The Soul Mammas Podcast

Ughh. . .sleep depravation is the pits. It can exacerbate anxiety and cause all kinds of stress within a household. Is sleep something that has become a problem in your house? Do you have babies, toddlers or kids that you've deemed "just not good sleepers?" I certainly do.

I didn't get ANY sleep postpartum (for like 2 years for that matter). As a matter of fact, the nights where I finally did get 8 hours were so few and far between I was literally surprised by how good I felt the next day.

So what did I do? I consulted the sleep trainer on the show today, and thank goodness I did! Her name is Samantha Day and her advice changed my entire outlook on sleep! For instance, did you know that when babies or toddlers nap at the WRONG times or stay up even a tad too late, their bodies are filled with cortisol and makes for even more sleep resistance or disturbed sleep?

Samantha Day is a wife and fellow mom of 2 kiddos. She is also a children's behavior specialist, certified sleep expert, host of the Happy Days Rested Nights parenting podcast and author of two children's books that model healthy sleep habits. Her passion is connecting with families and guiding them to a rested and happy home in a way that fits their family.

Today she is going to share with us:

• Why our kids aren't just "good" or "bad" sleepers
• How we can vet our kids to sleep longer
• Why almost all children require 11 to 12 hours of uninterrupted sleep per night
• How napping at the wrong times, under or over sleeping can affect overnight sleep
• Why schedules and routines are so important for little ones
• Why nightlights are okay
• How our bodies actually produce cortisol when overtired.
• How she became an unexpected entrepreneur
• Why to follow your passions

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Are you mamas feeling stressed out about the holiday season? Do you look forward to it, but mostly spend it burning the candle at both ends, & don't relax at all? Do you feel impending dread at all the money and energy you'll spend? You are NOT alone. The holidays can be so tough for learning to practice self care as moms because we are quite often doing everything for EVERYONE else. So I am here today to tell you and coach you on how this is the BEST time to focus on self care, alignment, and how to live your truest purpose.

Today I will be offering a coaching episode on:

• How to set boundaries to stay healthy over the holidays (emotionally and physically)
• How to learn to articulate our needs
• How to know when we aren't speaking up or speaking our truths
• What situations to avoid
• The difference between doing something out of love and doing something because we think we have to
• Why you probably have more time than you think
• How to carve out time even if you are a single parent, working parent, busy parent, etc.
• Why the holidays can be especially hard for single parents, people out of work, families with sick kids or loved ones, relationship struggles, etc.
• Why need to give ourselves space so we can figure out what we really need on a soul level.

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On the outside Cara Ferrick, mompreneur of two has it all-a beautiful family, thriving businesses, etc., but just like all of us, we all have to our own story.

This mama has had to go through some serious hurdles, like the tragic death of her mother to cancer, to inform who she is today .Cara is the owner of Core Power Yoga in Santa Barbara as well as five other franchises in California. Cara is grounded, ambitious & believes in living out our greatest desires while leading by example for our children.

Today we talk about:

• Her experience working in the business world in New York & becoming the assistant to Ralph Lauren
• The loss of her mom to cancer & how that changed her perspective on life drastically
• Traveling the world on a sailboat to heal after her moms death
• Moving into the world of motherhood and away from the faced paced world in New York
• How she's negotiating motherhood & owning businesses
• How there is NO such thing as balance
• Mom guilt & how she has dealt with babysitters during meetings, etc.
• Why motherhood community means so much to her
• Why we should always speak our true & authentic stories and how sharing them connects us.

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20 percent off all one on one coaching for November and December to all loyal Soul Mammas Podcast listeners! Use code soulmammaspodcast in email or check out. Link above.

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How do we possibly survive as a parent, if one of our children has died? Today we have a soulful, brave & beautiful mama on the show who is going to share one of the hardest experiences of a mother's life-the loss of a child.

Chloe Pestana, mom of 3 who lives with her husband and kids in Oahu Hawaii, wants to help other families that might be going through a tragic loss by sharing her own story of the loss of her beloved three year old son Legend. Her courage and grace in light of tragedy is honestly astounding.

Legend's sudden death on December 23, 2017 due to a rare birth defect unknown to us called Arteriovenous Malformation in the Spinal cord, changed the trajectory of the Pestana's lives forever. Now they have a foundation in honor of her son called "Shakas for Legend" foundation & scholarship program which honors her son and his passion for skateboarding.

Today we discuss:

• Being a young mother and the pressures associated with that
• Getting married young
• The power of presence and how she intentionally chose to slow down when Legend was born
• How we don't often talk about or prepare for death in our culture
• How her family went from thriving to shock when her three year old son legend wouldn't wake up one morning
• Her experience with her son in a coma for 12 hours and then losing him that day.
• The darkness and rock bottom grief experienced by her and her family upon Legend's tragic and sudden death
• Facing a moment of choice between living and dying
• How she chose to move forward with life after his death
• How she talks about the loss to her daughters
• The strength of her family & how her husband was a rock throughout all of this
• Chloe tells us about Arteriovenous Malformation and it's implications
• Why she wouldn't have done anything differently had they even know he was afflicted with the Arteriovenous Malformation
• Her experience with feeling Legend's presence all around her
• Living intuitively and spiritually

New PDF on the website https://www.soulmammas.com Pick Up your Freebie on Stepping into your Soul as Mammas today!

20 percent off all one on one coaching for November and December to all loyal Soul Mammas Podcast listeners! Use code soulmammaspodcast in email or check out. Link above.

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Today's guest Rachael Prescott is a mama who advocates for viewing and treating people with disabilities as valued and worthy of inclusion. This mama has two boys and two twin girls Nettie and Lottie, diagnosed with Down Syndrome.

Rachael is truthful in sharing her journey with other mamas and loves to promote choosing joy through all circumstances and in parenting. If you follow her on instagram you can see first hand her adorable and spirited little girls and their journey's as well as the really hard/scary stuff like open heart surgeries, hospital visits, and health scares.

Today we talk about:

• The negativity she felt was imposed from doctors upon a double down syndrome diagnosis
• How whether they have disabilities or not, these are her precious babies. She doesn't see them differently.
• How joy plays such a huge role in their lives
• How mamas who might be facing scary diagnoses in their children can still experience so much joy
• Learning from the unconditional love of our children
• Why all children deserve equal treatment
• How her sons advocate for their sisters
• How down syndrome kids have their own unique personalities like any other child.
• Going through open heart surgery and frightening hospital visits
• Spreading hope and joy in order to simple other families going through something similar.

Holiday news!

I'm offering 20 % off one on one coaching with me Nov & Dec for all loyal Soul Mammas listeners! Use the code soulmammaspodcast at check out from the contact form on the website www.soulmammas.com or email me [email protected] for your free 15 min consultation.

Ratings & Reviews:

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Stepping into the role of mother can be jarring to our sense of self identification. It is easy to start feeling lost when we are feeling exhausted, stretched thin, maxed out and drained. When I first became a mom two and a half years ago, I didn't realize how important taking to to myself and saying "YES" to help really was.

It wasn't until I experienced a "low" as a new and anxious mom, where I felt adrenal fatigue coming on, that I realized I had to make a shift. Once I decided to take the that leap and follow my creative passion, I started realizing who I really was again.

This episode is about:

• How I got started coaching and what my major coaching principles are
• How YOU can pivot and rediscover your purpose at ANY stage of motherhood
• How to start becoming aware of the signs you are feeling lost or frazzled
• My 3 main tips to starting to home in on your truth
• What to watch out for
• How this is accessible to mamas from all walks of life and all backgrounds.

Holiday news!

I'm offering 20 % off one on one coaching with me Nov & Dec for all loyal Soul Mammas listeners! Use the code soulmammaspodcast at check out from the contact form on the website www.soulmammas.com or email me [email protected] for your free 15 min consultation.

Ratings & Reviews:

Some of you mamas have messaged me that you are enjoying and appreciating the podcast. That means the world to me, thank you. If you'd like to support me as a podcast host, please go to Apple Podcasts and leave me a rating and review. Only takes about 4 minutes and can REALLY help the podcast show up more visibly in search engines around the world. Thank you again.

While I was pregnant I felt supported and cared for, but to my surprise immediately after I had my daughter and left the hospital I found postpartum support for mamas was sparse at best.

I was shocked that I was only scheduled to see my OB one time postpartum and that is where the "support ended". I was never urged to see a pelvic floor specialist, lactation support person or sleep trainer for instance, and all of this would have to be figured out on my own.

As new moms, breastfeeding is often WAY more difficult than we think, and without someone standing by to offer personalized support, a lot of mommies give up in fear that their babies aren't getting enough milk. It happens more often than we'd like to admit in this society and today's guest Lauren Archer is here to explain just why she feels every woman deserves and needs a postpartum doula.

Lauren is a spunky, passionate, and authentic mama who offers postpartum doula, childbirth and postpartum educator, and lactation support to all moms, all ways of life.

Today we talk about:

• The value of postpartum support & what she offers as a postpartum doula
• The importance of education for mamas specific to nursing, sleep training, adjusting to new schedules, etc.
• Why we should speak or truths
• How to empower ourselves through postpartum support and education
• Why we don't have to fit into one motherhood box

New Group Mentorship Program Launching OCT 22

Suuuuper stoked to announce my new Soul Mammas Group Mentorship program launching this month! The theme is how to rediscover your purpose in your life and re-energize for good! Do you feel lost, frazzled, burnt out, stretched too thin or at a loss for who "you are" anymore? This is very common as mamas. I also believe it is so important to tap into our self knowing and alignment so we can have that "thing" in our lives that we are fired up about.

This is a six month program consisting of

1. Monthly coaching calls
2. Weekly email support
3. Private accountability facebook group
4. Free downloadable workbooks

Please email [email protected] to save your spot. First 6 mamas to sign up get $50 off! Hop on a consultation call with me if you have further questions about this offering!

Did you mamas pick up your free pdf on four steps to re energizing through self care?Go to my website to grab yours!

www.soulmammas.com

MORE EXCITING NEWS:

Now offering one on one coaching! If you are feeling like you need to pivot or move into something more authentically you, but aren't sure what it is, are feeling depleted or deflated, consider coaching with me. With a background in life coaching and teaching, I am now offering 60 minute coaching sessions with me (al a carte and monthly options available on my website) via ZOOM. To find out more click the link below to set up a a free discovery call. Coach With Me

Come chat with us! Come on over to the Facebook Group & hear happenings from our community and to meet like minded mamas like yourself!

Please support the podcast by following me on Instagram where you will also receive episode updates, photos & audio clips!

Today we have entrepreneur Jen Steinwurtzel, mama of two boys on the show today who used her experience with going through a pivotal life change, in her case a divorce, to open her clothing shop Jake and Jones in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara, California. She used courage derived from this "low" to open this store /boutique clothing line. Today she shares of why to listen to her inner voice, how life is not a dress rehearsal, how creativity and entrepreneurship can be healing during a low time.

Today we talk about:

• Divorce and how to navigate it amicably with kids
• Living in a small town and how hard it is to go against the status quo. Jen shares how to approach this.
• The importance of listening to our inner voice.
• How the grass isn't necessarily "greener" on the other side of divorce. But you also can't stay in something that is not serving you.
• Maintaining courage after divorce
• Moving into entrepreneurship or a creative project & how it can be a catalyst for healing

New Group Mentorship Program Launching OCT 22

Suuuuper stoked to announce my new Soul Mammas Group Mentorship program launching this month! The theme is how to rediscover your purpose in your life and re-energize for good! Do you feel lost, frazzled, burnt out, stretched too thin or at a loss for who "you are" anymore? This is very common as mamas. I also believe it is so important to tap into our self knowing and alignment so we can have that "thing" in our lives that we are fired up about.

This is a six month program consisting of

1. Monthly coaching calls
2. Weekly email support
3. Private accountability facebook group
4. Free downloadable workbooks

Please email [email protected] to save your spot. First 6 mamas to sign up get $50 off! Hop on a consultation call with me if you have further questions about this offering!

Did you mamas pick up your free pdf on four steps to re energizing through self care?Go to my website to grab yours!

www.soulmammas.com

MORE EXCITING NEWS:

Now offering one on one coaching! If you are feeling like you need to pivot or move into something more authentically you, but aren't sure what it is, are feeling depleted or deflated, consider coaching with me. With a background in life coaching and teaching, I am now offering 60 minute coaching sessions with me (al a carte and monthly options available on my website) via ZOOM. To find out more click the link below to set up a a free discovery call. Coach With Me

Come chat with us! Come on over to the Facebook Group & hear happenings from our community and to meet like minded mamas like yourself!

Please support the podcast by following me on Instagram where you will also receive episode updates, photos & audio clips!

Adventure mamas. Those who feel like the best versions of themselves when outside & outside with their kids. Brooke Froelich is a research scientist, trail runner, backcountry skier, climber, etc., but most of all-a mother. Today Brooke shares with us about how there is more to adventure than just travel. This former single mama who is now in a new marriage & with a one year old daughter, is transparent about the journey not always being "easy" & how facing our fears is often the biggest adventure of all.

Today we talk about:

• What adventure means to her
• How working from home poses it's own challenges and incredible benefits as well
• Why the outdoors have always been her place of solace
• How she manages to still take her little ones into nature solo and how she stays safe and prepared
• Her experience with single parenthood and divorce
• Nuancing family dynamics
• Why she believes in working towards your passion and how a life of adventure is more readily available than we think.

New Group Mentorship Program Launching OCT 22

Suuuuper stoked to announce my new Soul Mammas Group Mentorship program launching this month! The theme is how to rediscover your purpose in your life and re-energize for good! Do you feel lost, frazzled, burnt out, stretched too thin or at a loss for who "you are" anymore? This is very common as mamas. I also believe it is so important to tap into our self knowing and alignment so we can have that "thing" in our lives that we are fired up about.

This is a six month program consisting of

1. Monthly coaching calls
2. Weekly email support
3. Private accountability facebook group
4. Free downloadable workbooks

Please email [email protected] to save your spot. First 6 mamas to sign up get $50 off! Hop on a consultation call with me if you have further questions about this offering!

Did you mamas pick up your free pdf on four steps to re energizing through self care?Go to my website to grab yours!

www.soulmammas.com

MORE EXCITING NEWS:

Now offering one on one coaching! If you are feeling like you need to pivot or move into something more authentically you, but aren't sure what it is, are feeling depleted or deflated, consider coaching with me. With a background in life coaching and teaching, I am now offering 60 minute coaching sessions with me (al a carte and monthly options available on my website) via ZOOM. To find out more click the link below to set up a a free discovery call. Coach With Me

Come chat with us! Come on over to the Facebook Group & hear happenings from our community and to meet like minded mamas like yourself!

Please support the podcast by following me on Instagram where you will also receive episode updates, photos & audio clips!

Anxiety. Many of us have dealt with it in our lives at some point or another, but oftentimes it becomes more exacerbated postpartum. For me, profound worry, and insomnia consumed most of the first year of my daughters life. Postpartum anxiety is not easily diagnosed and not often spoken about, but so many mamas struggle with it.

Postpartum anxiety symptoms can include: extreme worry, irritation, anger, rage, OCD like behavior, control, insomnia, dissociative thinking, etc. It is something that many women feel shame around speaking about, or not supported with and it impacts their entire lives.

Todays guest Dr. Carly Crewe is the mother to twin 3 year old girls, a Canadian small town family doctor from Alberta Canada, an anxiety coach for moms. Carly is passionate about maternal mental health, starting in pregnancy and far beyond the postpartum period. She experienced her own struggles with severe postpartum mood disorder and now helps women all over the world through private coaching, group coaching and online courses.

Today we talk about:

• The signs and symptoms of postpartum depression
• Her experience with postpartum anxiety/mood disorder and how it floored her
• The different ways to treat postpartum anxiety
• How she offers support for moms struggling with this
• Why she's moved into entrepreneurship
• Insomnia-why this is related to anxiety

New Group Mentorship Program Launching OCT 22

Suuuuper stoked to announce my new Soul Mammas Group Mentorship program launching this month! The theme is how to rediscover your purpose in your life and re-energize for good! Do you feel lost, frazzled, burnt out, stretched too thin or at a loss for who "you are" anymore? This is very common as mamas. I also believe it is so important to tap into our self knowing and alignment so we can have that "thing" in our lives that we are fired up about.

This is a six month program consisting of

1. Monthly coaching calls
2. Weekly email support
3. Private accountability facebook group
4. Free downloadable workbooks

Please email [email protected] to save your spot. First 6 mamas to sign up get $50 off! Hop on a consultation call with me if you have further questions about this offering!

Did you mamas pick up your free pdf on four steps to re energizing through self care?Go to my website to grab yours!

www.soulmammas.com

MORE EXCITING NEWS:

Now offering one on one coaching! If you are feeling like you need to pivot or move into something more authentically you, but aren't sure what it is, are feeling depleted or deflated, consider coaching with me. With a background in life coaching and teaching, I am now offering 60 minute coaching sessions with me (al a carte and monthly options available on my website) via ZOOM. To find out more click the link below to set up a a free discovery call. Coach With Me

Come chat with us! Come on over to the Facebook Group & hear happenings from our community and to meet like minded mamas like yourself!

Please support the podcast by following me on Instagram where you will also receive episode updates, photos & audio clips!