The Dancer Mama Podcast

Today Jenna is chatting with Eddy Brianne: a retired stripper, visual artist and crafter, and mama of one with another on the way! They chat about Eddy's dancing career, what she loved about it, and why she transitioned into being a stay-at-home mom once her daughter arrived. She talks about her various creative endeavors, and how motherhood offers yet another, highly rewarding avenue to express h...

Targeted ads for organic cotton baby sleepers? Influencers selling solutions to problems you didn't know you had? Responsible for ALL the household purchases, from diapers to dog food? This weeks solo episode is a social commentary (grounded in Jenna's own experience of course) on the world mama's find themselves in regarding money, marketing, spending, and consumption. After a recent exorbitantly...

In this Expert Series episode, Jenna is chatting with Elina Viola: Pilates instructor and osteopath. They talk about Elina’s background as a competitive and professional touring figure skater, her coaching experience, and the life skills she has gained and been able to pass on through her skating and coaching career. Then they switch gears to chat about what drew Elina to Pilates, what exactly Pil...

Hey Dancer Mamas! This week Jenna is recounting her first couple classes back teaching in the studio, as well as a brief pelvic floor update (if you’ve been following along with the saga!) and a general update on her approach to fitness in this postpartum season. Then Jenna gets real with some unexpected, slightly embarrassing #postpartumproblems, in an effort to normalize and bring some humor to...

This week Jenna is talking to title-winning exotic dancer, Sasha Belle! Sasha Belle is a stripper, former fitness competitor, makeup artist, and mom of 2 young kiddos. In this episode, Jenna and Sasha talk about stripper competitions and what it takes to put on those amazing, high production value shows. Sasha shares her pregnancy experiences and how she navigated working in the clubs as long as s...

Hi Dancer Mamas! In this week’s solo episode I’m exploring the topic of identity as it pertains to motherhood and pole. Becoming a mom is one of the most profound identity shifts a person can experience in life and it impacts everyone differently! For athletes, dancers, and performers, motherhood can bring on a full on identity crisis as we may have to set aside our sports, passions, and interests...

Happy New Year Dancer Mamas! This week I am so thrilled to present her conversation with the sensual fluidity queen, Tia Jax! Tia is well known on Instagram for her signature sensual style, impeccable technique, and for crafting beautiful, vulnerable captions sharing her story behind her dance on any given day. I have followed Tia throughout her pregnancy and into her postpartum journey, and I hav...

This week, Jenna is speaking to pole mama, fitness competitor,and engineer, Juliana! Juliana has expressed herself through movement in many forms throughout her life, starting with ballet as a child, latin dance, fitness, pole, and then coming full circle back to ballet as an adult! In this episode, she discusses her mindset when approaching both pole and fitness competitions, and how she came to...

This week is Jenna’s last solo episode of the year! The Dancer Mama Podcast will be taking a one week break over the holidays with no new episode on December 27th, then we will be back with our regularly scheduled solo and guest episodes the following week! This episode is a little all over the place and is interrupted by mom duties multiple times! Jenna recaps her 2022, reflecting on her pregnanc...

This week Jenna is so excited to bring on a very special guest: Dr. Ariel Sernek! Dr. Ariel is a pelvic floor physiotherapist who is passionate about educating people on the importance of pelvic floor health, breaking down the stigma that surrounds common pelvic floor dysfunction, and empowering people to improve their health and quality of life. Jenna's conversation with Dr. Ariel spans from gene...

In this weeks solo episode, Jenna provides a brief update on her baby sleep/bed-sharing journey, including mindset and productivity tips she is implementing to make the most of the situation!  She also muses about the societal preoccupation about getting back to where we were pre-baby: whether that’s getting back to work, back to our sport, getting our “body back”, getting our sex lives vack, etc....

In this guest episode, Jenna talks to her close friend and former stripper sister Veronika Veil! Veronika is a stripper, Russian exotic pole specialist, yoga teacher, digital content creator and mama to a 10 year old boy. In this episode, Veronika and Jenna reflect and share the general highs and lows of working in the clubs, before getting into Veronika's unique motherhood journey. Veronika share...

In this solo episode Jenna recounts where she is at with her physical recovery 9 weeks out from the birth of her son. She talks in candid detail (bordering on TMI?) about her pelvic floor, and some of the troublesome symptoms she is dealing with that have delayed her return to pole. Despite increased awareness about the importance of pelvic floor health, common issues such as prolapse remain somew...

This week Jenna had the pleasure of chatting with pole artist, event producer, and soon to be second-time pole mama Lady Jane!  Lady Jane shares how her contemporary dance background and her experience returning to dance as an adult shaped her pole journey. She discusses how she differentiates performing from competing, and how she her passion for performance art led her to co-found her production...

In this week's solo episode, Jenna muses and reflects on some topics that are very relevant to her current life: baby sleep, postpartum recovery, and navigating newborn life in the digital age. She reflects on her own self doubt and difficulties tuning into her instincts: a difficulty furthered by her addiction to google and her use of social media.  Jenna discusses our cultures obsession with bab...

This week Jenna is thrilled to be chatting with highly decorated pole athlete, Anna VHH! Anna has been dancing, practicing gymnastics, and training in the aerial arts since childhood, and approaches pole and aerials with all the discipline and intentionality of an elite athlete (which she is!) Jenna and Anna talk about the different approaches in training circus arts vs pole, how to get the most o...

Contemporary consumer culture, mom vloggers, affiliate marketing and more would have us believe we need a LOT of stuff to get us through pregnancy, the newborn phase, and parenting in general. From Jenna's experience so far, you may not need a lot, but you do need some stuff, and for her, some of the stuff she thought she needed she never used, and some of the things she swore she wouldn't use had...

This week Jenna brings her husband Skye on the podcast to chat about how fatherhood is going so far, and to share his perspective on some of the topics Jenna has explored so far. They talk about Skye's initial thoughts on dating an exotic dancer, how he found himself privy to the world of competitive pole dancing, how he balances his life coaching background with being a romantic partner, and why...

Jenna sits down, first at 2 weeks post partum, then at 3.5 weeks, to record her somewhat disjointed reflections on the early postpartum experience. Much like the pregnancy, postpartum and newborn life changes daily, and what sums up the experience one week could be completely different the next!  In this episode, Jenna discusses the role safe bedsharing has played in her postpartum journey, her on...

In this week's guest episode, Jenna had the pleasure of chatting with Pole Theatre Canada 2019 Comedy winner, studio owner, pole teacher trainer and second time mama Karolyne, aka Kerosene! Karolyne graciously carved out some time in her postpartum season to chat about her pole journey, her diverse preforming arts background, and how the pandemic contributed to the timing of her decision to start...

After listening to countless birth stories on other people's podcasts, Jenna finally gets to share her own! Settle in or prepare to come and go from this episode: it's a long one! Jenna recounts the mentally challenging wait between her due date and the birth of her baby 11 days later, before launching into a detailed account of her labor and birth.  Jenna's labor was a significant departure from...

For this week's super exciting guest episode, Jenna speaks with pole competitor, coach, new studio owner and first time pole mama Virginia Draghi! Jenna got the chance to get to know Virginia better throughout this year after seeing her pregnancy announcement on Instagram and learning that they were only 5 days apart in their pregnancies! Jenna talks to Virginia about her pole career, the ups and...

In this topical solo episode, Jenna talks about money and finances during pregnancy, particularly in the context of being a dancer and taking a lonnng unpaid "maternity leave". She touches on topics such as financial dynamics and labor division within relationships, the taboo of talking about financial hardship, how so much of our self worth is externalized onto productivity and financial success,...

This week Jenna is so thrilled to welcome her first guest, Christine aka @littlesnipper to the podcast! Christine is a Pole dancer, competitor, and instructor, as well as an emergency room nurse, dog mom, wife, and proud mom of two! Christine tells us about her pole journey as well as her pregnancy and post partum journeys, and how different the second was from the first. She tells the story behin...

For Jenna, the third trimester is the best trimester! That is until the last few weeks coming into the due date... Jenna originally recorded this episode at 36 weeks pregnant and had a pretty rosy view of the third trimester: she recaps all the fun pregnancy activities that took place during this time and reports finally feeling comfortable, both mentally and physically, with being pregnant. Howev...