Honest as a Mother

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Amanda is joined by Amanda Otterman who is a nurse who specializes in Menopause and hormone health to chat about all things Perimenopause.

Included in this episode:

• What is the age range for perimenopause?
• What to do if you are being brushed off by your MD?
• Long term health problems that can come from hormone issues
• Mental Health and hormones
• How can we pay attention to our cycles and prioritize ourselves during each phase?
• Why your coffee MAY be adding to the stress in your body

Some resources: 

The New Menopause by Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, and Kristin Myers
•A fresh look at menopause, integrating the latest scientific research on hormones, nutrition, and fitness to help women thrive during and after this transition.
You Are Not Broken: Stop “Should-ing” All Over Your Sex Life by Dr. Kelly Casperson
•A candid exploration of sexual health during menopause, offering advice on reclaiming intimacy and body confidence in midlife and beyond.

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Amanda is joined by Aaron Bailey who is a ADHD coach that works with both adults and kids to chat about ADHD.

Included in this episode:

• How Aaron taught himself that his ADHD symptoms are not a character flaw and how to work through this.
• The unknown sides of ADHD
• Parenting and ADHD - How our children trigger us, and how they act as a mirror to us.
• How dysregulation affects us as parents and how learning about dysregulation can help us when it comes to parenting our children.
• How an ADHD diagnosis can help us understand ourselves/our children.
• Highlighting the strengths of ADHD 

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Amanda is joined by Elisha Zavier who is a Pelvic Floor Fitness Coach and she is here to help Amanda break down some pelvic floor myths and empower women to take charge of their bodies.

Included in this episode:

• Why we need to prioritize pelvic floor health
• Why it is NOT normal to pee yourself after children
• Girl math when it comes to urinary incontience 
• The mental load of incontenience 
• Anatomy 101 Why Pelvic Floor is SO important and the impact it has on our entire system
• Just in case peeing - why can it be harmful
• Womens health - why we need to stop putting bandaids on women and actually fix the problem.
• Ways we can strengthen our Pelvic Floor

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You get 20% for one time purchase and up to 48% off for subscriptions with my code: HAAM20

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Amanda and Katie are back and they are filling everyone in on what they are currently watching and reading to prepare you for hibernation mode aka Winter.

Included in this episode:

• Our thoughts on "No body wants this" - Adam Brody went from awkward Jewish boy on the OC to the Hot Rabi.
• Secret Lives of Mormon Wives - if you have not watched, you need to.
• Dirty Soda - Amanda tries it for the first time.
• Dr. Odyssey - Katies new fave
• Tell me Lies - Amandas new fave
• Book Recommendations - what are we reading?!

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Don't forget to check out SPATULA foods at www.spatulafoods.com and use code HONEST to get $40 off your first order!

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Amanda is joined by Katherine Peloso-Smith who is an Intuitive Leader Coach to chat about trusting ourselves and our intuition. 

Included in this episode:

• Katherine shares her first memories of her inner knowing and what she did with this information.
• Katherine and Amanda talk about intuition and dating. Can we trust our gut when we see what we think are "red flags"?
• Soulmates? Are they real?
• Mom Gut - Mothers Intuition 
• Anxiety vs Intuition - Katherines take on how we find out which one we are dealing with.

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Don't forget to check out SPATULA foods at www.spatulafoods.com and use code HONEST to get $40 off your first order!

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Amanda is back for another solo episode and this episode has been HIGHLY requested. Amanda shares her story of receiving an ADHD diagnosis.

Included in this episode:

• How this all started - spoiler alert - it was a child who triggered this.
• How Amanda started to monitoring her symptoms, watched waaaaay too many tiktoks and started taking note of the way she was feeling.
• How Amanda moved forward with the diagnosis
• What Amanda is doing now - talking medication, routines and more.

Link to ADHD/PPD Article: https://www.epicresearch.org/articles/maternal-adhd-correlated-with-increased-risk-of-postpartum-depression

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Amanda is joined by Christine Dainard who is a personal coach who champions authenticity and self-worth to chat about self-discovery, growth and all the messy in between.

Included in this episode:

• Christine and Amanda share their stories of growth but how grief coincides with growth. Grief shows up at any point of a healing journey.
• How can we start changing? If you are someone who is struggling and wants to change but you do not know where to start, this is for you.
•  The stories we have been told about who we are - how do these impact us?
• What has been the most difficult for both Chistine and Amanda.

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Were baaaaaack. Did you miss us? Cause we missed you.

Do not judge us by our terrible reenactment of that statement okay?

Amanda and Katie are back to talk about all things Teen Mom, Vanderpump Rules and more. Buckle up and get ready for our dose of pop culture hour.

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Amanda is joined by Beth Marchant who is a graphic designer but also a Breast Cancer Survivor and she is here today to raise awareness and advocate for young women to be checking their breasts.

Included in this episode:

• Beth shares her story with beating Stage 3 Breast Cancer and how it has inspired her to share this information with other women.
• The importance of knowing your body - what is "normal" for you and what is not.
• How society tells women what is pretty and what "matters" vs what actually matters.

Check out the Dense Breasts Canada Campaign with Beth:

 https://densebreastscanada.ca/beth/

Not sure when to be checking your breasts? Check out this link for all the information you need:

https://www.knowyourlemons.org/

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Amanda is back after her summer off and is so excited to jump back in and we are starting off with a bang. Amanda is sharing her 2024 "shake up" and why she has lit her entire life on fire (or so it felt like).

Included in this episode:

• Why Amanda has been so MIA.
• Redefining happiness. Why do we think happiness is a one size fits all?
• Amanda's breakthrough and what led to it.
• The rebrand of Honest as a Mother (aka HAAM) and why Amanda felt it needed a little face lift.
• You are more than "just a mother".

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