Conversations with Cam

In this episode, I sit down with Anicia Anya, founder and CEO of Kid’s Table: New York City’s meal delivery service for kids. Anicia and I discuss her journey from working in corporate tech to nannying for high profile families, how she became a private chef, and why and how she built Kid’s Table. We talk about the importance of treating children as human beings first, children second, how asking for help and putting aside your ego is a beautiful thing, and what Anicia envisions for Kid’s Table’s future. Finally, we discuss Anicia’s recent revelation that celebrating yourself is essential, and how the little wins are just as significant as the big ones.

Key Takeaway / Points:

• Why Anicia created Kid’s Table
• On parenting and treating children as human beings first, children second
• How food is a pathway to exposing children to different cultures
• Anicia’s journey from working in corporate tech to nannying for high profile families
• How she became a private chef
• On the universe supporting you when you’re doing the thing you’re meant to be doing
• How Anicia built Kid’s Table from scratch
• On the beauty of asking for help and putting your ego aside
• Anicia’s vision for the future of Kid’s Table
• Anicia’s recent revelation on the necessity of celebrating yourself
• On how the little wins are just as significant as the big ones

Order Kid’s Table here and use code “freckledfoodie” for 20% off your first order

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Find the interactive children’s pizza book here

This episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct, or indirect financial interest in products, or services referred to in this episode.

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Creative Lead: Amelie Yeager

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In this solo episode, I dive into how we have navigated sex as parents both during pregnancy and postpartum. I discuss why it’s completely normal not to feel ready for sex after the six week postpartum check-up, how my relationship with my post-baby body affected my sensuality, and why it’s so challenging shifting from mom mode to sexual mode. I also get into why communication between partners is crucial during post-baby sex, which tools have been useful for reclaiming my sexuality post-baby, and the importance of making sex a priority when it feels right. Finally, I share listener experiences about sex as parents, and how some of you are having the best sex of your lives as parents now.

Key Takeaway / Points:

• Our sex lives pre-baby, during the pregnancy trimesters, and post baby
  

Links:

Listen to the sexy Spotify playlist here

Purchase my favorite vibrator here

Read the ACOTAR series I mention (my favorite romance novel) here

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Creative Lead: Amelie Yeager

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In this episode, I sit down with Kelsey Kreppel to discuss her path from preschool teacher to creator, what she took away from her experiences as a nanny and a teacher, and the value of not changing who you are around children. We get into Kelsey’s journey with imposter syndrome in her work and why she prefers that over complacency, the joy she felt as a teacher engaging in childlike wonder, and how she has structured her podcast around the inner child experience. Finally, we dive into how Kelsey creates a healthy boundary between her content and her relationships and how she has learned to quiet brain chatter and listen to her intuition.

Key Takeaway / Points:

• Kelsey’s path from preschool teacher to influencer and podcast host
• On not changing who you are around children
• On observing parenting as a nanny and teacher
• How communication is essential for both nannying and teaching
• Kelsey’s journey with imposter syndrome
• On wanting to push herself in her work and avoid complacency
• The joy she felt as a teacher engaging in childlike wonder
• How she has structured her podcast, Circle Time, around the inner child experience
• On keeping content and relationships separate
• On learning to quiet brain chatter and listen to her intuition

This episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct, or indirect financial interest in products, or services referred to in this episode.

Shop Seed at seed.com/CAMERON and use code CAMERON to receive 20% off your first month of Seed DS-01TM Daily Synbiotic

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Instagram: @kelseykreppel

Podcast: Circle Time with Kelsey Kreppel

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Creative Lead: Amelie Yeager

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In this solo episode, I make a very exciting announcement...that we’re moving to New Jersey! I discuss the details of our housing search, on always knowing we’d make it back to New Jersey, and what we’re looking forward to most with life in the suburbs. I also get into the housing inspection journey and how it can be overwhelming for first-time homeowners, our future plans for organization and decorating, and an especially helpful exercise my therapist recommended for whenever I’m feeling overwhelmed.

Key Takeaway / Points:

• We’re moving to New Jersey!
• On always knowing we’d make it back to Jersey
• The joys of having a child in New York City
• What we’re looking forward to most in the suburbs
• Why I know we’ve found the right house for us
• What our housing non-negotiables were
• Our housing search journey and how we ended up with the right house
• On feeling overwhelmed and uneducated about housing knowledge
• On keeping this process private until now
• Future plans for home organization and decorating
• A new exercise my therapist gave me that is tremendously helpful with feeling overwhelmed

This episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct, or indirect financial interest in products, or services referred to in this episode.

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Creative Lead: Amelie Yeager

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In this episode, I sit down with stylist, closet therapist, and wardrobe specialist Allison Bornstein to talk about all things style and the emotional significance of what we wear. We discuss the identity shift that comes with motherhood and how style fits into that, Allison’s wild and experimental fashion sense as a child, and how both of our mothers have influenced our style journeys to this day. Allison takes us through her coined “three word method” and defines my three words, she explains why it’s okay to look and dress like you care, and we discuss how closet clean-outs and the kind of work she does is deeply therapeutic and personal.

Key Takeaway / Points:

• Why fashion and style are not frivolous 
• The identity shift that comes with motherhood and how style fits into that
• Allison’s wild and experimental style as a child
• The fear of other parents perceiving you and your children
• How our mothers’ relationships with fashion influenced us
• Allison’s trajectory in fashion school and how she grew her business
• Allison’s “three word method” and defining my three words
• Why it’s okay to dress and look like you care
• Why closet clean-outs are emotional processes
• How clothes are meant to fit us and we are not meant to “fit” our clothes
• On our authentic selves versus our social media personas

Listen to the Jessamyn Stanley episode here

Listen to the Serena Kerrigan episode here

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Instagram: @allisonbornstein6

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Creative Lead: Amelie Yeager

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In this solo episode, I discuss all things overstimulation, anger, and how to navigate the often-triggering holiday season in a mindful and healthy way. I unpack the confusing dichotomy of wanting to spend time with your family but not always being your best self when you’re with them, my recent overstimulated Thanksgiving and how I handled it, and where I believe my overstimulation comes from. I also discuss mourning the “childhood” holiday experience and adjusting to being an adult during the holidays, which tools have helped me the most with overstimulation, and how important it is to communicate your needs with your loved ones.

Key Takeaway / Points:

• On wanting to spend time with your family while not always being the best version of yourself when you’re with them
• My Thanksgiving experience with overstimulation and how I handled it
• Where my overstimulation comes from
• On reverting back to teenage selves while in our childhood homes
• On mourning the childhood holiday experience
• Tools that help me the most with overstimulation
• On the importance of communicating your needs to your loved ones

Links:

Listen to the previous episode, Overstimulation and Anxiety Induced Anger, here

Find my noise-canceling headphones here

Listen to the Brown Noise link here

Order the weighted stuffed animal I ordered here

Purchase my coloring book and pencils here

Order Athletic Greens and get a FREE 1 year supply Vitamind D AND 5 travel packs here: www.athleticgreens.com/fff

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Website: freckledfoodie.com

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Creative Lead: Amelie Yeager

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In this episode, I sit down with Ella Halikas to discuss how she has honed her confidence mindset, how she began her modeling career from taking photos on the beach, and why she hopes the term “curve model” will be irrelevant in the future. We dive into Ella’s storied and relentless pursuit of becoming a Sports Illustrated model, how timing is everything when it comes to your dreams coming true, and why failure excites her more than anything. We also get into what happened when she and a friend were recently rejected from a club for their sizes, how she began her “Thick Girls Can Rock This Fit Too” series, and how she doesn’t let negative comments dull her shine.

Key Takeaway / Points:

• Society’s notions of “curve model” vs. “model”
• How confidence is truly a mindset
• How Ella began modeling after taking photos on the beach in college
• Ella’s relentless pursuit of becoming a Sports Illustrated model
• On being ready for your dreams to come true
• Allowing ourselves to pause and savor our successes
• Why failure excites Ella
• What happened when Ella and her friend were recently rejected from a club for their size
• On asking yourself what you want before heading into dating
• How Ella began her “Thick Girls Can Rock This Fit Too” series
• How to navigate a triggering environment for your confidence and body image

Follow Ella:

Instagram: @ellahalikas

Tiktok:@ellahalikas

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Website: freckledfoodie.com

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Creative Lead: Amelie Yeager

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In this solo episode, I share all of the raw and overwhelming feelings I’m experiencing right now while grieving my son’s baby stage at eighteen months. I explore the heartache and anxiety around the passage of time, the confusion of feeling nostalgic for the present, and explain why the newborn phase wasn’t exactly my thing. I also give my mother an impromptu call and get her perspective on embracing the simultaneous sadness and joy of time passing with children. Finally, I discuss still feeling like a child myself, and I remind myself and anyone who needs to hear it that every child’s stage is incredible and brings new things.

Key Takeaway / Points:

• Why I love Liam’s toddler phase right now at eighteen months
• On wanting to freeze time with your child as they are
• Why the newborn phase wasn’t my thing
• The heartbreak and anxiety around the passage of time
• On the fear of not remembering important moments in your child’s life
• On feeling nostalgic for the present
• On not feeling ready to go through another pregnancy right now
• On being overwhelmed with the amount of family footage and having so much personal content to keep track of in today’s world
• On my simultaneous excitement for Liam’s future
• Calling my mother and getting her perspective on embracing the sadness and joy of time passing with children
• On still feeling like a child myself

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Creative Lead: Amelie Yeager

Produced by Dear Media. 

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In this episode, I sit down with content creator Lucie Fink to talk about Lucie’s creative trajectory, how motherhood transformed her into “Lucie 2.0,” and much more. Lucie gets into how she handles dealing with online trolls, what happened when she Zoomed with one of them, and how she has navigated the confusion of unintentional postpartum weight loss. 

Key Takeaway / Points:

• What lights Lucie up in her work
• Lucie’s creative trajectory
• How motherhood transformed her into “Lucie 2.0”
• How Lucie continues to evolve her approach with publicly sharing her son
• Unpacking the resistance to being labeled a “mommy blogger”
• On handling online trolls
• Lucie’s experience Zooming with one of her trolls
• On the confusion of navigating unintentional postpartum weight loss
• Lucie’s favorite part about being a mother
• Where Lucie sees herself in five years

Listen to Jenny Best podcast episode here

Watch Lucie’s TED Talk here

Follow Lucie:

Instagram: @luciebfink

TikTok: @luciebfink

YouTube: Lucie Fink

Website: luciefink.com

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Website: freckledfoodie.com

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Creative Lead: Amelie Yeager

Produced by Dear Media. 

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In this solo episode, I dive into the ongoing conversation around sharing children on social media. I discuss how Joe and I navigate sharing our first now, how that has evolved over time, and how it might change as he gets older. I also unpack the feeling of being out of control of your child’s image, feeling exploitative of your child, and recent experiences that have shifted the way I view this topic. Finally, I share listener comments and questions about my process with protecting his privacy, how others feel about publicly sharing their children, and how to set boundaries with your family on sharing your child.

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Creative Lead: Amelie Yeager

Produced by Dear Media

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