
The Real Mom Hub
Welcome to the Real Mom Hub. We all do Motherhood differently, and thank goodness for that. We’re here to talk about life. Let’s learn and grow together.
Episodes
41 episodes
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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Episode 31: The One that Validates Us All with Katie V, CNM: Designer Pacifiers, Preeclampsia & Identifying Coping Vs. Suffering
Katie, Certified Nurse-Midwife, brings the laughs and the energy as she gives us expert tips on navigating new motherhood and postpartum life and also opens up about her own journey through motherhood - from her unexpected battle with preeclamp...
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Episode 30: The One for the Growth-Oriented Mom with Amy Yanzer of Forward Beverage Co: Living Into Your Strengths, Entrepreneurship & Making It Work with Baby #4 on the Way
Amy Yanzer, small business superhero and soon-to-be mom of four, spills the tea (or rather, the non-alcoholic nitro cocktail) on balancing motherhood with entrepreneurship. From laugh-out-loud anecdotes to revolutionizing Wisconsin's drinking c...
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Episode 29: The One for Anyone on the Chaotic Joy Ride that Comes After "I Do", Guest Hosted by Kevin & Kyle (The Husbands)
We're stripping away the Instagram filters and diving headfirst into what marriage ACTUALLY looks like when the wedding photos are collecting dust and someone's leaving whiskers in the sink. This episode of The Real Mom Hub brings together two ...
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Episode 28: Rear-Facing & Regretting It: Our Chaotic Family Road Trip (which we will almost certainly be repeating in the future)
Ever wondered what happens when you combine three toddlers, two sleep-deprived moms, and a multi-state road trip? In this episode, Cally and Emily reveal why what felt like "seven toddlers" might actually be the secret recipe for stronger famil...
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Episode 27: The One for the Overwhelmed Mom with Brooke Heinzmann: Permission to Let Go of the Guilt, Have a Laugh, and Create Intentional Family Culture
Join us as we welcome Brooke Heinzmann, a 33-year-old mother of three from Chicago, to The Real Mom Hub. With refreshing honesty and humor, Brooke shares her unfiltered motherhood journey—from the shocking reality of life with her firstborn to ...
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Episode 26: The Kids Are OK: Creating Family Culture with Sweaty Cheese & Shared Water Bottles
It's the age-old question: "what do we recreate from the parenting of our childhood, and what do we choose to leave behind?". Cally & Emily spill the tea on the family traditions and the childhood experiences that still make them laugh, cry...
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Episode 25: The One for the Ambitious, Goal-Oriented SAHM with Angela Hartke: Gaming Postpartum Recovery, Magic Pelvic Floor PT, & Focus on Intentional Family Values
We loved our conversation with Angela, a perfectionist turned purposeful, intentional mom. This fun & relatable conversation dives into her transformation from achievement-oriented goal-setter to intentional mother finding joy in the everyd...
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Episode 24: I Was Built For Motherhood (or Was I?)
When a recent podcast guest boldly declared "I was built for motherhood," it sparked immediate curiosity and we had to do a deep-dive into what actually feels natural (or decidedly unnatural) for us in the parenting journey. We get real about t...
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Episode 23: The One for Moms Facing Unexpected Motherhood Journeys with Emily Cihlar
What happens when life rewrites your motherhood story? Meet Emily Cihlar, a mom who once dreamed of having 8 children until an emergency hysterectomy after her third delivery changed everything. In this emotional yet uplifting conversation, Emi...
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Episode 23
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Episode 22: The One for the Mom Ready to Build Community with Meaghan McClure
Is being "prepared" for motherhood actually possible? Meet Meaghan McClure, a working mom in Tacoma, WA, who's challenging everything we thought we knew about new parent life. In this laugh-out-loud honest conversation about postpartum identity...
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Episode 21: Love Notes to Our BC (Before Children) Selves
In this episode, Cally and Emily flip the script and talk directly to their pre-mom selves about all the amazing parts of motherhood that often get overshadowed. Moving beyond the common narratives of challenge and sacrifice, they illuminate th...
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Episode 20: The One for the Mom Seeking Resilience & Joy with Elise Hoogendyk
Show Notes In this heartfelt episode, Cally and Emily welcome Elise Hoogendyke, a mother of four whose story spans decades and embodies two profound journeys of matrescence. Married at 19 against everyone's expectations, Elise's first tr...
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Episode 19: Fear Setting Deep Dive: Overcoming Overwhelm & Making Confident Decisions
Ever feel paralyzed by the “what ifs” of motherhood, marriage, or major life decisions? How about unsure about major choices? Us too. In this episode, Cally asks Emily to walk through the powerful Fear Setting exercise she and Kyle rec...
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Episode 18: The One for the Homesteading Mom Embodying Her Values with Emily Swanson
In this episode, we chat with our friend Emily, who is deep in the trenches of mom life, about the wild transformation that happens when you become a mother. We’re talking about the surprising emotional shifts (hello, mom rage), learning how to...
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Episode 18
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Episode 17: The One for Dads Who Go First with Kevin Ruhl
In this real and funny episode of The Real Mom Hub, Kevin, Cally’s husband, gets candid about the nitty-gritty challenges and changes of parenthood. From likening newborns to squishy fruit to declaring potty training as one of his prou...
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Episode 17
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Episode 16: The One for the Moms Struggling to ‘Bounce Back’
In this episode, we delve deeper into the transformative journey of matrescence, exploring what it means to leave behind old identities, embrace new ones, and rediscover parts of ourselves after motherhood. We unpack the origins of the term "bo...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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