Express Yourself Podcast by BeauGen: Recent Episodes
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In each episode, we talk about breastfeeding, pumping, and all things mommy-related and give you the real on how you too can survive and thrive through mommyhood.
In our last episode of the season, we chat with Tara Elzingre, career and life coach, about how to make the work-life balance transition with your partner more enjoyable. Work-life balance can be different to achieve, especially if you’re working from home where the lines are so blurred. Tara shares helpful tools from work-life sway to time chunking in order to help us overcome these hurdles.
What We Covered:
- Rapidly changing roles of a parent
- Sharing the workload with your partner
- Time Chunking
- Work-Life Sway
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This week we’re getting in touch with our sexuality with Carla Crivaro, a certified trauma-informed Sex, Love & Relationship Coach! Carla starts with sharing the history of women's sexuality and how it was mostly controlled by men. She then does a deep dive into how us women can get more intune with our sexuality but providing tips and advice.
What We Covered:
- Helping women stay connected to their sexuality
- How couples tend to evolve into a mother-son dynamic
- The impact of increasing communication in your relationship
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Personal finances play a huge role in our lives, especially after kids. Today Holly Penney shares how your finances can have a huge impact on your self-care - whether positively or negatively. She starts with sharing how her mentor is the infamous Dave Ramsey.
What We Covered:
- First step to improving your finances
- Debt and Stress
- Focusing on learning your money belief systems and how they originated
- How journaling can help you improve your finances
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This week we tackle breaking through mental barriers with certified radical forgiveness coach, Tamisha Harriman. We start with chatting about how radical forgiveness can be used as a powerful spiritual wellness tool that can shift and transform energy.
What We Covered:
- Radical forgiveness and living
- Gratitude work
- Living life in full expression of who you are
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Have you ever heard or dealt with Mom Posture? Courtney McManus, a movement specialist, is here to bring awareness and talk through how you can correct Mom Posture.
What We Covered:
- What Mom Posture is
- Corrective exercising
- Stroller fitness
- Proper breathing exercises to help with anxiety
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Have you ever heard or dealt with Mom Posture? Courtney McManus, a movement specialist, is here to bring awareness and talk through how you can correct Mom Posture.
What We Covered:
- What Mom Posture is
- Corrective exercising
- Stroller fitness
- Proper breathing exercises to help with anxiety
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As a former executive with a masters in social work, Sasha Morozov drops knowledge on how to find and establish work life balance. During this episode Sasha explains how moms have so much on their plates and the start to establishing work life balance is to acknowledge that.
What We Covered:
- Finding balance in your life
- Most challenging thing in motherhood
- Anchoring your compass
- Setting boundaries
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After the pandemic mental health was not prevalent in adults nor for teens. In today’s episode, Desiree Argentina, a mental health therapist, shares her experience working with teens and how parent involvement can have an impact on their child’s therapy outcome.
What We Covered:
- Parental involvement in teen therapy
- Resistance from parents around therapy
- How the pandemic escalated teen therapy cases
- Tips for parents that have a child who is struggling
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In this episode we cover all things CBD! Karen Pena, founder of Organic Guidance, speaks on how CBD can have medical benefits especially with relieving issues that come with autoimmune disorder. Along with medical benefits Karen shares how CBD can trickle into other aspects of your health, like your skin, that can have positive outcomes.
What We Covered:
- The origins of CBD
- Benefits of using CBD
- Difference between cannabis and Hemp
- How cannabis relieved issues with autoimmune disorder
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Parenthood is stressful! Kate McCauley of Danu LLC, helps guide us through how to manage stress by practicing healthy habits. In this episode, Kate reminds us that managing stress starts with being mindful through eating, movement and breathing.
What We Covered:
- Habit Stacking
- Using mindfulness as a tool to be present
- Elevator breathing
- Tips of how to become more mindful and manage stress
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As an infant loss grief coach, Shontae Horton knows how difficult and stressful this time can be on parents and family. Shontae helps families acknowledge their grief and then how to cope with it. A special part of what she does is teaches the family how to adjust their mindset to have a new perspective on life because we all know nothing will be the same after a loss of a child.
What We Covered:
- Establishing a self care routine
- Holistic ways to prepare yourself to conceive
- Infant loss advice
- Creating boundaries for parents during grieving stages
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Have you heard of cycle awareness - if not, Cait Lemieux has got you covered. In this episode, feminine embodiment coach and business mentor, Cait Lemieux dives deep into cycle awareness and getting in touch with your true self.
What We Covered:
- Being present and honoring your feelings
- How to start bringing embodiment into practice
- Monthly cycle and it’s seasons
- Importance of having a circle of like-minded women
- Masculine and feminine energy
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In this episode we speak with Sue McCarroll, owner of Opal Wellness Studio and Health Coach. Sue starts with sharing a personal story about how suffering from severe migraines sparked her interest in adopting a holistic lifestyle.
What We Covered:
- Listening to your body
- Pilates vs Yoga
- Alternative to traditional mediation called Tapping
- How pilates is for everyone
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This episode is all about sustainability! Tasha Medve, an eco-conscious lifestyle blogger shares various tips and tricks to help you get started or enhance your conscious living. During our chat, we dive into grocery shopping and what you can do to practice sustainability through how you package your groceries.
What We Covered:
- Grocery shopping and packaging awareness
- Easy eco friendly swaps
- How to find out if a product is really eco-friendly
- Long-term vs Short-term sustainable purchases
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Welcome back! This week we chat with personal trainer, Jen Landry, who helps us understand how we can best treat our postpartum body. Jen can speak from personal experience as she shares how difficult it was for her to transition from an active lifestyle to slowing down her lifestyle after having her first child.
What We Covered:
- Transition from being active pre- baby to and restricted post baby
- Postpartum recovery
- Undiagnosed diastasis
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Welcome back! This week we chat with personal trainer, Jen Landry, who helps us understand how we can best treat our postpartum body. Jen can speak from personal experience as she shares how difficult it was for her to transition from an active lifestyle to slowing down her lifestyle after having her first child.
What We Covered:
- Transition from being active pre- baby to and restricted post baby
- Postpartum recovery
- Undiagnosed diastasis
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We sat down with Renae O’Neill to discuss overcoming being overwhelmed. We start with Renae sharing her personal story of dealing with overwhelmed emotions after giving birth. During the episode we chat about determining what your non-negotiables are and working around those.
What We Covered:
- Creating a harmonic life
- Giving back to yourself first
- Time management
- Shifting your mindset around “to-do” lists
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We sat down with Renae O’Neill to discuss overcoming being overwhelmed. We start with Renae sharing her personal story of dealing with overwhelmed emotions after giving birth. During the episode we chat about determining what your non-negotiables are and working around those.
What We Covered:
- Creating a harmonic life
- Giving back to yourself first
- Time management
- Shifting your mindset around “to-do” lists
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Beauty starts from the inside out. This week, we speak with Elaine Morrison, founder of Elaine Wellness on The Mamaverse Podcast. Elaine is sharing her journey and what sparked her to get into the world of supplements to help with promoting healthy living. Elaine is no stranger to the health demands of being a mom. It’s part of this journey that she is sharing in this episode. You won’t want to miss it.
What We Covered:
- Elaine’s personal autoimmune struggle with Hashimoto's Disease.
- The importance of listening to your body and what it’s trying to tell you.
- The connection between your gut and immune system.
- The effect of birth control on your hormones.
- The various other effects birth control has on your body.
- Different diets and what they lack.
- Collagen: What it is and why you need it.
Beauty starts from the inside out. This week, we speak with Elaine Morrison, founder of Elaine Wellness on The Mamaverse Podcast. Elaine is sharing her journey and what sparked her to get into the world of supplements to help with promoting healthy living. Elaine is no stranger to the health demands of being a mom. It’s part of this journey that she is sharing in this episode. You won’t want to miss it.
What We Covered:
- Elaine’s personal autoimmune struggle with Hashimoto's Disease.
- The importance of listening to your body and what it’s trying to tell you.
- The connection between your gut and immune system.
- The effect of birth control on your hormones.
- The various other effects birth control has on your body.
- Different diets and what they lack.
- Collagen: What it is and why you need it.
Welcome! This week we chatted with Onnie Michalsky on The Mamaverse Podcast. We’re excited to dig into the how’s and why’s of perfectionism and what we can do to let it go. Constantly trying to thrive for perfection and those high expectations can be draining, but with Onnie’s help, we discover how we can overcome that mindset and defeat feeling like a failure.
- The link between perfectionism and mom guilt.
- Tips for getting past our excuses.
- Our tendency to compare yourself to others and how you can shift that perspective.
- The difference between therapy and coaching.
- Finding what it means to be our best self and how to live that life.
- Onnie’s three tips for letting go of perfectionism.
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Welcome! This week we chatted with Onnie Michalsky on The Mamaverse Podcast. We’re excited to dig into the how’s and why’s of perfectionism and what we can do to let it go. Constantly trying to thrive for perfection and those high expectations can be draining, but with Onnie’s help, we discover how we can overcome that mindset and defeat feeling like a failure.
- The link between perfectionism and mom guilt.
- Tips for getting past our excuses.
- Our tendency to compare yourself to others and how you can shift that perspective.
- The difference between therapy and coaching.
- Finding what it means to be our best self and how to live that life.
- Onnie’s three tips for letting go of perfectionism.
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Burnout and fatigue, two things busy moms know all too well. In this episode of The Mamaverse Podcast, we speak with Dr. Candice Staniek about her deep understanding of the connection between health and wealth, and how when health suffers so do many other areas of life. Dr. Candice shares how hormone imbalance and infection can be drivers of moms feeling tired.
What We Covered:
- Naturopathic Doctors and their treatment philosophies.
- What causes burnt out.
- How becoming burnt out impacts our physical and mental health.
- The First steps to addressing burnout.
- Factors that can cause you to feel tired.
- The Benefits of taking a break from social media.
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This episode Suzannah Butcher dives into her speciality, money. Suzannah is an award winning Money Mindset Coach with over 14 years of experience running online businesses. Past traumas, childhood habits impacted Suzannah’s current money mindset, as they do for many mothers. In this episode, Suzannahh talks us through common challenges around money mindset: self-worth, comparison to others.
What We Covered:
- Why it’s important to observe money habits
- Tips for women who avoid money topics.
- How to key into your current thoughts and feelings about money and explore how they might be linked to your childhood.
- How to observe your partner’s relationship with money and what impact that might have on you and your family.
- What is Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Tapping.
- How moms can use gratitude and manifesting to change their relationship with money and their situation in life.
Do you struggle with your weight, or your perception of yourself? Have you been struggling to “bounce back” after having kids? Or have you been waiting for a sign to start a new or maintain a healthy diet? If so, this episode of The Mamaverse Podcast is for you. Cheryl McColgan, founder of Heal, Nourish, Grow, goes deep into fasting and the benefits of the keto diet for women.
What We Covered:
- How to maintain weight loss and implement real change in your life by making small changes, one at a time.
- The Health benefits of a low carb diet.
- The Keto diet and its advantages.
- Tips on starting a low carb diet
- Fasting and whether it’s healthy for women.
- How to incorporate and benefit from fasting by incorporating it into your diet.
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Do you struggle with your weight, or your perception of yourself? Have you been struggling to “bounce back” after having kids? Or have you been waiting for a sign to start a new or maintain a healthy diet? If so, this episode of The Mamaverse Podcast is for you. Cheryl McColgan, founder of Heal, Nourish, Grow, goes deep into fasting and the benefits of the keto diet for women.
What We Covered:
- How to maintain weight loss and implement real change in your life by making small changes, one at a time.
- The Health benefits of a low carb diet.
- The Keto diet and its advantages.
- Tips on starting a low carb diet
- Fasting and whether it’s healthy for women.
- How to incorporate and benefit from fasting by incorporating it into your diet.
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Mama this episode is your permission slip to book your next massage. Today we are talking to Kube Yuen about the health benefits of massage. Kube is a Registered Massage Therapist in Toronto. In this episode, you’ll learn the differences between popular massages like Swedish, Thai, and Deep Tissue. We chat about pregnancy, birth, and motherhood, the changes these experiences have on our bodies, and how massage can have a deep impact upon our health and wellness.
What We Covered:
- The basics of massage and the impact it has on our healing.
- The difference between treatment and relaxation massages.
- When to seek massage as a mother.
- The benefits of massages during pregnancy and postpartum.
- Different types of massages and their unique benefits.
- Exercising and benefits of massage during pregnancy.
- The impact of massage during postpartum.
- How Hydrotherapy can help with breast congestion and/or mastitis.
Welcome! Today we speak to generational kahuna wisdom keeper, Janese Recolan. In this episode Janese uncovers how she helps other women to transform their ancestral karmic baggage from their families using her ancestral clean-up method. She believes as a mother you can have a balanced and harmonious life with ease by transforming the pressure of your family's limitations.
What We Covered:
- What is Clairvoyance and how it can be learned.
- How you can transform old learned patterns by working on your own energy.
- The difference between working on your own energy and what happens to you vs something that happens outside of you.
- How energetic healing and clairvoyance goes hand-in-hand.
- Tips for connecting with your spirituality.
- We pick up our families beliefs and these can impact our lives, and our wellness.
- We can transform old learned patterns by working on your own energy
Welcome to the Mamaverse Podcast! This week is all about manifestation! We invited Master Mindset and Manifestation Coach Alexis Amato to share her tips and tricks on the Podcast. In this episode, Alexis guides us from her start, through becoming a manifestation and mindset coach, and much more!
What We Covered:
- The basics of manifesting: What is it, who it helps, etc.
- Tips to start practicing manifestation today.
- How negative thoughts can manifest into reality and the impact they can have.
- How important it is to make sure you’re careful with what you allow in your life.
Welcome back to The Mamaverse! This week we speak with Lauren Donahue in an exciting and adventurous episode of the Podcast. Lauren is an expert in health, wellness, and the mind-body connection. As the creator of Unplugged Mornings, Lauren shares her 9-step process to helping individuals disconnect with the world of technology and social media, to reconnect back to their true self!
What We Covered:
- The Importance of starting your day with a smile.
- What it really means to disconnect from the world around you and the extremes Lauren went to do so.
- What it means to reconnect with yourself using the mind-body connection.
- Participating in a social experiment and living in a cave, and how these experiences have informed her business.
- Lauren’s new business venture: Laleigh Coffee.
- How she ran her way into a better state of mental health, and tips for you can implement into your wellness routine.
- Lauren’s Own 9 - step process to unplug and reconnect with yourself.
Hilery has always been curious about spirituality but really put it into practice when she wanted to become a mom. As part of her journey into motherhood Hilery learned to use meditation to raise her vibration to connect with the spirit of her baby. Now she uses those skills to help other soon to be moms do the same.
What We Covered:
- Tips for a mom-to-be: Find 1-2 things during the day that really bring you joy and make sure you add this structure to your life even when your baby is born.
- Joy raises your energy and vibration to make things more joyful.
- Hillery teaches meditation techniques and guides moms on how to clear energy and connect with your higher essence and being.
- Every baby has a spirit that you can connect with before and after birth.
- The challenges most moms-to-be have when trying to start a family is making the space for this in their life.
- How to get in touch with your intuition and learn to decipher when we do things because we feel called to, or because we have been told to by others.
- Tip: Step back and slow down to get in touch with yourself, ask yourself what I want in this situation
Beauty isn’t skin deep. With Eczema Coach Tamae Takahashi, we are peeling back the layers to learn more about beauty from the inside out. Yes Mama, you can heal your eczema (and your little one’s too) holistically! First, let’s take a look at what we mean by Eczema. Eczema is a skin condition that shows up on the crease of your elbows, behind your knees, on your neck, and even your eyelids. It typically presents where you have sensitive skin and is dry, itchy, or scaly in appearance.
What We Covered:
- Detox from the inside out. Consume more organics
- Topical Steroid Withdrawal: When your skin actually becomes addicted to the topical steroid prescription treatments.
- Topical steroids are a bandaid and not an actual treatment.
- Eat a wide variety of vegetables and look into their nutritional content. Brown rice is more detoxifying than white. Red beans are helpful as well.
- Conventional meats can have antibiotics and different chemicals that you are indirectly consuming.
- One cause of the increase in eczema is having antibiotics prescribed easily today. They can change your gut microbiome.
- Reducing toxic load that can relieve symptoms of eczema
- Eczema triggers
- Fast food
- Stress
- Toxicity in personal care products around you
- Reduce inflammatory load in body with nutrition
In this episode of The Mamaverse Podcast we are diving into the topic of pain and its relation to our overall health and wellness with pain specialist, Robert Hull. Robert wasn’t always super keyed into his health. His education started when he lost 100 pounds in a year and wanted to inspire others to be able to reclaim their health.
What We Covered:
- Movement is medicine: There are preventative measures you can take when it comes to experiencing pain in your body
- It is common for people to have an imbalance of strength, flexibility, and even mobility. A discrepancy greater than 10% can actually cause pain.
- Sometimes, we seek concrete causes as the root of our pain, and when initial assessments don’t diagnose the pain we turn to MRI or other imaging techniques.
- Imaging can be more mentally harmful for people than helpful, especially when the cause of pain is stress related and not tied to a direct injury visible in imaging.
- The Medical Community might over diagnose the pain seeking a treatment such as surgery to cure the pain, when noninvasive exercise, flexibility training, and stress reduction can make a major impact
Welcome Sheree Beaumont to The Mamaverse Podcast! Sheree started her wellness journey when she was diagnosed with an autoimmune condition at just 22 months old! Later in life, Sheree experienced burnout attending university and working full time. She was exhausted and couldn’t get a handle on her health and wellness. To find answers, Sheree began exploring holistic and functional medicine
What We Covered:
- Women struggle the most when it comes to hormones and gut health.
- Many women are unaware of the effects stress has on our body, how stress drives burnout. Moms are trying to do it all between careers and raising a family, and living in a constant state of stress.
- Exercise is a form of stress, but a good stress.
- Inflammatory foods: Gluten, Caffeine, Dairy, and Sugar. These inflammatory foods cause stress on your body.
- We are in an Obesity crisis: Gluten concentration has increased by 4 times. One slice of toast now actually equals 4 slices of toast. When added up, this can cause a massive inflammation response in the body.
- Gut health is connected with hormones: All disease begins in the gut.
- Sit down with your child and teach them to chew their food until it is liquified.
- Women of reproductive age should not be practicing intermittent fasting. Fasting research was done on men
- If you don’t feed your body, it produces more cortisol, holds on to extra weight, and dysregulates your hormonal cycle because your body thinks it’s starving
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This episode is beautiful and one you won’t want to miss Mama! Adriana is a spiritual empowerment coach focusing on empowering femme through self discovery and self care. She wants us all as mothers to be able to find the voice within. In order to do this, we must go inwards and rediscover ourselves, our power, and our light. Adriana explains that through this inner work, we can bring all of our gifts out into the world. What We Covered:
- How to use tools like meditation, astrology, moon cycle, chakra alignment, and human design to gain more understanding about yourself to become more attuned and empowered with your life decisions.
- Learning what your energy source is, can help inform what type of job and relationship you can be in.
- Start with your Self, your wisdom. All of the answers are within you, you just need to quiet the mind to access them.
- Learning how to become aware of how situations make you feel, and how each relates to your chakra alignment.
- Be in your power so outside factors don’t knock you off your center. This transforms you from being reactionary to situations, to being more in control of yourself. It gives you the ability to stand in your power.
- We are an expression of the universe.
- The first step a mom can take towards spirituality is to start with her breath.
- A mom’s challenge is making time for themselves. You can’t pour from an empty cup.
We cannot wait for you to hear this episode. Get ready for this one, Bethany is a highly dynamic and internationally known certified, holistic nutritional consultant. Bethany’s focus is to guide busy moms to their optimum lives through nutrition.
What We Covered:
- Holistic means looking at the full body mind, body, and spirit.
- Eating and food habits are oftentimes picked up from childhood and learned from parents.
- Holistic nutrition approach unpacks the stories around food which oftentimes stem from safety, scarcity, worthiness.
- It can take months or years to unpack and rewire thinking about food and eating.
- Kids naturally eat intuitively because they do not have emotions attached to eating and food. They will eat until they are full and they will generally eat a more balanced diet even when sweets, and snacks are offered. They know what they want and like.
- Holistic nutrition for your family starts with parents and moms. We need to give permission to moms to take care of themselves and do what they need so they can be their best for their family.
- Avoids burnout and resentment.
We’re back with another episode of The Mamaverse Podcast! In this episode of the podcast, we cover being bullied, raised by a single mom, and the impact of physical wellness can have on someone. Paul Antonelli shares his personal story of finding confidence in himself through physical fitness. Together we dive into how important it is to model physical fitness and wellness to inspire these for our children. What We Covered:
- Paul started working at 15 and was able to start training as a martial arts student.
- We’ll explain the difference between exercise physiology and personal trainers.
- Exercise physiologists require a four year degree from an accredited university, passing an exam from the American College of Sports Medicine accreditation, and then it requires continuing education yearly.
- With this certification, Paul maintains an advanced scope of practice, and areas where he is required to hand off the work or the client to someone with different training.
- Be intentional by carving out time for yourself whether it's a hobby, fitness, or just meditating.
- Women tend to seek more educational information, ask questions, and take feedback more productively when it comes to training and coaching.
- Women are generally more in tune with their physical bodies and wellness than male counterparts.
- The five leading causes of death over 45 are obesity related
Welcome back to The Mamaverse Podcast. This episode is packed with helpful information on holistic wellbeing and self-healing through nutrition. We’re thrilled to introduce you to Khristee Rich in our third episode. Khristee shares with us her personal story of self-healing chronic disease through nutrition after being sick for nearly 15 years. You’ll hear her holistic journey to wellness which combines nutrition with acupuncture, and meditation.
What We Covered:
- Discovering the root cause of illness can be a challenging and confusing first step for many women on their journey to wellness.
- Where do you go once you know the diagnosis?
- Doctors often treat the problem, but they don’t understand its root cause.
- Khristee talks about the importance of the whole health history from when symptoms began.
- How stress levels, diet, and lifestyle are impacting your health and overall wellness.
- Illness starts emotionally. Khristee dives into the importance of emotional wellness as an aspect of your overall physical wellness.
- If you haven’t resolved and healed trauma, it goes into the body and manifests as disease.
- Khristee incorporates shamanism, chakra healing, and reiki healing into her wellness practice and works to balance the body, mind, and spirit.
- Be curious about your body, and see how it connects with how you feel.
Today we speak to Dr. Becky Allen about Pelvic Floor Health. Listen in to learn why it’s never too late to work on your pelvic floor, the benefits you can gain by doing so, and more! Dr. Becky is located in the Dallas Fort Worth area and impacts moms of all ages with her practice. We love her approach to pelvic floor therapy because Dr. Becky focuses on the whole woman, not just a dysfunction or injury. What We Covered:
- It’s never too late for Pelvic Floor Therapy. You can still benefit from therapy again later in life.
- If you’ve recently delivered, this time can have the biggest impact.
- Yes, this therapy can restore functions to prevent or remedy incontinence.
- Also helps improve abdominal strength and fitness.
- Your frequent bathroom trips are not normal and can be the sign of a weak pelvic floor.
- To get started, look up a therapist in your area and book an assessment.
- Focusing on kegels is old school. Your muscles might be too tight and practicing kegels can intensify your issues.
- Your pelvic floor is a reactive muscle. It should know when and how to work without thinking about it. Sometimes our muscles are out of sync and don’t fire off at the right time.
Welcome to the very first episode of The Mamaverse Podcast! The Mamaverse is an interactive, online health and wellness community for moms. In the podcast and app, we bring experts in physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual wellness to talk about how moms can improve their overall health in their daily life.
What We Covered:
- The Mamaverse is focused on wellness of moms from postpartum and beyond.
- We’re offering more topics than before.
- Excited to bring new fresh perspective on wellness content to help busy moms
- Download The Mamaverse App
- Select and complete wellness activities, earn points, and unlock rewards exclusive to the community
- Your self-care is just as important as taking care of your family
- Do the things you need to fill up your cup so you can show up in overflow of love, energy, and support for your family, friends, etc.
- Safe supportive space for parents to give themselves permission to choose themselves for their own health and wellness
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When it comes to motherhood it seems like everyone and their mothers have an opinion on what to do and what not to do. We get it, as moms we want everything to be perfect and it can be so daunting when you have a million different sites, books, and people telling you conflicting things.
In today’s episode, Tu-Hien and Maggie take a step back from interviewing experts to discuss 3 specific F words in motherhood. We’re keeping it real y’all as we speak about formula (and why it’s not the failure option), why things that are totally out of your control are not your fault and how breast milk is not actually free when you consider how much energy and work goes into producing and feeding your baby.
Join us as we sit down and share why every decision you make is a very personal decision you make for your family. You're doing great, mama!
What we covered:
- Formula: there’s a lot of talk about this on social media which might overwhelm all the moms. We’re here to give the BeauGen perspective- fed is best and we don’t formula shame.
- Unlocking a new level of empathy once you become a mom
- Fault: why it’s time to stop internalizing something that is totally out of your control as a major personal failure
- When it comes to breastfeeding and even motherhood focus on one pump session (or step) at a time
- Free: it’s common to think that breast milk is free, but there is a hidden cost to breastfeeding
Related Episodes:
- A partner’s perspective on breastfeeding
- Mindset Mastery for Moms
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When it comes to food and its impact on our bodies, medicine, and the functional nutrition community are demonstrating that the link between our digestive health and overall health matters immensely.
As moms, we have a busy schedule and often we are focusing on nourishing our children and less so on nourishing ourselves. Considering 70% of our immune system lives in our gut, it shouldn’t be the last thing we consider when we try and get back on track with our health.
In today’s episode, Tu-Hein and Maggie are talking with Courtney Podany, a nutritional therapy practitioner with an emphasis on gut health. Her focus is to help clients find the most supportive foods for their unique bodies, teach them how to optimize their digestion, and provide everyday tips to begin healing their gut.
During our powerful conversation, Courtney speaks on making the connection between nutritional health and gut health, the importance of nourishing foods over packaged foods, and common examples of food and trends that lead to poor gut health.
What we covered:
- Courtney shares her journey and how signing up for a nutritional therapy practitioner certificate completely changed her career trajectory
- How Courtney made the connection between nutritional health and gut health after being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes
- How to keep nutrition simple as a busy mom
- Common pitfalls you can avoid as a mom when it comes to nutrition
- Examples of food and trends that lead to poor gut health
- Addressing poor gut health can help fix symptoms like bloating, low energy, and even acne
- Top 3 ways you can prioritize your food intake for gut health
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- https://www.beaugen.com/blogs/beaugen-mom-podcast/super-moms-need-superfoods
- https://www.beaugen.com/blogs/beaugen-mom-podcast/18-from-failure-to-thrive-to-thriving-through-nutrition
Link section:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nourished_living_/?hl=en
Website: https://trainwithcourtney.com/
Guest Bio:
Courtney’s goal as a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner is to simplify health and wellness for her clients with an emphasis on gut health. Her focus is on helping clients to find the most supportive foods for their unique bodies, teach them how to optimize their digestion, and everyday tips to begin healing their gut.
Some results her clients experience range from increased energy, reduction of digestive issues like heartburn and bloating, identifying food sensitivities, and decreased feelings of anxiety and depression. Courtney works 1:1 with clients and offers a virtual, 4 week course called Gut Rescue people can go through, as well.
She is a new mom to a 14 month old daughter named, Gianna.
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Today we sit down with Amy VanHaren, the Founder and CEO of Pumpspotting, a breastfeeding app that connects mothers and employers. After suffering with deep isolation while working and breastfeeding, she used her own experiences to solve the pain points of nursing and pumping moms in the workforce.
In this episode, we discuss the difficulties nursing and pumping moms face in the workplace, dealing with the isolation of having to feed your child while trying to have a successful career, and how companies can be allies. Amy explains her journey to founding Pumpspotting, why she never thought she would have a career in maternal health and what she aims to change about how workplaces deal with pumping and nursing moms.
What we covered:
- Amy’s journey of balancing her career and breastfeeding/pumping and the catalyst that led her to start Pumpspotting
- How Pumpspotting addresses and solves the pain points of feeling disconnected and lonely
- How touring with the Pumpspotting RV allowed Amy to address the pain points of women by meeting up with them and having a space for a safe conversation
- 3 key themes that came out of this tour that all nursing and pumping moms faced personally and professionally
- Amy’s work with companies to get them to be breastfeeding friendly as an advocate and ally for nursing and pumping moms
- The big shift employers need to make to take them from being a tolerant culture to a supportive culture for pumping moms
- How the hybrid workspace impacts breastfeeding and nursing moms
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- https://www.beaugen.com/blogs/beaugen-mom-podcast/25-a-look-at-the-lactation-landscape-in-terms-of-legislation-corporate-spaces-and-training
- https://www.beaugen.com/blogs/beaugen-mom-podcast/19-transitioning-back-to-work-for-moms
Link section:
https://www.pumpspotting.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/pumpspotting/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/pumpspotting
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pumpspotting/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pumpspotting
Guest Bio:
Amy VanHaren is the CEO and founder of “Pumpspotting”, a digital platform and employer benefit software helping parents feed both family and career. Amy faced deep isolation while working and breastfeeding. The experience led her on a quest to solve the pain points of feeding—at work and everywhere else in the world—and to unite nursing, pumping women.
Amy has 24 years experience in marketing and digital community building at companies like Patagonia,Amy's Kitchen and Vistaprint. Since launching “Pumpspotting”, Amy has supported over 40,000 postpartum parents to date, pitched on a moving escalator on Apple’s reality TV show, spent five months traveling cross-country to meet thousands of mothers in her Breast Express RV, and been named one of Forbes Next 1,000 entrepreneurs.
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Join us as we sit down and talk to Wendy Coulson, the founder and CEO of Boobie Superfoods, a company that sells products dedicated to helping mother’s nutrition at all stages of their lives, from lactation to dealing with their new fitness journey.
Today Wendy, Tu-Hien, and Maggie discuss how to maintain proper nutrition as a new mom, maintaining a relationship with your child through breastfeeding, and advice for navigating the breastfeeding journey. In this episode, Wendy explains her journey from being a nurse to running her own business, and how motherhood isn’t always easy
What we covered:
- Wendy’s journey from her nursing career into lactation consultancy, and finally into creating her own products and natural supplements to help breastfeeding moms
- How Wendy’s client stories and experiences informed her desire to create products that targeted breastfeeding moms and bring it to scale
- Wendy’s experience with breastfeeding
- Common nutrition issues and patterns in breastfeeding moms that impact their milk supply
- How Wendy’s products help busy on the go mom’s without sacrificing quality and nutrition
- Advice on nutrition and breastfeeding for new moms
Related Episodes:
- https://www.beaugen.com/blogs/beaugen-mom-podcast/18-from-failure-to-thrive-to-thriving-through-nutrition
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- https://www.boobiesuperfoods.com/
- New customers save 15% off their initial purchase. Use Code NEW15
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/boobiesuperfoods/
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/boobiebrands
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/boobiebrands
Wendy’s Bio:
Wendy Colson is the Founder and CEO of Boobie*, Superfoods for Supermoms™ in every stage of motherhood. As a registered nurse and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Wendy has dedicated her career to helping women conquer motherhood with ease. She has over 26 years of nursing experience in both the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and women’s health. She has over 18 years of experience as an IBCLC and has helped thousands of mothers breastfeed their babies or receive their mother’s pumped milk while hospitalized. Wendy is also a mother of three!
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Join us as we sit down and talk to Corinne Morahan. Corinne is the founder and CEO of Grid & Glam, a company that helps women and busy families organize their home and work life.
Today we discuss how to stay organized and have the time and energy to focus on what you love. In this episode Corinne explains her journey from Wall Street, to running her own business, and how motherhood made her realize there is more to life than what she was experiencing.
What we covered:
- Corinne’s journey to creating sustainable systems to keep her home organized and neat
- Why the stigma moms feel when it comes to “messy” homes and having chaotic environments is total BS and how you can be organized in the chaos of motherhood
- Four pieces of advice to getting organized and getting your time back
- Diving deeper into the mindset of being organized: why organization is more than just putting things back in the right place
- How mess and chaos can manifest in day to day life
- Tips for actually managing the clutter before it comes into your house
- One thing that you can do to manage organization, stress levels, and all the things in your life as a new mom
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Learn more about Corinne Morahan:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gridandglam/
Website: https://www.gridandglam.com/
Corinne Morahan’s Bio:
tro/Bio: Corinne Morahan is the Founder and CEO of Grid + Glam. Through her programs and services, she helps women create order in their lives so they can do more of what they love.
Her programs include the Grid +Glam Membership, a virtual platform that teaches busy families the step-by-step process for creating an organized home, and Organizers Academy, a 6-month intensive coaching experience that helps organizers grow and scale their businesses.
As a wife and mom to two, she understands the challenges of staying on top of it all. Corinne knows that when you are organized you have the time and energy to focus on what you love, and her goal is to help her clients achieve that. Prior to starting Grid + Glam, Corinne earned a Master's degree from Harvard University and began her career working on Wall Street.
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Join us as we sit down and talk to Chloe Dunkeld. Chloe is a new mom, 13-months postpartum and the founder of Little Pumpling, an online community offering consultations to support pumping mothers in the UK.
Today we discuss the difficulties of breastfeeding as a first-time mom and breaking down the stigma around pumping. In this episode, Chloe explains her journey with exclusive pumping, and her desire to make a community to support other moms who exclusively pump.
What we covered:
- What education around breastfeeding and pumping looks like in the UK and how this compares to the US.
- Chloe shares how midwives are incorporated into the UK healthcare system in a holistic manner
- How Google and Facebook communities helped Chloe navigate the exclusive pumping world when it was hard to find credible information.
- Chole’s journey with breastfeeding and dealing with feelings of grief and disappointment when you can’t breastfeed
- The beginning of Little Pumpling - How an online community for exclusive pumping moms helped women understand more feeding options for their babies
- Things moms can do to set themselves up for success in terms of pumping
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- https://www.beaugen.com/blogs/beaugen-mom-podcast/05-power-to-the-pumping-mamas
- https://www.beaugen.com/blogs/beaugen-mom-podcast/get-pumped-for-this-episode-all-about-exclusive-pumping
Learn more about Little Pumpling:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/littlepumpling/
Website: https://www.littlepumpling.com/
Chloe Dunkeld’s Bio:
Before founding Little Pumpling, an online community and offering consultations to support pumping mothers in the UK, Chloe Dunkeld was a new mother hoping to breastfeed her child.
Like so many of us, her journey was off to a rocky start when her baby was unable to latch. Then, a midwife introduced Chloe to pumping, and her journey as an advocate for exclusive pumping began.
Personally knowing how isolating and difficult exclusive pumping can be for mother’s, Chloe began advocating online. Now she offers in person and virtual consultations on pumping for new moms.
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Join us as we sit down and talk to fellow BeauGen team member and therapist Danielle Stone. In this episode, we discuss how her transition to focusing on maternal care was a natural decision, especially since her early career centered around trauma work and helping vulnerable young people become safe, healthy, and successful in the community.
Danielle explains how her work in maternal care, why midwifery teams and post-maternal care are overlooked in general healthcare systems and dealing with pregnancy and a Covid at the same time. Learn why every mother deserves pre and postnatal therapy, and the difference between baby blues and postpartum. Also, hear a bit about her personal birth story and transition into motherhood during the pandemic.
What we covered:
How Danielle came to focus on maternal mental health after she became a mother.Why talking to a therapist prior to conceiving was the best thing to do, and helped Danielle have a baseline for motherhood and the huge transformation that comes with it.The experience of giving birth and dealing with motherhood during a global pandemic.Why giving birth with the help and support of a midwifery team was such a positive experience.Dealing with pregnancy and a husband who was diagnosed with COVID at the height of the pandemic. What does the future of non-traditional birthing and maternal care look like?As a therapist, Danielle shares what postpartum looks like beyond the initial few weeks of feeling off post-birth.
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Learn more about Danielle Stone:
Email: Danielle@thegoodlifeworkshop.com
Website: https://www.thelifeworkshop.org/.
Danielle Stone's Bio:
Danielle is a wife, mom, and a professional therapist specializing in women's reproductive health from preconception to parenting and everything in between. Danielle and her husband welcomed their daughter right at the beginning of the COVID pandemic in March, 2020. Despite a pretty intense preparation, as life had it, their plans were pretty derailed as Danielle’s husband tested positive for COVID the Sunday before their daughter was born.
Together they learned how to navigate new parenthood without the typical new parenthood type comforts. Things like not having a village, limited pediatrician access, staying completely isolated etc... and here they are today are with a healthy 18 month old daughter who's thriving!
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Join us as we sit down and talk to Frenchie Ferenczi, who shares how her strengths as a CEO have made her a better mother. In this episode, we discuss strategies for time management, effective household management, and how to find balance through the chaos.
Frenchie shares how her expertise and knowledge in helping business owners prioritize effective work habits and strategies, can have a positive impact on her home life! She knows firsthand how hectic balancing life and work can get. Spend more time with your family and less time trying to manage the day to day after listening to this episode.
What we covered:
-You can't perfect work-life balance but you can lean into the discomfort.
-Tips on how to prioritize family and work time and keep it separate.
-Giving permission to yourself and realizing the importance of quality versus quantity.
-You can prioritize your time by determining what actually matters to you and how much time you can give.
-How to deal with mom guilt.
-What can you start doing now to feel a sense of control over the household and work-life.
-Positive learnings from the business world you can apply to family life.
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Frenchie Ferenczi's Bio:
Frenchie Ferenczi is a business growth and strategy expert who helps CEOs break through plateaus on their way to 7-figures. She is allergic to quick wins and obsessed with focusing on the long game to achieve bigger better outcomes. Frenchie specializes in helping business owners prioritize effective work habits, actionable strategies, and a customer-driven approach.
Frenchie is also a mom, and has first hand knowledge of just how hectic balancing life and work can get. Now she’s applying her professional experience to her home life. Frenchie is here today to share with us her tips and insight into time management, effective household management strategies, and how to find balance through the chaos.
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The law provides mothers with the right to pump at work, but did you know that there is an additional piece of legislation that also mandates corporate training? In this episode, we dive into lactation legislation, corporate lactation spaces and programs, and how the landscape is changing one employer at a time.
Sheila Janakos is known to many as the “Milk Fairy Godmother” not only because she is the leader in workplace lactation, but because of the daily consultations offered by Healthy Horizons. Her expertise both in lactation and lactation legislation is setting mothers up for success one feeding at a time.
What we covered: * Lactation Spaces. * Corporate Lactation Training. * Corporate Lactation Policy. * Challenges for Breastfeeding and Pumping Mothers. * How Do Companies Work with Healthy Horizons? * How Do You Get Your Company to Work with Healthy Horizons?
Learn more about Healthy Horizons:
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Sheila Dukas-Janakos’s Bio: Sheila Dukas-Janakos, IBCLC, MPH is CEO and Co-founder of Healthy Horizons Corporate Lactation Programs and Breastfeeding Centers.
Discouraged by her doctor from breastfeeding during her first pregnancy and lacking lactation support during her second pregnancy, Sheila became determined to empower new mothers. Healthy Horizons was born 30 years ago out of a desire to provide information and counseling to women on nutrition, human sexuality, health, and general breastfeeding support. Sheila is affectionately known as the “The Milk Fairy Godmother” to many families.
Healthy Horizons lactation rooms are found in Fortune 500 companies and top workplaces throughout North America. Their breastfeeding centers have supported 100,000+ families and counting.
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Join us for an awesome episode as we get the take from Pat Sullivan, our team member, new dad, and Organizational Psychologist in training. Pat has a wealth of experience as a former engineer working in a broad range of industries. But when his son Nolan was born, it was time for him to take on a new role: Work from Home Dad. We ask him what it was like watching his wife breastfeed, how he tried to support her, and use his experience to overcome challenges.
His answer was short: Teamwork. We got him to unpack that a bit more so be sure to give this episode a listen by clicking the play button below.
What we covered:
- Organizational Psychology and how Pat got interested in this practice.
- How Pat found and joined Team BeauGen.
- Pat’s wife's journey through breastfeeding - a partner’s perspective.
- Communication styles.
- What it was like becoming a father.
- How his own experiences have shaped his role as a father.
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Pat Sullivan’s Bio:
Pat is primarily a stay-at-home dad to his fourteen-month-old little guy - Nolan Jack. He’s also a part-time operations specialist and a part-time student. Pat is pursuing his Master's in Organizational Psychology.
If that doesn’t keep him busy enough, his hobbies include playing music, cooking, baking bread, and he’s also begun tackling cakes. He has worked as a process engineer for a paper converting company, quality engineer for an iron/steel foundry, project manager in healthcare, now Pat works with us at BeauGen.
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Are your little ones mess makers? Do you want to start teaching healthy cleaning habits from a young age? We chat with Melissa Lush in this episode of the BeauGen Express Yourself Podcast on how to prioritize household chores and make them fun for kids. Learn ideas for gamifying folding the laundry, making cleaning up after dinner a nightly affair, and more!
Melissa cofounded Force of Nature, a hospital-grade cleaning solution that is so gentle you can use it on items your kids put in their mouths on a daily basis. This mama knows how to run a clean house, but it wasn’t always easy. Listen to how Melissa had to learn to let go and prioritize what got cleaned and organized. In this episode, she explains the difference between cleaning and disinfecting, and how to keep your family safe and healthy.
What we covered:
- Learning to let go of the clean when the kids are little.
- Potty training woes.
- Tips for routines or systems to stay on top of the mess.
- Tips for getting your kids involved in cleaning.
- How often to clean and what to clean?
- The difference between cleaning and disinfecting.
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Meet Melissa Lush
Melissa always took a lot of satisfaction in having everything squeaky clean and in its proper place, that is, until her son came along. Suddenly this new mom had to worry about everything he was putting in his mouth and that he was touching; that’s when the hunt for safe cleaning products began. Melissa discovered what would become the main ingredient in her future product when a nurse was giving her tips for safe cleaning products. Melissa leaned on research and her background in new product development and branding to birth her next child, Force of Nature!
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You know that feeling when you sit down with a good friend and chat about what’s on your mind? This episode of the BeauGen Express Yourself Podcast is just that; a conversation about birth with our friend Liesel Teen. Liesel started out as a contributor to our YouTube channel and now that she’s launched her educational courses and podcast, she’s back to offer friendly advice and information to inform your next pregnancy and delivery.
From facing our fears, retaining a bit of control, and how to process all of the information that is available to us new moms, Liesel is a calming presence inside the delivery room and on our podcast. Join us for this episode bursting with tips and truths around labor and delivery.
What we covered:
- How a nurse specializes in Labor and Delivery.
- Liesel’s calling to help moms.
- Facing our fears during labor.
- What if I poop during labor?
- Regaining a bit of control through education.
- Talking about tearing.
- So much more.
Find more on Liesel:
Website
YouTube
Podcast
Liesel Teens' Bio:
Liesel Teen is a registered nurse, mom of 2 boys, and founder of Mommy Labor Nurse. She has been practicing bedside nursing since 2013. Liesel helps expecting moms feel empowered, erase fear surrounding birth, and care for their newborns with confidence. Since starting her online platform, Mommy Labor Nurse, in 2017, she's been able to do that for SO many more new moms than she ever could in her role as a bedside L&D nurse alone. She is extremely passionate about educating new moms, and thoroughly enjoys spreading knowledge and awareness about birth through her Instagram posts, online birth courses, and popular Mommy Labor Nurse podcast.
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Have you ever stopped and wondered “Why am I feeling this way?” Or “This isn’t me…”. In this podcast episode, we delve into why everyone can benefit from therapy, especially moms. And we’re not just talking postpartum, mama. Whether you’re trying to conceive, struggling with infertility, are in the middle of your pregnancy (whatever number it might be), or trying to keep it together for your family, listen in!
Tiffany isn’t some posh, poised therapist. She’s a totally cool, down-to-earth mom who’s gone through it. In this episode, Tiffany Roe breaks down why, as a licensed and trained therapist, is in therapy. She likens therapy to going to the dentist, seeing your doctor, or hitting the gym. It’s good mental hygiene and we can all benefit from it.
What we covered:
- Therapy is for everyone.
- Our mental health is a work in progress.
- Tearing down the stigma around a mom’s mental health.
- Shutting down the body shaming.
- Sifting through society’s individualistic culture and its effects on our mental health.
- And so much more!
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- Fertility and Food: Can Diet Impact Your Chances for Pregnancy
- Nitty Gritty on Pelvic Floor Therapy with Nidhi Patel
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Tiffany Roe’s Bio:
Tiffany is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Hype Girl, Award-winning Psychology Teacher, Speaker, and The Owner Of Mindful Counseling LLC In Orem, Utah. She is also the host of the podcast Therapy Thoughts.
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Their name says it all: Larken means fierce in Gaelic. In this episode of the BeauGen Express Yourself Podcast, we hear the story of two fierce mamas on the search for a comfortable and wearable bra for working moms. Katie and Maggie, both formerly corporate attorneys, were in need of a bra that they could wear all day long, and also use to pump while at the office.
Trying bra after bra, nothing laid flat, held their pump, or was comfortable enough to wear all day long. Trying to pump at work meant stripping down, changing bras, and praying no one opened their office door. While pregnant with their second daughters, Katie and Maggie gave birth to Larken X.
What we covered:
- Katie and Maggie’s story of breastfeeding and pumping at work.
- How they formed Larken in the wee hours of the night while their families slept.
- Everything a mom needs from a good bra and the design challenge this presents.
- Not all fabric is created equal.
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Learn more about Larken:
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Katie and Maggie's Bio:
Together, Katie and Maggie began designing more comfortable clothing for breastfeeding moms. Between these two Mama’s, they had tried every option on the market and still hadn’t found what they were looking for. After a few short years of product development and testing, Larken launched in 2019.
The patent-pending Larken X is the first all-in-one nursing and hands-free pumping bra without any irritating elastic, tags, snaps, zippers, or other hardware. Larken focused on details like flatlock seams to eliminate chafing and a moisture-wicking fabric so it's extremely lightweight and breathable. It feels like you're wearing nothing so our customers particularly love it for sleeping and for those final days of pregnancy and early days postpartum when you're extra sensitive and can be engorged. It's a perfect hospital bag addition. It has been recommended by lactation consultants and was named by The Bump, Scary Mommy, and New York Magazine as a "best pumping bra" and by US Weekly as a "best buy for new moms."
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This podcast episode has so much game-changing information for moms who are going back to work, that you’ll want to make sure to give it a listen. Sarah Wells was working in DC, trying to juggle pumping with a busy routine that involved commuting, meetings, and even congressional sessions. She searched high and low for the right pumping bag, but couldn’t find one that fit what she needed, looked great, and made life for a working mama easier (you know, all the things a pump bag should do).
We sat down with Sarah to hear the story of how she created her own gorgeous pump bags that go above and beyond the call of duty, but also to get her real-life advice and wisdom for working moms. Hear her passion for moms, life, and why every employer should be hiring working mamas.
What we covered:
- How to make sure to make time for pumping at work.
- How and when to speak to your employer about needing to pump after returning from maternity leave.
- The benefits of seeking out a coworker who has gone before you.
- What employers can do to improve pumping areas for work.
- The creation story for Sarah Wells Breast Pump Bags and Sarah’s personal experience with pumping.
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Find out more about Sarah Wells:
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Sarah Well’s Bio:
After the birth of her daughter, Sarah had her entrepreneurial “light bulb moment” and launched Sarah Wells Breast Pump Bags. These unique pump bags are based on a stylish and functional designer handbag that replaces the frustrating tradition of carrying a cheap vinyl breast pump bag or five separate bags for all of a mama’s “stuff”.
Since that time almost a decade ago, Sarah’s business has become an internationally recognized brand in the baby products industry. Sarah is a mom, an entrepreneur, and a women’s health advocate. Prior to starting her business, she spent 15 years running national nonprofit organizations committed to achieving quality healthcare for Americans, with a personal passion to improve policies for girls and women.
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Whitney Poma joins us for a raw retelling of her first birth, as she prepares to welcome her second child into the world. In between these two births, Whitney used what she learned through her personal struggle with nutrition to launch Momful, a company dedicated to creating highly nutritional supplements for pregnant and nursing mothers. These products simplify the complex world of nutrition so that moms can relax and focus on their growing families.
In this episode, we take a look at the staggering amount of expecting and breastfeeding moms who don’t get the proper nutrition. Join us for this yummy episode of the Express Yourself Podcast with Whitney Poma.
What we covered:
- Failure to Thrive - Challenges with her baby gaining weight.
- The importance of nutrition prior to conception and throughout pregnancy.
- When Whitney realized she’s “Not the only one”.
- How Whitney started Momful.
-
1 tip for new breastfeeding moms.
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Find out more about Momful:
Momful.co
Whitney's Bio:
Momful’s mission is to nourish moms on their breastfeeding journey. Whitney's personal struggle with breastfeeding led her to find a solution to the common challenge of breastfeeding: nutrition.
Whitney’s obsession with improving her nutrition, motivated her to simplify breastfeeding into a convenient daily ritual. She created a new product line of supplements and vitamins to nurture postpartum and lactating mothers. Whitney believes that health for mom and baby shouldn't be a luxury, which is why Momful donates one product for every five purchased.
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Taking care of your family and meeting their daily needs is a lot of work. Moms' lives are busy, sometimes even chaotic. And through it all, we have thoughts and feelings that we need to process as well. Have you noticed negative thoughts, anxiety, or a feeling of being overwhelmed and wish you had the tools to work through it?
This podcast episode with Justine Steel might just be the tip of the iceberg, but Justine walks us through how she works with moms in these situations so that they not only can work through and process these thoughts but have the tools to continue to do this in the future.
What we covered:
- Justine’s journey into motherhood.
- How the skills of being a mom translate into entrepreneurship.
- Mindset Mastery.
- How your mind can prepare you for motherhood.
Find out more about Justine:
Website
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Justine Steel Bio:
Justine is a transformational life & success coach, entrepreneur, and mom of two incredible kids. She helps ambitious moms achieve bold success, grow their income + impact while feeling more present and connected with their families. Justine uses mindset mastery & practical strategies for lasting results so that moms who work with her remain empowered.
Head over to our website to learn more about us: beaugen.com!
In this episode, we interview BeauGen Marketing Manager, mom of three, about her pregnancy journeys. This episode was inspired by talks in our Mom Community Group about how subsequent pregnancies are vastly different from our first ones. Do the first kids trick us by being easy so we will have more?!
What we covered: * How first pregnancies differ from subsequent pregnancies. * Breastfeeding, birth control, and still getting pregnant. * Tales of three different pregnancies. * Having babies close together. * Making the conscious choice to get pregnant during a pandemic. * How to determine what elements of self-care to incorporate with less time. * Figuring out what to let go of. * “You’re not always going to be the mom who can’t get off the couch.” * The rollercoaster of emotions during a pandemic pregnancy, the silver linings, and the rough spots. * Learning to ask for help and actually accepting it.
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Stephani Dill's Bio Stephani Dill is a mom of three, a certifying birth doula, and BeauGen’s Marketing Manager. She is a self-proclaimed birth nerd who fell in love with all things birth, pregnancy, and babies after the birth of her first daughter; and it’s only picked up with more children. She and her husband are managing the circus, that is three kids under 3, and they couldn’t be more excited about it.
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If it shocks you to hear that black women in the US are three to four times more likely to die in childbirth than white women, hold onto your chair. In this Express Yourself Podcast Interview, BeauGen sits down with Erryn Tanner. After the birth of her children, Erryn became a postpartum doula. Working with other black women in her community, hearing and seeing their birth experiences shed light on a big problem.
Black maternal health matters, but why are we still hearing stories of inequality, in the way women are spoken to, treated, and judged. Erryn shares personal stories that might shock people outside of the black community. She’s on a mission to change this, to empower black women by helping to cover the cost of a doula so that black mothers can birth with a voice.
What we covered:
- Erryn’s Birth Stories.
- Erryn’s journey to becoming a postpartum doula.
- The personal experiences of friends and clients.
- The mission of the Black Doula Project.
- What it means to birth with a voice and you can make an impact.
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Find out more about The Black Doula Project:
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Erryn's Bio:
After experiencing racial bias within her own maternal health care and hearing the stories of other black women who had instances of racial inequality during their pregnancies, Erryn Tanner decided to become a postpartum doula. This passion project helps black families settle into life with a newborn and help families adjust to their new normal. After trying to balance being a wife, a mother to two children, and having a full-time career, it became apparent that she couldn't do it all. Erryn and her co-founder Stephanie Kimou-Hardy refocused their efforts to provide a way to fill the need of providing doula support to black families so black women could birth better and safer. With this vision in mind, the Black Doula Project went from providing doula services to operating as a grant fund dedicated to partnering black expectant families with doulas to help reduce maternal health risk, provide support, and empower black families to be advocates for their self-care during their maternity journey. The work of the Black Doula project is focused in Washington, DC, and Baltimore, Maryland.
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Have you ever wondered if your baby is getting the right nutrition? Do you worry that you’re eating the right stuff as a breastfeeding or pumping mom? You're in good company! Many moms stress over how to provide the best nutrition to their babies and wonder what that nutrition looks like. Now, thanks to Avital and her team, there is a way that we moms can privately test our milk and get answers to these burning questions.
Avital is the co-founder, CEO, and CSO of MilkStrip. Avital has built the only breast milk diagnostic kit that delivers real-time actionable results in the comfort of your home. In this podcast episode, we dive into her personal story as a mom of six children, her background as a scientist, and how she combined the two to fo
What we covered: * The inspiration behind Milk Strip. * Reasons why moms want to test their milk. * The story of Milk Strip. * How easy it is for moms to use these at-home testing kits. * The hurdles that Avital and her team have to go over for current and future testing kit development. * Avital shares her breastfeeding journey after having six kids. * What surprised her most when starting Milk Strip.
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Dr. Avital Beck Bio: Dr. Avital Beck is the CEO, CSO, and co-founder of MilkStrip. In this role, as a leading innovator in the baby-tech industry, she brings her expert background in biotech and science. MilkStrip is the only company that offers breast milk diagnostic kits that deliver real-time results and actionable results at home without the long delay of lab work. She is also the mother of six children, all of whom she breastfed while pursuing her full-time STEM career. Avital is passionate about helping mothers thrive in their professional careers while raising babies in the modern world.
Brianne Taggart joins us to talk about infant massage in this power-packed Express Yourself Podcast Episode. Bri is a registered nurse, IBCLC, childbirth educator, and certified instructor of infant massage but most importantly she’s a mother of three! In this episode, she shares how the role of infant massage instructor found her, how it’s made an impact on her patients and their babies, and how her kids are still asking for strokes by name as they grow older.
You’ll learn that infant massage is simple, especially when Bri breaks it down. She gives us the top benefits and basics on how to get started, but more importantly Bri shares links for more information for listeners of this episode. Listen in and then start learning infant massage today!
What we covered: * Get to know Brianne Taggart and her journey into IBCLC, infant massages, and more. * Reasons why baby massages are helpful. * The optimal time to start infant massages. * Your kids will love and ask for these massages as they grow!
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Brianne's Bio: Bri has a passion for teaching and empowering families about all things boobs, babies, and breastfeeding. She’s a Registered Nurse, IBCLC Lactation Consultant, childbirth educator, and Certified Instructor of Infant Massage. Bri has three kiddos of her own so she knows firsthand how rocky the road into parenthood can be. Bri likes to make that transition as smooth as possible for the families she teaches.
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In this Episode of Express Yourself, Tu-Hien and Maggie sat down with Adriana Catalina Vazquez Ortiz, Co-Founder of Lilu, and Dionna Chambers founding member turned Marketing Team Member for Lilu. In today's episode, we dive into the intersection of technology and maternal health, discuss women designing technology for other women, and where we go from here
What we covered:
- The creation of Lilu, and the company's vision.
- What inspired Adriana to make a massaging pumping bra.
- The effect gentle breast massage has on your body.
- Why Dionna went from user to team member.
- Femme Tech and why it's so important.
- Postpartum support.
- The future of Lilu.
Adriana's Bio:
Adriana holds a Masters in Integrated Product Design from UPenn and a BSc from MIT in Mathematics and Computer Science. She and her co-founder are YC and NSF I-Corps fellows and their patent was recognized as Philadelphia’s invention of the year in 2019. She has been named one of the top 30 Femtech Healthcare Influencers in 2019 and has won awards such as the SheKnows BlogHer competition (2019) and the AlphaLabGear Hardware cup (2018). She has represented Lilu at SXSW, and TechCrunch Battlefield, and the Anita.B Org 2020 PitcHer where they took the audience choice award. In her spare time, Adriana loves to run, cycle, and attempting to snowboard.
What if you could wave a magic wand and magically add everything you need and want onto your baby registry? While we haven’t found a magic wand, yet, we have found Gugu Guru! We interview the Founder and CEO of Gugu Guru Monica Banks to learn more about trends in the baby industry, how working with a concierge can drastically shorten the time it takes to create the perfect registry, and more! Listen through to the very end of this podcast episode for a special announcement and to learn how you can join the team of Moms making an impact.
What we covered:
- How Monica came up with the idea to start Gugu Guru
- How Gugu Guru navigates through mom personas
- The registry item most moms need help with
- How Monica turns her biggest competition into her biggest asset
- How moms can work with Gugu Guru
- Monica’s new business venture
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Monica's Bio:
Monica Banks is the Chief Guru at Gugu Guru, a premier baby product concierge. Prior to becoming the founder of Gugu Guru, Monica was a branding and marketing consultant in the Mom & Baby industry. She currently lives with her husband, two children, and dog in Long Island, New York.
The Breastfeeding Resource Center, also known as the BRC by its trained IBCLC staff and volunteers, provides mamas with lactation classes, support, and resources. Until now, the BRC has focused in their home of Eastern Pennsylvania. Rather than limit their services as a result of the pandemic, the BRC, led by Colette Acker, has expanded its offering to virtually support moms anywhere. Colette is the executive director and co-founder of this non-profit which started in 2003. Colette began her journey in lactation back in 1998 as an IBCLC.
What we covered:
- How Colette started her journey in the lactation industry.
- The trend that helped the lactation community the most.
- How mothers became interested in breastfeeding after years of focusing on formula.
- Baby-Friendly Hospital initiative.
- Lactation professional feedback on exclusive pumping.
- How the pandemic has impacted the needs of breastfeeding moms.
- Advice for women who are on the fence about calling an IBCLC.
- The donor milk process.
- Words of wisdom for the mom preparing for her breastfeeding journey.
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Colette's Bio:
Colette Acker is the driving force for the Breastfeeding Resource Center. Taking the helm of the center in 2003, Colette brought together the incredible volunteers and community outreach staff to create a trained force of lactation support for mothers in her community, and now beyond. Colette has three grown children and is the proud grandmother of 2 (who were both breastfed!)
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In this episode, we interview BeauGen's Marketing Manager and self-proclaimed birth nerd, Stephani Dill. Learn about her birth experiences, how she prepared each time, and her tips for how you can have an empowered birth experience.
What we covered:
- The difference between a birth plan and birth preferences
- How information and education can empower your experience
- A few favorite resources for birth preparation including books and podcasts
- Why educating and preparing your partner is just as important
- How listening to other birth stories can be a tool for your own experience, not a scary one
- A case for planning like you could go early, but mentally preparing to go late
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Stephani's Bio: Stephani Dill is a mom of three, a certifying birth doula, and BeauGen’s Marketing Manager. She is a self-proclaimed birth nerd who fell in love with all things birth, pregnancy, and babies after the birth of her first daughter; and it’s only picked up with more children. She and her husband are managing the circus, that is three kids under 3, and they couldn’t be more excited about it.
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Maggie shares her story about becoming a new mom weeks before the pandemic began. The first year of motherhood is already isolating; add in a global pandemic, a husband who works in a COVID ICU, and a fully remote job, Maggie is a true superhero.
What we covered:
- Becoming a mom right before the pandemic (February 2020).
- The heartache of limiting visitors and family meetings with your first baby.
- Leaning on virtual support and community to discuss new motherhood and challenges.
- Being forced to quarantine away from her husband for a month.
- Focusing on the positive and looking forward.
- Finding community online.
- “Don’t let the fear overwhelm you.”
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Maggie’s Breastfeeding Journey
Maggie's Bio Before becoming a new mom at the outset of the pandemic, Maggie has worked in digital marketing for over 10 years. She's honed her writing skills serving both B2B and B2C companies, large and small organizations, and nonprofits. In her role with BeauGen, she has added YouTube videos, and now Podcasts to her skills. In her free time, Maggie enjoys designing new knitting patterns, cycling, hiking, and skiing with her family.
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In this podcast episode, we sit down with Brooke Boskovich, the Fertility Dietician. We know that food, more specifically nutrition, plays a large role in our overall health and wellness, but with Brooke, we dive into the effect various foods have on our fertility. This is a very difficult topic for many who are trying to conceive. Brooke guides us through the world of nutrition and how when used early enough, it can potentially help to increase fertility even in women with PCOS, Endometriosis, unexplained infertility, and more.
Brooke explains the impact and importance of a woman’s fertility throughout her life and how this is an indicator of our overall health and wellness. Often her patients have lived with different conditions for years and only were diagnosed as part of fertility counseling or treatment, herself included.
What we covered:
- The link between nutrition and fertility.
- Brooke’s own personal journey through infertility, and diagnosis.
- Often couples try other treatments and diagnoses before seeking nutritional guidance.
- Fertility is a direct indicator of our overall health and not just our ability to conceive.
- We can use nutrition to balance our hormones for healthy and regular cycles.
- What a fertility nutrition program looks like from a holistic approach, including diagnostic tests, and action steps.
- How our partner’s nutrition can impact our chances of conceiving and carrying a healthy baby to term.
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Brooke Boskovich Bio:
Brooke Boskovich is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, a functional & integrative practitioner, the founder of The Fertility Dietitian and the creator of the Master Your Fertility & Foundations for Optimizing Your Fertility Programs. Brooke is passionate about women’s health & fertility and has helped dozens of women with irregular cycles, PCOS, unexplained infertility, endometriosis, and other fertility struggles, regulate their cycles and take home healthy babies.
The Master Your Fertility Program is individualized to each couples fertility journey, meeting them where they are & working with their bodies to optimize fertility. She takes a deeper look at hormone balance, digestive wellness, and nutrient status, to support overall health & redirect the body's focus to reproductive function. This integrative program includes 5 pillars; nutrition, exercise & movement, sleep, stress and environment.
Jessika, a fellow BeauGen member, has taken her sports writing skills and used them to create a community for black mothers by telling their stories. In 2017, she left the industry and founded Hey, Black Mom, a platform for sharing stories and experiences about being a black mom. Jessika shines a light on her new editorial and social media work in this episode of Express Yourself. Join us to hear her story, why she chose to create a platform for black mothers to feel seen and heard, and get a glimpse into some of these stories themselves.
What we covered:
- How and why Jessika started Hey, Black Mom.
- What you’ll find on the Hey, Black Mom website.
- Jessika’s support around motherhood.
- Hey, Black Mom success stories.
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For six years Jessika was a sportswriter and editor in the newspaper industry. Her love for the art of storytelling and print journalism led her down that path. When it was time to leave the field in 2017, Jessika didn’t want to abandon her flair for telling stories. Motherhood birthed a renewed zeal in life and Jessika founded Hey, Black Mom!
Three short years ago Sandy started her exclusive pumping journey. She quickly realized there was no community and a severe lack of information to support and empower moms who pumped. After muddling through it on her own, Sandy knew she needed to make some serious changes. Empowered Pumping is the educational course offered by Sandy J. Green to empower women who are interested in or need to exclusively pump.
In this episode, we speak with Sandy about her journey, her business, and the support that is available for postpartum mamas.
What we covered:
Sandy’s breast-pumping journey. How she helps breast-pumping moms with three principles.Challenges pumping moms commonly experience.Where the fear and failure of pumping comes from. Sandy’s instructions for radical self-care.What is a Postpartum Doula.
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Sandy J. Green is a Certified Lactation Counselor, a Postpartum Doula, and the mom of two beautiful pumplings. After exclusively pumping for her son, over three years ago, Sandy realized there was a big problem. No one was taking care of the pumping moms. On a very deep level, Sandy knew she wanted to change that. Sandy says nothing lights her up more than hearing a mom say she's proud to exclusively pump and no longer feels guilty or overwhelmed. Her goal is simple: that you have the knowledge, confidence, and pride to make infant-feeding decisions that work best for you, your family, and you!
Nidhi Patel joins Express Yourself Host Tu-Hien Le and Cohost Maggie Schott in a groundbreaking podcast episode about your pelvic floor. Essential to a woman’s health and wellness before, during, and after pregnancy and childbirth, there is little emphasis placed on the pelvic floor. In this podcast episode, we uncover what role the pelvic floor plays in women’s health. We discuss how pregnancy and childbirth change or impact this area of our body, and how specialized physical therapy can help us fully heal after childbirth.
What we covered:
Inspiration behind Nidhi’s career as a pelvic floor therapistWhat pelvic floor is and why it’s important Pelvic floor and childbirthThe right time to see a pelvic floor therapistWhat pelvic floor therapy looks like before, during, and after pregnancyThe importance of pelvic floor health for all women, even before pregnancy.
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Nidhi is a Doctor of Physical Therapy who specializes in treating pelvic floor dysfunction. She currently works in Athens, GA in an outpatient setting as well as coowns a mobile physical therapy business with her husband. She recently gave birth to a baby girl and loves spending time outside and cooking in her free time.
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BeauGen is buzzing about bedtimes, bad habits, and routines in this Express Yourself Podcast episode with Registered Nurse, IBCLC, and Sleep Coach Megan Copeland of Slumber Feed. Have you ever wondered why bedtime can be so challenging? Are you worried you are creating bad sleep habits or if there is something else that can help soothe your sweet pea to sleep? This podcast episode is the one you’ve been waiting for.
While being a nurse, Megan discovered a love for connecting with new moms and sharing her expertise about breastfeeding and bedtimes. As her career continued, she wanted to expand her love for coaching parents about sleeping babies beyond her family and friends, which inspired her to start Slumber Feed.
What we covered:
- Top infant sleeping tips.
- Creating a sleep schedule.
- Why sleep logs are so important.
- Is Co-sleeping recommended?
- When is the optimal time to bring on a sleep coach.
- Do breastfed babies sleep less?
- Tips on introducing someone new into your babies sleep routine.
- Tips for a better bedtime routine.
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Guest Bio:
Megan is a Nurse, Lactation, and Sleep coach with her business, Slumber Feed. Megan provides one on one consultations to help your little one learn to fall asleep independently. Slumber Feed also offers mams breastfeeding guides that provide an overview of breastfeeding, pumping, and heading back to work. Mamas do not have to be at your breaking point to reach out to a sleep coach like Megan! We’re delighted to have Megan here with us today on the BeauGen Express Yourself Podcast.
BeauGen is pumped to bring you an exclusive interview with an exclusive pumper, BeauGen Affiliate, CLC, and advocate for pumping moms, Amanda Glenn. Amanda has been making exclusive pumping easier for moms for over 6 years by sharing information and resources on her website and Instagram. In this episode, you’ll not only meet Amanda Glenn of Exclusive Pumping, but hear her story, learn tips and tricks that can make a difference in your pumping journey today, and more!
What we covered:
- Amanda Glenn’s inspiration to become a CLC.
- How do you start exclusively pumping?
- Exclusive pumping schedules.
- The Ideal number of ounces for a new exclusive pumping mom.
- Common challenges with exclusively pumping.
- The importance of having an exclusive pumping community.
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Amanda Glenn is moving mountains for pumping moms. She offers new moms a website packed full of resources, two books on exclusive pumping, resources, downloadable guides, a Facebook community and more! She isn’t afraid to share her story, get raw, and real with moms in order to help provide them with a better exclusive pumping journey.
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Introducing the Express Yourself Podcast
Meet Our Co-hosts and Learn All About How We Got Here. We are so excited to introduce you to the Express Yourself Podcast, brought to you by BeauGen. Meet our co-hosts Tu-Hien Le and Maggie Schott as they dive into Tu-Hien’s personal breastfeeding journey that was the impetus for creating all that is BeauGen and ultimately, the Express Yourself Podcast.
What we covered:
- Who knew breastfeeding was so difficult?
- The breastfeeding journey that led BeauGen’s CEO to create our breast pump cushions.
- How online communities make mommying easier, and how they contributed to the development of our product.
- Developing a brand new product in a taboo marketplace.
- Entrepreneurship and motherhood - first time mom and first time business owner at the same time!
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How do these breast pump cushions work?
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