Momsanity: A podcast for moms integrating work and life while maintaining their sanity: Recent Episodes
Parita Kuttappan & Amy Galvin
Welcome to Momsanity! In this podcast, Amy and Parita bring their personal examples and professional approach to the real-life issues moms face daily. We want to help you shed the guilt, overwhelm and frustration of being a mom in today’s world and find your flow between motherhood, work, your partner, and of course, you! This show is here to help you bring more joy and fun into your motherhood experience. You’ll always walk away with a few tips, tricks, and hacks to better balance your life while knowing you are definitely not alone.
Welcome back, all you incredible mothers! We've embarked on a brand-new season of Momsanity and are eager to catch you up on the developments in our personal and professional lives since we last touched base. Our summer was brimming with adventures, from nurturing our coaching businesses to watching our children sprout new wings.
Now, let's talk about something that's often swept under the rug - women's health, particularly periods and the transition to menopause. To break the silence, we're delving into our experiences, discussing everything from hot flashes to the type of birth control we use.
The conversation doesn't stop there. We're also shedding light on the unique physical needs of women and the ripple effects of stress on our bodies. We're sharing our personal bouts with stress, from skin troubles to sleepless nights, and how the global pandemic has thrown our nervous systems off balance.
But wait, there's more! We're over the moon about the upcoming episodes of Momsanity and the awe-inspiring guests who will bring along a wealth of insights.
So buckle up, take a breath, and join us on this enlightening journey through motherhood.
About Amy Galvin
Amy is a business leader, women’s equality advocate, and life coach who is passionate about helping ambitious working mothers rebalance their life and claim their personal freedom. Amy is dedicated to helping women break cycles to live a life that feels more manageable, more fulfilling, and more aligned with who they are personally and professionally.
Learn more about Amy here www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Amy: @amygalvin05
About Parita Kuttappan
Parita is a mindset and confidence coach for working women and working moms. She partners with her coachees to unlock their inner goal-getters, bring awareness to what’s most important, and live more confident lives. Parita is a mom (of two!) herself and has over 16 years of corporate experience that she brings to all of her coaching partnerships.
Learn more about Parita here www.awarifycoaching.com
Follow Parita: @myinnershakti
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In the final episode of season two of the Momsanity Podcast, Amy and Par welcome two very special guests - their mom BFFs, Maggie and Roshni!
They discuss the evolution of their friendships and emphasize the qualities that define a good mom friend, and throughout the conversation, they highlight the importance of having a support system and finding joy and authenticity in motherhood.
The episode serves as a reminder that moms are not alone and that strong friendships can provide comfort, support, and laughter along the journey of motherhood.
Find your people and keep them close! And as always, we are in this with you!
Stay tuned for Season 3 of Momsanity! We'll be back in a couple of months.
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: https://www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: https://www.awarifycoaching.com
Links & Resources:
📌 Sign up to be part of our Momsanity community and receive your very own FREE copy of our Working Moms Dream Big Workbook.
👩🏽💻Join us LIVE for our Momsanity Monthly Calls.
🎶We'd love to feature our listeners more! If you have a question or insight you want to share with Par & Amy drop us a voice note here so we can reply in an upcoming episode.
In today's episode, Amy and Par have a special guest, Janki Bhoti, CEO and founder of Flex Your No, an inclusive network on a mission to elevate women's valuation and redefine womanhood.
Janki shares her journey of observing the challenges faced by women both in India and in her corporate career, leading her to create Flex Your No as a platform to empower women and bring about positive change in the workplace.
Amy and Par are excited to dive into a discussion on the importance of boundaries and their impact on various aspects of women's lives.
If you're looking to feel empowered, this is THE episode for you!
Follow Janki Bhoti:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jankibhoti/
- IG: @flexyourno
- Visit: www.flexyourno.com
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: https://www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: https://www.awarifycoaching.com
Links & Resources:
📌 Sign up to be part of our Momsanity community and receive your very own FREE copy of our Working Moms Dream Big Workbook.
👩🏽💻Join us LIVE for our Momsanity Monthly Calls.
🎶We'd love to feature our listeners more! If you have a question or insight you want to share with Par & Amy drop us a voice note here so we can reply in an upcoming episode.
In this episode, Amy and Par have a special guest, Tracy Baldwin, author of the book "Life Disrupted: Finding Your Way Forward When the World is Upside Down." Tracy brings a wealth of experience as an entrepreneur and award-winning marketer, having worked with renowned consumer brands for over 25 years.
Tracy's debut book takes us on her personal journey from burnout, breakdown, and darkness to authenticity, resilience, and light. As a recovering perfectionist, she shares her roadmap for navigating the challenges of life, promoting honest conversations about mental health in the workplace and beyond. Tracy challenges mainstream thinking about success and encourages others to embrace imperfection.
In this episode, Tracy joins Amy and Par to discuss the inspiration behind her book and her own transformative journey. She candidly shares how she hit a stop sign in life, experiencing intense burnout and disillusionment during the pandemic. Tracy felt the need to find a better way and realized many other working moms were feeling the same. She wanted to provide support and guidance to prevent burnout and offer solace to those currently experiencing it.
If you've hit a stop sign in your life or feel overwhelmed by the demands of motherhood and work, this episode offers insights and practical advice. Join these three women as they dive into Tracy's inspiring story of resilience and discover how we can all embrace imperfection and find our own way forward.
To learn more about Tracy and her book, "Life Disrupted," you can find it on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Don't forget to tune in to the episode for an in-depth conversation with Tracy Baldwin herself!
Follow Tracy Baldwin:
- IG: @authortracybaldwin
- Visit: www.authortracybaldwin.com
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: https://www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: https://www.awarifycoaching.com
Links & Resources:
📌 Sign up to be part of our Momsanity community and receive your very own FREE copy of our Working Moms Dream Big Workbook.
👩🏽💻Join us LIVE for our Momsanity Monthly Calls.
🎶We'd love to feature our listeners more! If you have a question or insight you want to share with Par & Amy drop us a voice note here so we can reply in an upcoming episode.
In this episode, Amy and Par talk about something so many moms experience and wrestle with daily - OVERWHELM! They are addressing this behemoth of a topic by not only sharing what overwhelm looks like for them and the strategies they use to face it head-on but also how normalizing overwhelm helps overcome it and the following feelings.
In part two of this episode (yes, there's a part two), Amy and Par discuss spending solo time with their older kids and why that's so important.
This must-listen episode will leave you feeling inspired, understood, and less alone...always less alone!
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: https://www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: https://www.awarifycoaching.com
Links & Resources:Read Par's blog post about overwhelm!
Get Amy's motherhood mindset shifts!
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In today's powerful episode, Amy and Par delve deep into the topic of mental health in motherhood. They share their own experiences from pregnancy to delivery to postpartum and how and why they wish certain topics were more openly discussed at the time, especially the concept of how when a baby is born so is a mother and what that really means. This episode is essentially their love letter to new moms everywhere.
Amy and Par also speak with Dr. Saumya Dave, a writer, psychiatrist, and mental health advocate, about the challenges new moms (and even seasoned ones) face postpartum, including the flood of emotions, the comparison trap, relationship dynamics, etc.
Follow Dr. Saumya Dave:
- IG: @saumyajdave
- Visit: https://www.saumyadave.com
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: https://www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: https://www.awarifycoaching.com
On May 5th, it is the 3rd annual Pregnancy & Postpartum Psychosis (PPP) Awareness Day. Pregnancy & Postpartum Psychosis is the most severe of perinatal mood disorders and is always considered a medical emergency. Please join us in raising awareness and supporting the FIRST ever US-based international fundraising effort for PPP awareness. Learn more here: https://pppawarenessday.org/
Links & Resources:
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👩🏽💻Join us LIVE for our Momsanity Monthly Calls.
🎶We'd love to feature our listeners more! If you have a question or insight you want to share with Par & Amy drop us a voice note here so we can reply in an upcoming episode.
Amy and Par are excited to share something new, different, and vulnerable today. They each wrote a letter to their 25 year-old self from their current mom self. In sharing their letters, they give a preview of what's to come along with lessons they've learned and what they want their past self to focus on and remember.
After completing this exercise and sharing publicly, both Amy and Par recommend people do something similar (sharing publicly is optional!). It was eye-opening and thought-provoking, as well as a beautiful way to validate their journeys so far.
Fair warning - this episode may invoke some tears!
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: https://www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: https://www.awarifycoaching.com
Links & Resources:
📌 Sign up to be part of our Momsanity community and receive your very own FREE copy of our Working Moms Dream Big Workbook.
👩🏽💻Join us LIVE for our Momsanity Monthly Calls.
🎶We'd love to feature our listeners more! If you have a question or insight you want to share with Par & Amy drop us a voice note here so we can reply in an upcoming episode.
In today's incredibly powerful and moving episode, Amy and Par talk to Krupa Patel. Krupa's son Shaan was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer at a very young age. Everything she ever imagined for him changed overnight.
On Momsanity, we talk a lot about why moms go first and why that's important. And it's easier to put yourself first when everything's going well and everyone is healthy. But what happens when a million lemons are thrown your way out of nowhere? When the future you imagined for yourself and your family completely changes?
Krupa shares how putting herself first during the hardest time in her life helped her help her son and be the mom and decision maker he needed.
We hope this episode inspires you to look after yourself when things are going well, so you can continue to do so if things change.
Follow Krupa:
- IG: @krupap12
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krupa-patel-4559314/
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: https://www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: https://www.awarifycoaching.com
Links & Resources:
📌 Sign up to be part of our Momsanity community and receive your very own FREE copy of our Working Moms Dream Big Workbook.
👩🏽💻Join us LIVE for our Momsanity Monthly Calls.
🎶We'd love to feature our listeners more! If you have a question or insight you want to share with Par & Amy drop us a voice note here so we can reply in an upcoming episode.
Welcome back to season 2 of Momsanity! Amy and Par are so excited to kick this season off and share different perspectives, ideas, emotions, etc.
In this episode, they talk about working mom values, and why they believe understanding and living your values is the key to putting yourself first (#momsgofirst).
Today, on the Momsanity Podcast, Amy and Par discuss:
- How they like to think about values, personally and with their coachees
- Why values are so important and how they use them to make decisions and take action
- Personal stories about how their values have guided them in the workplace, creating a larger impact than they realized
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: https://www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: https://www.awarifycoaching.com
Links & Resources:
📌 Sign up to be part of our Momsanity community and receive your very own FREE copy of our Working Moms Dream Big Workbook.
👩🏽💻Join us LIVE for our Momsanity Monthly Calls.
🎶We'd love to feature our listeners more! If you have a question or insight you want to share with Par & Amy drop us a voice note here so we can reply in an upcoming episode.
In this special Valentine's Day bonus episode, Amy and Par are joined by their husbands, Aaron and Vishnu, to talk about quality leisure time and how it looks and feels for dads versus moms. They discuss how they feel when they take leisure time, if guilt is a factor at all, if Instagram scrolling doubles as leisure, and so much more. They end the episode on a sweet note, discussing the ways they feel loved by their partners.
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: https://www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: https://www.awarifycoaching.com
Links & Resources:
📌 Sign up to be part of our Momsanity community and receive your very own FREE copy of our Working Moms Dream Big Workbook.
📰 Article referenced in the episode Who Gets "Quality" Leisure?
We'd love to feature our listeners more! If you have a question or insight you want to share with Par & Amy drop us a voice note here so we can reply in an upcoming episode.
In this special new year's bonus episode, Amy and Par talk about goals, aspirations, intentions, and SO MUCH MORE! They touch on 2022 and how it unfolded, professionally and personally. They discuss hopes for 2023, their word of the year, and the systems and tools they use to keep it together as much as possible. They also take a deep dive into the idea of 'moms go first' and why this theme is at the core of everything they are doing and planning for the coming year.
You can still join Dream, Create, Achieve - learn more about this incredible 3 Month Coaching Program HERE!
Because you're a Momsanity listener, grab your program discount HERE!
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: https://www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: https://www.awarifycoaching.com
Links & Resources:
📌 Sign up to be part of our Momsanity community and receive your very own FREE copy of our Working Moms Dream Big Workbook.
📒 Par's passion planner review
💡Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky
In this special bonus episode, Amy and Par are sharing about their new and exciting group coaching program - Momsanity: Dream, Create, Achieve. In addition to talking through the top 10 reasons they believe you should sign up for and commit to their program, they also address why this crazy and uncertain time is actually the best time to invest in yourself.
Learn more about this incredible 3 Month Program HERE!
Because you're a Momsanity listener, grab your program discount HERE!
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: https://www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: https://www.awarifycoaching.com
Links & Resources:
📌 Sign up to be part of our Momsanity community and receive your very own FREE copy of our Working Moms Dream Big Workbook.
In this much awaited episode, Amy and Par talk about having fun as a working mom and making mom friends. As two mom friends who met and connected in a non-traditional way, they discuss everything from what having fun means to them to how they apply FOMO vs. JOMO thinking to really prioritize their energy.
Today, on the Momsanity Podcast, Amy and Par discuss:
- What having fun really means and why it's so important for working moms
- FOMO vs. JOMO and how to recognize the difference
- How to make mom friends and why 'cold contacting' may be your best bet
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: https://www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: https://www.awarifycoaching.com
Events:
🗓 Join us for a virtual celebration of season one. Details here: https://dedicated-hustler-9737.ck.page/e7d6d6a968
Links & Resources:
📌 Sign up to be part of our Momsanity community and receive your very own FREE copy of our Working Moms Dream Big Workbook.
Check Out the Mom's Hierarchy of Needs
Read Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
In this episode, Amy and Par talk about all things visioning and why they believe spending time to craft a personal and professional vision is one key to living a more purposeful, powerful, and intentional life as a working mother.
Today, on the Momsanity Podcast, Amy and Par discuss:
- The vision each of them wrote at the start of their coaching program and how life has unfolded since
- The difference between visioning and manifesting
- How thinking about what you want and taking inspired actions on those desires leads to a healthier family
- How visioning changed the game for their coaching clients
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: https://www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: https://www.awarifycoaching.com
🗓 Join us for a virtual celebration of season one. This event is for ambitious working mothers to receive support, feel understood, and celebrate making it through another day of motherhood in 2022. Save your spot here: https://dedicated-hustler-9737.ck.page/e7d6d6a968
📌 Sign up to be part of our Momsanity community and receive your very own FREE copy of our Working Moms Dream Big Workbook.
In this episode, Amy and Par talk about something many moms are not open about - spiraling thoughts, including how they define this specific thought, why they believe moms have them, and so much more.
Today, on the Momsanity Podcast, Amy and Par discuss:
• The twisted nature of spiraling thoughts and why they believe moms have them
• A few personal examples of how they break the spiral
• Their recent spiraling thought episodes and how they worked through them
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: https://www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: https://www.awarifycoaching.com
🗓 Join us for a virtual celebration of season one. Details here: https://dedicated-hustler-9737.ck.page/e7d6d6a968
📌 Sign up to be part of our Momsanity community and receive your very own FREE copy of our Working Moms Dream Big Workbook.
In this episode, Amy and Par discuss the intersection of motherhood and ambition. They also chat with Roma Patel, founder of Tejari, about how she partners her ambition with curiosity, which helps her navigate parenting while launching her own business.
Today, on the Momsanity Podcast, Amy and Par discuss:
- How their definition of ambition has changed over the years
- Why it's so important to keep women in the workforce
- Tips for tuning in and adjusting your ambition to be in harmony with your motherhood
- Thoughts on Serena Williams and her evolution away from tennis
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: https://www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: https://www.awarifycoaching.com
Follow Roma Patel:
- IG: @tejariandco
- Visit: https://www.tejariandco.com/
🗓 Join us for a virtual celebration of season one. Details here: https://dedicated-hustler-9737.ck.page/e7d6d6a968
📌 Sign up to be part of our Momsanity community and receive your very own FREE copy of our Working Moms Dream Big Workbook.
In this episode, Amy and Par talk about the mental load of motherhood, its impact, and how to ease it a bit. They also chat with Emily A. Hay from Hay There Social Media about her experience with the mental load as she searched for more equity in her life and relationship.
Today, on the Momsanity Podcast, Amy and Par discuss:
- What the mental load is, and why it feels so heavy
- The impact of the mental load (re: walk into the kitchen and forget what you came in for!)
- Practical solutions to decrease the weight of the mental load, including how the Fairplay method helped Amy build a more equitable relationship with her partner
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: https://www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: https://www.awarifycoaching.com
Follow Emily A. Hay:
- IG: @emilyahay
- Visit: https://haytheresocialmedia.com
Links & Resources:
⚖️ Learn more about Fair Play: https://www.fairplaylife.com
🍿 Watch the Fair Play documentary: https://www.fairplaylife.com/documentary
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In this episode, Amy and Par talk about a big topic most moms are susceptible to...mom guilt. We share where guilt creeps into different aspects of motherhood and raising children and how to release the guilt when it shows up.
Today, on the Momsanity Podcast, Amy and Par discuss:
- Why is mom guilt so prevalent in society today?
- How to reframe guilt to be more helpful vs. shameful.
- How to change our mindset around guilt, especially when it arises from the comparison game and the false idea that “good” mothers give all of themselves to their family all of the time.
Learn about the Pick Your Poison Card Game
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: https://www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: https://www.awarifycoaching.com/
📌 Sign up to be part of our Momsanity community and receive your very own FREE copy of our Working Moms Dream Big Workbook.
In this episode, Amy and Par talk about all things marriage and partnership, and they also welcome their first guests, two very special guys with a few tips of their own to share!
Today, on the Momsanity Podcast, Amy and Par discuss:
- Two marriage quotes and why they’re so meaningful.
- How they’re keeping the fire alive in their current stage of marriage and life.
- Six practical and fun tips for keeping the fire alive (with their special guests!).
- How to keep resentment at bay when childcare and household chores seem to be anything but 50/50.
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: https://www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: https://www.awarifycoaching.com/
📌 Sign up to be part of our Momsanity community and receive your very own FREE copy of our Working Moms Dream Big Workbook.
In this episode, Amy and Par provide their coaching perspectives on emotions and how, by tuning in, we can learn more about ourselves as mothers and what’s important to us.
Today, on the Momsanity Podcast, Amy and Par discuss:
- What our emotions reveal.
- Recent personal examples showcasing how multiple emotions can hit us simultaneously and how to work through them with grace and kindness.
- Keepin’ up with the Joneses regarding kids’ activities and social media and how focusing on your kids versus everyone else can be a better approach.
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: https://www.amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: https://www.awarifycoaching.com/
📌 Sign up to be part of our Momsanity community and receive your very own FREE copy of our Working Moms Dream Big Workbook.
In this introductory episode, get to know Amy and Par, your Momsanity podcast duo, as they share about their families, career journeys, and the things that make them who they are. They also share how they met and became #momfriends.
Today, on the Momsanity Podcast, Amy and Par discuss:
- What makes a good #momfriend.
- Their recent Momsanity moments and what they learned about themselves and their children in the process.
- The idea of doing it ‘all’ and how they believe this is a huge myth mothers often fall prey to and the mindset we could all be adopting instead!
Follow Amy:
- IG: @amygalvin05
- Visit: amygalvincoaching.com
Follow Parita:
- IG: @myinnershakti
- Visit: awarifycoaching.com
📌 Sign up to be part of our Momsanity community and receive your very own FREE copy of our Working Moms Dream Big Workbook.
In this podcast, moms and life coaches Amy Galvin and Parita Kuttappan bring their personal examples & professional approach to the real-life issues moms face daily.
We want to help you shed the guilt, overwhelm and frustration of being a mom in today’s world and find your flow between motherhood, work, your partner, and of course, you!
This show is here to help you bring more joy and fun into your motherhood experience. You’ll always walk away with a few tips, tricks, and hacks to better balance your life while knowing you are definitely not alone.
Subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode, then grab our free Working Moms Dream Big Workbook. And don't forget to share this episode with your mom friends!