The Joyful Mom Podcast

Send a message to Megan Episode 25 Show Notes -How does someone know they are experiencing menopause? -What are the general age ranges? -What are the emotions one might go through because menopause signifies another chapter of your life closing, and aging? -How do you navigate these emotions, and embracing this? Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracijoseph.coaching/?hl=en Facebook: https://www...

Send a message to Megan Episode 24 Show Notes -What’s the purpose of cultivated family -Why I looked for cultivated family -Lessons of loss from Aria, that life can end or change quickly. -Leaning into the moments -Relationships are the most important things we can have in our lives. -They are the most difficult things as well, but if we are not intentional with them, it’s so easy for them to fall...

Send a message to Megan Episode 23 Show Notes Hey, today I'm super excited because I got to chat all about trauma, therapy, and how we are stuck and not broken with Justin Sincero. Justin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, who calls himself a trauma nerd. It was such a fun conversation, and I hope this can help you seek the help you might need and gives you hope that trauma is not t...

Send a message to Megan Episode 22 Show Notes Grief is not a disease. It is not an illness that needs to be done with and moved through quickly. So what do you do, when grief is overshadowing our lives, and it feels like joy is not possible for us again? -You need to make the decision. -You might have to do things that don’t feel very good. Things that scare you. Things that hurt -Self-care -Self-...

Send a message to Megan Episode 21 Show Notes -Who is Nicky, and how did you come to be a sleep coach? -How do you calm your mind so you can go to sleep? -Sleep is safety, and Satisfaction -Sleep Hygiene. -How does one who doesn’t feel safe, and has extreme anxiety and sadness because of grief support their mind to go to sleep? Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicky.blakeman/ Facebook: https:/...

Send a message to Megan Episode 20 Show Notes What in the world does our engagement story have to do with Aria, and grief? Well, it actually has a lot to do with it. It’s funny how we can look back and things are so perfectly connected, even though they are connected in ways we don’t wish they would be. Our story certainly is a unique one, and a very special one to us. You will have to listen in t...

Send a message to Megan Episode 17 Show Notes I want to thank Nicole for sharing her story today, there are so many layers and parts to it, that I felt like we hardly got into it. We could have kept talking for hours it felt like. We didn’t really even get into grief and what it’s like after losing a child, but Nicole’s story is so beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time, that those things ca...

Send a message to Megan Episode 18 Show Notes I want to talk about surviving the holidays I remember my first year after Aria died. I looked around and everyone was so excited for the Christmas season. There is such a feeling of joy, excitement and happiness. When you are grieving, it seems like all that excitement is too much to handle. And I longed for my old self who could laugh and not have a...

Send a message to Megan Episode 17 Show Notes Today I’m chatting with Melissa  Dlugolecki, a life coach, a bereaved mother, and podcaster like she says so many other things as well. But Melissa shares the lessons she’s learned from her daughter Leyden so openly and helps other people find those lessons within themselves as well. -Melissa's Story -What is NEC? -What is one book that has encour...

Send a message to Megan Episode 16 Show Note Today’s topic is surrounding grief and the common saying there is no wrong way to grieve. Everyone says that over and over. And I'd like to say that we all get to choose how we want to grieve. We all get to choose what methods and ways we use to cope, but there are definitely healthy and unhealthy ways to grieve. -Next weeks guest is a woman who is...

Send a message to Megan Episode 15 Show Notes Today’s guest is with Krista St. Germain a grief coach, who works specifically with widows as she is a widow herself, but this conversation seriously fires me up. I love everything Krista shares, and I love the work that she’s doing. -Krista's Story -What is post-traumatic growth? -What is Brooke Castillo's model? And how do we apply it to gr...

Send a message to Megan Episode 14 Show Notes In this episode we are diving into thoughts, and how starting to notice our thoughts can change our lives. It literally changed my life. -Examples of how noticing my thoughts have changed my life -How this is not meant to make you happy 100% of the time -How grief and suffering are different -Our thoughts have a big impact on what we do in our lives Do...

Send a message to Megan Episode 13 Show Notes -How Monique came to know grief? -How she began to learn about grief and trauma stored in the body -How grief yoga different than regular yoga -How do you begin to let go of the trauma or grief that is in your body? -What is difference between trauma and grief? -What are ways someone could allow grief to move through their body, and support their grief...

Send a message to Megan Episode 12 Show Notes -Lessons I've learned from losing my daughter Aria -How I have come from feeling emotionally fragile and shattered, to stronger emotionally. -How jumping so fast to medication, drinking, numbing in other ways, prevents us from experiencing and moving through grief into a full and beautiful life. Download a Free Grief Journal for grieving Mothers h...

Send a message to Megan Today's guest is mother who is parenting her child who is not with her. Amanda shares about her daughter Juniper on her Instagram, and in pregnancy began sharing about pregnancy after loss. We recorded this episode just a couple days before Amanda's second daughter Coral was born. Now Amanda shares what parenting after loss has been like for her. Lets welcome Aman...

Send a message to Megan Episode 10 I have thought of these things over and over lately so I wanted to share some thoughts on them. -The need to "stay strong" -The fact that you matter - Grief changes you forever -The importance of community The doors to The Grieving Moms Haven are currently open. This is a place to take off the mask, and rest your weary heart. A place where you can be se...

Send a message to Megan Episode #9: So many of us experience mental health struggles, yet we suffer alone and in silence. Julie Lee’s mission is to let others know that they are seen and heard, because compassion and connection save lives. In today’s episode, Julie shares with us her journey with her mental health, and how she’s coping and utilizing today to be able to live a functional and happy...

Send a message to Megan Episode 8 Show Notes Four things I learned in my grief after my daughter Aria died. I so badly wanted to go to sleep and not face what was my life looming in front of me. I learned there was no way I could go to hide from my grief. -Grief does not go away -Time heals all wounds(or not) -Grief numbing -Building your life bigger around grief Get on the waiting list for The Gr...

Send a message to Megan The first step to getting help, is becoming aware that there is a name to what you are experiencing, and that there is hope and help out there.  Today I’m talking with Lyndsey Proctor who owns a outpatient treatment center for mothers who are experiencing postpartum depression, and anxiety. I am so grateful Lyndsey shares her knowledge with us today, as it could be the firs...

Send a message to Megan Episode 06 Show Notes: -I love analogies of grief- I heard this one soon after Aria died -Waves of Grief- an old mans words -How scars are a testament to life -How I never really want the waves of grief to go away -Grief is our love for our child Download a Free Grief Journal for grieving Mothers here www.bit.ly/griefandlossjournal Cultivated Family on Instagram: https://ww...

Send a message to Megan Episode #5: Show Notes In today’s conversation, listen in as Melissa from Josiah and Co shares about her precious angel babies. She has experienced 8 pregnancies, and 2 children living here on this earth. Melissa has fueled her grief into crocheting and makes booties with heaven babies in mind. She shares about what it’s like to experience pregnancy after loss, and what it’...

Send a message to Megan Show Notes -Stages of Grief is a misconception -There are no stages in grief -Every person grieves different, and it's more of a web or roller coaster -Anger -Depression -Shock -Guilt -Acceptance -So many more emotions to grief -It's up to you to learn to carry your own grief- no one else can do it for you. Download a Free Grief Journal for grieving Mothers here w...

Send a message to Megan Episode #3 Show notes Danelle Beckstrand-We Call it a Journey Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wecallitajourney/ Blog: https://wecallitajourney.com/ The Journey Market: https://wecallitajourney.com/shop?olsPage=products Download a Free Grief Journal for grieving Mothers here www.bit.ly/griefandlossjournal Cultivated Family on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cultiva...

Send a message to Megan Hey there~ I'm Megan from the Cultivated Family Podcast. I just wanted to briefly introduce myself, and why this podcast exists. I want to share stories and connections so that people feel seen and heard. I will cover topics including grief, mental health, trauma, tools and ideas of ways to learn how to carry our pain, motherhood and marriage. These are all things that...

Send a message to Megan Death comes suddenly and unexpectedly, even if it was expected it's never real until it happens. My daughter Aria died suddenly, and I wanted to share a few things I've learned about grief and loss. In this episode I talk about: -Aria's death -Brilynn's birth -Emotions that come with grief -Finding out I had PTSD -The questions that came up in my grief -...