Mom Camp: Around the Campfire

In this episode I am chatting with Meredith Dawson. Meredith is such a light, and has such a huge passion for supporting moms. This chat is all about giving yourself permission to pause, and what that can look like in everyday life. Meredith speaks about how you can learn to honour yourself both as a human and as a mom, recognizing what value you bring to your life.  Meredith has so many...

In this episode I am chatting with Keisha Blair, author of Holistic Wealth: 36 Life Lessons to Help You Recover from Disruption, Find Your Life Purpose, and Achieve Financial Freedom . It's so much more than a book, it's a system or framework for how to think about your life differently. As Keisha explains, wealth isn't just about finances, this is about abundance in all areas of your life. ...

In this episode I am chatting with Ada Slivinski, founder and principal of the boutique PR firm Jam PR. As a business owner, Ada is passionate about hiring moms. She explains how she built her business as a young mom, and how she has created her business culture to make it welcoming and accessible for moms. We also talk about the super powers that moms bring to the workplace, from scheduling and p...

In this week's episode I am chatting with Gladys Simen, owner of My Life Couch . Gladys is a life coach for working moms, and we chat about ALL the things. We talk about how important it is for moms to take time to recharge, and how to find time in your own life to do that. No one functions well when they are running on empty, but so often moms don't even realize they're at that point because it h...

In this week's episode I am chatting with Katie Connolly, owner of Glowithin. Katie shares all about her work in craniosacral + somatoemotional release healing, explaining what it is, how it can benefit moms, how she works with her clients. She works with parents educators, and kids, helping them to balance their nervous systems. We talk about how to notice within yourself when your nervous system...

In this episode I am chatting with Dr. Lori Brotto, professor in the UBC Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, where she holds a Canada Research Chair in Women’s Sexual Health. Dr. Brotto is also the Executive Director for the Women’s Health Research Institute.  We chat about cultivating sexual desire, specifically for moms. Moms that are tired, stressed, experiencing low libido - an...

In this episode I am chatting with Emily Nichols, host of the Self Transformed podcast. Emily works with moms to help them improve their lives through healthy strategies, basing her work on the science of habits. She calls her process "habit hacking," helping people introduce habits into their lives in a lasting and meaningful way. We talk a lot about habit stacking, a practice where you conn...

In this week's episode I am chatting with Kerry Cavers, founder of Moms Against Racism Canada. This is a huge conversation. In fact, I think I say the word huge about 60 times during the course of our talk. Kerry started Moms Against Racism in the wake of the George Floyd murder, and she shares how one small act of creating a Facebook group to help inform friends ballooned into the incredible, and...

In this week's episode I am chatting with emotional healer and spiritual growth coach Kailey Veenstra. This is an empowering, enlightening, inspiring, motivation conversation. In other words, it's a BIG one. Kailey is a recovering perfectionist and people pleaser, and she shares about the work she did to overcome these tendencies that weren't serving her. It's all about getting connected to your h...

In this week's episode I am chatting with therapist Allison Lieberman. Her specialty is postpartum mental health, and the focus of our chat is postpartum anxiety. PPA is seriously under-diagnosed - Allie does an awesome job of explaining why this is, and explaining the symptoms that come along with this condition. She shares her story of what led her to specialize in this area, and her own experie...

In this week's episode I am chatting with Tamara Komuniecki, a self-described serial entrepreneur and founder of the "Strong as a mother" movement. She is also the owner of Delish General Store + Jar Bar Refillery, one of my favourite local stop for all kinds of amazing home goodies. Tamara shares her story of how she created the SAAM brand and movement. She also shares the difficult things that h...

In this week's episode I am chatting with coach Bridget Belden. We are talking all about life beyond momming. Whatever it is that comes after the "mom and ..." We chat about how much we love motherhood, but how often we can lose ourselves in our mom identity. Bridget works with moms to help them find who they are beyond motherhood. This is an awesome conversation if you have that little voice that...

In this week's episode I am chatting with health and mindset coach Samantha Kellgren. We are talking about how busyness, more income, and more responsibilities do not always equal "success."  Samantha helps women dismantle belief that you have to be busy all the time, things will not fall apart of you take some time away. For high achieving moms that can be a hard message to absorb and t...

In this week's episode I am chatting with Darlynn Childress, a parent coach who specializes in creating a peaceful home. I know voices can get loud in our home, so I found this a very helpful conversation! Darlynn has a framework she uses with parents to help them feel calmer and create a more peaceful environment. It starts by thinking about the triggers that might be a) causing the behaviours fr...

In this week's episode I am chatting with Dr. Piper Gibson. This conversation is FASCINATING. Piper shares how she went on a journey into the world of holistic health, that changed her family's life completely. She discovered the connections between the gut, the brain, and behaviours, specifically when it comes to tics, ADHD, Tourette's, Anxiety, SPD, and ASD.  After going from stay-at-home m...

In this week's episode I am chatting with Lisa Canning. Lisa is a coach and author of The Possibility Mom: How to be a great mom and pursue your dreams at the same time . Lisa shares how a "minivan meltdown" completely changed her life, leading her to personal development, coaching, training, and a ton of personal work. She had long-held "habit of proving," the habit of seeking affirmation for doi...

In this week's episode I am chatting with author Jenn Wint. This was such a fun conversation. I've had the pleasure of getting to know Jenn over the past year and I am honoured to be the first podcast to host this awesome mama! Jenn recently published her first book, Josie's Busy Calendar . While it may at first seem to be a kids' book, it has a message that everyone needs to read. Josie is a litt...

Over 375,000 Canadian women take maternity leave every year. A recent survey showed less than 1% reported feeling confident returning to work. Further data shows salaries for mothers are on average 12% lower compared to non-mothers. WHAT?!  Yup, true story. And there is no shortage of data, reports, and discussions on the power gap and penalties put upon working mothers. That has only been he...

In this week's episode I am chatting with Misha Taylor. Misha is a coach in three areas - sleep, potty training, and positive parenting. We are talking about embracing luxury and truly taking care of yourself, over the idea that we "have to" suffer to be a good mom. Suffering is not a badge of honour, and Misha wants to flip this on its head. She wants moms to normalize luxury - to elevate self-ca...

In this week's episode I am chatting with Becky Van Drunen. Becky is the perfect recipe of ALL that things that make her truly her - she is a mom, a chef, a corporate leader, a business owner, a bestselling author, a musician, a speaker...she is all these things and more. Becky is passionate about encouraging people to avoid the traps of "all in" culture. Especially in the entrepreneur world, ther...

In this week's episode I am chatting with photographer Michele Mateus. Michele's passion is empowering women, which she does through her photography sessions in both brand photography and intimate portraiture. She shares how her sessions are so much more than just a standard photo shoot. It's often the first time in a long time that a woman has done something that's just for herself. We talk about...

In this week's episode I am chatting with Liz Bayardelle, PhD. If you're a regular listener, you know that near the end of every episode I ask guests how they define balance for themselves and their family. Everyone has a slightly different definition, a different way of looking at it, and it just so happens that balance is one of Liz's favourite subjects. Liz shares what balance means to her...

In this week's episode I am chatting with licensed therapist and coach Onnie Michalsky, from Moms Without Capes. One of Onnie's huge passion is helping moms improve their sleep. We talk about the thoughts and worries that can start cycling through our minds the minute our heads hit the pillow at night, affecting our sleep health. Onnie shares her steps to calming those worries, explaining how we c...

In this week's episode I am chatting with Sam Darling, all about making new friends as an adult. Making friends seemed so simple as children, but as we get older and our circles shift and change, it can be hard to make new real friendships.  Sam has moved dozens of times in her life and has become an expert at making friends and connecting with people. She shares some great tips for how to me...

In this week's episode I am chatting with Mandi Duong, owner of Blyssen Beauty. Mandi shares about how she learned the importance of self-care and self-love first through her struggle with infertility, and then again as a new mom. She lost herself in that first year of motherhood, and realized how important it was to take care of herself, which would in turn help her be the amazing mom she wanted...