Mom Deconstructed Podcast
86 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsOur goal is to break down the walls that have formed between moms, families, and communities to begin to heal the rift that’s caused so many moms to feel alone and isolated in this great big, scary world of ours. This journey of motherhood is uncertain enough.
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EP37: Enid Viana, Mom of Three Gaining Control of Her Life
January 31, 2019 10:00 - 40 minutes - 32.5 MBThis week we are talking with Enid Viana, an ex Wall Streeter who left the demanding world of finance to build her family. Listen as she shares her tumultuous journey through motherhood and how she finally gained the control over her life that she so craved. Listen as Enid shares how she: Relies on help to with her daily mothering tasks.Explaining and guiding her young children through divorce.Suffers from anxiety, how she copes, and how she’s modeling for her children.Incorporates wor...
EP36: Willful Children, Winter Introspection, and the Benefits of Community
January 24, 2019 10:00 - 34 minutes - 28 MBThis week we are deconstructing our episode from last with with Ayelet Marinovich. If you haven't listened to that one, go back and download Episode 35. As a refresher, Ayelet has a beautiful voice, can be found on her own podcast, Strength in Words, singing her guests in, where she educates parents on the importance of play and how *easy* it is to incorporate into our lives. Listen today as we talk about our highs and lows, the importance of community for new parents, and how play shows u...
EP35: Ayelet Marinovich, The Importance of Play in our Children’s Development
January 17, 2019 10:00 - 37 minutes - 30.4 MBThis week we chat with Ayelet Marinovich, she is a pediatric speech-language pathologist who works with families with infants and toddlers. In addition, she is the founder of Strength In Words, a podcast and educational resource providing access to high-quality, evidence-based resources for parents, caregivers and professionals with infants and toddlers of all developmental levels, so they can have peace of mind they are supporting their children to the best of their ability. She is the best...
EP34: State of the Podcast
December 27, 2018 10:00 - 9 minutes - 7.24 MBThis week we are looking back at our podcast in 2018 and sharing what we envision for our future in 2019. Listen as Kate & Liz discuss: How to support our podcast. Email usyour ideas for the show. Find us on Instagramand Facebook. WAYS TO SPONSOR US: Crate Joy Real Plans Patreon: This podcast is made possible by listeners, like you. We believe that community is key to motherhood, we invite you to consider joining our Patreon community and supporting us...
EP33: Asking for and receiving support
December 20, 2018 10:00 - 26 minutes - 21.6 MBThis week we are deconstructing last week's episode with Stacey Porter. If you haven't listened to that episode, go back and download Episode 32. Stacey spoke about the loss of her daughter, Delilah, and how the support she found during her darkest times helped her create The Tangerine Owl Project. Listen in this week as we talk about our highs and lows and what we took away from Stacey's episode. Listen as Kate & Liz discuss: Kate’s high: first trimester teacher conferences Liz’s low ...
EP32: Stacey Porter, A Story of Loss, Hope
December 13, 2018 10:00 - 29 minutes - 23.3 MBThis week we chat with Stacey Porter. Stacey has been dedicated to efforts centered around supporting families who have suffered infant loss and traumatic birth since 2013. She is founder of the Tangerine Owl Project, a nonprofit devoted to offering peer support to these families, started in memory of her daughter after a NICU loss in 2012. Stacey is deeply invested in efforts to support maternal mental health as it intertwines so greatly with traumatic birth and bereavement experiences for ...
EP31: Giving Up Control (Outsourcing) and Maternity Leave As We Know It
December 06, 2018 10:00 - 21 minutes - 17.3 MBThis week we are deconstructing our episode from last week with Arianna Taboada. If you haven't listened to that episode, go back and listen to Episode 30. As a refresher, Arianna is Maternal Health expert who runs a consulting firm that helps entrepreneurs design a maternity leave plan that fit their business model and personal needs. This week we talk about our highs and lows this week, outsourcing, the mental load of motherhood, and maternity leave as we know it. Listen as Kate ...
EP30: Arianna Taboada, Maternal Health Expert and Mom of One
November 29, 2018 10:00 - 37 minutes - 29.8 MBThis week we chat with Arianna Taboada, a maternal health expert, about her motherhood journey. Listen as she shares her expertise in the field, how she manages to get it all done (hint...outsourcing), and how she is the full time working parent in her relationship. Arianna Taboada is a Maternal Health expert who helps entrepreneurs design a maternity leave plan that fit their business model and personal needs. She has worked for health systems, research institutions and in private practic...
EP29: Making the most of the time we spend with our kids
November 21, 2018 10:00 - 37 minutes - 30.1 MBThis week we are deconstructing our episode from last week with Heather Vickery of Vickery & Coand the Podcast, theBrave Files. If you haven't listened to that interview, go back and listen to Episode 28. Listen as we give our highs and lows, realizing we only have 10 summers before college with our kids, and how we spend quality time with our kids individually. Listen as Kate & Liz discuss: Our highs & lows of our lives right now (battling daylight savings and lying, sneaky kids). The...
EP28: Heather Vickery, living her authentic self as a single mom of four.
November 15, 2018 10:00 - 44 minutes - 35.7 MBThis week Heather Vickery of Vickery & Coand the Podcast, theBrave Filesshares how she is a mother of four who cherishes the time she has left before they leave the nest, how navigating a difficult time allowed her to be open to asking and accepting help, and how she chooses to live her truth each and every day. Heather Vickery is an award-winning entrepreneur, business owner, and transformational life and business coach. Heather’s world turned upside down after a major life transformation ...
EP27: Surrendering to Motherhood
November 08, 2018 11:00 - 33 minutes - 26.5 MBThis week we are deconstructing our conversation with Shelley Suh from last week. If you haven't listened to that episode go back and download Episode 26. Shelley is a small business owner of a successful nursing and maternity clothing line, Loyal Hana. Parenting and entrepreneurship haven't always been smooth sailing, but she shared how she stays true to herself and keeps her priorities in check. Listen as Kate & Liz discuss: How creativity can help you focus and climb out of dark perio...
EP26: Shelley Suh: Using creativity to find herself again.
November 01, 2018 10:00 - 50 minutes - 69.1 MBThis week we are sharing Shelley Suh of Loyal Hana’s story. Shelley Suh founded Loyal Hana, a maternity & nursing wear clothing line, after having worked in the fashion industry for over 20 years. More than just a collection of maternity and nursing garments, Loyal Hana is a reliable friend during a crucial time when the pressure is on to provide it all, a helping hand when circumstances make it difficult to be discreet, a universal “thank you” and a way for new moms to feel confident and be...
Episode 25: Personalities and Parenting
October 25, 2018 10:00 - 33 minutes - 26.9 MBThis week we are deconstructing our episode from last week with Kathy Stowell. If you haven't listened to that episode, go back and listen to Episode 24. As a refresher, Kathy is a mom of two in the self-proclaimed "golden years of parenting", looking to add some more fun in her life. This week we talk about putting the “fun” back in our lives, parenting children that are wildly different than ourselves, and the importance of finding your community. Listen as Kate & Liz discuss: Where t...
EP24: Kathy Stowell: Mom of 2 in the “golden age” of motherhood
October 18, 2018 10:00 - 42 minutes - 58.5 MBThis week we are chatting with Kathy Stowell of Bliss Beyond Naptime. Kathy lives in the sleepy mountain town of Nelson, British Columbia where she's a triple latte-fueled mom to two kids, a 13 year old girl and a nine year old boy, wife to a rock-climbing obsessed engineer and the special person to their blonde wiener dog named Angel. Kathy has been writing about creativity, self-care and simplicity over at Bliss Beyond Naptime since 2006 and is the founder of Mama Bliss Coaching School. ...
Episode 23: Relationships are complicated
October 11, 2018 10:00 - 29 minutes - 23.3 MBToday we are deconstructing our conversation with Valerie Friedlander, who is raising two boys and a business. She is a certified life coach specializing in helping entrepreneurial Moms break though their self-defeating patterns and take confident action towards their goals. If you want to listen to the full episode, be sure to download Episode 22of the Mom Deconstructed Podcast. This week we break down relationship struggles across the board: with partners, friends, community, and ourselves...
EP22: Valerie Friedlander, Mom of two learning to get “unstuck”
October 04, 2018 10:00 - 49 minutes - 39.8 MBThis week we are chatting with Valerie Friedlander of Unlimited Mom. Valerie is a mom of two young boys, and certified life coach specializing in helping entrepreneurial Moms break though their self-defeating patterns and take confident action towards their goals. Listen as Valerie shares how: She differentiates phases vs. being “stuck” Labeling things as “bad” is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Arguments are important. Where she finds community as both an entrepreneur and mom. M...
EP21: Is work-life balance a myth?
September 27, 2018 10:00 - 37 minutes - 29.7 MBToday we are deconstructing our last episode with Suzanne Brown. Suzanne is a strategic marketing and business consultant who gradually reformatted her work life to fit her new and challenging mom life. If you haven’t listened already, be sure to go back and download Episode 20 and hear Suzanne explain the many (MANY) steps she’s taken to find balance and reclaim HERSELF first. Listen as Kate & Liz discuss: Our transitions to part-time work once we became mom Numerous iterations of...
EP20: Suzanne Brown, Author & Mom of two, empowering women find the elusive work-life “balance”
September 20, 2018 10:00 - 47 minutes - 38.2 MBTo kick off our second season, we are chatting with Suzanne Brown, a mom of 2 young boys, this week. Suzanne is a strategic marketing and business consultant, speaker (including a TEDx talk), avid international traveler, work-life balance expert and advocate, and author. Her books include: Mompowerment: Insights from Successful Professional Part-time Working Moms Who Balance Career and Family and The Mompowerment Guide to Work-life Balance. She empowers moms to think differently about thei...
EP19: Learning how to ask for help
August 30, 2018 10:00 - 21 minutes - 29.9 MBKate & Liz open up about asking for help when they need it most. We talk about how hard it is TO ask for help, but also the benefit of opening ourselves up to the possibility of getting help. Listen as we share how we have learned to be both on the receiving end and giving end of help. Start asking for help from your partner & closest and intimate friends and family.Remember that boundaries on your time and energy are a good thing. Identify the difference between “need” and “want”.If y...
EP18: Gearing up for school and the change in routine
August 23, 2018 10:00 - 19 minutes - 26.3 MBKate & Liz talk about heading back to school after summer. We discuss the change back into full time school routine and how we are gearing OURSELVES up for it. Listen as we share how we’ve managed heading back to school in the past, and what we are doing to prepare. Keep it simple, don’t add things to your routine other than school starting. Schedule it (even if it’s only in your mind!). The great homework debacle - to do it right after school or after some playtime? Routines: ...
EP17: Making Mom Friends, bridging the gap between polite greetings to actual conversations
August 16, 2018 10:00 - 16 minutes - 22.6 MBKate & Liz talk mom friends this week. How do you find them? How do you make them? Do you even need them? This episode we share our vulnerabilities (and awkward pick up lines reserved for the playground) and insecurities when it comes to making the quintessential “mom friend.” Listen as we share what has worked for us in connecting with other moms. Mom friends are ACTUALLY important. Put yourself out there, we are ALL in the same situation navigating this. If you’re friends on ...
EP16: Reinstating "family time" in a "busy is better" world
August 09, 2018 10:00 - 15 minutes - 21.1 MBKate & Liz slow things down this week and discuss how they keep family time in the forefront in this world of “busy is better”. It can be so hard to instill the value of family time when we are pulled in many directions, but we are *trying* to do it as much as we can. Listen as we share how we are incorporating more family time in our busy lives. Setting limits on what we commit to do both as families and individuals. Build in the downtime. How too many activities quickly catch ...
EP15: Raising Socially Aware Children
August 02, 2018 10:00 - 14 minutes - 20.1 MBKate & Liz discuss a BIG topic this week, one that we are still actively navigating with our young children: How do you raise socially aware children in this crazy, opinionated world of ours? We discuss how we are trying to expose our children to diversity and adversity, and teaching them to embrace and celebrate it. Listen as we share how we are *hoping* to raise kids that are socially aware: Talk about differences with your kids, at whatever level they are at Teaching our children to...
EP14: Figuring out who you are once you have time to breathe
July 26, 2018 10:00 - 15 minutes - 21.1 MBKate & Liz discuss some struggles, triumphs, and insight into the burning question mom-question “Who am I?”. We discuss what it means to “find your identity” as as mom, how to find time for you when you are caring for others, and the importance of making space for you. Listen as we share insight in how we’ve navigated finding (more of) our identity once we became moms. Embrace the Matrescence period How your priorities and goals change in motherhood Finding pockets of time to fin...
EP13: Battling Summertime Boredom with kids
July 19, 2018 11:00 - 18 minutes - 25.8 MBListen as we share some tactics on how we battle summertime boredom: Create a summer bucket list. Start a Bored Jar Boredom is a GOOD thingfor kids. Quiet time is encouraged in our houses. Giving ourselves permission to not be engaged ALL the time. How we balance “all the things” (hint: we don’t!) Links mentioned in the episode: Psychologists recommend children be bored in the summer: Quartz. Boredom Fosters Resilience in Children: Psychology Today. The Dangers of Dist...
EP12: Part Time working Mom of 3, climbing out of the trenches - Kate Turza
July 12, 2018 10:00 - 45 minutes - 62.7 MBKate Turza is a mom of 3 beautiful, loud (in all ways), and loving children, wife of one supportive husband, animal mama to two cats and one giant dog. She lives on the East End of Long Island near her families. She works part-time as an office manager and side-hustle as a postpartum doulaand podcast co-host. In her"free" time, you can usually find her outside on a bike ride or jog with at least one of her kiddos. Listen as Kate shares how she: Is seeing the “light” in her parenting jou...
EP11: Mom of 3, finding simplicity & connection in our modern world with Liz Sanicola
July 05, 2018 10:00 - 47 minutes - 37.7 MBLiz Sanicola of Mom in the Worksand the Mom Deconstructed Podcastis a wife, mom to three (plus 8 chickens, a dog, and a cat), writer, tech junkie, homesteader, budding permaculturist (is that a thing?!) and craver of simplicity. She and her husband are often asked how they “do it all”, but the reality is… they DON’T! She’s doing her best to keep life simple amidst the chaos of modern life. In the age of technology and the never ending list of "all the things", it seems that people have never...
EP10: Deconstructing the Myth that dreaming of being a mom will make it happen.
June 28, 2018 10:00 - 27 minutes - 21.7 MBThis week we are deconstructing the myth that becoming parents is an easy decision. We are revisiting our conversation from last week with Liza Tremblay. If you missed it, go back and download episode 9. As a refresher, Liza is a mom of two, a restaurateur and food entrepreneur. While building their businesses, they struggled with infertility, but since have built a family and business life unique to them. Liz and Kate discuss: How to keep ALL the calendars straight. Importance of go...
EP09: Mother of 2, still in the thick of it with Liza Tremblay
June 21, 2018 10:00 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MBLiza Tremblay is the mother of Leo and Rosie and the owner of Bay Burger restaurant and Joe & Liza's Ice Cream, based in Sag Harbor, New York. Her and her husband, Joe, have owned and operated Bayburger and Joe and Liza’s Ice Cream for the last 11 years. When Liza isn’t working full-time or mothering her two children, you can find her going out to her weekly date with her husband or out to dinner with her friends. Listen as Liza shares how: Even though she’s been a mom for seven y...
EP08: Deconstructing the “Marriage gets easier with time” Myth
June 14, 2018 11:00 - 18 minutes - 26 MBThis week we are deconstructing our conversation from last week with Carrie Sharpe. Here’s that episode. Carrie is a mom of 5, who is navigating “older” children as her first child prepares to leave the nest. Liz and Kate discuss: Bonuses of having older children. How children can contribute to the household, using incentives! Carrie’s tips for keeping her relationship with her husband strong. Where you can find time for your relationship when you have young kids. Letting go of th...
EP07: Homeschooling, Mom of 5 with Carrie Sharpe
June 07, 2018 11:00 - 44 minutes - 61.6 MBCarrie Sharpe is a Communication Consultant and Speaker and co-owner of He says, She says. A highly sought-after international speaker, Carrie develops courses and coaches clients on public speaking skills, interview skills, and other communication topics. She earned her degree in Political Science and Psychology from Lake Superior State University. Carrie is a Huffington Post Contributor and has been quoted in a variety of publications including LiveStrong, Business Insider, and Bustle. She...
EP06: Deconstructing the Myth that “Practice makes perfect”
May 31, 2018 10:00 - 31 minutes - 42.6 MBThis week we are deconstructing our conversation from last week with Sasha Gray. Here’s that episode. Sasha is an older and wiser version of her first time mothering self, as she’s mothering the second time around. Liz and Kate discuss: the ups and downs of the myth that “Practice makes perfect” How not to view your shortcomings as “failures.” Having to remind ourselves we are enough. What’s best for everyone is relative. How to create productive members of society (PMOS). Life...
EP05: Mother of Two Only Children, 22 years apart with Sasha Gray
May 24, 2018 09:54 - 38 minutes - 52.9 MBSasha Gray of Scattered Sashais a writer of words, spewer of sarcasm, and a margarita loving, sassy Southern belle raising her 11 year old granddaughter. Sasha believes life is tough for a lot of us, and we’re all just doing the best we can. But she also believes that kindness, laughing, and doing a little dance every now and then is sometimes the answer to everyday life. Sometimes we just need a margarita and some glitter to give us that extra push. Sasha brings her unique brand of motiva...
EP04: Deconstructing the “it all goes to plan” Myth
May 17, 2018 10:00 - 26 minutes - 36.3 MBThis week we are deconstructing our conversation from last week with Sarah Argenal. Here’s that episode. Sarah works in the fast-paced litigation field but set plans in motion when she began her family to transition into a work from home mom. Liz and Kate discuss: the ups and downs of the myth that “it all goes to plan” Where motherhood fits into our identities. Embracing shifting priorities. How routines help us get through the daily parenting tasks. Where to find time for ourse...
EP03: Work at home mom of 2, learning to “balance” it all with Sarah Argenal
May 10, 2018 10:00 - 47 minutes - 65.2 MBThis week on the Mom Deconstructed Podcast we are talking with Sarah Argenal. Sarah Argenal is the Founder of the Working Parent Resource and Host of the Working Parent Resource Podcast. She facilitates candid conversations, offers reliable resources and provides practical training to help professional moms and dads integrate all aspects of their lives without sacrificing one area over another. Sarah has her Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and Adult Development and is a C...
EP02: Sara Topping: Deconstructing the “Stay at Home Mom” Myth
April 27, 2018 16:57 - 34 minutes - 47.1 MBThis week we are deconstructing our conversation from last week with Sara Topping. Here’s that episode. Sara is a *mostly* stay at home mom of 3 young boys on the East End of Long Island. Liz and Kate discuss: the ups and downs of the myth that the “Stay at Home Mom” as the ideal. How we take it breath by breath How storytelling plays a role in our lives (check out something scientific) Reasons why we started this podcast Link: Blog Post: What we fear most about our parent...
EP01: Stay at home mom (not necessarily by choice) of 3 with Sara Topping
April 27, 2018 16:46 - 46 minutes - 64 MBSara Topping is a mom who lives with her husband, three sons, five chickens and dog on the East End of Long Island, NY and keeps a mostly disordered household. She is a co-founder of a local non-profit organization called the East End Birth Network and works part time as a massage therapist which is her licensed profession. She likes to think progressively and makes her own motherhood rule book with torn out pages from other fabulous moms and is constantly editing it. She finds calm in cra...