The Momtellectual Podcast

Join me for the second half of my conversation with Cathy Richards, a Registered Dietician (RD). We cover lots of topics including the usefulness of keeping a food journal, the importance of modeling good food and exercise behaviours for our kids, and why your kids loving ketchup isn't the end of the world.

Join me as I chat with Cathy Richards, a Registered Dietician (RD). We cover lots of topics including how to have more energy, how to beat nausea during pregnancy, and toddler eating.

Rejoin me and Spiritual Mentor and Intuitive Teacher Jennifer Lyall as she takes us through a meditation to connect with our intuition and figure out our strongest intuitive sense.

Join me and Spiritual Mentor and Intuitive Teacher Jennifer Lyall as she talks about the different kids of intuition and how we can tell when it's trying to speak to us.

If you've ever wondered what intuition is, whether you should care about it, or how to get more of it, join me and Spiritual Mentor and Intuitive Teacher Jennifer Lyall as we discuss mother's intuition and how we can connect to it.

We're talking about understanding our money! Chartered Accountant and Money Mindfulness Coach Linda Spencer gives us some advice about when we should budget, and when a cash flow plan is likely to be a better idea. She also helps us find money! If you're confused about your money and how best to handle it, Linda shares her expertise about how to get headed in the right direction. You can find Lind...

Money stress is the leading type of stress in most of our lives today - join Chartered Accountant and Money Mindfulness Coach Linda Spencer and I as we discuss what money stress actually is, and some quick ways to turn it around.

"Selling is a lot like dating - and there are a lot of frogs out there!" That's one of the gems from this chat with Elaine Turcotte, Courage Coach and Sales Expert with Courageous Living. This is a conversation of value for salespeople and consumers alike - don't put up with people who just want to close a sale, and don't be that person either. Celebrate our 50th episode with us by visiting www.mo...

Elaine Turcotte and I are chatting about emotional health, and the healing that can come if you choose to be brave enough to start talking about the struggles you're dealing with. As Elaine notes, trauma tends to either divide us or bring us together. If you can accept your feelings for what they are, without judgement, and then share them with those closest to you, you create the opportunity for...

In this chat with Elaine Turcotte, we talk about something we have in common - we have each had close family members die by suicide. We talk about NOT being able to talk about it, and the healing that came for Elaine and her family when she started those difficult conversations. We don't talk about details, and talk about how to handle difficult emotional situations in a healthy way. You may be te...

Helping our children understand the life cycle of things means that they have experience letting things go while they are still young. Professional organizer and productivity coach Carolyn Caldwell talks about the dangers of giving our kids' stuff away without their consent, and how to teach them to have healthy relationships with stuff.

Carolyn Caldwell, professional organizer and productivity coach, discusses how many of us have very strong emotional attachments to our belongings, especially after huge life transitions such as having a child or losing a parent. These strong emotional attachments often lead to problems with organization because we hold on to things too long. Carolyn helps us understand why stuff can mean so much...

Tim Campbell is nonconforming in a number of ways - as someone who is gay, gender fluid, and a drag queen. We talk about Tim's multiple coming outs, challenges many people face as they navigate a life that may not be as others expect, and how we can all best support others who are nonconforming as they figure out and celebrate who they are. Part 2 of 2.

Tim Campbell is nonconforming in a number of ways - as someone who is gay, gender fluid, and a drag queen. We talk about Tim's multiple coming outs, challenges many people face as they navigate a life that may not be as others expect, and how we can all best support others who are nonconforming as they figure out and celebrate who they are. Part 1 of 2.

I'm discussing "The Five Roles of a Master Herder: A Revolutionary Model or Socially Intelligent Leadership" by Linda Kohanov with Leadership Coach and Business Consultant Susanne Hemet. Susanne has long been known for bringing insights learned from animals into her trainings. She talks about how parents can incorporate leadership lessons into their parenting, and also how these lessons have influ...

I'm discussing "The Five Roles of a Master Herder: A Revolutionary Model or Socially Intelligent Leadership" by Linda Kohanov with Leadership Coach and Business Consultant Susanne Hemet. Susanne has long been known for bringing insights learned from animals into her trainings. She talks about how parents can incorporate leadership lessons into their parenting, and also how these lessons have influ...

Lisa Austin is a Personal Fitness and Nutrition Coach, and we discuss the push for physical perfection if you are in the fitness industry. We also discuss other aspects of physical presentation in business. Also, we get back to a discussion of making fitness changes, and how to deal with (and reduce) backsliding.

When people are trying to be more fit, is it about health, or appearance? I discuss the sometimes complimentary, sometimes contradictory goals of being healthy vs. looking good with Personal Fitness and Nutrition Coach Lisa Austin. Lisa explains the importance of paying attention to your body and how you react to different food, and how fitness approaches should really take individual differences...

Diversity and inclusion are important issues in the workplace for many women. Women are a protected group, and we often have childcare and other family responsibilities that are not supposed to hold us back in the workplace, but that's not always the reality. Cathy Leonard, a Diversity and Inclusion Strategist, shares with us some of the reasons why diversity and inclusion are important goals both...

Going back to work after a maternity leave can be challenging enough, but many women choose to take an extended parental leave. This usually means finding another job and going through the whole interview process, in addition to having to navigate new responsibilities and balancing them with working outside the home. Cathy Leonard discusses her experience of going back into the paid work force aft...

"There is so much significance in what you do as a human being - your ability to influence." In Part 2, Neil Rampersad gives more insight into what it means to be a man, in a world where often men want to talk but many topics are not quite acceptable. He also further reveals his insights gained from parenting and examining his own parenting choices. "I get immediate feedback from my kids about my...

"As a man, we all have these stories we don't tell..." In the first interview in my "Mother of a Son" Series, Neil Rampersad shares stories of his own childhood, and gives us insight into his experiences of satisfaction and struggle while he raises a son and daughter. "Creating an environment of unconditional love requires us being able to acknowledge each other's humanness, which includes emotion...

"When it comes to teaching values, all those 'Why?"s your kids threw at you? You get to throw them right back." In part 2 of our conversation, Amy Leask shows us why big questions are perfectly sized for little kids, what questions we might want to consider asking our kids about social media, and why the "Santa Question" is an important one to look at from several perspectives. WARNING: If little...

"Children are already little philosophers - we just have to help them with a framework" - so says Amy Leask, a children's interactive media producer, and founder of both Red T Media and Enable Education. In this episode Amy and I talk about the Big Questions kids can ask, how we can use them as a bonding experience, and how we can help our kids understand that there's no one right answer, but that...

This is part 2 of my chat with Theresa Czajkowski, Creative Solutions Creator and Professional Mess Maker at the Creative Campus. Theresa and I turn to a discussion of adult creativity, and talk about how important empathy and being able to take other people's perspectives into account are vital for creativity. Warning: We discuss abortion in this episode. We are not judgemental about what your op...