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Today, we'll be discussing a topic that's often overlooked when it comes to self-care – the possibility that it can be harmful.

Today we're talking about a skincare essential that's been around for centuries - facial oils. If you're thinking "oil on my face? No thanks," then stick around because we're about to convince you otherwise. In this episode, we're diving into the many benefits of facial oils for skin health.

In today's episode, we will be talking about the different mom personality types and how they impact parenting.

How many of us really think about if what we pass to our kids from how we were parented is even healthy? Well, there’s a name for it- Conscious Parenting. And if we’re not careful, we risk continuing a legacy of encouraging a range of mental and emotional issues to develop in the coming generations.

To say this week’s guest is a survivor would be an understatement. This podcast goes out to all the superwomen who have gone through infertility- we salute your strength and send our love to you all.

One baby alone is already enough, so when you’re a thriving mom of 6 during an entire pandemic, you ought to be praised. Today’s episode features Onnie Michalsky, Licensed therapist and Life & Wellness Coach for Supermoms who have lost themselves under their mom hats.

How many teen moms do you know not only graduate in the top 10 of their class and self-finance their way through college? This is who you call a real go-getter. In this episode, Nicole speaks with mom, Finance Coach and Digital Entrepreneur, O’Dasha Collins about how to manage money well and provide better security for yourself and your children’s future. With the current economy, it seems like it could be really difficult but this podcast dives step by step ways to invest in your kids’ future, understand the different types of life insurance and how intentional we need to be in contributing to a retirement savings plan.

How conscious are we with what we are putting not just on our bodies but on our already heavy schedules? From Science to Beauty to Holistic Wellness, LaKeish Entsuah tells all today on this week’s episode. This diverse, phenomenal mother despite her health struggles with PCOS and fertility issues among other things, is a woman of three- 3 kids and 3 different areas of major career transitions and this episode reveals how in the world she does it all.

Knowing she was destined to be a teacher from always accidentally teaching in different schooling systems, from the different client experiences with those from public and private schools and even other states, she noticed that they all had struggles because their needs were simply not being met at their schools. And so the journey began- unschooling was the way to go! Carrie dives into all the benefits and practical ways you allow your children to have the freedom to learn and be creative based on their own interests, plus you get to say goodbye to those unnecessary battles like getting worked up about not getting dirty or what clothes to wear to school… all the things. Tune in!

Contrary to what we typically see, being a teen pregnancy statistic does not equate to self-imprisonment from losing yourself to be a great mother and wife. At least, it doesn’t HAVE to be. In this episode, Life & Business Coach Amanda Clark joins us to share how she totally smashed that norm. She herself went from thinking she had to put her life  on the back burner to building a successful photography business with four kids, now with her own podcast “Braving the Mountains” plus of course her coaching business for moms.

Seriously, how did our parents do it? If you are a burnt out mom and you know it clap. your. hands. We know how real the struggle of not just modern motherhood but Pandemic motherhood is and just how steep the learning curve can be. That’s why today’s guest is someone who is making history as we speak, having built a blueprint for mothers in the “new normal”. In this episode, that lovely guest is Motherhood content creator and influencer April Knight-Copeland and they’ll be talking about navigating motherhood during the pandemic. Her specialty being New Parent Advice, Childhood Development Milestones and Children’s Product Reviews, April dives into her experience as a new mom during the pandemic and gives away gems you’re sure to love. From feeling isolated, and having postpartum anxiety and depression, she yearned for a village she could relate to and build with on her journey. With her blog “According to April”, she’s now a major point of reference that other moms can identify with and they’ve grown a wonderful, supportive bond in a thriving community of moms seeking to transform motherhood for the better.

Have you ever heard of a Motherhood Architect? Well, it’s 2022. Not only is that a real thing, but don’t you agree that there’s no other time like today to break free from the traditional notion of motherhood? At least that’s what today’s guest inspires women to do- her name is Mara Kazantzaki, International Lifestyle Consultant and Change Maker for Moms. In today’s episode, she shares what led to her breaking free from the traditional paths of both the rat race from “working corporate” with BBC followed by doing the extreme opposite to stay home to take care of her newborn then changing everything and moving to Thailand with her family. Clearly, she was successful in rewiring her brain and lifestyle to put herself first and we just had to share her journey of what went into that.

In this episode, Dr. Simone joins us to discuss not only how to raise children with self-esteem using fun, diverse techniques from her coaching but afterwards how we maintain and apply the lessons learned in less than ideal environments as well as the importance of leveraging the right mindset to bring forth inspired action rather than dragging yourself to get results. She even went further to put some spotlight on moms and shared how they can also show up as their best selves without being depleted."

There’s a silent scream from moms everywhere, have you been hearing it? No one is coming to save mothers from the stress of life simply happening and the pandemic has made that stress even worse. Contrary to life as we currently know it, motherhood burnout is NOT okay and it’s time we finally put our foot down for our sanity!