Mama Needs A Moment

Mama Needs A Moment

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  • Ep. 35 How to Find Ease & Flow In Life Using Cycle Syncing w/ Megan Rempel

    Megan Rempel is a Registered Nurse with a certificate in Women’s Hormonal Health, a health coach, and a cycle syncing expert. She shares her journey of being an overwhelmed and exhausted mom of 4 to finding ease and joy by aligning different areas of her life to her cycle. Her mission is to help other women discover that life can actually be easier, by integrating cycle syncing and other simple, effective habits into their lives. Megan strives to help women get out of survival mode and does this through her Instagram content, her paid program Syncing with the Flow, and inside her health coaching community.

    In this episode we discuss:

    • Megan’s childhood and if she chooses to parent similarly or use different parenting methods.
    • Family dynamics in her life as a child vs. family dynamics today and if it falls back into old patterns when they are together.
    • Megan’s path to becoming a nurse and what influenced her decision.
    • Whether she feels there’s a difference between balance and integration in life.
    • How Megan keeps harmony in her life as she pursues career goals, her health, family, etc.
    • Megan provides her feedback on two of our key initiatives (expectations of motherhood & rejecting diet culture) by sharing how she’s been impacted by them and how she’s worked through them.
    • Megan dives into the topic of cycle syncing by explaining what it is, how it's done, what it looks like in daily practice, and benefits.
    • How cycle syncing affects mood, daily planning, exercise and nutrition.
    • Megan shares how cycle syncing works for women who don’t bleed and who are perimenopausal/menopausal.

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      1 hr 9 min
    • Ep. 34 The Danger of the Stories we Play on Repeat: How to Heal through Stories & Community w/ Barbara Kaynan

      No doubt about it, Barbara Kaynan is a fascinating human! A Registered Drama Therapist with the North American Drama Therapy Association and mom to two littles, Barbara holds a Master's degree from NYU in Drama Therapy and a certificate from KINT Institute in The Arts and trauma treatment.

      She specializes in trauma-informed person-centered care; guiding individuals and groups, across treatment settings and cultural organizations, during times of big life transitions. Barbara has experience leading therapeutic theatre processes for Holocaust survivors, she has provided expressive, clinical support for at-risk youth, hospitalized children recovering from medical procedures and their families, individuals living with chronic and persistent mental illness, adults in acute psychosis, and older adults living with skilled nursing and memory care needs.

      Barbara is a published research scholar, peer review editor, and former professor at Long Island University.

      She believes that your relationship with yourself and others is an art - one that can be rehearsed and rewoven into experiences for healthier living. Are you ready to take up space, honor your experience, and create the life you want to live? This episode is for you!

      Our discussion today included:

      • The many ways to describe motherhood
      • The importance of not shrinking yourself to fit society standards
      • What drama therapy can look like
      • Getting stuck in one role in our lives and the importance of getting in touch with other life roles
      • The power of inner-child work and the ways in which early intervention with children can help disrupt the negative stories they are already forming at a young age
      • Dismantling the guilt and pressure around societal expectation of being the “best mom”
      • The need for mothers to get in touch with their innate power and begin looking inward for answers to their parenting questions
      • Barbara’s suggestions and tips for “rewilding” - how to open yourself back up to yourself
      • How you can use components of drama therapy in parenting your own children
      • How to approach adolescence and maintain that close relationship as a parent
      • Using Cycle Syncing to bring balance to your life
      • The power of storytelling and community in healing from complex trauma

        • Carolina Creative Wellness

        https://www.instagram.com/carolinacreativewellness/

        HER Health Collective

        1 hr 9 min
      • Ep. 33 Tantrums, Conflict & Trauma: Helping Parents Through the Messy Stuff w/ Dr. Hilary Mandzik

        Dr. Hilary Mandzik is a mom to three young children so she understands that parenthood can be wonderful and amazing and full of joy while at the same time, it can be really, really hard. After working as a Licensed Psychologist with children and families in therapeutic settings for fifteen years, the life transition to becoming a mother gave a new life to her career.

        Motherhood compelled her to expand her work to include support for new parents. She earned a Certificate in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C) from Postpartum Support International, which provided her with specialized knowledge and training to more effectively support new parents who are struggling.

        Throughout our insightful discussion with Dr. Hilary, you will hear us talk about:

        • Dr. Mandzik’s journey to becoming a psychologist and specializing in the support of new parents who are struggling.
        • The impact that being a psychologist has on parenting, and other relationships.
        • The elements that cause the greatest struggles when transitioning to life with a new baby.
        • The front end preparation that parents can invest in that will help equip them for the changes ahead.
        • Defining Gentle Parenting, Respectful Parenting, Conscious Parenting and why it's hard for some parents.
        • Recognizing the areas we need reparenting and working through our own traumas.
        • The reason our children’s behavior triggers us.
        • Looking at tantrums from a child’s perspective.
        • Dr. Mandzik’s advice to parents when it comes to tantrums, sibling rivalry, aggressive behaviors from their children, etc.
        • The message that Dr. Mandzik wants all moms to hear.

          • https://www.hilarymandzik.com

          https://www.raisedresilient.com/mindset (Free Resource)

          https://www.raisedresilient.com (Dr. Hilary's Podcast)

          HER Health Collective

          1 hr 8 min
        • Ep. 32 Leaning into Discomfort, Accepting Rejection & Listening to Your Body w/ Dr. Radhika Sharma

          We had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Radhika Sharma, a Board Certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist and certified Life & Wellness Coach.

          Dr. Sharma is passionate about Women’s Health and Wellness. She is a mother of 2 young girls and wife to a fellow OBGYN. As a busy mother, wife and physician, Dr. Sharma found herself caught in the quicksand and did not see any way out of it. Fortunately, she found life coaching, which allowed her to recognize her authentic and essential self. Today Dr. Sharma continues her work as an OBGYN, while also collaborating with her life coaching clients to help them challenge the obstacles in their lives, and follow their essential self to make it through some of life’s most challenging times.


          Dr. Sharma completed her medical training at Saba University School of Medicine. After completing her medical rotations in the United States, she went on to complete her obstetrics & gynecology residency at Aultman Hospital in Affiliation with Northeast Ohio Medical University. She specializes in Pelvic floor disorders and reconstruction. Dr. Sharma is also a certified Life & Wellness coach through the Martha Beck Wayfinder training.


          Our discussion today included:
          • Respect in relationships and friendships, particularly as a mom
          • Listening to your inner voice in making important decisions
          • Growing up in a strongly East Indian household with strict family and educational values
          • The value of leaning into discomfort
          • Teaching our children about rejection, the value of affirmations, and understanding differences
          • Empowering our children and questioning the “good girl” myth
          • The challenge of finding a middle ground with your partner in parenting decisions
          • Dr. Sharma explores her role as a doctor as she dealt with postpartum anxiety
          • Getting in touch with your essential self and learning to listen to your body
          • The value of pursuing life integration
          • How a time audit can help you gain control of your life
          • Dr. Sharma’s views on the ways in which the United States is not adequately supporting new mothers
          • Exploring the expectations you set for yourself and what you want for yourself
          BusyOBees
          HER Health Collective

          1 hr 10 min
        • Ep. 31 - Getting Your Child Educational Support in School & Building Confidence w/Jessika Shields

          Imagine having a trusted guide who empowers parents by providing resources and support that takes them from guessing what to do, to taking actionable steps. Our guest, Jessika Shield’s is an educator, licensed educational psychologist and parenting coach. She utilizes her educational background, company and podcast to help parents gain a sense of control over their children’s education, growth, and development. She coaches parents with relationship building, navigating education systems, special education, nurturing giftedness, mental wellness, and early interventions that work.

          In this episode you will hear us discuss:

          • Jessika shares a bit about her childhood and how she was raised.
          • The specific events in Jessika’s youth that directly impacted the direction of her life.
          • Jessika discusses her business, Stronger Minds, Stronger Youth and her podcast Parent Them Successful that she started while also having a full time job as a School Psychologist.
          • She shares the biggest hurdle, regardless of the state of residence, that families have to overcome in order to receive additional support for their children in a school setting
          • Actionable steps parents can take in finding solutions to problems that arise when seeking support for their children.
          • How to help children with mild learning difficulties improve their overall confidence and motivation to learn.
          • Steps parents can take to make their child feel less anxious about limitations and instead feel good about their natural strengths.
          • Sibling rivalry and ways parents can address the arguments for a more peaceful home.
          • Jessika shares how she leveraged her strengths in order to achieve her life’s goals and provides advice for our listeners on finding and leveraging their strengths, while also determining their life goals.

            • Mindset, the New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck

            My Grandfather's Blessings, Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging by Rachel Naomi Raman, MD

            https://jessikashields.com

            Building Child Confidence Intensive Workshop Series - http://www.buildingchildcompetence.com

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            1 hr 5 min
          • Ep. 32 Leaning into Discomfort, Accepting Rejection & Listening to Your Body w/ Dr. Radhika Sharma

            We had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Radhika Sharma, a Board Certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist and certified Life & Wellness Coach.

            Dr. Sharma is passionate about Women’s Health and Wellness. She is a mother of 2 young girls and wife to a fellow OBGYN. As a busy mother, wife and physician, Dr. Sharma found herself caught in the quicksand and did not see any way out of it. Fortunately, she found life coaching, which allowed her to recognize her authentic and essential self. Today Dr. Sharma continues her work as an OBGYN, while also collaborating with her life coaching clients to help them challenge the obstacles in their lives, and follow their essential self to make it through some of life’s most challenging times.

            Dr. Sharma completed her medical training at Saba University School of Medicine. After completing her medical rotations in the United States, she went on to complete her obstetrics & gynecology residency at Aultman Hospital in Affiliation with Northeast Ohio Medical University. She specializes in Pelvic floor disorders and reconstruction. Dr. Sharma is also a certified Life & Wellness coach through the Martha Beck Wayfinder training.

            Our discussion today included:

            • Respect in relationships and friendships, particularly as a mom
            • Listening to your inner voice in making important decisions
            • Growing up in a strongly East Indian household with strict family and educational values
            • The value of leaning into discomfort
            • Teaching our children about rejection, the value of affirmations, and understanding differences
            • Empowering our children and questioning the “good girl” myth
            • The challenge of finding a middle ground with your partner in parenting decisions
            • Dr. Sharma explores her role as a doctor as she dealt with postpartum anxiety
            • Getting in touch with your essential self and learning to listen to your body
            • The value of pursuing life integration
            • How a time audit can help you gain control of your life
            • Dr. Sharma’s views on the ways in which the United States is not adequately supporting new mothers
            • Exploring the expectations you set for yourself and what you want for yourself

              • BusyOBees

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              1 hr 10 min
            • Ep. 30 Postpartum Care, Battling Burnout & Barriers to Care: A Roundtable Discussion

              Today we are delighted to discuss how mothers can best navigate the postpartum period, who should be a part of that postpartum care support team, how parents from different socioeconomic backgrounds can access the care they need, different approaches to finding balance in life (particularly as a parent), and how to approach difficult parenting decisions when overwhelmed by information from outside sources.

              The second HER Health Collective Roundtable of 2022 featured the following HER Expert panelists:

              • Emily Chaffee – Certified Birth & Postpartum Doula, Massage and Bodywork Therapist, Certified Educator of Infant Massage, Fertility Specialist, founder & owner Carolina Birth & Wellness
              • Blair Cuneo - Functional Medicine PA
              • Kerry Jones – RD – Pediatric and Maternal Nutrition – Milestones Nutrition
              • Maris Feeley - Birth and Postpartum Doula and co-owner of Carolina Birth & Wellness
              • Erayna Sargent - Founder Hooky Wellness
              • Dr. Lisa Folden - Licensed Physical Therapist, NASM Certified Behavior Change Specialist, owner Healthy Phit Physical Therapy
              • Katherine Andrew- RD - Digestion and Hormones - Katherine Andrew Nutrition
              • Dr. Florencia Segura - Pediatrician at Einstein Pediatrics
              • Dr. Holly Durney - Physical Therapist - Women’s health and orthopedics
              • Dr. Erika Aragona – Dual board-certified family medicine physician with a focus on preventive medicine and women’s health

                • Today’s episode includes a discussion of the following topics:

                • The ideal postpartum support care team & models from other countries
                • Balancing work and parenting, avoiding burnout in all spheres of life
                • Dealing with pressures from outside sources to have a family of a certain size, have more kids, etc.
                • Importance of setting boundaries around social media use
                • Understanding your family’s values and using that as the guidepost in making family decisions


                  • 1 hr 3 min
                • Ep. 29 - Lessons from an Elite Athlete on Perseverance & Healing w/Caroline Kratz

                  We all have stories of who we are prior to becoming a mom and who we grow to be while parenting. Life is about experiences that lead to wisdom. Our guest this week is Caroline Kratz. Caroline was a former US Rowing National Team athlete and two time Olympic Trials participant prior to having her five children. Today, Caroline continues to challenge her athleticism and shares her knowledge through coaching. She has an in-depth understanding of the benefits of cold water immersion. Caroline shares details of difficult situations in her life and how she’s coped through the struggle. It is an open discussion of bravery, perseverance, triumph, self-knowledge and forgiveness.

                  **This episode contains content that may be triggering to some listeners and is created for adult audiences only. We advise listener and reader discretion for discussion of mental illness, eating disorder, suicide and sexual abuse.

                  In this episode you will hear us discuss:

                  • Caroline discusses her athletic accomplishments and what it was like for her to manage the physical demands of training at such an elite level.
                  • Detailing the experience emotionally and mentally when she ultimately didn’t make it to the Olympics and how she processed that disappointment.
                  • The tremendous pressure that “snap-back” culture has on women and how Caroline was also influenced by its demands.
                  • Looking in hindsight, if Caroline would approach any aspect of her postpartum period differently.
                  • Cold water immersion - what it is, the benefits it can have on the body, and how she uses it as a tool to optimize her personal wellness.
                  • Caroline’s upbringing and how generational influences impacted her childhood, as well as how she is choosing to parent her children differently.
                  • The major traumatic experiences that have left a footprint on her life.
                  • Coping mechanisms she developed in order to deal with the trauma.
                  • Whether the trauma she experienced continues to instill fear in her marriage and parenting.
                  • Caroline’s message she wants all moms to hear.

                    • Cold Water Immersion at Triangle Chiropractic and Rehabilitation Center with Caroline

                    HER Health Collective

                    1 hr 4 min
                  • Ep. 28 On Forgiveness, Friendship & Living Your Life with Intention w/Nicole Wallace

                    Do you have someone in your life you need to forgive? Do you struggle with solidifying friendships now that you’re an adult? Nicole Wallace, wife, mother of six, licensed mental health counselor, and entrepreneur holds nothing back as we dive deep into several tough topics. In this episode, Nicole discusses how she moved past infidelity in her marriage, how embracing her blended family has changed her, the challenges of being raised by a single mother, the ways in which being a Black Latino American have influenced her parenting, the differences in raising kids today from 20 years ago, and how she recommends overcoming the challenges of making friends as an adult. She shares her incredible story and the lessons she’s learned along the way with authenticity and an openness that is rare to find.

                    In this episode you will hear us discuss:

                    • The effects on Nicole being raised by a single mother in a poor neighborhood
                    • How Nicole navigated infidelity and forgiveness in her marriage and embraced a blended family.
                    • The power of therapy and marriage counseling
                    • Nicole’s suggestions on navigating negative self-image and self-esteem so prevalent for many women.
                    • The loss of identity in motherhood and the importance of periodic life assessments.
                    • Societal changes and the difference Nicole has seen in raising each of her six children.
                    • The challenges of making friends as an adult

                      • Transformation Counseling and Consulting, PLLC

                      HER Health Collective - HER Circle

                      1 hr 9 min
                    • Ep. 27 - How to Navigate a Career and Home Life w/ Krisna Guyton

                      Are you feeling pulled in different directions with all you need to accomplish in your role as a parent? Krisna Guyton, wife, mother of three, nurse, and entrepreneur not only lives life with a positive and upbeat attitude, but she strives to help moms recognize their value while assisting them with learning ways to be intentional with their time and energy. In this episode, Krisna shares how her teenage pregnancy, premature child, the move across states and nursing career ultimately lead to the start of her business, My Parenting Partners. She shares life lessons and gives pointers on having an upbeat attitude in life through all it throws at you.

                      In this episode you will hear us discuss:

                      • Krisna’s path to becoming a nurse and how the birth of her premature son solidified this decision.
                      • The lessons Krisna has learned as she strived to complete school with two babies and how the lessons continue to be applicable today.
                      • Krisna’s journey through perinatal depression and how the experience influenced the decisions she’s made throughout her postpartum period, professional career, and as a mother.
                      • Her journey to creating My Parenting Partner’s as a way to serve and help parents.
                      • Krisna’s openness regarding her barriers to accessing equality of care from a mother’s perspective as well as a healthcare professional.
                      • How Krisna navigates life’s challenges and disappointments, and finds her way back to the upbeat attitude she exudes.
                      • The message Krisna wants all moms to hear.


                        • My Parenting Partners

                        Krisna’s interview with Spectacular Magazine

                        HER Health Collective - HER Circle

                        1 hr 1 min

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