Mind Body Mother

If you’ve ever felt stressed about food and what you’re feeding yourself and kids, Elise Museles has some life changing wisdom for you. As an eating psychology and nutrition expert and seasoned mom of two now grown boys, Elise shares her firsthand experiences with diets, Orthorexia, perfectionism and mom guilt. She takes us back to vulnerable moments like being put on her first diet at age 9 and a...

Today I am talking to holistic OB Dr. Rebecca Cohen about how to recover your core and pelvic floor at any point after having babies. She explains common postpartum issues like diastasis recti, vaginal tears, prolapse, incontinence, painful sex and how to resolve them. Rebecca gives nuanced responses to questions about when to work out or have sex after having a baby that go beyond what we often h...

Cassie Chambers Armstrong is a mom to two young boys, state senator, bestselling author and faculty member at the University of Louisville Law School. She shares her experience of filing the official paperwork to run for city council after a sleepless night, covered in spit up, when her firstborn was 5 months old. At two weeks after her second son’s birth she had the not so picture perfect moment...

IBCLC, Doula and Registered Dietician Bonnie Logsdon shares creative tips for getting more rest, staying nourished and establishing milk supply. She details her 4 hour sleep method that is a game changer for getting more rest in the fourth trimester while breastfeeding. Bonnie discusses the interplay between the stress of common postpartum situations like birth trauma, your relationship with your...

Meal prep, healthy eating and balancing blood sugar can feel like impossible tasks for a busy mom, but Holistic Nutritionist Stephanie Niemis breaks down specific tips that make it fun and easy. Stephanie is a mom of 3 who understands the need to keep it realistic. She gets super specific with meal ideas for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks that both moms and kids can enjoy and feel good eating...

Mind Body Mother host Helene Kusman opens up about her debilitating anxiety and depression after having her first baby. Unlike the PPA/PPD symptoms she had read about while pregnant, she was caught off guard by the “slow boil” to being 8 months postpartum and post-weaning when things spiraled out of control. Helene was able to get her mental health back to a good place with a combination of SSRI m...

Certified Nurse Midwife Bianca Weaver shares her firsthand experience and professional expertise on conception, infertility, pregnancy loss, labor and birth in today's episode. She takes us through her powerful story of an accidental pregnancy while using natural family planning that resulted in a miscarriage followed by a long road of infertility, continued miscarriages, chemical pregnancies,...

Is alcohol affecting your mental health, physical wellness goals and motherhood experience? Bestselling author Samantha Perkins shares her story and that you don’t have to “hit rock bottom” to recognize that alcohol is causing issues in your life. Samantha considered herself a normal drinker until her anxiety spiraled after becoming a mom. She noticed that alcohol was contributing to unpleasant ph...

Is your poop normal? Hormones, mental health, diet and exercise all play a role in gut health including constipation, diarrhea, inflammation and other common digestive issues. Nutrition Rewired Founder Erin Kenney gets into the need to know specifics of the gut brain and gut hormone connection through different phases of motherhood with Helene on today’s episode. You may chuckle when you hear Erin...

Sarah Teeple joins the Mind Body Mother podcast with a wealth of knowledge around individualizing your approach to wellness through the seasons of motherhood. Helene asks her to give specific Ayurvedic practices someone can do to optimize their health in preconception, pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, menopause and after menopause. Sarah shares her own personal journey of a toxic chemical exp...

Marlie Cohen aka Kale and Krunches joins the Mind Body Mother Podcast for conversation around the realities of postpartum recovery, mental health scares as a new mom and the evolution of life, marriage and exercise after kids. She explains how she felt “wrecked” after birth and was totally unprepared based on how postpartum is portrayed in the media. Marlie opens up about intrusive thoughts, postp...

Mind Body Mother host  ⁠Helene Kusman⁠  shares her own personal journey to motherhood including post- birth control amenorrhea, recurrent miscarriage and pregnancy after loss.  Helene describes the challenges of getting pregnant without a regular period, winding up in the ER with her first miscarriage and having a D and C after her second miscarriage. She details TTC or trying to conceive after lo...

Join mom of 2 Helene Kusman as she dives into the nitty gritty of mental and physical wellbeing for moms, future moms and all who identify with the motherhood journey. Sex, alcohol, marriage, infertility, pregnancy, loss, hormones, anxiety, depression and spirituality- there are no topics off limits! Tune in for real, honest and informative conversations with Helene and her incredible village of w...