The Real Raw & Unfiltered Podcast: Recent Episodes
Courtney Smith
The Real Raw & Unfiltered Podcast is a no BS lifestyle podcast, here we are all about owning our journeys with no added fluff, gaining confidence through personal development and sharing our life stories to create connection along the way!
I want you to feel like we are girlfriends chatting over drinks unpacking our week and really getting to the juicy juice of our lives!
Welcome to episode #26 Sweet & Simple of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! On today's episode I'm just saying heyyyy! And I know things aren't always as you has imagined them or maybe you got news that took you by surprise, like me, and you don't know what to do! It's all gonna be alright, you've got people around and new ones you haven't met cheering you on! Keep going you got this!
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
Welcome to episode #25 Life, Parenting & Mom Guilt of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! On today's episode I open up about what has been going on with my son, how I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to parenting and what it has been like learning to live with mom guilt I shouldn't have but do!
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
Welcome to episode #24 Reminding Myself I'm Human of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! I'm still here, I'm still podcasting and in today's episode I give you the down low of experiencing loss, overload and realization.
Life got real, I got complacent and probably lost my marbles for awhile; but hey that's life!
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
Welcome to episode #23 Sudden Death of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! I'm still here, I'm still podcasting and in today's episode I explain what has been going on.
I recently had my uncle pass away from cancer. It was not news to me that he was sick, as he had been battling it for some time, however it was the rate of which his health had declined that surprised us all. At the time this episode airs I will be in WA state with family getting ready for the funeral, to celebrate a man who truly loved god, family and music!
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
Welcome to episode #22 Sharing My Current Journey of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! Today's episode couldn't come at a more opportune moment than now. I share my personal journey as of lately to FINALLY get an answer I've been searching for since 2017. After what seems like a life time of doctor appointments, labs and procedures I had my last one for awhile, fingers crossed, and was diagnosed with EoE, eosinophilic esophagitis, inflammation of the lower esophagus due to a FOOD ALLERGY! Yep, most of my stomach issues are a result of a food allergy I didn't know I had.
Tune in to hear what I've been up to and how I've used my own episodes to help get me to this point.
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
Welcome to episode #20 PT.1 Advocating For Yourself with Anel Cervantes of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! Today's episode I interview is with wife, mom and fellow podcaster Anel Cervantes. She shared her story of battle kidney disease since BIRTH, yep she was born with it and how she learned to advocate for her needs after dealing with something for so long. You can find her @thebreveinher on IG and follow her podcast at The Brave In Her!
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
Welcome to episode #20 PT.1 Advocating For Yourself with Jennifer Catano of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! Today's episode I interview Jennifer Catano, wife, mom, health coach and a wizard at reworking her teacherly ways into advocating for herself and helping others do the same! She brought the heat with tips she used when talking to her doctor in her own fertility journey and how you can use them too! You can find her @momwithgritandgrace on IG!
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
Welcome to episode #19 It's More Than A Craving! of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! Today's episode I breakdown a recent IG post, sharing the cause of the craving, how I actually handled it and what I think is really the root cause for us all!
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
Welcome to episode #18 We Need To Cut The Strings! of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! Today's episode is an impromptu topic that sparked from a needy two year old! I realized that we are all to dependent on EVERYTHING around us, family, phones and even supplements and meds that we no longer trust ourselves to do things on our own.
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
Welcome to episode #17 What Really Is Selfcare Anyways!? of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! Today's episode I talk about what really do we classify as selfcare and what others thing are out there that we should start investing in as selfcare.
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
Welcome to episode #16 How Hustle Culture Has Ruined US! of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! Today's episode I address how TERRIBLE I think hustle culture is and that it isn't what it was suppose to be. I know most of us, me included, experienced burnout at some point in 2020 because we just kept pushing and it was the biggest wake up call so far! And I wanted to share what I've found to be helpful to come back from it!
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
Welcome to episode #15 Recapping Being Married To The Opposite. In today's episode I talk about some of the reoccurring messages the lovely ladies from the series had mentioned and share my takeaways from doing interviews!
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
Welcome to episode #14 Being Married To The Opposite Pt. 3 of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! Today's interview is with wife, mom, and military spouse. Here Danielle and I chat about why we found love languages to be so useful and how to have a little grace when things don't go our way!
Don't forget to follow her on IG @deardaniellearellano and tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, we'd love to hear from you!
Welcome to episode #13 Change Through Quarantine of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! Today's episode is a short and sweet pep talk about how 2020 really was a year of change which meant a year of GROWTH! Trust me that quarantine 15 is oh so real for your girl here, but it was way more than just that!
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
Welcome to episode #12 Being Married To The Opposite Pt. 2 of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! Today's interview is with wife, mother and fellow podcaster Megan Eddinger. Here Megan and I unpack what it looks like to being married to your high school sweetheart who happens to be completely the opposite of yourself. We talk about how learning your own love language as well as your partner's can create a deeper connect and how taking a break can actually rekindle your relationship.
Don't forget to check out Megan's podcast the Unlocking Your Ambition , follow her on IG @megan.eddinger and tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
Welcome to episode #11 Being Married To The Opposite Pt. 1 of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! Today's interview is with wife, teacher and fellow podcaster Erin Myres. Here Erin and I unpack what it looks like to be married to someone who is completely the opposite of yourself. We talk about how understanding yourself actually helps you communicate and understand your spouse or partner better and how we used some personal development tools to help build that understanding.
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Don't forget to check out Erin's podcast the Educator's Mindset , follow her on IG @erin.myres and tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
Welcome to episode #10 How Personal Development Changed My Life of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! In today's episode I breakdown the emotional breakthrough I had during a women's retreat with girlfriends that lead me to owning my PPD, finally asking for help and taking another step on the ladder of my personal growth journey.
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
Welcome to episode #9 Making A Shift of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! Here is my take on how to reframe all those shitty thoughts you keep telling yourself, why those thoughts aren't serving you and how I want to shift the focus away from just health and focus on life! I want you to feel like we are girlfriends chatting over drinks unpacking our week and really getting to the juicy juice of our lives!
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
This is a no BS, no fluff health and mindset podcast. Here you'll find ways to step into "your shoes" when it comes to your health, taking charge and gaining confidence to own your own journey! Know that here you are not alone, my vision is a place where you can find or create support as you navigate this new phase of life.
Welcome to episode #8 All About The Perspective of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! Here is my take on perspective, where our minds are meaner than we think and doing a little reframe can make the world of a difference! I shared my story of how I took a doctors appointment and blew it out of proportion and realized I was doing something I've been conditioned to do my entire life.
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
This is a no BS, no fluff health and mindset podcast. Here you'll find ways to step into "your shoes" when it comes to your health, taking charge and gaining confidence to own your own journey! Know that here you are not alone, my vision is a place where you can find or create support as you navigate this new phase of life.
Welcome to episode #7 What The _____ Anxiety! of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! Here you can find tips on how to help yourself in dealing with anxiety in the "now", get comfortable with owning your anxiety and I share what it looks like for me dealing with anxiety in real time with a funny store where I literally almost pooped my pants!
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
This is a no BS, no fluff health and mindset podcast. Here you'll find ways to step into "your shoes" when it comes to your health, taking charge and gaining confidence to own your own journey! Know that here you are not alone, my vision is a place where you can find or create support as you navigate this new phase of life.
Welcome to episode #6 Inter-what-y, Infertility of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! Here I share part of my own infertility journey, what it took to "finally" get pregnant with our son and how I found the ability to cope!
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
This is a no BS, no fluff health and mindset podcast. Here you'll find ways to step into "your shoes" when it comes to your health, taking charge and gaining confidence to own your own journey! Know that here you are not alone, my vision is a place where you can find or create support as you navigate this new phase of life.
Welcome to episode #5 Doctor Who, What Power of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! Here I talk about how finding a new doctor can be a pain in the ass and a scary thing, but there are simple tricks in finding the "one".
And it wouldn't be advocating if we didn't talk about what it takes to own YOUR power and know what "rights" you have and how to take charge in a way that is respectful and tasteful!
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
This is a no BS, no fluff health and mindset podcast. Here you'll find ways to step into "your shoes" when it comes to your health, taking charge and gaining confidence to own your own journey! Know that here you are not alone, my vision is a place where you can find or create support as you navigate this new phase of life.
Welcome to episode #4 of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! Here I share tips of staying consistent in your health and care, dropping little nuggets that I've learned over the years and I hope you can take and run with ease on your own journey!
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
This is a no BS, no fluff health and mindset podcast. Here you'll find ways to step into "your shoes" when it comes to your health, taking charge and gaining confidence to own your own journey! Know that here you are not alone, my vision is a place where you can find or create support as you navigate this new phase of life.
Welcome to the first ever mini bonus episode! I wanted to try out a workshop, since this is about health I wanted to include a little mental health and personal development to help keep you from losing the true you along the way!
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
This is a no BS, no fluff health and mindset podcast. Here you'll find ways to step into "your shoes" when it comes to your health, taking charge and gaining confidence to own your own journey! Know that here you are not alone, my vision is a place where you can find or create support as you navigate this new phase of life.
Welcome to episode #2 of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! This sweet and short episode talks about gaining confidence to create and find support during your health journey.
I talk about ways I have found helpful in my journey and I dive into a little of the juicy juice of my own story!
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!
This is a no BS, no fluff health and mindset podcast. Here you'll find ways to step into "your shoes" when it comes to your health, taking charge and gaining confidence to own your own journey! Know that here you are not alone, my vision is a place where you can find or create support as you navigate this new phase of life.
Welcome to the first ever episode of The Real, Raw & Unfiltered Podcast! This sweet and short episode gives you an overview of what exactly I'm doing here and who the heck I am!
Don't forget to tag me on IG @_motivatedmamabear with any of your takeaways, I'd love to hear from you!