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Episodes
57 episodes
Episode 56: Ready to Break… But My Body Didn’t Get the Memo (a postpartum experience with main character energy)
Emily's live from the postpartum trenches with a plot twist no one saw coming—including her. After a first birth that left her feeling broken for nearly two years, her second postpartum experience is shockingly... good? We're diving into everyt...
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Episode 55: The One for the Moms Who Are Doing Too Much (and Don't Know It Yet) with Katie Mleziva
Ever wonder if doing it all is actually doing you in? In this powerful conversation, we sit down with brand strategist, entrepreneur, and mom, Katie Mleziva, to explore the unseen load modern moms carry and the transformative identity shift tha...
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Episode 54: When Your Body Knows What Your Brain Doesn't: Maternal Compass Miniseries: Part 4 with Caitlin Ruby Miller, LPC
What if that nagging fear isn't your enemy but your guide? This episode hands you the tools to stop treating anxious thoughts like prophecies and start using them as breadcrumbs to something deeper. Discover how to build your own maternal compa...
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Episode 53: Nesting Gone Wild (Oh, and Emily Had Her Baby!)
SURPRISE! Emily had her baby early (like, everyone was surprised early), so Cally is flying solo with her husband Kevin for this special episode!With their own third baby on the way and their house literally exploding with plaster dust, ...
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Episode 52: "The Schlub on the Bench: Why Your Most Disliked Inner Voice Might Be Your Wisest Teacher"-Maternal Compass Miniseries: Part 3 with Caitlin Ruby Miller, LPC
What if the part of yourself you're most disgusted by is actually trying to protect you?In this raw and revealing episode, Emily faces her internal "schlub" – that beer-bellied guy on the park bench who represents everything she fears ab...
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Episode 51: Q&A: Late Pregnancy Realness, Swollen Feet, & Setting Boundaries
Join Cally and Emily for a candid solo episode as they navigate the final weeks of pregnancy—swollen feet, sciatica, pregnancy rage, and all. They share sweet moments with their kids, from Kieran's first solo kitchen task shelling edamame to No...
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Episode 50: Part 2: Maternal Compass Miniseries with Caitlin Ruby Miller, LPC: Tools & Tactics to Honor the Inner Voices Causing Chaos
Part 2 of our 5-part miniseries on developing your inner maternal wisdomEver wondered what it would be like to sit in on one of our therapy sessions? This week, Emily sits down with therapist Caitlin Ruby Miller to identify exac...
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Episode 49: The Richness of Interdependence with Dr. Deon Cox-Hayley: What Geriatric Medicine Can Teach Us About Motherhood
Dr. Deon Cox-Hayley is a geriatrician, author, mom, and grandma. Her career treating elderly patients gave her unique insight into who ages well—and who struggles. The fiercely independent approach American culture glorifies often backfires. Th...
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Episode 48: Part 1: Finding Your Inner Maternal Compass Miniseries with Caitlin Ruby Miller, LPC
Part 1 of our 5-part miniseries on developing your inner Maternal CompassWhat if the answer to confidence in motherhood isn't another expert opinion, another app or product, but something you already have inside you? This week, ...
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Episode 47: The One For the Mom Ready to Build Life on Her Own Terms With Kalin Sheick: Go Time, Slow Time, and Why Your Worth Isn't Your Accomplishments
Kalin Sheick started Sweetwater Floral with $500, a ping pong table and zero business experience. Now she's a nationally recognized entrepreneur who's redefining what it means to thrive as a ...
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Episode 46: The One for the Mom Ready to Stop Playing Small with Bernadette Catalana: Lessons on Raising Daughters & Dreaming Big
Motherhood challenges all of us, and it invites us to expand. Meet Bernadette Catalana, the author & powerhouse lawyer who took the LSAT seven months pregnant, aced law school with two babies at home, & now lives her best life in NYC ju...
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Episode 45: When Life Gets Messy - Real Mom Updates That'll Make You Feel Better About Your Own Chaos
We're back on the mics after a restful, joy-filled, brief summer hiatus full of family fun and relaxation... and honestly? That's fake news. Between broken arms, cast-wearing toddlers, and gestational diabetes surprises, this episode is a real ...
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Episode 44: The One for the Mom Craving a Reality Check with Kate Arbogast: The Gap Between Reality vs Expectation, Bounce Back Pressure, & the Healing that Comes with New Life
Kate Arbogast spills the tea on seven months of new motherhood - from realizing she's not actually a baby person (despite being a kindergarten teacher) to balancing roles with her partner differently than she imagined. Raw talk about bounce-bac...
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Episode 43: Weird Pregnancy Symptoms They Don't Put in the Books: Unglamorous Truths About Growing a Human
Think pregnancy is all glowing skin and baby kicks? Think again. We're spilling the tea on the bizarre, hilarious things about pregnancy that are giving us the "ick" this time around. From your partner's breathing becoming offensive to crying o...
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Episode 42: When Good Enough IS Good Enough: A Food Reality Check
Ever find yourself eating Target ravioli straight from the package? Same. Join us for an unfiltered chat about feeding families when you're exhausted, overwhelmed, and just trying to get food on the table and also into tiny bellies (and still r...
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Episode 41: The One for the Mom Building Something Beautiful in the Midst of Survival with Kalee Isbell: Postpartum Depression, Entrepreneurship, & Capturing Family Legacy with Isbell Family Films
We sit down with Kaylee Isbell, mom of two (soon to be three!), entrepreneur, & founder of Isbell Family Films. Kaylee opens up about her journey from severe postpartum depression to building a thriving business that helps families capture ...
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Episode 40: The One for the Mom Building Business & Family Side by Side with Sarah Kaetterhenry: ADHD as a Superpower, Work-Life Balance, & Creating a Life You Love on Your Own Terms
Meet Sarah Kaetterhenry - the Central Wisconsin mom who's rewriting the rules on work-life balance. She started her real estate career the month she turned 30, found out she was pregnant five months later, & has been building her business &...
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Episode 39: Announcing Big Announcements: Deep Feels, Live Pregnancy Experiences, Homebirths & VBAC Dreams
The O'Leary sisters drop the ultimate bombshell and dive deep into why they're terrible at sharing baby news, pregnancy symptoms that make zero sense, and birth plans that might make your mom clutch her pearls. Main Topics & ...
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Episode 38: The One for the Mom Afraid of Losing Herself: The Microseason Method & Michelangelo Mindset with Heidi Lewerenz
Think you can't be a working mom AND homeschool seven kids? Think again. Meet Heidi Lewerenz, the entrepreneur-coach-homeschooling powerhouse who's cracking the code on motherhood burnout. She's serving up the tea on redefining success, and why...
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Episode 37: Dads Are Rad (and we're so grateful for them)
Ready for some dad appreciation with a side of chaos? We're debriefing on the dads closest to us - from the intentional parenting that shaped us into strong women to the hilariously unhinged adventures that became our family legends. If you've ...
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Episode 36: The One for the Mom Ready to Stop Outsourcing Her Power with Natalie Bowler: Ancestral Wisdom, Blue Zones, Breaking Generational Cycles & Pain Free Childbirth
What happens when a therapist realizes she's been outsourcing her own maternal power? Natalie, a trauma therapist and mother, transformed her approach to motherhood after experiencing birth trauma, postpartum anxiety, and a life-changing miscar...
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Episode 35: Why Your Pelvic Floor is Your Secret Superpower (And You're Probably Ignoring It) with Dr. Erica Boland, Chiropractor & Midwife
Ever wondered why running postpartum is impossible without peeing your pants or why "just do more Kegels" isn't working to get you more acquainted with your pelvic floor? Dr. Erica Boland, chiropractor and midwife, drops truth bombs about pelvi...
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Episode 34: The One for the Mom Looking for a Path Through The Mess: Finding Your Village and Building Habits That Actually Stick with Shannon Carothers
Ever wonder why your perfectly planned morning routine crumbles the moment your kid decides the kitchen floor is their art canvas? Shannon Carothers, expert on habit building in motherhood & host of The Successful Mama Podcast, gets real ab...
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Episode 33: The One for the Mom Ready to go from Burnout to Breakthrough: Tapping Into Your Inner Wisdom with Caitlin Ruby Miller, LPC
Do you struggle to find to your inner truth? Feeling burnt out but can't pinpoint why? In this episode, licensed professional counselor Caitlin Ruby Miller joins us to explore the messy, beautiful journey of transformation. Caitlin brings a ref...
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Episode 32: Crunchy, Scrunchy or Silky? + Wisdom from the Women Who Shaped Us
Ever wondered what makes Cally and Emily tick as moms? In this episode, they flip the script and do a deep dive on some of the questions they usually reserve for guests. They get vulnerable about their mothering experiences (what el...
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