The Female Fuel - Mom Life + Fit Motherhood

Jessa Voos is a powerhouse of a mom. She has 2 kids, a 6 & 8 year old. She is the owner/founder of Orange Sky Yoga in Manhattan, Kansas & another fellow Angelino. Jessa was looking for the yoga classes she was accustomed to in Los Angeles and had a hard time finding them. She ended up becoming a Certified Yoga Teacher and opened her own studio shortly after moving to Kansas. Jessa shares what it was like starting her business while being pregnant and inspires us with how she balances it all.

Amy Klein is a writer & mom. She is writing her first book, "The Girlfriend's Guide to Infertility," (Random House, 2020), which is based on her "Fertility Diary" diary column in The New York Times. It followed her journey to have her daughter,  including three years of infertility, four miscarriages, nine rounds of IVF and 10 doctors. She also writes about health, fitness and parenting.  On this episode Meaghan & Karen get personal with Amy as she inspires us with her strength & willpower as a mamma.

We are excited to share our interview with Heidi Kristoffer, a mom to 3 under 3 and CrossFlowX™, the creator and producer of Microsoft Bing Fitness Yoga & MSN Yoga, and wellness expert for and contributor to multiple online platforms.

Rated one of the: Hottest Trainers in America by Shape Magazine, most inspiring yoga teachers in the world by DoYouYoga, and most popular instructors in NYC by RateYourBurn and ClassPass, Heidi can often be seen featured as an expert on television and in magazines world wide.

Heidi maintains an intense focus on core integration and alignment stemming from her desire to use yoga as a tool to heal and strengthen the body. An old car accident left her with 2 broken vertebrae, a straightened cervical spine, and multiple herniated discs. Years of yoga, and no surgeries later, her cervical spine has regained the curve and all herniations are gone.

Desi Bartlett is best known for her pre & post Natal Yoga Goddess teaching. She has been featured in various media outlets and has had a lot of influence in the Latina Fitness market. Desi more recently teamed up with Beach Body to create a pre-natal yoga series on Demand and also works with Manduka to expand their online yoga platform called Yogaia.

Meaghan & Karen interview Entrepreneur, Liberty Bernal. Liberty became an entrepreneur at the age of 18 when she became the Franchise owner of the first Curves in in California. Liberty shares a bit about her early journey as a very young entrepreneur and the challenges of being a mom along the way. Liberty also gives some insight into her current lifestyle and what its like being married to her business partner.

This week Karen & Meaghan interview Jesse Schein. Jesse is a Los Angeles based Yoga teacher who can be found teaching at YogaWorks. She is also a mamma of a very cute 5 year old boy and was part of a documentary show called Yoga Girls. Jesse has an amazing sense of humor and gets real about how she went from a nice Jewish girl growing up in NYC to being a Yoga teacher in Los Angeles. She talks honestly about her pregnancy & delivery and what its like to be a mom to a 5 year old boy.

Today Karen interviews Meaghan and digs into what her life was like as a yoga instructor before she became a momma of twins. Meaghan shares how she got started as a yoga instructor and a bit of her journey as a yoga professional along the way. You will get inspired!

Meaghan & Karen absolutely love being moms and would not trade it for the world. There are times however when things can get a bit rocky. Today Meaghan & KJ share some of their experiences as new moms - the good, the bad, the ugly.

Today Meaghan & KJ talk about parenting styles. No matter how much you and your spouse might agree, there will almost always be times that you disagree or have different approaches. Today Meaghan & Karen will share some of the insight that have gleaned along the way thus far in their parenting journeys.