The Canna Mom Show

We are leaping into our second part of the two-part series featuring the authors in the new anthology, Courage in Cannabis. Today we have another big show with Joyce speaking with Adilah Anwar, Joe Brennan and Dr. Jennifer Anderson, her co-authors in Courage in Cannabis. The book launch is now scheduled for December 13th! Adilah Anwar is a trailblazer who has spent the past twenty years building a...

On today’s show we share four canna-stories from the upcoming anthology, Courage in Cannabis. Joyce talks with a doctor, a farmer, a business consultant and a medical patient. All of today’s guests are crushing the stereo-types of who consumes cannabis, who grows cannabis, and who is healing with cannabis. Today we are launching the first of a two-part series featuring eight stories from the new a...

Kelley Bruce is the very first canna mom Joyce met so many years ago, and she’s happy to be sharing Kelley’s story with you today. Kelley Bruce lives in Humboldt County and founded the non-profit organization CannaMommy to support families who are looking for safe access to cannabis because she understands their fight. Kelley founded the non-profit to be ‘For Moms By Moms’ after her experiences as...

Today Joyce is talking with three canna-nurse practitioners based in Massachusetts, Julie Battel, Caitlin Bernhard and Marissa Fratoni. They are all health care providers who are using their skills, knowledge and networks to heal and to educate us at Azalla Wellness and Azalla Education . Julie, Caitlin and Marissa bring their decades of combined professional experience as practicing cannabis nurs...

Windy Borman is the executive producer and director of a great documentary, Mary Janes: The Women of Weed , where she is highlighting the stories of women breaking barriers and building businesses in cannabis. Joyce loves the film and knows so many of these ladies and wants you to know them too. Windy and Joyce talk about why she took a leap into cannabis filmmaking, a few of the ladies in the doc...

On today’s show Joyce talks with Judy Yee, the CEO of a revolutionary beverage company that is working on being a disruptive player in the adult beverage market. K-Zen beverages was founded after Judy’s years in the beverage industry taught her to spot the next industry disruptor. On this podcast she shares her vision of a delicious and healthy cannabis beverage; how she shared her pivot into cann...

Sharon Kevil joins us from Wisconsin and shares with Joyce why she is building her cannabis-friendly furniture business right here in America. Sharon is the CEO and the mastermind behind Forti Goods , described as the “Room & Board of Weed.” Sharon shares her journey from Kohls to cannabis, why anti-fast furniture is her mission, and who is investing in her stylish and safe-storage furniture. Joyc...

Debbi Spranza is the Chief Learning Officer of Rocky Mountain Cannabis Consulting , and shares her professional journey from rule breaker to regulatory compliance specialist and trainer. She is the education and training nerd that the highly regulated cannabis industry needs more of. Lucky for us she was terminated from her bank position in 2019 and is now focusing her fierce energy on supporting...

Today’s show is a little different because our scheduled guest was in Jamaica without good Wi-Fi! So, Joyce and Dave took the opportunity to talk about The Canna Mom Show winning best podcast of the year at the Women In Cannabis Expo, recommend a few books and Joyce shares her own canna story. She talks about why it is so important for women, moms and caregivers, to join the cannabis industry beca...

On Instagram Meaka Brown goes by the handle “Roxberry Girl” which is a connection to a neighborhood in Boston impacted by the war on drugs, Meaka’s home. On today’s show Joyce and Meaka talk about how her strong sense of community and unique skill set helped her transition from a city constable to the cannabis industry, and how her work allows her to do what she loves every day by connecting commu...

Vanessa Jean-Baptiste is a local Massachusetts business woman who is breaking barriers and building her business in cannabis. She has a story that proves one person can make a difference at a local level with persistence and knowledge. Vanessa and her partners, Mark and Mike, are the founders of Legal Greens dispensary in Brockton, MA, which began with her journey from employment in the criminal j...

Nike John and her mom, Dr. Robin Reed, share their inspiring mother – daughter canna story with Joyce. Nike John is a young, ambitious woman with a background in real estate, and Dr. Robin Reed is her safety and strategy advisor when not caring for patients in Boston. Together they are building the first black-woman independently owned cannabis dispensary in Massachusetts, and they share with Joyc...

We are excited to begin season 3 of The Canna Mom Show with Zoe Helene, founder of Cosmic Sister , an environmental feminist collective. The Canna Mom Show is launching into a new topic with today’s show, we are expanding our understanding of plant medicine beyond cannabis. Zoe Helene is a self-described psychedelic feminist and she is also a performer, advocate and educator with a Jewish connecti...

Meg Sanders is the co-founder and CEO of Canna Provisions , an adult use dispensary with stores in Lee and Holyoke Massachusetts. Meg is also a cannabis pioneer having been an influential industry voice in the Colorado cannabis regulations and legalization over a decade ago. Meg’s story has been featured on many prominent media outlets including NPR, Rolling Stone, The New York Times and now The C...

Morgan Caitlin’s own personal journey led through the loss of friends to opiates; her own discovery of cannabis for chronic pain, anxiety and depression; and a move to the Colorado where she began her professional canna journey. Morgan is now back on the east coast as a microbiologist in New Jersey, and on today’s podcast she shares her insights with Joyce on the emerging New Jersey cannabis legal...

Marlies Ledbetter is a CBD business leader in Texas as a national educator and founder of Indie Hemp Company . She is also the Presidential Founder of Green Compass Global CBD and has beauty pageant pedigree! On today’s show Marlies shares her health odyssey, her passion for healing, and what she is doing at a Texas wedding expo. Joyce also gives a shout out to the documentary Mary Janes: Women In...

Penelope Hamilton’s canna story is filled with twists and turns and encompasses all of Joyce’s very favorite topics; pot, politics and religion. Penelope is on the cutting edge of advocacy in her home state of New York, but her story begins with a childhood illness and leads through a Mennonite marriage and transitions through many other communities where cannabis was taboo. But here she is today,...

Gina Vensel co-founded Plant Media Project because she is a passionate entrepreneur dedicated to crushing the cannabis stigma. Gina met her business partner, Elizabeth Sheldon, when they were publishers of a cannabis lifestyle publication, and in 2019 combined their shared vision to found a boutique media company specializing in plant medicine marketing, education and advocacy. Gina is a marketing...

Allie Bear, The Canna Canuck, is a mom, Canadian, cannabis patient and cannabis journalist. She is a well-known influencer, a model, a widely travelled journalist, a respected cannabis educator and a budding glass artist. Allie uses her Instagram account, The Canna Canuck as a testament to the skills, opportunities, education and credentials she has obtained in just over a year- all while losing 6...

Kat Merryfield is the founder of Kat’s Naturals in Dunlap, Tennessee, a company dedicated to making a positive impact by formulating the best organic CBD products to achieve their customers' health and lifestyle goals every time they use them. Kat is a mom, business entrepreneur and advocate, and she shares her journey from Atlanta to pig farming to launching her innovative CBD manufacturing busin...

Two moms from Missouri, Jess Gerry and Destiny Simon, talk with Joyce about working together elevating women’s knowledge about cannabis through crafts, conversation and community. Jess and Destiny were brought together in the unlikely world of The Girl Scouts, and on this podcast they share how they started their cannabis friendly game nights, what they are planning at Canna Events by Leo , and ho...

Continuing our focus on Massachusetts women working in cannabis we are talking with Hillary King, the Director of Wholesale sales at Northeast Alternatives a medical and adult use dispensary in Fall River, Massachusetts. Hillary is also a policy wonk who has been involved with cannabis and Hemp Industries as an advisor, consultant and educator in Massachusetts, and has been an industry leader for...

Janelle Goines is the Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder of The Emerald Turtle, a majority minority-owned Cannabis venture. Janelle brings her finance degree from Northeastern University, her love for entrepreneurship, twenty-years of experience in both public and corporate accounting companies, and her experience creating a successful business to the emerging Massachusetts cannabis industry. Wi...

Haverhill Massachusetts is the home of Full Harvest Moonz , a women business enterprise adult use cannabis dispensary dedicated to providing high quality product and service. Michaela Ristuccia and Janet Kupris are the two ladies bringing their complimentary skills with health care and medical cannabis to the emerging cannabis industry. Joyce talks with Michaela and Janet about their cannabis jour...

Today’s podcast is time well spent listening to Joyce and her Canadian Canna-Mom Canna-Sisters, Reverend Kelly Addison, Leslie Andrachuk and Amie Reiman, talk Canadian/American cannabis, cannabis and kids, and the female cannabis movement. Reverend Kelly shares her cannabis mission as the founder and Managing Director of Kelly’s Green Lounge (KGL) in her small Canadian town, and how she came to be...