Confessions Of A Super Mom Wannabe

I’m taking a hot minute to reflect on this year. It seems like the years go by faster and faster every time I turn around, and this year was like a whirlwind! I can’t believe it’s over. I thought it would be fun to look back on a few episodes that YOU loved the most, and since today’s my birthday and I get to do whatever I want, I’m sharing some moments from conversations that literally changed me this year, through this podcast. Get ready for the Wannabe Wrap up, 2019!

A while back, in episode 20, I talked with Megan and Courtney, the hosts of the Unshaken podcast. I meet these girls in the podcasting world and we hit it right off.  They’re a true example of women supporting women and cheering each other on, which I just love. Well, we swapped seats, and I got to sit in their interview chair and talk about all kinds of things like being a mom, a business owner, and why I love podcasting. They were so gracious to share this episode with me so you can hear a different side of me, and also what they’re all about on their show. So today, I’m sharing my interview on the Unshaken Podcast!

Today I’m talking about some parenting decisions and styles that sometimes get a sideways glance from the mom community. From the amount of time I let my kids spend on technology to how we chose our schools, I'm talking about it! Am I right? Am I wrong? I’m not sure who’s to say, but here it goes anyway. FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: http://facebook.com/groups/wannabenation INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/thesupermomwannabe  

10 Things I can't live without! So, I’m not exactly Oprah or Ellen, and I won’t be throwing any free things around, but I thought it would be fun to put together a list of some of my favorite things because let’s face it - when girlfriends get together (and that’s what we’re doing right now, even though it’s virtually), we compare notes and talk about the things we love, right?  SHOW NOTES (contains affiliate links): http://supermompodcast.com/favoritethings FACEBOOK GROUP: http://facebook.com/groups/wannabenation INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/thesupermomwannabe

I get it. The holidays are exhausting. Planning for Christmas is just expensive, stressful, and impossible to keep up with. But the holidays can be so much more manageable, even ENJOYABLE, if we’re willing to take a step back and do just a few things. I'm sharing some tips that will help manage  your holiday stress, prioritize a little better, and maybe even inspire you to change the way you look at gift-giving and even wow your great aunt Miriam, who’s just impossible to shop for.    FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: http://facebook.com/groups/wannabenation   SHOW NOTES: http://supermompodcast.com/holidays 

I don’t think I’ve laughed as hard or had as much fun as I did with these two ladies.  They make cooking for our families fun, not shame filled, and they offer so many practical solutions for when our family says, “there’s nothing eat!!"   Didn’t I Just Feed You is a weekly podcast about feeding our families — because, man, kids need to eat a lot. And frequently too! Co-hosts Stacie Billis and Meghan Splawn dig into everything from the high highs and low lows of meal planning to coping with picky eaters, the joys of dining out with kids to real-life wellness for families, all with a mission to make family meal time more fun and less stressful for busy parents.   SHOW NOTES: http://supermompodcast.com/feedyou   FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: http://facebook.com/groups/wannabenation  

Torrance Hart is the founder of Teak & Twine, a specialty gifting company that makes gifts for people who are into products that are beautifully made, thoughtfully packaged and visually stunning. In addition to her role at Teak & Twine, Torrance is an educator and entrepreneur advocate. Whether mentoring fellow entrepreneurs, testifying before Congress on behalf of military small business owners, or teaching courses for product-based businesses to help them thrive, Torrance is passionate about drawing from her experiences to help others succeed and have fun doing it! A Virginia-native, Torrance is thrilled to once again call Northern Virginia home, where she lives with her husband and two young sons.   FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: http://facebook.com/groups/wannabenation INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/thesupermomwannabe SHOW NOTES: http://supermompodcast.com/torrance   

I had a powerful conversation with Nicole Pecoraro. Nicole’s platform is called Mom Trans Parenting, where she educates and shares her own personal story of being mother of a transgender child. Nicole was so gracious with me. I’ve never had a personal conversation with someone from the transgender community. I always want to know the right thing to say and be eloquent, but I had to be honest with Nicole and say ‘I don’t know how to talk about this. Can you help me?’   We talk about her process as a mom when her daughter came to her and said ‘I think God put me in the wrong body. I feel like a boy.’ We talk about well meaning people who thought they had all the answers, but were really hurting Nicole and her son.  We talk about how we can support the moms of transgender community and teach our kids to love EVERYONE; whether they’re transgender, differently, abled, look, act, or believe differently from our kids.   Friends, I know this can be a tender subject for many of you. It was hard for me. But I think we

It’s time to let you in on a little confession…or three or four. I’m talking about how I feel about loud eaters, cheesy Hallmark movies, and drivers who don’t give you that little courtesy wave on the highway. And, I opened it up to YOUR confessions on social media, picked a few, and we’re talking about them here on the show. FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: http://facebook.com/groups/wannabenation INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/thesupermomwannabe SHOW NOTES: http://supermompodcast.com/confessionsession2  

Attention moms: especially new moms or expecting moms. We all know it’s important to find the resources we need to be able to take care of our baby in the womb, or learn what to expect while giving birth, or even what to do when the new squishy baby, right out of the oven, comes home.  But what about the mama? What happens to us? I think a lot of us were surprised about all the changes, fears, doubts, even anxiety that come after baby.     Today I’m talking with Saralyn Ward. Saralyn is a mom of two little girls, with another baby on the way, and she’s an award-winning writer, TV host, and wellness advocate whose passion is to inspire and empower women to live their best life. She’s the founder of the Better After Baby mobile app and the force behind The Mama Sagas: a media company using stories to break down stigmas, building a village of compassionate and purpose-driven mothers. In June of 2018, Saralyn published Amazon’s #1 New Kindle Release in Babies and Toddlers: The Guide to Survive Motherhood: Newborn

Does just the thought of family finances stress you out? Maybe you’re listening and thinking that you don’t even know where to start when it comes to saving, spending, or investing.  Maybe you feel so deep into financial trouble and so overwhelmed that it’s having an impact on your marriage or even in your relationships.   Enter Meghan Rabuse. Meghan’s mission is to explain finances in a way that everyone can understand and practice in your own home, no matter what your financial situation is. She wants to help moms especially feel confident, informed and educated to be better financial decision makers for their family.   Meghan spent nearly a decade as a Financial Analyst, before spending the last 7+ as a SAHM to three little ones. After graduating summa cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in Finance and Business Economics, she worked as an Investment Banking Analyst for Morgan Stanley, an Equity Research Analyst for a hedge fund, and ran Investor Relations and Product Development for q

Kelli Raleigh is a personal friend of mine whom I’ve deeply admired as long as I’ve known her. She’s inspirational, fun, and has a deep love for the village of people she surrounds herself with. Kelli also has a chronic illness, and has been a single mom for most of her eight year old daughter Ruby’s life.   We can all agree that mom-ing is hard for everyone, but I keep trying to imagine what the added layer of a potentially life threatening illness AND being a single mom must be like for a woman, and it makes me admire Kelli even more.   She’s sharing stories about making the decision to be a single mom, parenting a gifted child, and facts about her illness, Type 1 Diabetes and what she’s doing to advocate and fight against it.   FACEBOOK GROUP: www.facebook.com/groups/wannabenation   INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/thesupermomwannabe   SHOW NOTES: http://supermompodcast.com/kelli  

What does the word “Frumpy” mean to you? Have you ever felt frumpy?   Have you ever seen the mom in the pick up line at school who just always looks so put together, and you just wish you had a fraction of her wardrobe or fashion sense?   Meet Corina Holden, founder of Frump Fighters: a resource for moms fighting the frumpy monster. It’s worth mentioning that Corina is a mom of three boys, all five years old and under. So you would think that style might be the last thing on her mind, chasing after littles. Not so. Through Frump Fighters, Corina encourages moms to dress intentionally every day, even if you’re not leaving the house or seeing humans older than five every day.    Shortly after becoming a mom, It became frustrating for Corina to feel "the frump" threatening to take over. In 2016 she decided to do something about it and started researching what her wardrobe was missing. She wanted everything to mix and match easily and needed to work with what she had, being on a family budget! Turns out she wasn'

I sat down with Gemma Clark, a degree-qualified clinical nutritionist  lifestyle writer and a health commentator. Gemma started her business, The Sprout Nutrition & Wellness, to create a safe space to find science-backed holistic health and lifestyle advice that you simply can’t get from anyone but an experienced professional. The Sprout Nutrition & Wellness is built on the idea that any seed we plant has the potential to grow into something pretty amazing. You don’t have to overhaul your lifestyle all at once in order to better yourself. Instead, through her clinical practice in Australia and online, Gemma guides her clients through gradual lifestyle changes to set them up to thrive long-term.   Gemma is taking the guilt out of nutrition, and encourages us to instead, really pay attention to what our body needs. I love her simple ideas to improve our health that don’t include crash dieting and guilt over what we did or didn’t eat. She also has a passion for educating teens on nutrition, and how we ca

Our monthly visitor. Aunt Harriet. Aunt Flo (why is it always an ‘aunt?’) The curse. Lady problems. Plumbing issues. Catch my drift?    This is a subject I’ve been learning more about, even though my “visitor” has been around for well over two decades. I think many of us learned everything we know from that one class or video in the 5th grade, and then never really talked about it again, other than the occasional time we complain to our friends about it.    But did you know that our cycle is a month long process, that not only affects our bodies, but how we think, feel, and behave? Did you know that there are specific phases where we have more energy, and when our body is asking certain things of us that we ignore or feel guilty about?    Stasha Washburn is known as The Period Coach. She’s a Certified Holistic Health Coach and Visionary Business Coach. Her Life Vision is to reconnect women to the power in their cycles and end the taboo of menstruation, sono big deal.Stasha is changing the conversation around

What is MOMCon? It's an event put on by MOPs International, and it's affectionately known as the "mother" of all meet ups. It's a conference just for moms that inspires, builds up, develops, and creates community. I went to my very first MOMCon this past weekend. I met new friends, I learned a lot, and I had moments that will change my life forever...including the one where I met Bob Goff. Join me as I take you along my journey, meet new friends, and gather encouragement, just for you! FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: www.facebook.com/groups/wannabenation INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/thesupermomwannabe SHOW NOTES: www.supermompodcast.com/MOMcon  

Peg is a mom of 2, a foster mom, a blogger, and she has recently decided to re-enter the workforce full time. Peg and I talk about what it was like to make the decision to go back to work, the pushback she got from social media, some mom guilt she's received, and we dig deep into some ideals we both had growing up about what a mom "should" do when it comes to raising her kids and working.  It's really good stuff. I loved Peg’s vulnerability. It’s interesting how the ideas we get in our head about how things ‘should’ be can really affect us.  Definitely find Peg online.  She’s such a sweet soul.   FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: www.facebook.com/groups/wannabenation INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/thesupermomwannabe SHOW NOTES: www.supermompodcast.com/peg 

I get asked a bunch about how I manage all the things I do: Being mom, owning a business, volunteering, and finding time for myself. I blush a little because I'm not expert, and I've definitely had my fair share of "Jessie Spano" meltdown moments. Every day feels like a mad dash to finish the to-do list. But I have figured out some things that work for me, and I'm sharing 9 of my best time management tips to help you get organized and conquer your day! FREE TIME MANAGEMENT WORKSHEET DOWNLOAD: www.supermompodcast.com/time FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: www.facebook.com/groups/wannabenation INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/thesupermomwannabe  

I don’t know a single woman who hasn’t felt like she’s losing her grip on time: time with her babies, time for herself, time to just get anything done!   Robyn Pearce is known around the world as the Time Queen. She’s the auuthor of nine books, including Getting a Grip on Time, Getting a Grip on Parenting Time, and Getting a Grip on the Paper War.    Robyn learned about time management the hard way. Through the years of raising six kids, single parenthood and then a highly successful real estate career, time management was her biggest challenge. The good news is – she won, and now shares those lessons with clients, readers and listeners all over the world.  And – with 17 grandchildren, she needs them all to keep on track!    We’re going to hear about her four techniques to master your time in only 90 seconds, how we can change our perspective of time, and how we can be more present in this crazy busy mom life of ours.

DREAM GUEST ALERT: Mandy Arioto is the President and CEO of MOPs International. As funny as the name might sound, MOPs is changing lives, families and communities because they believe that better moms make a better world.  MOPs is a world wide organization, with over 130,000+ mother members and thousands of groups who gather in small groups, all across the globe.  Mandy serves and represents as a voice for the organization.  When she’s not crafting her Have More Fun podcast, she speaks at events around the world. She has been featured on MSN, Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, and USA Today. Mandy and her husband have three kids and we talk about what it’s like to be a CEO and a mom and how she manages it all. Her book, Have More Fun, is real and funny and heart warming, and Mandy encourages everyone to make fun a priority. Tune in to hear Mandy's thoughts on how to parent better, spice up our marriage, and her secret for how to interact with people who annoy us!   FACEBOOK COMMUNITY: www.facebook.com/groups/wannaben