The Modern Mamas Podcast

This week Jess sits down with Diane Teall Evans, host of Get Your Sh*t Together podcast, nutritional therapy practitioner, and all around edutainment queen when it comes to the wellness world.  Diane has joined us before to chat about gut health, but today we are talking with her all about TAPPING aka Emotional Freedom Technique.  Diane recently became certified in this wellness techniqu...

In this catchup episode, Laura and Jess both share recaps of recent travel escapades and reflect on traveling with kiddos and both the rejuvenation and challenges that come with it. Tune in for summer updates, personal shifts, and so much more. Thank you for listening, friends! We're so glad you're here. As always this is just us sharing our own unique experiences and is in no way meant as a comme...

In this week's topical episode, Laura and Jess answer your questions (and you asked some really good ones). Tune in for some life updates and juicy question answering, including what we're loving right now and so much more! We had a lot of fun recording this one, and we hope you love listening. Thank you for being a part of this awesome community! As always this is just us sharing our own unique e...

In this episode, Laura sits down with Kiersten Peterson, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, army wife, photographer, and, after years of recurrent pregnancy loss, mama to two precious baby girls! She joins us again, after sharing the stories of her pregnancy losses and then the adoption of her daughter Parker, for this very special episode where she tells the real, raw, and beautiful birth story of...

This week Jess sits down with Laiken Williams, a functional diagnostic nutritionist to chat all things postpartum fatigue and what you can do when working with an FDN-P to support yourself holistically through these symptoms. While we know postpartum fatigue can feel extremely common, we hope you listen and feel empowered to dig deeper and arm yourself with real tools to heal and feel more vibrant...

In this week's catchup episode, Laura and Jess chat all things life. Laura shares life updates, big birthday plans for Evie's 5th, and a fun recap of her first solo parenting camping adventure with both girls. Jess talks summer transitions, upcoming trips, powerful closure for her family. Tune in for all this and more. Thank you for listening, friends. We're so grateful for you! As always this is...

In this very special five year anniversary episode, Jess and Laura answer listener questions and reflect on how far this podcast has come, express gratitude for this incredible community, and share excitement for the manifestations still yet to come. We are so deeply grateful for this community and wouldn't be here, five years later, doing what we love without you. Thank you from the bottom of our...

In this week’s episode, Laura sits down with Vanessa Rissetto, registered dietitian and co-founder of Culina Health. She helps clients take an active role in their health journey. In this episode, Vanessa gets real on topics like food freedom, diet culture, and how we, as mamas, can start loving ourselves through food and foster that same love in our kiddos. We hope you love this one! Thanks for t...

This week, Laura and Jess sit down for a topical episode and share the ins and outs of a day in their lives: the rituals, rhythm, and routines. We loved this listener question and had a great time processing through the day to day. It's amazing how the simple seemingly mundane day to day actually has so much magic. Thank you for tuning in. We're so grateful for you! As always this is just us shari...

In this catchup episode, Jess and Laura sit down for a catchup. Tune in for chat about life, camping trips, pool dips, summer plans, cooking fun, and the anticipation of much needed slower summers with the babes. Thank you for tuning in. We're so grateful for you! As always this is just us sharing our own unique experiences and is in no way meant as a commentary on YOUR unique life - we hope you e...

In this topical turned unintentional catchup, Jess and Laura share their Mother's Day experiences and dive deep and raw into the realities - the joys, highs, lows, and hard stuff - of motherhood. In usual Modern Mamas fashion, this episode takes its own direction, and we're sure glad it did. Thank you for tuning in and for sharing. We're so grateful to do motherhood with so many of you! As always...

This week Jess sits down with Becca Roses, Certified Epigenetics Human Performance Coach, to learn more about epigenetics and how understanding your unique genetic blueprint can help create a totally one-of-a-kind, custom wellness plan to help you live as your most vibrant self.  We chat all the ways in which you can take your genetic code and create practical support in all areas of life. &n...

Join us for this week's catchup episode as we chat life, from the fun and fulfilling to the tough real talk. Laura shares updates on postpartum life:  the joys, the realities, and the challenges. While Jess shares reflections on her advocacy trip to DC. That, and so much more. Don't miss it! Thank you for listening friends As always this is just us sharing our own unique experiences and is in...

In this week's topical catchup, Jess and Laura chat family traditions and rituals. This episode was inspired by a listener question about what traditions we've kept from our childhood and how we're creating new ones for our families now. We dove deeper than expected and shared real talk and special moments. Enjoy, friends! Thanks for listening. As always this is just us sharing our own unique expe...

In this week's episode, Laura sits down with return guest and brilliant sleep expert, Eliza Parker, to chat all things infant sleep, toddler mood, crying in arms, birth processing, and so much more. certified Aware Parenting Instructor, Infant Developmental Movement Educator, Body-Mind Centering® Practitioner, and trained Feldenkrais® practitioner, Eliza’s life-changing perspectives and respectful...

In this week's catchup episode, Jess and Laura share big and small life updates, from saying goodbye to Homer, planning for Indie's first big camping road trip, and the manifestation that made it all happen, to the eats, sights, and fun during Jess and Tim's 10 year anniversary trip to Jackson Hole. Don't miss it! Thank you for tuning in, friends! We're so grateful for you. As always this is just...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses SEVERE postpartum depression and the signs and symptoms commonly found in this condition. This episode discusses thoughts of harm, including self-harm and harm to children. If you are not in a place to listen, please tune into a previous episode and we will see you next week. This week Jess sits down with mental health advocate, severe postpartum depression...

This week, Jess and Laura sit down for a bonus catchup episode. Tune in for current feels, more on Laura's postpartum journey, finding new rhythms, new work, and excitement around a much anticipated 10 year anniversary trip for Jess and Tim. Thank you for listening, friends! As always this is just us sharing our own unique experiences and is in no way meant as commentary on YOUR unique life- we ho...

This week, Laura sits down with her friend Mariah Moore as she shares her wild twin birth story! Tune in as she shares her experience from the wild day they found out she was carrying twins to the most incredible twin birth story we've ever heard. Mariah shares words of wisdom for parents expecting twins, and the real and raw of what she's learned through her experience so far. This is a good one,...

In this week's catchup episode, we share real talk and life updates, including newborn sleep, navigating big transitions, leaning into setting boundaries and saying no, and important lessons in motherhood because it turns out our kiddos don't just learn from us. Thank you for tuning in and for being a part of this community. We're so grateful for you! As always this is just us sharing our own uniq...

While Laura is on maternity leave, Jess gets to sit down with a few good friends to chat some topical episodes and share new perspectives on a wide variety of subjects!  This week Jess chats with her good friend Dr. Katie Church all about supporting healing vs symptom suppression. We dive into everything from common misconceptions about chiropractic care, to women's health myths, to the idea...

While Laura is on maternity leave, Jess gets to sit down with a few good friends to chat some topical episodes and share new perspectives on a wide variety of subjects!  This week Jess chats with good friend, health coach, and sustainability guru, Elizabeth Winkley of Fresh Texan all about her own personal journey towards living more sustainably as a mom of three. Liz shares the stats that sp...

Join us for a catchup where Jess and Laura finally get a chance to sit down and fully digest the last few months!  We talk family visits, finding new rhythms, job changes, and chasing creativity and what lights us up.  As always, we walk away with lots of aha moments and processing. As always this is just us sharing our own unique experiences and is in no way meant as a commentary on YOU...

We are back with another episode in our very special birth story series!  This time Jess gets to sit back down with Alaena Haber of Grazed and Enthused to chat all THREE of her births.  We chat their similarities, their differences, how she prepared for each one, and her takeaways about her experiences.  Alaena is driven by a desire to empower mothers to feel safe and informed in th...

We are back after what's seems like a big break, with a mammoth of a catch up episode.  If things have been quiet, it's because there's been a lot going on!  From new babies, to job transitions, to illness, to family time and other big transitions, we share as openly as possible about all of the bustle of the last few months. Grab your headphones, and your favorite cup of hot liquid, and...