Mom Halo – Details, episodes & analysis

In this bonus episode of the Mom Halo Show, Alana invites her husband, Matt Kantor, to the podcast as they have some exciting, life-changing news to share.

Topics discussed: 

• Alana and Matt’s big announcement!
• And so much more!

For more Matt Kantor, please visit:

Matthew Kantor on the web

@blurrycam on Instagram

Want to come see the podcast live and in person? Check out the Mom Halo website for more information.

*Warning—this podcast is completely unfiltered. If you are around young children, we suggest headphones.

**Disclaimer: All opinions of our guests are their own and in no way represent those of Alana Kayfetz.

Rebecca Greenberg is a bioethicist and former nurse who works with individuals and healthcare organizations to navigate complex, value-based ethical decisions. When working with individual clients, she helps them make difficult ethical decisions, most often around their or their loved ones’ health/healthcare. She provides a systematic, supportive and non-judgemental process to help them achieve confidence in making the best decision for themselves, explaining why it’s most justifiable and how to implement it.

Topics discussed: 

• What bioethics is and what a bioethicist does
• How a values map works
• Alana’s experience with needing to meet with palliative care for her son
• Grief, death and difficult decisions with and around kids
• Terminating pregnancy and early child loss
• Helping couples/siblings making tough decisions when they have diverging opinions
• And so much more!

For more Rebecca Greenberg, please visit:

Greenberg Consulting on the web

@greenbergconsulting on Instagram

Want to come see the podcast live and in person? Check out the Mom Halo website for more information.

*Warning—this podcast is completely unfiltered. If you are around young children, we suggest headphones.

**Disclaimer: All opinions of our guests are their own and in no way represent those of Alana Kayfetz.

Carly Nemtean is a mom, a designer of Interiors, and a businesswoman who owns The Collective Workspace, a co-working and event space for creatives in the North York Area of Toronto, where we record our podcast every week. She also co-owns Carriage Lane Design Build for the past 14 years. She and her team design and construct clients' homes and boutique commercial/ retail spaces. She’s worked on and off camera with some pretty notable clients, like Property Brothers, Cecconi Simone, Tori Spelling, Love It or List It and other HGTV shows and has had her work featured in House & Home Magazine, House Beautiful, Toronto Life, Canadian Interiors and The Globe and Mail. Recently, she launched Paum, a B2B modern rug company for interior designers exclusively through The Collective Workspace. 

Topics discussed: 

• The Collective Workspace
• The makings of a Collective Workspace client
• How life is sometimes (or often) not fair
• Building the right team around you
• Some of the struggles in business
• Self-care and boundaries
• And more!

For more Carly Nemtean, please visit:

The Collective Workspace on the web

@TheCollectiveWorkspace on Instagram

Carriage Lane Design Build on the web

@CarriageLaneDesign_Build on Instagram

*Warning—this podcast is completely unfiltered. If you are around young children, we suggest headphones.

**Disclaimer: All opinions of our guests are their own and in no way represent those of Alana Kayfetz.

Frances Wilk is a wife, a mom and an entrepreneur from Montreal with two kids and two dogs. She has been working in the talent acquisition and recruitment space for the past ten years, having spent the majority of her time in the startup space. She recently went out on her own and launched her fractional talent acquisition practice, FW Talent, and has been supporting companies in navigating the complexities they face when it comes to hiring. Over the past year especially, she has spent a lot of time networking, particularly with women in similar roles to herself. Connecting, coaching and supporting each other on our journey(s) as both moms and new business owners.

Topics discussed: 

• The number one thing women are looking for in a job right now
• What is talent acquisition?
• The makings of a great candidate
• The divide between men and women in the workplace—even still
• Tips for women who are looking to make a career move
• And more!

For more Frances Wilk, please visit:

FW Talent on LinkedIn

Frances Wilk on LinkedIn

*Warning—this podcast is completely unfiltered. If you are around young children, we suggest headphones.

**Disclaimer: All opinions of our guests are their own and in no way represent those of Alana Kayfetz.

Tracey Tee is the founder and steward of Moms On Mushrooms, an online community for mothers with multiple offerings for working with and healing through the sacred use of microdosing plant medicine. Tracey weaves in a sacred facilitator approach to her M.O.M. circles, calling on the support of the Sacred Feminine and Sacred Mother Earth to connect women back to themselves through prayer, herbology, grounding, nature and, of course, plant medicine.

Topics discussed: 

• How Tracey came to plant medicine and Moms on Mushrooms
• Why moms need mushrooms
• Psilocybin and how it works
• Tracey’s interview with Dr. Phil
• The logistics of microdosing
• The guides and courses Moms on Mushrooms offer
• And more!

For more Tracey Tee, please visit:

Moms On Mushrooms on the web

@momsonmushroomsofficial on Instagram

*Warning—this podcast is completely unfiltered. If you are around young children, we suggest headphones.

**Disclaimer: All opinions of our guests are their own and in no way represent those of Alana Kayfetz.

Alyssa Ages is a mom of two, a strongman competitor, a journalist and the author of Secrets of Giants: A Journey to Uncover the True Meaning of Strength. She is a health and fitness columnist for The Globe and Mail and a freelance journalist with clips in publications that include ELLE, SELF, GQ, Parents, Slate, Pregnantish and more. 

Topics discussed: 

• How someone deemed unathletic can become a strongman competitor
• What Secrets of Giants is all about
• A fixed mindset versus a growth mindset when it comes to strength and fitness
• Feeling the betrayal of your body when it comes to infertility
• Role-modeling fitness for your kids
• Why the goal became doing a truck pull (yes, an 18-wheeler!) at almost 40 and the day of the competition itself
• And more!

For more Alyssa Ages, please visit:

Alyssa Ages on the web

@alyssaages on Instagram

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*Warning—this podcast is completely unfiltered. If you are around young children, we suggest headphones.

**Disclaimer: All opinions of our guests are their own and in no way represent those of Alana Kayfetz.

Susana Alba is a career strategist based out of New York. Her practice, Dunamis Coaching & Consulting Services, teaches women how to land six-figure roles through leadership development and career strategy. She thinks of her role as the mentor or friend who tells you all the things she wishes someone would have told her while she was climbing the corporate ladder. She wants to make sure that women know how to articulate their value and find the right opportunities that are a good fit for them. 

Topics discussed: 

• Strategies for climbing the corporate ladder
• Why women have a hard time negotiating salary
• Navigating life as a woman (and a mom) of colour
• What develops a leader
• How people in leadership positions can do better
• And more!

For more Susana Alba, please visit:

Dunamis Coaching & Consulting Services on the web

@iam_susanaalba on Instagram

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*Warning—this podcast is completely unfiltered. If you are around young children, we suggest headphones.

**Disclaimer: All opinions of our guests are their own and in no way represent those of Alana Kayfetz.

Angelique de Montbrun is the CMO and COO of Mydoh, a money management platform with subscription-free access designed to help kids and teens manage their own money in a fun and interactive way while giving parents oversight. Mydoh is on a mission to empower youth by giving them an early understanding of money management. The platform gives kids and teens hands-on, real-world experience in responsible earning, saving and spending while allowing parents to guide them.

Topics discussed: 

• Mydoh: What is it? 
• How young you can start money management with kids
• Best practices for allowance
• Allowance mistakes
• How Angelique handles money with her own kids
• And more!

For more Angelique de Montbrun/Mydoh, please visit:

MyDoh on the web

@MyDohApp on Instagram

MyDoh Canadian Allowance Report on the web

*Warning—this podcast is completely unfiltered. If you are around young children, we suggest headphones.

**Disclaimer: All opinions of our guests are their own and in no way represent those of Alana Kayfetz.

Stacey Green is a mom of two and the founder of StaceyGreenLiving. She’s a holistic nutritionist, a content creator and a cookbook author. Her book, You’ll Eat It & You’ll Like It, is not your average cookbook: it’s a comedic approach to cooking that incorporates easy, family-friendly recipes (with a picture on each page!), with humour and a healthy dose of swearing.

Topics discussed: 

• How she became a cookbook author
• Parenting through rose-coloured glasses
• Comedy and profanity
• Perfection and feeding kids
• And more!

For more Stacey Green, please visit:

StaceyGreenLiving on the web

@StaceyGreenLiving on Instagram

@StaceyGreenLiving on TikTok

You’ll Eat It & You’ll Like It on Amazon

*Warning—this podcast is completely unfiltered. If you are around young children, we suggest headphones.

**Disclaimer: All opinions of our guests are their own and in no way represent those of Alana Kayfetz.

As one of Canada’s most well-known and winsome radio and TV hosts, Josie Dye has had countless conversations with the stars of the music world, and she knows what you really want to know. Her interviews with A-listers—from Chris Martin to Mumford and Sons to Oprah—give Josie the ability to speak the language of celebrities, but she never wavers from her straightforward, fun-loving style that has endeared her to millions and made her a staple of the Canadian broadcasting world. She currently co-hosts the weekday afternoon radio show on CHUM and co-hosts a podcast called Cynthia and Josie’s Unmentionables with Cynthia Loyst. She is also a mom of two boys—one of whom has a rare genetic disorder.

Topics discussed: 

• How Josie got started in the industry
• The homebirth versus hospital birth debate Josie had with Cynthia
• Sotos syndrome and having a medically complex child
• Josie’s broadcasting highlights
• Behind the scenes of the radio ecosystem
• And more!

For more Josie Dye, please visit:

Josie Dye on the web

@JosieDye on Instagram

Cynthia and Josie’s Unmentionables on Apple Podcasts

*Warning—this podcast is completely unfiltered. If you are around young children, we suggest headphones.

**Disclaimer: All opinions of our guests are their own and in no way represent those of Alana Kayfetz.