Made To Be Mama

In this episode I discuss how and why I choose to live minimally and the lifestyle choices I have made to achieve that. I also talk about the difference between material objects and using your resources to create systems to make clean up and maintaining your home easier!

This week I dive into a current struggle I’m facing. I talk about my lack of balance, as a working and stay at home mom. I discuss how I “cope” or struggle to and having tunnel vision when it comes to facing hardship. I also unpack some of the emotions that have come with feeling overwhelmed. This episode has no advice or answers to these hard times I am facing, but this episode is from the heart and helped me sort through some of my thoughts and emotions. I know I am not the only one having a hard time with this and hope this helps more working moms feel less alone. 🤍

On this episode I discuss the famous 6 week appointment and the the lack of awareness our country has on the needs of postpartum moms and their babies. I dive into my experience with PPD/PPA, the lack of support I received, and my maternity leave coming to an end.

In this episode I talk about my thoughts on growing our family and the idea of a third baby. I weigh the pros and cons and thinking emotionally versus logically. Bryce also gives his input!

On this episode I discuss my breastfeeding journey over the last year with my daughter/second child. I breastfed both my kids for about a year and each experience was different and unique. I discuss and compare both experiences, and my struggles and accomplishments throughout.

During this episode I discuss how infertility and miscarriage shaped my pregnancy, with my rainbow baby Nora and the first year of her life. I discuss common misconceptions and my personal experience. I also talk about things I did to cope with the experience and how I got through it. *Trigger warning* this episode references miscarriage, infant loss, Sid’s etc.

During this episode I interview my 4.5 year old son, Bryson with questions asked by my followers in addition to some of my own. Bryce is enthusiastic, charismatic, extremely smart and most importantly, entertaining. I love sharing him with all of you and hope you enjoy this episode!

On today’s episode Kayla Crawford from the Mindset Mama podcast joins me to talk about toxic upbringings, our parents divorces, and breaking generational cycles. We discuss how we were raised, our parents toxic traits and how these experiences have impacted the way that we parent our kids!

On this weeks episode I talk about the dreaded and oh so common, mom guilt. As a first time mom I let the mom guilt eat me alive and ultimately control my decision making, but not anymore. Now as a seasoned mom of two, this is something I of course continue to struggle with, but have become well equipped with tools and mantras to handle those emotions when they come up and ultimately ditch the shame we feel when putting ourselves first. I discuss the importance of setting boundaries, for yourself and your kids in order to be the best mom you can be and why it is so important to prioritize yourself! Everything we do is for our families and that includes taking care of US.

In this episode I will get into how drastically different my births were between my two kids. I will share my very traumatic birth story from when I had my son Bryson, and details about my euphoric and incredibly empowering birth with my daughter Nora. I will also share some things I learned from one experience to another and how this helped shift my perspective and change my decision making.