Honest as a Mother

Send us a textAmanda is joined by the hilarious Linda Fruits AKA the Fruits of Motherhood and they are laying it all out there.Included in this episode:Why Linda created her Instagram account and wanted to normalize all aspects of motherhoodHow Linda wants to be a mom who lives outside the box. She wants to put herself first and show her children that they can do the sameLinda shares that her and her husband recently have separated but they are working together for the best of their family. The importance of teaching your children that happiness is always the answerFollow Linda @fruitsofmotherhood

Send us a textAmanda is joined by ECE and Parenting Coach Danielle Bettman and they are talking about all the many struggles of parenting children while also navigating their emotional well being.Included in this episode:Disipline. Danielle teaches us about positive disipline and how to let go of poer strugglesSenstive children, big emotions - how can we handle these better?Generational trauma and how we can do betterTips on how to handle tantrums - Amanda shares her biggest tantrum experience yetTips for parentings who are in the thick of it and not enjoying their time with their children because behaviour issues take the front seat.Follow Danielle @parent_wholeheartedly on Instagram and listen to her podcast Failing Motherhood at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/failing-motherhood/id1512670981Work with Danielle as your Parenting Coach at: https://www.parentingwholeheartedly.com/

Send us a textAmanda is joined by Carolyn 1/2 of The Mom Babes today and they are talking about power and importance of community in motherhood.Included in this episode:How the Mom Babes community came to be and why it was important Non-Negotiables when it comes to self careCarolyn shares the moment that she changed when she was a mom. How motherhood changes usCoauthoring and why its so fun and so powerfulFollow the Mom Babes @themombabes and purchase their book at: https://www.themombabes.com/mombabe-shop/the-mombabes-a-motherhood-anthology

Send us a textAmanda is joined by Renee Reina, host of The Mom Room Podcast and they are talking about motherhood and together trying to change the narriative surrounding it.Included in this episode:Having visitors after you have a baby - Do we need to do this? How can we create boundaries around this? Renee helps us by telling us what she didRenee shares her experience with pregnancy, birth and yep, we talk about breaking buttholesExpectations for our children when they are babies vs when they are toddlersMommy Rage - What is it and why does it happen?!Follow Renee @reneereina_ on Instagram and @reneereina_ on Tiktok and listen to her podcast "The Mom Room" anywhere you listen to your podcasts.

Send us a textAmanda is joined by the Weird Mom Podcast Host Chelsie Washington and they are talking about so many different topics in this episode.Included in this episode:C Sections - The Recovery, having to be so vulernable and how it is so hard for moms to ask for help, even after their abdonmen has been cut in halfEmotions after giving birthDaily expectations and how we should deal with them early postpartumAllowing ourselves to just surviveResentment with our spouses. How we need to learn to lean on them and work as a teamMental load of motherhoodFollow Chelsie @weirdmompod 

Send us a textSolo Podcast #2 and Amanda is answering her number one asked question of why she started the podcast.Included in this episode:Amanda shares how the idea of her podcast came to beHer experience into motherhood and how it was not at all what she expectedFollow Amanda on instagram @honest.as.a.mother_Apply to be a co-author in the Honest as a Mother Book at: https://www.lead-her.com/apply

Send us a textAmanda is joined by the amazing Kathryn Millhouse of Motherup. Kathryn and Amanda are getting honest as a mother about so many topics on this weeks episode.Included in this episode:Kathryns journey with infertility and what that was like for herBonding - How Kathryn did not bond with her daughter right away and how it is okayPostpartum Anxiety and Depression - what it looked like for Kathryn and how she had to naviagte through the healthcare system blind to get herself the right help.Breastfeeding - What a challenge it can be and how it can effect our mental healthCan mental illness after having a child effect your decision on having another? Amanda and Kathryn discuss thisWhat is Motherup and why was it created?Follow Kathryn @_motherup  & at: www.motherup.com.au/

Send us a textAmanda is joined by Sabrina Martelli and they are talking about motherhood and balancing life all together.Included in this episode:Work/Family Balance - How Sabrina manages thisWorking through mom guilt when we want to do something for ourselvesMarriage - We are normalizing the fact that marriages can struggle when you have childrenSelf Worth - How motherhood can bring this out in you and how we are teaching our children self worthGratitude and VisualizationFollow Sabrina at @sabrinamartelli_beadiamond

Send us a textAmanda is joined by Abby Klein from Gotta Go! Potty Training and she is answering all the questions that were submitted by our listeners.Included in this episiode:What is a potty training consultant and why would parents need oneHow to know when your child is ready to be potty trainingDos and Don'ts Night trainingAccidents and how to handle themRegressions and how to handle themFollow @gotta_go_potty_training

Send us a textAmanda is starting her own mini solo episodes and this week she is diving into introducing herself, and how her son Connor started school this year. She is talking about her feelings around him starting school and how he has become so independent. She talks about how motherhood is weird. It can want you wanting one thing one minute and another the next and she cannot keep up.Follow Amanda on Instagram @honest.as.a.mother_ Apply to be a Co-Author in her upcoming book "Honest as a mother" at: https://www.lead-her.com/apply