Send us a text In this episode... Stace and Steph share our obsession with the word "container," and why we think it's exactly what women need right now. Moms are always giving and giving, and we we do have downtime, we often bombard ourselves with new information and trying to "better" ourselves, which isn't always what we need. Sometimes when we over-consume, we fill ourselves with things we don't actually need. Stace and Steph think what women really need is to give themselves permission to s...
Aug 15, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 68
Send us a text The Mother Plus Mini* Retreat is HERE!!! An afternoon away from your kids that is so life-giving, it feels like a weekend retreat. Get in on it here: https://www.motherplusser.com/offers/3AL55MUq *We're talking 4.5 hours away. You can take 4.5 hours. In this episode: Steph shares the balance of writing the "inner story" and "outer story" of her memoir. Follow along with her Midwest explorations as she spent two weeks on the road to visit all her childhood and adolescent homes. Ste...
Aug 06, 2023•14 min•Season 2Ep. 67
Send us a text What, exactly, does "woo-woo" mean? Stacey reads us the official Merriam-Webster and Steph shares her take. Steph shares why she thinks people seek out these kinds of experiences, rituals, and practices: to feel more connected to ourselves, and to feel more connected to something greater than ourselves. Why do people hate this stuff so much? We explore the intersection of religion, science, and the esoteric, and Steph shares all the obnoxious things the "super-woo" folks out there...
Jul 06, 2023•40 min•Season 2Ep. 66
Send us a text Hey Mom Friend - Need some time alone? (But with other women) Exhausted after a summer of giving and giving and giving to your kids? Can’t stop thinking about that class you want to take or that idea you want to work on or that book you want to write? Carve out a sliver of time for yourself this September at the Mother + Mini Retreat. Stace and Steph are joining you at the ever-indulgent Nurture WellCare marketplace in Denver for a dreamy (but doable) four hours so we can re-light...
Jun 29, 2023•3 min
Send us a text In this episode, we cover: "And then I took a stand-up class and it changed my whole life." Find out how Zoe Rogers went from actress to SAHM to thriving stand-up comic. When Zoe began performing stand-up comedy, she noticed a glaringly obvious lack of women: "How am I supposed to get good at this if I can't get booked?" "Can't we all just fall apart with each other?" Zoe found an outlet with stand-up comedy when motherhood felt very overwhelming, isolating, and laced with judgmen...
Jun 20, 2023•45 min•Season 2Ep. 64
Send us a text Question: What is the one thing that women do A LOT that kills their confidence? The answer to this question is so compelling, so relatable, that since answering this question, I have talked about it on stage in front of over 500 people, and gone viral-ish on Instagram for speaking on the subject matter. And finally, today, I get to bring it to you. Hi. I’m Stacey Hutson, and this is the Mother Plus Podcast. Today I’m going to talk about women and apologizing. I’m sorry, OVER-Apol...
Jun 05, 2023•17 min•Season 2Ep. 63
Send us a text In this episode, we cover: Buckle up—it's summer vacation. Regardless of whether you're staying home with kids, juggle working at home with kids home from school, or are a full-time working mom, the transition to summer brings undeniable challenges. But don't despair! We have ideas to help. But it will take just a tiny bit of organization and planning. You can do it! Get your kids involved in planning to make summer vacation successful and call a family meeting to brainstorm. All ...
May 23, 2023•26 min•Season 2Ep. 62
Send us a text Suzanne is a former actor and Miss Arab USA turned writer. Her personal experience with postpartum depression and anxiety left her feeling alone and confused. In her book Post Pardon Me , she addresses the dark thoughts that so many mothers have but are too scared to say out loud. She's thrilled to get this book into the hands of mothers who may be struggling with postpartum depression and anxiety. Though we do talk about postpartum depression on this episode, our conversation her...
May 11, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 61
Send us a text Today, we’re going to talk about what it means to be a mother + unorganized, messy, scatterbrained adult. Join Stacey as she very openly shares about her most embarrassing quality, and what happened when she did something about it. In this episode, we cover: It was generally acceptable for me to be a quirky, forgetful, unorganized person when I was a kid and a teenager. But it was no longer acceptable when I became an adult (read: Wife, Homeowner, and Mom). There is a lot of shame...
May 04, 2023•24 min•Season 2Ep. 60
Send us a text In this episode, we we meet Cindy Shuster, mother + parent coach. Note, we didn't say parenting coach. Because Cindy specializes in helping the parents. Not just with their children, but with themselves. That's where it all begins. We cover: Cindy's "meltdown moment" when she lost it on her family, and how it was both an epiphany and a turning point when she learned the importance of setting clear boundaries and communicating expectations before reaching our boiling point. Cindy s...
Apr 25, 2023•58 min•Season 2Ep. 59
Send us a text In light of us both having had close friends pass away recently, we reflect on balancing grief with living life in a way that makes you feel truly alive. We talk about the sacred space funerals offer to celebrate life and grieve in community, and how both of us have always prioritized making that time, regardless of the obstacles it takes to get there. Losing loved ones inevitably causes us to ponder our life choices and puts us back in touch with ourselves and the way we want to ...
Apr 18, 2023•40 min•Season 2Ep. 58
Send us a text In this episode, we cover: The gift and curse of the multi-hyphenated mother plusser: As someone who does a little bit of this and a little bit of that, Steph shares how having a "cobbled together career" sometimes makes her feel like less of a real adult, and how challenging it can be to be pulled in multiple directions. Sometimes our intuition speaks to us through our bodies. After losing her voice seven times in a year, Steph realized it was time to change directions, take a br...
Apr 11, 2023•27 min•Season 3Ep. 57
Send us a text Mother + Storyteller, Jamie Yuenger has a background in radio, TV, and folklore. She describes her interests as a merger of "identity and how one expresses one's identity," which has led to her current project the podcast "If You Knew Me," which documents the inner lives of women. In this episode... Find out why Jamie hated her NPR internship—"I didn't know, but I was an entrepreneur,"—and instead pursued helping families and businesses document their histories and share their sto...
Apr 04, 2023•39 min•Season 2Ep. 56
Send us a text Today's guest, Sarah Marie, is the epitome of a multi-passionate mother-plusser. In her own words, she wishes she could be "entrepreneur Barbie" and do a little of everything. Sarah says, "I am an entrepreneur, I'm a public figure, I'm a photographer, and I help everyday women uncover their sexy, divine feminine power." Sarah grew up fearlessly pursuing her dreams—running for office, auditioning for talent shows—and says "she always lost," but it never caused her to quit. Learn ho...
Mar 28, 2023•45 min•Season 2Ep. 55
Send us a text Join Stacey as she explains her internal struggle with wanting to accomplish all of these big audacious goals, and wanting to be a fully present mother. It feels like we're surrounded by stay at home moms who are succeeding as entrepreneurs, authors, and podcasters... But Stacey wonders, at what cost? When your time is accounted for at almost every moment of the day, what time is left for empire-building? What if you don't want to sacrifice your family time or husband time? Does i...
Mar 14, 2023•14 min•Season 2Ep. 54
Send us a text Allie Lefevere is a mother + writer/marketer and podcaster. She runs Obedient Agency with her best friend, specializing in humor marketing. Join us, as we talk with Allie about: Ambivalence in pregnancy: Allie openly talks about her uncertainty with entering motherhood, and once she became pregnant with her daughter, how that uncertainty didn’t magically fade away. Life after baby: A typical day in the life for Allie changed when she had her daughter, but not as dramatically as yo...
Mar 07, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 53
Send us a text On this solo episode, Steph is talking about the "3 stages of the momcation": anticipation/preparation; the actual trip; the dreaded reentry. Anticipation: the week or two before the trip when you lose your mind because you need a break SO badly and are SO close and start imagining all the things that could go wrong to ruin your vacation. The actual escape: Sweet relief! The exhale. This is the part when you realize you have zero responsibilities and you can enjoy absolute freedom...
Feb 28, 2023•15 min•Season 2Ep. 52
Send us a text In this episode, we cover: Lucy is extremely clear on what it takes to balance running a business AND homeschooling her three kids: delegate, ask for help, and expect your partner to step up. Bonus if you can do those things with minimal guilt and being totally ok with knowing that is what needs to happen to pursue your passion like Lucy does—she is a rockstar! We do a deep dive on guilt and why it's so hard to let go of. Lucy shares her tips on sharing the household burden withou...
Feb 20, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 51
Send us a text In this episode, Steph learns a new phrase that totally grossed her out: "Taking a selfish." Here's what she discovers: Why is selfishness a phenomenon seemingly unique to women? Would most men describe doing something enjoyable as "taking a selfish"? After some online research, Steph discovered the origin of "taking a selfish" as a David Rose quote in the first ever episode of Schitt's Creek. This makes SO much sense. And also explains why this phrase is extra cringeworthy for mo...
Feb 13, 2023•11 min•Season 2Ep. 50
Send us a text In this episode, we cover: Mother + Writer or Writer + Mother: Jackie Leonard describes the moment after her first child was born when she started "writing things in her head again," and what she did with that inspiration. Jackie created Motherscope Magazine—an online writing and publishing community for moms—when her firstborn was just one year old. We've said it before and we'll say it again—community is everything. Jackie shares her journey with Motherscope's community events, ...
Feb 06, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 49
Send us a text Follow along with Stacey, as she walks you through the four phases of your cycle: The Inward to Outward Phase The Girl on Fire Phase + Libido Spike The Calming Down Phase The Permission Phase See how you can use your cycle as a map to what your body needs and wants throughout the month rather than a nuisance For the Cycle Syncing Guide mentioned in the episode, please visit: https://www.motherplusser.com/pl/2147657766 Before starting this podcast, Stacey Hutson was a personal heal...
Jan 31, 2023•17 min•Season 2Ep. 48
Send us a text In this episode, we cover: Do you feel confused in general when it comes to astrology? Jamie DeLuccio, intuitive astrology coach, gives us a crash course in Astrology 101. As an astrologer, yoga teacher, counselor, and mentor, Jamie's mission is: "to help take people back home to themselves to remember who they are and to really embrace self-love, self-compassion, self-acceptance, self-forgiveness." Isn't that the juiciest "remember her?" a mother-plusser could ask for? There's mo...
Jan 24, 2023•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 47
Send us a text In this episode, we cover: Pauline, a pelvic floor physical therapist, explains what exactly the pelvic floor is and why it's so important. How can you tell if you would benefit from pelvic floor physical therapy? Learn the telltale signs of a weak pelvic floor, and remember: don't ignore pain! An important reminder to advocate for your own health as a mother and patient—many doctors in the US do not routinely suggest pelvic floor physical therapy unless you specifically ask, do d...
Jan 17, 2023•50 min•Season 2Ep. 46
Send us a text Here's what to expect: Though the holidays are our favorite time of the year, we tend to put the most pressure on ourselves during this season Last year, we did an episode called, “Holiday Dissappointment: When Mom’s Expectations Don’t Meet Reality” where we discovered that we need to stop trying to make magic happen for our kids and let it happen naturally Today, we’re going to talk about letting that magic happen for ourselves. “That’ll buff out,” says Steph. As your kids get ol...
Dec 16, 2022•42 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Send us a text Meet Aly Jaen: Mother + Cannabis Attorney. Aly Jaen is a cannabis attorney—she shares with us exactly what that means, and how she got into this field. Cannabis law is a relatively new field, and Aly has had the unique experience of being a pioneer in her career. As a young field attorney, she has been on the cutting edge since legalization in 2014—take that, "good old boys" club! We've all heard it takes a village, but Aly paints a picture of the support people and systems she ha...
Dec 12, 2022•48 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Send us a text Alicia shares her experience as a single mom raising a daughter and how she weathered the different stages when, as she so wisely puts it, "Sometimes their star is not as bright during a period of their lives." "And then I realized, as long as I was good, she was good." Alicia shares how she learned to prioritize her own needs and reminds us to give ourselves what we need and be OK with it. Alicia shares her path to finding independence for both herself and her daughter, and how s...
Dec 05, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Send us a text In this episode, we cover: Why rejection stings so much for Mother + Creative types, and how Lisa has coped with criticism and negativity as a performer. Lisa shares her experience being on a Netflix reality TV show and what it was like to have her image out in the world without having much control over it. The importance of owning the narrative when you have a public persona, and how it stems from being centered in who you are and not caring what other people think. Being a mothe...
Nov 28, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Send us a text Steph shares her guilty secret from when her kids were younger: she preferred them in small doses. The delights of “parallel play” with your kids—sharing time and space while still doing the things you enjoy. How alone time, and the perception of it, changes when your kids hit the tween and teen years. A reminder before we enter the holidays: You aren’t a bad mom for craving time to yourself, so take it! In this solo episode, Steph reads an essay she wrote years ago—“I’m Back for ...
Nov 21, 2022•16 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Send us a text In this episode: Learn what drew Wendy to boudoir photography—and why she describes it as both her passion and her superpower. Wendy talks about the ebb and flow of professional life for moms, and how a desire for flexibility caused her to start her own business as a photographer. "I realized from a young age that I wanted to teach whatever I mastered." Wendy finally found her calling in her 50s —you'll be blown away and inspired by the gift she's sharing with the women she works ...
Nov 14, 2022•54 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Send us a text In this episode, we cover: How journaling during pregnancy led to the publication of Maci's first book, Maggie Morris. Maci's passion for mental health advocacy and the important message her book has for kids, teens, and adults: the super power of speaking up, asking for help, and talking about your struggles. How friendship changed the course of Maci's book, and the real power of community when pursuing our mother-plusser goals and dreams. Writing a book with young kids isn't alw...
Nov 07, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 39
