Active Mom Podcast: Pregnancy, Postpartum, Perimenopause, Menopause & Beyond

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Dr. Joe Norton, a long-distance runner who works with moms and dads who are looking to incorporate running with a new baby at home. He focuses on injury prevention and acclimating to a new normal with having a baby.  He as a unique perspective on offering advice to dads on how they can help moms get back to running. Joe goes into how to choose the right shoe and...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Lauren Engler, a mom of two girls and a former elementary school teacher, she now works as a pediatric sleep consultant. She was inspired to become a sleep consultant after dealing with sleep struggles with her first daughter. After working with a sleep consultant for her daughter, she knew she needed to become one to help other parents. Lauren talks about what...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Amy Leedham, trail and ultra runner runner. She is a Solomon sponsored athlete who represented the USA at the 2018 Trail Running World Championships. After dealing with some injuries, she got pregnant and had her daughter in July of 2020. She ran and did strength training during her pregnancy and thought everything was normal until she started to run 11 weeks po...

Send us Fan Mail Has prolapse changed your life? Today I speak with Kimberley Johnson @wildmatrescence, a PhD student in clinical psychology who specializes in perinatal, pelvic, & maternal health.  A former professional cyclist, Kimberley has dealt with her fair share of injuries.  Navigating pelvic organ prolapse after the birth of her first child, Kimberley was forced to take what she knew...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Kelly Kendall, a registered nurse and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). Today, we talk about one of the questions I get asked most: how to workout and breastfeed at the same time and do both successfully. Kelly shares her personal experiences with breastfeeding and how that lead her to becoming an IBCLC. We talk about common issues, how...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Dr. Jill Krapf, a board certified OB/GYN from the Center for Vulvovaginal Disorders. Today we are talking hormones and female sexual pain disorders. She is active in research and clinical experience in this area. Dr. Jill dispels some common myths, both as a professional and a mother of three. She transitioned from practicing as a general OB/GYN to practicing as...

Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Dr. Lisa Romanzo, a physical therapist, mom, and military veteran. We discuss what moms returning to run should be thinking about, who they should be paying attention to, and how to return to running safely. Lisa tells us about her experience in the military and how she worked with injured service members.  Lisa has so much experience dealing with the tough ques...

Send us Fan Mail Today I am speaking with Allie Feras, a former competitive powerlifter and roller derby skater who still lifts and skates and plans to for life. She lives in Buffalo, New York and works in higher education data analytics. We first  met when I was working at Georgetown hospital and Allie was working in the Georgetown library. As a National level powerlifter, Allie experienced leaka...

Send us Fan Mail Today I am speaking with Meredyth El-Amine, a former behavior analyst, she is now the owner of South Arlington Fitness and Nutrition. She shares her experience about what she sees with moms returning to CrossFit after having a baby and they problems they may face. With her background in nutrition and fitness, Meredyth shares her top tips for postpartum professionals for how they c...

Send us Fan Mail Today I am speaking with Brianna Battles, the Founder of Pregnancy and Postpartum Athleticism. She teaches fitness coaches and practitioners how to understand the needs of their pregnant and postpartum clients (and sometimes their own bodies) so they can go out and be the expert in their community. As a strength and conditioning coach, she realized there was a need for more resour...

Send us Fan Mail Today I am speaking with Kelli Berger and Lindsay Platky of SLAM MOMS (Sweat Like A Mother), a group dedicated to bringing women together, not as mom, but as athletes. They have affiliates located all over the U.S., as well as international affiliates. They also offer virtual training so no one is left out! SLAM MOMS puts communication at the forefront to leverage group fitness as...

Send us Fan Mail Today I am speaking with Whitney Heins of The Mother Runners, a community for moms to connect with each other and gain valuable information about returning to run postpartum. They offer coaching and support for moms everywhere! Whitney started Mother Runners when she noticed the ack of information available about being a mom and being a runner. She wanted a space where she could s...

Send us Fan Mail Returning to Running: A Conversation with Danielle Hirt (Coach D) Today, I’m speaking with Danielle Hirt , widely known as Coach D , about the essential support available for new runners and moms returning to running. Coach D is a trusted guide for new runners , triathletes , marathoners , and everyone in between, helping them improve their running, build strength, and avoid injur...

Send us Fan Mail Postpartum Fitness and Bodybuilding: A Conversation with Virginia Kinkel Today, I’m speaking with Virginia Kinkel , a personal trainer, bikini competitor, and co-founder of Bodymass , about the invaluable lessons we learn as new moms. With a degree in kinesiology from the University of Maryland , Virginia and her husband launched their first Bodymass gym location , creating a spac...

Send us Fan Mail Postpartum Running and Risk Factors: A Conversation with Dr. Shefali Christopher Today, I’m excited to speak with Dr. Shefali Christopher , a researcher, clinician, and faculty member at Elon University . Recently, Dr. Christopher worked with the USA Paralympic Triathlon Team while balancing life as a mom of two. Her passion for postpartum health drives her research into postpartu...

Send us Fan Mail Postpartum Return to Running: A Conversation with Celeste Goodson of ReCORE Fitness Today, I’m joined by Celeste Goodson , a medical exercise specialist and founder of ReCORE Fitness . As a runner herself, Celeste has firsthand experience with the challenges of returning to running postpartum. She works with athletes of all levels, including elite and Olympic runners , to help the...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 1 Postpartum Return to Running: A Conversation with Gráinne Donnelly, Co-Author of the Postpartum Return to Run Guidelines Today, I’m thrilled to speak with Gráinne Donnelly , one of the leading voices behind the Postpartum Return to Run Guidelines . Gráinne and her colleagues identified a major gap: there wasn’t sufficient guidance for moms or postpartum professionals on...

Send us Fan Mail The Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey. This show has been a long time in the making!  You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry.  If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you&ap...