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Send us Fan Mail It’s hard to understand something you can’t name. Harder to explain why everything feels different. Harder to give yourself grace, when you can't put your finger on exactly what it is that you need grace for. Because things that are not named are often invisible to the people outside of the direct experience.  Language isn’t just descriptive—it’s directive. It tells us what m...

Send us Fan Mail Your body kept score through every pregnancy, every round of breastfeeding, every sleepless night — and nobody ran an assessment test to tell you what's left. In this episode of The Real Mom Hub , we sit down with functional medicine practitioner, chiropractor, board-certified clinical nutritionist and mom of three, Dr. Taryn Stittleburg, to talk about the gap so many women e...

Send us Fan Mail In this bonus episode of The Real Mom Hub , we walk through a simple, powerful somatic tool you can use in real time when overwhelm hits. If you’ve ever tried to “think your way out” of anxiety and felt even more stuck, this is for you. Doula Amanda Granberg introduces us to Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), a body-based tapping practice that helps regulate your nervous system wi...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a real-time snapshot of Cally in it—just a few months into life with three kids and figuring it out as she goes. We talk through what’s shifting, what’s breaking, and what’s unexpectedly working. This is what the transition to three actually looks like in the middle—not the polished version after it’s all figured out. There’s a surprising amount of ease alongside t...

Send us Fan Mail In this bonus episode, Amanda Granberg (The bEarth Doula) walks us through a simple breathwork practice—Bumblebee Breath (aka Bhramari Pranayama) —that has become a go-to tool in our daily lives. The science behind it is legit — it works on babies in utero , and Emily used it once on a hysterical 2-year-old, and he immediately started asking for it when he was dysregulated. His da...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda Granberg is back and leading us a guided meditation that goes places most wellness content is too afraid to go — not into gratitude, not into affirmations, but into the void. The fertile, formless, terrifying, sacred void. The place where you're stripped of every label you've been clutching (mom, leader, 'fixer', the one who holds it all together, achiev...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Christina Drain — Doula, birthwork educator, birth equity advocate, program manager for Milwaukee's Birth Outcomes Made Better (BOMB) Doula Program, mother of five, and the woman her entire community simply calls Queen Mother. She's a leader in Milwaukee’s maternal health space, and deeply involved in policy, education, and community-based birth work. Her perspectiv...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we sit down with birth and postpartum doula Amanda Granberg to talk about the part of motherhood that gets the least support and the biggest expectations: the postpartum season. We talk about the gap in care for mothers, why modern culture makes this transition harder than it should be, and how women are meant to be held, supported, and resourced during matrescenc...

Send us Fan Mail What does goal setting look like when life includes babies, toddlers, and about 17 competing priorities? Is it even worth it?  In this episode we check in on the goals we set at the start of the year and offer a little mid-quarter reset for anyone who started January full of energy but now feels like the momentum has faded. Instead of the polished “new year, new life” version of g...

Send us Fan Mail In this expert episode, we sit down with Molly Peterson and Ashleigh Richmond, IBCLC, the owners of Wisco Lactation to talk about one of the most biologically complex things a woman’s body can do: breastfeeding. We unpack milk supply myths, toe-curling pain that isn’t actually normal, DMER, mastitis updates, workplace pumping rights, and why lactation should be treated as a postpa...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Real Mom Hub , we sit down with Jill Woller — adoptive mom of two, former IVF patient, foster mom, and woman who has walked through more plot twists on her road to motherhood than most. And the end result? So worth it. We talk about adoption, anxiety, ADHD diagnoses (for her and her kids), ambition after kids, and what happens when you stop being afraid of h...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when the “perfect life” quietly cracks—and you’re the one who has to decide whether to hold it together or let it fall apart? In this raw and unexpectedly hopeful conversation, we sit down with our dear friend Michelle (aka Mikey) to talk about motherhood, divorce, 50/50 custody, and what it really means to rebuild your identity from the ground up. From primary parent...

Send us Fan Mail This postpartum update is less about how the baby arrived (although that was epic)—and more about what shifted after . Cally reflects on welcoming her third baby through a home birth and experiencing postpartum in a completely new way: slower, more supported, and deeply human. We talk about radical rest, receiving care without guilt, postpartum mental health, healing in your own s...

Send us Fan Mail Cally had her Christmas baby (!!), and while she’s off snuggling a newborn, Emily is here with a New Year’s mic drop: your constraints aren’t the enemy—your “someday” mindset is. If you’re a mom drowning in “once this season passes…” thinking, this episode is your permission slip to stop waiting for a future where you magically have time/energy/peace/a personality again. We’re fli...

Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever wished you could quiet the noise, trust yourself more deeply, or make motherhood decisions from a place of power… this episode is going to shift something in you. In the final installment of our Maternal Compass series, we go somewhere we’ve never gone before: we show you what it actually feels like to let your own inner wisdom lead — not in theory, but in real time...

Send us Fan Mail Emily's live from the postpartum trenches with a plot twist no one saw coming—including her. After a first birth that left her feeling broken for nearly two years, her second postpartum experience is shockingly... good? We're diving into everything from waistbands to mom guilt with two kids, plus why we need to talk about difficult births without the toxic positivity fil...

Send us Fan Mail Ever wonder if doing it all is actually doing you in? In this powerful conversation, we sit down with brand strategist, entrepreneur, and mom, Katie Mleziva, to explore the unseen load modern moms carry and the transformative identity shift that arrives with matrescence. Katie shares her journey from high-intensity corporate life to entrepreneurship, parenting two teens, navigatin...

Send us Fan Mail What if that nagging fear isn't your enemy but your guide? This episode hands you the tools to stop treating anxious thoughts like prophecies and start using them as breadcrumbs to something deeper. Discover how to build your own maternal compass —and actually access her when you're spiraling. Episode four of our mini-series—catch up on episodes 1-3 first. Main Topics &a...

Send us Fan Mail SURPRISE! Emily had her baby early (like, everyone was surprised early), so Cally is flying solo with her husband Kevin for this special episode! With their own third baby on the way and their house literally exploding with plaster dust, Cally and Kevin are diving deep into the wild world of nesting. Spoiler alert: Kevin thought nesting meant cozy blankets and Netflix binges. He w...

Send us Fan Mail What if the part of yourself you're most disgusted by is actually trying to protect you? In this raw and revealing episode, Emily faces her internal "schlub" – that beer-bellied guy on the park bench who represents everything she fears about slowing down. Through this conversation with Caitlin Miller, LPC, we watch Emily's disgust transform into unexpected wisd...

Send us Fan Mail Join Cally and Emily for a candid solo episode as they navigate the final weeks of pregnancy—swollen feet, sciatica, pregnancy rage, and all. They share sweet moments with their kids, from Kieran's first solo kitchen task shelling edamame to Nora's "butt" drawings during a church meeting. The hosts tackle listener questions, including a powerful book recommenda...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 of our 5-part miniseries on developing your inner maternal wisdom Ever wondered what it would be like to sit in on one of our therapy sessions? This week, Emily sits down with therapist Caitlin Ruby Miller to identify exactly which voice is drowning out her maternal compass. What emerges is a beer-bellied Disney character who might be saying something important about worth,...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Deon Cox-Hayley is a geriatrician, author, mom, and grandma. Her career treating elderly patients gave her unique insight into who ages well—and who struggles. The fiercely independent approach American culture glorifies often backfires. This conversation explores how interdependence shapes both aging and motherhood, and the richness that happens when we prepare for needing he...

Send us Fan Mail Part 1 of our 5-part miniseries on developing your inner Maternal Compass What if the answer to confidence in motherhood isn't another expert opinion, another app or product, but something you already have inside you? This week, therapist Caitlin Ruby Miller introduces the concept of our Maternal Compass – a way to organize the chaos of competing thoughts, and even learn from...

Send us Fan Mail Kalin Sheick started Sweetwater Floral with $500, a ping pong table and zero business experience. Now she's a nationally recognized entrepreneur who's redefining what it means to thrive as a working mom and baller business woman.  With keeping hobbies as a top priority, not questioning family McDonald's dinners when the season is busy, and absolutely zero apologies,...