Mother the Mother

In today’s Real Talk with McLean, she shares her heart, wanting you to know she is here with you throughout the changes happening due to COVID-19. In this episode of Mother the Mother: Living in the unknown Letting go of fear Feeling into your emotions Cultivating a meditation practice Setting intentions & stepping into your dharma Finding gratitude Follow McLean: IG: @motherthemother motherth...

Do you ever think, “how are all the other moms doing everything so well, all the time?” Then this episode is for you because—spoiler alert—they aren't. In today’s solo episode, McLean dives into some listener questions around what moms wonder about other mothers, but are too shy to ask. In this episode of Mother the Mother: Suffering in the motherhood realm Letting go of control The power in c...

Welcome Breighl Robbins—the owner and creator of the plant-based, postpartum care company, Ebi. Ebi’s mission is to encourage new mothers to make space to care for themselves during the postpartum period. To provide balance in the name of fostering true connection. The connection between mother and child, mother and community, and communities with the world at large. Ebi is committed to advocating...

Healing is possible wherever we are. We get to create a space to heal and grow at any moment. In this episode of Mother the Mother:  Different phases of mothering  The power of 40 days  Healing wherever we are Follow McLean: IG: @motherthemother http://motherthemother.com/mother-the-mother/ This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

What you get with Sri Mati in all her endeavors, is a sermon or prayer which radiates the vibration of MOTHER, an energy that comes through her essence, her words and her music . In this episode of Mother the Mother:  What is Aging?  Becoming your own authority  The beliefs we never chose  Parenting and schooling  Medical Freedom Follow Sri Mati IG: @srimati https://www.juliepiatt.com/ This show i...

I recorded this episode on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and it stirred up a lot of thoughts about facing our fears and showing up in service, so I just went with it. Enjoy! Resources: Instagram: @motherthemother (https://www.instagram.com/motherthemother/) Mother the Mother is a production of (http://crate.media)

The last time we had Jana Roemer on the show, she shared how we can use Yoga Nidra to promote peace and rest in motherhood (and beyond). I didn’t even know it at the time, but she was newly pregnant — and now she has a gorgeous two-month-old baby! So, she came back to share her postpartum journey and how she set herself up to thrive by using lessons learned from her first pregnancy. To learn more,...

I have been with my partner for a little over 10 years now, and I have changed so much. When I look at our relationship today, I can see how we handle things with so much more grace, compassion, and honesty than we did even just a few years ago — and when I reflect on the path that brought us here, I see how we probably wouldn’t have made it to this point if we weren’t brought to our knees and for...

I met Marisa Peck Johnson when we were both new moms, and I don’t have enough good things to say about her: she makes me cry laughing every time I see her, she is so well-spoken, and she is willing to advocate for her own physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Plus, she’s one of the rockin’ female co-founders of Hello Human, which unlocks the potential of teams by leveraging both Western and E...

To close out this year, I sit down with my favorite Tarot deck and allow spirit to guide my intention and our conversation. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: http://motherthemother.com (http://motherthemother.com) Resources: Instagram: @motherthemother (https://www.instagram.com/motherthemother/) Earth Warriors Oracle Tarot Cards (https://www.amazon.com/Earth-Warriors-Oracle-G...

Sarah Naia Soleil’s sequence of being conceived was the initial spark that ignited her passion for the invisible doorways and non-verbal realms that surround us. A mother of two, Sarah received the gift of experiencing a life-changing transcendent state of consciousness during the four-and-a-half-hour birth of her son. This initiation led her to study midwifery and serve as a birth doula, which ha...

Today I want to start a conversation about a topic that I seem to talk about almost every single day with my friends: hiring childcare help. This is such a huge question, especially for working mothers, and people have really strong opinions on every side of this debate — and my intention with this episode is not to pick a side but to start a conversation. Nothing I’m sharing today is a judgment o...

Clancy McCarty began her career in maternal health by co-producing maternal health advocate Christy Turlington’s debut documentary film, (http://cnn.com/mothers) about why the U.S. is the worst developed country to give birth in. Now she’s on a new adventure as a student nurse-midwife, learning new skills to continue her mission of addressing the systematic issues affecting women around the world,...

Elise Loehnen is the Chief Content Officer at goop, co-host of The goop Podcast, and just a huge inspiration to me over the years. I am so grateful for all of the incredible interviews she’s shared with us and how she is always standing in her femininity, empowered and powerful. I also think she’s a fantastic role model for all of the working mothers out there who are committed to doing everything...

Raegan Loston shares how pregnancy has shifted how she approaches being a Reiki practitioner, breathwork facilitator, and birth doula. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: http://motherthemother.com (http://motherthemother.com) Resources: Breathwork: www.instagram.com/breathewithraelo (https://www.instagram.com/breathewithraelo) Doula: www.instagram.com/OmMyDoula (https://www.ins...

Panchakarma is like an Ayurvedic cleanse that resets the body, mind, and spirit through the use of medicinal ghee, an herbal purge, and a specific diet that slowly brings the body back into balance. I had heard a lot of varying experiences from other people, so I didn’t really know what to expect, but I am so grateful for this powerfully shifting and re-centering experience. Note: If you want to d...

Sufi Ertur is a dear friend, another OG doula in the LA community, and a medium who offers these incredible baby readings. Her work is vast and, appropriately, we talk about a LOT in this episode! From navigating joy to her work as both a birth and postpartum doula to soul cartography, this episode goes every which way and I am so happy to share this wild and wonderful woman with all of you. To le...

About 15 years ago, Nicole Rice traded in her career as a fashion PR and marketing executive to pioneer a new path in the wellness world. She became a doula and Ayurvedic educator, one of the first in LA, helping to empower the mothers and the birth community before it was cool. Nicole also co-founded Countertop Foods (https://www.countertopfoods.com/) , which draws upon Ayurvedic wisdom to create...

You might remember Christen Delaney from episode 22, in which we discussed Christen’s incredible jewelry business and plans for her upcoming pregnancy. Well, now the baby is out and Christen is honoring the sacred 40-day period by nesting in bed — so we recorded a conversation all about her birth and postpartum experiences, live from that very bed! I’m so passionate about sharing these stories in...

Nicki Sebastian is an incredible photographer who uses her camera to capture the beauty and chaos of motherhood, and if you haven’t seen her series of motherhood portraits yet you really need to check them out on Instagram: @motherhoodportraits (https://www.instagram.com/motherhoodportraits/) .  Nicki is so gifted at finding and capturing the most beautiful moments of motherhood, using her photogr...

There’s just so much deep, deep stuff going on in the world right now, and it’s been forcing me to delve deep into my own psyche to look for answers — so, today, I invite you to join me on this journey. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: http://motherthemother.com (http://motherthemother.com) Mother the Mother is a production of (http://crate.media)

I invite you all to get centered at the beginning of this week’s episode before you get inspired by the incredible Trish Moreno, President/CEO and Creative Director of Little Giraffe, a luxury baby brand I’m sure most parents are already familiar with. I’ve known Trish for over a decade now, and whether it’s as a mother, as a friend, or as a badass woman in the working world, I just vibe so hard w...

We start today’s episode with a short breathing exercise that will help you take a moment to recenter — because it’s so powerful what we can do, even with just three breaths, when we put intention behind our actions! Then we move into an incredible interview with Perinatal Mental Health Therapist Abby Burd, who has spent nearly two decades helping clients overcome anxiety, depression, substance ab...

Julie Bernier is an Ayurvedic practitioner and yoga teacher who I have had the pleasure and privilege of working with to develop my own Ayurvedic practice. I love who approachable, warm, and welcoming she is — holding all of this ancient knowledge for us but, at the same time, just talking to you like one of the girls. So, she’s been a transformative person on my journey as a mother and a healer,...

Christina Justiz Roush isn’t a birth worker in the traditional sense — but, in her own unique and incredible way, she does oh so very much for mothers! Because Christina is a visual artist whose work is grounded in the feminine. After graduating college, she worked for the acclaimed sculpture artist Carole Feuerman and learned the difficult and delicate art of live casting and sculpture finishing....