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What Nobody Tells You About Preparing For Postpartum Featuring Andrea Madril of Sunflower Motherhood Aug 14, 2019

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When you become a mom, you may find yourself wondering, "Why didn't anyone tell me about this beforehand?" That is exactly what we will be discussing today with Andrea Madril. Andrea is the founder of Sunflower Motherhood, a company that helps new and expecting moms with pre and postnatal care packages that support physical and mental healing throughout their recovery period. In this episode, you'll find out what you should really expect in those first few days of motherhood and what you can do to prepare for this season of life. We chat about how to support yourself and other mamas in their postpartum period and share all of the things that we wish we would've known but no one told us about becoming a mom.

What's In This Episode:

Making a box of healing goods for new mothers after her own postpartum experience
How first-time moms are blindsided after childbirth
How your identity changes when you become a mother
What Sunflower Motherhood offers for new moms
Why it's not commonplace to talk about how hard it is to become a mom
Not knowing what to expect with motherhood
Preparing yourself for postpartum
Shifting the conversation from the baby to the mother
How motherhood can be such a communal experience
The mental and emotional parts of postpartum they wish they would've known about
What changes they experienced in their relationships and sex postpartum
Getting to know your partner in their new role as a parent
The changes in your relationship with yourself
How breastfeeding can be a different experience from child to child
Working to create a postpartum bereavement basket for grieving mothers

Fun & Fulfilling Play Based Learning Featuring Susie Allison of Busy Toddler Aug 07, 2019

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Nowadays, we're constantly bombarded with the educational gimmicks that our children "need" to prepare them for school and as they grow. On today's episode, we're discussing the actual skills your child needs for success in school and life. We are joined by Susie Allison of Busy Toddler, a former teacher turned blogger who helps parents to discover play-based learning activities for their children (of all ages!) We discuss why play-based learning is so important and how to encourage play-based learning. She also shares what our kids really need in their toddler years to help to set them up for success, what skills are most important for children to learn in early childhood years, which toys are essential for play and learning and the top 3 things you can be doing as a parent every day.

What's In This Episode:

Getting into People magazine
How Susie celebrated getting half a million followers
Realizing she didn't like being a journalist
Changing her career path to teaching
Becoming a stay at home mom
Not being able to find toddler activities
Getting 2,000 followers by the end of her first month
When Susie knew she had a real business on her hands
Play-based learning vs. direct instruction
Giving children the chance to discover the world on their own
When to start encouraging play-based learning
Kids getting pushed to start learning to read earlier
How the common core state standards have affected younger grades
Why faster learning is not better
How parents can support this type of learning at home
Creating dedicated time for play and an environment that supports play
Toys that help kids with play-based learning
How Susie creates activities that incorporate different ages
Adjusting activities as the child grows older
Key supplies for play
When to use activities for children

Bonus: Monthly Round Up July 2019 Aug 05, 2019

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In July, we've been fortunate enough to chat with some amazing mothers to get their take on motherhood. These guests included Dr. Jacequeline Worth, Simone Davies, Amri Kibbler, Emily Oster, and Melissa Clayton. We started this round up by chatting about our current motherhood confessions, what we're struggling with right now and our recent mom hacks. We also discuss each episode and what we enjoyed learning from each guest. What's In This Episode:

Jenn and Lara's current motherhood confessions
What products are saving their lives right now
Their current mom crushes
The current mom hacks they're implementing
What Jenn and Lara are struggling with right now
A mom win they've had this month
Learning the new rules of pregnancy with Dr. Jacequeline Worth
Focusing on your own well-being and health during pregnancy
Breaking down the Montessori methods with Simone Davies
The mixed-age classrooms that they have in Montessori
The importance of cultivating community within motherhood with Amri Kibbler
How to handle challenging periods and disagreements
Finding data driven solutions to parenting with Emily Oster
Using both data and intuition to make parenting decisions
Defining your "why" with Melissa Clayton
Leveraging social media to grow her brand

Defining Your Why, In Order To Fulfill Your Dreams Featuring Melissa Clayton of Tiny Tags Jul 31, 2019

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Today we're speaking with mompreneur Melissa Clayton, who is the CEO and founder of Tiny Tags, a company dedicated to celebrating children and the joy of motherhood via their customizable and personalized jewelry. This episode will give you insight on how to structure and build your brand, motivation on how to stay focused on your goals plus inspirational real-life stories on how social media can tangibly be used to tell the real story behind your brand. Melissa shares how she hustled to get her own publicity by sending her products to magazine editors and high profile celebrities. She also discusses how she began focusing on her niche, why she doesn't want to raise money from venture capitalists and how to make decisions that align with your why.

What's In This Episode:

How Melissa fell into Tiny Tags after being a CPA
Having a mother's helper so she could work on her business
How Tiny Tags is different from other personalized jewelry companies
Discovering what her brand was and honing in on it
Focusing on her niche
Moving from hand-stamping to laser engraving
Leveraging social media to help grow her brand
Hustling to get her own PR
What inspires Melissa about her work
Gifting her products to high profile people
Why she doesn't want to raise venture capital
Melissa's husband joining her in her business
Making decisions that align with your why
What her career and business is teaching her children
Melissa's hope for her children finding a career they are passionate about
How reading has helped Melissa in growing her business
How joining a trade organization can help your business
Why you should find a mentor when starting a business

Data Driven Solutions To Parenting Featuring Emily Oster, Author & Professor of Economics Jul 24, 2019

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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:

How Emily navigates the success of her work while being a mom
Sharing the same profession with her husband
How having a common language helps with their parenting
The career shift she had when entering into motherhood
General parenting misconceptions she came across
What an Economist does
Using data and determining what is important to you and your family
Accepting that there is no absolute right choice
Looking at risk tolerances in parenthood
To do's and not to do's in pregnancy and motherhood
Food and drink avoidances for pregnant women
C-sections vs. vaginal delivery
Data on getting an epidural for delivery
Eating the placenta
The data on vaccinations and how important they are
Common misconceptions with breastfeeding
Sleep training and cosleeping
Evidence about cosleeping and SIDS
Being a stay-at-home mom or a working mom
What research surprised Emily about parenting
Her best piece of advice for parents in the decision-making process
What is next for Emily and her research

Cultivating Community Within Motherhood, Featuring Amri Kibbler, Co-Founder and Chief Experience Officer of HeyMama Jul 17, 2019

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What does entrepreneurship look like for the modern day mom? Today on the podcast, we brought on Amri Kibbler to discuss mamapreneurship and the importance of finding other moms to support you in this endeavor. After all, there are many similarities in building a business and managing a family. One thing that is so important is tapping into a community of supportive, like-minded mamas.

Amri is the Chief Experience Officer and Cofounder of Hey Mama, a community for mothers. She shares what it's like starting a business from scratch with a cofounder, how to foster relationships with your team and community, the early days of running a startup, and what Hey Mama offers for modern day mothers.

What's In This Episode:

What surprised Amri about Mamafest
How Amri went from working in publishing to what she does now
Her passion for community and the power of women supporting each other
What Hey Mama is and the story behind her and Katya
Taking things into their own hands and building something to fill their own needs
How other women helped them to launch Hey Mama
Why Amri decided to partner with someone in business
How being in a partnership has served them
Figuring out that she wanted to start her own business
How to handle challenging periods and disagreements
The mutual respect that is needed in building a team
Defining roles and establishing boundaries
Having a flexible schedule with their team
Keeping each other accountable with their own schedules
The tools they use for their internal communication and project management
Making the decision to find a cofounder
Maintaining their personal relationship outside of their business
Investing time into doing things with their kids
What Amri was grateful for during her transition
How they decided they would create a community through Instagram
Building their business on a small budget in the beginning
How much Amri has grown from managing a team and community
Why Amri and Katya wanted to build a community
How community can change your life personally, professionally and in motherhood

The Montessori Toddler Featuring Simone Davies, AMI Montessori Teacher Jul 10, 2019

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Have you been looking for an alternative approach for teaching your children? Today on the podcast we brought on Simone Davies to talk about the Montessori method of education. Simone is an international educator and AMI Montessori teacher. She has been working in Montessori education for 15 years and is passionate about how its methods help parents garner greater happiness and fulfillment with their children. She shares specific activities they use in the Montessori school, why it is important to let children make their own decisions and how this method will make your home life run smoother.

What's In This Episode:

How Simone's life has changed as a mother
What the Montessori approach to education is
The mixed age classrooms in Montessori
How the Montessori classroom is set up
Setting up the environment to be cozy
Specific activities that Montessori schools focus on
Using work cycles to not break the child's concentration
Incorporating motor movement into activities
What motivated Simone to write her book
Leaving children in charge and giving them the choice to choose
Letting children guide their own experience
How the Montessori method makes things run smoother
Easy way to start implementing the Montessori method in your home
Encouraging other caregivers to use the Montessori principles
Reinforcing good behavior to build their intrinsic motivation
Modeling behavior for children
What Simone is excited about

Bonus: Monthly Round Up June 2019 Jul 08, 2019

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In the month of June, we switched things up a little bit and for the first time we brought on a few inspiring guests to share their wisdom about fatherhood. Guests included Sean Donahue, Brad Johnson, Doug French and to round it all out for our one year anniversary of the podcast, we brought on our husbands Tim and Taylor to get their take on fatherhood. We start this episode with some rapid fire questions and then discuss each guest and what we loved about their episode.What's In This Episode:

Highlights from each episode in June
Rapid fire with Jenn and Lara
What products they are loving right now
Their current mom crushes
Current mom hacks
The evening hours of motherhood
Figuring out the transition from work mode into mom mode
Their mom wins for the month
Why parenting looks different today than for previous generations
Parenting modern-day teens with guest Sean Donahue
Being aware of what kids are exposed to in this day and age
Prioritizing parenthood with Brad Johnson
Hit the stop button and really be present with your family
The importance of having 1-on-1 time with your children
Embracing the challenges of parenthood today with Doug French
Co-parenting and how being a caregiver is different for men
Challenges for modern fatherhood
Having the ability to be able to ask their husbands about fatherhood with Jenn and Lara
Their husbands' thoughts on how they transitioned to motherhood
What Tim and Taylor wish they knew about fatherhood
How they feel about Dad guilt

The New Rules of Pregnancy featuring Dr. Jaqueline Worth, OBGYN Jul 03, 2019

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Today we're chatting with Dr. Jacqueline Worth, an ob/gyn and a passionate advocate for women's health especially surrounding pregnancy. In her practice, Jacqueline specifically works with women who are pregnant. She also just released a new book, The New Rules of Pregnancy: What to Eat, Do, Think About, and Let Go Of While Your Body Is Making a Baby. She shares her candid advice to help expecting mothers learn what they really need to know about during their pregnancy. You'll walk away from this episode feeling a lot less stressed about pregnancy and having the tools and knowledge to be able to experience your pregnancy with more joy.

What's In This Episode:

Incorporating motherhood into her work
The demands of her career and how it has affected her family
Helping moms to see the joy of pregnancy
Feeling underprepared for motherhood
The trends that Dr. Jacqueline sees in her practice
Making sure that you trust your doctors
How the pain of labor is managed differently now
The higher rates of c-sections
Bringing a doula for spontaneous labor
How to avoid having a c-section
The hazards of being overdueChange has been a huge part of my in pregnancy
Strategies that encourage spontaneous labor
The new rules of pregnancy
What Dr. Jacqueline wishes she knew when she was pregnant
Asking for support and focusing on your own wellbeing and health
Say no to obligations and giving yourself space
Involve your husband and let him help you

Celebrating 1 With Our Better Halves Jun 26, 2019

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Today we're celebrating the 1 year anniversary of the Generation.Mom podcast. We can hardly believe it ourselves that we have been at this for over a year and have produced over 50 episodes. To help us celebrate this milestone, we've decided to bring some amazing guests on the show today. Since we've spent the month of June celebrating fathers, we thought we'd round off this series with some special guests, the ones who made us mothers, who are also our husbands. We chat about their lives as fathers, what surprises them the most about our podcast and we also play a fun game to see who knows us best, our husbands or each other.

What's In This Episode:

How their life and career has transitioned due to fatherhood
Being above the line or below the line
How expectations of fathers have changed in the modern age
Their thoughts on their wives transition to motherhood
What has surprised them about Generation.Mom
Topics that they would like to hear more about
What Tim and Taylor wish their wives understood about fatherhood
How they feel about dad guilt
Adjusting to having children in the picture and the challenges of balance
A game of who knows who best, husbands vs. co-host
Their favorite dad hacks
Tim and Taylor's dad crushes
What they are struggling with right now as a dad and a recent dad win
Their best memories with their children so far
What Tim and Taylor's biggest dreams are for their children
The #1 thing that fatherhood has taught them
Learning efficiency and appreciating simple pleasures

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