
226: Babies, Bidets, and a Little Bit of Boredom: Hello, 2024
On digesting postpartum feelings of resentment and protectiveness as a mother of two, unpacking our end to 2023, and what I’m looking forward to in 2024.
224: Your Beliefs Create Your Life with Mimi Bouchard
On all things visualization and the power of intentional thinking, why perfection is a fallacy and your bounce-back rate is much more important, and how your beliefs create your life.
223: Understanding Our Emotions Around Money with Financial Therapist Aja Evans
On how money shapes us as children and adults, understanding our feelings and anxieties around money, and how we can talk about money with our partners.
222: Transitioning From One Kid to Two
On navigating maternity leave with a toddler and a newborn, feeling prepared and confident about the small things in motherhood and anxious about the macro things, and how my mental health is different this time in postpartum versus 2021.
221: Expecting Happiness with FF Fam Member Chelsey Korhonen
On Chelsey’s incredible story of having two babies five weeks apart, what it was like caring for two newborns at once, and how she developed and coped with postpartum anxiety.
220: How Do We Talk to Our Children About Race? With Paris McLean
On navigating parenting and talking to our children about race, raising children with diversity and inclusion as priorities, and becoming more mindful as a parent about diversity.
219: Friendships Series - Making Friends in Adulthood with My New Friend and Neighbor, Ashley
On prioritizing friendships, putting yourself out there in the friend dating world, and the necessity of honoring friendships and all stages of relationships in your life.
218: Labor and Delivery Part Two: Terrible Labor, Wonderful Delivery
On finally getting induced, my experience giving birth, and how postpartum recovery is going so far.
217: The Power of “And” with Sarah Nicole Landry, aka “The Birds Papaya”
On how Sarah’s four pregnancy and birthing experiences differed from each other, how you can set up systems so you don’t “lose” yourself in motherhood, and how Sara chooses to show up for her life throughout body changes, divorce, and being in the public eye.
216: Intuitive Eating as a Self Care Framework with Sam Previte
On blending intuitive eating with making nutrient-dense choices, why our bodies crave food variety, and how we can create positive food environments for our children.
215: Solo: Prodromal Labor and My Final Week and a Half of Pregnancy
On prodromal labor, being in and out of the hospital this week, the confusion of not knowing my own body, and more.
214: Owning Your Story and Surviving Postpartum Psychosis with Ayana Lage
On Ayana’s journey with postpartum psychosis, how she moved through this extreme experience, and how she has come away stronger and taking ownership of her story.
213: Embodying Joy as a Grandparent with My Mom, Cindy Linville
On watching your children raise children, setting and respecting boundaries within family, and finding your “thing” as a grandparent.
212: The Home Stretch of Pregnancy and Looking Ahead as a Mother of Two
On how I’m feeling two and a half weeks out from my due date, how I’m preparing for postpartum, and whether I feel ready for becoming a mother of two.
211: The Freedom in “Less” with Olivia Noceda
On Olivia’s journey with developing boundaries, why regularly establishing your priorities is essential, and the freedom and release that comes from “less” everything.
210: Life at Eight Months Pregnant and How I’m Prepping For My Second Postpartum Experience
On the confusion of feeling anxious over daily life things but not “bigger” events, being eight months pregnant at my cousin’s wedding, and what I plan to do differently in my second postpartum experience versus my first.
209: Growing Together Through Friendship and Motherhood with Jess Nash
On how friendship and motherhood intersect, how Jess and I reconnected after several years of not staying in touch, and how friends can support each other as mothers and non-mothers.
208: Finding the Bridge Between Motherhood and Womanhood with Lizzy Mathis
On the often overwhelming transition from womanhood to motherhood, how women can “lose” themselves in their identities of being a mother, and how filling our cups as mothers should be a joyful process.
207: What I Wish I Knew In My Twenties
On what turning thirty-two means to me, the top lessons I’ve learned throughout my twenties, and lessons shared from FF Fam Members.