That's Total Mom Sense

Hi everyone. I’m Kanika Chadda Gupta. I’m a television journalist, podcast host of “That’s Total Mom Sense,” wife and mom of three. I am having a fangirl moment right now because I am with the beautiful, talented singer, songwriter, actress, and author who has grown up alongside us.

She’s been singing her whole life and began her musical career as a founding member of Destiny’s Child and here we are with children of our own. I’m about to “say her name, say her name.”

Kelly Rowland is an American singer, performer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of Destiny's Child, one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. She soon released her debut solo studio album, Simply Deep in 2002, debuting at #1 on the UK Albums Chart and sold over 3 million copies worldwide. Rowland eventually became a judge on the eighth season of The X Factor (UK version), as well as the 3rd season of The X Factor (USA) in 2013. She has continued her television career by hosting Chasing Destiny, and starred as a coach on The Voice (Australia). 

Throughout her career, Rowland has sold 40M+ records as a solo artist, and an additional 60M+ records with Destiny's Child. She's won 4 Grammy Awards, 1 Billboard Music Award, and 2 Soul Train Music Awards — she's also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as part of Destiny's Child, and as a solo artist, she has been honored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and Essence for her contributions to music. In 2014, Fuse ranked Rowland in their "100 Most Award-Winning Artists" list.

Kelly and her husband Tim Weatherspoon have two sons, Titan and Noah. In 2022, she released her children’s book, Always with You, Always with Me.

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It’s Teacher Appreciation Week the first of May so I wanted to honor my favorite teacher. She’s my 2nd teacher, who to me was Miss Coy, and is now Dr. Lynn Coy-Ogan. 

It’s true that the most formative years in a child’s life are 0-6 and to have met her during this impressionable time was transformative for me. She was warm, kind, funny, encouraging, and treated us like autonomous human beings with opinions and ideas and has gone on to make an impact in her community and as a mother in numerous ways over the years. 

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First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes baby in the baby carriage. Then comes a lot of compromise, sacrifice, and hopefully support to sustain it all so it doesn’t come crashing down.

Today’s guests model what it takes to make a marriage work as they are supportive of each other’s dreams and help one another achieve their utmost potential and helping our world become a better place through her diversity-driven business for kids.

About Dr. Zabina Bhasin, Founder of In KidZ, Child PsychiatristDr. Zabina Bhasin is a South Asian American Child Psychiatrist, Cornell-educated diversity and inclusion (DEI) expert, & is affectionately called Dr.Zee by many. She is one-mom on a mission to educate our children and change the world through play. It's essential that you know that her work isn't just a project or a trend. As someone who was bullied throughout her life for being different, this is her personal story; as a child psychiatrist, it's her professional work. As someone who feels incredibly called to this - it is her life's mission. Her expertise and the work to use games, toys, and fun to teach serious topics like diversity, inclusion, belonging, and more have taken her from news media like Good Morning America. Entrepreneur Magazine, Vogue Magazine & most recently celebrated as FORBES NEXT 1000 ENTREPRENEURS. At In KidZ, creating toys and products designed to celebrate diversity is just the beginning. The company is expanding to broaden its reach through books, television programming, classrooms, and businesses around the country. And we're doing it all with a single goal in mind - to make diversity no longer an issue and the cultural norm. Yes, our country is in a crisis, but the good news? Not only can we change it for our children, but we can also change it WITH our children, and she is here to prove it.

About Rakesh Ahuja, CPAThe SRA Group founder and CEO, a son, brother, husband, and father, takes his role in every part. He has always believed in hard work to get results in his professional career & uplifting others in theirs. As a businessman, he empowers his employees by reminding them they can achieve anything they set out to do. He encourages them never to let their insecurities hold them back. He believes in hard work in all aspects of life, and he makes sure all those around him are always supported no matter what. That does not stop him from teaching the next generation about the value of working hard for what they want in life.

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Today, I am joined by a woman whose mission can be encapsulated by three words: consciousness, connection, and community.

Dee Poku-Spalding is an entrepreneur and women’s advocate born in the UK and raised between London and Accra.

She is the founder and CEO of The WIE Suite, a private membership community and peer learning platform for women in leadership. Its mission is to redefine the way women leaders achieve success for themselves and for their companies by providing the community and tools for them to succeed at the highest levels. The WIE suite also helps companies accelerate growth by helping them attract, retain and grow talent.

Back in 2010 Dee also co-founded The WIE Network, pioneering one of the early modern women’s conferences, in response to the lack of diversity at traditional business forums. And he initiative Black Women Raise works to accelerate the ability of leading black female founders to raise growth capital, scale up and create pathways for the women behind them.

An innate community builder, Dee has attracted numerous business and cultural leaders to her platform over the years, from Queen Rania and Nancy Pelosi to Katia Beauchamp (Birchbox) and Julie Wainwright (The Real Real).

Dee serves on the Board of Directors of the British Academy of Film & Television (BAFTA) and the Brooklyn Bridge Conservancy and was previously on the Credit Suisse New Markets Women’s Advisory Board. She is also an advisor to Girl Gaze, Paint Box, The Female Founders Collective and The Wonder and serves as a contributor to Forbes. Dee holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Math. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son.

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There’s something to be said about knowing how to age gracefully and understanding what the key components are to longevity. It’s not nips and tucks and botox, is far deeper than that and a hell of a lot simpler. 

Today’s guest is Julia Loggins, who is a health and wellness industry icon.

Born in Los Angeles in 1955, Wellness guru Julia Loggins is a true survivor, overcoming debilitating illness throughout her childhood and teens, hospitalized frequently for life-threatening asthma, she also endured crippling arthritis, migraines, bleeding ulcers, colitis, and diverticulitis. Thanks to the principals of the Bragg Healthy Lifestyle and radical detoxification, Julia completely healed her mind and body. With the determination to help herself and others, Julia began study holistic medicine. She learned all she could about regenerative medicine and set out to inspire people on how to live their best, healthy, and most authentic lifestyles. Julia completed her Health Educators Course at the Hippocrates Health Institute in 1982 and studied with psychiatrist Dr. Ernest Pecci, whose work is now being carried on at the Hoffman Institute in Northern California, exploring the mind-body connection and the understanding of how family patterns affect health and well-being.

With over 35 years' experience in the health and wellness field, Julia began her private practice in Santa Barbara, California in 1983 specializing in digestive health. She is an internationally certified colon hydro-therapist with a specialty in regenerative nutrition, and fertility health. She wrote her first book, “The Unimaginable Life” with former husband Kenny Loggins. As her practice grew, she wrote and published her second and third books, “Dare to Detoxify!” and “It Takes Guts To Be Happy, A 21 Day Plan to Heal Your Belly & Recharge Your Life.” Along with her empowering self-help health books, Julia has designed her own signature line of digestive health supplements and on-line courses. She is a mother of two grown children and currently resides in Santa Barbara, CA, with her now husband Paul Turner.

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Creator of the renowned fitness class Nalini Method and the national education nonprofit NaliniKIDS, Rupa Mehta has been featured on the Kelly and Michael Show, NBC, Fox 5 Morning News, and in Vogue Magazine, the New York Times, Forbes Magazine, and countless others. Her signature approach to wellness is exemplified by a focus on both physical and emotional health. Coined the “mommy transformer” by Urban Baby when she helped shape up new moms in no time, Rupa is now teaching us how to transform our perspective on the parent-child relationship with her fresh take on modern motherhood with her new book: someone calls me mommy.

"I don't want to take a nappie, my rain boots are happy."

Celebrated educator and author, Rupa Mehta, heard those gleeful words from her toddler last year after a long morning of puddle-jumping. That innocent, simple and poetic sentence reminded Rupa of her late mother, Nalini, who sadly passed away a year prior. Inspired by her mom and daughter’s uncanny similarities, Rupa tapped into her child’s emerging voice and began profusely writing poetry from her and her daughter’s perspective.

What started out as a cathartic, artistic journey evolved into a book of 100 poems and illustrations with a fresh new take on modern motherhood: someone calls me mommy. Covering subjects that range from breast feeding and swaddling to first words and birthdays, Rupa’s unforgettable cadence and candor capture the precious, ironic, comical and fleeting moments of motherhood.

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Parents are feeling stuck. From the monotony of the pandemic which has been dragging on for more than 2 years to being burnt out. We are child-rearers, caregivers, career professionals, home chefs, cleaners, chauffeurs, and more. At times, it feels like we are just spinning our wheels. Today we’re going to be speaking with Abbie Schiller who has a roadmap and strategy for getting unstuck and manifesting a life you love.

Abbie Schiller is a professional goal coach helping women and men level up their lives to live with more intention, self-awareness, and joy. She is the creator of The Visioning Course, a revolutionary goal setting workshop that helps people take an honest look at the results in their lives and decide what (and how) they want to change. It is the only course that then provides the on-going live coaching support and accountability to help people make those changes. For the past eight years, through this course, she has taught hundreds of people the science-backed skillset to shift mindset, achieve differently, change self-sabotaging habits and behaviors, overcome fears and obstacles, and shed limiting beliefs. She brings her own 12-year experience as the CEO and Founder of The Mother Company, an Emmy-winning family media company (which she still oversees), and previously as a VP-level executive in public relations and brand strategy to her clients which she coaches one-on-one and in group settings.

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Brittany VanMarte grew up in Los Angeles and Austin, Texas. She is the daughter of musician Don Henley of The Eagles fame. Brittany graduated from Concordia University with a bachelor’s degree in Business, then getting her M.A in Visual and Media Arts from Emerson College. After working in the entertainment industry, herself, Brittany saw firsthand how many clothes and accessories were gifted to celebrities and their children that would eventually go unused. Following a conversation with her best friend, Eva Longoria, she came up with the initial concept for her company Spin & Give. Spin & Give is an e-commerce consignment platform where celebrities and entertainment personalities can donate clothing. The profits would go toward a charity of their choice. Spin & Give works with a number of charities who support women, children, LGBTQ communities, the environment and so many other worthy causes. Spin & Give sheds light on the importance of sustainability and donation through reselling stylish clothing to those in need. Celebrity donors include Victoria Beckham, Reese Witherspoon, Sheryl Crow and more. Prior to starting Spin & Give, she spent seven years serving on the board of Kids in A New Groove which is a program that is committed to one-on-one mentoring relationships through free weekly, private music lessons. Brittany’s mission for Spin & Give is to help reduce the waste of clothes and textiles, give clothes more lives with resale and to keep them out of landfills, all while giving back to other charities in need. She enjoys spending time with her husband, Gary, and four-year old son, Miles, and staying in shape by swimming and doing Pilates. Meet My Guest:

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Do you have a mom tribe? One that is filled with enterprising entrepreneurs who support and uplift you with the professional and professional grind? Well, today, I’m interviewing the founder of one of the best mom tribes on the planet - Hustle Like a Mom.

Pamela Pekerman is a serial entrepreneur, and the creator of Hustle Like a Mom, a multimedia platform and events brand focusing on empowering and educating moms to build a successful bridge from mom life to entrepreneur life.

As mom of two, Pamela understands the need for community, and authentic connections with other like-minded women that are doing, creating and redefining what it means to be a working mom.

With over 15-years of experience in media, marketing, and events, Pamela founded Hustle Like a Mom in 2017 to ensure every mom can live a life that allows her to align her personal and professional aspirations. Via Instagram, virtual and in person events, business coaching and beloved Sunday Share newsletter, Hustle Like a Mom speaks to the between drop off and pick up mompreneurs.

Hustle Like a Mom is on a mission to empower these mompreneurs with the business education, messaging mindset and networking skills needed to build a successful bridge from mom life to entrepreneur life.

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Are you feeling burnt out? Are you losing it with your kids and snapping at your partner? We’ve all been there and today’s expert is going to help us get through our breakdown to make way for our breakthrough.

Misha Vayner is a Trauma Informed, Holistic Health + Wellbeing Coach + Founder of the mindful brand, Your Well Guide. Through my platform + services, I help women find alignment in their bodies + lives so they can live the abundant lives they were destined for. Through my stress free, inside out approach to self healing + self mastery, we create harmony in the interior realms, resulting in optimal wellbeing, freedom from “stuckness” + a realization of self worth, allowing women to step into their innate power, glow + flow.✨

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