Honest as a Mother

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Jenny Kenderes and they have an open, honest and super candid conversation about motherhood. Included in this episode: Jenny had triplets, yep triplets and we are diving in it. Mom Guilt - how it shows up in so many ways and how we work around it or through it. Self care - its such BS and Amanda ad Jenny are diving into what they actually do to take care of the...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Susan Horton, a licensed marriage and family therapist to talk about Generational issues, Victim mentality and teaching parents to take accountability when needed. Included in this episode: The Victim loop, what is it and why is a big black hole? Accountability - Where do we start taking accountability as parents when it comes to our children? What is the diffe...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by another beautiful author from the Honest as a Mother Series Book 2. **TRIGGER WARNING** This episode has conversations around eating disorders and miscarriage. Included in this episode: Jessica's journey of infertility and how it effected her every day life.. Jessica shares her experience with having a miscarriage.  Becoming a single mother. She shares a l...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Betsy Hill, who is a teacher and a "neuroeducator" as she calls herself to talk about how to help your child when their brain "works differently". Included in this episode: In this episode we are putting aside the labels such as ADHD and Autism and we are talking about how each child learns. What does "learning differently" look li...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by another beautiful author from the Honest as a Mother Book 2, Ashley Treavajo. Included in this episode: Ashley shares what her idea of self care is and why it is important. Mom's should be able to learn who they are outside of motherhood. We are talking about this whole idea together. The importance of learning who you are as a person. Finding your happine...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined again by Dr. Jennifer Fraser to talk about Narcissists, how to handle someone like this and how we can heal from their abuse. Included in this episode: What is a Narcissist? Is this word being thrown around too often? How does a person become a narcissist? Is it a genetic trait? Can these traits be passed down? Gaslighting - what is it and why is it harmful? How c...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by another beautiful author from the Honest as a Mother Book 2, Michelle Harrison-Faulkner. Included in this episode: Michelle is a bonus mom, she shares her experience into motherhood as a bonus mom as well as a biological mother. Michelle shares her experience with blending a family, the pros and the cons of it. Michelle shares her advice to other bonus moms who...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by author, mother and holistic educator, Kristi Simons to talk all things healing and motherhood. Included in this episode: Being a sober person. Kristi explains why she chose to be sober and how is has helped her healing but also made things difficult at times. Kristi's journey into motherhood. How Kristi focuses on her healing every single day and encourage...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by another beautiful author from the Honest as a Mother Book 2, Stefanie Fernandes. Included in this episode: Cycle breaking Generational Trauma, what is it and why is Stefanie so focused on it? Stefanies story and why she chose to do this project To connect with Stefanie please follow her @iamstefaniefernandes Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Kara Regas who is a life coach who specializes in helping people pleasers to talk all about burn out. Included in this episode: What is people pleasing and what does it look like? How to create boundaries with our children and is it mean? Motherhood and martyrdom. How can we create boundaries in parenting? How to properly respond to passive aggressive comments...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by another amazing author from the Honest as a Mother Book 2. We are welcoming Ann Marie Hemmings to the podcast who is a mother, healthcare worker, and an author!   Included in this episode: Her experience in the project and why she decided to join. How having hard conversations is what Ann Marie is good at. Why Ann Marie wants to experience every culture that sh...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Sarah Moore who is a parenting coach and a mother who focuses on what she calls "peaceful parenting" to talk all about Highly Sensitive Children. Included in this episode: What is a Highly Sensitive Child? How do we parent them? Reparenting/Generational Trauma Why "Use your words" does not work. Focusing on your relationship with your child....

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by another amazing author from the Honest as a Mother Book 2. We are welcoming Aline Padfield to the podcast who is a life coach, mother and freaking author! Included in this episode: Her experience in the project and what she loved most Imposter syndrome and how we got each other through this What Aline hopes for with the book and what she wrote about (just a lit...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Ted Talk Speaker, mother and neonatologist Dr. Sonal Patel to talk about the fourth trimester, postpartum depression, maternal mortality and so much more. Included in this episode: Sonal shares her experience with her first child. She speaks on her postpartum journey, and how she felt so much pressure to get back to her life, while also trying to enjoy every mo...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by another amazing author from the Honest as a Mother Book 2. We are welcoming Rebecca Rechtorik who is a mother, eating disorder coach and relationship coach to the podcast. Included in this episode: Diet Culture and how it effected us as children and formed our habits into young adults. Rebecca shares some of her story in this episode, along with what she shared...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by who is a Neuroscientist, a mother, the founder of The Curious Neuron and the host of the Curious Neuron Podcast and she is here to help us learn as parents about emotions and dysregulation. Included in this episode: What is the difference between a regulated child and a dysregualted child. How can we support our children when they are dysregulated? How can dysr...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by another amazing author from the Honest as a Mother Book 2. We are welcoming pelvic floor therapist, mother and mental health advocate Elisha Zavier to talk motherhood and ADHD. Included in this episode: Elisha shares a little about her story and why she decided to join the project. What ADHD looks like for Elisha, and how motherhood magnified it. How Elisha is...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Amanda Worthington who is a mother here in Hamilton Ontario but is also an important part and advocate for the Queer Community. Included in this episode: Amanda shares her story of divorcing her ex and becoming a single parent. She shares how she came out about her sexuality and what that was like for her. She shares her perspective of Pride Month and why it is...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by another amazing author from Honest as a Mother Book 2. We are welcoming Brittany Baylis to the podcast today who is a teacher, coach, wife and mother of FOUR! She is here to discuss her journey thus far through motherhood. Included in her episode: How Brittany is learning to love herself through motherhood. What her children are teaching her. Why vulnerability...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by relationship coach, husband and father of two young boys Aaron Steinberg to talk about babyproofing your relationship. Included in this episode: Amanda and Aaron speak about the realities of your marriage/relationship in the early postpartum phase. What resentment looks like and how it builds quick. How can we work through resentment? Sex - Yep we go there, let...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by another amazing author from Honest as a Mother Book 2. We are welcoming Ursula Erasmus who is a mother AND a grandmother and is here to discuss her motherhood experience as a whole. Included in this episode: How Ursula is learning to embrace her true self and how she is teaching other mothers/women to do the same. Lessons from Ursula from her own mothering jour...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by Lisa Guerrero who is a Speech and Language Pathologist here in the GTA to talk all things speech. Included in this episode: What are the "red flags" that parents should be watching for when it comes to delayed speech? Are there particular milestones that each child should hit by a particular age? Can we prevent speech issues? Are there things we can d...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by another amazing author from Honest as a Mother Book 2 to share her experience and her story so far in her motherhood journey. Included in this episode: How Vanessa's journey into becoming a mother was nothing like she expected it to be. How she is working hard to break generational traumas and work on taking care of herself. How she has had to learn that t...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is joined by mother and mental health advocate Kiri Vanderwel to talk mental health and ADHD in motherhood. Included in this episode: Kiri shares her experience in motherhood with capacity. What does this mean and how does Kiri know she does not have the "capacity" for something? Postpartum Depression and Anxiety Mothering through ADHD - what this looks like for K...

Send us Fan Mail Honest as a Mother Book 2 is Launching SOON. Book 2 - Can you believe it?! Amanda is joined by one of the incredible authors in this book, Rossana Spadafora to chat with her about her motherhood experience thus far, and what she wrote about. Included in this episode: Rossana shares why it was so important for her to write in this book and how writing this chapter helped her heal....