The Mama Healing Hub Podcast

After two years of learning, growing, listening, and evolving, we're opening the doors to a brand new chapter of The Mama Healing Hub. In this episode, we're taking you behind the scenes of our relaunch and sharing why we decided to completely rethink and rebuild the community we've been dreaming about. We talk honestly about what we've learned as therapists, mothers, and business...

In this episode of The Mama Healing Hub Podcast, we're having one of the biggest conversations many parents quietly wrestle with: How do you know when you're done having kids? There isn't a checklist or a perfect answer. For some families, the decision feels clear. For others, it's layered with grief, uncertainty, differing desires, mental health considerations, finances, age gaps,...

Sometimes the hardest question to answer isn't "What do you need?" it's "What actually brings you joy?" In this episode, the three therapists behind The Mama Healing Hub guide each other through a simple visualization exercise that uncovers something surprisingly profound. If you were dropped alone on a peaceful island with no responsibilities, no expectations, and nowh...

No matter how confident we look on the outside, most mothers have experienced some version of mom shaming. Whether it comes from family members, friends, strangers online, or even our own inner critic, judgment can leave us questioning ourselves in moments that already feel high stakes. In this episode, Vanessa, Carrie & Alyssa explore the difference between judgment and shame, why parenting d...

In this episode of the The Mama Healing Hub podcast, Carrie Parker continues her conversation with Kate Martin and Rebecca Leonardes for a deeper discussion on breast health awareness, women’s wellness, self-exams and the importance of understanding your body over time. Together, they explore why breast health is still often treated as a taboo topic and why more open, honest conversations around w...

This is one of those conversations that helps you slow down and actually understand your options .... instead of just reacting when something feels off. In this episode, we’re joined by Kate and Rebecca from Rebalance Wellness London to talk about what thermography actually is (and what it isn’t), how it works, and why more women are starting to look at it as part of a more proactive, whole-body a...

This episode is a little different… Think: therapist confessions, unfiltered takes, and the stuff we don’t usually say out loud. We put ourselves on the spot and answered the kinds of questions people are always wondering about therapists but don’t always ask 👀 We’re talking:the non-negotiables we will not budge on as therapiststhe therapy buzzwords that lowkey annoy usthe personalities we strugg...

Motherhood can be beautiful and also incredibly isolating. In this episode of The Mama Healing Hub , Carrie sits down with Karla, a mom of two and member of The Mama Healing Hub , to talk about what motherhood has really looked like for her behind the scenes. From navigating the everyday chaos of parenting (including the never-ending adventure of potty training) to the emotional highs and lows tha...

In this episode, host Vanessa Spinarsky shares a deeply personal story about navigating chronic health struggles, gut inflammation, and the emotional toll of living in a body that doesn’t always cooperate. For years, Vanessa received different diagnoses , depression, PMDD, IBS, colitis , yet none of them fully explained what she was experiencing. Seeking deeper answers, she recently underwent func...

Parenting can quietly turn partners into logistics managers. You’re coordinating lunches, school forms, bedtime routines, and who’s picking up from daycare but somewhere along the way, the connection between you can start to feel thinner. In this episode, Vanessa, Carrie, and Alyssa talk honestly about what it actually looks like to stay connected in a relationship after kids . They explore why ma...

In this powerful episode Alyssa Trittler sits down with registered massage therapist and doula Deborah Koumoutsidis for a conversation many women never hear but deeply need before, during, and after birth. Together, they explore the profound connection between a woman’s body and her birth experience, and why empowerment in the birthing room begins with trust, informed consent, and understanding yo...

In this episode of The Mom Room - Carrie sits down with naturopathic doctor Dr. Lindsay Martens to explore women’s hormone health and the wisdom of the menstrual cycle. Together, they unpack what a healthy cycle actually looks like, why so many common symptoms are misunderstood as “normal,” and how tracking your cycle can deepen awareness of your energy, mood, and overall wellbeing. Dr. Lindsay sh...

Pregnancy loss is a grief many mothers carry quietly often without language, support, or space to be witnessed. In this deeply honest episode, Carrie Parker and Alyssa Trittler explore the emotional reality of pregnancy loss, the mental health impact that follows, and what it truly means to hold space for grief instead of trying to fix it. Alyssa shares her personal experience navigating loss and...

In this episode, Vanessa Spinarsky sits down with naturopathic doctor Dr. Annaleeza Caputi to talk about Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) not just as a hormonal condition, but as an experience that deeply impacts identity, relationships, and motherhood. Together, they explore what PMDD actually is, how it differs from PMS, and why it often goes unrecognized for years. Both Annaleeza and Vane...

There’s a version of partnership we imagine before kids and then there’s the one we’re living inside afterward. The one shaped by sleep deprivation, mental load, shifting identities, and the quiet pressure to keep everything together. In this conversation, host Vanessa Spinarky and guest Eli Weinstein explore the emotional transition from “I do” to “we do” ... not as a romantic milestone, but as a...

The world feels louder when everything is framed as a side to choose. In this episode, Vanessa explores the emotional and relational impact of binary thinking: in culture, in parenting, in advocacy, and in how we judge one another. She reflects on the invisible pressure to be seen as “good,” “aware,” or “on the right side,” and how that pressure can quietly shape our nervous systems and our relati...

Motherhood isn’t meant to be done alone or performed for approval. In this episode, Vanessa Spinarsky, Carrie Parker, and Alyssa Trittler pull back the curtain on the Mama Healing Hub - a therapist-led space designed for mothers who are tired of performing, fixing, and holding it all together. They talk about how their drop-in sessions are built around real-life motherhood . From art therapy you c...

In this honest and deeply human conversation, The Mom Room hosts Carrie and Vanessa sit down with Kerrington from @mamasimplysaid to explore what happens when life, motherhood, and personal struggle leave you feeling like a stranger to yourself. Together, they talk about the moments that crack us open: burnout, identity shifts, mental health struggles, and the quiet pressure to keep it all togethe...

In this honest and layered conversation, Carrie + Alyssa sit down with Klaudia Krystyna to explore the interplay between masculine and feminine energy especially as it shows up in motherhood, emotional healing, and major life transitions like divorce. Together, they unpack how trauma, responsibility, and identity shifts can disconnect women from themselves, and how moments of rupture can also beco...

In this episode of The Mom Room , Alyssa Tritter and Vanessa Spinarsky come together for an honest, reflective conversation about identity, motherhood, and the invisible ways women learn to disappear inside care. Joined by Rachael Smith , a licensed therapist specializing in perinatal mental health, we explore how motherhood reshapes relationships, self-trust, and values and how curiosity, not pre...

As the year comes to a close, Vanessa Spinarsky, Carrie Parker, and Alyssa Trittler sit down for a rich, unscripted conversation about who they’ve become over the past year personally, professionally, and inside motherhood. This isn’t a “new year, new habits” episode. There’s no pressure to reinvent yourself or chase big goals. Instead, this conversation explores the quieter, deeper shifts that of...

In this deeply human episode of The Inner Room , host Vanessa Spinarsky sits down with New York-based therapist Lauren Larkin (@leltherapy) for an honest conversation about eating disorders, what recovery actually looks like, and why healing is never a solo act. Lauren shares her personal journey through disordered eating, the familial and cultural forces that shape our self-image, and the unique...

Our bodies. Our timing. Our emotions. Ourselves. In this episode, host Carrie Parker sits down with Kelsie Schlese from @maidentomothertome for a deeply honest conversation about infertility, postpartum mental health, and the quiet pressure mothers carry to “stay positive” while navigating uncertainty. Kelsey shares her fertility journey, including what it meant to release control and shift toward...

In this powerful episode of The Mama Healing Hub Podcast , Carrie and Alyssa sit down with Sophia Ashley , founder of Intimacy After Kids , for a conversation every parent needs to hear. Together they unpack what really happens to intimacy, identity, libido, and emotional connection after kids — and how couples can rebuild something deeper, softer, and more alive. Sophia shares her own journey fro...

What happens when a mother tells the truth about how she feels? On this episode, Vanessa Spinarsky cracks open the viral Instagram post that stirred up thousands of reactions...both deeply supportive and shockingly judgmental. The post was simple: “I’m a parent who does not thrive with constant little-kid energy.” But the internet heard: “You don’t love your kids.” “You’re cold.” “You’re rejecting...