Honest as a Mother

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Dallas Lombardi to talk about adoption in Canada. Dallas Lombardi shares her deeply personal journey as an adoptive parent, highlighting the complexities, systemic challenges, and emotional realities of adoption in Canada. This conversation sheds light on the unseen struggles, the importance of community, and the need for better systemic support for adoptive fa...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Laura Sinclair who is a business mentor to high achieving moms to discuss balancing motherhood and business - is this even possible? Included in this episode: Can we actually balance motherhood and entrepreneurship? What does balance mean to Laura What actually makes a "good mom" and a "good entrepreneur"? How can we grow our business but al...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Mark Barnes who is a Pharmacist and a pharmacy owner, but he is also a mental health advocate and is raising awareness around the country about addiction and Naloxone. Included in this episode: What does Mark think health care workers are missing when it comes to addiction? What does Mark wish more people understood about addiction? When should we talk to our c...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Laura Federico, who is a certified sex therapist and Morgan Miller, who is a midwife, lactation consultant and a birth centre founder to talk about Menstrual Mental Health. Included in this episode: What is menstrual mental heath and why is it so important? PMDD - What is it? What does it look like? Genitourinary syndrome of lactation - what the heck is this an...

Send us Fan Mail *** TRIGGER WARNING *** This episode contains conversations about Human Trafficking and may be uncomfortable for some. Please skip this one if this is not something you can listen to at this time. Amanda is joined by Markie Dell who is a fitness coach here in Hamilton, Ontario who is here to share her story of how she was human trafficked, how she got free, and how she is healing....

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined today by Amanda Ottoman who is a RN Educator, personal trainer who specializes in Menopause & GLP-1 Management to talk PCOS, Insulin Resistance and Women's hormonal health. Included in this episode: What is PCOS and what are signs and symptoms of it? What is Insulin Resistance and why is it so important? Can Insulin Resistance cause other health issues? D...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Courtney Bognar, who is a Registered Psychotherapist and owner of Rogue Healing to chat about perinatal mental health. ** Trigger Warning ** This episode does discuss topics of miscarriage, please skip this one if you are not able to listen. Included in this episode: Courtney shares her story of once being a teacher but knew it was not her forever career choice...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined this week by Alyssa Lancia, Holly Silenzi and Katie Mitton to have a completely unfiltered talk about motherhood, mental health, friendship and so much more. Included in this episode: Identity Crisis - Did we all go through on once we become mothers? What did this look like for each of us and how are we handling it? Being parents of newborns/young children during...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Shirlene Nalepa, another author inside Breakthrough Book 2 to talk about mental health, ADHD and PMDD. Included in this episode: Mental health chat - Normalizing therapy, medication and more. Talking to our kids about mental health. The transition from motherhood to who am I now? Why Shirlene decided now was the time to share her story. PMDD - What is it? What&...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Shannon Smith, another author inside Breakthrough Book 2 to discuss grief, resilience and her story. Included in this episode: How grief taught Shannon resilience and how she learned to live in a space where 2 things can always be true at the same time. How Grief is a huge part of Breakthrough Book 2. Whether it is referring to the loss of a person, the loss of...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Jennifer Hines, one of the authors inside Breakthrough Book 2 to discuss her chapter. Included in this episode: Real talk of motherhood - We are talking co-parenting, mental health and more. Why did Jennifer feel like now is the time to share her experience and put her story out into the world. Redefining happiness. Learning to live authentically to yourself. F...

Send us Fan Mail TRIGGER WARNING - This episode includes conversations around the loss of a child. Please take care of yourself while listening. Amanda is joined by Yvette Byrne-Menard, one of the authors inside Breakthrough book 2 to discuss her chapter. Included in this episode: Why Yvette felt like now was the time to share this story. How she learned to grow her life around her grief. How Yvet...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Dana Whitfield who is one of the authors inside Breakthrough Book 2 which is launching February 16! Included in this episode: Why Dana joined Breakthrough Book 2 and how she trusted her gut on joining and writing her story. Attachment vs Love - What is the difference? Self Love is number 1 for Dana and what she has learned from this Dana's chapter - What c...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Sasha Howell who is one of the authors inside Breakthrough Book 2 which is launching Feb 16! Included in this episode: Grief - The big role it places in Sasha's story but also inside Breakthrough Book 2 entirely. Grief from death, but also grief from "this is not what my life is supposed to be like". Why Sasha joined Breakthrough Book 2 and why s...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by fellow Swift Dan Shapiro to clown about Taylor Swift, reminisce on the beloved Eras Tour and more. Included in this episode: Dan shares how he helped SO many fans get their hands on tickets to the Eras Tour by quickly becoming the go to for information regarding Ticketmaster drops. Dan shares a story of how he saw Taylor twice thanks to his amazing followers. K...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by mindset coach Kayleigh Kennedy and they are diving into mindset, growth and so much more. Included in this episode: What is a "real" job anyway? Our mindset - why it is so important and how we can get out of own way. What is the messy middle of growth and why is it so important? The role that grief plays in your growth How can we get clear on what we...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by an author of Breakthrough, Stefy Covelli to chat about her breakdown and then her breakthrough. Included in this episode: How Stefy's career held so much value to her and how it filled her with a sense of fulfillment.  The struggles that she experienced going through the loss of her career because of a workplace injury. Stefy having to relearn who she is a...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Cierra Bailey who is a mother and a powerhouse in the mental healthy advocacy world to chat about grief, growth and grace in our motherhood journeys. Included in this episode: How powerful lived experiences are in the motherhood space. Motherhood and identity, how COVID times changed us as humans but also as parents. The grief in motherhood, the beauty of it bu...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by one of the authors inside her new co-author project, Breakthrough to chat about what her breakthrough was and why she decided to write about it. Included in this episode: How Jenn woke up one day and started to ask herself "Who am I" and came to realize she is more than her labels, but did not know who that person was. The steps she has taken to start...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Crystal Shadwell to have a real talk about what marriage is like after kids and even in the thick of parenting school-aged children. Included in this episode: How do Amanda and Crystal feel about what they see online vs what is really happening behind closed doors. How does our relationship become the last thing on our lists? What does "making it work&quot...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Amanda Otterman who is a nurse who specializes in Menopause and hormone health to chat about all things Perimenopause. Included in this episode: What is the age range for perimenopause? What to do if you are being brushed off by your MD? Long term health problems that can come from hormone issues Mental Health and hormones How can we pay attention to our cycles...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Aaron Bailey who is a ADHD coach that works with both adults and kids to chat about ADHD. Included in this episode: How Aaron taught himself that his ADHD symptoms are not a character flaw and how to work through this. The unknown sides of ADHD Parenting and ADHD - How our children trigger us, and how they act as a mirror to us. How dysregulation affects us as...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Elisha Zavier who is a Pelvic Floor Fitness Coach and she is here to help Amanda break down some pelvic floor myths and empower women to take charge of their bodies. Included in this episode: Why we need to prioritize pelvic floor health Why it is NOT normal to pee yourself after children Girl math when it comes to urinary incontience  The mental load of incont...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Katie are back and they are filling everyone in on what they are currently watching and reading to prepare you for hibernation mode aka Winter. Included in this episode: Our thoughts on "No body wants this" - Adam Brody went from awkward Jewish boy on the OC to the Hot Rabi. Secret Lives of Mormon Wives - if you have not watched, you need to. Dirty Soda - Aman...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Katherine Peloso-Smith who is an Intuitive Leader Coach to chat about trusting ourselves and our intuition.  Included in this episode: Katherine shares her first memories of her inner knowing and what she did with this information. Katherine and Amanda talk about intuition and dating. Can we trust our gut when we see what we think are "red flags"? Sou...