Send us a text Amanda is joined by another incredible author from the Honest as a Mother Book 3 series which is launching MAY 1!!! Included in this episode: Jacquelyn shares why now was the right time for her to share her story. She shares some of her experience with anxiety as well as Postpartum Anxiety and how it shaped her fourth trimester. Follow Jacquelyn on IG @crafttableco Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman...
Apr 17, 2024•23 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Psychologist, and author of the book "Solving the ADHD Riddle", Connie McReynolds to chat about ADHD, and diving deeper into what is going on inside our children's brain. Included in this episode: Connie explains what audio and visual processing is, and what red flags we may see in our children if there is a processing issue. Why the "label" may not always be supportive to our children and why we should look deeper. Connie shares experiences from past and curre...
Apr 15, 2024•55 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Holistic Trauma Recovery Coach Emily Cleghorn to talk about how the body stores trauma, and why it tends to come bubbling to the surface once we become mothers. Included in this episode: Emily shares with us what Trauma can look like inside our bodies. Cortisol - what is it and why is it so important to understand the impacts it can have. Why Motherhood seems to be the "reason" our trauma shows back up. How can a Trauma Recovery Coach help people who are trying...
Apr 09, 2024•49 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by another author from Honest as a Mother book 3 which is launching May 1, 2024! Included in this episode: Why Ann Marie wanted to write a second time in the Honest as a Mother Books and why this chapter was so important for her to write. Finding the beauty in motherhood and what that looks like for Ann Marie. What can you expect in Ann Maries chapter. Follow Ann Marie on IG @ann.m.hemmings Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman...
Apr 08, 2024•28 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by another beautiful author from Honest as a Mother Book 3, Laura Sinclair to chat all things motherhood and entrepreneurship. Included in this episode: Laura shares why she wanted to share her story of her entry into motherhood now and why it felt like the right time. Laura shares her struggles with balancing her business and being a mother. Lauras entry into motherhood and why it was not what she expected. What you can expect to read in Lauras chapter of this bo...
Mar 27, 2024•38 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Mariela De Santiago, who is the host of the Mama Wears Athleisure Podcast and they are having a real mom chat about the things they wish people would have told them before they became a parent. Included in this episode: Amanda and Mariela share there 10 things that they each wish someone would have told them before they became mothers, plus give tips for any new moms who are listening. Follow Mariela on IG @mamawearsathleisure Follow Amanda @amanda.gurman Don't...
Mar 25, 2024•49 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by one of the authors in Honest as a Mother Book 3, the final book which is coming SOON! Included in this episode: Jennifer shares her experience as a co-author and why now was the right time for her to share her story. Jennifer is a single mother to a son with special needs, she shares her experience and how she hopes her story will inspire and uplift other mothers. Follow Jennifer on IG and connect with her to purchase a copy of Honest as a Mother Book 3 @drojen...
Mar 20, 2024•30 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Shannon Talbot who is a mother, coach and the author of "Breaking Free: Stop Holding Back, Start Being You: Your Guide to Creating the Career & Life of Your Dreams and they are chatting about all things motherhood and redefining happiness. Included in this episode: What did Shannon always believe to be success? What does that look like now? The expectations that Shannon put on herself during the different stages of life and how it impacted her as a person a...
Mar 18, 2024•53 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Andy Murphy AKA The Secure Dad to chat about Roblox, Fortnite and online safety. Included in this episode: Online Gaming Safety - How do we know where to start as parents? How can we have conversations with our children about online safety, predators and keep the lines of communication open with our kids. Online chats inside games like Roblox & Fortnite - can we turn them off? If they are on, what should we be concerned about? Grooming - what is it, what do...
Mar 11, 2024•55 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Lindsey Leaverton who is a mother, and the best selling author of the book "Not another self help book" to talk all things motherhood, burnout and recovering from burnout. Included in this episode: Lindsey gives us the real deal on what it can actually be like raising twins. Lindsey shares what burnout looked like for her, how it manifested and what was the moment she realized she could not go on the way she was. How she worked through the burn out, and continu...
Mar 04, 2024•1 hr
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Taylor Mcconachie, who is a holistic sex therapist here in Simcoe, Ontario to talk all things sex. Included in this episode: The shameful narrative that women are experiencing when it comes to sex. Postpartum sex - reducing shame and opening the conversation around the 6 week check up - it is not a one size fits all. The disconnect from our bodies after we have a baby, how are bodies “don’t feel like our own anymore”. How the definition of sex changes once you ...
Feb 19, 2024•53 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Cristal Suinn who is the owner of Baby Bliss Newborn Consulting, and is a Newborn Care Specialist herself. Included in this episode: What is a Newborn Care Specialist and why does every new mom need one? Sleep - let's talk about it. Safe sleep and how to start to get your newborn onto a routine. Sleep training vs Sleep conditioning. Cristai shares some tips for new moms and some information you may have never heard before! Work with Christai: www.babyblissnc.co...
Feb 12, 2024•42 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Lexie Cappuccitti who is a mom and an entrepreneur who has this most incredible company Called Hey Moon Mama and she is here to chat all realities of the fourth trimester. Included in this episode: Lexie shares about her twin pregnancy, her c section and what her postpartum experience was ACTUALLY like vs what they tell you it will be like. Lexie shares her experience with breast feeding newborn twins. What we wish people would have told us before we had kids. ...
Feb 06, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Jessalyn Biederstadt who is a survivor of the Willow River, BC, Child pornography case and an incredible mental health advocate to talk about motherhood, mental health and healing through trauma. Included in this episode: What Jessalyn’s “rock bottom” was and how it woke her up to her own traumas, and brought her to the fork in the road of “heal or don’t heal”. Medication - breaking the stigma and how Jessalyn knew it was “time” for her to try medication. Press...
Jan 29, 2024•53 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Carol Szuky, who is a mentor, entrepreneur and business coach to talk about manifestation, creating your own goals and working through what you actually want vs what we may have been told we should want. Included in this episode: Change is scary, but change is good. You are allowed to change your mind when it comes to what you want out of your life. How becoming a mother can change your priorities in your life, and how we can allow ourselves to pivot. What is a...
Jan 22, 2024•54 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Dr. Carolina Arreola, who is a licensed N.D. in the U.S. and they are discussing the importance of gut health and how it can affect your mental health. Included in this episode: How does your gut health affect your mental health? Carolina is breaking this down so we can really understand it. How can we support our gut health daily? What small changes can we make to help ourselves? Probiotics - What is the deal and do we need to be taking them? Microbiome - what...
Jan 15, 2024•59 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by psychologist, and self-awareness coach, Dr. Stephanie Lopez to talk about setting boundaries and breaking away from people pleasing. Included in this episode: What is people pleasing? What are boundaries? Where does people pleasing come from? How it is safe to be human. How many of us that are people pleasers were told to disconnect from our intuition and our true selves in childhood. What is defensiveness and why do people think it is actually think it is part...
Dec 18, 2023•53 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by her friend Darci Prince to literally shoot the sh!t. Both Amanda and Darci were diagnosed late in life with ADHD, and as they take their masks off, they realize that maybe some things they thought they "liked" they don't. They are both learning about who they really are rather than who they "think they should be". Included in this episode: Food - What do we actually like vs what gives us the ick. What did we want to do with our lives in high school vs what we d...
Dec 05, 2023•1 hr 11 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Nicole Schiener who is a registered psychotherapist, mother, wife and mental health advocate for mothers to talk about inner child healing, generational trauma and how is effects our parenting. Included in this episode: Nicole is amazing, and shares her own vulnerable story with us regarding her own experiences with mental illness, both pre-kids and postpartum. How Nicole had an "aha" moment when she realized how her own struggles were interfering with her bein...
Dec 04, 2023•58 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Stephanie Arnold who is a best selling author, speaker and mother who is here to share her experience with premonitions, intuition and being clinically dead for 37 seconds. Included in this episode: Stephanie shares her story, which you may already know for the Netflix docuseries "Surviving Death". Stephanie shares how she was having premonitions about her dying on the day she would also give birth to her second child. What advice does she have for moms when it...
Nov 28, 2023•1 hr
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Teen Mom OG Mackenzie Douthit to talk all things motherhood, co-parenting and mental health. **TRIGGER WARNING** This episode has conversations of depression, intrusive thoughts and suicidal ideation. Included in this episode: An update on Mackenzie - is she divorced now officially? What does her co-parenting situation look like? How did she end up on 16 and pregnant? Was her entry into motherhood what she expected it to be? Mackenzie opens up about her experie...
Nov 20, 2023•51 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Allie from the IG account @bravoafterthoughts to chat all things realiTEA. Included in this podcast: Scandoval - not what happened but what has happened since the news broke. Raquel on Bethanys podcast and what we think the next season of VPR is going to look like. RHONJ - Team Melissa or Team Teresa? What are our thoughts on the upcoming season? Summer House - Our thoughts on: Paige and Craig, Amanda and Kyle and Carl and Lindsey. RHOC - Shannons DUI, what wil...
Nov 13, 2023•49 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Celeste Yvonne who is a recovery coach, mother and author of the book "Its not about the Wine" to discuss "mommy wine culture", becoming sober, being sober curious and the mental load of motherhood. Included in this episode: How did alcohol impact her parenting? Anxiety and drinking "Hangxiety" what is it and how did it effect Yvonne so deeply. How can someone get brave enough to say "I do not drink" and how to work through the societal pressures to drink alcoh...
Nov 06, 2023•49 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Christine Cunningham who is a Social Service Worker here in Ontario who specializes in the perinatal period to talk about maternal mental health and parenting with ADHD. Included in this episode: Parenting with ADHD - what does this look like for Christine? What has her experience been like and what ADHD symptoms did she experience? Grief in motherhood - Christine explains how she wishes she would have received an ADHD diagnosis earlier than when she did and ho...
Oct 30, 2023•58 min
Send us a text Amandas is joined by Jenna Hermans who is a mother, a best selling author and high performance coach who is here to teach us to bring our choas to calm. Included in this episode: Jenna's journey in motherhood, how after her fourth child she realized something needed to change. How can we learn to calm our chaos? Control - Why do so many moms struggle with control and how can we learn to let it go. Our Basic needs - what are they and how do they add to the chaos when they are not t...
Oct 16, 2023•59 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by ADHD coach and expert Kristen Carder to talk about ADHD and how it impacts motherhood. Included in this episode: What is ADHD and what do its symptoms look like in women? Is ADHD "trendy"? Masking - What is it and why is it important? What is the connection with ADHD diagnosis's and motherhood. How are anxiety and depression often an underlying symptom of ADHD? Childhood trauma/ADHD ADHD Treatments Follow Kristen on IG @i.have.adhd.podcast Work with Kristen: ht...
Oct 02, 2023•48 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Nathalie from The Little Leopard Parenting to discuss all real things about the postpartum period and how most parents are not actually prepared for it. Included in this episode: Amanda and Nathalie share their stories from their own fourth trimesters and how they both felt very unprepared. Nathalie shares how she feels most mothers are struggling with preparation for postpartum and why. Postpartum expectations vs reality. Mothers intuition, what is it and why ...
Sep 25, 2023•48 min
Send us a text Amanda is back with her solo episodes and is here to give a life update that has been much anticipated by many. Included in this episode: Coming off an SSRI - weight gain, withdrawal symptoms and why she decided to go off. ADHD Amanda's IG name change and why she feels like she is pivoting in her business a little bit. Honest as a Mother Book 2 is launching SEPTEMBER 22, 2023. Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman...
Sep 20, 2023•21 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Toni Primiano who is a mother, author and a divorce lawyer to talk about marriage and divorce. Included in this episode: Toni shares what it has been like to be a single mother with a very demanding career. What we are teaching our children while we go through a divorce, and how we can handle ourselves best for them. Prenups - What is Amanda's opinion on them and what are they actually. The reality of marriage - we are not covering the "happily ever after". Pur...
Sep 18, 2023•47 min
Send us a text Amanda is joined by Dr. Carrie Bullard, RN PhD, Nurse psychotherapist Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse to talk about anxiety. Please can also find me on my linked in account. Included in this episode: What is anxiety and why is it useful? When does it become a problem? Feelings are not facts - how can we work through this with our children? What are physical symptoms of anxiety in children? Can we feed into the anxiety and make our children more anxious? How can we help o...
Sep 11, 2023•47 min
