Allison is joined by her lifelong friend, Ashley Hagedorn. Ashley lives in Minnesota with her husband and three step-sons. She works as an RN for a pain management clinic in Colorado. Ashley and Allison explore a number of relevant mama topics including stress and its impact on health, gut issues, infertility, sleep, mental health, parenting, life stages, blended family dynamics, and perspective.

Book mention: Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker

Therapist, Wife, and Mama of 2, Cailey Penny, joins Allison for a discussion about being a therapist and a mom, self-expectations, and tangible skills (including DBT) to help manage anger and regulate emotions. Cailey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has been working as a therapist supporting individual adults and teens for the past 7 years. Cailey reassures all mamas, “you are not alone.”

In this episode, Allison interviews Ash McDonald, mama of 3, wife, entrepreneur, and holistic business coach. Ash takes us into a number of fascinating topics including but not limited to Human Design, Cycle Syncing, and living an authentic, unconventional, unapologetic life.

Find Ash on Instagram @ashmcdonald and check out her podcast: Shamelessly Ambitious on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, and Stitcher.

Book mentioned: In the Flow by Alisa Vitti

https://www.myhumandesign.com/get-your-chart/

In this episode, Allison interviews her cousin, Kelly Cramer. Kelly & Allison chat about identity, our shadow selves, self-growth in the context of motherhood, and the importance of prioritizing self as a mama.

Book mention: Maternity: Coming Face to Face with Our Own Shadow by Laura Gutman

Kelly is a mama of 3 and lives in Boulder, CO. Kelly has spent most of her career as a teacher and is now raising her two youngest children full-time. Kelly is a multi-talented and well-rounded soul who has traveled the world. She is highly creative and spends her free time making wearable art. You can find Kelly on Instagram @beadingmeditation

Dani is the founder of Enlightened Billing Solutions, a billing company supporting mental health providers and practices across numerous states in the US.

Allison & Dani explore motherhood experience as business owners, and challenge societal norms and expectations for women. Dani shares how she builds herself up during the difficult times, and reassures mamas that they aren’t alone. Further, Dani brings home the importance of building each other up as women.

Heather Robinson is The Divine Mother Mentor who facilitates conscious reparenting, and inner child and mother wound healing. She is a 3x best-selling author. You can find her on Instagram @iam_hro

In this episode, Heather and Allison take a deep dive into how our own mother wounding can manifest and how we move toward healing, including: the importance of loving yourself unconditionally, receiving, filling your own cup, allowing for fun and play, and more.

In episode 2 of the WMM podcast, Allison interviews Meagan Bertoni: wife, mama, marketing professional, and exercise enthusiast. 

After battling Stage 2 Bladder Prolapse, Meagan shares about her journey with re-thinking self-care.

Allison and Meagan also scratch the surface on many important mama topics: breastfeeding, coping with the unexpected, identity and lifestyle shifts, modifying expectations, the relationship with social media, presence and play, COVID babies, and growth through the hard times.

To connect with Meagan on Instagram: @meaganbertoni

Allison & Meagan also share about Mama Natural, a great resource for mamas seeking a "natural" approach to pregnancy and motherhood: https://www.mamanatural.com/

Welcome to Whole Mind Mama Podcast Episode 1! 

In this episode, Allison interviews infant and child sleep specialist Katie Roeder. Katie is the founder of Happily Ever After Sleep Consulting, and wife and mama of two girls. Every family and child is unique in their sleep needs and preferences. If you are struggling in the sleep department, you are not alone! For those looking for support around sleep-related topics, working with a sleep consultant might just change your life.

You can find Katie on Instagram @happilyeveraftersleep or on her website: happilyeveraftersleep.com