GROW podcast

I recorded this episode before Covid, before global protests, before things changed in our lives and minds in such a big way. This episode raises some questions that are good to look at as we consider restructuring our schools….namely, how do we bake equality into the fibers of the new systems we will be creating? … Continue reading "GROWing: Discrimination in Schools"

I’ve taken a big hiatus from posting anything on this pod feed. In fact, I was still working on editing an interview I did with Riley Huebsch about birth and postpartum doulaing when the world’s systems screeched to a halt and started reshaping with a pandemic and global cries to restructure our society to embody … Continue reading GROWing

      This is a short episode. I wanted to give a shout out to parents of young kids making it work amidst extreme social restrictions. Particularly parents of high energy kids that are seeking proprioceptive input and need therapy that might be currently unavailable. Especially parents who are working overtime to manage their … Continue reading For the parents….

  Get ready for Round 2 of Girl Talk with my BFF’s novelist Kelly Harms and photographer Abbie Chaffee. In this episode we talk about the amazing book, Fair Play, which every person in a committed relationship and shared household should read. Think you have a good grip on equality in your home? This book … Continue reading GROW: Podcast Girl Talk with Kelly and Abbie

  Ali Brooks does amazing work! She leads an empowerment group for girls with Maureen Cassidy right here in Madison. She is also an amazing artist and social worker who works with women who have experienced trauma. Find her website here: Medicine for the Heart and find the link to her girls’ empowerment group here. … Continue reading GROW Podcast: Interview with Ali Brooks, Social Worker, Artist, Goddess, Leader of Girls Empowerment group

  Kick-ass prenatal yoga, childbirth education, lactation support, vinyasa classes, baby & mama yoga, and a place in the Madison area that offers community, connection, and a heart-centered place to relax and restore. Meet Megan Stansil-Reilly and Kristin Nemecek, the amazing owners of Haumea in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.        

My sister and I both fight the urge to be analytical to the extreme. We are armchair experts at therapy. But this interview is so much more than us analyzing the ins and outs of growing up Midwest “nice” with an emotionally challenged atheist Dad in a home where a lot of feelings got buried. … Continue reading GROW Podcast: Interview with Lori: business owner, adoption advocate, Reactive Attachment Disorder specialist, cancer survivor, and more.

In this episode, you will hear the voices of women who have over 230 years between them walking this planet. My mom and two Aunts join me in a conversation that will inspire and surprise you. If you don’t have any women in their 70’s and 80’s in your life, give a listen. We talk about everything … Continue reading GROW podcast: Interview with 3 wise women.

  Well, four episodes in, and things have kind of gone to hell in terms of being informational. This episode is straight Girl Talk. Here are two of my BFF’s, Kelly and Abbie. We started girl talking when we worked together at a pregnancy and early parenting store and resource center, selling nipple creams, nursing … Continue reading GROW: Podcast Girl Talk with Kelly and Abbie

This episode covers: The power and powerlessness of birth, middle school social stigmas, C-sections, band geeks, gut biomes, Kombucha…what don’t we talk about?! Find Amy at Health Journey Chiropractic in Fitchburg or, for home visits: here. If you want to jump to the birth story, head to 23:00.         Meet Amy 1:10 … Continue reading GROW: Podcast Interview with Amy Anderson: Lactation Consultant, Chiropractor, Mom, Awesome Lady.

  Did your mom or grandma have access to birthing balls and acupressure for labor? Did she have a chance to sit around and chat with mom groups about what life was like after giving birth? Do you think her pediatrician or gynie (as my mom would say) checked in about how nursing was going?  … Continue reading Grow Interview: Birthing in the 70’s, Part 2