Project: Mom Podcast

What is our impact supposed to look like in this world? 

As a society of doers, there’s this narrative that says our worth as moms is equal to our productivity, that we must “do” something with our time in order to be worthy of having it, especially something that can be externally measured. But what if our bodies are rebelling and recoiling?

Sometimes the most productive thing we can do for ourselves and our families is to listen and to rest when our bodies call for it. Today, I’m giving you a peek behind the scenes into my own inner callings that have been surfacing lately, and some questions I’ve been grappling with.

For us moms who already “do” beyond the comprehension of money and beyond the hours of a typical job, at what point can we just soften into being?

Resources & Links

I can’t stop thinking about my conversation with Alison Ryan in Episode 5. Please check it out if you haven’t already!

Learn more about Project: Mom and follow us on Instagram at @projectmompodcast.

Do you want to share your motherhood journey on the podcast? Email me at [email protected]. 

Do you have a sacred time of day? A time that’s for just you?

Personally, I think there’s something to be said about taking the time to sit in stillness – to intentionally decide where our day should lead instead of running around from 0 to 60 in total chaos!

For today’s guest Miranda Cheney, a mother of two young kiddos and a personal branding photographer, her morning routine is when “her soul gets fed” – which as a mom, is critical, because, in her words, she can’t pour from an empty cup.

My conversation with Miranda is beautiful and honest, and I think we can all benefit from hearing her story and reflecting on how we can feed our own souls every day.

Resources & Links

Check out Miranda’s Instagram highlights for a glimpse into her postpartum photography exhibition. 

You can find Miranda’s work at Miranda Cheney Photography and on Instagram.

Learn more about Project: Mom and follow us on Instagram at @projectmompodcast.

Do you want to share your motherhood journey on the podcast? Email me at [email protected]. 

When we become mothers, we go through a transition similar to adolescence called matrescence, which is the physical, emotional, hormonal and social transition of becoming a mother. 

A lot of us are juggling grief, joy, internal struggles, even sometimes anger as we reconnect with ourselves. And while this is all completely normal, it feels overwhelming, even impossible, to navigate at times.  

In today’s episode, I go really deep with Alison Ryan, a mentor to mothers as they navigate early motherhood and help them prioritize mental health and well-being. 

I have been looking forward to this episode for WEEKS, and am so excited for other moms to hear her story.  Perhaps we can ask ourselves the question Alison asked herself that made all the difference in her own matrescence:

What if I put myself first?

Resources & Links

You can learn more about Alison and her mission to help mamas navigate early motherhood on her website, on Instagram, and Facebook, and for more information about matrecense, you can check out Mama Rising.

If you’re interested in working with Alison, join her in Reconnected, an 8 week group practice to help you reconnect with who you are as a mom and heal in your mind, body, and spirit.   Her next program starts this week, July 8th! 

Learn more about Project: Mom and follow us on Instagram at @projectmompodcast.

Do you want to share your motherhood journey on the podcast? Email me at [email protected]. 

If you have even an ember of desire to start a business or nurture your ambitions, this episode is for you. Guilt is one of the most difficult obstacles working moms face, but we can still choose our careers AND our children. It’s a myth as old as time itself – but today’s guest, Corina Tripon, has beautiful advice to share for working around it.

Corina is a growth coach, empowerment speaker, community builder, and founder of the Ginger Root Society, a coaching community for female entrepreneurs looking to build businesses that align with their faith. She’s also the mom to two sweet, charming boys.

Her biggest piece of advice for fighting the ever-encroaching mom guilt? Surround yourself with other women like yourself. We are worth the investment. It is safe to ask for help!

Resources & Links

Visit Ginger Root Society, a bold community for women pursuing audacious success, and follow them on Instagram. You can connect with Corina on her Instagram at @corina_tripon. 

Learn more about Project: Mom and follow us on Instagram at @projectmompodcast.

Do you want to share your motherhood journey on the podcast? Email me at [email protected]. 

When we become parents, it’s easy to latch onto the unhealthy expectation that our lives will be exactly the same. We’ll get our bodies back and re-enter the workforce, the only difference being the baby sling across our chest. 

Today I’m speaking with Christa Sisson, Speech Language Pathologist and owner of TideSpeak Language & Speech Therapy about letting go of that expectation and creating new boundaries. What we bring to the table as women in our professional careers is only STRENGTHENED as we become moms.

Christa, the mother of a baby boy (plus two fur babies!) and wife to a general surgery resident, specializes in parent education and sensory communication, with the goal of helping to support parents so they can support their loved ones. Trust me when I say Christa brings it on this episode.

In the midst of starting her own practice, she made a fulfilling discovery: that becoming a mom made her innately better at her job!

Notable Quote from Christa

“Following pregnancy, I don’t want to say it was disappointing.  But none of it was what I thought it would be. I remember having this child and texting my friends in the middle of the night being like, “what the hell? Why have none of you told me this?”

Resources & Links

Learn more about Project: Mom and follow us on Instagram at @projectmompodcast.

Do you want to share your motherhood journey on the podcast? Email me at [email protected]. 

Visit TideSpeak.com to learn more about Christa Sisson, M.C.D., CCC-SLP, and her company, TideSpeak.

For more about Christa’s therapist Bethany Warren, visit her website,  or check out her postpartum workbook, The Pregnancy and Postpartum Mood Workbook.

While all of our experiences with motherhood and entrepreneurship can look quite different, we can all benefit from taking a breath, a pause to get really clear on what it is we truly need.

For many of us – including today’s guest, Hannah Abad, head coach and founder of Prime Collaborative – it’s one of the hardest things to do, but it’s also one of the most necessary.

Hannah is a wife, mama of two boys, and a former workaholic and perfectionist who helps high achievers break through roadblocks and launch themselves into the lives they always dreamed of through a signature 3-step process that we’ll dive into today. 

Her own story of resilience from a bad car accident to a high complication pregnancy gives me goosebumps and I have a feeling it will resonate with so many of us out there.

Notable Quote from Hannah 

“I believed my worth as a wife, a mom, a business owner, completely relied on me being able to handle it all. I was crushed under the weight of it.”

Resources & Links

Learn more about Project: Mom and follow us on Instagram at @projectmompodcast.

Do you want to share your motherhood journey on the podcast? Email me at [email protected]. 

Visit Hannah’s website, primecollaborative.com,  or email her at [email protected] and learn about her individualized coaching that helps clients overcome obstacles preventing them from achieving fulfillment.

Follow @primecollaborative on Instagram.

Welcome to the Project: Mom Podcast,  where we share the unedited journeys of new moms as they navigate motherhood and the call to entrepreneurship! I’m Emily - a Mom, a wife, a sister, a friend, a woman with a passion or two or three, who challenges the status quo.

Today’s episode is about my story. The first year of my daughter’s life was raw and challenging. I didn’t experience the instant Mama/Baby connection. I had a rough post-delivery experience. It was a rude awakening when my life didn’t find its way back into the normal rhythm I once had. 

But I discovered there’s so much hope and inspiration on the other side. It’s time to break down the walls that keep us from one another. We can find our identity within. We can listen to our own truth and follow our dreams and passions and trust that they’ll come to fruition when the time is right.  Can we surrender to this journey? 

I welcome you to listen alongside me every week as we hear the stories of strangers that are very eerily similar to our own. As you fold laundry or walk that sweet baby around the block or do dishes for the millionth time, I hope you’ll join me.

Notable Quote from Emily

“The Mama - Baby connection took a lot of time. I wasn’t prepared for the body shifts, the hormone shifts, the mental, emotional shifts, and it wasn’t talked about or shared with me ahead of time.”

Resources & Links

What topics would you love for me to explore on Project: Mom next? Or do you want to share your story? Email me at [email protected]. 

Learn more about Project: Mom and follow us on Instagram at @projectmompodcast.

Welcome to the Project: Mom Podcast, launching June 20th, 2022!

Join host and stay at home mom Emily Gorrie as we hear the stories of young moms who have a desire to navigate the complex intersection of motherhood and entrepreneurship. How is it that some women have it all together in those first few years of motherhood? And some of us feel more overwhelmed than blessed? How is it that some can almost seamlessly transition into the role of mother and caretaker while some of us don't experience the bliss and storybook experience marketed to us?

These stories will provide you with a sense of comfort and community as you regain your power and identity. Join Emily as we dig into these questions and hear the stories of women just like you!

Learn more: https://www.projectmompodcast.com