Mommy's on a Call | Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Mindful Parenting, Entrepreneurship

Kaitlin Soule is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and author of A Little Less of a Hot Mess: The Modern Mom's Guide to Growth and Evolution. She specializes in women's mental health, anxiety, and modern parenting, empowering modern women to take agency over their life and say yes to themselves. She is also an "imperfect mom" to three, ages 4, 7 and 8.

In this episode, Kaitlin and I chat about:

• How she handled the big feelings of her youngest child
• How she had the capacity to manage home life, a career, ADHD and Hashimoto's alongside her 3 little kids and her husband's unconventional schedule as a first responderHow a traumatic experience led to uncovering her own mental health disorder
• What she is doing daily to manage her ADHD and why
• How to rewrite your own narrative and story and give yourself permission to evolve

Follow Kaitlin at

• Website: www.wellnotesforher.com
• IG: @kaitlin.soule
• Book: A Little Less of a Hot Mess: The Modern Mom's Guide to Growth and Evolution

Come join me in my sandbox of life and in this podcast to explore, play and discover something new every single week… because I know you've yelled "Mommy's on a Call" at least once in the last week!!!

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Happy New Year!!! It has been a long month, over a month actually since I published the last episode and even recorded an episode of Mommy's on a Call for you all. I'm excited to be back on the mic this week sharing the 3 things I'm leaving behind in 2022, the 10 things I'm cultivating for 2023 and what my 2023 word of the year is. I'm hoping some of these resonates and allows you to think about your year and what you would like to cultivate in 2023 also!

I also share what this means for the podcast in 2023 and what to expect moving forward!

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Come join me in my sandbox of life and in this podcast to explore, play and discover something new every single week… because I know you've yelled "Mommy's on a Call" at least once in the last week!!!

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Leah Arnold-Smeets is the founder of Woo Woo Realm, and an intuitive tarot reader, medium and spiritual guide located in Orange County, CA, with clients all over the world. 

However, in her pre-"woo woo life", she was a badass COO for an app development company and a marketing and operations expert. Leah's growth over the years from battling postpartum depression and ending up in the psych ward to emerging into this beautiful spiritual being is an inspiration to all that there isn't one right way to heal or be a mom. Her journey has inspired me over the years to also tap into my spiritual side.

When Leah is not slinging tarot cards or tapping into 'the other side,' she's busy being a mom to her two kids, Emiko and Jordy, her giant dog, and nine chickens!

In this episode, Leah and I chatted about…

• Growing up with a single mom in South Central Los Angeles
• Living her life on other people's terms and what she thought she should be doing
• Getting pregnant with her first child and suffering from prenatal anxiety
• Her severe postpartum depression journey which led her to the psych ward
• How to ask for help and advocating for your own mental health
• Her spiritual journey awoke when she started to learn how to protect her daughter from spirits
• When she started seeing visions and how she channeled that gift and her intuition into the workplace as a COO
• The differences between ego and intuition
• How breathwork has impacted her life and her parenting
• What is tarot and how tarot can be used to help create clarity and healing

Follow Leah at...

• Website: woowoorealm.com
• IG: @woowoorealm

Come join me in my sandbox of life and in this podcast to explore, play and discover something new every single week… because I know you've yelled "Mommy's on a Call" at least once in the last week!!!

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**Trigger Warning: In this episode we talk about her experience with the loss of a child, stillbirth, and miscarriages.**

Christine McAlister is passionate about helping impact-driven entrepreneurs attract their next clients by being value-driven podcast guests. She and her clients have generated over $1 million as podcast guests, and she's has been recognized as the best in the world at podcast guesting by 7-figure founders.

A media expert for 2 decades, she's helped broadcast the Olympic Games, produced an award-winning documentary for PBS, and has ​been featured in Inc., Business Insider, Bustle, The Huffington Post and on over 100 podcasts, in addition to hosting her top-rated show No One's Ever Asked Me That.

Christine is also a mom of 3 – 2 earth side babies and 1 in heaven. 

In this episode, Christine and I chatted about…

• The evolution of her belief system and spirituality from being raised in a super Christian family to becoming a generation breaker and questioning the norms of what a female's role in her family looks like
• What drove her out of the hole and emerge and get out of bed after her stillbirth
• Dealing with postpartum anxiety, pregnancy depression and grief
• How to be an advocate for your own health
• How to build your support system and cultivate relationships with other moms
• The idea of "remembering" and clearing generational trauma and limiting beliefs
• How she uses of somatic body based work to heal
• Using breathwork and meditation with her kids
• How she's structuring her business to exist around her kids school hours

• Website: www.lifewithpassion.com
• IG: @lifewpassion
• Podcast: No One's Ever Asked Me That

Come join me in my sandbox of life and in this podcast to explore, play and discover something new every single week… because I know you've yelled "Mommy's on a Call" at least once in the last week!!!

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Dr. Elisa Song, MD is an integrative pediatrician, pediatric functional medicine expert, and mom to 2 thriving children. 

In her integrative pediatric practice, Whole Family Wellness, she's helped 1000s of kids get to the root causes of their health concerns and helped their parents understand how to help their children thrive – through body, mind, and spirit – by integrating conventional pediatrics with functional medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, herbal medicine, and essential oils. 

Dr. Song created Healthy Kids Happy Kids as an online holistic pediatric resource to help practitioners and parents bridge the gap between conventional and integrative pediatrics with an evidence-based, pediatrician-backed approach.

• The foods her children eat for lunch and how to avoid so many snacks - especially carb-loaded snacks
• How to prevent "hangry" children and get off the sugar rollercoaster
• What is integrated pediatrics? What does holistic medicine really mean?
• The side effects of using antibiotics in children, but what you can do in tandem to help reestablish a healthy "gut bugs"
• How to nourish your microbiome - especially your gut microbiome and what will help it stick and grow to improve your gut
• What foods you can add into your kids diet to help increase fiber intake
• The importance of the mind-body connection and the vagus nerve
• Which is the true first vs. second brain?
• What are the easiest switches you can make to help improve your gut microbiome? Her list of the top 4 "mischief makers"
• How our thoughts and psychological stress actually can change our gut microbiome and even our vaginal microbiome
• Exercises to strengthen your child's vagus nerve "muscle" and ways to take "mindful moments" with your kids
• Tips to starting your morning off peacefully

• Website:
  • Healthy Kids Happy Kids
  • Whole Family Wellness
• FB: @drelisasongmd
• IG: @healthykids_happykids
• YT: @drelisasongmd

Come join me in my sandbox of life and in this podcast to explore, play and discover something new every single week… because I know you've yelled "Mommy's on a Call" at least once in the last week!!!

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Welcome back to a Friday episode of Mommy's on a Call where I'm going to be doing a little bit of a pep talk or behind the scenes series of what's going on in my life or interesting things that I come across.

Ever feel like you're doing all the things you're supposed to be doing? You've learned all the tools and tactics. You've started implementing what you've read and learned, and yet, you aren't seeing the results you hoped for? You keep feeling like you've had setback after setback even when you are still moving forward? You're just down right FRUSTRATED!

Trust me, I have been there many times over and over, especially right now in my own business and health.

In today's episode I share a big "ah ha" moment I had during a health coaching session for myself. Something that I overlooked, but is the key ingredient to my emotional wellness (and probably others too).

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Come join me in my sandbox of life and in this podcast to explore, play and discover something new every single week.

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Michael Perry is a husband and father to two little boys, Leander and Solomon. He is also the founder and CEO of Maple, a venture backed company focused on improving the quality of life at home by making it easier to plan and manage the workload in a more equitable way. 

Prior to founding Maple, he was the founder and CEO of Kit, which was acquired by Shopify in 2016 and spent a few years after remaining as the Director of Kit and Product at Shopify. Michael has previously been recognized as a 30 under 30 by Forbes, as a top marketing executive by Business Insider and a technology influencer by Inc magazine. 

Michael resides in Santa Barbara, California with his family and two bulldogs Olive and Pearl.

In this episode, Michael and I chatted about...

• Experiencing IVF and infertility from the supportive spouse point of view
• How he's instilling life lessons and values about privilege and hard work to his young sons who didn't have a choice being born white, male and to wealth
• Who he attributes his success to and why
• Finding meaning in parenthood vs. achievements
• How Maple is trying to revolutionize household management - how do we get people to work better together so that not everything falls on "mom"
• How he's structuring his company around family and parents and building a company culture from a place of empathy

Follow Michael at...

• Website: www.growmaple.com
• IG: @growmaple
• Twitter: @michaelperry

Have your habits and routines gone out the door? For me, the last few months have really made me feel out of balance, exhausted trying to keep up with all the schedules and out of alignment with my routines. It's time to get it together and move forward so 2022 doesn't end in a mess! 

In this episode, I go through my ABC's of how I'm moving forward intentionally and why I've been a little MIA on the podcast.

Come join me in my sandbox of life and in this podcast to explore, play and discover something new every single week.

SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Tune in weekly because I know you've yelled "Mommy's on a Call" at least once in the last week!!!

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WORK with Stephanie: Book a Recharge Session - Say Hello to a Happier & Healthier You!

VISIT: www.stephanieuchima.com

Jessica Jenkins is the Co-Founder of Better Battery Co., the first and only Carbon-Neutral Alkaline Battery. 

Growing up in the family consumer electronic business, Jessica gained passion for entrepreneurship. While completing her degrees, Jessica worked closely with her father's carbon neutral alkaline battery company and was instrumental in the creation of Better Battery Co. 

As a busy mother of two beautiful young boys, Jessica quickly realized the ever present need for batteries, a guilt-free option for disposing of them, and a calling to make eco-friendlier switches for her family when possible.

Jessica divides her time engaged in private practice as a clinical social worker and honored to be supporting individuals in their journey to become better versions of themselves, and working alongside her sister in bringing their vision of Better Battery Co. to fruition. 

• Launching a product business while working full-time and co-parenting
• Explanation of what carbon neutral is
• Teaching your children about climate change and why as a mom she feels it's her responsibility to take part
• The maternal mental health issues moms are facing daily from overwhelm of day-to-day life, perinatal depression and lack of community
• Questions you can ask your friends to check in on them without asking "how are you doing"
• How to self nourish yourself through self nurturing not self-care
• What to do when you start to feel anxiety coming on and how to cope with those moments so you're not the "angry mom"
• Recognizing when you need a break and how to ask for support

• Website: betterbattery.co
• Instagram: @betterbatteryco

Come join me in my sandbox of life and in this podcast to explore, play and discover something new every single week.

SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Tune in weekly because I know you've yelled "Mommy's on a Call" at least once in the last week!!!

SHOW NOTES: MommysonaCall.com

FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: The Modern Mama Society - Health & Wellness for Modern Moms

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WORK with Stephanie: Book a Recharge Session - Say Hello to a Happier & Healthier You!

VISIT: www.stephanieuchima.com

"The greatest gift you can give your children is your own financial independence when you get older so that they don't have to financially take care of you." - Bobbi Rebell

Bobbi Rebell is the author of Launching Financial Grownups: Live Your Richest Life by Helping Your (Almost) Adult Kids Become Everyday Money Smart. 

She is also a Certified Financial Planner, the founder of Grownup Gear - merchandise to celebrate all the milestones of adulting, a former global business news anchor having worked at CNBC, CNN and Reuters - and the host of the Money Tips for Financial Grownups podcast, of which I am a guest as well!

But on top of it all Bobbi is a mom of 3, a 14 year old and 2 step-children, ages 22 and 25, navigating motherhood as a blended family.

In this episode, Bobbi and I chat about...

• Her experience becoming an instant mom of 3 in 2.5 years in a blended family while managing a full-time career as a TV anchor
• The importance of her career to her identity
• How she had to make hard career choices as a working mom based on the lifestyle and workplace culture
• Going on a "mentor tour" and tips on changing careers as a working mom
• The meaning of being a "financial grownup"
• 3 tips on how to talk about finances with your kids
• Strategies to avoid a scarcity mindset around money when talking to your kids

Follow Bobbi at

• Website: www.bobbirebell.com
• Instagram: @bobbirebell1
• Book: Launching Financial Grownups: Live Your Richest Life by Helping Your (Almost) Adult Kids Become Everyday Money Smart

And if you want to check out my episode "Money Tips to build your kids financial habits early with Stephanie Uchima" on Bobbi's podcast "Money Tips for Financial Grownups" then head over to https://www.bobbirebell.com/podcast/stephanieuchimacarney

Come join me in my sandbox of life and in this podcast to explore, play and discover something new every single week.

SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Tune in weekly because I know you've yelled "Mommy's on a Call" at least once in the last week!!!

SHOW NOTES: MommysonaCall.com

FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: The Modern Mama Society - Health & Wellness for Modern Moms

FOLLOW ON IG: @MommysonaCall & @StephanieUchima

WORK with Stephanie: Book a Recharge Session - Say Hello to a Happier & Healthier You!

VISIT: www.stephanieuchima.com