Dianna is a classical homeopath in Littleton who wrote a book about newborn death. She does a lot of grief work with mamas who have experienced a loss. After four pregnancies, she has one living child and her unique experience is what helps her share with other mamas. There are over one million babies who die before their first birthday EVERY YEAR! Grieving is something we don’t talk about in this country. She is a member of the Colorado End of Life Collaboration and it is an organization she is...
May 12, 2024•25 min•Season 2Ep. 92
She and her husband are high school sweethearts and she was married at 20! She wasn’t sure she wanted kiddos but after 10 years of marriage, they decided they did! She was in the hospitality industry during the pandemic but that wasn’t ideal as a new mom. Hotels are open 365 days a year and 24 hours a day! That wasn’t working for her and her family so she decided it was time to realign her priorities and change her career on top of a pandemic and being a new mama! Her biggest realization was tha...
May 06, 2024•40 min•Season 2Ep. 91
Kelli is a badass CEO of a Colorado nonprofit called BCC Evolution (now Make Mental Health Matter), a mental health and suicide awareness nonprofit. They focus on the education aspect after her sister took her life. Kelli was a teen mom at the age of 16 as a junior in high school. She put her daughter up for adoption because she watched her sister go through it as a teen mom and didn’t want that for her life. So she asked for an open adoption and is in contact with the family with lots of adopti...
Apr 29, 2024•35 min•Season 2Ep. 90
Lindsey is a mom of 2 girls and the program director of the Backcountry Wilderness nonprofit for our Community Association. She is passionate about protecting our wildlife in Colorado. She was in a hurry to be a mom and had baby number one at the age of 26 right after her husband graduated from PT school. She is a Colorado native who returned in her adult years because she LOVED the mountains and Colorado as a whole. Her biggest challenge as a mom has been doing parenthood the way that SHE wante...
Apr 22, 2024•29 min•Season 2Ep. 89
Marta is a mom of 3 and a full time student pursuing her graduate degree in Social work. As an intern for YANA, she has contributed a TON of knowledge to our organization and she is a huge asset to us! They live the farm life and are encouraging her three kids to find happiness in whatever that is, even if it isn’t higher education. Healthy relationships have healthy conversations and discussions that show conflict resolutions that show them what the real world looks like (as unfortunate as that...
Apr 15, 2024•40 min•Season 2Ep. 88
She is a stay at home mom but was a theater actress and CEO of a Yoga studio for years. Her journey started at an advanced maternal age. Her home birth was magical and was exactly what she wanted it to be. She had 2 midwives, a doula, a birth photographer and her husband for her birth and LOVED it. She was radically supported and was only in labor for 5 hours as opposed to the 40 hours of the first birth! Her birth stories are unique and different but also HERS and she takes pride in that. Her f...
Apr 01, 2024•34 min•Season 2Ep. 87
Lainne had a natural home birth with her son at the age of 36. She has had a lot of chaos in her mama journey and didn’t know the father well and she does not have a relationship with him so being a single mom was quite the challenge. She was shocked at her numbness during pregnancy and because of her traumatic childhood, she was not as prepared to be a mom as she wishes she would be. She didn’t recognize herself when she became a mom and realized her ancestral karma was holding her back. Epigen...
Mar 25, 2024•31 min•Season 2Ep. 86
As a mama of one and a son who joined the military, that fear was encompassing because she had no idea how to handle that. When she was a new mom, she was on her own as a single mom. She had support from her parents when her son grew but lost both of her parents to cancer. She feels that she has grown closer to her mom since she passed because she learned about her moms past and her life trauma and how that made her who she was. Blessed with the most amazing son and having such amazing memories ...
Mar 18, 2024•33 min•Season 2Ep. 85
Candace has been a working mom for many years and owns Holistically Well (insert tag here). Even though she wasn’t always 100% sure she wanted to be a mom. She envisioned herself as the professional woman in New York City, living the dream of being a working woman who blew your socks off. After five years of trying, she finally got pregnant and were now a military family. The military doesn’t really support infertility and the struggle of it. After a miscarriage on her own, in her own home all a...
Mar 04, 2024•38 min•Season 2Ep. 84
As a lifelong educator, she has dedicated her life to the education of children. She started her mama journey just before turning 30. With grown kids, she remembers having very little support throughout having little ones. She moved to Colorado with no family there and struggled with the lack of help. Even though she was in education and taught while having kids, she didn’t ever teach her own children. Her neighbors were her biggest supporters and they created her own village. As she grew as a m...
Feb 26, 2024•32 min•Season 2Ep. 83
Samantha and I have a long history and it was such a joy to chat with her. She was a flower girl in our wedding way back in 1995! Samantha was 26 when she had number one and after having number one, number two was a whole different story and it was hard letting go of not having control over the unknown. The mom guilt for number one was really hard to navigate as well. Her biggest supporter was her mama (who happens to be my BFF!). She loved hearing from her that she is doing a good job! As a mam...
Feb 19, 2024•34 min•Season 2Ep. 82
Marissa is running for MAYOR of Lone Tree, Colorado and is kicking off her journey into the crazy world of politics! She is a mom of 2 girls and is passionate about leaning into her community. As a mom of one, her biggest challenge with having her second child was the unknown of how to handle things when your baby isn’t meeting the same milestones as your first. Where do you turn? Who do you tell? As the mom, we are supposed to “know” and it wasn’t until someone in her hairstyle chair said to he...
Feb 12, 2024•40 min•Season 2Ep. 81
Trista is a coach of women and focuses on empowering women. She gave birth in Costa Rica at home as a single mom. She lived in Costa Rica for seven years to learn a new culture, Spanish and more about sustainability. She is one of six kids and always wanted to give birth at home. One of her biggest challenges was going from having the baby in her belly to always having him on her boob. The demands are huge to moms and never ending. When her son started to mirror her yoga practice, she saw the fr...
Feb 05, 2024•28 min•Season 2Ep. 80
Melissa is a wife and mom of 2 teen girls. Holistic health and life coach helping girls and women break free issues with food. Being a mom is so hard because you watch yourself walk outside of your body with NO control. Being a mom is a 24/7 job because someone always needs something. Her kids are 27 months apart and that seemed to work well for them. Overwhelming at first but as they grew, it was better. Her best mama moment is right now! She is loving how much they need her in a totally differ...
Jan 29, 2024•27 min•Season 2Ep. 79
Jenn is a life coach and helps people to be proactive in their resilience. She helps people prepare and practice for the curve balls that are thrown at us. She is an adoptive mom of a 15 year old girl who brought her daughter home at 5 weeks old. She is a 2-time kidney transplant recipient so couldn’t carry children so decided to be an adoptive mom. Her story is quite unique and full of hope, love and big things. Her daughter has a life threatening disease that she has learned how to manage and ...
Jan 22, 2024•31 min•Season 2Ep. 78
A native California girl challenged with not being able to surf every day. Her and her family are about to retire from the military after 20 years of service. With baby number one, she almost lost her life in childbirth. As a family, they have moved 8 times in 13 years! As a military family, this was their “normal” but watching their kids struggle with those moves was gut wrenching. She wants other moms to know that you are doing better than you think you are. You CAN do hard things and you shou...
Jan 02, 2024•23 min•Season 2Ep. 77
As a new author of a book about postpartum stuff that helps moms with the 4th trimester, her honest, raw thoughts and experiences are helping moms everywhere. She is a young, intelligent mom with so much to share. She learned early to set boundaries and let her friends and family know what they have for expectations and highly suggests that for all moms. There are two goals after having a baby…one is to keep that baby alive and thriving and also for YOU to heal and thrive too. Mom’s health and w...
Dec 18, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 75
Married at 19 and baby number one at 20, Melinda flew across the world to Ethiopia, Africa to be with her husband who was stationed in the Navy there. She had to birth on her own, mother for the first three weeks on her own and then be a mom in Africa! It was quite a challenge but in her words, “you just did it, you had no other choice.” After returning to Michigan, they had baby number two and then she had the support of her family but in only two short years, her entire world was turned upside...
Dec 11, 2023•23 min•Season 2Ep. 74
Jenny Robbins is a mental health counselor at South Platte Counseling. She is a mom of 2 boys with only one on this earth. She was first a young mom at the age of 20 and a college student and also an older mom at the age of 37! She was part of a network of moms with her second son and without that group, she couldn’t have been strong enough to get through the death of her first son 11 years ago. As a therapist who specializes in grief and trauma, she helps people move forward after a deep loss. ...
Dec 04, 2023•27 min•Season 2Ep. 73
Jazmin Slaughter is a publicist and mother of one who gave birth during a global pandemic. She was so focused on building her career and education that she wasn’t sure she was wanting to be a mom at the age of 25. But when she got pregnant, that changed everything, She has a Bachelor’s degree and is working on her Master’s degree. She wishes she would have known that the sacrifice of time would be the hardest part of motherhood. She didn’t value her “me” time. She wants moms to keep trying your ...
Nov 27, 2023•30 min•Season 2Ep. 72
Dru Ahlborg was an older mama at the ages of 37 and 40. She could not believe they let her drive away from the hospital with a newborn all by herself! Who said she was ready for this? Her oldest son had to go through many feed therapists and had a lot of her first years as a new mom were exploring foods and getting him to get through his food issues, which centered around textures. It was a big challenge as a new mom. As her kids grow she is learning that moms and daughters can have some challen...
Nov 23, 2023•27 min•Season 2Ep. 71
We spoke to Angela exactly a year ago (Check out the episode back on November 29, 2022) This is her one year update! Angela Fuller is a mother, a dedicated fitness instructor, a competitive gymnast, an inspirational speaker, and even an American Ninja Warrior, as featured on NBC's latest season of ANW this summer. Angela's journey is a testament to her resilience, having overcome a broken back and battled through postpartum depression by choosing faith over fear. Today, at the age of 43, she def...
Nov 15, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 70
Randi Bevington is such a joy to call my friend. We have been friends for over 20 years and from day one, I have thought she was a badass. As a mama of two littles, she has proven that she truly is. Her quote, “we are always managing relationships” really hit me hard because that’s exactly what we do as moms. We are always managing relationships and those relationships are constantly changing. WOW. That’s exhausting and frustrating because just when you think you have things figured out, the wor...
Nov 06, 2023•37 min•Season 2Ep. 69
Cheryl Schuberth- Cheryl was a corporate mama trying to do all the things when she realized that she wasn’t giving her best self to her family so she stopped running the rat race and changed gears. Now a mama of 2 boys ages 20 and 18, she took her worst mama moment and turned it into a positive by helping other parents of teenagers. Celebrate the wins, acknowledge all the things you are doing well and stop beating yourself up! Peacing it Together is her company connecting parents everywhere. Che...
Oct 31, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 68
Heather started her journey without a lot of background knowledge about babies or being a mom. Followed her gut most of the time but when she was 9 months old she was diagnosed with cancer! The moment that happened changed everything. Motherhood is not about martyrdom. You can find her at heather@heatherreedcoaching.com or https://heatherreedcoaching.com/
Oct 23, 2023•42 min•Season 2Ep. 67
Dr. Sonal Patel is a trained pediatrician and NICU doctor as well as a parent of 4 boys! She is married to her college sweetheart and after living through Hurricane Katrina, she was 6 months pregnant and activated in a horrible hurricane. She hates the phrase, “bounce back” because you aren’t bouncing back to anything. You are a totally different person now, you are a mom and we need to allow ourselves to be that new person. As a south Asian mama, she believes in a community of moms from generat...
Oct 17, 2023•28 min•Season 2Ep. 66
Tess is a single mom who divorced when her son was five because there was a substance abuse issue that created a need for her to leave. After many years of trying to work things out, she made the decision to leave when it was the right time. She says the time in the car with your kiddo can be the most amazing conversations you can have. Take the time. You don’t have to be perfect, you can just be yourself. Reach out to her at mindfulkidsandfamilies.com or therese@mindfulkidsandfamilies.com ....
Oct 10, 2023•38 min•Season 2Ep. 65
A producer in LA who wants mamas to know “You can only do what you can do.” It’s that simple. The word “perfect” should be taken out our vocabulary because there is no such thing and we try too hard to emulate it and often its at our deficit. Quality is more important that quantity when it comes to time with your kids. Make sure they know that you are there so that relationship will always have an open door. Don’t love your kids in spite of who they are but BECAUSE of who they are....
Sep 25, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 64
Mary Lanni was a delightful mama to chat with and her advice is to place a mask on yourself before assisting others. Also you may have to advocate for your parenting choices and your kids as motherhood goes on because everyone has an opinion and will question all that you do (especially when you are doing things differently than they did). Advocating for your choices isn't selfish, it's necessary for your own mental health.
Sep 17, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 63
Jen is an amazing mama who has been through a lot in the past few years as she manages some very tricky rare medical diagnosis'. Her advice and mama journey lead her share that it’s ok to screw up and not have all the answers. As a mama who struggled with a partner who had a mental condition that changed who he was as a human being and created a need for her to leave with her son for safety reasons, she has done everything in her power to create a stable, loving home for her and her son....
Sep 06, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 62
