The Rooted Mama Podcast

Episode 9 is all about discomfort as an investment. We touch on different topics like sleep, breastfeeding, and other areas where it's become culturally normal to cut corners. We talk about having encouraging people in your corner who push you in doing the hard things, creating confidence in ourselves & our kids, changing the way we look at discomfort & inconvenience, remembering how s...

Hiiii friends!! We are finally BACK after a long hiatus while Sarah welcomed her second child, and life got a little extra crazy. We came to you for a Rooted Mamas after hours chat, giving you a life update, and totally unscripted yap session about repair work with our kids & why it's so important & valuable, as well as being & building a village. We got into the nitty gritty of mo...

We are talking all things homeschooling after a little hiatus - such is a motherhood podcast. We are happy to hop back on to talk with seasoned homeschool mama, Heather Nicholson, all about educating our kids at home. We deep dive into so many different topics, public school & what it's missing, Heather shares about her unique homeschooling journey, we talk about how it can look different...

This episode is all about homesteading & raising children in this lifestyle. We bring on seasoned mom & homesteader, Miranda Procko of Owl Ridge Homestead & she shares so much of her knowledge & wisdom with us. We talk about how homesteading doesn't mean owning lots of land, ways to start with what you have, tips for starting, connecting with the land, building a home apothecar...

If you listen to any episode, let it be this one!! No but for real, this episode is truly foundational for ALL of us, not even just moms. In this episode, we do a full deep dive into the nervous system through science, and our own lived experiences. It is well worth a full listen, we promise. Nikki walks us through a grounding exercise, shares all about the nerdy stuff behind the nervous system, t...

Our first special guest episode!!! Episode 4 is all about empowered breastfeeding, duh, it's right there in the title. Shelby is an IBCLC & doula who helps us bring together an extensive topic with tons of helpful information & encouragement to mamas. We share a little about our own journeys breastfeeding, tips & advice for pregnant mamas to have a successful & positive breastf...

This episode is a deep dive into all of the ways convenience culture has seeped into the western medical system, with a focus on pregnancy & birth, because, well, this is a mom podcast. We share our own experiences with the medical system, give you a history on modern obstetrics, talk about the illusion of safety, the HUGE gap between common interventions & what the literature says, the ca...

Episode 2 is all about SLEEP! We talk about our passion for this topic, and how it's the perfect way to kick off the podcast, since sleep is really the foundation of everything in motherhood. We touch on some history of sleep training, how rewarding it is to nurture at night, convenience culture, misinformation surrounding bedsharing, how sleep impacts breastfeeding, the mother-baby dyad, beds...

Welcome fam!!! We are so stoked to get our first episode out for you all. In this episode we talk about who we are, our intentions for the podcast, share our birth stories, and what you can expect here. This is really just to get the ball rolling & gives listeners great insight into the vibes we'll be bringing & what we're all about. We are so grateful you're here & we can't wait to ha...