Miracle Mama Podcast

Kelly Oriard and Callie Christensen share the story behind their company, Slumberkins, an educational brand providing social-emotional learning tools for young children, and also discuss tips and tricks for promoting wellbeing in our children and in our personal relationships.

Abby Hines is a preschool teacher in Dallas. We talk about how we as parents can help educate our young children during this difficult time and how to navigate being a new 'homeschool mom' while we self-quarantine. If you want to learn more from Abby, you can follow her on Instagram at  @dayschoolhines

Rachel Hopkins, a licensed professional counselor, talks about ways we can maintain our mental health during Coronavirus and all the uncertainty we are facing. She talks about how we can cope in the midst of this crisis and how to maintain peace. You can find Rachel and learn more about her practice at Nikao Counseling .

Dorsey Standish, Chief Mindfulness Officer of Mastermind Meditation, discusses research-backed mindfulness and strategies for maintaining wellbeing during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Here are some resources Dorsey mentions: Mastermind Meditate: A virtual gym for your brain! Join our online classes to learn and practice science-based mindfulness and emotional intelligence techniques.  www.mastermindmedi...

Laura McLaughlin, M.Ed., LPC, RPT, founder of HeadFirst Counseling, provides tips, advice and encouragement as we navigate the challenges of parenting our children and adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Find out more about Laura at headfirstdallas.com

In this special episode Dr. Hillary Lewis, a board certified pediatrician, talks about how to protect our families from contracting Coronavirus. She shares the most common questions she has received from her patients and why it's so imperative that we work together to create the changes necessary to eradicate this virus. If you want to learn more from Dr. Hillary Lewis, you can follow her on Insta...

Allison Ellsworth, co-founder of Poppi, talks about being on shark tank, launching her healthy prebiotic beverage company, and raising her two sons. https://www.drinkpoppi.com

Sarah Kuhn is a mompreneur and founder of a fitness and nutrition app for pregnant and postpartum moms called Juna. Sarah discusses launching Juna, tips for a healthy lifestyle, and body changes we can expect pre and post baby. https://linktr.ee/juna.moms

Donna Letier is a mother to two grown daughters and the founder of two successful businesses. In our podcast, we talk about how she has focused on living an abundant life while building her businesses and raising her two daughters, one with severe special needs. You can find her business on Instagram @Gardenuity and online at www.gardenuity.com .

Jennie Monness, the founder of Mo' Mommies and Union Square Play, discusses her work in early childhood development and her emphasis on play as a way of enriching the lives of children, parents and caregivers.

Casey Bonano is a registered dietitian and discusses foods that we should and shouldn't be eating and the myths surrounding them. We talk about childhood eating disorders, which is something she specializes in, as well as our postpartum bodies and the foods we use to fuel our busy lives.

Morgan Pieper was working in the corporate world as a CPA when she decided to go after her passion and create a new fast casual retail concept called Feed Me Pronto . We chat about how she made the transition from corporate life to the start-up world, what it was like raising over $1 million dollars while being pregnant and how she plans to shake up an entire industry.

On Saturday, September 21, Miracle Milkookies , PAIRR and Sol Society partnered together to create an event in Dallas for moms called Miracle Mama RePAIRR Your Sol. We invited 75 Dallas women to Park House for Kookies and coffee, a live Miracle Mama panel and a styling and discounted shopping experience in Highland Park Village provided by Theory, Alice & Olivia and Veronica Beard. Bridget Barbier...

Dr. Courtney Kahla specializes in pediatric + prenatal chiropractic with an emphasis in women's health and fertility. She shares openly about her own journey with infertility and the various experiences that she and her husband went through on their path to get pregnant. In the podcast, Dr. Kahla shares about her passion for women's health and how she works with her clients to help them maintain a...

Lauren Goodman has an eight month old daughter, works for a real-estate firm where she handles fundraising and sits on two boards. All that to say, she is doing a lot of things, all at once. We chat about life as a first time mom, the transition back to work after a 16 week maternity leave, how she creates time for herself and what a corporate work-life balance really looks like. I really apprecia...

Dr. Molly Millwood is a clinical psychologist specializing in couples therapy and women's health. We discuss the transition into motherhood, the expectations for marriage after baby and attachment theory. Dr. Millwood shares what she calls the modern dilemma, that as women we are spreading ourselves too thin because we have been socialized to desire a career, yet also feel that we need to prove th...

Jessica Bryant is a sleep coach and founder of a company called Sleep Happy. She talks about life at home with a new baby and what is and isn't normal when it comes to getting your baby to sleep through the night. We talk about how food intake and awake time impacts our children's sleep schedules. We also discuss topics like the importance of tummy time and why keeping our children awake and activ...

Catalina Gonzalez is the founder of Dondolo , a luxury children's clothing company based out of Dallas, TX with a presence in hundreds of retail stores across the US. We talk about the mission and vision behind Dondolo and why it was so important for Catalina to use her business to employ dozens of mothers in her home country of Colombia. We also talk about being a mother to three little boys with...

Megan Vowler was just 15 weeks pregnant when she found out her baby tested positive for Down Syndrome following an early genetic screening test. She shares about her pregnancy journey after learning of her babies diagnosis, how mothering a child with special needs has changed her entire outlook on life and why she has made it her mission to support other mamas. If you want to reach out to Megan pe...

During Lee's second and fourth pregnancies, her children experienced medical issues that required them to spend extensive time in NICU. Lee talks to us about her NICU experience and some tips that doctors gave her to help her babies progress. She also tells us how we can support other families with babies in NICU and ways we can do things to support families going through a difficult time. On a li...

As new moms, self care is so important but it's not something most of us make a top priority. Dr. Jill Feetham is a dermatologist with a passion for mother's and children. We talk about ways we can take care of our skin as busy mamas, why it is so important to protect our children's skin from the sun early on, the skin changes our newborn babies might experience, and what we can do to combat aging...

Kaitlyn Kirby is the founder of Mini Mag , a really cool digital publication focused on mom life. She features so many incredible moms on her covers, like Jessica Alba, Kourtney Kardashian and Arielle Charnas. We talk about how she launched her magazine as a junior in college, her tips for landing so many incredible celebs and the crazy medical issue that happened to her during labor that only eff...

Morgan Hutchinson is the founder of Shop BURU , an incredible clothing brand that empowers women and mother's to look and feel their best. She openly shares about her struggle with bipolar disorder and how she prepared for pregnancy. She tells the story behind launching BURU, how her breastfeeding journey began the day she opened a bottle of formula and why she feels so inspired to empower other w...

Dr. Hillary Lewis is a board certified pediatrician who talks about all of the things we as first time moms might have questions about. She covers topics like how to find a pediatrician, the truth behind vaccinations and autism and why it's so important to regulate screen time and technology when our children are young. Dr. Lewis is also very passionate about educating families so they can raise h...

Over the past several years, Lauren has run her own successful blog where she shares about family, fashion and lifestyle. This past year, Lauren gave birth to her first baby, a little girl named Shiloh. In our conversation, Lauren talks about the transition into motherhood and the best advice she received before becoming a mom. She also talks about marriage after baby and how she makes time for he...