Honest as a Mother

Send us a textAmanda is joined by her friend Lauren and they are discussing race and how we can teach our children about race.Included in this episode:Lauren tells us how we can teach our children about race, and how it is not as big as a deal as it feelsHow we can teach our children that everyone is different but to treat everyone with loveColourism - What is it and why is it important that we know what it isBLM Movement - What is it and why is it importantFollow Lauren on Instagram @blended_kidz and listen to her podcast "Life with Little Ones"

Send us a textAmanda is joined by friend and mom Alisha AKA the Expert Hot Mess Mom and they are talking about motherhood, what its been like for Alisha thus far and how perfectionism tried to creep in.Included in this episode:Perfectionism in motherhood. How this comes into play and why its such a problem. Alisha shares her experience with perfectionism.Alisha has learned to love her "hot mess mom" self and this has changed her lifeBreaking generaltional traumaHow Alisha is now coaching other women to have a life they love outside of being a mother.Follow Alisha on Instagram @expert.hotmessmom

Send us a textAmanda is joined by friend Christina Sanders, fellow mom and maternal mental health advocate.Included in this episode:**Trigger Warning, talks of Suicide**PMDD - what is it? What Christina experiences on a monthly basisDifference between PMDD and PMSHow to parent without a village. How we created our own village.Maternal mental health, why Christina is such an advocateCreating boundaries with our children to keep ourselves happyFollow Christina on Instagram @christinasmentalhealth

Send us a textAmanda is joined by Tiktok Icon Emily Feret and they are talking about motherhood and normalizing being a normal mom with a normal life.Included in this episode:Emily is a content creator on Tiktok who is normalizing normal life as a SAHM for moms everywhereBeing a SAHM. Emily shares what an average day is for her and how people perceive her as "lazy" and that she doesnt have a "real job"We are breaking down how much work being a mom isContent creation. How it works and how it is so much more than just scrolling on Tiktok all day longFollow Emily on Tiktok @emilyjeanne333 and on Instagram @emilyjeanneferet

Send us a textAmanda is joined by  Robyn Murray who is a Pelvic Physiotherapist and they are talking about sex after giving birth.Included in this episode:Sex after giving birth - Whats normal, what is not. When should we be having sex again?Pain with sex. Is this normal? How can a pelvic physiotherapist help?Pain in pregnancy - not normal and Robyn explains whyA Gentle C - What is this type of birth?Wife GuiltRobyn answers your listener questionsFollow Robyn on Instagram at: pelvicphysio_momWork with Robyn at: birthingbodywellness.ca

Send us a textAmanda is joined by Tiktok Star Gwenna Laithland AKA Momma Cusses and they are being open and honest about motherhood.Included in this episode:How Gwenna feels there is no such thing as a "first time mom" and whyWe discuss postpartum depression and why there is such a stigmaHot Mom Summer conversations. What is this and why is it so important to us?Amandas favourtie honest as a mother confession yetFollow Gwenna on instagram @mommacusses and on Tiktok @mommacusses

Send us a textAmanda is joined by Dr. Siobhan Kennedy-Costantini and we are talking about mental health, and finding the grey in motherhood.Included in this episode:How we feel motherhood is not black and white, no matter what others say.Finding beauty in the grey in motherhoodLove and hate for motherhood, we are allowed to have 2 emotions at the same timeShe loves to talk about science based parenting as a doctor in child developmentShe shares her extremely brave story with postpartum depressionFollow Siobhan @science_minded on Instagram

Send us a textAmanda is joined by Doula and Mom, Stephanie Bouwman.Included in this episode:What a Doula is and what are the benefits of having one?C-Sections and how Doulas can be involvedWater breaking - it is not always like they show in the movies?The importance of our pelvic floorPeeing ourselves after having a baby is not normal despite what we have been toldKegels - Are they really that important?Postpartum - How Steph feels now after having her fourth baby vs when she had her firstFollow Steph on Instagram @steph,bouwman

Send us a textAmanda is joined by fellow Ontario mom Libby Ward and they are being honest as a mother through this whole episode!Included in this episode:Generational Trauma - What is it? How Amanda and Libby both are "gentle parenting" and how exhausting this can beHow motherhood is hard AF and Libby is not afraid to be honest about thatBig emotions in kids. Why does it trigger us so much ?!Libby shares how she is a recovering perfectionist and how she broke the cycle of perfectionLibby also shares how she is creating peace in her life and how she got hereFollow Libby on instagram @diaryofanhonestmom and on Tiktok @diaryofanhonestmom

Send us a textThis week Amanda is joined by Jamie Contarini, a sleep coach from Good Night Sleep Site and they are discuss all topics of sleep and answering all your questions.Included in this episode:ABC's of sleep. What are they? How can we get our child to sleep safely?Co-Sleeping and how we can get out of co-sleepingSleep Training. What is it? Is there more ways than the cry it out method? Find out from Jamie during this episodeJamie answers listener questions that were sent inFollow Jamie on Instgram @gnss_jamie and work with her at: https://goodnightsleepsite.com/jamie/