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Postpartum Anxiety & Intrusive thoughts w/ Amber Benziger Apr 12, 2022

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I polled you guys once about intrusive thoughts and did we learn a lot that day. We all have them, they're normal ...but when do they become NOT normal? Today we are talking about PPA and Intrusive thoughts, two topics I personally relate to and advocate on.
Amber Benziger, MS, LPC (She/her/hers) is a licensed psychotherapist, anxiety coach, and speaker located in southern New Jersey. She is the owner of Vitality Behavioral Health where she specializes in anxiety disorders, burnout prevention and trauma therapy. Amber is also the creator of The Anxiety Lab, a one of a kind membership service helping women manage and cope with anxiety through education, compassion, and community.
To learn more about Amber visit
www.ambervsanxiety.com
www.theanxietylab.com (USE CODE MAMAKNOWS for $30 off)
Follow her on instagram @amber_vs_anxiety
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Vanilla Sex, Butt stuff & Sex after baby w/Vanessa & Xander Apr 05, 2022

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Vanessa and Xander Marin, your new BFF couple friends! She’s a sex therapist with 20 years of experience and he’s a regular dude. Together they’re the shockingly open, slightly nerdy, and seriously funny couple you want to grab sushi with. They share the ups and downs in their relationship while giving you step-by-step techniques for improving yours. Follow them on IG @vanessamarintherapy, tune in to their podcast, Pillow Talks, and join their email list at vmtherapy.com for totally do-able sex tips, practical relationship advice, hilarious and honest stories of what really goes on behind closed bedroom doors, and so much more. It’s the sex education you WISH you’d had!
They're joining us today to talk about all things sex. I compiled a list of YOUR top asked questions and they're breaking them down for us. Including about butt stuff, vanilla sex, sex after baby and more!
Check out these courses:
Finishing School (if you hav trouble orgasming, this is a must)
Rediscovering Desire
Modern Man's Guide
The Passion Project

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Mindset Shift in Motherhood w/Tessa Romero Mar 29, 2022

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Are you sometimes guilty of getting into your own head and making many motherhood tasks negative?
Today I am chatting with Tessa Romero about Mindset Shift. Tessa is a coach that specializes in motherhood and mindset. Mindset is the start of everything in your life. If you choose to tell yourself that YOU CAN and that YOU ARE GOOD then YOU will THRIVE!
Thoughts create feelings. Are you ready to shift your mindset?
Find Tessa on Instagram
Tessa's FREE Masterclass
Tessa's Podcast, Mind Body Alignment
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Sensory Needs in Kids: What is it with my kid and his quirks? w/Alisha Mar 22, 2022

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"It’s so frustrating that your child always tantrums, seems edgy, or doesn’t listen. Or, maybe they have some weird quirks and habits that you don’t get? But, you can’t shake the feeling that something deeper is going on. It could be related to their sensory processing!" -Your Kids Table
One day I was chatting to my girls on IG about how frustrating it is that my son is always running into things and seems so "wild." Not "so" wild that he can't focus or complete tasks but just enough that I am like "WTF DUDE." Well thanks to the amazing community, several of them being Occupational Therapists - I learned about Sensory Needs in kids and since then our lives have been so much easier. We now GET IT, we get why our son is the way he is and we KNOW how to help him.
We all have different sensory needs, EVERY SINGLE CHILD has different preferences. This episode is SO important to me. I want every parent to listen and I promise you, you will take away SO much and it will help you understand your child SO much better.
Our very amazing guest Alisha empowers women by equipping them with the knowledge and strategies to help their child with eating and/or sensory challenges thrive. She has been a licensed occupational therapist for 17 years, and has been featured in Parenting Magazine, and the Huff Post. Alisha is the creator of the popular blog Your Kid's Table that reaches millions of parents and professionals every year. She's also a mom to three boys of her own.
Alisha's Instagram and website
FREE 7 day Thriving With Sensory Challenge for all parents and caregivers - through 3/31/22!
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How to have a better relationship with your partner w/ Mac Mar 15, 2022

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100% should be listening to this with your partner. Most couples that seek counseling typically seek it 6 years too late. Today we chat with Mac a licensed Black Male therapist with a specialization in couples therapy. As a therapist he specialize in improving communication skills, conflict management, friendship, intimacy, admiration and fondness within my couples.
In this episode:
Mind blowing relationship facts & statistics
Divorce, affairs
Healthy communication
How to get couples therapy help
and more!
Mac's Website
Mac's IG @Talk2Mac_Therapist
Clinical Card Deck to strengthen your relationship
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Confessions: Dumbest argument you've been in w/ Tom Mar 14, 2022

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What's the dumbest argument you've gotten into with your partner? Grab some popcorn because today we will read off hilarious arguments. Turns out we've also been in most of the same ones. I suggest listening with your partner around so you guys can laugh together!
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Cancer at age 31 with 2 small kids w/ Lisa Orr Mar 08, 2022

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Grab a tissue: today we are hearing from a “normal” woman, she is your friend, co-worker, sister, neighbor and more….She is our very first @balkanina community mama on the podcast sharing her intimate experience with a cancer diagnosis as a young mom at only age 31. Lisa Orr! Lisa was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 31 and is sharing her story with us today. She also shares to her podcast weekly to bring awareness, community and resources to anyone who lives with or knows something with cancer in their life!
In this episode:

Lisa's story of diagnosis
Juggling motherhood & cancer
Cancer & community
Take away for all mamas

Elephants & Tea
Elephants and Tea is a nonprofit media company with the mission to help adolescent and young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers know they are not alone in their fight with cancer. They have the only magazine written for and by the AYA cancer community, telling their story in their own words...and it's FREE! The goal of Elephants and Tea is to help the AYA cancer community experience relief through self expression, inspire others during their cancer journey, and connect them with supportive organizations.

The "Don't Call it a Journey" Podcast with Lisa Orr
Lisa on IG

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Enneagram 101: What motivates you to be better? w/ Ashton Mar 01, 2022

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If you could take a test that tells you your personality type and what motivates you to be better not only for YOU but for all your loved ones around you, would you? Well, you can.
In this episode I am chatting with Ashton Whitmoyer-Ober of @enneagramashton on Instagram and also author of The Enneagram Made Simple. Ashton is also a public speaker, Community Psychologist, and certified Enneagram educator. With a desire to see relationships strengthened and women empowered, she created Enneagram Ashton in early 2019 and has grown to over half a million followers!
In this episode:
1. What is Enneagram and how to find your type
2. How can knowing your Enneagram improve your relationships
3. Enneagram wings & more
4. Enneagram in motherhood
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How the F do I parent my teen? Feb 22, 2022

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How was your relationship with your parents when you were a teen? Mine was not so great, that's all I know about that. Teenagers are a special breed and today we are sitting down with Aly Pain, a certified relationship Coach for families specializing in parenting teens!
Growing up, Aly was the smart, fun girl on the outside and a frantic, anxious mess on the inside. She spent years healing the pain of dysfunctional family relationships, including eating disorders and a suicide attempt, to break the cycle raising her own sons. Aly's passion is empowering parents to build healthy, respectful relationships with their teens without giving up or giving up, even if they've tried everything and are at their wits end.
With over half a million parents investing themselves into Aly's content across social channels such as TikTok, Instagram and Youtube she is helping parents and teens get closer than ever and understand each other more clearly!
In this episode:
1. Why parenting teens is different.
2. How to set boundaries with your teen.
3. Consequences, expectations and more.
4. Alcohol, drugs, sex.
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Teen Resources:
TEENS & SOCIAL MEDIA
Teens & Gaming
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Re-defining Self Identity through healing Childhood Wounds w Lavinia Brown Feb 15, 2022

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Lavinia Brown (MA Oxon) is a one-to-one psychodynamic coach, company gender-equality and inclusion consultant, author and speaker. As a multi-passionate, life-long learner, she has enjoyed a portfolio career since graduating from Oxford University, that includes over 20 years as an employee of and service provider to the fine wine, corporate events, boutique hotels, merchant banking, auctioneering, luxury goods, marketing and energy drinks sectors.
Her purpose is to support mothers to stop feeling anxious, depressed and angry through understanding and healing their past, clearing inherited emotional baggage, overcoming unconscious patterns and asserting healthy boundaries so that they can own their authentic feminine power without feeling ‘too much’, selfish or guilty.
In this episode we talk about:

What is inner child healing and who needs it?
What is considered a childhood trauma
How to heal your inner child & resources

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Course: Finding Freedom How To Stop Feeling So Negative, Heal Your Inner Child And Tame Your Inner Bully - A Self-Study Course for Mums
Free e-course Cycle Connection for anyone signing up to my 3-month coaching program - Deep Dive - before 31st March 2022
Resources:
TED talk on ACE Report
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