The EMBER Project Podcast

In this powerful and deeply personal episode, I sits down at my kitchen bar on a rainy day with my friend Shannon, a woman whose story is equal parts heartbreak and healing. Shannon grew up in a home marked by alcoholism, violence, and fear, carrying burdens no child should bear. At just eighteen, she became a mother longing for love and stability. What followed was a journey through grief, trauma...

Welcome to The EMBER Project Podcast, where early mothers become empowered and resilient. In this second part of Surviving the Storm, I continues my conversation with our courageous guest, whose journey from trauma to transformation reminds us that healing is possible, even after the fiercest storms. In Part One, we heard about her painful childhood, marked by loss, abuse, and instability. In this...

Welcome to The EMBER Project Podcast, where early mothers become empowered and resilient. In this second part of Surviving the Storm, I continues my conversation with our courageous guest, whose journey from trauma to transformation reminds us that healing is possible, even after the fiercest storms. In Part One, we heard about her painful childhood, marked by loss, abuse, and instability. In this...

Welcome to The EMBER Project Podcast, where early mothers become empowered and resilient. In this emotional first episode of a two-part series, I sit down with a woman whose story of survival, courage, and faith reminds us that even in the darkest seasons, a spark of hope can still remain. Our guest shares what life was like growing up in Warren, Ohio, surrounded by poverty, instability, and traum...

In this deeply personal and powerful episode of The EMBER Project Podcast, I speak with a woman whose journey embodies what it truly means to rise from the ashes. Becoming a mother at sixteen, she faced adulthood before she was ready — balancing school, work, and motherhood while carrying the weight of trauma, addiction, and grief. From surviving sexual abuse in her childhood to losing both parent...

In this second half of our two-part Positive Parenting series, I continue the journey through the first year of motherhood, exploring the incredible growth that happens between six and twelve months for both mother and child. From first steps to first words, this season of motherhood is filled with discovery, laughter, and constant change. But it can also bring uncertainty, exhaustion, and moments...

In this episode of The EMBER Project Podcast, I sit down with Margaret Stridick, founder of 3P Parenting, to explore what positive parenting truly means, especially for young and early mothers navigating those fragile first months of motherhood. This is episode one of a two-part series on Parenting Your Infant, and it focuses on building strong emotional bonds, understanding early development, and...

In this episode we have the pleasure of speaking with Ra'cole, entrepreneur and financial literacy expert. Generational poverty isn’t just about money. It’s about patterns, pressures, and missed opportunities passed down for decades. In this episode, we uncover what keeps families stuck and how young mothers can begin to rewrite their stories. From understanding the difference between generational...

This episode, is the beginning of a three-part series about how The EMBER Project was born. For the first time, I share my own story of becoming a teen mom at fifteen—the stigma, the shame, the words spoken over me that I would never be more than a failure. I talk about my determination to prove them wrong, the years of working and studying with no balance, the times I thought I couldn’t keep goin...

In this episode of The EMBER Project Podcast, I sit down with my guest Mary, who became a mother just days before her fifteenth birthday. For the first time publicly, Mary shares how she navigated early motherhood, judgment, and a medically fragile newborn while fighting to build a life that no one believed she could achieve. Mary describes adding years to her age to avoid the reactions of strange...

In this powerful solo episode, I open up about my very first Christmas as a young single mom. I talk honestly about what it looked like to try to create a magical holiday with almost no money, a handful of used toys, super cheap decorations, and Christmas cookies paid for with food stamps. I share the pride I felt saving $180 in a Christmas Club account, the deep shame that came when some of the g...

In this mini episode we talk about the moments that we experience, and how they shape our lives. Remember, if you are a teen mom and are interested in joining The EMBER Project, please CLICK HERE. If you are interested in seeing how you can make a difference in the life on an early mother, CLICK HERE . Thank you for listening. Please remember to Like, Subscribe and Share!

Meet the founder of The EMBER Project as well as learn some of the statistics on early motherhood that make it clear how important this project is.