Good Grief, Momma!

Send us Fan Mail Mom guilt is something that follows us around from the moment you get pregnant, “I do not think I ate healthy enough today”, and sticks with us forever, “Why did I yell so much today”. We always want to encourage women to be the best moms that they can be but we also want to shift from mom guilt to mom grace. Motherhood is hard and sometimes we are our own hardest critics. This we...

Send us Fan Mail We are so excited to welcome back guest speaker Dr. Amy Robinson, pelvic floor physical therapist from Restore Your Core PT, and our lovely sponsor. This week Allie and Amy sit down to talk about the importance of pelvic floor physical therapy, especially during pregnancy and postpartum. Learn more about how you can best take care of your body during and after having your next bea...

Send us Fan Mail “If I have to rush, then it's a no from me.” Most of society makes a feel like when we have three activities every night, a busting social calendar, and work 60 hours then we are living our best lives. On our episode this week, Allie and Nicole talk about how the opposite might be true. Saving time for your marriage, kids, family and close friends is more important than being...

Send us Fan Mail Faith has always been important to Allie and Nicole. In recent weeks and months though both of them have found that they have hit a turning point in their faith. In this episode they talk about how they are more invigorated to read the Bible and grow their relationship with God. *DM us at our Good Grief Momma Instagram if you would like a Bible! Subscribe to our email subscription...

Send us Fan Mail Meet our amazing guest speaker, Becca Brown! She is a physical trainer who is also currently pregnant with her second child. Nicole interviewed her about the importance of strength training as a mom. In this episode, we talked about strength training before, during, and after pregnancy. Listen to this great episode and share with all your momma friends who are thinking, currently...

Send us Fan Mail Tasks like packing for vacation, going to the grocery store, or adding activities to your family calendar might seem easy. But when you add the mental load each of these tasks add it becomes a much harder task. This week we will be talking about how we navigate the mental load of many common tasks that we deal with as moms each week.  Subscribe to our email subscription here and g...

Send us Fan Mail WE ARE BACK!!!! We are happy to be recording again and sharing our stories with you again. This week we will be talking about Allie’s birth story with her third baby, Miss Parker Alexandra. Listen with Nicole for the first time and hear the wonderful story of life! Subscribe to our email subscription here and get blog posts early, behind the scenes info, early merch drop informati...

Send us Fan Mail This week we explore the kind of marriage legacy we want to leave for our kids. We talk about how we want to break generational cycles or what we hope our kids learn from watching our marriage. This is our last episode until Monday, October 6. We are taking a break because Allie is having her third baby! Please sign up for our newsletter so that you can keep up with us during our...

Send us Fan Mail How do we show faith to our kids? Do we take an approach more akin to the person standing on the corner of the street, holding up a sign, and telling people that walk/drive by that they need to repent or they will go to hell? OR do we take an approach that just lets our kids figure it out themselves. OR do we set an example in our daily lives that we hope plants seeds in their hea...

Send us Fan Mail Allie and Nicole had a booth at the Connect & Thrive mom conference. We were able to share Good Grief Momma with all those there by enticing people with mom-mocktails! Allie also did an amazing job leading the main panel giving moms some great advice.  Our sponsor Restore Your Core Physical Therapy is giving our listeners a special offer. If you mention the Good Grief, Momma p...

Send us Fan Mail Guatemala is one of the three countries that Nicole’s company sends on mission trips. This week Allie talks with Nicole about her latest trip which was to El Magey, Zacapa, Guatemala. Nicole share what she did during the week including a fun tourist day in Antigua.  Our sponsor Restore Your Core Physical Therapy is giving our listeners a special offer. If you mention the Good Grie...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered who you would want to have your kids if you and your spouse were no longer able to? This week’s episode we talk about why Allie & Nicole have already created their own wills. We share how we did it and the importance of it to insure our kids futures. This might seem like an unusual topic, but we thought it was an important reminder of preparing for our k...

Send us Fan Mail How do you identify? Christian? Mom? Sports Teams? State Pride? School Pride? Politics? When our identity is in unstable things it can be very tumultuous. People getting depressed when their team loses. Or getting into states of anxiety when their political candidate doesn’t win. Fear takes over and we forget who we are. In this episode we talk about the unstable things to have yo...

Send us Fan Mail Jean Lee joins our podcast this week! She is a visionary leader, blending her experience as a global brand strategist, strength as a serial entrepreneur, and knowledge as a neuroscientist to drive innovation. This week’s episode is about her experience switching to homeschooling with her kids from public school and the changes in her relationships with her kids and their relations...

Send us Fan Mail Summer is here and we would love to share with you some of our favorite summer time activities. In this episode we talk about the free, the fun, and the fantastic things we like to do with our kids over the summer. If you are local wait until the end to hear some of our favorite local activities to do! Also, visit our blog page to see a full list of all the things we talk about in...

Send us Fan Mail Do not deny your gut feelings, trust it, and reconnect with your gut. Women have to think more about our personal safety or the safety of our children. It is crazy, we are the only species that will ignore our basic “danger” instincts so that we do not come off rude or mean. Sometimes though we NEED to be rude, weird, or proactive to make sure we stay safe. Join in today's di...

Send us Fan Mail In the new year everyone talks about how they will make resolutions to better their lives. These resolutions do not always have to happen in January though. In our episode this week we talk about things in our life that we are working on in our lives. We also talk about things we are learning as parents based on the stages our children are in. It is all a learning curve and every...

Send us Fan Mail When is your child being ignorant and selfish or when are they being outright mean, it’s tough to know what to do as a parent. In our episode this week we talk about how we are handling bullying and mean behavior with our kids. We also talk about the roles we played as a bully and being bullied in our own childhoods and whether it is a stage that every child goes through as they a...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode features a guest speaker, Tasha Eizinger. She’s a mom, speaker, author and connector. She is passionate about helping people of all ages discover their full potential through inspiring and practical tips for life. In today’s episode, Allie and Tasha talk about motherhood and entrepreneurship. Tune in to be inspired with how to be a mom and an entrepreneur! Get to k...

Send us Fan Mail When we see motherhood on the news or social media or even in artwork now in the 2020s, it is all sad and sometimes even depressing. Showing that motherhood is too hard and even “hell”, but in our episode today we talk about how we think it is the opposite. As Allie will share, “Hard does not mean bad”.  Our sponsor Restore Your Core Physical Therapy is giving our listeners a spec...

Send us Fan Mail Why does it seem that any topic is torturous to have if you disagree. People who have a different opinion become enemies instead of willing listeners. Fights are even breaking out of Facebook posts. This episode we talk about how we feel conversations between people have become harder to have if you disagree on the topic. We talk about the importance and lost art of learning to ag...

Send us Fan Mail It can be isolating, especially since COVID, to raise your kids. Those first 5 years of their life when you are their primary caregiver are hard. In this episode we talk about how we have handled that loneliness and the importance of finding a tribe and outlets to feel like a human again when it gets to be too much lone at home. Our sponsor Restore Your Core Physical Therapy is gi...

Send us Fan Mail We are continuing the celebration one more week! We have loved getting to share our lives with listeners for the last 3 years. This week we will hear Nicole’s favorite episode from late in 2024. She chose to share about having a No Good, Very Bad Day just like in the book with Alexander. It is her favorite because she can now look back and laugh at how bad it was. We hope you enjo...

Send us Fan Mail We are still celebrating three years of having our podcast! We wanted to share some of our favorite episodes so far with you. So the next two weeks, we will be sharing old episodes in hopes to share them with new audiences and as fond memories for OG listeners.  Allie chose today's reshare episode because she feels like this one gives a very good picture of who Allie and Nico...

Send us Fan Mail It is finally here! We have made it to our three year podcast anniversary! We want to thank all of our listeners and those who have helped us get to where we are today. (See Link Below) In this episode we talk about how to be spontaneous even when it’s not our strong suit.  Thanks to our Supporters:  Restore Your Core   ABCs of Motherhood   Keeping Up with Carmel  Don’t forget to...