The Sweetest (and Toughest) Job
I'm Rachel, Mom to three awesome kids and I created this podcast to share information, stories and in efforts to support one another as parents. We are celebrating the sweet moments and deep diving into the tough issues together as I chat with subject matter experts and other parents. I hope you'll join me and take a tidbit or two away that helps support you on your parenting journey.
Episodes
76 episodes
Hitting the Pause Button and Why That's Okay
I think we can all agree that the past year has been a wild ride. Friends, I feel I need to take a break from releasing new content and I’m not sure what that will look like. What I’m realizing is that it’s okay to take that pause a...
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Season 4
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Episode 75
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9:36
Living Alcohol Free with Sober Mom Coach Alyson Premo
Alyson Premo is a 37-year-old mother to her 10-year-old son, and she’s currently creeping up on 4.5 years of sobriety. Before becoming a Certified Professional Recovery/Life Coach, aka “The Sober Mom Coach,” she was in the Business Development ...
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Season 4
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Episode 74
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29:37
Encouraging Responsibility in Young Children with Somer Loomis
Somer is the Chief Content Officer and living proof of the results for Raising Families, an organization co-founded by her mother and step-father dedicated to transforming parents from exhausted managers of their to-do lists to inspired leaders...
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Season 4
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Episode 73
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35:28
Prenatal and Postpartum Mental Health with Kelly Rodriguez LMFT
Kelly is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in CA and also a Perinatal Mental Health Certified professional. She knows firsthand how valuable the right support and resources can be and entered the mental health field to help others find h...
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Season 4
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Episode 72
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32:28
Postpartum Education and Support with Ali Glinsky
Ali Glinsky is a CAPPA Certified New Parent Educator. She's worked with Moms on Maternity, Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley and other organizations to create standalone and multi week physical and virtual events all with the goal of supporti...
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Season 4
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Episode 71
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31:09
Healing After Trauma, A Family's Story of Recovery, Resilience and Advocacy with Rosalie Mastaler
When Rosalie’s son was four years old, he was attacked by the family dog which resulted in a below knee leg amputation. This changed her son and the families life and now Rosalie is on a mission to advocate and educate. Whether it's...
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Season 4
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Episode 70
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37:27
5 Things I've Learned From the Podcast About Parenting
On this episode, I wanted to do something a little different. I have felt so honored to talk to the many wonderful guests I've had on the show but I also realize how many there have been! The content is dense and wonderful. On this ...
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Season 4
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Episode 69
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14:17
Birth Story Listening with Wannessa Badger
Wannessa believes in the power of knowledge, community, connection, and healing. She knows that each of us has the ability to heal, to grow, and to shine within ourselves, as well as the ability to create the relationships and lifestyle o...
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Season 4
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Episode 68
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33:50
Toddler Sleep Tips with Ellanee Wilson
Ellanee Wilson is a former English teacher turned certified sleep coach. She began her journey as a sleep coach after having her first daughter and experiencing firsthand how difficult the transition into motherhood is and how a large part of t...
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Season 4
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Episode 67
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38:44
Being an Empowered Mama During Pregnancy and Postpartum with Brandi Frazier
Brandi Frazier is a passionate high energy Mama, Wife and Master Educator who is on a mission to empower women and teach them how to advocate for themselves. After a traumatic post pregnancy complication experience Brandi created
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Season 4
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Episode 66
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41:17
Managing Motherhood Well with Jennifer Blossom
Jennifer Blossom is a boy mom of two, occupational therapist, and CEO/Founder of Blossoming Moms. Her mission is to unravel the “hot-mess Mom” stigma and helping Moms live with more joy and peace in the everyday of motherhood. On th...
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Season 4
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Episode 65
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32:31
Instilling Courage and Confidence in the Girls of Our Future
Amy is cofounder of The Courage Brand, a company dedicated to instilling courage and confidence in our future women. Under the Courage Brand is the ENTRE Girls Leadership Academy. Amy talks about the Academy’s mission and we discuss...
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Season 4
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Episode 64
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23:42
Approaching Birth, Labor and Postpartum with Confidence with Nena Reed
Nena has been a doula since 2018 and a registered nurse since 2015. She is currently working with clients virtually after taking some time off because of work, COVID, and being pregnant herself. She recently started training to become a breastf...
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Season 4
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Episode 63
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25:11
Connecting With Your Baby Through Music with Vered Benhorin
Becoming a mother is life altering and really does lead to a rebirth in Moms. Vered shares her personal journey and how she made her way back to music through motherhood and how she is now helping families connect with their babies throug...
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Season 4
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Episode 62
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33:44
The Road to An Autism Diagnosis with Hayley Augusta
Hayley Augusta is the host of "No Sex in the Suburbs," a podcast dedicated to everything that happens after happily ever after. She is married and has two little boys, one is neurotypical and the other has autism and hyperlexia. Hayley left beh...
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Season 4
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Episode 61
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37:59
Common Mistakes Parents Make with Sleep with Dana Stone
Dana is a mom to four, when her youngest didn’t sleep for the first two years of his life, she finally found help with a sleep consultant, it took five days for him to learn to sleep through the night. This changed everything for Dana! No...
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Season 3
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Episode 60
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33:38
Growing a Family After Infertility with Jessica Shafer
Jessica is a mom to five beautiful children including her two oldest, a set of twins. Her road to starting their family was an extremely difficult one filled with infertility diagnosis, pregnancy loss, immense disappointment and uncertain...
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Season 3
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Episode 59
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36:33
Juggling It All With Imperfect Mommers Founder Erica Davis
After having her son, Erica Davis was surprised when her body started physically changing after she stopped breastfeeding. She decided she needed to focus on her fitness and get back in shape but couldn't find any comfortable clothing to ...
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Season 3
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Episode 58
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18:25
Hey There 2021!
In 2020 we released 37 new and original episodes on the podcast. Thank you so much for listening! Sharing the podcast with others and leaving a rating or review, following us on social media - these all mean so much to me and ...
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Season 3
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Episode 57
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7:18
How Tantrums and Meltdowns Can Be a Good Thing with Lindsay Ford
Lindsay Ford is a parenting mentor and the author of The Positive Parenting Framework. She helps moms interpret what their child is really saying when they act out and gives them the strategies they need to restore a sense of calm and cooperati...
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Season 3
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Episode 56
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26:14
Baby and Toddler Language Development With Samantha Ecker
Samantha is a speech-language pathologist with over 10 years of experience. She's also a mother of three, with a preschooler, a toddler, and an infant. In this episode Samantha and I talk about language development in babies and tod...
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Season 3
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Episode 55
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23:39
Loving Your Body with Nicole Miller
Nicole Miller is a working mom who also runs a Health and Mindset coaching business helping women heal their relationship with food and with their body. She passionately believes that life is too short to be lived obsessing and feeling guilt ov...
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Season 3
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Episode 54
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24:16
Cultivating Resilience with Jillian Van Ness
Covid depression and fatigue are affecting so many parents, Jillian discusses how we can build and foster resilience and shares her personal journey to finding balance in motherhood.Jillian is a mother, founder of "Resilient Families," a...
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Season 3
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Episode 53
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37:00
Six Weeks Too Soon - My Premature Birth Story
At the end of July in 2016 my water broke in the middle of the night when I was just 7 1/2 months pregnant. I delivered our son six weeks early in a thankfully uncomplicated birth. On this episode, I'm sharing our personal experienc...
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Season 3
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Episode 52
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21:27
