Amanda is joined by Dallas Lombardi to talk about adoption in Canada. Dallas Lombardi shares her deeply personal journey as an adoptive parent, highlighting the complexities, systemic challenges, and emotional realities of adoption in Canada. This conversation sheds light on the unseen struggles, the importance of community, and the need for better systemic support for adoptive families.

Included in this episode:

• The Adoption Process in Canada
• Dallas shares her experience in such a raw and vulnerable way that is so needed in this community.
• How Dallas learned (and is still learning) to navigate a broken system.
• Advice for parents who want to adopt a child in Canada.

Follow Dallas on IG @dallas.lombardi

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Amanda is joined by Laura Sinclair who is a business mentor to high achieving moms to discuss balancing motherhood and business - is this even possible?

Included in this episode:

• Can we actually balance motherhood and entrepreneurship? What does balance mean to Laura
• What actually makes a "good mom" and a "good entrepreneur"?
• How can we grow our business but also thrive as a mother?
• When should someone hire a business coach and why?
• How surrounding yourself with other likeminded people is so supportive to you and your business.
• Learning to ask for help, hire support and lean on others who can support you while you build your business.

Follow Laura on IG @itslaurasinclair

Check out Laura's website www.thismothermeansbusiness.com

If you want to learn more about WEOC and the loans:

https://weoc.ca/loan-program/

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Amanda is joined by Mark Barnes who is a Pharmacist and a pharmacy owner, but he is also a mental health advocate and is raising awareness around the country about addiction and Naloxone.

Included in this episode:

• What does Mark think health care workers are missing when it comes to addiction?
• What does Mark wish more people understood about addiction?
• When should we talk to our children about drugs? How can we do this?
• Are our children more informed today about drugs or are they more vulnerable?
• What is Naloxone and why does Mark feel everyone should have one on hand in their home
• Does Naloxone promote drug use? Breaking the stigma around that conversation
• What is an overdose and what does an overdose look like

The conversation starts here. Pick up your free Naloxone at your local pharmacy. Continue this conversation. Let's break the stigma together.

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Amanda is joined by Laura Federico, who is a certified sex therapist and Morgan Miller, who is a midwife, lactation consultant and a birth centre founder to talk about Menstrual Mental Health.

Included in this episode:

• What is menstrual mental heath and why is it so important?
• PMDD - What is it? What does it look like?
• Genitourinary syndrome of lactation - what the heck is this and why do women need to know about this?
• How do listen to your body and advocate for yourself when you need support but aren't getting it.
• Their book "The Cycle Book"

Follow Morgan and Laura on IG: @itslauraandmorgan

Follow Amanda on IG: @amanda.gurman

Purchase the Cycle Book here:

https://a.co/d/0bhTK6a8

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*** TRIGGER WARNING *** This episode contains conversations about Human Trafficking and may be uncomfortable for some. Please skip this one if this is not something you can listen to at this time.

Amanda is joined by Markie Dell who is a fitness coach here in Hamilton, Ontario who is here to share her story of how she was human trafficked, how she got free, and how she is healing.

Included in this episode:

• Markie bravely shares her story of trusting a friend, but it becoming so much darker than she ever thought.
• Insecurity being the biggest driver. How women sometimes get trapped inside this "good girl" persona and always needed to please others to be accepted.
• What role did Markie's insecurties play in this story?
• How Markie escaped
• How she is rebuilding her life and redefining for herself what peace and acceptance look like.

Follow Markie on IG @markie.dell

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

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Amanda is joined today by Amanda Ottoman who is a RN Educator, personal trainer who specializes in Menopause & GLP-1 Management to talk PCOS, Insulin Resistance and Women's hormonal health.

Included in this episode:

• What is PCOS and what are signs and symptoms of it?
• What is Insulin Resistance and why is it so important?
• Can Insulin Resistance cause other health issues? Does it always accompany PCOS?
• When/How can women look further into if they may have PCOS?
• Should we be seeing a specialist? Naturopath? Family Doc?
• Amanda shares her own personal experience with Insulin Resistance and her own health journey.
• GLP-1's

Follow Amanda Gurman on IG: @amanda.gurman

Follow Amanda Otterman on IG: @menohealthnurse

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Amanda is joined by Courtney Bognar, who is a Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Rogue Healing to chat about perinatal mental health.

** Trigger Warning ** This episode does discuss topics of miscarriage, please skip this one if you are not able to listen.

Included in this episode:

• Courtney shares her story of once being a teacher but knew it was not her forever career choice. She shares her story of miscarriage, and why this put her on a path of changing her career.
• Perinatal Anxiety - What did this look like for Courtney?
• Courtney shares with us that her husband struggled with his mental health during this time as well, and why it is so important to support moms, but also dads.
• Courtney explains to us why we need to stop "shoulding on ourselves"
• The Happiness Trap - What is it and how are we putting ourselves in it?
• Value Misalignment - What is this and how can we re-evaluate? 

Follow Courtney on IG: @rogue.healing

Flora's Walk Halidmand is happening on Saturday May 23 @ 11am.

If you would like to support this cause please go to:

 https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/healthy-start-healthy-future-inc/p2p/FlorasWalk2026/team/floras-walk-haldimand?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAdGRleARUechleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAad3Snsli50MlfiHH8L19_zGk-P7qK6l2pHrAq98rrTNd3lQQDbR5bTezLagfg_aem_xzHGr13hrqqEE8GJvR3-Nw

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Amanda is joined this week by Alyssa Lancia, Holly Silenzi and Katie Mitton to have a completely unfiltered talk about motherhood, mental health, friendship and so much more.

Included in this episode:

• Identity Crisis - Did we all go through on once we become mothers? What did this look like for each of us and how are we handling it?
• Being parents of newborns/young children during the COVID-19 Pandemic
• The realization that you can no longer live your life around your own wants and needs. How this realization slapped all of us so hard in the face.
• Friendship after children - What has our experiences been like?
• How friendship dynamics change after kids - and how this is okay.
• Do we have FOMO or JOMO as mothers?!
• What are we doing to refine ourselves now?
• Therapy, medication, boundaries, accepting the seasons as they come, and so much MORE.

Follow Amanda on IG: @amanda.gurman

Follow Alyssa on IG: @darling.donuts.hamilton

Follow Katie on IG: @__cakeandkale__

Follow Holly on IG: @beyondthebombbath

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Amanda is joined by Shirlene Nalepa, another author inside Breakthrough Book 2 to talk about mental health, ADHD and PMDD.

Included in this episode:

• Mental health chat - Normalizing therapy, medication and more.
• Talking to our kids about mental health.
• The transition from motherhood to who am I now?
• Why Shirlene decided now was the time to share her story.
• PMDD - What is it? What's "normal"?

Follow Shirlene on IG: @the.stories.of.our.lives

Follow Amanda on IG: @amanda.gurman

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Amanda is joined by Shannon Smith, another author inside Breakthrough Book 2 to discuss grief, resilience and her story.

Included in this episode:

• How grief taught Shannon resilience and how she learned to live in a space where 2 things can always be true at the same time.
• How Grief is a huge part of Breakthrough Book 2. Whether it is referring to the loss of a person, the loss of a job, a relationship or even just the thought of "this is not how my life was supposed to go".
• What did Shannon write about? And why was now the time for her to step into her story and share it with the world.

Follow Shannon on IG: @theunravelledmom

Follow Amanda on IG: @amanda.gurman

Want to learn more about Breakthrough? Follow: @break_throughbook

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Amanda is joined by Jennifer Hines, one of the authors inside Breakthrough Book 2 to discuss her chapter.

Included in this episode:

• Real talk of motherhood - We are talking co-parenting, mental health and more.
• Why did Jennifer feel like now is the time to share her experience and put her story out into the world.
• Redefining happiness.
• Learning to live authentically to yourself.

Follow Jennifer on IG: @mental_flex_psychotherapy

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TRIGGER WARNING - This episode includes conversations around the loss of a child. Please take care of yourself while listening.

Amanda is joined by Yvette Byrne-Menard, one of the authors inside Breakthrough book 2 to discuss her chapter.

Included in this episode:

• Why Yvette felt like now was the time to share this story.
• How she learned to grow her life around her grief.
• How Yvette wants to change her pain into purpose and support mother everywhere.

Follow Yvette on IG @threads_ofhopeingrief

Follow Amanda in IG @amanda.gurman

Want to learn more about Breakthrough? Follow them on IG @break_throughbook

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Amanda is joined by Dana Whitfield who is one of the authors inside Breakthrough Book 2 which is launching February 16!

Included in this episode:

• Why Dana joined Breakthrough Book 2 and how she trusted her gut on joining and writing her story.
• Attachment vs Love - What is the difference?
• Self Love is number 1 for Dana and what she has learned from this
• Dana's chapter - What can you expect to hear inside her story?

Follow Dana on IG @danaewhitfield

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

Want more details on Breakthrough? Follow @break_throughbook

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Amanda is joined by Sasha Howell who is one of the authors inside Breakthrough Book 2 which is launching Feb 16!

Included in this episode:

• Grief - The big role it places in Sasha's story but also inside Breakthrough Book 2 entirely. Grief from death, but also grief from "this is not what my life is supposed to be like".
• Why Sasha joined Breakthrough Book 2 and why she feels the pull to share this piece of her story now.
• How so many of us feel "stuck" in a particular story or label we have given ourselves and how Sasha is breaking through that.
• Sasha's chapter - What can you expect from her story
• Health Anxiety - what is it? How does it show up for Sasha?

Follow Sasha on IG @the_grieving_daughter

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

Want more details on Breakthrough? Follow @break_throughbook on IG.

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Amanda is joined by fellow Swift Dan Shapiro to clown about Taylor Swift, reminisce on the beloved Eras Tour and more.

Included in this episode:

• Dan shares how he helped SO many fans get their hands on tickets to the Eras Tour by quickly becoming the go to for information regarding Ticketmaster drops.
• Dan shares a story of how he saw Taylor twice thanks to his amazing followers.
• Karma - the lost album, do we think its real?
• Travis and Taylor - what are Amanda and Dan's thoughts and do we hope Taylor marries the guy on the football team?

Follow Dan on TikTok @danshapiro97

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Amanda is joined by mindset coach Kayleigh Kennedy and they are diving into mindset, growth and so much more.

Included in this episode:

• What is a "real" job anyway?
• Our mindset - why it is so important and how we can get out of own way.
• What is the messy middle of growth and why is it so important?
• The role that grief plays in your growth
• How can we get clear on what we want?
• Kayleigh shares how changing her mindset helped her through the one of the hardest times of her life.

Want to unlock your Limitless Business? Work with Kayleigh: www.kayleighkennedy.com

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Amanda is joined by an author of Breakthrough, Stefy Covelli to chat about her breakdown and then her breakthrough.

Included in this episode:

• How Stefy's career held so much value to her and how it filled her with a sense of fulfillment. 
• The struggles that she experienced going through the loss of her career because of a workplace injury.
• Stefy having to relearn who she is after her injury.

Follow Stefy on IG @_namaste_fy

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

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Amanda is joined by Cierra Bailey who is a mother and a powerhouse in the mental healthy advocacy world to chat about grief, growth and grace in our motherhood journeys.

Included in this episode:

• How powerful lived experiences are in the motherhood space.
• Motherhood and identity, how COVID times changed us as humans but also as parents.
• The grief in motherhood, the beauty of it but also how normal it is to feel this "up and down" feeling in motherhood

Follow Cierra on IG @notmothergoose

Follow Amanda on Ig @Amanda.gurman

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Amanda is joined by one of the authors inside her new co-author project, Breakthrough to chat about what her breakthrough was and why she decided to write about it.

Included in this episode:

• How Jenn woke up one day and started to ask herself "Who am I" and came to realize she is more than her labels, but did not know who that person was.
• The steps she has taken to start learning more about herself
• Motherhood - How being a single mother and caring for her son played a role in her losing herself.

Follow Jenn and purchase your copy of Breakthrough with her @drojen7

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

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Amanda is joined by Crystal Shadwell to have a real talk about what marriage is like after kids and even in the thick of parenting school-aged children.

Included in this episode:

• How do Amanda and Crystal feel about what they see online vs what is really happening behind closed doors.
• How does our relationship become the last thing on our lists? What does "making it work" look like for both Amanda and Crystal.
• Being in survival mode, COVID pandemic - how did these things affect our relationships?
• Relearning who we are as individuals but also as a couple now that we have children and so many priorities on each of us.
• Can we outgrow our spouse? Our fears surrounding this.
• Resentment towards our spouses, how it builds, the mental load that we carry.
• The issue ALL of us are thinking about.... sex. Who's having it? How many times a week?
• How do we prioritize date nights?

Follow Crystal on Ig @somethingbeyondmom 

Follow Crystal's Podcast @teamcrewpodcast

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Amanda is joined by Amanda Otterman who is a nurse who specializes in Menopause and hormone health to chat about all things Perimenopause.

Included in this episode:

• What is the age range for perimenopause?
• What to do if you are being brushed off by your MD?
• Long term health problems that can come from hormone issues
• Mental Health and hormones
• How can we pay attention to our cycles and prioritize ourselves during each phase?
• Why your coffee MAY be adding to the stress in your body

Some resources: 

The New Menopause by Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, and Kristin Myers
•A fresh look at menopause, integrating the latest scientific research on hormones, nutrition, and fitness to help women thrive during and after this transition.
You Are Not Broken: Stop “Should-ing” All Over Your Sex Life by Dr. Kelly Casperson
•A candid exploration of sexual health during menopause, offering advice on reclaiming intimacy and body confidence in midlife and beyond.

Follow Amanda on IG @menohealthnurse

Work with Amanda: www.menohealthnurse.com

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

www.honestasamother.ca

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Amanda is joined by Aaron Bailey who is a ADHD coach that works with both adults and kids to chat about ADHD.

Included in this episode:

• How Aaron taught himself that his ADHD symptoms are not a character flaw and how to work through this.
• The unknown sides of ADHD
• Parenting and ADHD - How our children trigger us, and how they act as a mirror to us.
• How dysregulation affects us as parents and how learning about dysregulation can help us when it comes to parenting our children.
• How an ADHD diagnosis can help us understand ourselves/our children.
• Highlighting the strengths of ADHD 

Follow Aaron on IG @adhdcoachaaron

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

Don't forget to check out SPATULA foods at www.spatulafoods.com and use code HONEST to get $40 off your first order!

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Amanda is joined by Elisha Zavier who is a Pelvic Floor Fitness Coach and she is here to help Amanda break down some pelvic floor myths and empower women to take charge of their bodies.

Included in this episode:

• Why we need to prioritize pelvic floor health
• Why it is NOT normal to pee yourself after children
• Girl math when it comes to urinary incontience 
• The mental load of incontenience 
• Anatomy 101 Why Pelvic Floor is SO important and the impact it has on our entire system
• Just in case peeing - why can it be harmful
• Womens health - why we need to stop putting bandaids on women and actually fix the problem.
• Ways we can strengthen our Pelvic Floor

Follow Elle on IG @pelvicfloorfitness_durham

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

Do not forget to get your hands on Magic Mind today at: https://magicmind.com/HAAM20 

You get 20% for one time purchase and up to 48% off for subscriptions with my code: HAAM20

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Amanda and Katie are back and they are filling everyone in on what they are currently watching and reading to prepare you for hibernation mode aka Winter.

Included in this episode:

• Our thoughts on "No body wants this" - Adam Brody went from awkward Jewish boy on the OC to the Hot Rabi.
• Secret Lives of Mormon Wives - if you have not watched, you need to.
• Dirty Soda - Amanda tries it for the first time.
• Dr. Odyssey - Katies new fave
• Tell me Lies - Amandas new fave
• Book Recommendations - what are we reading?!

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

Follow Katie on IG @katiellangdon

Don't forget to check out SPATULA foods at www.spatulafoods.com and use code HONEST to get $40 off your first order!

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Amanda is joined by Katherine Peloso-Smith who is an Intuitive Leader Coach to chat about trusting ourselves and our intuition. 

Included in this episode:

• Katherine shares her first memories of her inner knowing and what she did with this information.
• Katherine and Amanda talk about intuition and dating. Can we trust our gut when we see what we think are "red flags"?
• Soulmates? Are they real?
• Mom Gut - Mothers Intuition 
• Anxiety vs Intuition - Katherines take on how we find out which one we are dealing with.

Follow Katherine on IG @mind.body.spirit.mama

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

Don't forget to check out SPATULA foods at www.spatulafoods.com and use code HONEST to get $40 off your first order!

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Amanda is back for another solo episode and this episode has been HIGHLY requested. Amanda shares her story of receiving an ADHD diagnosis.

Included in this episode:

• How this all started - spoiler alert - it was a child who triggered this.
• How Amanda started to monitoring her symptoms, watched waaaaay too many tiktoks and started taking note of the way she was feeling.
• How Amanda moved forward with the diagnosis
• What Amanda is doing now - talking medication, routines and more.

Link to ADHD/PPD Article: https://www.epicresearch.org/articles/maternal-adhd-correlated-with-increased-risk-of-postpartum-depression

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

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Amanda is joined by Christine Dainard who is a personal coach who champions authenticity and self-worth to chat about self-discovery, growth and all the messy in between.

Included in this episode:

• Christine and Amanda share their stories of growth but how grief coincides with growth. Grief shows up at any point of a healing journey.
• How can we start changing? If you are someone who is struggling and wants to change but you do not know where to start, this is for you.
•  The stories we have been told about who we are - how do these impact us?
• What has been the most difficult for both Chistine and Amanda.

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

Follow Christine on IG @itsmechristined

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Were baaaaaack. Did you miss us? Cause we missed you.

Do not judge us by our terrible reenactment of that statement okay?

Amanda and Katie are back to talk about all things Teen Mom, Vanderpump Rules and more. Buckle up and get ready for our dose of pop culture hour.

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

Follow Katie on IG @katiellangdon 

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Amanda is joined by Beth Marchant who is a graphic designer but also a Breast Cancer Survivor and she is here today to raise awareness and advocate for young women to be checking their breasts.

Included in this episode:

• Beth shares her story with beating Stage 3 Breast Cancer and how it has inspired her to share this information with other women.
• The importance of knowing your body - what is "normal" for you and what is not.
• How society tells women what is pretty and what "matters" vs what actually matters.

Check out the Dense Breasts Canada Campaign with Beth:

 https://densebreastscanada.ca/beth/

Not sure when to be checking your breasts? Check out this link for all the information you need:

https://www.knowyourlemons.org/

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

Follow Beth on IG @bethmmarchant 

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Amanda is back after her summer off and is so excited to jump back in and we are starting off with a bang. Amanda is sharing her 2024 "shake up" and why she has lit her entire life on fire (or so it felt like).

Included in this episode:

• Why Amanda has been so MIA.
• Redefining happiness. Why do we think happiness is a one size fits all?
• Amanda's breakthrough and what led to it.
• The rebrand of Honest as a Mother (aka HAAM) and why Amanda felt it needed a little face lift.
• You are more than "just a mother".

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

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Amanda is joined by Annie Lawton who is a mother, a story teller, an author and one bad ass business owner who is here to help us see that motherhood IS chaotic and that is okay. We are all a mess and we are just all trying to do our best everyday and this conversation will normalize that.

Included in this episode:

• We are in a new era of parenting, the real question everyone wants to know - Is is easier?!
• What has PPD and mental illness taught both Amanda and Annie.
• Grief and Guilt. How do they show up now in this stage of parenting?
• Neurodivergency and BIG feelings in both of these houses, how are we dealing?
• Marital struggles - can we all agree that being married is hard af? Annie and Amanda are getting real about marriage and the white picket fence.

Follow Amanda on IG: @amanda.gurman

Follow Annie on IG: @annielawton_

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Amanda is joined by Dr. Benicio Frey, who is an incredible psychiatrist here in Hamilton, Ontario to talk about Women's Mental Health and to break down some myths and bring us the facts.

Included in this episode:

• Debunking the scary myths: Will developing a postpartum mental illness damage my baby? If I did not have PPD with my first, I won't with my second right?
• Are their risk factors that are associated with postpartum mental illnesses? Dr. Frey is giving us facts about this one.
• Can PPD or PPA stay? Can it term into a long term depression or anxiety?
• How can Mothers access support? Are there options for mothers with no private insurance plan?
• Women's Mental Health Post Baby
• PMDD - myths and facts

If you are someone in the Hamilton area that would like to connect with the Women's Health Clinic visit: https://www.stjoes.ca/hospital-services/mental-health-addiction-services/mental-health-services/women's-health-concerns-clinic-whcc/contact-us

Do not forget to get yourself started on Magic Mind!

Head to www.magicmind.com/honestm and use code HONESTM20 and get 20% off a one time purchase OR 48% off your first subscription!

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Amanda is joined by Suzzie Vehrs,  who is a doula and the owner and founder of She Births Bravely which is an organization aimed at providing moms quality information, compassionate care and support through pregnancy and the first 6 months after birth.

Included in this episode:

• Why do we feel the need to give our opinions on how mothers are giving birth and why is this so dangerous?
• Why Suzzie wants mothers to make logical decisions when making their birth plan based on facts and not opinions of others - including medical professionals.
• Consent - Why is consent such an important conversation to have when it comes to birth, how can consent impact birth trauma?
• The role of a Doula and why they are such an important piece to our medical team. 

Follow Suzzie on IG @shebirthsbravely

Work with her: www.shebirthsbravely.com

Do not forget to get yourself started on Magic Mind! Head to www.magicmind.com/honestm and use code HONESTM20 and get 20% off a one time purchase OR 48% off your first subscription!

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Amanda is joined by Karisa Havercamp, who is a psychotherapist here in Brantford, Ontario to chat about default parenting and the mothers mental health and so much more.

Included in this episode:

• Attachment Trauma - What is this and why is it important?
• Does the "repair" we are told to do with our children actually work?
• Default parenting - Why mothers are exhausted and why is society still telling mothers that they need to do it all.
• How can we ask for help as mothers?
• Mom Guilt - Why have we accepted that this is how we will feel as mothers?
• Why does Karisa recommend going "back to the basics" for self care?

Follow Karisa on IG @blossomscounselling

Work with her: www.blossomcounselling.com

Do not forget to get yourself started on Magic Mind! Head to www.magicmind.com/honestm and use code HONESTM20 and get 20% off a one time purchase OR 48% off your first subscription!

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Amanda is once again joined by the incredible Eleni Opperwall to discuss Postpartum Depression and Anxiety - what the DSM-5 "says it is" vs what lived experience is saying it is.

Included in this episode:

• Defining Postpartum Depression from the DSM-5 vs what mothers who are experiencing PPD are experiencing. 
• Defining Postpartum Anxiety from the DSM-5 vs what mothers are really experiencing.
• Anger - Why does it show up in both PPD and PPA and why is it an important emotion to pay attention to.
• How can mothers ask for help? Where can they find help?

Follow Eleni on IG @eleniotherapy

If you need support head to www.postpartuminternational.com

Do not forget to get yourself started on Magic Mind!

 Head to www.magicmind.com/honestm and use code HONESTM20 and get 20% off a one time purchase OR 48% off your first subscription!

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Amanda is joined by Brittany Schmidt who is a Psychic Medium, Reiki Master and Manifestation & Spiritual Coach to chat about spirituality, healing and learning to lean into yourself and trust your own intution.

Included in this episode:

• The importance of regulating your nervous system.
• The "tower moment" - what this is, why it is so important.
• "The Uncomfortable In Between" Phase that so many of us go through.
• How do we know our intuition is speaking or is it anxiety?
• How can we learn to trust our intuition?

Follow Brittany on IG @sprinkle.that.sparkle

Work with Brittany: https://www.sprinklethatsparkle.ca/instagram?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZyMY3TrOu2GByGMs2CGmqojzGMmYul3rpxSJzNQmBIWJofwGz3kdm8jsw_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw 

Do not forget to get yourself started on Magic Mind! Head to www.magicmind.com/honestm and use code HONESTM20 and get 20% off a one time purchase OR 48% off your first subscription!

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Amanda is joined by Erica Djossa, founder of Momwell to chat about "Mom Rage" and her new book, "Releasing the Motherload, How to Carry Less and Enjoy Motherhood More".

Included in this episode:

• What is "Mom Rage"? - Erica explains from her own experience as well as what she sees in practice.
• Mom Rage vs Postpartum Rage - what is the difference?
• What societal messaging is telling mothers and how it impacts us.
• The invisible load - what is this? Why is it important? 
• How can a mom who is struggling get the support that she needs?
• Advice for the moms who are feeling like "The Angry Mom"

Follow Erica on IG @momwell

Purchase her book: https://a.co/d/7i4eulS 

Don't forget to grab your at home meal kit with SPATULA Foods!

Head to www.spatulafoods.com and use the code HONEST for $40 off your first order!

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Amanda is joined by the incredible Renee Reina, host of The Mom Room Podcast to chat mom life and mental health.

Included in this episode:

• Renee shares her experience with Anxiety before she had children by explaining what it looked and felt like for her.
• Why she chose medication and why it was such an easy decision for her to make.
• How frustrated Amanda and Renee are that moms do not feel like they can openly say "I'm having a hard time" postpartum and beyond.

Follow Renee on IG @reneereina

Don't forget to grab your at home meal kit with SPATULA Foods!

Head to www.spatulafoods.com and use the code HONEST for $40 off your first order!

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Amanda is joined by another author that is inside Honest as a Mother Book 3, Lorraine Lowry where they will discuss mothering with ADHD and Borderline Personality Disorder.

Included in this episode:

• Why Book 3 was the right time for Lorraine to join a co-author project and what her experience has been like.
• BPD/ADHD - What are they and how they impact Lorraines life.
• How Lorraine is parenting different than she was parented and why this is so important to her.

Follow Lorraine on IG @adhdnbpdmom

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Amanda is joined by her long time friend and co-worker Ivana Gustin. Ivana is a mother who resides here in Hamilton and is a mental health advocate herself. She is here to share her story and to break the stigma that is still surrounding mental health, especially when it comes to mothers.

Included in this episode:

• Ivana shares that she struggled with depression before she had children, what it felt like to her, how she asked for help and what she did to support herself through this chapter.
• PTSD - How this diagnosis became a part of Ivana's life.
• Medication during pregnancy - How Ivana decided what was best for her and her baby.
• How Ivana advocated for herself to keep her mental health a float during her pregnancy.
• What her postpartum period looked like and how Postpartum depression presented for her.
• Real Mom Talk is alllllll inside this episode. Get ready to feel seen and heard with this one.

Follow Ivana on IG @ivana.gustin

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Amanda is joined by Megan Martin who is another author inside the Honest as a Mother Book 3 to chat about teen pregnancy and adoption.

Included in this episode:

• Megans experience as a co-author and why now was the right time for her to share her story.
• How Megan started healing herself and ridding herself from the stigma and shame attached to adoption.
• How writing helped Megan heal.

Follow Megan on IG @megatwinmom

Purchase the EBOOK on Amazon and donate to Floras Walk here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CX57PL55?ref_=pe_93986420_775043100

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Amanda is joined by Kayla Huszar who is a therapist who specializes in Expressive Art Therapy for Moms to share her story to shed more light on Maternal Mental Health.

Included in this episode:

• Kayla shares her story of when she became a mother and how is was nothing as she expected.
• Her struggles with Postpartum Depression and how this manifested for her.
• How she started to heal, and how she had to give herself the permission to get better - you know you relate to this one.
• Advice for moms who are also struggling.

Follow Kayla on IG kayla.huszar

Purchase a copy of Honest as a Mother Book 3 here: https://www.amazon.ca/Honest-Mother-Personal-Essays-Motherhood-ebook/dp/B0CX57PL55/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1F4YIKU3NWPEJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.YCbbKWg_M6CjRrfrNE4-RkpioF_ATcFSaVECQ3chP3J62Kv5SHGCvQhANeHJO66CU3NVzubTiHPCPF-zQR01u1wgHpTrAbKv64d0oyeS-GfJn41DMp6kkQOJlio811S_xVpF5oElbwsVKQ5pJcOXVEt9iteS1UnuhpJC0q1GyBaRWj_xFs4wh21iHG5qAMZ9wmbbBPMQR3sfyl9SI0g-cLixHmnxpV7wQ27UA0jG-jhwbeQZfgz39JpRy5GxaQmSz9x17nks3yxKDJ4FCVdfN-3nQ8V_gn6woKx5YV0kMsg.gz240IydeyHaiVnpMC7Zq5AGKafYcxicYvqiJ6sJtKI&dib_tag=se&keywords=honest+as+a+mother+book+3&qid=1714348523&sprefix=honest+as+a+%2Caps%2C104&sr=8-1

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Amanda is joined by Lisa Wright who is one of the authors in Honest as a Mother Book 3 to share her story and her experience as a co-author.

Included in this episode:

• Lisas experience as a co-author and why she feels that this was the right time to share her story.
• Gender disappointment. What is it? Why is it so "taboo"? and Lisa's experience with it.
• Moms mental health, why we need to speak more freely about our feelings.

Follow Lisa on IG @momofthreepodcast

Preorder your EBOOK copy of Honest as a Mother Book 3 here: https://www.amazon.ca/Honest-Mother-Personal-Essays-Motherhood-ebook/dp/B0CX57PL55/ref=zg_bs_g_5790834011_d_sccl_100/140-8685367-6972761?psc=1

**All proceeds of this Ebook preorder will be donated to Flora's Walk in support of Maternal Mental Health**

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Amanda is joined by Eleni Opperwall, who is a social worker here in Hamilton Ontario to talk about Flora's Walk, and the importance of maternal mental health.

**TRIGGER WARNING**

This episode included conversation of postpartum psychosis and suicide.

Included in this episode:

• Flora's story - Eleni beautifully lays out what happened with Flora and how Flora's Walk came to be.
• The importance of Flora's Walk and the message behind it all.
• A beautiful and honest conversation about mental health supports here in Canada and what Flora's Walk and CPMHC are aiming to do with our federal government. 
• The importance of community and motherhood and why so many mothers have not been able to move forward post COVID.

Come participate in Flora's Walk on Wednesday May 1 at 9:30 am @ Hamilton City Hall.

Purchase a copy of Honest as a Mother Book 3, The E book, and ALL proceeds will be donated back to Flora's Walk in support of Maternal Mental Health. Purchase your copy here: https://www.amazon.ca/Honest-Mother-Personal-Essays-Motherhood-ebook/dp/B0CX57PL55

Follow Flora's walk on IG @floraswalkhamilton

Follow Eleni on IG @eleniotherapy

Donate to Flora's Walk: https://floraswalk.ca/en/t/team-hamilton

Check out the Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative: https://cpmhc.ca/

Work with Eleni: https://www.eleniopperwallcounselling.com/

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Amanda is joined by another incredible author from the Honest as a Mother Book 3 series which is launching MAY 1!!!

Included in this episode:

• Jacquelyn shares why now was the right time for her to share her story.
• She shares some of her experience with anxiety as well as Postpartum Anxiety and how it shaped her fourth trimester.

Follow Jacquelyn on IG @crafttableco

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

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Amanda is joined by Psychologist, and author of the book "Solving the ADHD Riddle", Connie McReynolds to chat about ADHD, and diving deeper into what is going on inside our children's brain.

Included in this episode:

• Connie explains what audio and visual processing is, and what red flags we may see in our children if there is a processing issue.
• Why the "label" may not always be supportive to our children and why we should look deeper.
• Connie shares experiences from past and current clients, how solving this ADHD riddle has changed the lives of many people.

Work with Connie and purchase her book : https://www.conniemcreynolds.com/

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Amanda is joined by Holistic Trauma Recovery Coach Emily Cleghorn to talk about how the body stores trauma, and why it tends to come bubbling to the surface once we become mothers.

Included in this episode:

• Emily shares with us what Trauma can look like inside our bodies.
• Cortisol - what is it and why is it so important to understand the impacts it can have.
• Why Motherhood seems to be the "reason" our trauma shows back up.
• How can a Trauma Recovery Coach help people who are trying to work through their journey.

Follow Emily on IG @emily.cleghorn.coach

Work with Emily here: https://home.mendedmamalife.ca/

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Amanda is joined by another author from Honest as a Mother book 3 which is launching May 1, 2024!

Included in this episode:

• Why Ann Marie wanted to write a second time in the Honest as a Mother Books and why this chapter was so important for her to write.
• Finding the beauty in motherhood and what that looks like for Ann Marie.
• What can you expect in Ann Maries chapter.

Follow Ann Marie on IG @ann.m.hemmings

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

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Amanda is joined by another beautiful author from Honest as a Mother Book 3, Laura Sinclair to chat all things motherhood and entrepreneurship.

Included in this episode:

• Laura shares why she wanted to share her story of her entry into motherhood now and why it felt like the right time.
• Laura shares her struggles with balancing her business and being a mother.
• Lauras entry into motherhood and why it was not what she expected.
• What you can expect to read in Lauras chapter of this book.

Follow Laura on IG @itslaurasinclair

Honest as a Mother Book 3 is launching SOON - stay tuned for details!

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Amanda is joined by Mariela De Santiago, who is the host of the Mama Wears Athleisure Podcast and they are having a real mom chat about the things they wish people would have told them before they became a parent.

Included in this episode:

• Amanda and Mariela share there 10 things that they each wish someone would have told them before they became mothers, plus give tips for any new moms who are listening.

Follow Mariela on IG @mamawearsathleisure

Follow Amanda @amanda.gurman

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Amanda is joined by one of the authors in Honest as a Mother Book 3, the final book which is coming SOON!

Included in this episode:

• Jennifer shares her experience as a co-author and why now was the right time for her to share her story.
• Jennifer is a single mother to a son with special needs, she shares her experience and how she hopes her story will inspire and uplift other mothers.

Follow Jennifer on IG and connect with her to purchase a copy of Honest as a Mother Book 3 @drojen7

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Amanda is joined by Shannon Talbot who is a mother, coach and the author of "Breaking Free: Stop Holding Back, Start Being You: Your Guide to Creating the Career & Life of Your Dreams and they are chatting about all things motherhood and redefining happiness.

Included in this episode:

• What did Shannon always believe to be success? What does that look like now?
• The expectations that Shannon put on herself during the different stages of life and how it impacted her as a person and as a mother.
• Imposter Syndrome - How did Shannon work through it?
• How Shannon figured out no one was coming to save her but herself.
• How can we start to prioritize ourselves?

Follow Shannon on IG @shannontalbot_coaching

Buy her book: https://www.amazon.ca/Breaking-Free-Holding-Creating-Career-ebook/dp/B0CQRMBC3T

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Amanda is joined by Andy Murphy AKA The Secure Dad to chat about Roblox, Fortnite and online safety.

Included in this episode:

• Online Gaming Safety - How do we know where to start as parents?
• How can we have conversations with our children about online safety, predators and keep the lines of communication open with our kids.
• Online chats inside games like Roblox & Fortnite - can we turn them off? If they are on, what should we be concerned about?
• Grooming - what is it, what does it look like online and what we need to know as parents.
• Cell phones - Andy shares great tips for giving your kids their first  cell phone.
• Social Media Safety - Andy gives us great tips for how we can keep our kids safe - and it starts with keeping them off of it as long as possible.

Follow Andy on IG @thesecuredad 

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Amanda is joined by Lindsey Leaverton who is a mother, and the best selling author of the book "Not another self help book" to talk all things motherhood, burnout and recovering from burnout.

Included in this episode:

• Lindsey gives us the real deal on what it can actually be like raising twins.
• Lindsey shares what burnout looked like for her, how it manifested and what was the moment she realized she could not go on the way she was.
• How she worked through the burn out, and continues to do so.
• The importance of asking for help, and acknowledging the burn out for what it is.

Follow Lindsey on IG @lindseykaneleaverton

Purchase her book: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1632997428?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_9YYEJ4NQRD80Q0KJ3C8S

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Amanda is joined by Taylor Mcconachie, who is a holistic sex therapist here in Simcoe, Ontario to talk all things sex.

Included in this episode:

• The shameful narrative that women are experiencing when it comes to sex.
• Postpartum sex - reducing shame and opening the conversation around the 6 week check up - it is not a one size fits all.
• The disconnect from our bodies after we have a baby, how are bodies “don’t feel like our own anymore”.
• How the definition of sex changes once you shift from “fun sex” to “having a baby sex”.
• The mental load and desire.

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Follow Taylor on IG @embodiedsexualwellness

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

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Amanda is joined by Cristal Suinn who is the owner of Baby Bliss Newborn Consulting, and is a Newborn Care Specialist herself. 

Included in this episode:

• What is a Newborn Care Specialist and why does every new mom need one?
• Sleep - let's talk about it. Safe sleep and how to start to get your newborn onto a routine.
• Sleep training vs Sleep conditioning.
• Cristai shares some tips for new moms and some information you may have never heard before!

Work with Christai: www.babyblissnc.com

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

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Amanda is joined by Lexie Cappuccitti who is a mom and an entrepreneur who has this most incredible company Called Hey Moon Mama and she is here to chat all realities of the fourth trimester.

Included in this episode:

• Lexie shares about her twin pregnancy, her c section and what her postpartum experience was ACTUALLY like vs what they tell you it will be like.
• Lexie shares her experience with breast feeding newborn twins.
• What we wish people would have told us before we had kids.
• Moon Mama underwear - why Lexie created these and why Amanda is so passionate about them too.

Follow Lexie on IG @heymoonmama

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Do you want to get a pair of Moon Mama Underwear?! Use my code AMANDAGURMAN and get 15% off your order. 

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Amanda is joined by Jessalyn Biederstadt who is a survivor of the Willow River, BC, Child pornography case and an incredible mental health advocate to talk about motherhood, mental health and healing through trauma.

Included in this episode:

• What Jessalyn’s “rock bottom” was and how it woke her up to her own traumas, and brought her to the fork in the road of “heal or don’t heal”.
• Medication - breaking the stigma and how Jessalyn knew it was “time” for her to try medication.
• Pressures as mothers - Jessalyn’s feelings on this.
• Sleepovers - Our feelings on them.
• Cellphones - safety/our thoughts and opinions.
• Having the tough conversations with our kids and how it feels to take away the innocence. 
• Her advice on how to heal yourself and regulate your nervous system.

Follow Jessalyn on IG @invisiblescarspodcast

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Amanda is joined by Carol Szuky, who is a mentor, entrepreneur and business coach to talk about manifestation, creating your own goals and working through what you actually want vs what we may have been told we should want.

Included in this episode:

• Change is scary, but change is good. You are allowed to change your mind when it comes to what you want out of your life.
• How becoming a mother can change your priorities in your life, and how we can allow ourselves to pivot.
• What is a paradigm and how can we work through them?
• How can we learn to trust ourselves?
• Manifestation - What it actually is and how you can manifest in your life - and no, it is not with magic.

Follow Carol on IG @carol.szuky

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

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Amanda is joined by Dr. Carolina Arreola, who is a licensed N.D. in the U.S. and they are discussing the importance of gut health and how it can affect your mental health.

Included in this episode:

• How does your gut health affect your mental health? Carolina is breaking this down so we can really understand it.
• How can we support our gut health daily? What small changes can we make to help ourselves?
• Probiotics - What is the deal and do we need to be taking them?
• Microbiome - what is it and why is it so important.
• How stress can deeply affect your overall gut health and mental wellbeing.

Follow Carolina on IG @arreola_naturopathic and TikTok @dr.arreola

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Amanda is joined by psychologist, and self-awareness coach, Dr. Stephanie Lopez to talk about setting boundaries and breaking away from people pleasing.

Included in this episode:

• What is people pleasing? What are boundaries?
• Where does people pleasing come from?
• How it is safe to be human.
• How many of us that are people pleasers were told to disconnect from our intuition and our true selves in childhood.
• What is defensiveness and why do people think it is actually think it is part of their personality.
• Why being a people pleaser can actually make people not trust you.

Follow Stephanie on IG @drstephanielopez

Work with Steph: www.brave-method.com

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Amanda is joined by her friend Darci Prince to literally shoot the sh!t. Both Amanda and Darci were diagnosed late in life with ADHD, and as they take their masks off, they realize that maybe some things they thought they "liked" they don't. They are both learning about who they really are rather than who they "think they should be".

Included in this episode:

• Food - What do we actually like vs what gives us the ick.
• What did we want to do with our lives in high school vs what we do now.
• Tattoos - thoughts on them and do we have them? 
• What advice would we give to our 16 year old selves?
• & SO much more.

Follow Darci on IG @dpdigitalcreations

Follow Amanda on IG @Amanda.gurman

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Amanda is joined by Nicole Schiener who is a registered psychotherapist, mother, wife and mental health advocate for mothers to talk about inner child healing, generational trauma and how is effects our parenting.

Included in this episode:

• Nicole is amazing, and shares her own vulnerable story with us regarding her own experiences with mental illness, both pre-kids and postpartum.
• How Nicole had an "aha" moment when she realized how her own struggles were interfering with her being the best parent she could be.
• Inner child healing - why is it important and how can it help us become better parents.
• Generational trauma - what is it? How do we "break the cycle"

Follow Nicole on IG @peaceandpossibility

Work with Nicole: www.peaceandpossibility.ca

Check out her program for caregivers: https://juliecusmariu.com/caring-without-carrying-it-all/

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Amanda is joined by Stephanie Arnold who is a best selling author, speaker and mother who is here to share her experience with premonitions, intuition and being clinically dead for 37 seconds. 

Included in this episode:

• Stephanie shares her story, which you may already know for the Netflix docuseries "Surviving Death".
• Stephanie shares how she was having premonitions about her dying on the day she would also give birth to her second child.
• What advice does she have for moms when it comes to advocating for themselves?
• How Stephanie has now been able to recall the events that happened on the day she gave birth, even while she was clinically dead for 37 seconds.
• What is her outlook on death now?
• How can mothers learn to trust themselves and their intuition?

Follow Stephanie on IG @stepharnold37 

Find more about Steph: www.stephaniearnold.net

Purchase her book: https://www.amazon.ca/37-Seconds-Revealed-Heavens-Help/dp/0062402323/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701117475&sr=8-1

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Amanda is joined by Teen Mom OG Mackenzie Douthit to talk all things motherhood, co-parenting and mental health.

**TRIGGER WARNING**

This episode has conversations of depression, intrusive thoughts and suicidal ideation. 

Included in this episode:

• An update on Mackenzie - is she divorced now officially?
• What does her co-parenting situation look like?
• How did she end up on 16 and pregnant?
• Was her entry into motherhood what she expected it to be?
• Mackenzie opens up about her experience with Postpartum Depression, what it was like for her, and her advice for other moms.
• How Mackenzie is actively taking care of her mental health now
• Does she talk to anyone from Teen Mom?
• Mackenzie is spilling the tea on her new relationship, and who the man making her glow is.

Work with Mackenzie at: www.bodybymac.com

Follow Mackenzie on IG @mackenziemckee
Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

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Amanda is joined by Allie from the IG account @bravoafterthoughts to chat all things realiTEA. 

Included in this podcast:

• Scandoval - not what happened but what has happened since the news broke. Raquel on Bethanys podcast and what we think the next season of VPR is going to look like.
• RHONJ - Team Melissa or Team Teresa? What are our thoughts on the upcoming season?
• Summer House - Our thoughts on: Paige and Craig, Amanda and Kyle and Carl and Lindsey.
• RHOC - Shannons DUI, what will Shannon do moving forward, Tamra's return, needed or not?
• RHONY - Did we love it or hate it?!

Follow Allie on IG @bravoafterthoughts for ALL the bravo tea.

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Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

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Amanda is joined by Celeste Yvonne who is a recovery coach, mother and author of the book "Its not about the Wine" to discuss "mommy wine culture", becoming sober, being sober curious and the mental load of motherhood.

Included in this episode:

• How did alcohol impact her parenting?
• Anxiety and drinking "Hangxiety" what is it and how did it effect Yvonne so deeply.
• How can someone get brave enough to say "I do not drink" and how to work through the societal pressures to drink alcohol.
• Mental load of motherhood - what is it and why is is causing mothers everywhere to numb out.
• Mommy Wine Culture - What is this? Why is is so prevalent now?

Follow Celeste on IG @theultimatemomchallenge

Purchase her book: https://a.co/d/7mZn8vL

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Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

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Amanda is joined by Christine Cunningham who is a Social Service Worker here in Ontario who specializes in the perinatal period to talk about maternal mental health and parenting with ADHD.

Included in this episode:

• Parenting with ADHD - what does this look like for Christine? What has her experience been like and what ADHD symptoms did she experience?
• Grief in motherhood - Christine explains how she wishes she would have received an ADHD diagnosis earlier than when she did and how her life could have been impacted.
• Labels/Diagnosis - What do Amanda and Christine feel about them? Can a label or diagnosis help you understand yourself more?
• Learning from our children and what that looks like for both Amanda and Christine.
• Medication Stigma - ADHD meds and SSRI's.

Follow Christine on IG @perinatalwellbeing_ontario

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Amandas is joined by Jenna Hermans who is a mother, a best selling author and high performance coach who is here to teach us to bring our choas to calm.

Included in this episode:

• Jenna's journey in motherhood, how after her fourth child she realized something needed to change.
• How can we learn to calm our chaos? 
• Control - Why do so many moms struggle with control and how can we learn to let it go.
• Our Basic needs - what are they and how do they add to the chaos when they are not tended to?

Follow Jenna on IG @jennazhermans

Purchase her book: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0BX4RQ1F4?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_5MCK0SHCY7G0P7X3AB27

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Amanda is joined by ADHD coach and expert Kristen Carder to talk about ADHD and how it impacts motherhood.

Included in this episode:

• What is ADHD and what do its symptoms look like in women?
• Is ADHD "trendy"?
• Masking - What is it and why is it important?
• What is the connection with ADHD diagnosis's and motherhood.
• How are anxiety and depression often an underlying symptom of ADHD?
• Childhood trauma/ADHD
• ADHD Treatments

Follow Kristen on IG @i.have.adhd.podcast

Work with Kristen: https://ihaveadhd.com/ 

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Amanda is joined by Nathalie from The Little Leopard Parenting to discuss all real things about the postpartum period and how most parents are not actually prepared for it.

Included in this episode:

• Amanda and Nathalie share their stories from their own fourth trimesters and how they both felt very unprepared.
• Nathalie shares how she feels most mothers are struggling with preparation for postpartum and why.
• Postpartum expectations vs reality.
• Mothers intuition, what is it and why do we need to teach moms to trust it.

Follow Nathalie on IG @thelittleleopardparenting

Work with her: https://thelittleleopard.com/

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Amanda is back with her solo episodes and is here to give a life update that has been much anticipated by many.

Included in this episode:

• Coming off an SSRI - weight gain, withdrawal symptoms and why she decided to go off.
• ADHD
• Amanda's IG name change and why she feels like she is pivoting in her business a little bit.
• Honest as a Mother Book 2 is launching SEPTEMBER 22, 2023.

Follow Amanda on IG @amanda.gurman

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Amanda is joined by Toni Primiano who is a mother, author and a divorce lawyer to talk about marriage and divorce.

Included in this episode:

• Toni shares what it has been like to be a single mother with a very demanding career.
• What we are teaching our children while we go through a divorce, and how we can handle ourselves best for them.
• Prenups - What is Amanda's opinion on them and what are they actually.
• The reality of marriage - we are not covering the "happily ever after".

Purchase Toni's book: https://a.co/d/bObkFGi 

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Amanda is joined by Dr. Carrie Bullard, RN PhD, Nurse psychotherapist
Certified Psychiatric  Mental Health Nurse to talk about anxiety.

Please can also find me on my linked in account.
Included in this episode:

• What is anxiety and why is it useful? When does it become a problem?
• Feelings are not facts - how can we work through this with our children?
• What are physical symptoms of anxiety in children?
• Can we feed into the anxiety and make our children more anxious?
• How can we help our children work through their big feelings and anxiety.
• How we can get support for ourselves as parents.

Connect with Carrie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrie-bullard-8a18908

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Amanda is joined by another beautiful author from Honest as a Mother Book 2, Christie Rocha.

Included in this episode:

• Christie shares a little about what she wrote about in the book specifically surrounding mental health and her postpartum experience.
• Christie talks about how she is ready to move to the next chapter in her motherhood journey, and how this was a great experience for her to "close the old chapter".

Follow Christie @sassays

Listen to her Podcast: The Sass Says Podcast

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Amanda is joined by Jenny Kenderes and they have an open, honest and super candid conversation about motherhood.

Included in this episode:

• Jenny had triplets, yep triplets and we are diving in it.
• Mom Guilt - how it shows up in so many ways and how we work around it or through it.
• Self care - its such BS and Amanda ad Jenny are diving into what they actually do to take care of themselves.

Follow Jenny @jlkenderes

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Amanda is joined by Susan Horton, a licensed marriage and family therapist to talk about Generational issues, Victim mentality and teaching parents to take accountability when needed.

Included in this episode:

• The Victim loop, what is it and why is a big black hole?
• Accountability - Where do we start taking accountability as parents when it comes to our children?
• What is the difference of a "big T" trauma and a "little T" trauma and why are the little t traumas so important to heal.
• Why do our children trigger us so much and why is this such an important piece?
• Can we use the same forms of communication with our teens as we can with our toddlers?

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Amanda is joined by another beautiful author from the Honest as a Mother Series Book 2.

**TRIGGER WARNING** This episode has conversations around eating disorders and miscarriage.

Included in this episode:

• Jessica's journey of infertility and how it effected her every day life..
• Jessica shares her experience with having a miscarriage. 
• Becoming a single mother.
• She shares a little of what she wrote about in her chapter.

Honest as a Mother Book 2 launches September 22! 

Follow Jessica on Ig @jsawyer240

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Amanda is joined by Betsy Hill, who is a teacher and a "neuroeducator" as she calls herself to talk about how to help your child when their brain "works differently".

Included in this episode:

• In this episode we are putting aside the labels such as ADHD and Autism and we are talking about how each child learns.
• What does "learning differently" look like?
• How can we support our children if they learn different than their teacher is teaching?
• How do we raise concerns to the teacher?
• What is a cognitive assessment?

Purchase Betsy's book: https://a.co/d/6xVp7GO

Check out her site as well at www.mybrainware.com

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Amanda is joined by another beautiful author from the Honest as a Mother Book 2, Ashley Treavajo.

Included in this episode:

• Ashley shares what her idea of self care is and why it is important.
• Mom's should be able to learn who they are outside of motherhood. We are talking about this whole idea together.
• The importance of learning who you are as a person.
• Finding your happiness within yourself outside of motherhood.

Follow Ashley on IG @ashleypick33

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Amanda is joined again by Dr. Jennifer Fraser to talk about Narcissists, how to handle someone like this and how we can heal from their abuse.

Included in this episode:

• What is a Narcissist? Is this word being thrown around too often?
• How does a person become a narcissist? Is it a genetic trait? Can these traits be passed down?
• Gaslighting - what is it and why is it harmful?
• How can we heal ourselves after having a narcissist in our lives?

Follow Jennifer on IG @bulliedbrain

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Amanda is joined by another beautiful author from the Honest as a Mother Book 2, Michelle Harrison-Faulkner.

Included in this episode:

• Michelle is a bonus mom, she shares her experience into motherhood as a bonus mom as well as a biological mother.
• Michelle shares her experience with blending a family, the pros and the cons of it.
• Michelle shares her advice to other bonus moms who are entering a situation or are wanting to blend their family.

Follow Michelle @faulknermommy

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Amanda is joined by author, mother and holistic educator, Kristi Simons to talk all things healing and motherhood.

Included in this episode:

• Being a sober person. Kristi explains why she chose to be sober and how is has helped her healing but also made things difficult at times.
• Kristi's journey into motherhood.
• How Kristi focuses on her healing every single day and encourages other mothers to do the same.

Follow Kristin @mamatohandb

Listen to her podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/imperfect-creatrix-podcast/id1694959543

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Amanda is joined by another beautiful author from the Honest as a Mother Book 2, Stefanie Fernandes.

Included in this episode:

• Cycle breaking
• Generational Trauma, what is it and why is Stefanie so focused on it?
• Stefanies story and why she chose to do this project

To connect with Stefanie please follow her @iamstefaniefernandes

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Amanda is joined by Kara Regas who is a life coach who specializes in helping people pleasers to talk all about burn out.

Included in this episode:

• What is people pleasing and what does it look like?
• How to create boundaries with our children and is it mean?
• Motherhood and martyrdom.
• How can we create boundaries in parenting?
• How to properly respond to passive aggressive comments when it comes to our parenting.

Follow Kara on IG @kararegas

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Amanda is joined by another amazing author from the Honest as a Mother Book 2. We are welcoming Ann Marie Hemmings to the podcast who is a mother, healthcare worker, and an author!
 
Included in this episode:

• Her experience in the project and why she decided to join.
• How having hard conversations is what Ann Marie is good at.
• Why Ann Marie wants to experience every culture that she can and what it has to offer.

If you would like to reach out to Ann Marie, please do by sending her an email to annmarie6.ah@gmail.com

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Amanda is joined by Sarah Moore who is a parenting coach and a mother who focuses on what she calls "peaceful parenting" to talk all about Highly Sensitive Children.

Included in this episode:

• What is a Highly Sensitive Child? How do we parent them?
• Reparenting/Generational Trauma
• Why "Use your words" does not work.
• Focusing on your relationship with your child.
• Yelling - Does this effect the highly sensitive child differently?

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Amanda is joined by another amazing author from the Honest as a Mother Book 2. We are welcoming Aline Padfield to the podcast who is a life coach, mother and freaking author!

Included in this episode:

• Her experience in the project and what she loved most
• Imposter syndrome and how we got each other through this
• What Aline hopes for with the book and what she wrote about (just a little)
• The importance of sharing our hards ** TRIGGER WARNING ** Talk about miscarriages/still birth.

Follow Aline on IG @alinepadfieldcoaching

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Amanda is joined by Ted Talk Speaker, mother and neonatologist Dr. Sonal Patel to talk about the fourth trimester, postpartum depression, maternal mortality and so much more.

Included in this episode:

• Sonal shares her experience with her first child. She speaks on her postpartum journey, and how she felt so much pressure to get back to her life, while also trying to enjoy every moment.
• She opened her own business (Nayacare) to support women in the fourth trimester. 
• Moms mental health and maternal mortality in America.
• How she is trying to change the way the postpartum period is looked at.

Work with Dr. Patel: nayacare.org

Watch her incredible TED Talk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8ZjKebeaKY

Purchase her book: https://a.co/d/40Aa6Tb 

Follow her on IG @nayacare

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Amanda is joined by another amazing author from the Honest as a Mother Book 2. We are welcoming Rebecca Rechtorik who is a mother, eating disorder coach and relationship coach to the podcast.

Included in this episode:

• Diet Culture and how it effected us as children and formed our habits into young adults.
• Rebecca shares some of her story in this episode, along with what she shared inside the book.
• How Rebecca handles conversations around food at home with her daughter.
• How her eating disorder finds its way into her motherhood even though she is fully healed from it.

Follow Rebecca on IG @rebecca.jaay

Launch date TBD !!!!

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Amanda is joined by who is a Neuroscientist, a mother, the founder of The Curious Neuron and the host of the Curious Neuron Podcast and she is here to help us learn as parents about emotions and dysregulation.

Included in this episode:

• What is the difference between a regulated child and a dysregualted child.
• How can we support our children when they are dysregulated?
• How can dysregulation affect us as parents when we are dysregualted?
• Mental health and its importance.

Follow Cindy on IG @curious_neuron.

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Amanda is joined by another amazing author from the Honest as a Mother Book 2. We are welcoming pelvic floor therapist, mother and mental health advocate Elisha Zavier to talk motherhood and ADHD.

Included in this episode:

• Elisha shares a little about her story and why she decided to join the project.
• What ADHD looks like for Elisha, and how motherhood magnified it.
• How Elisha is trying to heal for herself but also for the relationship she has with her son.
• What Elisha wishes more moms were honest about.

Follow Elisha on IG @pelvicfloorfitness_durham or @mamapreneur.vs.adhd

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Amanda is joined by Amanda Worthington who is a mother here in Hamilton Ontario but is also an important part and advocate for the Queer Community.

Included in this episode:

• Amanda shares her story of divorcing her ex and becoming a single parent.
• She shares how she came out about her sexuality and what that was like for her.
• She shares her perspective of Pride Month and why it is so important.
• How she is raising her children different, and how this works for her and her family.

Follow Amanda on IG @queerlyyoursamanda or @queerwithkids

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Amanda is joined by another amazing author from Honest as a Mother Book 2. We are welcoming Brittany Baylis to the podcast today who is a teacher, coach, wife and mother of FOUR! She is here to discuss her journey thus far through motherhood.

Included in her episode:

• How Brittany is learning to love herself through motherhood.
• What her children are teaching her.
• Why vulnerability is so important.
• What to expect when you read Brittany's chapter in the book.

Follow Brittany on IG @love_forlearning

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Amanda is joined by relationship coach, husband and father of two young boys Aaron Steinberg to talk about babyproofing your relationship.

Included in this episode:

• Amanda and Aaron speak about the realities of your marriage/relationship in the early postpartum phase.
• What resentment looks like and how it builds quick. How can we work through resentment?
• Sex - Yep we go there, lets hear Aaron's perspective on the pressures of sex after birth.
• Communication is key, and we know this but how can we actually learn to communicate? Aaron is spilling all the secrets on this one.

Follow Aaron on IG @babyproofingyourrelationship 

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Amanda is joined by another amazing author from Honest as a Mother Book 2. We are welcoming Ursula Erasmus who is a mother AND a grandmother and is here to discuss her motherhood experience as a whole.

Included in this episode:

• How Ursula is learning to embrace her true self and how she is teaching other mothers/women to do the same.
• Lessons from Ursula from her own mothering journey.
• What you can expect to hear from Ursula inside Honest as a Mother Book 2.

Follow Ursula on IG @mygempower

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Amanda is joined by Lisa Guerrero who is a Speech and Language Pathologist here in the GTA to talk all things speech.

Included in this episode:

• What are the "red flags" that parents should be watching for when it comes to delayed speech?
• Are there particular milestones that each child should hit by a particular age?
• Can we prevent speech issues? Are there things we can do as parents to support our children throughout their infant years?
• What is Little Goose Speech and what do they offer?

Follow Lisa on IG @littlegoose_speech

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Amanda is joined by another amazing author from Honest as a Mother Book 2 to share her experience and her story so far in her motherhood journey.

Included in this episode:

• How Vanessa's journey into becoming a mother was nothing like she expected it to be.
• How she is working hard to break generational traumas and work on taking care of herself. How she has had to learn that taking care of herself is taking care of her children.
• How Vanessa wants to be a safe place for mothers everywhere.

Follow Vanessa and connect with her on IG @vane0218

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Amanda is joined by mother and mental health advocate Kiri Vanderwel to talk mental health and ADHD in motherhood.

Included in this episode:

• Kiri shares her experience in motherhood with capacity. What does this mean and how does Kiri know she does not have the "capacity" for something?
• Postpartum Depression and Anxiety
• Mothering through ADHD - what this looks like for Kiri and how learning about how her brain works has supported her through her motherhood journey.
• Why Kiri is on a mission to help normalize the not so pretty moments of motherhood.

Follow Kiri  on IG @mamayana.ca

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Honest as a Mother Book 2 is Launching SOON. Book 2 - Can you believe it?!

Amanda is joined by one of the incredible authors in this book, Rossana Spadafora to chat with her about her motherhood experience thus far, and what she wrote about.

Included in this episode:

• Rossana shares why it was so important for her to write in this book and how writing this chapter helped her heal.
• Why Rossana wishes more moms were honest about Postpartum Depressiona and Anxiety.
• Rossana's advice for new moms everywhere.

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Amanda is joined by Christie Rocha, a podcast host, mental health advocate and mom of 2 from New Jersey and they are talking all things motherhood.

Included in this episode:

• A super open and honest conversation about motherhood and mental health
• Christie shares her story of PPD and PPA and how it felt for her to go through it
• Body Image Issues after having a child and Christies relationship to food
• Labels - Mental Health diagnosis, do we like them or not?
• Problems with the self care world and why Christie and Amanda can get sick of "having to keep up with self care"

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Amanda is joined by the owner and behind the scenes women of the Bump Baby Toddler Expo, Jacqueline Hunter.

Included in this episode:

• What is the Bump Baby Toddler Expo and why do moms want to attend?
• What can moms expect at the expo?
• Amanda is speaking at the expo! What other speakers can you expect?

Use code momguilt for a 2 for 1 code and get yourself a ticket alongside a friend!

Follow bump baby toddler on IG @bumpbabytoddler and visit their website: www.bumpbabyandtoddler.com

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Amanda is joined by Michelle Sharnick who is a mother and a fierce mental health advocate to talk about Postpartum Depression and Postpartum Mental Illness overall.

** TRIGGER WARNING ** - this episode contains conversations around suicide, intrusive thoughts, death and drug use.

Included in this episode:

• Michelle shares her experience with Postpartum Depression. She explains how it started and how bad it got for her.
• Michelle talks about the shame associated with PPD and how badly it can push mothers away from getting help.
• Michelle discusses how to advocate for yourself when you need support.
• Treatment for PPD - What Michelle has experienced.
• Ketamine treatment for PPD - what is it and how can it help?
• Michelle's advice for new moms.

Follow Michelle on IG @disorderlymamas

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Amanda is joined once again by Dr. Susan Landers who is a retired NICU doctor to discuss the harder sides of Mother's Day.

*** TRIGGER WARNING*** Discussion of infant/child loss, miscarriage and grief.

Included in this episode:

• Susan's experience with loss while working in the NICU and how she feels mothers need to be more supported after a loss of a child.
• How we can support mothers who are grieving this Mother's Day.
• Why we think society is so uncomfortable talking about the hard things.
• Birth Trauma - what is it? Why does it create such grief and trauma for some mothers?

Follow Susan Landers on IG @susanlanders

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Amanda is back with another solo episode where she speaks on the importance of prioritizing your mental health. It is Mental Health Awareness Month and Amanda is trying to raise awareness for moms everywhere.

Included in this episode:

• Amandas battle with Anxiety and how it has effected her along the way
• How you can prioritize your mental health
• Why Amanda feels like people are so uncomfortable talking about the hard things

Follow Amanda on IG @honest.as.a.mother_

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Amanda is joined by the beauilfully honest and wonderful Catie Reay today on the podcast. Catie shares her story into motherhood and how after her 3rd child she struggled with Postpartum depression, Anxiety and Pychosis.

**TRIGGER WARNING**

Catie speaks about harm intrusive thoughts and that she is a sexual exploitation survivor.

Included in this episode:

• Tiktok and how it has allowed Catie to open up
• Harm intrusive thoughts - what they looked like for Catie
• How she spoke up and got help even with the fear of someone trying to take her children
• Postpartum Psychosis - what is this?
• How Catie is helping moms gain their freedom and come on the other side of mental illness

Follow Catie on Tiktok @catiereay

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Amanda is joined by Emily Lawson who is a blogger and a mom who has worked her way through being the "Pintrest Perfect Mom".

Included in this episode:

• How Emily always wanted to be the Martha Stewart mom and how motherhood gave her the harsh reality that this is not always possible.
• Emilys journey to blogging and how she created The Sandbox Academy.
• How Emily and her husband discussed making time for themselves indvidually and as a couple.
• Emily shares some self care tips that she loves

Follow Emily on IG @thesandboxacademy

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Amanda is joined by Brooke Richardson who is a mother, an author and a fierce advocate for mothers and children. Brooke is here to share her story of her experience in the child protection world.

**TRIGGER WARNING**

This episode does contain conversation surrounding child abuse.

Included in this episode:

• Brooke shares her story of being fasley accused of child abuse involving her infant daughter in 2018.
• The amount of hoops that Brooke had to jump through to have anyone listen to her.
• How Brooke is dealing with this situation still to this day.
• What she is doing now to advovate for mothers and children.

Brooke is launching her own book called "Mothering on the Edge" and will be having a book launch on May 24 and is hoping to continue the conversation of child protection.

Get your ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/mothering-on-the-edge-book-launch-and-conversation-on-child-protection-tickets-605053630697

Connect with Brooke: https://www.brookerichardson.ca/home

Purchase her book: https://demeterpress.org/books/mothering-on-the-edge-a-critical-examination-of-mothering-within-child-protection-systems/

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Amanda is joined by parenting coach, speaker and author Michelle McVittie to talk about our mental health and why it is so important to maintain.

Included in our episode:

• Michelles transition into motherhood - what it was like for her.
• How important is our mental health actually?
• How can our mental health affect our children?
• The stigma surrounding mental health. 
• The stigma surrounding medication for both mom and for kids.
• Ontario's healthcare system. Where does a parent even start if their child id struggling?
• How can a parent coach help?

Follow Michelle on IG @momthemanager

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Amanda is once again joined by her friend Katie Langdon to have the tough conversation of whats happening in the U.S.

** TRIGGER WARNING **

Included in this episode:

• The shooting that happened in Nashville. Where Katie and Amanda both stand in regards to the issue.

Follow Katie on IG @katiellangdon and Amanda on IG @honest.as.a.mother_

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Amanda is joined by Tanisha Shedden who is a liscensed therapist and trauma survivor and she is here to talk childhood trauma and cycle breaking.

Included in this episode:

• Trauma - The importance of trauma and how it can effect you
• Why we need to stop comparing traumas
• Traumatic Birth - What is it and how they impact mothers every single day
• Cycle Breaking - How Tanisha is breaking cycles from her family
• What the importance of boundaries are

Follow Tanisha on IG @foundbytanisha

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Amanda is joined by Shelbi Da Silva who is one of the founders of Mamaraderie. Mamaraderie is a moms community that Shelbi and her business partner have created to help other mom find community and friendship. They are currently only inside the Hamilton, Ontario area but have plans this year to expand so stay tuned for your area!

Included in this episode:

• The power of community in motherhood. Why Shelbi feels moms need more support now more than ever.
• How Mamaraderie works, what is it and why does every mother need a membership?
• The importance of learning who you are outside of mom.
• Creating a safe space for moms of all walks of life in this community.

Follow Mamarederie on IG at @mama_raderie

Want to learn more about the membership?

www.mamaraderie.ca

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Amanda has another solo podcast today and she is discussing the importance of sharing your hard.

Included in this episode:

• The Honest as a Mother Book 2 Manuscript is done! Amanda shares a little of what is to come.
• Why Amanda feels its so important to share our stories of our struggles. 
• Maternal mental health chat

Follow Amanda on IG @honest.as.a.mother_

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Amanda is joined by Leia Swansburg who is the Founder and CEO of The Candian Fertility Consultation to talk all things surrogacy.

Included in this episode:

• What is surrogacy and why would someone need to use a surrogate?
• How can someone become a surrogate?
• Do you have to pay for a surrodate?
• Leia shares her own experience as a surrogate.

If you or someone else is interested in becoming a surrogate or you need a surrogate visit: www.fertilityconsultants.ca

Follow CFC Families on IG @cfc.families

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Amanda is joined by her friend, mother, author and fellow entrepreneur Andrea Mondoux to have an open and honest conversation about motherhood, diet culture and more.

Included in this episode:

• Being a mother, what mom guilt can feel like when you are trying to build a business.
• Working on your dream during nap and bed time.
• Grandparents - DID we go there? We sure did.
• Diet Culture
• Cycle Breaking

Follow Andrea on IG @the.balance.bliss 

Follow Amanda on IG @honest.as.a.mother_

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Amanda is joined by Dr. Susan Landers who is a retired NICU physician, author and mother to talk about what it is actually like to be a working mom, and working mother burnout.

Included in this episode:

• What Susan's challenges were as a working mother.
• Mom Guilt - How did she deal with it?
• How was Susan able to separate the NICU from her own parenting.
• Working mother burnout - what it looks like, and how to work through it.

Follow Susan on IG @drsusanlanders and purchase her book: https://susanlandersmd.com

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Amanda is joined by her friend Katie to talk motherhood, pop culture and life updates.

Included in this episode:

• ADD/ADHD - Amanda and Katie are both self diagnosising themselves and they explain why.
• Amanda admits to being the problem, but don't tell her husband.
• Teen Mom Drama - Where Amanda and Katie both stand on the divorce f Ryan and Mackenzie Edwards.
• Kelsey Ballerini and her divorce, her new music, and why Katie related so much to this.

Follow Katie on IG @katiellangdon and Amanda on IG @honest.as.a.mother_

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Amanda is joined by Josie Adams who is a friend, mother and owner of the Little Creative Co to talk about her experience with purity culture.

**TRIGGER WARNING**

Included in this episode:

• How purity culture affected Josie as a child and teen, and how it also was brought into her marriage.
• How Josie is healing and finding her own path 
• How she is handling the topic of "purity" in her home and with her children

Follow Josie on IG @thelittlecreativeco_

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Amanda is joined again by Dr. Walt Karninski to discuss the many ADHD medication questions that came in after their first recording together.

Included in this podcast:

• How undiagnosed ADHD can show up in parenting.
• Side effects of ADHD medication - what are normal, and when to see the doctor again

Check out Walt's website:

https://adhdmedicationbook.com/

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Amanda is joined by Alison Lieberman, a marriage and family therapist to discuss life after children in a marriage.

Included in this episode:

• Marriage troubles after kids, are the normal? Does it happen to everyone?
• How children are actually a stressor onto your marriage
• The mental load of motherhood, how it creates resentment
• The She Fault Parent

Follow Alison on IG @rootedinharmonycounseling

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Amanda is joined by friend, psychic medium, energy healer Jenn Foster to discuss spritiual awakenings, and all things spirit.

Included in this episode:

• What is a spiritual awakening and how do we know we are in on?
• Can we control a spiritual awakening?
• Fear - Jenn explains why there is no room for fear
• Are ghosts real?
• Quija Boards - Do or don't?
• Jenn explains how she channels and how we can do the same.

Check out Jenn's site:

www.thisisjenn.ca

Dont forget to use code HONESTMOM when booking something and get $40 off your service!

Follow Jenn on IG @thisisjenn_jenniferfoster

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Amanda is joined by friend, coach, author and mom, Amber Trueblood to discuss her brand new book "The Unflustered Mom".

Included in this episode:

• What is your anxiety style and how can this benefit you? Amber talks to Amanda about hers and how it can affect her marriage and parenting
• Super Senses - What are they and why are they important?
• Tips and tricks for moms to reduce stress and bring in more calm and happiness.

Follow Amber on IG @officialambertrueblood

Buy her book: https://ambertrueblood.com/buy/

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Amanda is back for another solo podcast!

Included in this episode:

• Is Amanda going through a spiritual awakening?
• Emotions, emotion coaching and more.
• WTF is Normal anyway?!

Follow Amanda on IG @honest.as.a.mother_

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Amanda is joined by Kate Borsato who is a mother, and a liscensed therapist for maternal mental health to discuss Postpartum Anxiety and Intrusive Thoughts.

Included in this episode:

• Intrusive thoughts - What are they? What are the different types?
• Are intrusive thoughts stemming from Anxiety?
• Can Dads get intrusive thoughts in the postpartum period?
• When should a mother seek help?
• Do they only come in the postpartum period?
• How to deal with an intrusive thought when it comes through

Follow Kate on IG @kateborstato or @theperinatalcollective

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*** TRIGGER WARNING ***

Amanda is discussing Lindsay Clancy on this solo episode, postpartum depression, suicide and postpartum psychosis.

This episode is to normalizing the world of maternal mental health and allow moms to know they are not alone.

Sending love and light to thr Clancy family xoxo.

Follow Amanda on IG @honest.as.a.mother_

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Amanda is joined by mother, speaker, advocate and best-selling author, Cynthia Muchnick to talk all things parenting.

Included in this episode:

• The pressure we can put on our children to be who we want them be, and not who they are. How can we change this?
• Social media and mental health of teens
• Mental Health of children overall
• Grades - Why are we putting so much pressure on grades?
• College and University - does it really matter which one they go to?

Follow Cynthia on IG @parentingcompass

Check out their website (and buy the book): www.parentcompassbook.com

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Amanda and Katie are back to check in with one another and speak about mental health issues with themselves and talk about the stigma that is still so high with mental health.

Included in this episode:

• How we both know our mental health is declining
• #bellletstalk - Lets actually talk PLEASE Bell
• What we do to better our mental health
• Losing ourselves in motherhood, but did we or we're we lost long ago?
• Friendships changing and evolving and how it effects us 
• What mental health can look like
• Twitch Dying

Follow Katie on IG @katiellangdon and Amanda @honest.as.a.mother_

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Amanda is joined by Ted Talk Speaker, Author, Mother and Concious Parenting Coach and she is here to teach us how to become more concious parents.

Included in this episode:

• Lavender shares how we can let go of shame by sharing our secrets. She openly talks about her struggles to allow others to know they can do this as well
• Concious parenting - What is it? How can we become more concious parents
• The power of affirmation for both our children and the parents
• The power of meditation

Follow Lavender on IG @lavendermorantz

Purchase her books : https://www.amazon.ca/Am-Collection-Affirmations-ages-99/dp/1989716822/ref=sr_1_1?gclid=Cj0KCQiAiJSeBhCCARIsAHnAzT_62sjdh-JZVJaMf7YKwlA7f4hAcbY-4nlI21flmK8QWa1PA4jnpekaAiT9EALw_wcB&hvadid=636409772762&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9000872&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=14542683825478046869&hvtargid=kwd-1931863592368&hydadcr=16490_13432546&keywords=lavender+morantz&qid=1673889566&rnid=5264023011&s=books&sr=1-1

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Amanda is joined by Laura Lima who is a hollistic nutritionist and they are discussing the importance of nutrition all the time but also while in the postpartum period.

Included in this episode:

• The importance of fueling your body with nutrients vs depriving it of calories
• Postpartum bodies - How can we embrace and accept our "new" body after we have a baby? How does food play into this acceptance?
• Postpartum snacks - Laura shares her favourite that are tasty but also packed with nutrients to best support you.

Connect with Laura on IG @lauraannlima

Work with her : https://laura-s-school-2afc.thinkific.com/courses/the-new-mama-nutrition-manual

Use code HONEST for $100 off your order for the Nutrition Manual.

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Amanda is joined by mother, writer, and author of the book "Send me into the woods alone" Erin Pepler and they discussing the book, and all things mom life.

Included in this episode:

• Hyperemesis Gravidarum - what is it and Erin shares her experience with it.
• Mom Guilt when you are pregnant and as your children are newborns, how Erin experienced it and how she dealt with it.
• Our childrens big emotions and how it is not fun to be screamed at but how we manage to work through it with them
• Do you really forget the hard time when your kids are older? Erin shares her thoughts!

Follow Erin on IG @erinpepler

Purchase her book : https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/send-me-into-the-woods/9781988784892-item.html?ikwid=send+me+into+the+woods+alone&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0#algoliaQueryId=60f8adc75d47f22f3be320d2f743554d

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Amanda is joined by parenting coach, Danielle Betteman to talk about screen time.

Included in this episode:

• How much screen time is "too much"?
• How can we handle when our child goes into "Zombie mode"
• Can we make the transition away from the tablet easier for us and for them?
• How can we place boundaries around screen time?
• How can we as parents work through shame and guilt surrounding screen time?

Follow Danielle on IG @parent_wholeheartedly

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Amanda is joined by dad, song writer, and musician, Daniel Ingram to talk about music and how it plays into parenting.

Included in this episode:

• How does one get a job in writing childrens music?
• Is music truly important for our childs development?
• The Treebees - who are they and why does Amanda like them?

Check out the Treebees music on Youtube and Spotify and follow them on IG @thetreebees

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Amanda is joined by pediatrician Dr. Jonathan Williams to dicuss fevers, RSV, COVID and the Flu.

Included in this episode:

• What is a fever and what is your childs body doing when they have one?
• What number is dangerous? Is a fever 105 really horrible?
• Brain damage - can this happen from a high fever
• Febrile Seizures - What are they and what do they look like
• The symptomatic difference between COVID, RSV, and the Flu

Follow Dr. Williams on Tiktok @tiktokkiddoc

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Amanda is joined by Jenna Worthen who is the founder of "Mom Who Works" and the author of the book "Mom Who Works" and they are having some real talk about what it is actually like to be a working mom these days.

Included in this episode:

• Why is there no such thing as a "working dad"
• Jenna's experience with being a working mother and the disadvantages she has felt because of it.
• How Jenna shares as much as the mental load as possible with her partner and how she got to this point.
• The invisible load of motherhood

Follow Jenna on IG @momwhoworks and purchase her book at: https://www.amazon.ca/Mom-Who-Works-Redefine-Working-ebook/dp/B09ZHR3B3T/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2CX1JYFEHZRWJ&keywords=mom+who+works&qid=1670201688&sprefix=mom+who+works%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-2

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Amanda is joined by Dr. Kate Lund and they are discussing how to raise resilent children.

Included in this episode:

• Kate shares her health struggles with us and how she had to work through challenges to feel like she could keep up with other children.
• How we can encourage our children to embrace their differences and allow them to do things their way.
• How to teach resilience to our children or allow them to teach themselves
• How can we teach our children emotional intelligence and how to approach differences in other children

Check out Kates website: https://www.katelundspeaks.com/

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Amanda is joined by Jill Zambon who is a reality tv show star, an author, a speaker and a mother who is shattering the stigma of single motherhood.

Included in this episode:

• Jill shares her story of becoming a single parent and what that experience was like for her
• Starting from nothing and creating her own reality herself for herself and her daughter
• Dating while having children 
• Breaking generational traumas
• What a "village" can look like when you dont have the tradional village

Follow Jill on IG @jillzambon

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Amanda and Katie are back again for another pop culture update, talking about mom life and so much more.

Included in this episode:

• Pop Culture updates - Nick Cannon had ANOTHER baby - is anyone surprised?
• The CUPE strike in Ontario - how we feel about it as parents and our overall opinion
• Amanda and Katie share their challenges this last month and their wins in parenting

Follow Amanda on IG @honest.as.a.mother_ and Katie @katiellangdon

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Amanda is joined by sleep consultant Jamie Contarini from Good Night Sleep Site and they are discussing sleep in children aged 5-7.

Included in this epiode:

• Parents seeing a change in their 5-7 year olds who were "good sleepers" and now are waking earlier, taking a long time to wind down.
• Screen time around bed time - Should you do it?
• Promises & Consequences at bedtime
• Boundaires with bedtime and keeping those boudaries
• How to get your child out of your bed for good
•  Sleep tips for children with ADHD and children on the spectrum

Follow Jamie on IG @gnss_jamie and book your FREE discovery call with her today and start sleeping !

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• The power of sharing your motherhood experience
• How to have an open conversation with your partner to divide the labour of the household.
• How Beth has had to shift from the default parent to not being the default parent since she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She explains how this affects her, how it has really brought so much positivity to her home.
• Her different postpartum experiences

Follow Beth on IG @bethmmerchant

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The Honest as a Mother book is officially LAUNCHED. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.

Included in this episode:

• Stephanie shares her experience as a co-author
• Stephanie shares her struggles with her son, and how it has impacted her motherhood
• Stephanie is a huge advocate for maternal mental health but also the mental health of our children. Her story will move and inspire you.

Follow Stephanie on IG @stephgiles11

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Amanda is joined by Bex & Gucci, a mother-daughter duo who are teaching parents how to change the conversations surrounding food in their homes and the importance of it.

Included in this episode:

** TRIGGER WARNING** This episode talks about an Eating Disorder

• Bex shares her experience with an eating disorder and how it trickled into her motherhood
• How Gucci had to unlearn behaviours surounding food in order to help Bex but also help herself
• How Bex has created boundaries around the conversation of food in her home and how she did this

Follow Bex and Gucci @recover_with_gem

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The Honest as a Mother book is officially LAUNCHED. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.

Included in this episode:

• How Danielle felt about being a co-author and what her experience has been like.
• Danielle shares a little of what is in her chapter, her battle with postpartum depression.
• Danielle is helping to normalize the tough conversations in this book but also in this episode. She wants moms to know that they are not alone.

Follow Danielle on IG @abridgetomotherhood

Follow Amanda on IG @honest.as.a.mother_

Purchase your copy of Honest as a Mother :

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The Honest as a Mother book is officially LAUNCHED. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.

Included in this episode:

• Mallory's experience as a co-author and why she feels community is so needed in motherhood.
• How moms really do depend on one another especially in the hard times
• Mallory's idea of mindset in motherhood but you'll have to purchase the book to know all of it !

Follow Mallory on IG @malloryfouillard_true_to_you

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Amanda has invited Dr. Kumar-Tyagi onto the podcast. Dr. Kumar-Tyagi is a medical oncologist at the Juravinski Cancer Centre who is passionate about sharing factual information surrounding breast cancer.

Included in this episode:

• Risk factors for breast cancer - what are they?
• Breast Exams - When should we do them
• What to do when we find a lump
• What Breast Cancer Awareness means to Dr. Kumar-Tyagi

Follow Amanda on IG @honest.as.a.mother_

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The Honest as a Mother book is officially LAUNCHED. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.

Included in this episode:

• Erika is a mother of biological children and she also has adopted children
• She speaks about her experience as a co-author and why she felt like it was the right move for her at this time
• Her mindset in motherhood. How she is able to keep going

Follow Erika on IG @erikajfoster

Purchase your copy of Honest as a Mother : https://www.amazon.ca/Honest-Mother-Personal-Essays-Motherhood-ebook/dp/B0BG12VLQD/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=honest+as+a+mother&qid=1666057379&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=honest+as+a%2Caps%2C222&sr=8-1

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The Honest as a Mother book is officially LAUNCHED. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.

Included in this episode:

• What Carols experience has been like as a co-author
• What she wishes she could go back and tell her old self as a mother
• How she went through a lot in her early days as a mother

Follow Carolina on IG @iamcarolinatoteda

The Honest as a Mother book is officially LAUNCHED. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.

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The Honest as a Mother book is officially LAUNCHED. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.

Included in this podcast:

• Natalie shares her experience as a co-author and what she loved about building this community
• Self Compassion - How it has helped Natalie in her motherhood journey and how she hopes to inspire other mothers to do.
• How she rediscovered herself and how this affected her motherhood
• Breaking Generational Patterns

Follow Natalie on IG @nathalie_cholette

Purchase your copy of Honest as a Mother : https://www.amazon.ca/Honest-Mother-Personal-Essays-Motherhood-ebook/dp/B0BG12VLQD/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=honest+as+a+mother&qid=1666057379&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=honest+as+a%2Caps%2C222&sr=8-1

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The Honest as a Mother book is launching SOON. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.

Included in this episode:

• What being a co-author has been like for Ashley
• Ashley shares her experience with racisim since becoming a parent and how it impacts her
• The conversations we can be having with our own children
• What she hopes another mom gets from her chapter

Follow Ashley on IG @ashleypick33

PREORDER your copy of "Honest as a Mother" the E-BOOK today :

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Amanda is joined by Kate Laird

Included in this episode:

• How to change moms mindset to "I put my kids first" to "I deserve to put myself first"
• How can we work through the mom guilt and actually take time for ourselves.
• How we are redefining "working out"
• How exercise will impact you as a parent in a very positive way
• Mental Health - How does exercise support our mental health
• How to make small changes that can impact your overall wellness

Follow Kate on IG @loveyourbody_fitness

PREORDER your copy of "Honest as a Mother" the E-BOOK today :

https://www.amazon.ca/Honest-Mother-Personal-Essays-Motherhood-ebook/dp/B0BG12VLQD/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=honest+as+a+mother&qid=1664295261&s=digital-text&sprefix=honest+as%2Cdigital-text%2C70&sr=1-1

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The Honest as a Mother book is launching SOON. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.

Included in this episode:

• Racquel shares her experience as an Adoptive Mama
• Mom Rage and what it looked like for Racquel
• How her life turned around in one single moment
• How Racquel hopes this book helps other mothers see that motherhood is so hard, but they are not alone.

Follow Racquel on IG @thecrazyasianmom

PREORDER your copy of "Honest as a Mother" the E-BOOK today :

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Amanda is joined by Lia Gomez Lowe who is a hollistic nutritionist that specializies in postpartum/perinatal nutriiton. 

Included in this episode:

• How food affects our moods postpartum
• How Blood Sugar affects our moods/cravings - How sleep deprivation affects our blood sugars.
• Lia's top 3 supplements that she would reccommend for moms
• Why moms need to priotize sleep - How to make yourself a bedtime routine
• Postpartum nutrition tips
• Why its best to wait to have another baby

Follow Lia on IG @fullbloom_health

Check out Lia's website : https://fullbloomhealth.ca

PREORDER the Honest as a Mother EBOOK NOW -It will be delivered to your device on October 17! Hardcopies to follow !!!

Order your copy here:

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Amanda and Katie are back at it again talking all the pop culture things and reflecting on their last month.

Included in this episode:

• Khloe's surrogate baby and Tristan beytraying her yet again.
• Pete and Kim breaking up and how Amanda is devastated
• Olivia Newton John passing away
• Nick Cannon is having another baby.... didnt we call this?
• Adam Levine - Did he cheat?
• RIP Queen Elizabeth & our thoughts on the royals moving forward
• Amanda and Katies wins and challenges of the last month

Follow Amanda on IG @honest.as.a.mother_ 
Follow  Katie on IG @katiellangdon

PREORDER your copy of "Honest as a Mother" the E-BOOK today :

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The Honest as a Mother book is launching SOON. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.

Included in this episode:

• Megan shares her experience as a co-author
• Shares the ups and downs of being a bonus mom
• What she hopes people will get from the book and how important Megan thinks it is to be honest about your motherhood experience.

Follow Megan on IG @meggyweggy2218

PREORDER your copy of "Honest as a Mother" the E-BOOK today :

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Amanda is joined by Dr. Jennifer Fraser to talk about bullying and what it can do to our brains long term.

included in this episode:

• Are kids really "too sensitive" these days?
• How adults bully children and teach bullying without even realizing it.
• Can our brains be affected long term by bullying ? Will it affect how we parent? How we feel about ourselves?
• Cycle Breaking - What exactly is it and why is it so important.
• Changing our brains - How can we do it? What steps can we take to heal our brains.
• How all children are "good children" how we should look at bullying as a medical issue and not labelling children as "bad".

Follow Jennifer on IG @bulliedbrain 

Purchase her book :https://www.amazon.ca/Bullied-Brain-Scars-Restore-Health/dp/1633887782/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+bullied+brain+heal+your+scars+and+restore+your+health&qid=1663858156&sprefix=the+bullied%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-1

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The Honest as a Mother book is launching SOON. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.

Included in this episode:

• Jen shares her experience as a coauthor.
• We talk about Jens story - how she became a mother at 40 for the 3rd time.
• Expectations and how they are alwaysset too high

Follow Jen on IG @jjstandsforjenniferjean

Watch for updates coming SOON for The Honest as a Mother BOOK!!

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Included in this episode:

• What is ADHD?
• What are the signs and when should we be concerned?
• Is ADHD overdiagnosed?
• ADHD Medication - Where to start? Is it safe?
• Where parents should start if teachers or they are concerned about their child.

Buy The Book here: https://www.amazon.com/ADHD-Medication-Does-Work-Safe/dp/153815577X

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The Honest as a Mother book is launching SOON. Amanda has asked each of her authors to come onto the podcast and talk about their experience, what the wrote about and to celebrate the fact that they are now published authors.

Included in this episode:

• Janet shares her experience as a coauthor and what the support did for her along the way and through her writing process.
• Janet shares a snippet into what she wrote about in her chapter. She shares a little bit of her infertility journey, and the length she went to to have her twins. 
• Janet shares the realness of what it is like to have twins as a first time mom.

Stay tuned for the link to purchase the Honest as a Mother Book!!

Follow Janet on IG @janet.rennie.16

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Amanda is joined by RN & Lactation Consultant Leanne Rzepa and they are talking about breastfeeding & the challenges associated with it.

Included in this episode:

• The pressures of breastfeeding and the expectations we put on ourselves as mothers
• The common latch issues that Leanne sees in her practice.
• Low supply/Over supply issues and how Leanne can help
• How breastfeeding can affect moms mental health and what we can do to help
• Sore Nipples? We have some tips for you

Follow Leanne on IG @nourishconsulting

Work with her at: www.nourishconsulting.net

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• Sarah shares her experience as a co-author thus far. She speaks about the connections she has made with the other moms and how becoming a published author is a dream come true for her.
• Sarah shares her experience during the pandemic, working from home, the anxiety and the burnout. This is a topic we can all relate to.

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Amanda is joined by Annie Lawton who is a mom, blogger and soon to be published author and they are getting very honest about motherhood, losing themselves and so much more.

Included in this episode:

• Annie shares her experience with 2 high risk pregnancies, one where she is diagnosed with a tumour as well.
• Losing youself in motherhood. Do we totally lose ourselves or are we lost before we get there? Amanda and Annie dive into this.
• Annies book coming out titled "Welcome to the Junle" - what can we expect in the book?

PREORDER your copy of "Welcome to the Jungle" here : https://pandamoniumpublishing.com/product/welcome-to-the-jungle-a-frantic-journey-of-motherhood-and-self-discovery/?fbclid=IwAR28bDi2V2oXgwuGWpZowXLTu1jJrN0XPmzCHh1uy408AbypT-FAaVEB5aY

FOLLOW Annie on IG "annielawton_

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Amanda is joined by Leeann Rybakov who is a health and wellness coach and they are talking all about bloating.

Included in this episode:

• Bloating - Why does it happen? What could be causing it?
• Cortisol - What is it and why can it make us bloat?
• Working out - Are hardcore workouts really whats best for us?
• The Pantry - Ingriedents we should avoid feeding ourselves and our kids
• Water - Why hydration is key in our wellness journey

Follow Leeann on IG leeannrwellness and work with her at: www.leeannRybokovWellness.com

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Amanda is back for another solo episode and she is talking about her awful week full of overstimulation and her being touched out.

Included in this episode:

• Being touched out and overstimulated in motherhood
• How Amanda lost her sh!t and how this is okay.
• Amanda teaching herself to give herself more grace. How she is not a perfect mother and this is totally okay
• What depression looks like sometimes "depression waves"

Follow Amanda on IG @honest.as.a.mother_

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Amanda is joined by Kim Vopni AKA The Vagina Coach and they are talking about pelvic health and incontinence in women.

Included in this episode:

• Incontinence - What is it, are there different types and why does it happen?
• Will you experience incontinence if you have had a C section?
• What can we do if we are experiencing incontinence?
• Prolapse - What is this and why does it happen? Can we stop it?
• Birthing Positions - What they don't always tell you in the delivery room

& SO much more!

Work with Kim at: https://www.vaginacoach.com/

Follow Kim on IG: @vaginacoach

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Amanda is catching up with you guys this week and diving into many topics.

Included in this episode:

• Amanda's daughter is turning 4 and its making her so emotional
• School starting and how she feels about it
• Updates on the Honest as a Mother book
• Life updates in general

Follow Amanda on IG @honest.as.a.mother_

Follow the Little Creative Co Teams @thelittlecreativecoteams

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Amanda is joined by mom and co-founder of Mabel's Label'sm Julie Cole and they are talking motherhood and business and how the two can co-exsist.

Included in this episode:

• How Mabel's Label's started. How to grow a brand from the ground up - in this case from the basement during nap times and up!
• Mom Guilt and how Julie has no time for it
• How to ask for help
• How to drop expectations in motherhood

Buy Julies book "Like a Mother" : https://www.amazon.ca/Like-Mother-Birthing-Businesses-Babies/dp/1989716628/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1RT9NGXYYWLTW&keywords=like+a+mother&qid=1660318690&sprefix=like+a+mother%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-2

Purchase Mabels Labels and use code JULIE15 for 15% off your order at: https://mabelslabels.ca

Follow Julie on IG @juliecoleinc or @mabelslabels

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Amanda and Katie come together to talk current events, pop culture and so much more.

Included in this episode:

• Amanda and Katie discuss the overturning of Roe v Wade  and their opinions on it
• Khloe and Tristan PREGNANT?! Nick Cannon having his 8th baby?!
• Bennifer getting married
• Katie and Amanda share their biggest challenges and their wins of the month of July

Follow Amanda on IG @honest.as.a.mother_ and Katie @katiellangdon

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Amanda is joined by her friend and fellow entrepreneur Lorraine Lowry to talk about Togather Hamilton.

Included in this episode:

• Lorraine speaks about her experience as a new "pandemic mom" and what the isolation was like for her and how it sparked her idea of Togather
• We talk about community in motherhood and how important it is for moms to be able to lean on on another
• Lorraine shares what exactly Togather is and the programs she has available and coming soon.

Please follow and support Togather on their IG @togatherhamilton and check out there site at: https://www.togatherhamilton.ca/

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Amanda is joined by psychologist and resilence coach Peg Sadie and they are discussing motherhood, mental health and so much more.

Included in this episode:

• Her story of PPD and Burnout and how therapy did not work for her. 
• She developed her own way of healing and she is sharing it with us
• Therapy vs coaching - Can they co inside together?
• Postpartum depression turning into regular depression and what it looks like for Peg
• How self care has become a superficial buzzword to Peg and why

Get your Calm Mom Start Kit at www.pegsadie.com/honest

Follow Peg on IG @peg.sadie

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Amanda is joined by Megan Eddinger who is a mom who is passionate about sharing all sides of motherhood.

Included in this episode:

• Marriage after children - the real marriage after children not the one you see in the movies or the marriage you think you are going to have.
• Megan was a teen mom - she shares what that experience was like for her
• Megan shares her mental health struggles with depression through the pandemic and where she is at now
• We talk about medication. Megan shares her journey through the stigma of "being on medicine" and how she avoided it for so long, and how it ended up being the best decision she had made for herself.

Follow Megan on IG @megan.eddinger and listen to her podcast at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-no-bs-mama/id1521762861

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Amanda is joined by Melissa Reilly who is a mother, a clinical psychologist and a mom coach who is passionate about helping moms who are separated by their own mother by physical distance, estrangment or death.

Included in this episode:

• Melissa shares her story as someone who lost her mom before she had children and what it was like to learn to be a mother without her.
• The 3 main people that moms without a mom absolutley need.
• Mom Guilt & so much more.

Follow Melissa on IG: @momswithoutamom

Work with Melissa at: https://www.momswithoutamom.com/

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Amanda is joined by author, wife and mother Rachel Amarante and they are diving into expectations and how to simplify motherhood.

Included in this episode:

• Rachel and Amanda talk about the "generations" of moms such as the "June Cleaver mom" and how this can set us up for failure
• Perfectionism - How can it show up in our parenting?
• Learn to find your happy in motherhood, doing what makes you happy and feel good
• Simplifying motherhood. How?

Follow Rachel on IG@rachel_amarante and work with her : www.theawakeningmotherhoodproject.com

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Amanda is joined by Dawn Barclay who is a mother and an author of the book "Travelling Different" and Dawn is sharing her tips for travelling with neurodiverse and neurotypical children.

Included in this episode: 

• Travelling with children in a car - tips for food, stopping, entertainment and more
• Travelling with children on a plane - tips for anxiety, food, entertainment and so much more
• How to learn to travel for your children, lower your expectations as a parent and actually enjoy your vacation.

Follow Dawn on IG at @traveling_different

Check out D\wn's side at www.travelingdifferent.com

Purchase Dawn's book : http://www.dawnbarclayink.com/book.html

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