This week on FGTP, we are joined by the magnificent Megan Le who you may know from ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA, ETERNALS, SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, NCIS: LOS ANGELES, among many others. Megan is an actor, producer, stunt performer, & all around creator. For someone who climbs metaphorical mountains, she tells us that she feels fear and does it anyways. Megan is a momma of 2 and shares her experience of loving pregnancy & allowing for a very surprising home birth adventure. I feel so inspired by Megan and the magic she creates around her; I hope you leave this episode feeling extra inspired that you can do big, scary things, just one step at a time.

Megan is the co-founder of Artists in Motion LA, which if you ever have the opportunity to volunteer with this fantastic community, I cannot recommend it enough. Follow Megan on Instagram & check out her IMDB for all the cool things you can see her in.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The Birth Hour

Evidence Based Birth

Human Design

Mothering Heights

Want to send love for this podcast? Please don't forget to rate, review, & subscribe! Connect with me on Instagram or via email at [email protected]. Thanks for joining us this week and for the patience as I had to hop in a Starbucks to record this week!

This week Jess is shooting a movie in Southern California and a 5 day vacation with the family in SoCal. The kiddo's first flight. Jordan traveled back solo with the kiddo. Jess stays behind to start work.

Leaving our families is rarely simple, adding in a vacation, separating our family in a different locale plus more travel, and battling guilt to go on a work adventure. Moral of the story, traveling can be oh so hard and sometimes we can over complicate the matter. This week Jess's fireside chat is loads of encouragement for the traveling parent, as well as some must have's for work travel but some tools that made traveling with the toddler very manageable.

This week we highlight Tanya Tringalli with Mother Wit Maternity! If you or a friend have a baby on the way, a perfect baby shower gift would be a month of postpartum guidance with Tanya. Check out Mother Wit Maternity and obsessed with parenting like me? You're in luck, check out the Mother Wit Podcast.

Items mentioned in this week's episode:

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Away Suitcase

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** no sponsorships. Genuinely things I love

New week and another fireside chat - and sharing joys of birthday week & Aries joy. This week I lift up the feeling of struggle, finding peace in creating space for joy, & allowing turning down work for the sake of not living in chaos.

Resources mentioned:

Mothering Heights Podcast

Jessica Lanyadoo

Raising Baby by the Stars by Maressa Brown

Thank you so much for joining me this week! If you'd like to connect, you can send me an email at [email protected] and Instagram. Our theme music is "Everything" by Jordan Bennett.

How much do we love Michelle & her sharing her passions with us? Moreover, it's so inspiring that taking good care of ourselves really helps us feel successful in our parenting adventures. If you missed part 1 with Stunt woman, wheel woman, equestrian, co-parent, & kind friend.

I also want to hold space for the tragedy in Nashville, TN in March 2023. If you want to support local journalists, check out the TN Holler. If you are looking to support victims of gun violence, check out Everytown.

To follow Michelle on socials, check her out on Instagram. You can follow me on the Gram too! Huge thank you to Jordan Bennett for our theme song, "Everything." Want to chat with me? You can send me an email at [email protected], voice message, or reach out on socials.

Resources mentioned in the episode:

Dr Becky Episode with Esther Perel

The Gottman's

Talk Therapy! Better Help. Talk Space.

*Please note this is not medical or even advice. This is what I was able to find with a simple google search. Free talk therapy may be available in the county that you live in. Here is a great article on how to find affordable therapy near you. PSYCOM

How lucky are we to have the amazing Michelle Elise Shock on today, AND BONUS, Part 2 will be coming to you next week. Back to back weeks? Come on now. Michelle is a powerhouse, and she shares her story this week. The power of claiming your life, space, how you parent, can have a major ripple effect to those around you. Michelle is my wonderful friend and I'm so happy to share her. I feel like the world gets a little better knowing that all these folks are in it. You can follow Michelle on Instagram @shellshockstunts

I am a huge fan of sharing resources with my audience, and the number one resource Michelle offers is therapy. You can read all the books, but making your mental health & toolbox more resourceful is where the real change happens.

Huge thank you to Jordan Bennett for helping with post production on this one, and for our theme music "Everything."

Have feedback? Something to say? Send me a message or voice message to our Instagram or email [email protected]

I was extremely inspired by a Dr Becky Kennedy episode about being everything to our kids, and I was extremely inspired. So this week, I'm using it as a springboard to chat relationships, boundaries, attachment, & allowing ourselves to be messy & imperfect. I also share some of my favorite podcasts that I listen to every week that constantly keep me on my toes and inspire me. (See links below.) 

If you are feeling burnt out or not enough, I hope this episode brings you calm & community. If you have found the secret of sustainably being your family's everything, holler at me. You can send me an email or voice message at [email protected]. I would love to hear from you! 

Our original music is provided to us by Jordan Bennett. Thank you so much for letting me use it. 

We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle

The Urgent Life by Bozoma Saint John If you love audio books, please consider using libro.fm and going through your local bookstore. Don't have a local bookstore? Search a local black owned bookstore. My local bookstore is Story on the Square in McDonough, GA (Shopping small, but not black owned)

Ghost of a Podcast

You Can Sip With Us

Attitudes

Good Inside with Dr Becky and THE Episode 

This week, Jessica has her first co-host and special episode with her husband, Jordan Bennett. Jordan is a composer, sound designer, & professional musician & primary parent at home most days. This episode took an amazing five days to record because it turns out when both parents are at their desks, the dog is going to eat muffins, you'll record at the tail end of nap times, & you'll need to have late bedtimes because editing is a task. Please join us as Jordan chats about the challenges of working from home, checking your ego at the door, & learning flexibility that allows his life & work to keep moving forward. Jordan also shares the importance of working on your mental health as a parent. 

You can follow Jordan on Instagram and his IMDB. And check out our page! Freelancer's Guide to Parenting. We would love to hear from you! What was helpful from this episode? Anything resonate? Send us an email at [email protected]

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Breath, Think, Do By Sesame Street

Khan Academy Kids

Building Blocks

Waffles and Mochi

My favorite muffin mix This batch was with wild blueberries & flax seed

Huge thank you to Jordan Bennett for allowing us to use our theme music "Everything." 

Please rate, review, & subscribe. Your support greatly affects this podcast and I'm so very grateful you are here to reinvent the meaning of the village and parent out loud with me. If you have a friend who would love more community, please consider sending them this podcast. I hope it brings you as much value as I get from sharing. 

Our first full episode and I do a little bit of chatting on sweet, sweet sleep and ideas that helped me transform how I viewed sleep (which was making it far more critical to my well being than what was my normal." I would love to hear your sleep journeys and any tools that have helped you! [email protected] (I love voice messages too!!)

Resources listed in this episode:

Mommy Labor Nurse

Mother Wit Maternity

Isla Grace Sleep

My Connected Motherhood

Highly Sensitive Family

Beam Organics - $20 off your first purchase

Hatch

Love to Dream Swaddle

Luna Lullaby Nursing Pillow

Wellements Nighttime Gripe Water

Joy Springs Melatonin

Thanks so much for joining me. Please rate, review, and subscribe if you feel so inclined. See you next time!

There is no book on parenting, no one way street to a career, and it's about time we parent out loud and create more community. I know I have questions for my fellow parents - from kiddos to pets to aunties to folks thinking about growing their family - I want to talk to you. I'm Jessica, your friendly neighborhood stunt professional, intimacy professional, and homemade cook, and I'll be your host. I'm an introverted Aries and my friends are my life. I'm partnered and have one kiddo and two senior dogs. 

I'm going to share my ups and downs, my stories, and will have mail bag episodes where I read your stories and your advice. If you want to respond to an episode or be an upcoming guest, email me at [email protected]. 

Original music "Everything" instrumental by Jordan Bennett. www.jabenmusic.com