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The Ultimate Guide to Speech for Your Wee Ones Featuring Carly Tulloch of Wee Talkers Jul 22, 2020

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Do you feel like you need a translator to understand your toddler? If so, then this is the episode for you.

Today we're speaking with Carly Tulloch, a pediatric speech-language pathologist and the founder of WeeTalkers, a platform that helps parents navigate all things speech with their kiddos.

Carly shares how music and singing can help kids as they learn speech and why you should follow your child's lead of what they're interested in when communicating with them.

We ask all of our questions on what mamas should be looking out for to make sure their little one is on track and what to do to help support your child's foundational language skills. She gives us a clue on what we could expect from an appointment with a speech-language pathologist plus how to approach teaching your child language in a two-language household.

WHAT'S IN THIS EPISODE:

What speech-language pathologists do to help people communicate
The benefits of music and singing as it relates to speech
What you can do to help support your child's foundational language skills
What you should look for to make sure your child is on track at each age range
What you can expect from an appointment with a speech-language pathologist

How Social Media Influences Your Motherhood with authors Bethany Johnson and Maggie Quinlan of "You're Doing it Wrong!" Jul 15, 2020

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Have you ever found yourself comparing your motherhood to another mom on Instagram?

It's no secret that social media has an effect on the business of being a mom. In this episode, we brought on Bethany Johnson and Maggie Quinlan, the researchers and authors behind You're Doing It Wrong!

We dive into the comparison trap that comes with Instagram. It's so easy to get sucked into comparing your life to the glossy, seemingly-perfect feed of someone else. However social media isn't always the best place to turn to for advice around mothering.

We chat about making decisions based on social media and parenting advice from history that is found on social media today. You'll hear all about the research they did, what they've found out and why they decided to write this book and research the correlation of media and motherhood.

WHAT'S IN THIS EPISODE:

How Maggie and Bethany's career and life has shifted since motherhood
What inspired them to begin their research
How they researched and found data for their book
An example of poor advice that ties together history and social media
Why they set out to do this to help eliminate shame
Positive outcomes they've noted from their research and social media
Negative things they noted about the way people mother and the portrayal of mothering in media
How doctors and medical practitioners can support their patients who are getting information from social media
Maggie's takeaways on their chapter around fertility and pregnancy
Their thoughts on sleep development programs
Bethany's takeaways from their chapter on babies
How we're doing postpartum care wrong and things to keep in mind when taking advice from social media

How Birthing a Baby Led to Birthing a Business with Mary Clavieres of Brief Transitions Jul 08, 2020

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Has motherhood ever inspired you to start a business of your own?

Today we're chatting with Mary Clavieres, the owner and CEO of Brief Transitions about how one of the most challenging and overwhelming parts of the postpartum experience led her to start a new business venture.

Mary started an underwear line specifically for postpartum women after she realized how much the product was desperately needed and not easy to find outside of the white mesh ones that we all steal from the hospital.

She shares some time blocking strategies she uses for juggling being a momma and entrepreneur and why she does something each morning to fill up her cup before getting started on her workday.

We also talked about how she made the leap from her corporate job to entrepreneurship, how motherhood influences her business and tips for building your career outside of motherhood.

WHAT'S IN THIS EPISODE:

Her product's recent feature in What to Expect
How a difficult postpartum experience resulted in her starting her business
How her life and career has shifted due to motherhood
What she would tell an expectant mother about postpartum life
Mary's journey of launching her business and how she hopes to support new moms
How she came up with the idea for her product and the process for bringing it together
What Mary did to make it work while juggling her corporate job, starting her business and being a mom to a newborn
How she manages her inventory using a fulfillment center and what she did before getting the fulfillment center up and running
What surprised her about the transition away from corporate and building her business
Her tips for staying focused and managing your schedule to get work done efficiently
Why she does an activity to fill up her cup before starting her workday
The most appreciative lesson she's learned while growing her company
Common fears and roadblocks she sees other women in business face
What parenthood has taught her about being a business owner
Mary's thoughts on what a self-made career path is teaching her girls
What she hopes to be most proud of looking back
Her tips on media relations for your business and getting placements in publications and podcasts

Update: We're Back With New Episodes & Some Important Things Jul 01, 2020

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Lara Schulte shares a special announcement on behalf of herself and Jenn Rout. These have been unprecedented times of challenge and change. Generation.mom wants to address the events and commit to learning, growing and doing better.

Managing Meal Time Anxiety For Parents & Kids With Jennifer Anderson of Kids Eat In Color Jul 01, 2020

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Does your family have food issues? If so, you'll love this episode with Jennifer Anderson of Kids Eat in Color.

Today we're exploring all of the feelings that go along with food and family meals with little ones. Have you experienced mom guilt in relation to what you're feeding your kids? Too much mac n' cheese, not enough veggies, the list goes on!

Jennifer shares the nuances and best practices around how and what we should be feeding our kids, without the guilt.

We chat about everything from how to help your kid eat intuitively, what diet culture is teaching our kids and how to help picky eaters who are experiencing anxiety around food. You'll definitely want to hear all of the tips she shares about incorporating play into meals and being present during meals.

WHAT'S IN THIS EPISODE:

Her feelings about being a mom and the CEO of her business
How Jennifer's passion for food and family influenced the start of her business
What you should focus on besides just the food
How mom guilt plays into meal choices while eating out
How you can incorporate food play into mealtime
What you can do to be more present during meals without mom guilt
The challenges of dealing with picky eaters and helping them overcome anxiety around food choices
What intuitive eating is and how it helps people regain the ability to eat intuitively
Why parents have to protect their kid's instincts to maintain their ability to eat intuitively
The 3 best practices to help encourage your kid's instincts

Raising Businesses & Babies Like A Boss" Featuring Dana Malstaff of Boss Mom Jun 24, 2020

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Are you dreaming about creating an online business with real income? Today we're discussing building a business based on community. We brought on the Boss Mom, Dana Malstaff to share how to cultivate an online community and in turn generate profits for yourself and your family. We discuss how not getting the job she wanted led her to start a business. She shares her goals for the community and how she wants to use it to impact other women, why you can absolutely "have it all" and how lack of communication can have an effect on your relationships. She also dives into tackling challenges and recognizing that you don't have to play all of the roles and being comfortable with letting other people handle tasks and responsibilities.

What's In This Episode:

Feeling isolated and unsure of what to do which led to the birth of Boss Mom
Her advice on how to tackle changes and move forward
How community can help you in life and business
Building your brand around your product or offering
Dana's advice for entrepreneurs working on building their business

Data Driven Solutions To Parenting Featuring Emily Oster, Author & Professor of Economics Jun 17, 2020

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This episode is for you if you're looking for some data-driven answers about the many decisions made during pregnancy and parenthood. There's so much information out there about what you should or shouldn't do during pregnancy, delivery, and those early parenting years that it can be really challenging to determine what is right for you and your family and what is fact versus fiction. For this episode, we brought on Emily Oster, an Economist, author and New York Times contributor. She shared how we can make measured approaches to decision making in parenting. We talked about a few of the do's and don'ts in pregnancy and motherhood, using evidence to determine what is important to you and your family and some of the common misconceptions that come with breastfeeding, cosleeping, sleep training and more.

What's In This Episode:

Using data and determining what is important to you and your family
Accepting that there is no absolute right choice
To do's and not to do's in pregnancy and motherhood
Being a stay-at-home mom or a working mom
Her best piece of advice for parents in the decision-making process

The Power of Positive Parenting, Featuring Wendy Snyder of Fresh Start Family Jun 10, 2020

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In parenthood, sometimes the mistakes we make are just as important as the successes. On today's episode, we are diving in deep with guest, Wendy Snyder, a parenting coach who teaches people about Positive Parenting. She shares how to get to the root cause of your child's misbehavior and how to work with your child instead of trying to change them. It's time to get intentional with empowering your kids and learn how to navigate the parenting challenges that come your way with integrity.

What's In This Episode:

Working with your children instead of trying to change them
Incorporating new habits into parenting and staying on track
How parenting mistakes are just as important as successes
The fear and force model and how this affects children
Getting intentional with empowering your kids

Why Hormones are so Important, Featuring Dr. Lauren Noel of The Dr. Lo Radio Show & Shine Natural Medicine Jun 03, 2020

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What exactly is a hormone and what role does it play in our health? Today we're joined by Dr. Lauren Noel, a naturopathic doctor, and expert in natural medicine. Lauren, also known as "Dr. Lo", is the host for the podcast, The Dr. Lo Radio Show and owns Shine Natural Medicine where she focuses on hormonal health and fertility. She shares how her own personal health journey led her to her work as a naturopathic doctor, everything you need to know about hormones and your health, and how the brain and gut are connected. This episode will leave you feeling inspired to make small changes to your lifestyle that will benefit your health in a big way.

What's In This Episode:

What hormones do for the body
The correlation between your hormones and how you feel
Understanding your fertility and ovulation
The role that estrogen and progesterone play in pregnancy
What Lauren wishes more women knew about their hormones
Setting time aside to do what makes you happy

Parenting & Partnering To Your Skill Set With The Use of The Ultimate Life Tool Featuring Lara Schulte of Generation.Mom May 27, 2020

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If you're looking for an operation manual on motherhood, then today's episode is for you. On this episode, Jenn talks to Lara about a tool that has changed her life, The Ultimate Life Tool. This tool is something that she uses in her coaching business for leaders, teams and professionals in identifying how to best play to their strengths in the workplace. Now, Lara is using this tool to help mothers identify the parent they want to be and how to pair it to their skillset. She explains how this tool can help you identify your natural talents, strengths, weaknesses, tolerance levels, communication styles and more. This episode will help you to better understand who you are and help you in becoming the mother and partner you dream of being.

What's In This Episode:

What the Ultimate Life Tool or ULT is and how Lara's uses it for her career and motherhood
Becoming a mother and how this has shifted her perspective on coaching clients
Natural talents vs. learned talents
Figuring out your communication style
Using the ULT as your life's operation manual
Understanding your strengths and what you excel in

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