BDA Baby (Before, During and After Baby)

Sara Haines joined us to walk through her journey to motherhood and some of the key insights she gained along the way. Many new moms feel overwhelmed with the challenges of parenting, but Sara is here to encourage them to embrace the chaos. She also emphasizes the importance of connecting with other moms and building your support network. Parenting is so much easier with a village, even if it’s just a group of fellow moms who can recommend the best car seat. Motherhood is filled with unexpected challenges, but Sara reminds us that embracing the journey can help us find our way.Please join us on YouTube for our full conversation and many more on video!

Eliminating painful cycles through nutrition? Yes please! As women, we often accept that uncomfortable symptoms around our cycles are normal and assumed . Lauren Chambers is here to help rewrite that narrative. As a nutrition and hormone coach, Lauren has a wealth of knowledge of how food can impact our hormones. Today, she breaks down the phases of a woman’s cycle and how nutrition can support a woman throughout her cycle.In her new cookbook, Hormone Healthy Eats, Lauren gives recipes for every phase of our hormone cycle. Today, she breaks down the building blocks in those recipes like iron-rich foods during the menstrual phase and fresh vegetables during the follicular phase. Lauren explains that natural hormonal changes don’t have to equal discomfort, and eating a wide range of nutrient dense foods at specific times in our cycle can bring relief and help women thrive at every time of the month.Learn more about Lauren and order her book at the links below:Website: https://sofreshnsogreen.com/aboutInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sofreshnsogreeeeen/?hl=enOrder Hormone Healthy Eats: https://go.shopmy.us/p-51739806Please join us on YouTube for our full conversation and many more on video! 

Pia Baroncini has been outspoken about her PCOS journey, and she joined us for a raw, inspiring conversation. In this conversation, we dove into Pia's story of struggling to conceive, facing diagnosis delays, and finally welcoming her baby into the world. She shares some of her experience with PCOS and how she’s learned to manage the condition as well as what symptoms other women should be on the lookout for.  We also dove into her postpartum experience and body after baby where Pia highlighted that healing isn’t a one size fits all journey. She tells us that all women should feel empowered to advocate for themselves and work toward what feels best for themselves and their bodies.  Please join us on YouTube for our full conversation and many more on video! 

If you’re like me and are constantly bombarded about all the toxic things in our lives and find yourself wanting to make a change that paralyze us to where to begin this episode is for you. Today, Dr. Natasha Beck of Dr. Organic Mommy is here to help demystify nontoxic living and give some practical guidelines for moving toward a healthier lifestyle. When it comes to kids, switching out products might be easy, but being mindful of what they eat can sometimes be tricky and how we go about it is really important. Dr. Beck encourages parents to work for progress, not perfection, when working to get toxins out of their homes. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to further your nontoxic journey, Dr. Beck reminds us that small changes can lead to big impacts. Shop her non-toxic favorites here: https://amzn.to/4tleQ5h Please join us on YouTube for our full conversation and many more on video! 

Ría Safford joined us to talk through organization, especially when you’re getting ready for a baby. As a professional organizer, Ría has great tips for new and expecting moms for what to prioritize when organizing and prepping a space for baby. She also has insights on keeping a household organized with kids, and some strategies to simplify organization in parenthood. And of course, she has great way to organize all the toys that come along with having kids as well!Please join us on YouTube for our full conversation and many more on video!

Creating the perfect playroom for your kids can be fun—but also a little overwhelming. Designing a space that works for multiple ages? Even trickier. And then there’s all the stuff. Lily and Claire are here this week to walk us through how to create an ideal play space, share tips on maintaining it, and ways to cut down on clutter. Shop Little Kingdoms here: https://go.shopmy.us/p-49267136 Please join us on YouTube for our full conversation and many more on video! 

Victoria Rodriguez from Save the Children joined us to talk about the importance of childhood literacy. Reading to your child, even in the womb, can shape their brain and help form emotional bonds. Victoria shares how to create reading routines for children of all ages, and how even just a little bit of reading each day can make a big impact. She also tells us that exposing our babies to books before they can read is beneficial as well. The first five years of life are critical to a child’s brain development, and Victoria is here to teach us how to set our kids up for success through reading.Please join us on YouTube for our full conversation and many more on video!

What is mattering, and how do we make ourselves and others feel like they matter? Dr. Lindsey Burgardt is back (we did an interview after the Palisades fire together) to dive deep into what it means to matter. Dr. Burghardt is the Chief Science Officer at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, and some of her most recent research focuses on Mattering. Today, Dr. Burghardt has practical advice for all of us, including parents, to help make both kids and adults feel like they matter and to understand where that stems from. She also gives us some ways we can foster mattering for ourselves as adults! Whatever our age, we all want to feel seen and feel we matter, and Dr. Burghardt helps show us what mattering can do for us. Read her article here: https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/working-paper/mattering-in-early-childhood/ Please join us on YouTube for our full conversation and many more on video!

Witney Carson joined us in this episode to share her experience as a postpartum mom during COVID. Witney faced a mountain of unexpected challenges when she gave birth, from an unplanned C-section to battling COVID while caring for a newborn. After recovering, Witney went on to face pressure to bounce back to her pre-baby, professional-dancing self. Witney wants other moms to know that giving yourself grace in postpartum is an act of self-love. She shared her experience with body image and recovery in hopes that other moms will know they’re not alone and that embracing their own unique journey is so important.  Please join us on YouTube for our full conversation and many more on video!

Sibling rivalry, a topic we hear about growing up in a family with siblings and one we become hyper aware of when raising kids of our own. Part of it is natural and lots of sibling rivalry can be provoked by dynamics parents create, consciously or subconsciously. The good news? Amy MccCeady is here to share her expert with them on how to help mitigate sibling rivalry, and also how to become aware of changing habits to make sure our kids grow up, supporting their siblings and not competing with them, as much as possible. As a parenting expert and mom of two grown sons, Amy is no stranger to sibling rivalry. She walks us through some of the mistakes parents make when navigating conflict with their children, and how they can address rivalry in a healthier manner. She also reassures parents that some competition among siblings is normal and healthy; it can even help them learn how to manage conflict in other relationships in the future.  Make sure to check out her books to learn more! If I have to Tell You One More Time...: https://amzn.to/4s1UJst The Me Me Me Epidemic: https://amzn.to/46U0iki  Please join us on YouTube for our full conversation and many more on video!