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Becoming Parents Podcast
All about the struggles, surprises, joys, and exhaustion of birth and birthwork. Sharing stories about birth, birthwork, and everything it entails - infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy, labor and delivery, bottle feeding, breastfeeding & relactation, self-care after birth, sex to get pregnant and after kids, birth options, to medicate or not to medicate, adoption, midwife vs hospital, and running a successful birthwork business.
Episodes
Becoming Parents PodcastCodependency, abusive father, feeling unworthy to best selling author who got out of self-doubt to self-love 5000 miles away from home - with Carla Romo
Carla has a published book, Contagious Love which is all about codependency. Not only is it super helpful for codependents, but Carla's story is also…
Becoming Parents PodcastPregnant right out of high school, a dysfunctional marriage, but remaining friendly to raise their kids, moving on and starting a business in IT - with Kellye Dash
Kellye and I discuss navigating parenting, divorce, and having a business. Pregnant right out of high school, Kellye remained in a dysfunctional marriage…
Becoming Parents PodcastWorking in fashion in Paris, growing up with a nanny from chronic pain in bed for 3 years, depression to launching books and a minimalist clothing line - with Jo Blakely
Jo tells me about her first job in Paris, France and how much she loved it, how passionate she is about fashion, having a nanny growing up in Toronto, how to…
Becoming Parents PodcastMarried and desperate to leave to starting a new life and teaching her way through grief, pain, isolation of single parenting to helping others navigate divorce - with Sacheen Mobley
I adored this interview! From married and desperate to get from Washington State to living on Long Island, NY with her son to start a new life, she started…
Becoming Parents Podcast9 minutes, 3 times a day to manifest after a trauma-induced illness and getting through Hashimoto's Disease - with Maria Aparis
Maria was so great about discussing mind, body, spirit, that it takes 40 days to stop a habit, how she takes 9 minutes, 3 times a day to manifest and her…
Becoming Parents PodcastWishing she was more perfect as a child, to the same feeling rising after her two lawsuits at up to 100 million dollars, getting through depression and protecting her team - with Lisa Cox
BLACK FRIDAY SALE: Order link for my listeners which gives them $10 off the first purchase is Modere.com/lisacox I had so much fun with Lisa! We discussed not…
Becoming Parents PodcastA child with autism, her husband's devastating diagnosis, poverty and creating a life she loves - with Carrie Caulfield Arick
Carrie and I discuss having a child with autism, being raised in a family with older kids, a mom from Denmark and the devastating diagnosis of her husband…
Becoming Parents PodcastPlayboy model 7 times who went through domestic violence, explains the stigma behind Playboy models, talks therapy and not getting breast implants - with Jasmin Shojai
Jasmin is an internationally published model and upcoming actress. I am so proud she shares her story of domestic violence and loved learning about her…
Becoming Parents PodcastRaped by her father an incest survivor who was in foster care, in and out of her home and abused even after she was married, checking herself into an acute psychiatric hospital - with Nancy Allen
Nancy Allen, from Georgia by way of Massachusetts, is a father-daughter incest survivor. Her story moved me literally to tears in this interview. Physically…
Becoming Parents PodcastStripping With My Daughter Alana - SEX!
My 21-year-old daughter, Alana and I co-host once a month, while we strip it down and bare it all discussing topics from traditions to sex, divorce to…
Becoming Parents PodcastRaised by a strict Catholic mom and a dad that survived the Holocaust, losing him to cancer, getting divorced, and finding unconditional, passionate love and her purpose – with Belinda Zylberman
Belinda opens up about growing up with a Mom who was raised strict Catholic and a Dad who was a Holocaust survivor. It was an unhappy environment focused on…
Becoming Parents PodcastDelivering a full-term baby that was dead, working as a physical therapist for horses and combining horse trauma and her trauma to heal them both and open that up to others - with Helen Brennand
Helen and I connected and it was so amazing. Taking writing and attaching the experience to a horse is so appealing to me as a writer, I longed to go visit…
Becoming Parents PodcastCrippling anxiety while traveling the world, feeling not present in life with debilitating psychogenic pain to becoming a Life and Confidence Coach - with Savanna Schiavo
Savanna and I discussed crippling anxiety, doing amazing things but feeling overwhelmed and not present in the moment to the point that she had debilitating…
Becoming Parents PodcastGoing from a prison doctor who was held by a prisoner for 10 hours and raped, to a published author advocating for prisoners, including having an ex-con as a roommate. Take 2 - with Karen Gedney
Karen and I met again for an update of information. As I know Karen personally, I get to see the impact she has made and is still making in the lives of…
Becoming Parents PodcastShe knew she'd be an attorney at 13, worked for SEGA, burned out, stressed, pregnant, divorced and learning to embrace who you are - with Sonya Sigler
Sonya and I talk about how she wanted to be a lawyer at 13, became one at 25, her first job as a lawyer at the video game company, SEGA! Dream job, crazy…
Becoming Parents PodcastFeeling lost and gaining value from others, partying too hard, using sex to feel loved, a boyfriend that died at 29, hitting reset and finding her place - with Olivia Shwetz
When I read a bit about Olivia's story, I was ecstatic about our interview. SO common and not discussed enough. Feeling lost and that your value comes from…
Becoming Parents PodcastStripping with my daughter Alana - Anxiety, Depression and Addiction
My 21-year-old daughter, Alana and I co-host once a month, while we strip it down and bare it all discussing topics from traditions to sex, divorce to…
Becoming Parents PodcastGrowing up in poverty, first in her family to finish high school, hating her life and finding what brings her joy - with Mica McCook
Mica's story will touch your heart. Growing up in poverty, loving theater, feeling like she didn't have a place, bouncing around and listless. Mica built…
Becoming Parents PodcastCulture shock, not fitting in, GED, date rape, getting pregnant and not wanting kids, abuse and fulfilling her dreams - with Pamela Smith
Pam and I go deep on culture shock, music, speaking, trying out every type of high school, not fitting in anywhere, getting her GED on her 17th birthday, date…
Becoming Parents PodcastReading comprehension issues, strict religion, ending a marriage, obsessing over weight, losing 7 people in 3 years and launching Couch to Active - with Lyn Lindbergh
Lyn was such a blast, discussing how she completed college even though she had a horrible reading comprehension issue (spelling was tough too!). We discuss…
Becoming Parents PodcastStripping With My Daughter Alana - Parenting Teens
Today Alana and I discuss parenting teens. As a parent, I was not permissive but not restrictive. I trusted my kids even when I knew they were lying. They knew…
Becoming Parents PodcastA car accident and fathers death that changed the trajectory, watching Alzheimer's, becoming a leader and bestselling author at 23 - with Dom Brightmon
I knew going into this podcast that we'd be laughing a lot and we won't disappoint. In the laughter, we discuss some tough topics. How a car accident altered…
Becoming Parents PodcastBullying, body image, growing up as part of Mean Girls, eating disorder, suicidal and afraid - with Sydney Nanberg
Sydney and I get real, deep and personal about bullying, body image, growing up living in the movie Mean Girls, having an eating disorder, being suicidal and…
Becoming Parents PodcastHow did the song Is That All There Is impact while enduring abuse, escaping across country, starting over MANY times and the passion that survived – with Joanne Victoria
Joanne and I chat about the Sanity Project Podcast A LOT about persistence, life experience, showing up and learning from every job you're exposed to. You will…
Becoming Parents PodcastStripping With My Daughter Alana - The Things That Matter
My 21-year-old daughter, Alana and I co-host once a month, while we strip it down and bare it all discussing topics from traditions to sex, divorce to…
Becoming Parents PodcastCanada, US, Australia, getting a Masters of Social Work, IVF, getting pregnant, depression, anxiety, losing 4 people in 13 months and still positive - with Angela Henderson
Angela's laid back nature and mellow attitude about her struggles are phenomenal. We talked about choice, her journey with being in multiple countries…
Becoming Parents PodcastGood bosses vs. shitty ones, not fitting into the corporate world or "mom groups" - with Natalie Ihde
Natalie and I discuss the challenges we all face being a "worker bee" and not fit into the corporate world. We talk about working with good bosses versus…
Becoming Parents PodcastRaised Mormon, molested as a child, pregnant at 15 by a 35 year old, suicide attempts and therapy - with Jamie Holloway
Jamie and I go deep on the points in life that change you, how being raised Mormon impacted her, getting pregnant at 15 by a 35 year old man (that is a story…
Becoming Parents PodcastMillennial who started Shit You Need To Know to help others through anxiety, moving out on your own, therapy, mental health and being a TedX speaker - with Martha Riley
I found it refreshing to chat with Martha. From chatting about her job at 3M as a Free Trade Agreement Analyst, to how her podcast was inadvertently launched…
Becoming Parents PodcastDepleted and exhausted as is common with HSP, eating disorder, admitting herself into rehab and using food to soothe - with Patricia Young
Patricia was gracious enough to admit how she felt when we were interviewing. HSP - Highly Sensitive People is who she realized she was. We chatted about her…
Becoming Parents PodcastHear an interview during a tornado warning about becoming a lawyer, hating it but using it to fund and support her passion - with Mary Hodges
My first interview during a tornado warning (sirens and all), Mary was upfront about health, business, being the 2nd oldest to 6 kids born in 10 years and how…
Becoming Parents PodcastWhat IS the empowered girl experience and how Mom's are involved. NYC critical care paramedic to entrepreneur - with Maria Fuller
Maria and I discuss girls making a difference, creating disruption to make change, what IS the empowered girl experience and how are Moms involved. Maria tells…
Becoming Parents PodcastBuilding IG, having haters and becoming a yogi who teaches marketing - with Jess Penesso
Jess and I have a fantastic conversation about building Instagram and how it's the new business card, Brene Brown, haters, building your personal why your soul…
Becoming Parents PodcastAn upbringing of abuse, unhealthy relationships, with a drive to become healthy and help others, she became a psychotherapist - with Lisa Tahir
Taking a tough upbringing peppered with abuse, launching herself into relationships that aren't healthy but knowing she wanted to help others - literally from…
Becoming Parents PodcastFibromyalgia pain, getting turned down for disability, to teacher who lives her life to the fullest helping others - with Tami Stackelhouse
I arranged this podcast differently and it was amazing! For those of you struggling with chronic pain, fibromyalgia - sit down and take a listen. Tami's story…
Becoming Parents PodcastShe grew up in Zimbabwe, found out her husband had two other wives and 5 children before marrying her while she was pregnant, left her 10 month old and escaped to Canada as a refugee and brought her d
In this episode, Thembi and I discuss what it was like to grow up in Zimbabwe, find out her husband had two other wives and 5 children before her - while she…
Becoming Parents PodcastWorking with energy and finances, she was so popular she came back for a second interview - with Alana Heim - Take 2!
Alana came back for a second interview. SO MANY people responded to her story and the business she's created that I had to have round 2. I completely…
Becoming Parents PodcastShe's my daughter, she's 21, in the military, discussing a UTI that almost killed her, bullying, sexual assault and what saved her from committing suicide - with Alana Bills
Alana's experiences growing up aren't foreign to many, unfortunately. Feeling left out, bullied and finding it difficult to make good friends, her self-esteem…
Becoming Parents PodcastShe has 2 degrees, got married while pregnant in a little black dress, she fell into a marketing career - with Shauna Armitage
A different episode, because we discussed how Shauna inadvertently - after two degrees, getting married in a little black dress and being pregnant with baby #1…
Becoming Parents PodcastMasters degree to stay at home Mom who figured out how to make money without settling - with Samantha Siffring
I never meant to be a stay at home mom. I thought I would be really driven in a career and that would be my #1. I quickly learned life sometimes has other…
Becoming Parents PodcastFrom disliking being a Mom to being a primary parent with a podcast that explains the science behind our actions - with Amee Quiriconi
This is one of the most raw, honest, incredibly vulnerable interviews I've ever done. Being a Mom isn't always a happy thing and Amee tells us why she felt…
Becoming Parents PodcastBeing The Naked Podcaster, life changes, why I decided to bare it all - with Jenn Taylor, host
Nearly two years into my podcasting journey, with almost 5 months off, I'm ramping up for season TWO! My interviews are the same - your story being told, YOU…
Becoming Parents PodcastStage IV metastatic breast cancer at 32, not being able to have children and talking with me 2 weeks after a hysterectomy - with Emily Garnett
We discussed being diagnosed with stage IV metastatic breast cancer at the age of 32, right after her son turned two and she celebrated her 5th wedding…
Becoming Parents PodcastWorking for Facebook, having a family and near death experiences that helped create her own business - with Meg Brunson
Meg was up front about her struggles and successes as an entrepreneur and her experience working for Facebook as well as raising "Kidpreneurs". Her struggles…
Becoming Parents PodcastRaised a free-range child, plagued with pedophiles and serial killers by 15 she was on her own and had lost 15 friends to murder suicide and drugs she turned experience into a career- with Lara Currie
Lara and I discussed being raised in Seattle as a free-range child at a time the city was really coming into its own. Plagued with pedophiles and serial…
Becoming Parents PodcastStrategy vs spirituality, human design, turning an accounting masters into intuitively helping her clients - with Alana Heim
Alana and I chatted about strategy vs spirituality, human design, how our financial attitudes mirror our inner attitudes. Going through the motions of school…
Becoming Parents PodcastOverachiever with anxiety and clinical depression, overweight struggling with bulimia, having a breakdown and picking up the pieces - with Brigid Dineen
Brigid and I visited about being an overachiever - in a BIG way, until her second year at college when her binging, gaining 40 lbs and struggling with anxiety…
Becoming Parents PodcastA kindred runner who "wees" outside, lives in Bali and coaches women from a disconnected, overweight woman with 3 addict siblings - with Lani Rios
Lani and I hit it off and her words were so spot on, I showed them off here! Yes, I say "stoked" and pee outside (it's a runner thing) so we were instantly…
Becoming Parents PodcastBipolar and OCD mom, sexual assault victim who was told she was a mistake, dated a cocaine addict, was raped and escaped without shoes - with Carolina Vasilica
Carolina grew up with a bipolar/OCD mother who had her at 19. She was sexually assaulted by 4 different family members from ages 8-14, moved out on her own…
Becoming Parents PodcastGrowing up in alcoholism, pregnant in high school and 24 years to gain courage to get a divorce - with Susan Ackerman
Susan is my friend, however her deep story was new to me. Growing up with an alcoholic Dad, an uninvolved Mom but having huge faith and an innate sense her…
Becoming Parents PodcastInterviewing while watching the sunrise over the ocean in Australia while discussing helping women get out of self-help jail - with Melanie Wheatley
Melanie was a blast, but I'm being selfish. She got up at the butt crack of dawn to talk with me. I use video so I connect better to the people I interview and…
Becoming Parents PodcastMarried to a sociopath, having young children and successfully escaping her own home - with Stacy Brookman
Sometimes I interview someone with a story so incredible that I'm in awe and Stacy is one of those. Being married to a sociopath, blaming herself, being…
Becoming Parents PodcastShe was an overeater who fasted, her mom had a triple bypass and she learned self-care, while becoming an attorney - with Shari Broder
Shari has a story that's SO relatable. Wanting to lose weight, not understanding why it isn't happening, feeling stressed and overwhelmed with life. We…
Becoming Parents Podcast17+ years as a nurse, pastor, therapist, military chaplain to life coach for women - with Eva Cruz Pena
Speaker. Healer. Life Coach. Eva Cruz Pena brings to her work 17 plus years of professional experience caring for women as a nurse, pastor, therapist, military…
Becoming Parents PodcastBorn with heart issues, first surgery of many at 14 months old, he has the heart of a champion - with Jonathan Fischer
Jonathan has one of those stories that is painful to hear. Born with a heart and vascular issues, with his first surgery at 14 months old, it is a triumph not…
Becoming Parents PodcastPerfect little girl to risk taking entrepreneur reimagining success - with Anna Lundberg
Visiting with Anna was a blast! From a "perfect" little girl who would do anything NOT to get in trouble, to a risk taking entrepreneur who is creative and…
Becoming Parents PodcastChronic dieter wanting to fit into society, Hashimoto's disease and positive body image - with Jenny Eden Berk
Jenny was so raw and honest about her struggles as a chronic dieter wanting to fit the mold society pushes on us. Jenny dealt with hashimotos disease at age 15…
Becoming Parents PodcastRecovering overachiever who dropped out of a PhD program, started a business and moved 500 miles while battling anxiety - with Renee Powers
In 2018 alone, Renee quit her PhD after 6 years, started a business, and moved from Chicago to Minneapolis to purchase her husband's childhood home. With a…
Becoming Parents PodcastThe doctor at a prison, help captive for 10 hours and raped by an inmate, a published author who advocates for prisoners - with Karen Gedney
Karen and I discuss her book ’30 years Behind Bars,’ Trials of a prison Doctor available on Amazon. We also discuss the time she was taken hostage by an…
Becoming Parents PodcastCrohn's disease, getting her college degree in Econ and starting a business with positive body image - with Amanda Semenoff
Amanda has such a lovely way of viewing things so opposite of how many of us do. Kind of like working backwards. This allows her to view herself with more…