The Modern Mommy Doc Podcast

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Listen here: https://modernmommydoc.com/how-to-declutter-home-and-life Your environment and your home should be a safe haven from the world...NOT an added stress to the rest of your life.  Allie Casazza is on a mission to eradicate the "hot mess mom" stereotype by empowering other women. She is the author of Declutter Like a Mother and has built a multimillion-dollar online business based on...

Dr. Amy Moore is a cognitive psychologist and child development specialist with over 25 years of experience in the field. She is also the Research Director for LearningRx and the host of the Brainy Moms podcast. Kim Hanson is the CEO of LearningRx, and her passion is to help professionals, educators, and parents learn more about cognitive skills and how they impact real-life performance. Today we’...

Kristin Neff is an associate professor in educational psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. Kristin received her doctorate from University of California at Berkeley in moral development.  Kristin’s work focuses on mindful self compassion, an intentionality in being kind to yourself and showing yourself compassion, just like you would show someone else. And who needs self compassion...

There’s a saying: if mama ain’t happy, nobody is happy. One of the worst things in the world is a miserable mom - for her AND for everyone around her.  Denise Hamilton launched WatchHerWork, a digital platform that understands that when moms are happy, they can do amazing things and is working to close the achievement gap for professional women. She also has 25 years of executive professional...

Bethany Braun-Silva is a parenting, entertainment, and lifestyle editor. She is the former editor of parenting.com and frequently writes about the latest and greatest gear for parents and kids as well as health, women's lifestyle, pop culture, home, and food topics. Her work has also appeared in People, Real Simple, Shape, and Parents, and so many more publications. She is a graduate of New York U...

Can you really have it all? Camille Walker is a lifestyle blogger and podcaster who motivates others to make meaningful connections in simple day-to-day ways through the My Mommy Style blog, and chase their dreams through her Call Me CEO Podcast. In this episode, we’re talking all about what you really need to know to start your own business and make it a success - all while juggling motherhood. W...

Do you feel like you are drowning under a list of “to-dos” and the invisible workload that so often falls on the shoulders of women? Eve Rodsky is a wife, mother, a Harvard graduate, and the author of Fair Play, a book that is not only shining a light on the issue of women’s unpaid labor, but also provides actionable steps to more equitably divvy up domestic responsibilities. In this episode, Eve...

Are you a mom and feel like you just don’t have time to do anything ? Zibby Owens is the founder of the “Moms Don’t Have Time” franchise, author to several books, podcast host, a contributor to Good Morning America, Parents, Marie Claire, Redbook, and the New York Times online, and a mom to four children. She joins me today to talk about what first prompted her to start the “Moms Don’t Have Time”...

In this special bonus episode of the Modern Mommy Doc Podcast, we are joined by Susan May, who is sharing her incredible story of triumph through her son’s devastating diagnosis. Susan is the author of Nick’s New Heart: 30 Years and Counting, a true story about her son’s journey receiving a heart transplant and the impact that the diagnosis had on her and her family. She is sharing what got her th...

Blessing Adesiyan is the Founder and CEO of Mother Honestly, a platform that supports moms looking to live their best lives in the workplace and at home and she joins me today to discuss working motherhood, guilt, and success. We’re talking all about what mothering honestly means, why it’s important to make parenting out loud the norm, and why we need to redefine what success means. We also discus...

When we can focus on our children’s strengths - instead of their weaknesses - we can help them to truly reach their full potential. Dr. Sam Goldstein and Dr. Robert Brooks are the authors of Tenacity in Children, a book that provides a framework to raise resilient and happy children by nurturing the seven instincts for lifetime success.  Listen in as we go through the seven instincts that chi...

Mary Beth Ferrante is the Founder and Managing Partner of WRK/360, a platform designed to create workplace cultures that actually care by promoting flexible work, empathetic leadership, and doing away with parental bias. Her work has been featured in Forbes, CNBC, Working Mother, ScaryMommy, and more. We’re diving into something that is truly near and dear to my heart: affecting positive change fo...

Laurie James is a mother, caregiver, and divorcée turned author and transformative coach. She wrote the book Sandwiched: A Memoir of Holding On and Letting Go , and she joins me today to share her story in the hopes that we can all learn from her experience. Listen in as Laurie describes what it was like to struggle to “do it all” while her ideal life and family crumbled around her, the epiphany s...

We’re keeping it real AND getting back to the basics in this episode! We all know that mental health is important, and it’s fantastic that there is so much awareness around it, but it’s crucial that we also remember our physical health is just as important. Krystle Howald is co-founder of Expecting and Empowered, whose mission is to empower ALL women to feel confident in keeping their baby safe du...

Mom rage. What is it? Why do we feel it? And what can we do to prevent it? No doubt if you’re a mom you have at some point experienced the inexplicable rage that we have come to know as “mom rage.” In fact, it’s so common that it even made the New York Times in 2020 during the height of the pandemic (though don’t worry if you were too busy trying to juggle everything during a global pandemic to re...

Would you love for your kids to play more independently? Are you worried about lasting effects from the pandemic on your kids’ well-being? Do you feel guilty about how much screen time your kids are getting, especially during the pandemic? We’re talking about all of this today with Erin O’Connor. She is the co-founder of Scientific Mommy, a resource for parents that sifts through the data and pres...

Money, money, money. It’s such an important part our lives, but it’s also an area that many of us spend a lot of time worrying about and not a lot of time talking about - at least not publicly. In this episode, Dawn Dahlby shares the foundational steps that most people are missing when it comes to financial health, what the key is to growing wealth, and how much we should all be putting away towar...

Dr. Lisa Bravo is an acclaimed psychotherapist, speaker, author, and teacher who has worked in the field for over 20 years and has a passion for working with teenagers and their parents to ease extreme behavior. We’re discussing the reasons behind why kids of all ages act out, how to interpret their behavior, and how to discipline in a way that doesn’t further push your child away. Lisa also share...

Nina Restieri is the author of Overcoming the Mom-Life Crisis and founder and president of momAgenda. In this episode, Nina shares what exactly the “mom-life crisis” is, how to know whether you might be experiencing it, and what to do about it if you are. We also talk about the day that Nina’s life changed, why it’s important to get clear on our own priorities (not just what we want to do, but how...

Chastity Holcomb is a therapist, enneagram coach, and founder of Momfully You Academy, a private online community that teaches moms how to reclaim their identity after kids and love the authentic version of themselves. In this episode, we’re talking all about boundaries: what healthy boundaries look like, what the first step to setting (and keeping) boundaries is, and why  we need to change t...

Kate Borsato wears a few hats: a proud mom, a partner, a writer, and a therapist with a focus on maternal mental health. Her focus and passion is supporting moms to get rid of what is weighing them down so they can live their best lives possible. We’re talking about something that is so common among moms, but that is not talked about nearly enough: anxiety and intrusive thoughts. If you find yours...

Amy is a psychotherapist, author of four books, and an expert on what makes people mentally strong. In this episode, we’re talking about what makes kids resilient, how we can encourage our kids to be the best version of themselves, and what it means to go back to the basics (and how important that is!) Amy also shares why having some control is really important for children’s development and inner...

Do you struggle with feeding your kids? If you do, you’re not alone. Jennifer Anderson is a registered dietician, a wife, and most importantly, a mom, and she has spent a lot of time studying the world of food, culture, and family to find solutions to the struggle so many of us have: feeding our kids. We’re talking about why the old rules about how to get kids to eat healthy just don't work a...

Tara Clark is a modern mom who is also the founder of Modern Mom Probs, a parenting humor and lifestyle Instagram account that has grown to over 600,000 followers since conception. She also creates content for Scary Mommy and is the author of the book Modern Mom Probs: A Survival Guide for 21st Century Mothers . We’re getting real about what motherhood looks like today! Tara gives us a sneak peek...