Just Us Gals
Just Us Gals is your mom group you never knew you needed. It's a space where we share, laugh, cry, and support each other through this crazy journey we call motherhood.
If your're looking for a podcast that doesn’t sugarcoat the struggles of mom life, you've come to the right place. Episodes will vary depending on what’s going on in our lives — so you’ll hear about our challenges, our lessons learned, and those lol moments we all know we have.
Episodes
11 episodes
Jillian Harris: Raising Kids, Facing Grief, and the Self-Care Journey That Changed Everything
In this episode, we sit down with the beloved Jillian Harris — one of Canada’s most recognizable and relatable moms. Jillian is known for her candid honesty and infectious energy and chats with the Gals about the real and raw sides of pa...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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36:08
Feel at Home in Your Body: The Power of Cycle Charting (and Cervical Mucus)
This episode is for all women who menstruate! How much do we really know about our periods? Turns out, most of us were never taught how to actually read the signs our body gives us every month — and no, a period app isn’t telling yo...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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53:28
Kids and Phones: Intentional Parenting in a Digital World
In this episode, Global News Anchor and proud boy-mom Lisa Dutton joins us to share her parenting journey with her 11 and 16-year-old sons. We dive into the realities of raising kids in a digital age — covering everything from when to know your...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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51:03
Hey Siri - Help Me Parent: Using AI to Help Lighten your Load
Heather and Jessica are joined by an AI-savvy mom, Jessica (#2), for a lively chat on how AI can help lighten the mental load for busy moms. They share practical tips on using tools like ChatGPT to meal plan, manage schedules, and even plan a T...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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48:32
InstaMoms: Filtered Advice for Unfiltered Chaos
This episode is LOADED with awesome parenting hacks as we dive headfirst into the confusing (and conflicting) world of Instagram parenting. Jess takes us on a tour of her never-before-seen saved 'Parenting' folder (these posts must've been save...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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50:36
The Motherlode: Deep Diving into Daughters, Confidence & Hard-Won Wisdom
For this special Mother’s Day episode, we brought in the real experts—our moms! Say hello to Debbie and Karen (yes, we made the obvious Boomer mom name joke). Between the two of them, they raised seven girls—Debbie raised four, Karen raised thr...
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48:56
Postpartum Plot Twist: What Happened to my Body?
Media personality and toddler mom, Stephanie Massicotte, joins the Gals this week as they get real about the wild ride their bodies took during and after pregnancy and how they're learning to love their new physiques. From new rolls in new plac...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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43:52
A Century of Wisdom: Parenting Advice From My 100-Year-Old Oma
In this episode, we sit down with Jess’s 100-year-old Oma for a heartwarming and eye-opening conversation about what parenting looked like way back when. Without a parenting manual (or Google!), Oma shares timeless wisdom, tough love, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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37:36
So I Had a Baby... Now What?
In this episode, we sit down with Baillie Scheetz, host of Talking Scheetz and Social & Content Producer for the Edmonton Oilers, to dive into the raw, unfiltered reality of postpartum life. New Mom Baillie shares the unexpected ch...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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42:16
I Had A Baby And Lost My Friends
This episode touches on all the ways relationships change after having a baby, including Jess losing a group of long-time gal pals, and Heather seeking counselling to mend her marriage. We discuss what we could've done differently, what we lear...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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34:31
Introduction: Meet the Gals
Welcome to Just Us Gals! We're so excited to have you here. In this intro ep you'll learn who we are, our wins and losses for the week, get our origin story (which dates back to 2018) and get a couple surprise visitors. Please go easy on us, we...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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16:31