This is the episode that every mother needs to hear! Jen and Karlee interview Binge Eating Therapist and Intuitive Eating Coach Meredith Mackenzie and chat all about diet culture in motherhood. Meredith also shares her top tips on HOW to eat intuitively and what that actually means (hint: it does not mean going off the deep end and eating chips for breakfast every day!)
Tune in to hear what intuitive eating means and how the heck to do it in motherhood.
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We are not medical experts. Although Karlee is a registered nurse we are not part of your health care team. Any content that we talk about is purely based on our own opinion and experiences. Please seek out your primary healthcare provider with any concerns you may have.
Welcome back for part 2 where Jen and Karlee talk all things pelvic health with Bump physiotherapists Alyssa and Meagan.
In this episode they chat about bladder habits that your pelvic health physio wants you to avoid as well as the signs of the perfect poo! They share their tips for top products for pelvic health including lubricants, moisturizers, ab wraps and also share their thoughts on leak proof garments... Are they for or against them as pelvic health physios?!?
If you missed part 1 of this topic, make sure you journey back to Episode 54!
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Join Jen and Karlee as they speak with Pelvic Health Physiotherapists Alyssa and Meagan from Bump Physio. This is Part 1 of our conversation where we will talk about what is pelvic health, what to expect during a first visit, if you have to have an internal exam and some tools and treatments you can expect. As physiotherapists, Alyssa and Meagan work with all parts of the body but this episode we specifically speak about pelvic health. Pelvic Health has historically been a topic that many women didn't feel comfortable speaking about and we are hoping to help bring a little bit of light into this important area of women's health! Jen also speaks about her own personal experiences with vaginismus, vulvodynia, endometriosis, and interstitial cystitis. It took her years to be able to speak about these problems but it has been freeing for her to hear others experiences and hopefully this episode will do the same for some of you. Tune into episode 55 for the rest of our conversation!
Follow @thefriendlymomsclub on Instagram for realistic self-care tips and mindset shifts to help you find JOY in motherhood.
Support the show and buy us a coffee!
Local to the Lower Mainland? Come join us for our next Friendly Moms Night at Bellies Community Space!
We want to hear from you!
Please ask us any questions or provide topic suggestions that you want to hear more about. Remember that nothing is off limits, we are here to talk about anything and everything including what society deems as shameful. You can leave a comment here, send us a DM on Instagram @thefriendlymomsclub or email us at thefriendlymomsclub@gmail.com
Disclaimer:
We are not medical experts. Although Karlee is a registered nurse we are not part of your health care team. Any content that we talk about is purely based on our own opinion and experiences. Please seek out your primary healthcare provider with any concerns you may have.
Have you ever had a moment where you thought "why did no one tell me this?" or "why isn't anyone talking about this?" They seem to be common thoughts in motherhood.
Don't worry, The Friendly Moms have your back!
Join Jen and Karlee where they dive deep into ALL the sh*t they wish people actually talked about when it comes to mental health in motherhood. They chat all about mom guilt, perfectionism, intrusive thoughts, and the mental toll of pregnancy, postpartum recovery and breastfeeding.
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We want to hear from you!
Please ask us any questions or provide topic suggestions that you want to hear more about. Remember that nothing is off limits, we are here to talk about anything and everything including what society deems as shameful. You can leave a comment here, send us a DM on Instagram @thefriendlymomsclub or email us at thefriendlymomsclub@gmail.com
Disclaimer:
We are not medical experts. Although Karlee is a registered nurse we are not part of your health care team. Any content that we talk about is purely based on our own opinion and experiences. Please seek out your primary healthcare provider with any concerns you may have.
Join Jen and Karlee as they speak with Parenting Coach Rachael Fritz (Parenting on Mars) about big emotions and tantrums in our children. Navigating these big feelings can be difficult and often leave us feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, and emotional. We talk about why these tantrums are happening (hint they are developmentally SO appropriate), how to approach them as parents, and why it isn't our fault or make you a bad mom.
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Previous Episode with Rachael on Gentle Parenting
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We are not medical experts. Although Karlee is a registered nurse we are not part of your health care team. Any content that we talk about is purely based on our own opinion and experiences. Please seek out your primary healthcare provider with any concerns you may have.
Join Jen and Karlee for their 50th episode where they discuss the 4 biggest mindset shifts they have had to make in motherhood and the new priorities they have embraced. They both speak to their experiences with perinatal depression and what they found made the biggest difference (hint: it has to do with self care).
Links:
Follow @thefriendlymomsclub on Instagram for realistic self-care tips and mindset shifts to help you find JOY in motherhood.
Support the show and buy us a coffee!
We want to hear from you!
Please ask us any questions or provide topic suggestions that you want to hear more about. Remember that nothing is off limits, we are here to talk about anything and everything including what society deems as shameful. You can leave a comment here, send us a DM on Instagram @thefriendlymomsclub or email us at thefriendlymomsclub@gmail.com
Disclaimer:
We are not medical experts. Although Karlee is a registered nurse we are not part of your health care team. Any content that we talk about is purely based on our own opinion and experiences. Please seek out your primary healthcare provider with any concerns you may have.
Join Jen and Karlee as they speak with Motherhood Coach Kelsie about the identity shift many women find themselves navigating after having children. Kelsie explains how there is a shift in ones soul during motherhood that is the key piece in this identity shift women experience. Hear us talk about navigating our emotions, generational conditioning, and ways to start getting back into alignment with who you really are - your authentic self.
Links:
For event dates and times please see her website and instagram! There are social events for mom, social events for the family, and breathwork sessions.
We want to hear from you! Please ask us any questions or provide topic suggestions that you want to hear more about. Remember that nothing is off limits, we are here to talk about anything and everything including what society deems as shameful. You can leave a comment here, send us a DM on Instagram @thefriendlymomsclub or email us at thefriendlymomsclub@gmail.com
Disclaimer:
We are not medical experts. Although Karlee is a registered nurse working in Labour and Delivery we are not part of your health care team. Any content that we talk about is purely based on our own opinion and experiences. Please seek out your primary healthcare provider with any concerns you may have.
Join Jen and Karlee as they speak with Motherhood Coach, Emma Rowbotham about big emotions in motherhood, why we have them and some ways to start processing them. Emma speaks about her own experiences with "Mom Rage" and how she helps other women work through it.
Topics we discuss:
-What is Matrescence and why does it lead to so many emotions
-Societal pressures on moms to not have any emotions
-Mom Rage and why it happens
-Guilt vs Shame
-Ways to process emotions and why they aren't bad (Name it to Tame it)
-Fishtank of Motherhood Analogy
Emmas Details:
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We are not medical experts. Although Karlee is a registered nurse we are not part of your health care team. Any content that we talk about is purely based on our own opinion and experiences. Please seek out your primary healthcare provider with any concerns you may have.
Join Jen and Karlee as they talk about Matrescence. You may be wondering, what the heck does that mean? Well we will tell you and talk about our matrescence journeys.
As promised during the episode - we looked into whether or not this was in the dictionary and its a bit tricky of an answer. Although the word was coined in the 1970's it wasn't officially recognized (and added into SOME dictionaries) until 2022.
Links:
-Kelsie's coaching website
-Brene Brown empathy video
-Resources/books we like
-Some of our fave mom accounts on Insta
We want to hear from you!
Please ask us any questions or provide topic suggestions that you want to hear more about. Remember that nothing is off limits, we are here to talk about anything and everything including what society deems as shameful. You can leave a comment here, send us a DM on Instagram @thefriendlymomsclub or email us at thefriendlymomsclub@gmail.com
Disclaimer:
We are not medical experts. Although Karlee is a registered nurse we are not part of your health care team. Any content that we talk about is purely based on our own opinion and experiences. Please seek out your primary healthcare provider with any concerns you may have.
Join Jen and Karlee as they speak with self worth and boundaries coach, Breanne. We talk about everything people pleasing, boundary setting, and how this relates to motherhood. Jen and Karlee have had the chance to hear Breanne present a few times now and are so excited for you all to have the opportunity to listen to her speak about this topic. She is such a lovely person and truly has so much knowledge and experiences to share with others.
Topics we discuss are:
-what is the definition of a people pleaser and a boundary
-how do you start setting boundaries
-how do you know if something is worth setting the boundary
-how does people pleasing and setting boundaries relate to motherhood
and much much more!
For more information about Breanne, including her coaching and workshop services, check out her website and instagram page.
We want to hear from you!
Please ask us any questions or provide topic suggestions that you want to hear more about. Remember that nothing is off limits, we are here to talk about anything and everything including what society deems as shameful. You can leave a comment here, send us a DM on Instagram @thefriendlymomsclub or email us at thefriendlymomsclub@gmail.com
Disclaimer:
We are not medical experts. Although Karlee is a registered nurse we are not part of your health care team. Any content that we talk about is purely based on our own opinion and experiences. Please seek out your primary healthcare provider with any concerns you may have.
Ever had thoughts about motherhood that made you feel guilty or alone? Felt like you would be judged for sharing them? There is a 99% chance that whatever you were thinking about, someone else was thinking the exact same thing. We started doing a Mom Truth Thursdays on our instagram account and encouraged our followers to get something off their chest that they have been thinking or feeling about motherhood. Nothing was off limits. We shared them anonymously and the feedback was that it made so many mommas feel seen! So in order to continue with this trend todays episode we will be talking about our mom truths as well as some of the submissions we received!
Some topics we touch on are:
-Toddler meals
-Struggling to find joy
-Finding the perfect relationship pie graph
-partners sleeping like logs
From our own experiences, we know how helpful it can be to get these thoughts and feelings off your chest. There is something cathartic about putting them into words. We are simply a safe place to put them.
Please let us know how you like this episode and if we should continue this trend every couple months. We really enjoy reading them, talking about them, sharing our own viewpoints and we hope that it helps you all feel seen and know you aren't alone.
If you have something you'd like to share, please follow us on instagram and look out every Thursday for our question box! You can also email us at thefriendlymomsclub@gmail.com.
Join Jen and Karlee as they talk about Peyton's birth! They discuss Jen's experience with preeclampsia, how her planned c-section turned into an emergency c-section and her decision to choose permanent family planning.
We want to hear from you!
Please ask us any questions or provide topic suggestions that you want to hear more about. Remember that nothing is off limits, we are here to talk about anything and everything including what society deems as shameful. You can leave a comment here, send us a DM on Instagram @thefriendlymomsclub or email us at thefriendlymomsclub@gmail.com
Disclaimer:
We are not medical experts. Although Karlee is a registered nurse we are not part of your health care team. Any content that we talk about is purely based on our own opinion and experiences. Please seek out your primary healthcare provider with any concerns you may have.
Have you ever wondered what you actually need for the postpartum period? Tune in to hear Samantha Garcia, the owner of Bellies Inc and Bellies Community Space, doula, prenatal instructor, and mom of three tell us what is really important. Hint: it is likely not what you think and not something you will find on most people's baby shower registry.
Samantha discusses who we need on our postpartum 'team', what we need to prepare in advance and some of her favorite postpartum items for mamas.
You won't want to miss this episode if you or anyone you know is having a baby!
Want to shop Bellies Inc... You can find their products on their website and Instagram.
If you are local to the Lower Mainland, make sure you check out Bellies Community Space for prenatal yoga, prenatal classes, postpartum groups, mom and baby yoga and SO much more <3
We want to hear from you!
Please ask us any questions or provide topic suggestions that you want to hear more about. Remember that nothing is off limits, we are here to talk about anything and everything including what society deems as shameful. You can leave a comment here, send us a DM on Instagram @thefriendlymomsclub or email us at thefriendlymomsclub@gmail.com
Disclaimer:
We are not medical experts. Although Karlee is a registered nurse we are not part of your health care team. Any content that we talk about is purely based on our own opinion and experiences. Please seek out your primary healthcare provider with any concerns you may have.
*Trigger warning: this episode contains discussion of birth injury and birth trauma*
Join Karlee as she interviews Gina Mundy who is a childbirth attorney with over 20 years experience.
Tune into hear Gina explain from her perspective what we really need to do to prepare for birth. Also, she shares about one very important person who plays a pivotal role in helping moms have safe babies.
Visit her website to learn about Gina and about her book "A Parents Guide to Safer Childbirth"
We want to hear from you!
Please ask us any questions or provide topic suggestions that you want to hear more about. Remember that nothing is off limits, we are here to talk about anything and everything including what society deems as shameful. You can leave a comment here, send us a DM on Instagram @thefriendlymomsclub or email us at thefriendlymomsclub@gmail.com
Disclaimer:
We are not medical experts. Although Karlee is a registered nurse working in labor and delivery we are not part of your health care team. Any content that we talk about is purely based on our own opinion and experiences. Please seek out your primary healthcare provider with any concerns you may have.
Has your health gone right down the pooper after becoming a mom? Have you tried to make a million extreme changes only to get overwhelmed and feel like a failure? You are not alone.
Join Karlee and Dr Ally Power where they discuss REALISTIC, tangible and effective strategies for improving your health as a parent. Dr Ally teaches us how to advocate for your health, why your health matters, tuning into what you really need and also what dietary changes can make a huge impact on your mental and physical health.
If any of that sounds scary or overwhelming to you Karlee PROMISES that Dr Ally provides so many tips on how to actually make changes while also matching your current capacity. Do not miss this episode because every mom needs to hear this.
Where to find Dr Ally:
Instagram @drallypower
Virtual Health Collective in person and virtual Naturopathic doctor clinic.
We want to hear from you!
Please ask us any questions or provide topic suggestions that you want to hear more about. Remember that nothing is off limits, we are here to talk about anything and everything including what society deems as shameful. You can leave a comment here, send us a DM on Instagram @thefriendlymomsclub or email us at thefriendlymomsclub@gmail.com
Disclaimer:
We are not medical experts. Although Karlee is a registered nurse working in labor and delivery we are not part of your health care team. Any content that we talk about is purely based on our own opinion and experiences. Please seek out your primary healthcare provider with any concerns you may have.
Join us for part 2 where we chat about common skin conditions and birthmarks in babies: newborn rash, baby acne, hemangiomas, stork bites, and congenital dermal melanocytosis. During the second half of the episode we share our best tips for managing a sick baby... Lord know we have had a few opportunities for this! :P
Resources:
8-1-1 Nurse Hotline (For residents of BC)
We want to hear from you!
Please ask us any questions or provide topic suggestions that you want to hear more about. Remember that nothing is off limits, we are here to talk about anything and everything including what society deems as shameful. You can leave a comment here, send us a DM on Instagram @thefriendlymomsclub or email us at thefriendlymomsclub@gmail.com
Disclaimer:
We are not medical experts. Although Karlee is a registered nurse working in labor and delivery we are not part of your health care team. Any content that we talk about is purely based on our own opinion and experiences. Please seek out your primary healthcare provider with any concerns you may have.
Dealing with a sick bub is inevitable because they seriously seem to always be sick.... or is it just teething????!!!!!
We were told our kids would get sick but we didn't realize how often it would actually happen. Also, no one warned us about how heartbreaking it is when they are sick and cannot communicate.
It is always so scary and upsetting when your baby or toddler gets sick. Tune in to hear us share some of our experiences with sick kiddos, which we hope will make it a little less scary when/if you experience it.
Resources:
8-1-1 Nurse Hotline (For residents of BC)
CDC Ear Infection - Information and recommendations
Mayo Clinic Press - The Constant Cold: Why are kids always sick
We want to hear from you!
Please ask us any questions or provide topic suggestions that you want to hear more about. Remember that nothing is off limits, we are here to talk about anything and everything including what society deems as shameful. You can leave a comment here, send us a DM on Instagram @thefriendlymomsclub or email us at thefriendlymomsclub@gmail.com
Disclaimer:
We are not medical experts. Although Karlee is a registered nurse working in labor and delivery we are not part of your health care team. Any content that we talk about is purely based on our own opinion and experiences. Please seek out your primary healthcare provider with any concerns you may have.
