So She Grows - Kicking Mom Guilt, Growing Your Marriage, Owning Your Motherhood, and LOVING Who God Created You To Be!
309 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsHey Friend! Are you a mama who wants to stop just getting by? Maybe you're motivated to grow yourself in motherhood, marriage and you want it to bear fruit or maybe you want to stop letting the mom guilt, shame, and limiting beliefs and lies..and start stepping into the woman & the truth that God has created you to be while we're juggling all the things. Nursing a baby, battling laundry, trying to keep it together, and a spicy marriage! But where do we start?! What's up sister, I'm here to hold your hand through this journey because I believe when you're ready to take control of your life, beat the limiting excuses and step into the woman God created you to be, you can not only survive BUT YOU CAN THRIVE! But you're going to have to show up for yourself! It's time for me to tough love your way to taking self care seriously, investing & growing in your marriage, owning your motherhood, and getting rid of excuses. Because the glow is in the journey, it's in the mess! In this podcast you'll find navigating mom guilt, mindset & marriage strategies, mom life, and everything in between. With no fluff and lot's of fun! Let's Go!
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Fail Proof Your Health Resolution w/ Brittia
December 27, 2017 10:00 - 49 minutes - 76 MBBrittia, Owner of Fringe and Fitness, shares with us some tips on changing the way we look at our New Years resolutions. We are talking prevention over fixing, how our children will model our behaviors including how we care for our body, and how you can make a fail proof health resolution this year. DON'T FORGET TO SHARE! theashcarroll.com
Planners, Organized, and Making Scheduling Easier w/ Yvonne Marcus
December 20, 2017 10:00 - 47 minutes - 73.9 MBThis talk is what made me switch from a die hard paper planner kinda gal to a google calendar momma! Yvonne is going to share some tips on getting it together, lessening your mental load and making your mom life easier so you don't have those mental meltdowns you usually take out on your husband. This is a safe place ladies. You know you do it. I do. lol. So cry less, keep more hair on your head and be less stressed this new year. DON'T FORGET TO SHARE! theashcarroll.com
048: Organized and Tech Savvy Like a Boss Mom
December 20, 2017 10:00 - 47 minutes - 73.9 MBThis talk is what made me switch from a die hard paper planner kinda gal to a google calendar momma! Yvonne is going to share some tips on getting it together, lessening your mental load and making your mom life easier so you don't have those mental meltdowns you usually take out on your husband. This is a safe place ladies. You know you do it. I do. lol. So cry less, keep more hair on your head and be less stressed this new year. BONUS!!!! Yvonne gave the Today's Eden listeners $5 of...
047: Video Games, Good or Bad Idea This Christmas?
December 13, 2017 10:00 - 45 minutes - 71.4 MBDr. Rachel Kowert, author of A Parent's Guide to Video Games, is on the podcast today talking about the good, the bad, and the ugly or video games. Being a person who is not into video games all that much because I prefer being outdoors than being rooted on the couch, I don't let my kiddos play much either. So, this topic was super interesting to me because I, like most parents don't know much about video games and I had concerns that the cons out weighed the pros. I know we are getti...
Video Games, Good or Bad Idea This Christmas?
December 13, 2017 10:00 - 45 minutes - 71.4 MBDr. Rachel Kowert, author of A Parent's Guide to Video Games, is on the podcast today talking about the good, the bad, and the ugly or video games. DON'T FORGET TO SHARE! theashcarroll.com @theashcarroll
Handling Relatives and The Overwhelm During the Holidays
December 06, 2017 10:00 - 57 minutes - 87.1 MBValerie from The Unlimited Mom, is on the podcast today! We are covering handling relatives and the overwhelm during the holidays. Valerie will be talking through how we can better decide what we do during this busy season, how we can handle relatives that tend to get under our skin, and why we do things the we do subconsciously (like that time you volunteered to host dinner ANDDDD cook all the food- even though you hate being stuck in the kitchen), identify why you do that and then help us ...
046: Handling Relatives and The Overwhelm During the Holidays
December 06, 2017 10:00 - 57 minutes - 87.1 MBHey Moms, the struggle is real during the holidays. We have house guests, parties, presents, etc etc and we forget about what it is we really want. We sign up for things we reaaally hate doing and in turn we become the Christmas Grinch. Valerie from The Unlimited Mom, is on the podcast today! We are covering handling relatives and the overwhelm during the holidays. Valerie will be talking through how we can better decide what we do during this busy season, how we can handle relatives that...
Sending Your Kids to College DEBT FREE!!!
November 29, 2017 10:00 - 53 minutes - 82.5 MBOne of the top stressors, (I think for parents) even BEFORE kids and for some, when deciding to have kids, is how much college will cost.I first heard Jocelyn Paonita Pearson from The Scholarship System, on Adam Carroll's podcast and I knew I had to have her on. Jocelyn is going to share some huge tips on what we can be doing now even when our kids are little to prepare for college, how to avoid scams, and when we should be starting the process as well as what we should be doing. You can che...
045: Sending Your Kids to College DEBT FREE!!!
November 29, 2017 10:00 - 53 minutes - 82.5 MBOne of the top stressors, (I think for parents) even BEFORE kids and for some, when deciding to have kids, is how much college will cost. If you're child will be a first generation college student you probably have no idea where to even begin when it comes to the college process, much less finding ways to pay for it. And if you're like others who went to college and came out with 3 Lexus' worth in student loans, then student debt is probably something you wouldn't wish upon anyone, much le...
5 Things I am Thankful for as a Mom This Year
November 22, 2017 10:00 - 20 minutes - 37 MBHey mommas! I hope you are having a wonderful holiday week and hopefully not bearing too much weight on your shoulders to do all and be all this week. Today I wanna keep it chill and relaxed amidst the reality that for most of us this week means chaos. So this is me thinking on the 5 things I am most thankful for this Thanksgiving as a mom. theashcarroll.com
044: 5 Things I am Thankful for as a Mom This Year
November 22, 2017 10:00 - 20 minutes - 37 MBHey mommas! I hope you are having a wonderful holiday week and hopefully not bearing too much weight on your shoulders to do all and be all this week. Today I wanna keep it chill and relaxed amidst the reality that for most of us this week means chaos. So this is me thinking on the 5 things I am most thankful for this Thanksgiving as a mom. There is no show notes page for this episode so make sure you check out the blog posts mentioned in this episode: -The BEST subscription boxes f...
The Mask of Motherhood w/ Katherine Wintsch
November 15, 2017 10:00 - 45 minutes - 71.1 MBKatherine Wintsch, CEO and Founder of The Mom Complex, is changing the motherhood world one commercial and product at a time. She's out to make sure that more companies understand the modern mom and provide the things we actually need to make out lives easier. Katherine's Ted Talk on The Mask of Motherhood motherhood on the head. DON'T FORGET TO SHARE THIS EPISODE! theashcarroll.com @theashcarroll
043: The Mask of Motherhood w/ Katherine Wintsch.mp3
November 15, 2017 10:00 - 45 minutes - 71.1 MBCEO and Founder of The Mom Complex, is changing the motherhood world one commercial and product at a time. She's out to make sure that more companies understand the modern mom and provide the things we actually need to make out lives easier. A while back I saw Katherine's Ted Talk on The Mask of Motherhood and she totally gets me. She nailed motherhood on the head. Which is why I had to ask her to be on. In today's episode, we talk about why she wanted to pursue a career that intertwined...
Ups and Downs of Being an Instagram Mom
November 08, 2017 10:00 - 1 hour - 96.8 MBI am hanging out with Stephanie Peltier Aka Honestly Mommy to talk about the behind the scenes of being an Instagram mom. How she struggled with comparison and trying to find her true voice as a mother through all the social media noise. She's fun, she's real and she's not afraid to tell you that even though her perfectly lit photo of herself drinking coffee looks great...it really took her 10 different tries and 3 different angles to get it to look that way. It's not all about instagram tho...
042: Being an Instagram Momma
November 08, 2017 10:00 - 1 hour - 96.8 MBToday our lives are ALL OVER social media. If you're an instagram mom whether you are in it for a business or just to be apart of the instagram community...you know the pressure can be real. Even Facebook, can sometimes feel like judgement book right?!?! And we aren't strangers to the fact that you can now make money on social media platforms as a motherland sharing your life with the world. So, I am hanging out with Stephanie Peltier Aka Honestly Mommy to talk about the behind the scene...
The Heavy Call of Motherhood & Fragile X Syndrome
November 01, 2017 09:00 - 56 minutes - 85.7 MBLeeAnn Taylor author of Fragile Face of God was married young and had planned on waiting 5 years before growing her family. Well, as we all know things don't always happen as we plan them, and soon after getting married they had started growing into a family of 5. Three of LeeAnn's children carrying the full mutation of the genetic disorder the Fragile X syndrome.
041: The Heavy Call of Motherhood & Fragile X Syndrome.mp3
November 01, 2017 09:00 - 56 minutes - 85.7 MBLeeAnn Taylor author of Fragile Face of God was married young and had planned on waiting 5 years before growing her family. Well, as we all know things don't always happen as we plan them, and soon after getting married they had started growing into a family of 5. Three of LeeAnn's children carrying the full mutation of the genetic disorder the Fragile X syndrome. As a mother with limited income at the time, isolated in her own home, and being emotionally and mentally taxed by 3 young chi...
040: Love and Addiction-The Wife of an Alcoholic w/ Michelle Lisa Anderson.mp3
October 25, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 97.6 MBMichelle- addiction activist, author and speaker is talks with me about her journey of love and addiction. After so much painful effort in her marriage, Michelle realized she could not save the man she loved from the disease of addiction. And now she is out to support other women who are fighting for their joy, their lives and their hope while being married to men who are addicts. We talk about what life is like being married to an addict. How she mothered through it all. How we and why ...
Love and Addiction-The Wife of an Alcoholic w/ Michelle Lisa Anderson.mp3
October 25, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 97.6 MBMichelle- addiction activist, author and speaker is talks with me about her journey of love and addiction. After so much painful effort in her marriage, Michelle realized she could not save the man she loved from the disease of addiction. And now she is out to support other women who are fighting for their joy, their lives and their hope while being married to men who are addicts. We talk about what life is like being married to an addict. How she mothered through it all. How we and why ...
Unselfie- Raising Empathetic Kids in an All About Me World
October 18, 2017 09:00 - 32 minutes - 45.7 MBDr. Borba is a globally-recognized educational psychologist and parenting, bullying and character expert whose aim is to strengthen children’s empathy and resilience, and break the cycle of youth violence. Dr. Michele Borba and I, get into the 9 habits kids need to nurture empathy and why it's so important that they have this skill. We talk about how we can start teaching our kiddos about empathy today and how we may be unknowingly contributing to our kids thinking it's all about them. Also,...
Mom Work Life Balance, PPD and Lyme Disease w/Ashley Bernardi
October 11, 2017 09:00 - 56 minutes - 86.8 MBIn this episode we talk about being a business momma. That it doesn't have to be work over children or children over work. You can do both. And maybe it requires a little risk taking to be able to be a working momma. We also talk about Ashley's journey through Lyme disease and postpartum depression. How community really helped and how she learned to focus on herself and her needs though those harder times. And lastly we talk about Ashley's three awesome girls and being a girl momma!
Going Beyond Mom - Fueling That Desire Guilt Free
October 04, 2017 09:00 - 57 minutes - 87.6 MBSometimes we get lost in the shuffle of motherhood. We hit a point where we have this creative energy or the desire to do something outside of nap times and bottle feedings. But the guilt trip is tough. Randi Zinn from Beyondmom.com and I talk about rediscovering ourselves outside of motherhood, not feeling guilty about pursuing our passions or doing what fuels us. We also talk a tiny bit about strong willed parenting. And last but not least it wouldn't be a true mom conversation without a l...
Inviting Others Into the Mess w/ Jackie Hooks
September 27, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 91.1 MBJackie shares her story of loss and letting all the plates hit the floor. Letting herself grieve and seeing her family transform in such a painful time. Not only that but, we also talk about something most of us struggle with as women. Making friends with other women and letting them into our homes and our hearts. I love what Jackie said, "You have to become the friend you want to have. So you love big, before you know they're going to love you back". theashcarroll.com
Surviving Meal Times With the Kiddos
September 20, 2017 09:00 - 57 minutes - 87.9 MBIn this episode we talk about picky eaters, what we need to do to set our selves up for meal time success and how we can approach game time snacks in a healthier way. Because trust me, your kid is no Dak Prescott at the age of 5.. he hasn't sweated out enough electrolytes to need a 64oz gatorade. We also talk about the importance of skin care and Sally's experience with stage 1 skin cancer. Check out the show notes on theashcarroll.com for all Sally's resources!
How Gratitude Transforms, Infertility & Feeling Like You’re Enough
September 13, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBGratitude changed Robin's life when going through invitro. She was struggling and just feeling miserable after two failed invitros and an IUI. Today Robin shares how she started becoming grateful for everything because she started seeing God everywhere. She is super encouraging and she has walked with so many friends going through infertility calling herself the infertility celebrator. I really love her heart and her wisdom. (We mentioned Nikki, a past guest who's been on the show, you can...
Being Single and Her Journey Through Embryo Adoption w/ Merritt Onsa
September 06, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBEmbryo adoption was something Merritt feels really passionate about sharing and lucky for her I have been super curious about what exactly embryo adoption was and how it works. Merritt journeyed through a long period of singleness before meeting her husband and then found (like most of us) that marriage can be rough trying to bring two people together who have different "ways" of doing things and have been living on their own for so long. theashcarroll.com
The Dark Side of Perfectionism
August 30, 2017 09:00 - 8 minutes - 20.2 MBThis obsession with self sabotage and perfectionism is exhausting. To be honest, I don’t even realize I am doing it half of the time.With so many successful women, social media, magazines and celebrities it’s hard to find the balance between reality and setting to high of standards for yourself. Everyone constantly looks like they have it all together and we play that card, so that no one knows we are struggling. But what good does that do for those that are really struggling? theashcarro...
Overcoming Domestic Violence & Building Her Own Home By Hands w/ Cara Brookins
August 23, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 93.6 MBCara Brookins is the author of "Rise: How a House Built a Family", a memoir about escaping domestic violence with her four children and building a 3,500 square foot home from the ground up with their own hands. Rise is a 2017 Indy Next Pick and selected for Barnes & Noble’s What We’re Reading which includes front-of-store placement. She is also a keynote speaker, hosts a weekly podcast with Macmillan called Raise My Roof, and is a fiction writer with seven published novels. theashcarroll....
Feeling Helpless From Her Child's Allergies & Skin Sensitivities
August 16, 2017 10:00 - 35 minutes - 57.6 MBIn this episode I talk to a momma who struggled with postpartum depression. And what triggered it was the overwhelming feeling of helplessness from allergies & skin sensitivities her son was facing. But not until she took matters into her own hands in finding a solution for her son's skin sensitivities through creating her own product has she been able to let go completely. theashcarroll.com
Loving Your Spouse Annoyances & All w/Andrea Miller
August 09, 2017 10:00 - 42 minutes - 66.3 MBAndrea Miller is CEO of Your Tango, the leading online magazine dedicated to love and relationships. Andrea talks about how in her own relationship it was easy to run when the stuff got tough... or annoying, but that she has since learned that the things that she once saw as annoyances could be accepted and appreciated. theashcarroll.com
Balancing Work & Trying To Survive Our Own Mom Shaming with Julie Solomon
August 02, 2017 10:00 - 55 minutes - 84.8 MBIn this episode I hang out with Julie Solomon, who is a NY Times best selling publicist/strategist, Founder of The Influencer Podcast and Juliesolomon.net where she helps bloggers & influencers to grow their brand, business and income. Business aside it's hard to mom when you're also working. We're talking about all the mom struggles and including our own mom shaming.
Miscarriage,Fostering,Adoption, and Raising a Son w/Autism with Lauren Casper
July 26, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 122 MBIn this episode Lauren Casper and I talk about miscarriage, foster care, their adoption process with their two children from Ethiopia, how she once built walls around her heart but found herself surrendering to give herself the freedom to feel what she needed to feel. We talk about her son Mareto and his diagnosis with autism and how that led to her awesome book, "It's Okay About It: Lessons from a Five Year Old About Living Life Wide Open". theashcarroll.com
Colic,Community Over Competition, And Anxiety w/Chrissy Powers
July 19, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBChrissy is a wife, mother, marriage & family therapist, photographer, blogger and Instagram-er. Her feed is always so real and down to earth but also super gorgeous. In this episode talk about woking from home, being on a united front during the times of colic, community over competition, the movie Bad Moms, and scary moment when her child went missing that onset her anxiety.
Losing Her 12y/o Son and Learning How to Handle Grief with Anna Whiston-Donaldson
July 12, 2017 09:00 - 57 minutes - 87.1 MBI loved having Anna on the podcast and I wished it had been under better circumstances. But I felt like her story, although such a tragedy, could be a light in the dark for those who have lost a child and are dealing with grief.
Living with Vaginismus
July 05, 2017 09:00 - 51 minutes - 72.2 MB2 out of 1000 Women are silently suffering from a medical condition called Vaginismus. In this episode, Marni Scott, is super open and shares her personal journey and victory over vaginismus with the help of the Women's Therapy Centerin New York. But I hope that with this episode we can bring more awareness to this condition that many women don't realize they have or are silently suffering from because they don't know anyone else experiencing it or feel embarrassed about it.
How Tony Robbins Impacted Marriage & Having a Fun Family Atmosphere with Anne Stevenson
June 28, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 119 MBIn this episode we talk about Tony Robbins' 6 core human needs and how implementing these impacted marriage. Overcoming irritations, learned to communicate more productively, taking differences and finding a way to make them work together as a couple and not just exist as two separate people in one house. And how she creates the beautiful family atmosphere they have in their home of freedom, fun and realness without being fake.
My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward-Marriage & Mental Illness
June 21, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 101 MB"Mark and Giulia’s life together began as a storybook romance. They fell in love at eighteen, married at twenty-four, and were living their dream life in San Francisco. When Giulia was twenty-seven, she suffered a terrifying and unexpected psychotic break that landed her in the psych ward for nearly a month. One day she was vibrant and well-adjusted; the next she was delusional and suicidal, convinced that her loved ones were not safe." theashcarroll.com
Raising Gutsy Girls with NY Times Best Seller Caroline Paul
June 14, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 97.7 MBI first heard of Caroline Paul on a podcast hosted by Tim Ferriss. Then as I googled her, I became super interested in the book she recently released called The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure, a New York Times Best Seller. We were already on the search for more books to get our daughter that focused on having a female heroine, instead of female princesses or girls thinking about boy crushes. Despite the title, this book is not just for girls. Caroline Paul uses her own...
Pre- and Postnatal Self Care with Kristy Rodriguez
June 07, 2017 09:00 - 50 minutes - 77.5 MBKristy is a pre- and postnatal wellness expert and advocate, is the owner and founder of Pure Nuture, a business devoted to educating and inspiring women to nurture and nourish themselves through pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. Self-care is incredibly important for all of us, but it far too often is the very last thing that we prioritize amid hectic schedules and busy lives.
Heather Avis- Adoption, Down Syndrome, Motherhood & The Lucky Few
May 31, 2017 09:00 - 50 minutes - 78.5 MBHeather Avis and I talk about motherhood, adoption, down syndrome, how she would change society's view of down syndrome and just REAL. LIFE. Heather's book recently released in March, The Lucky Few. Which I read in one sitting in a Barnes & Noble. As a mom with relatively healthy children, I have no idea what motherhood looks like raising a child with down syndrome. With any unfamiliar territory you aren't sure what to ask, how to ask it, or how to help. Or even how to create a relationship ...
Two Mothers, A Dying Wish, and An Open Heart
May 24, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 94 MBTricia Seaman is an oncology nurse. She is always at the service to others. But one day serving others took on a whole new meaning when she met a patient on her floor also named Tricia (aka Trish). A single mom with an 8 year old son who had been diagnosed with cancer and had no family to turn to. Her cancer was terminal and with a short time to live she asked Tricia to do something for her that would change their lives completely. theashcarroll.com
How to Pause for Parenthood Without Killing Your Career with Lisen Stromberg
May 10, 2017 09:00 - 45 minutes - 71 MBIt was so interesting to read Lisen's, book Work Pause Thrive: How to Pause for Parenthood without Killing Your Career. I am so excited to bring you this episode with this amazing woman who has trail blazed her own path and is making waves in the corporate world to bring attention to the HIGH need for better solutions for us in the workplace. And hey, if you are PTA president listen up! She talks about how to use that for your resume. theashcarroll.com
Calm the Crazy "Breathe Mama Breathe" with Shonda Moralis
April 26, 2017 09:00 - 38 minutes - 61.8 MBCalled a "Mom Must-Read" by Parents Magazine, Breathe, Mama, Breathe: 5-Minture Mindfulness for Busy Moms is an easy-to-read combination of short meditations, mindful breaks, and relatable stories from Shonda's life as a mom to a five year old and a fifteen year old. We talk about mindfulness and why it's beneficial for moms. Not only to be present, but to help us be more calm and relaxed throughout our day. theashcarroll.com
Myth Busting Prenatal Yoga w/Magdalena Patterson
April 12, 2017 09:00 - 55 minutes - 85 MBIn this episode Magdalena and I talk about some of the myths and benefits of prenatal yoga. Magdalena is highly educated about prenatal yoga and it's so close to her heart that I knew she could give us really good insight. Especially if we are prego and hesitant to try it. theashcarroll.com
PCOS and Day In the Life With IVF Treatments
March 29, 2017 09:00 - 1 hour - 125 MBNikki and I talk about her journey with PCOS and infertility to all the steps they took to getting pregnant. Nikki really gives us a better understanding of what she (and many mothers) have to go through mentally, physically and emotionally for the chance at motherhood. Which is a part we as "outsiders" often miss to see or understand.
No Excuses Mom on Marriage, Separation/Reconciliation, and Body Image
March 15, 2017 09:00 - 56 minutes - 85.8 MBI feel like we can relate to being under fire over something we have said via online because it was interpreted differently by others. When I started looking into Maria Kang and her blog I realized that there was much more to her than what was being said based off one photo. We talk about being proud of your body and celebrating where you are. Maria opens up about her marriage and how they overcome trials and separation.
Mom Life and Valentines Day with Jess Connolly
February 22, 2017 10:00 - 1 hour - 93 MBWe talk about finding that freedom, in motherhood and the wife life. We also talk about Valentine's Day. How Jess and her husband celebrate and why showering with your husband might just work for you. ALSO, we talk about Jess' NEW BOOK. Which I am really excited about; Dance, Stand, Run.
Saying Goodbye to Your Child at Birth
February 08, 2017 10:00 - 49 minutes - 76.3 MBToday on the podcast I talk with an amazing couple, who on their journey towards parenthood were taken down a path they didn't see coming. How they handled it and how we, as "outsiders" can love someone going through a similar situation better.
This Mom Swam With Sharks
January 25, 2017 10:00 - 42 minutes - 66.6 MBIf you think you can't push yourself to be outside the lines, because your a momma, this woman will tell you, your wrong. I don't want to share too much, so listen in and if you feel inspired by Carol's story give a shout out to her on instagram @carolhampshire, I know she would love to hear from you!
Today's Eden (now ITAV) 2016 year in Review
January 11, 2017 12:00 - 36 minutes - 58.3 MBIn this episode I cover your favorite Today's Eden episodes from 2016 and what my big takeaways were from each episode. I wish I could have re-capped all of my episodes because they were all truly great. 2016 was powerful and I learned so much thanks to all my guests on the show. I hope that you find your place here, and you feel a little less like a small fish in a big sea of marriage and motherhood. Thank you to those listening and participating in Today's Eden you all mean so much to me. ...