Honest as a Mother

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by one of the authors in Honest as a Mother Book 3, the final book which is coming SOON! Included in this episode: Jennifer shares her experience as a co-author and why now was the right time for her to share her story. Jennifer is a single mother to a son with special needs, she shares her experience and how she hopes her story will inspire and uplift other mothe...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Shannon Talbot who is a mother, coach and the author of "Breaking Free: Stop Holding Back, Start Being You: Your Guide to Creating the Career & Life of Your Dreams and they are chatting about all things motherhood and redefining happiness. Included in this episode: What did Shannon always believe to be success? What does that look like now? The expecta...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Andy Murphy AKA The Secure Dad to chat about Roblox, Fortnite and online safety. Included in this episode: Online Gaming Safety - How do we know where to start as parents? How can we have conversations with our children about online safety, predators and keep the lines of communication open with our kids. Online chats inside games like Roblox & Fortnite - c...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Lindsey Leaverton who is a mother, and the best selling author of the book "Not another self help book" to talk all things motherhood, burnout and recovering from burnout. Included in this episode: Lindsey gives us the real deal on what it can actually be like raising twins. Lindsey shares what burnout looked like for her, how it manifested and what w...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Taylor Mcconachie, who is a holistic sex therapist here in Simcoe, Ontario to talk all things sex. Included in this episode: The shameful narrative that women are experiencing when it comes to sex. Postpartum sex - reducing shame and opening the conversation around the 6 week check up - it is not a one size fits all. The disconnect from our bodies after we have...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Cristal Suinn who is the owner of Baby Bliss Newborn Consulting, and is a Newborn Care Specialist herself.  Included in this episode: What is a Newborn Care Specialist and why does every new mom need one? Sleep - let's talk about it. Safe sleep and how to start to get your newborn onto a routine. Sleep training vs Sleep conditioning. Cristai shares some ti...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Lexie Cappuccitti who is a mom and an entrepreneur who has this most incredible company Called Hey Moon Mama and she is here to chat all realities of the fourth trimester. Included in this episode: Lexie shares about her twin pregnancy, her c section and what her postpartum experience was ACTUALLY like vs what they tell you it will be like. Lexie shares her exp...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Jessalyn Biederstadt who is a survivor of the Willow River, BC, Child pornography case and an incredible mental health advocate to talk about motherhood, mental health and healing through trauma. Included in this episode: What Jessalyn’s “rock bottom” was and how it woke her up to her own traumas, and brought her to the fork in the road of “heal or don’t heal”....

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Carol Szuky, who is a mentor, entrepreneur and business coach to talk about manifestation, creating your own goals and working through what you actually want vs what we may have been told we should want. Included in this episode: Change is scary, but change is good. You are allowed to change your mind when it comes to what you want out of your life. How becomin...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Dr. Carolina Arreola, who is a licensed N.D. in the U.S. and they are discussing the importance of gut health and how it can affect your mental health. Included in this episode: How does your gut health affect your mental health? Carolina is breaking this down so we can really understand it. How can we support our gut health daily? What small changes can we mak...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by psychologist, and self-awareness coach, Dr. Stephanie Lopez to talk about setting boundaries and breaking away from people pleasing. Included in this episode: What is people pleasing? What are boundaries? Where does people pleasing come from? How it is safe to be human. How many of us that are people pleasers were told to disconnect from our intuition and our t...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by her friend Darci Prince to literally shoot the sh!t. Both Amanda and Darci were diagnosed late in life with ADHD, and as they take their masks off, they realize that maybe some things they thought they "liked" they don't. They are both learning about who they really are rather than who they "think they should be". Included in this episo...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Nicole Schiener who is a registered psychotherapist, mother, wife and mental health advocate for mothers to talk about inner child healing, generational trauma and how is effects our parenting. Included in this episode: Nicole is amazing, and shares her own vulnerable story with us regarding her own experiences with mental illness, both pre-kids and postpartum....

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Stephanie Arnold who is a best selling author, speaker and mother who is here to share her experience with premonitions, intuition and being clinically dead for 37 seconds.  Included in this episode: Stephanie shares her story, which you may already know for the Netflix docuseries "Surviving Death". Stephanie shares how she was having premonitions abo...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Teen Mom OG Mackenzie Douthit to talk all things motherhood, co-parenting and mental health. **TRIGGER WARNING** This episode has conversations of depression, intrusive thoughts and suicidal ideation.  Included in this episode: An update on Mackenzie - is she divorced now officially? What does her co-parenting situation look like? How did she end up on 16 and p...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Allie from the IG account @bravoafterthoughts to chat all things realiTEA.  Included in this podcast: Scandoval - not what happened but what has happened since the news broke. Raquel on Bethanys podcast and what we think the next season of VPR is going to look like. RHONJ - Team Melissa or Team Teresa? What are our thoughts on the upcoming season? Summer House...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Celeste Yvonne who is a recovery coach, mother and author of the book "Its not about the Wine" to discuss "mommy wine culture", becoming sober, being sober curious and the mental load of motherhood. Included in this episode: How did alcohol impact her parenting? Anxiety and drinking "Hangxiety" what is it and how did it effect Yvon...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Christine Cunningham who is a Social Service Worker here in Ontario who specializes in the perinatal period to talk about maternal mental health and parenting with ADHD. Included in this episode: Parenting with ADHD - what does this look like for Christine? What has her experience been like and what ADHD symptoms did she experience? Grief in motherhood - Christ...

Send us Fan Mail Amandas is joined by Jenna Hermans who is a mother, a best selling author and high performance coach who is here to teach us to bring our choas to calm. Included in this episode: Jenna's journey in motherhood, how after her fourth child she realized something needed to change. How can we learn to calm our chaos?  Control - Why do so many moms struggle with control and how can...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by ADHD coach and expert Kristen Carder to talk about ADHD and how it impacts motherhood. Included in this episode: What is ADHD and what do its symptoms look like in women? Is ADHD "trendy"? Masking - What is it and why is it important? What is the connection with ADHD diagnosis's and motherhood. How are anxiety and depression often an underlying s...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Nathalie from The Little Leopard Parenting to discuss all real things about the postpartum period and how most parents are not actually prepared for it. Included in this episode: Amanda and Nathalie share their stories from their own fourth trimesters and how they both felt very unprepared. Nathalie shares how she feels most mothers are struggling with preparat...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is back with her solo episodes and is here to give a life update that has been much anticipated by many. Included in this episode: Coming off an SSRI - weight gain, withdrawal symptoms and why she decided to go off. ADHD Amanda's IG name change and why she feels like she is pivoting in her business a little bit. Honest as a Mother Book 2 is launching SEPTEMBER 22, 2023...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Toni Primiano who is a mother, author and a divorce lawyer to talk about marriage and divorce. Included in this episode: Toni shares what it has been like to be a single mother with a very demanding career. What we are teaching our children while we go through a divorce, and how we can handle ourselves best for them. Prenups - What is Amanda's opinion on t...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Dr. Carrie Bullard, RN PhD, Nurse psychotherapist Certified Psychiatric  Mental Health Nurse to talk about anxiety. Please can also find me on my linked in account. Included in this episode: What is anxiety and why is it useful? When does it become a problem? Feelings are not facts - how can we work through this with our children? What are physical symptoms of...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by another beautiful author from Honest as a Mother Book 2, Christie Rocha. Included in this episode: Christie shares a little about what she wrote about in the book specifically surrounding mental health and her postpartum experience. Christie talks about how she is ready to move to the next chapter in her motherhood journey, and how this was a great experience f...