Hello My Tribe

On this week's episode, teen mom turned Ivy League grad Jessica Rockowitz not only shares her motherhood journey with us, but covers a wide range of topics including: talking to your children about sex starting as young as five, teaching our children about self-respect, postpartum bodies, comparison on social media, relationships with food, anxiety, and finding what makes you happy.

Entrepreneur and mother of three, Michelle Muller shares her journey into motherhood and how she has overcome an abusive relationship and divorce.

On this week's episode, Lauren, mother of two boys, opens up about her experience with infertility, IVF, and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. Lauren shares her healing and self-care journey with us, including the use of both medication and alternative medicine to address prenatal depression and postpartum anxiety. And for the first time, we hear from a woman about the ethical dilemma of what to do with unused embryos.

Anxiety, debilitating depression, thoughts of suicide, and hallucinations led Jill Birt to follow her intuition, using yoga to connect deep to her inner-self to begin the healing process. As a mom of three, Jill has been caring for expectant mothers since 2001, first as Labor and Delivery nurse and now as a prenatal yoga instructor. This career transition came after Jill’s journey with postpartum psychosis after the birth of her third child.

Andra Liemandt is a visionary and brings her energy to all her passions, particularly The Kindness Campaign. When her friend's 12-year-old daughter, a bullying victim, committed suicide, Liemandt discovered a shocking dearth of educational resources. Motivated to make a difference, she founded The Kindness Campaign, which now proactively addresses bullying via powerful curriculum, meaningful activations and events at schools and organizations, teaching the foundational message "I am enough." This message is also the focus of her band, The Mrs, an all-female pop-rock band that has been featured on {Good Morning America}, {BuzzFeed}, {grammy.com}, {The Queen Latifah Show} and in {Billboard} and {People} magazine. Liemandt's knack for empowering audiences toward inner and outer kindness has positioned her as a coveted keynote speaker, a philanthropist and an influencer. At the heart of it all, she is a mother of two daughters and is continuously looking to spearhead social change that creates a kinder future for the next generation.

Kim Updegrove, executive director of the largest milk bank in the world, shares the Mother's Milk Bank at Austin with us. Why is there a need for donor milk? What are the issues with informal sharing? Learn how you can help save the most fragile babies, and families from more heartache.

First stop for Babyation, reinventing the outdated breast pump. Sam Rudolph, the woman behind the start-up, chats breast pumps and motherhood with us.

Erin Erenberg chats with us about her career, motherhood journey, and postpartum care that led to Totum Women.

You might be surprised when you learn a bit more about the food we are feeding our babies. Michele Muller from Little Spoon shares the inspiration behind the company. Learn the differences between jarred, pouched, and fresh baby food.