Honest as a Mother

Send us a textAmanda 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 shift from “fun sex” to “having a baby sex”.The mental load and desire.Don't forget to get yourself started on Magic Mind!Go to www.magicmind.com/honestasamother and use code HONESTMOTHER20Follow Taylor on IG @embodiedsexualwellnessFollow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

Send us a textAmanda 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.comFollow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurmanDon't forget to get yourself started on Magic Mind!Go to www.magicmind.com/honestasamother and use code HONESTMOTHER20

Send us a textAmanda 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.Moon Mama underwear - why Lexie created these and why Amanda is so passionate about them too.Follow Lexie on IG @heymoonmamaDon't forget to get yourself started on Magic Mind!Go to www.magicmind.com/JANhonestasamother and use code HONESTMOTHER20Do you want to get a pair of Moon Mama Underwear?! Use my code AMANDAGURMAN and get 15% off your order. 

Send us a textAmanda 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.Pressures as mothers - Jessalyn’s feelings on this.Sleepovers - Our feelings on them.Cellphones - safety/our thoughts and opinions.Having the tough conversations with our kids and how it feels to take away the innocence. Her advice on how to heal yourself and regulate your nervous system.Follow Jessalyn on IG @invisiblescarspodcastDon't forget to get yourself started on Magic Mind!Go to www.magicmind.com/JANhonestasamother and use code HONESTMOTHER20

Send us a textAmanda 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 paradigm and how can we work through them?How can we learn to trust ourselves?Manifestation - What it actually is and how you can manifest in your life - and no, it is not with magic.Follow Carol on IG @carol.szukyFollow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurmanDon't forget to get yourself started on Magic Mind! Go to www.magicmind.com/JANhonestasamother and use code HONESTMOTHER20

Send us a textAmanda 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 is it and why is it so important.How stress can deeply affect your overall gut health and mental wellbeing.Follow Carolina on IG @arreola_naturopathic and TikTok @dr.arreolaDon't forget to get yourself started on Magic Mind! Go to www.magicmind.com/JANhonestasamother and use code HONESTMOTHER20 

Send us a textAmanda 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 of their personality.Why being a people pleaser can actually make people not trust you.Follow Stephanie on IG @drstephanielopezWork with Steph: www.brave-method.comWanting to try Magic Mind? Head to www.magicmind.com/honestasamotherDon't forget to use code HONESTMOTHER20 to receive up to 50% off your subscription!

Send us a textAmanda 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 do now.Tattoos - thoughts on them and do we have them? What advice would we give to our 16 year old selves?& SO much more.Follow Darci on IG @dpdigitalcreationsFollow Amanda on IG @Amanda.gurman

Send us a textAmanda 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 being the best parent she could be.Inner child healing - why is it important and how can it help us become better parents.Generational trauma - what is it? How do we "break the cycle"Follow Nicole on IG @peaceandpossibility Work with Nicole: www.peaceandpossibility.caCheck out her program for caregivers: https://juliecusmariu.com/caring-without-carrying-it-all/

Send us a textAmanda 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 comes to advocating for themselves?How Stephanie has now been able to recall the events that happened on the day she gave birth, even while she was clinically dead for 37 seconds.What is her outlook on death now?How can mothers learn to trust themselves and their intuition?Follow Stephanie on IG @stepharnold37 Find more about Steph: www.stephaniearnold.netPurchase her book: https://www.amazon.ca/37-Seconds-Revealed-Heavens-Help/dp/0062402323/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701117475&sr=8-1