The LionsNest Podcast: Stories of Motherhood

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! This week I bring on my friend Aaron, we chat about sooo much and we have such a  blast doing it! we talk about how he felt becoming a young dad, about traits he'd love to pass down to his kids and things he loves about his self! Aaron and laugh and really chat about things that are important to us!  One really fun thing is Aaron has his own podcast The I...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! This week I share some exciting news about my husband and how we celebrated valentines day. I also talk about some passed valentines days and how this year i was more clear about my thoughts and how I feel like it helped. I also give an update on our fertility journey, I found out some more information and its stressful. Its looking like our chances are pretty...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! Hi! This week I share a fun anecdote my mom taught me when I was younger, we call it Getting The Fries! Sawyer came down with a cold this week so we took it easy, we rested and watched lots of movies. But it got me thinking us MOMs or main caretakers of the household have to keep going when we are sick, its like we tell ourselves a little rest is enough when i...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! Hi! this week I tell a couple stories that lead me to my own self discovery! As a Parent I think we project our own inner feelings on to our child, we don't mean to, we probably have no idea we are doing it, I definitely didn't until I was mid thought with this story. I also chat about how we sometimes judge our spouse/co parent about how they are pa...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! Hello!! get ready for a positive up beat episode, Im feeling really good this week! First off I have a little chat about time outs and how ive been wondering lately if that is teaching Sawyer to close down when handling her emotions and then it makes me wonder if my husband was in time out a lot as a child!?! I also am working on how i talk to Sawyer and how i...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! Hi! This week i give an update on where Im at in my fertility saga, Im not far but its still pretty hard and a little heart wrenching. Going through something like this does  make me appreciate Sawyer so much and the little sweet moments mean so much more even though some days she makes me want to pull my hair out!  I also talk about how I've made it to 2...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! Hello!! This week I chat about what im learning from now consistently getting up early and working out, its given me more mental clarity than I thought. I now have a love for getting up early and feeling accomplished. I also share some fun stories about Sawyer and how Im really loving this age group she is in. I also give an update on my infertility journey an...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! Im back after the holidays, to talk your ear off the new year and how I feel about. This year i want to be intentional with me time and actions. I want to do things with purpose. I also catch you up on how things are going with our infertility and how all my feelings are piling up between trying to get pregnant and going to the gym on a consistent basis. Life...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! This week I get into how i feel after my 30 day self challenge and how I feel I've changed, I feel so much better mentally and physically even if the scale doesn't prove it...yet! Ive  already decided on a new 30 day challenge and I'm excited to get that going. I talk about Christmas, are you ready!?! we did a sweet little Christmas thing with S...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! This week I chat about how the end of the year is coming which feels unreal and then that means Sawyer will be turning 5! I cant believe she is getting so big, i mean some days i can but in the reality of it, its flying by.  I also talk abut how my appointment went with the fertility specialist and even with going in with low expectations I was still disappoin...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! This week I talk about how I went to a completely rejuvenating GONG bath, it was like a meditative sound bath that gets you in the most relaxed mood and just helps you to clear your mind, which lead me to my 30 day self challenge! I am going to be waking up everyday for 30 days and going to the gym before my husband goes to work, I am making time for me and fo...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! This week I talk about what happens to me mentally when luis is gone hunting, Sawyer and always have a good time and nothing too wild or bad has happened but always end the week feeling EXTREMELY exhausted, like i just couldn't catch my breath allllll week. Its hard to explain the feeling of feeling mentally and emotionally worn out. But one fun thing we...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! This week I talk about how I wanted to record the other day because I like to stick to a time line but Sawyer needed me and being a mom takes priority and i want to be conscious of those moments and do them justice. I also talk about how Ive come around on bed sharing and I'm enjoying these little moments of peaceful love and affection because it really w...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! this week I catch you up on whats felt like a whirlwind of a couple weeks. Ive been an emotional wreck for a while, so dealing with new feelings and stages of infertility is always rough, but im getting through it one day at a time. Then Luis hit a string of bad luck which they say " when it rains it pours" but for us it's felt like a constant d...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! I start off this episode being honest about how I am dealing with my infertility, its a hard journey to be on, its a constant battle of emotions. I am trying to be better about accepting those feelings and not push them down. which leads me into talking about wanting to be more patient and present with Sawyer, I've been doing a good job most days of doing...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! This is one of those weeks where you look forward to something and your like great Im prepared for this and then somehow you over sleep and your rushing to get your shit together, ya this is one of those weeks. I showed up late to a very important drs appointment and it sent me into some I couldn't help it. I went to see my dr. to get my referral to an in...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! Hello!! This week I chat about Sawyer being super excited for school, she loves learning and even pretending to learn at home which lead us in to unintentionally giving her a chore (paid of course). Because she really wants us to have cabin in the woods one day she wants to make money, so I asked her to start feeding the dogs twice daily and ill give her 50 ce...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! Hello!! On this weeks episode I vent about an argument Luis and I had, Im not venting to complain about him, Im more complaining about myself and how I cant get my words out how I think they should come out, so that the words are a conversation and not an argument. I want to be understanding but I also need to ask for help but Im not voicing properly the type...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! Hello!! On this weeks episode I chat about my birthday and then I get into Sawyers new lying stage and how I'm trying to approach this softly, I don't want this to be a habit she carrying into her older years, I want to set up that she can tell me the truth and I wont get mad but I have to control myself not getting mad. ITS HARD!! I also don't...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! Hello!! On this weeks episode i talk all about our road trip and how well sawyer did and how we ran into a little hiccup but we recovered and made it to our destinations. Sawyer and I made fun memories and it also gave me a new perspective on how it feels to be the sole protector, I didn't realize how much i depended on my husband to do that and on this t...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! Hello!! On this weeks episode I chat about our camping trip, it was sooo good for the soul for us all to be out with nature. Sawyer definitely got board but she also got to use her imagination quite a bit! I also think she might have eaten more dirt than actual food. But oh well a little dirt don't hurt! i also am starting to have the feeling of being tou...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest ! Hello!! on this weeks episode I talk about how I'm feeling after last weeks emotional episode, and to tell you the truth I'm feeling way better, who knew crying your eyes out would help so much! it caused me to talk about things more than I knew I needed to. And now I'm feeling more motivated than ever! Sawyer has been in a really good mood lat...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! Hello!! On this weeks episode I am extremely emotional, it took me a week longer than normal to get my thoughts together for this episode and I still ended up crying almost the whole time. Luis and I have been struggling to get pregnant for the second time and its coming up on two years and I just can't believe we haven't gotten pregnant and I cant u...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! Hello!! On this weeks episode i talk all about our trip to Mexico to see Luis family. i know Mexico sounds magical and it was in some aspect but the part of Mexico we went to was not a tourist place, it was very much a run down city and it was very eye opening and humbling. We did do some fun activities like swim in a pool every day and go to a petting zoo and...

Send a text Welcome to The LionsNest! Hello!! On this weeks episode I talk about how we are working on our attitudes, both me and Sawyer. Im trying really hard not too over react right away or to not yell automatically. But having a toddler really loves to test your patients A LOT of the time! i keep telling myself we will get through this, we will get through this, its only a phase, its only a ph...