The Soul Mammas Podcast

"You have to be green enough to be healthy and chill enough to be happy." That is the motto of today's guest and mama of three, Leah Segedie. We try to keep our kids safe in the best ways we can and sometimes detoxifying our homes can feel overwhelming. Leah is here to tell us that it is totally possible as busy moms to "go green" in our homes and stay sane at the same time.

In her book and today, she shares about the three major things to avoid in our homes: Food packaging, pesticides and fire retardants. This passionate mama is also the author of Green Enough: Eat Better, Live Cleaner, Be Happier (All Without Driving Your Family Crazy!). She is also the founder of the Mamavation® community (which she'll be sharing about today), a social media consultant and food activist! She was also named"Mom of the Year" by Shape Magazine being named the 4th most Influential Mom Blogger by Cision Media.

Today she shares:

• What to get rid of NOW in our homes and what we can chill out about
• Why our lowest lows can lead to our highest peaks.
• Why we should stand up for what we believe in
• How to let go of control and be empowered at the same time.

Next IN PERSON Soul Mamma meeting May 26th at 3pm in downtown Santa Barbara. Email [email protected] to save your spot~ Virtual Soul Mamma meetings starting May 1st. Check out my IG lives at approx. 2pm Mondays and Wednesdays for more info!

Have you downloaded the new free pdf on 5 Self Care Tips for the New Year!? It's free! Go to the website & pick it up! Go to https://www.soulmammas.com to receive the PDF, and read more on her story, show notes, take-aways and more!

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!

Have you ever wanted to start a business on the side or move into a different career path while being a busy mama? Today's guest is going to tell us why it is totally possible to start a side business while working your "day job" and why it is so important to trust your creative instincts.

Lisa Collum, is an educator, but not in the classroom teacher sense any more. During her time working in a title one classroom, with a masters in education, she decided to take her knowledge of what kids really needed for success in writing, and turn it into a business! It was her passion for wanting to see kids succeed in writing that launched her to create Top Score Writing which specializes in writing curriculum for grades 2nd-12th. Her program caught on like wildfire and has achieved a 100% pass rate with her students on the state writing assessment two years in a row, she is now a sought after speaker and leader in professional development for major school districts throughout the US.

In this episode you will learn:

• How to turn a creative inkling into a lucrative business
• How mommies can be business women even when raising multiples
• Why we should allows listen to our gifts and what we have to offer the world
• How to ask for what we are worth

Next IN PERSON Soul Mamma meeting May 26th at 3pm in downtown Santa Barbara. Email [email protected] to save your spot~ Virtual Soul Mamma meetings starting May 1st. Check out my IG lives at approx. 2pm Mondays and Wednesdays for more info!

Have you downloaded the new free pdf on 5 Self Care Tips for the New Year!? It's free! Go to the website & pick it up! Go to https://www.soulmammas.com to receive the PDF, and read more on her story, show notes, take-aways and more!

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!

What is something you've experienced or are going through now as a mom, that you are nervous to share with others because you feel alone in your struggle?

Stillbirth, miscarriage, the loss of a child. These are some of the most sensitive subjects, and not often talked about openly in society. Ironically the things that are the most "taboo" or sensitive, tend to be the things that mothers want to talk about the most, but often feel isolated in. Today's guest mother and organizational coach, Amy Fritz, experienced a profound loss when at six months into her pregnancy she went into emergency labor with her twins who had been diagnosed with twin to twin transfusion. hares about her journey through grief and how this experienced rocked her marriage, career and life as a whole.

Episode Take Aways:

• Why Amy believes it is important to reach out or seek support when going through miscarriage, grief or loss.
• Why she believes in the importance of versing ourselves in postpartum health like depression and anxiety, especially after a loss
• Why we never know where life is going to lead us, especially when we go through something that tests us so profoundly

Next IN PERSON Soul Mamma meeting April 28th at 4pm in downtown Santa Barbara. Email [email protected] to save your spot~ Virtual Soul Mamma meeting dates announced Wednesday 24th at 2pm on my IG LIVE.

Have you downloaded the new free pdf on 5 Self Care Tips for the New Year!? It's free! Go to the website & pick it up! Go to https://www.soulmammas.com to receive the PDF, and read more on her story, show notes, take-aways and more!

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!

Are you a mom who often says yes or does everything for everyone else? It is quite common as moms, & creating boundaries isn't always easy. Today's guests believe that we have to learn to say "no" in order to live our greatest "YES's" because if we are spread to thin we won't be living "on purpose" lives.

Sonnet Simmons Matthews and Veronica Morales Frieling are friends, new mamas, & podcasts hosts. "Not Your Mothers Podcast" was created out of a passion to make mothers feel more connected/ less alone. They also believe that speaking our "unsaids" transparently can help us feel more connected and heard as a community of moms.

Episode Take-Aways:

1.) Accepting our new motherhood identities rather than trying to resist them.

2.) Why creating boundaries opens us up to the things that can actually help us thrive.

3.) Why there is no such thing as balance, and motherhood is a constant dance.

4.) Why we shouldn't try to fit ourselves into ONE BOX

5.) How living "on purpose" lives is totally attainable whether we are working outside of the house or staying home with our kids.

Have you downloaded the new free pdf on 5 Self Care Tips for the New Year!? It's free! Go to the website & pick it up! Go to https://www.soulmammas.com to receive the PDF, and read more on her story, show notes, take-aways and more!

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!

Moms, do you ever feel like you need to "juggle it all" but don't even really know what that means? Whether you are "working mom" or at home mom, or a mom-preneur, there is a stigma that moms have to "do it all." I believe this does us a disservice as moms. There are going to be some days that are harder than others, and some days we don't have it all figured out and that is OKAY.

Today's guest, former lawyer and co-founder of Vega Coffee, Noushin Ketabi is a mom of a certified coffee roaster and mom of a toddler. She's the first to admit being a mompreneur is not for the faint of heart & that there really is not such a thing as juggling "it all". Through her company Vega Coffee, she works hard to provide jobs for coffee farmers abroad, and knows the dance of trying to carve out little bits of time for herself in the meantime.

Episode Take Aways:

1.) Recognizing how much we've already accomplished as mamas instead of always striving for what's next.

2.) How to balance loving our work and giving our family enough presence.

3.) Why partnership communication is of the utmost importance.

4.) The challenges of traveling solo for work when your a mom.

Have you downloaded the new free pdf on 5 Self Care Tips for the New Year!? It's free! Go to the website & pick it up! Go to https://www.soulmammas.com to receive the PDF, and read more on her story, show notes, take-aways and more!

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!

How many of us mamas can attest to having very little time for meal prep, or for wanting to feed our kids wholesome meals, but then we get so busy they end up snacking all day? How can we feed our kids healthy meals in a creative and affordable way? Today's guest Kristy Richardson of the successful online space for kids meal planning "On my Kids Plate" is here to tell us why a little tweak here and there can help kids get interested in food they were once turning away.

After her daughter went through a huge picky phase she decided she needed to create fun and inventive meals for her. Some examples include; smoothie popsicles and Dr. Suess Skewers (with bananas and strawberries), and green pancakes (with some secret spinach thrown in). "On my Kids Plate" started as a diary for her daughter's meals and is now a platform that helps kids have fun with food and gets parents involved in the fun!

Kristy's humor, honesty and accessibility is what drew me to her and why many thousands of others have followed her lead and are dedicated followers of her blog. Today she's going to share with us:

1. Easy Recipies for picky eaters
2. Why to get started and be yourself if you have a new or creative idea or business you want to start
3. How you can still incorporate "treats" into a healthy diet

Have you downloaded the new free pdf on 5 Self Care Tips for the New Year!? It's free! Go to the website & pick it up! Go to https://www.soulmammas.com to receive the PDF, and read more on her story, show notes, take-aways and more!

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!

Children with special needs make a special impact on our lives as parents. Today's guest, Melody Forsyth, is a mother of four and a down syndrome activist. At 40 years of age she was faced with trisomy 21 diagnosis early into her pregnancy. Of course she went through the full gamut of emotions: fear, anger, denial, yet what she would soon realize is what a true gift Ruby would be to her family. Yes, there have been very real health and developmental challenges in Rubys life, but more profoundly her family has changed forever. Now they all hike together in Utah where they live and plan to visit all of the national parks together.

Topics covered:

• How a family's life changes forever when they receive a diagnosis similar to her daughters
• Why limitations are only in our minds
• Why getting outdoors helps her daughter communicated and discover the world
• Why she believes self care is so important and how she finds time to do so.
• Why "staring is not caring" when it comes to having a child with special needs and how she prefers people come up and say hello.

Have you downloaded the new free pdf on 5 Self Care Tips for the New Year!? It's free! Go to the website & pick it up! Go to https://www.soulmammas.com to receive the PDF, and read more on her story, show notes, take-aways and more!

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!

Have you ever wanted to quit something big in your life but have been afraid to do so? Have you ever made a big decision that led to a big reward? Goli Kalkhoran is going to share with us soul mamas today why quitting her job as a lawyer, to be with her kids, was the best decision she ever made-but it wasn't without fear & self doubt. It brought her to some low places, yet she turned them into successes & is currently hosting a weekly podcast Lessons From a Quitter, & running her successful side business.

In the episode we discuss:

• Making big/scary life decisions and following your truth
• Not giving into mom guilt
• Why to stop being our own worst critics
• Listening to our intuition

Have you downloaded the new free pdf on 5 Self Care Tips for the New Year!? It's free! Go to the website & pick it up! Go to https://www.soulmammas.com to receive the PDF, and read more on her story, show notes, take-aways and more!

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!

Have you ever struggled with miscarriage, fertility or are currently trying to get pregnant? You are not alone, and it is okay to feel all of the emotions that go along with that. This is can be quite a difficult journey, and it is important to feel connected to a community of mamas going through it right along side of you.

Today's guest and renowned fertility coach, Molly Nichols, endured SEVEN painful years of trying to get pregnant, which included extensive IVF treatments. One day she met a woman that changed her life forever. This woman told her that she had to change the story she was telling herself on the inside about why she wasn't getting pregnant.

A couple of months later she was pregnant with twins. Then less than two years later, pregnant naturally with her third child. This life changing event made her realize the mind/spirit/body connection and decided to weave her life's work around helping other mamas with fertility. Today Molly coaches mamas to find that inner connection and step into the goddesses that they are.

What you will be sure to get from the episode:

• If you are struggling with fertility you are NOT alone and Molly tells us why NOT to give up.
• What stories are we telling ourselves?
• Learning to visualize a deeper understanding of inner healing to allow an open channel to fertility.
• Why we are put on this earth for a reason

Have you downloaded the new free pdf on 5 Self Care Tips for the New Year!? It's free! Go to the website & pick it up! Go to https://www.soulmammas.com to receive the PDF, and read more on her story, show notes, take-aways and more!

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!

Dealing with a chronic health issue? You are not alone. With a two little ones in tow, today's guest never would have expected to receive an arthritis, gestational diabetes, & type 2 diabetes diagnosis. Author of "The Great Latke Cook Off" and other upcoming titles including "Mommy's Get Tired" Lauren Ranalli is going to speak to us about how she was forced to slow down & make accommodations for her health all while working full time in the public health sector, being a professional writer & literacy advocate.

Have you downloaded the new free pdf on 5 Self Care Tips for the New Year!? It's free! Go to the website & pick it up! Go to https://www.soulmammas.com to receive the PDF, and read more on her story, show notes, take-aways and more!

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!