Moms Off The Record

THANKS TO SPONSOR: Wild Nutritionist! Use code MOTR to save 35% off Mama Baby Biome Method AND First Foods Plan I have been very busy life-ing, particularly with two extremely active toddlers, and therefore my priorities have majorly shifted. I may return to this podcast once we're all settled into our new home and routine in Sweden in the fall, but I'm not going to commit to any definit...

THANKS TO SPONSOR: Wild Nutritionist! Use code MOTR to save 35% off Mama Baby Biome Method AND First Foods Plan Isabella Malbin is a former liberal feminist who helps women unpack the ideologies, industries, and medical technologies that seek to control women’s bodies through the Whose Body Is It podcast and instant access classes. Welcoming Isabella Malbin of @whosebodyisit back after her initial...

Thanks to sponsor Wild Nutritionist! Use code MOTR to save 35% off Mama Baby Biome Method AND First Foods Plan Just over three years after airing our episode with chiropractor Dr. Madalyn Turner, I sit down with her twin sister Dr. Johanna Hartley, who is also a chiropractor, to learn about how she has been pulled between the highly medicalized hospital system and her family's holistic values...

Thanks to our sponsors: Tempdrop! Use code momsofftherecord to get a 10% discount on your fertility monitor here: https://www.tempdrop.com/ Warning: If you are a member of the Ms. Rachel cult, this episode will be a tough listen. Please don't say I didn't warn you! Andreina Rosales is also a Millennial toddler mom, and she is working towards her PhD. It wasn't until her own son was...

Thanks to our sponsors: Tempdrop! Use code momsofftherecord to get a 10% discount on your fertility monitor here: https://www.tempdrop.com/ This episode is going to ruffle some feathers especially within the online motherhood realm, however it's one that needs to be shared. I understand the initial reaction some will have of defensiveness, however I appreciate you letting that initial feeling...

Thanks to our sponsors: Tempdrop! Use code momsofftherecord to get a 10% discount on your fertility monitor here: https://www.tempdrop.com/ Wild Nutritionist! Use code MOTR to save 35% off Mama Baby Biome Method AND First Foods Plan If you are childcare-curious or actively seeking any type of childcare for your babies or toddlers, you need to listen to this solo episode. I leave no stone unturned....

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Thanks to sponsor Wild Nutritionist! Use code MOTR to save 35% off Mama Baby Biome Method AND First Foods Plan I sat down with Aaron Siri, Managing Partner of the NYC-based law-firm Siri & Glimstad specializing in vaccine injury, RFK Jr.s attorney during his presidential campaign, and the author of Vaccines, Amen the Religion of Vaccines. We discuss the conflicts of interest between the nation...

Today I chat with my second-cousin Megan who is a younger yet ever so wise Millennial toddler mom and Renaissance woman. Our moms are first cousins. Megan has worked as a doula and now runs a doula placement agency in Southern California. She’s also a mom to a three-and-a-half-year-old daughter, an IBCLC, and a Nurse Practitioner.  Have you heard of the company Carrot ? Women who are not even adeq...

Thanks to sponsor Wild Nutritionist! Use code MOTR to save 35% off Mama Baby Biome Method AND First Foods Plan In this solo, I discuss why I chose to nightwean each of my children when I did and how I returned to my "why" when staying committed to nightweaning felt hard in the middle of the night. I explain which strategies worked vs. which didn't. Why I nightweaned my son at 21 mon...

Thanks to sponsor Wild Nutritionist! Use code MOTR to save 35% off Mama Baby Biome Method AND First Foods Plan Elena Bridgers is a mother of two, science writer and researcher with a focus on maternal health and well-being, examined through the lens of evolutionary mismatch. Her personal journey of finding motherhood challenging after choosing to have two-under-two and going through extreme sleep...

JOIN AMANDA'S UPCOMING MOTHERPRINT COHORT ON FEB 23RD!  Today I'm joined by LCSW Amanda Texeira who is a mom of three boys and a holistic, trauma-informed therapist. to unpack one of the most misunderstood and overused phrases in modern motherhood: nervous system regulation. Somewhere along the way, “regulated” became synonymous with “calm.” If you’re not calm all the time? You must be d...

I have no clue whether Erik and I will have a third baby. We're both leaving the door open for that possibility. What we do know though is we're waiting minimum 3-4 years between baby 3 and our second baby. Probably leaning closer to 4 years. With two kids just over two years apart, I reflect on what the postpartum period was actually like for me, especially as a mom who parents intentio...

I welcome my friend Celanie Jones for an honest, intricate conversation about sovereignty and what it actually means, without the catchy buzzwords, and how it’s often distorted in modern motherhood and within spiritual communities. Celanie is a homeschooling mom of two young children and local Weston A. Price chapter leader. Celanie shares her rocky but redemptive journey through abuse, trauma, pr...

I sat down with Caley Jones of Rad Moms Union to unpack what’s really happening behind the scenes of the ByHeart formula manufacturing plant, and why their recent botulism outbreak should raise everyone's eyebrows. Caley brings a critical, highly-relevant perspective to this conversation. Before becoming a mom, she worked directly in consumer goods, food manufacturing, quality assurance, and...

👉 Sign up for the No-Nonsense Night Training Group Coaching Waitlist: https://momsofftherecordpod.com/night-training-waitlist-page In this mini episode of Moms Off the Record , I’m diving into one of the most misunderstood topics in early childhood: nighttime potty training . So many parents feel confident with daytime potty training only to get completely stuck at night. And most of the advice m...

In this episode of Mom Off the Record , I’m joined again by the one and only Jamie Glowacki — and this conversation goes far beyond potty training. We talk honestly about what’s really going wrong in modern parenting: unrealistic expectations, over-accommodation, fear-based decision making, and a culture obsessed with comfort and instant gratification. Jamie breaks down how these patterns show up...

Today I’m sharing the real reason my family and I decided to leave Florida for Sweden, and it's probably not exactly what you think. This isn’t about chasing a “perfect Scandinavian country” or running away from life in the U.S. Instead, Erik and I had a serious heart-to-heart after returning from our last visit this past summer and realized motherhood, extended family support, and peer-orien...

In this special end-of-year episode, Kat and April sit down for a heartfelt and honest conversation reflecting on the journey of Moms Off the Record: how it began, how it evolved, and what it has meant to both of them and the community it grew. This episode also marks a meaningful transition. After years of co-creating MOTR together, April shares her decision to step away as a co-host, with Kat mo...

What started as a movement for dignity has become an ideology of disconnection. In this episode, we trace the evolution of feminism, from its early roots in moral equality to its modern rebranding as sameness, independence, and career-first identity. We explore how the cultural promise of “having it all” has often left women feeling fragmented, overextended, and unfulfilled. From the economic engi...

We’re joined by journalist and former climate activist Lucy Biggers of The Free Press (and formerly NowThis ) to talk about the surprising intersection of motherhood and politics , and what happens when we’re brave enough to reexamine our deeply held beliefs. Now a mom of two toddlers, Lucy shares how motherhood reshaped her worldview, inviting her to question ideological narratives she once champ...

In this episode, the two of us reflect on our former six-figure careers in the tech space and how our respective financial trajectories once we became mothers radically changed our lifestyles, world view, and sense of true fulfillment. This episode is part philosophy and part practicality, however please be advised neither of us is a financial consultant, so none of this is to be taken as financia...

Jamie Glowacki, mom, parenting expert, and acclaimed author of "Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler " and "Oh Crap! Potty Training", joins us for an uncensored conversation on what today’s parents are getting wrong (and right) about raising kids. With more than 25 years of experience working directly with families, Jamie dives deep into popular parenting styles, discipline, emotional reg...

Feeling inspired after reading Jamie Glowacki’s book “Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler”, the two of us muse on our current top three core values, where these values likely stemmed from, and how, specifically, they shape our parenting decisions. As Jamie so eloquently puts it, nothing a toddler says or does should theoretically trigger an adult to have an unreasonable, extreme reaction. So, if we are havi...

Alaina faced obstacle after obstacle during her first pregnancy, which happened to be a di-di, identical twin girl pregnancy, and her initiation into motherhood resulted in the first twin being born vaginally and the second via cesarean. Recovering from a c-section plus physical separation for days from her babies due to a NICU stay didn’t deter Alaina from physiologic mothering and tuning into he...