Latest Me before mom Podcast Episodes
Season 3 Episode 10: Perfectly Imperfect Moms
Me Before Mom - August 30, 2022 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsIn today’s digital age everybody’s got an opinion, and not only that, everybody’s got a platform to share those opinions. As if moms didn’t already feel the pressure that comes with parenting. Now we see hundreds of photos, videos, blog posts an news articles all trying to rank, or measure our pa...
Season 3 Episode 9: Getting Back to YOU
Me Before Mom - August 16, 2022 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsAs parents we sometimes get lost in the day to day of raising children, coupled with working and maintaining a relationship with your significant other. Bert reminds us all that it is healthy to step away sometimes and do things you love and enjoy so you don't lose yourself. So ask yourself what ...
Season 3 Episode 8: Taking Calculated Risks
Me Before Mom - August 02, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsToday Bert challenges us to face our fears. Taking risks, and doing things that scare us is what keeps life interesting. Sure you might fail a couple times, maybe even a hundred times, but you’ve still won by continuing to try. Let’s all try to do one thing that scares us today, who knows, you ju...
Season 3 Episode 7: Girls Weekend
Me Before Mom - July 19, 2022 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsAs busy moms, wives, and working women there comes a time when you need to unplug from it all and have some fun! Bert takes a girls trip with friends for the first time since the pandemic to relax and unwind. She shares fun stories of her weekend adventure and tips for how to have fun with no age...
Season 3 Episode 6: Teaching your kids about Mean Girls and Toxic Friends
Me Before Mom - July 05, 2022 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsRaise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally victimized by someone you considered a friend. We have all had run-ins with toxic people. People that intimidate us, or make us feel less than. Some of those people we dare to call our friends. How do tell a friend that their behavior is not okay, or...
Season 3 Episode 5: Navigating Your Kids on Social Media
Me Before Mom - June 21, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsBert shares her anxiousness and fears surrounding social media and her kids. As a Social Media Manager, she understands all too well the influence these platforms can have on your children. As scary as it may be, it is our responsibility as parents to understand what our children are engaging in,...
Season 3 Episode 4: Berts What to Watch List
Me Before Mom - June 07, 2022 16:10 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsToday Bert gushes over one of her most beloved pastimes…television! From nostalgic moments of bonding with family and friends to enjoying some much-needed alone time after a long day, the idiot box holds a special place in all of our hearts. Find out what shows Bert recommends, and maybe even pic...
Season 3 Episode 3: Adult Mean Girls and Toxic Friendships
Me Before Mom - May 24, 2022 05:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsMaking friends as an adult can be hard. Making friends as a parent can be even harder. What do we do when the friendships we've tried to cultivate turn sour? Tune in this week on Me Before Mom as Bert tackles toxic friendships and giving each other a little grace. Matriarch Digital Media (matria...
Season 3 Episode 2: No Mom Guilt Here
Me Before Mom - May 10, 2022 05:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsParenthood is all about making choices. Deciding on formula or breastfeeding, which brand of diapers are best for my baby or what foods should they be eating. These choices can leave us all wondering if we're doing the right thing for our kids. Tune in this week on Me Before Mom as Bert talks abo...
Season 3 Episode 1: Personal Assistant or Mom
Me Before Mom - April 26, 2022 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsBert opens up Season 3 of Me Before Mom by navigating the constant demands of motherhood and how sometimes your kid can feel like your boss! Matriarch Digital Media (matriarchdm.com) produces this and other podcasts that understand, encourage and uplift women.
Season 2 Episode 11: Mental Health Check
Me Before Mom - February 16, 2021 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsTRIGGER WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SENSITIVE AND POSSIBLY TRIGGERING CONTENT, LISTEN WITH CARE.Let us take a moment to pause, take a deep breath, and give ourselves - and everyone around us - a break. COVID-19 has and continues to affect us all. Our lives have been turned upside down by socia...
Season 2 Episode 10: Interview w/ Heather Brooker
Me Before Mom - February 02, 2021 06:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThis week on Me Before Mom entertainment journalist, actress, podcast host, influencer, comedian, and mom, Heather Brooker is speaking with Bert about her journey to motherhood, parenting in Hollywood, and how working from home has its ups and downs. Bert and Heather compare lockdowns between Cal...
Season 2 Episode 9: Interview w/ Brandi Riley
Me Before Mom - January 26, 2021 06:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsBert is talking with author, creator, influencer, and blogger Brandi Riley about how she is educating other influencers, raising independent kids, and balancing life during a pandemic. Brandi explains how working on her self-esteem and gaining a more accurate sense of self-importance has helped h...
Season 2 Episode 8: Racism, Social Justice & My Kids
Me Before Mom - January 19, 2021 06:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsBert is continuing her conversation on race and opens up about the humbling and awkward conversations she’s having with her kids about racism. Bert explains how she is talking to her kids differently based on what they are seeing from pre-school to tween and why you don’t need to be an expert on ...
Season 2 Episode 7: Growing Up
Me Before Mom - January 12, 2021 06:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsBert has been dreaming about and wanting just a little bit of alone time since she became a mom. Now it’s happened, the kids are doing their own things - without her. This week Bert is reflecting on the old saying “the days are long, but the years are short” and what it means to finally have that...
Season 2 Episode 6: Racism In America, Where I'm At
Me Before Mom - January 05, 2021 04:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThis week Bert discusses where she is at on her very personal journey of racial reconciliation and why it is important to do the hard, ugly work of looking at herself as a white woman of privilege and facing racism head on. Bert address what it means to be a “white savior” in the black commun...
Season 2 Episode 5: Being Bored
Me Before Mom - December 15, 2020 05:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsBert is reminded of summers spent with her family growing up in the 90s and compares them to her kids as they spend more time at home this summer. Bert wants to know, with all of the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, if life is returning to a simpler time and if it is good to let your kids be bor...
Season 2 Episode 4: Me, In a Pandemic
Me Before Mom - December 08, 2020 04:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsIn this week’s episode Bert is opening up about her personal struggles during quarantine and how being an extrovert during lockdown brought her to her lowest point. As moms we often take care of others before ourselves, Bert reminds us to put our oxygen masks on first before we put on oxygen for ...
Season 2 Episode 3: Part 3 w/ Dr. James A Ankrum
Me Before Mom - December 01, 2020 04:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsAssociate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Iowa, and brother-in-law to Bert, Dr. James A. Ankrum is back for the third and final interview on COVID-19 and coronavirus. In this week’s episode Dr. Ankrum is discussing the second (or third) wave of the virus, what we really n...
Season 2 Episode 2: Part 2 w/ Dr. James A Ankrum
Me Before Mom - November 17, 2020 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsAssociate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Iowa, and brother-in-law to Bert, Dr. James A. Ankrum is back for more on COVID-19 and coronavirus. In this week’s episode Dr. Ankrum is breaking down masks, how to understand the models and charts, coronavirus testing, and transm...
Season 2 Episode 1: Part 1 w/ Dr. James A Ankrum
Me Before Mom - November 12, 2020 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsAssociate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Iowa, and brother-in-law to Bert, Dr. James A. Ankrum is breaking down the science surrounding COVID-19 and coronavirus. Dr. Ankrum is explaining how to understand the information about vaccines, how clinical trials are performed,...
Episode 37: What I Learned in Season One
Me Before Mom - March 03, 2020 04:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThis week’s episode is the season one finale of Me Before Mom! Bert reflects on her first season as a podcast host. The highs, the lows and all the fun in between! And you know Bert wouldn't leave you without a few sage pieces of advice as she heads into the break. Bert is hard at work on Season ...
Episode 36: Instagram
Me Before Mom - February 25, 2020 18:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThis week on ME BEFORE MOM, Bert shares her own expertise as a professional blogger and practical advice to help you create a stronger Instagram presence. With the growth of social media and how it has changed the way that we live Bert shares her theories about social media plus gives practical a...
Episode 31: Branding
Me Before Mom - February 19, 2020 15:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThis week on ME BEFORE MOM, Bert discusses branding. With the growth of social media and how it has changed the way that we live one thing is clear... You are a brand whether you like it or not. Bert shares her own expertise at a professional blogger and early adopter of social media (she had Fa...
Episode 30: Be Better At Having Fun With Your Kids
Me Before Mom - February 11, 2020 04:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThis week on ME BEFORE MOM, Bert continues her multi-part series to kick off the new year right! Bert wants to help you find ways to be better and feel better about yourself in 2020. The "Be Better At" series will focus on advice to help you feel and do better. This week, Bert discusses how to...
Episode 34: Be Better At Having Fun With Your Kids
Me Before Mom - February 11, 2020 04:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThis week on ME BEFORE MOM, Bert continues her multi-part series to kick off the new year right! Bert wants to help you find ways to be better and feel better about yourself in 2020. The "Be Better At" series will focus on advice to help you feel and do better. This week, Bert discusses how t...
Episode 29: Be Better At Instagram
Me Before Mom - February 04, 2020 11:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThis week on ME BEFORE MOM, Bert continues her multi-part series to kick off the new year right! Bert wants to help you find ways to be better and feel better about yourself in 2020. The "Be Better At" series will focus on advice to help you feel and do better. This week, Bert discusses how to...
Episode 33: Be Better At Instagram
Me Before Mom - February 04, 2020 11:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThis week on ME BEFORE MOM, Bert continues her multi-part series to kick off the new year right! Bert wants to help you find ways to be better and feel better about yourself in 2020. The "Be Better At" series will focus on advice to help you feel and do better. This week, Bert discusses how t...
Episode 28: Be Better At Supporting Friends Who Are Depressed
Me Before Mom - January 28, 2020 05:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThis week on ME BEFORE MOM, Bert continues her multi-part series to kick off the new year right! Bert wants to help you find ways to be better and feel better about yourself in 2020. The "Be Better At" series will focus on advice to help you feel and do better. This week, Bert discusses how to...
Episode 27: Be Better At Making Mom Friends IRL
Me Before Mom - January 21, 2020 04:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThis week on ME BEFORE MOM, Bert continues her multi-part series to kick off the new year right! Bert wants to help you find ways to be better and feel better about yourself in 2020. The "Be Better At" series will focus on advice to help you feel and do better. This week, Bert discusses how to...