Reborn into Motherhood

Send a text In this powerful and deeply moving season finale, I sit down with Dr. Maya Weir, a California-based therapist who specializes in supporting parents through birth trauma. She’s not only an expert in the field but also a mama herself, bringing both professional insight and personal experience to our conversation. Dr. Maya opens the episode by redefining birth trauma —a term that encompas...

Send a text Motherhood often feels like a never-ending checklist-but behind that is something deeper: the invisible weight we carry, and how it impacts our identity, relationships and ability to care for ourselves.  In this powerful episode, I am joined by Natalie Robbins, a mom of of a two-year-old and a life and leadership coach. We talk about the mental load of motherhood and how it's more...

Send a text In this heartfelt and inspiring episode, I sit down with Susana- mama of one and founder of Yoga for Mom Life, an on demand yoga platform designed specifically for moms and a wellness podcast to help mothers feel more alive, present and fulfilled with yoga-based strategies. Susana's mission aligns so beautifully with ours: helping moms prioritize their health, reconnect with thems...

Send a text In this special episode, the mic flips and I'm the one in the host seat! My dear friend, Christina- first time mom-to-be and officially on baby watch- joins me just weeks before her due date to ask all the real, raw questions about early motherhood. She interview's me about my own transition into motherhood, the identity shifts that came with it, and what I wish I had known o...

Send a text In this week's episode,  Brittany (mama of 2 and member of of my online health and wellness community Thrive Tribe) shares with us how motherhood has been for her from being a single full-time working mom when she initially became a mother, to now being a stay-at-home mom of two. We talk about mental health and the obstacles she has had to overcome while still working on herself d...

Send a text In this week's episode I sit down and talk with Shannon, a mama of 2, about her journey as a mother of hearing loss. She shares the ups and downs of having that extra layer of obstacles that she navigates on a daily basis. From becoming a mom in the midst of a world pandemic, to having two babies under two years, she has learned a lot along the way and is now an active advocate fo...

Send a text In today's episode, Jamie, a mama of one, shares with us how her transition into motherhood was one that was nothing like she envisioned with medical complications. From the very beginning of her pregnancy, Jamie experienced continuous cardiac episodes that left her unable to do many day-to-day things and led to her developing postpartum PTSD.  As a mental health therapist herself...

Send a text In this week's episode I got to sit down again and talk with Colleen Curley, a stay-at-home mom of 3 and a dear friend, all about our private online health and wellness community  for moms that we co-founded together, Thrive Tribe. Before diving deep into what Thrive Tribe is all about, Colleen catches us up on how life and motherhood is going for her since she was last on as a gu...

Send a text In this week's episode, I talk all about mom guilt with Amanda, a stay-at-home working mama of 1. We share different examples of when we really feel the mom guilt and discuss what we do to help us get past that feeling. Being a mom while also taking care of many things around the house and life is a balancing act that many of us juggle (not to mention add on a being a working mom...

Send a text In this week's episode, I talk with Gavie Remaly, mama of two and host of the Blissfully Bold Podcast, all about boundaries and how they are crucial to living a happier life, especially as mothers. She shares with us her personal experience as a new mom experiencing postpartum depression and how creating and implementing boundaries in her life really allowed her to get out of that...

Send a text In this week's episode I talk with Heidi, mama of 2, all about ADHD. While in the processes of getting her oldest daughter diagnosed, she found herself relating to a lot of the questions that were being asked about her daughter. After looking into it some more, she realized that she herself may also have ADHD. Once her daughter was diagnosed and started getting the help that she n...

Send a text In this week's episode I talk with one of my good friends, Jess mama of 2, about getting her son diagnosed for autism. She shares all about the things she noticed that ended up leading her down the path to get a diagnosis and the struggles that came with that. She has learned a lot in the process and is now sharing her experience with others in hopes to shine a light on autism and...

Send a text HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Join me in this week's episode as I have an in depth conversation with Kendra, mama of one, about breastfeeding and all the ups and downs that come with it. We each share our own experiences with nursing, pumping and formula feeding, as well as any tips and tricks that we learned and benefited from. Breastfeeding is not something that comes naturally to most and e...

Send a text In this week's episode I talk with Lina Forrestal, mama of 2 and host of The New Mamas Podcast, about being a working mom and stay at home mom at the same time. We usually hear of moms taking on one of these rolls, but not both. She shares with us how she has made it work and gives us tips on things that really have benefited her. We also go into how important it is for us mamas t...

Send a text In this Bonus Episode, I share with you all about how 2024 became my transformation year. Before this year, I was lost within motherhood. I didn't know who I was outside of that one roll and it really effected my mental health. I struggled with being kind to myself, mom rage, was always exhausted and felt like I was drowning in my own body. Going into 2024 I decided to make a chan...

Send a text This week's episode is all about picky eating with Alex Turnbull, mama of two. She is a Registered Dietitian and is well known on Instagram as @thefamilynutritionist. She gives tips on how to help picky eaters be more open to trying new foods, how we as the parents can help them without a fight (and be more patient with them) and she also answers listeners questions as well as som...

Send a text In this week's episode, I talk with Courtney, mama of 1, about her experience with identity loss as she became a mother and the things she has done since to help her start rediscovering herself. We dive into how working on your health is something that has helped both of us tremendously in our motherhood journeys and I share a bit about my upcoming online health and wellness commu...

Send a text We are officially in Season 2 of the podcast! For this first episode of the season, Cynthia talks with Katie, mama of 2, about her experience with postpartum depression. One while pregnant and the other soon after giving birth to her first born. She also goes into detail about centering pregnancy and how the community helped her tremendously through her PPD.  Give yourself a hug mama,...

Send a text In this update episode I let you know what's it's store for Season 2, coming November 2024, and how it will be a bit different from Season 1.  I also go more into detail about how Reborn into Motherhood now includes a health and wellness side with my monthly accountability groups. Prioritizing ourselves and and our health as mamas is so important to living a healthier and mor...

Send a text For the last episode of Season 1, I talk with Claire, mama of 2, and she shares how she got to where she is today with her mindset coaching business after dealing with a major identity loss when she first became a mother. She has taken all that she has learned in the process of finding herself again and turned it into a mindset coaching business for mothers.  Follow Claire on Instagram...

Send a text As Juliana, mama of 2, worked on starting her own business of therapeutic art for children and adults, she found out she was pregnant as well. Her business has grown alongside her motherhood journey, giving her the flexibility to work around taking care of her children. Having something that she is so passionate while being a mother has helped her stay more grounded throughout the diff...

Send a text In this month's Topic episode we talk all about the Pelvic Floor and why it is so important to at least be aware of it in any stage of our motherhood journey, from prenatal to years into postnatal. Dr. Angela Turnow, mama of 3, walks us through what the pelvic floor is, gives us some tips to properly help support it and and also shares all about her business, Active Motherhood- an...

Send a text This week I get to talk to my close friend and health and fitness coach, Colleen mama of three. After getting pregnant at 19 and navigating motherhood as a single parent while putting herself through college, Colleen started experiencing some postpartum anxiety. It only got worse once she had her second baby twelve years later, but it really took over her life after having her third ba...

Send a text In this week's episode I talk with my best friend since 7th grade, Megan mama of two, all about her motherhood journey. From gestational diabetes and HELLP syndrome to going back to work only 6 weeks postpartum, she shares how becoming a mom has made her more confident in so many ways. We talk about the importance of having another mom you can go to with any questions and support,...

Send a text HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!! In this very special bonus episode, I talk with my very own mama on her motherhood journey and how it was having 3 children under 4 years. From unknown postpartum depression to navigating having one child with asthma and another with a orthopedic hurtle, she shares with us all that went through and how much she has learned over the years.  Mama, I hope you get...