also packed with nutrients to best support you.
Connect with Laura on IG @lauraannlima
Work with her : https://laura-s-school-2afc.thinkific.com/courses/the-new-mama-nutrition-manual
Use code HONEST for $100 off your order for the Nutrition Manual.
Amanda is joined by mother, writer, and author of the book "Send me into the woods alone" Erin Pepler and they discussing the book, and all things mom life.
Included in this episode:
Hyperemesis Gravidarum - what is it and Erin shares her experience with it.
Mom Guilt when you are pregnant and as your children are newborns, how Erin experienced it and how she dealt with it.
Our childrens big emotions and how it is not fun to be screamed at but how we manage to work through it with them
Do you really forget the hard time when your kids are older? Erin shares her thoughts!
Follow Erin on IG @erinpepler
Purchase her book : https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/send-me-into-the-woods/9781988784892-item.html?ikwid=send+me+into+the+woods+alone&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0#algoliaQueryId=60f8adc75d47f22f3be320d2f743554d
Amanda is joined by Jenna Worthen who is the founder of "Mom Who Works" and the author of the book "Mom Who Works" and they are having some real talk about what it is actually like to be a working mom these days.
Included in this episode:
Why is there no such thing as a "working dad"
Jenna's experience with being a working mother and the disadvantages she has felt because of it.
How Jenna shares as much as the mental load as possible with her partner and how she got to this point.
The invisible load of motherhood
Follow Jenna on IG @momwhoworks and purchase her book at: https://www.amazon.ca/Mom-Who-Works-Redefine-Working-ebook/dp/B09ZHR3B3T/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2CX1JYFEHZRWJ&keywords=mom+who+works&qid=1670201688&sprefix=mom+who+works%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-2
Holding Space: When Two Truths Collide in Healing with Christine Danaird
Amanda is joined by Christine Dainard who is a personal coach who champions authenticity and self-worth to chat about self-discovery, growth and all the messy in between.
Included in this episode:
Christine and Amanda share their stories of growth but how grief coincides with growth. Grief shows up at any point of a healing journey.
How can we start changing? If you are someone who is struggling and wants to change but you do not know where to start, this is for you.
The stories we have been told about who we are - how do these impact us?
What has been the most difficult for both Chistine and Amanda.
Amanda is joined by local mama Beth Marchant and they are discussing being the default parent in this episode.
Included in this episode:
The power of sharing your motherhood experience
How to have an open conversation with your partner to divide the labour of the household.
How Beth has had to shift from the default parent to not being the default parent since she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She explains how this affects her, how it has really brought so much positivity to her home.
Her different postpartum experiences
Follow Beth on IG @bethmmerchant
Author Series - Stephanie Giles - Honest as a Mother
The Honest as a Mother book is officially LAUNCHED. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.
Included in this episode:
Stephanie shares her experience as a co-author
Stephanie shares her struggles with her son, and how it has impacted her motherhood
Stephanie is a huge advocate for maternal mental health but also the mental health of our children. Her story will move and inspire you.
Follow Stephanie on IG @stephgiles11
Body Image, Food, and Healing from the Inside Sleep with Bex & Gucci
Amanda is joined by Bex & Gucci, a mother-daughter duo who are teaching parents how to change the conversations surrounding food in their homes and the importance of it.
Included in this episode:
** TRIGGER WARNING** This episode talks about an Eating Disorder
Bex shares her experience with an eating disorder and how it trickled into her motherhood
How Gucci had to unlearn behaviours surounding food in order to help Bex but also help herself
How Bex has created boundaries around the conversation of food in her home and how she did this
Follow Bex and Gucci @recover_with_gem
Author Series - Danielle Bruner - Honest as a Mother
The Honest as a Mother book is officially LAUNCHED. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.
Included in this episode:
How Danielle felt about being a co-author and what her experience has been like.
Danielle shares a little of what is in her chapter, her battle with postpartum depression.
Danielle is helping to normalize the tough conversations in this book but also in this episode. She wants moms to know that they are not alone.
The Honest as a Mother book is officially LAUNCHED. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.
Included in this episode:
Mallory's experience as a co-author and why she feels community is so needed in motherhood.
How moms really do depend on one another especially in the hard times
Mallory's idea of mindset in motherhood but you'll have to purchase the book to know all of it !
Amanda has invited Dr. Kumar-Tyagi onto the podcast. Dr. Kumar-Tyagi is a medical oncologist at the Juravinski Cancer Centre who is passionate about sharing factual information surrounding breast cancer.
Included in this episode:
Risk factors for breast cancer - what are they?
Breast Exams - When should we do them
What to do when we find a lump
What Breast Cancer Awareness means to Dr. Kumar-Tyagi
The Honest as a Mother book is officially LAUNCHED. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.
Included in this episode:
Erika is a mother of biological children and she also has adopted children
She speaks about her experience as a co-author and why she felt like it was the right move for her at this time
Her mindset in motherhood. How she is able to keep going
Follow Erika on IG @erikajfoster
Purchase your copy of Honest as a Mother : https://www.amazon.ca/Honest-Mother-Personal-Essays-Motherhood-ebook/dp/B0BG12VLQD/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=honest+as+a+mother&qid=1666057379&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=honest+as+a%2Caps%2C222&sr=8-1
Author Series - Carolina Toteda - Honest as a Mother
The Honest as a Mother book is officially LAUNCHED. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.
Included in this episode:
What Carols experience has been like as a co-author
What she wishes she could go back and tell her old self as a mother
How she went through a lot in her early days as a mother
Follow Carolina on IG @iamcarolinatoteda
The Honest as a Mother book is officially LAUNCHED. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.
Author Series - Nathalie Cholette - Honest as a Mother
The Honest as a Mother book is officially LAUNCHED. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.
Included in this podcast:
Natalie shares her experience as a co-author and what she loved about building this community
Self Compassion - How it has helped Natalie in her motherhood journey and how she hopes to inspire other mothers to do.
How she rediscovered herself and how this affected her motherhood
Breaking Generational Patterns
Follow Natalie on IG @nathalie_cholette
Purchase your copy of Honest as a Mother : https://www.amazon.ca/Honest-Mother-Personal-Essays-Motherhood-ebook/dp/B0BG12VLQD/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=honest+as+a+mother&qid=1666057379&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=honest+as+a%2Caps%2C222&sr=8-1
Author Series - Ashley Treavajo - Honest as a Mother
The Honest as a Mother book is launching SOON. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.
Included in this episode:
What being a co-author has been like for Ashley
Ashley shares her experience with racisim since becoming a parent and how it impacts her
The conversations we can be having with our own children
What she hopes another mom gets from her chapter
Follow Ashley on IG @ashleypick33
PREORDER your copy of "Honest as a Mother" the E-BOOK today :
The Honest as a Mother book is launching SOON. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.
Included in this episode:
Racquel shares her experience as an Adoptive Mama
Mom Rage and what it looked like for Racquel
How her life turned around in one single moment
How Racquel hopes this book helps other mothers see that motherhood is so hard, but they are not alone.
Follow Racquel on IG @thecrazyasianmom
PREORDER your copy of "Honest as a Mother" the E-BOOK today :
The Honest as a Mother book is launching SOON. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.
Included in this episode:
Megan shares her experience as a co-author
Shares the ups and downs of being a bonus mom
What she hopes people will get from the book and how important Megan thinks it is to be honest about your motherhood experience.
Follow Megan on IG @meggyweggy2218
PREORDER your copy of "Honest as a Mother" the E-BOOK today :
Amanda is joined by Dr. Jennifer Fraser to talk about bullying and what it can do to our brains long term.
included in this episode:
Are kids really "too sensitive" these days?
How adults bully children and teach bullying without even realizing it.
Can our brains be affected long term by bullying ? Will it affect how we parent? How we feel about ourselves?
Cycle Breaking - What exactly is it and why is it so important.
Changing our brains - How can we do it? What steps can we take to heal our brains.
How all children are "good children" how we should look at bullying as a medical issue and not labelling children as "bad".
Follow Jennifer on IG @bulliedbrain
Purchase her book :https://www.amazon.ca/Bullied-Brain-Scars-Restore-Health/dp/1633887782/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+bullied+brain+heal+your+scars+and+restore+your+health&qid=1663858156&sprefix=the+bullied%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-1
Under 40 and Fearless: Tackling Breast Cancer Awareness with Beth Marchant
Amanda is joined by Beth Marchant who is a graphic designer but also a Breast Cancer Survivor and she is here today to raise awareness and advocate for young women to be checking their breasts.
Included in this episode:
Beth shares her story with beating Stage 3 Breast Cancer and how it has inspired her to share this information with other women.
The importance of knowing your body - what is "normal" for you and what is not.
How society tells women what is pretty and what "matters" vs what actually matters.
Check out the Dense Breasts Canada Campaign with Beth:
The Honest as a Mother book is launching SOON. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.
Included in this episode:
Jen shares her experience as a coauthor.
We talk about Jens story - how she became a mother at 40 for the 3rd time.
Expectations and how they are alwaysset too high
Follow Jen on IG @jjstandsforjenniferjean
Watch for updates coming SOON for The Honest as a Mother BOOK!!
The Honest as a Mother book is launching SOON. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.
Included in this episode:
Janet shares her experience as a coauthor and what the support did for her along the way and through her writing process.
Janet shares a snippet into what she wrote about in her chapter. She shares a little bit of her infertility journey, and the length she went to to have her twins.
Janet shares the realness of what it is like to have twins as a first time mom.
Stay tuned for the link to purchase the Honest as a Mother Book!!