Professional Mom Squad

Did you ever feel like you had to be one thing when you grew up?  In this episode, we'll talk about how what we do for a living drives people's perceptions of us and limits us.  Embracing the backslash is about acknowledging who you are and what you love and being all those things! Follow me on Instagram: @professionalmomsquad and @mstheresabangert Join my email list here to stay connected. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review and tell friends!

In this episode, I talk to Cat Moore, USC Director of Belonging, about her personal experience with loneliness and the importance of connection with others.  

In this episode, Dr. Dorian Traube is about to drop some knowledge.  When she started talking about what infant mental health is, why it is important and how we can foster it in our babies, it all made perfect sense. Armed with knowledge, we can all do better.   DORIAN TRAUBE is an associate professor in the Suzanne Dworak Peck School of Social Work.  She developed Parents as Teachers @ USC Telehealth, the first partnership of its kind between a national home visitation model and a university-based telehealth clinic.  Her research agenda focuses on the utilization of technological solutions to provide early childhood health, education, and parent support services.  She has expertise in children's mental health, child maltreatment prevention, family support interventions, and youth substance abuse prevention and intervention. Dr. Traube received her doctorate and master's degree in social work from Columbia University, and is a licensed clinical social worker in California and New York.  See her full bio here. Follow me on Instagram: @professionalmomsquad and @mstheresabangert Check out my free training on "How to Create Time for What Matters" here. Join my email list to stay up to date on new podcast episodes, trainings and courses here. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review and tell friends!

Sometimes things do not go as planned.  At 30 weeks pregnant, Kimberly Pardi went to the ER.  Months later, she took her son, Angelo, home with her for the first time.  Kim shares with us how she found the strength to get through this challenging time.  (Spoiler alert: Love plays a big part!) Follow me on Instagram: @professionalmomsquad and @mstheresabangert Check out my free training on "How to Create Time for What Matters" here. Join my email list to stay up to date on new podcast episodes, trainings and courses here. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review and tell friends!

When I finally learned what it means to set boundaries, my life changed forever. I felt less out of control in my life and at the whim of everyone and everything else.  In this episode, I talk about how I pieced this together and my game-changing revelation. Follow me on Instagram: @professionalmomsquad and @mstheresabangert Check out my free training on "How to Create Time for What Matters" here. Check out my free goalsetting worksheets here. Join my email list to stay up to date on new podcast episodes, trainings and courses here. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review and tell friends!

The way we show up in the world matters and can build connections with others.  In this episode, I talk about how a conversation with a stranger changed the course of my life in a small, yet meaningful way.   Follow me on Instagram: @professionalmomsquad and @mstheresabangert Check out my website: https://theresabangert.com  Join my email list to stay up to date on new podcast episodes, trainings and courses: https://theresabangert.com/newsletter  If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review and tell friends!

Dr. Keisha Paxton is a Professor of Psychology and researcher. She is the creator of WorkingWomensWellbeing.com where she provides resources, coaching services, and professional development courses to help mid-career women manage the multiple roles they play so that they can pursue goals they are excited about and live joy-filled lives. In this episode, Keisha and I talk about the struggle working women have slowing down their daily lives. When women are juggling so many roles, including caretaker, they often forget that they need to take care of themselves.   Follow me on Instagram: @professionalmomsquad and @mstheresabangert Check out my free audio training on how to create time for what matters here.    Join my email list to stay up to date on new podcast episodes, trainings and courses here.    If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review and tell friends!

Catherine round has almost 30 years behind her as a professional ballet dancer, choreographer for stage, film and television, a ballet instructor and coach for celebrities, competition and performance, a business owner and consultant. (Yeah, all that.) In this episode, Catherine Round tells us why you can and should learn ballet at any age. (What?!) Yes, friend. Get to Amazon and order those ballet slippers because you are back in business. In the episode, Catherine talks about: Why you should love ballet Where to begin if you're interested in learning ballet How COVID affected her business and how she learned to pivot   Follow me on Instagram: @professionalmomsquad and @mstheresabangert Check out my free audio training on how to create time for what matters here.    Join my email list to stay up to date on new podcast episodes, trainings and courses here.    If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review and tell friends!

Deanna Jimenez is an Integrative Health Coach who helps women optimize their wellness by identifying key imbalances keeping them from their wellness goals. Her own journey to health has instilled a passion for all things wellness-related and believes that everyone is worthy of not only a life of their dreams, but also the health of their dreams.   Deanna is here to tell us how she liberated herself from years of debilitating pain and medication, and how we can improve the quality of our lives by managing our internal and external stressors.   If you like this episode, please subscribe, leave a review and tell your friends! Follow me on Instagram: @professionalmomsquad and @mstheresabangert Check out my website: https://theresabangert.com  Join my email list to stay up to date on new podcast episodes, trainings and courses here.

Regardless of how we become parents, raising kids will bring up all kinds of past issues for each of us.  It makes sense because we are taking on a new and important role.  But, how do we know how to parent?  We may read a book or two.  But, whether we realize it or not, we think back to how we were raised by our parents and what we've seen others do. In this episode, I talk about this and how raising kids pushes all our buttons and crosses all our boundaries.  A solid sense of self and as much maturity as you can gather will go a long way to making us even better parents. Follow me on Instagram: @professionalmomsquad and @mstheresabangert Join my email list to stay up to date on new podcast episodes, trainings and courses here. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review and tell friends!

Working motherhood is hard.   But, we do not have to go through it alone.   In this episode, I talk about the importance of finding your squad.  We should all have people cheering us on, listening to us, and helping us along.  We can't take over the world unless we band together! As mothers, there is always a lot to do and often not a whole lot of sleep or relaxation.  It is a lot of confusion. A lot of responsibility.  It is a lot of learning.  And you need help.  You need a squad. I also added a "Music Mantra" segment and "Normalizing Motherhood" segment where I talk about the ever-important topic of hemorrhoids and poop.  (Yep, not kidding.) Follow me on Instagram: @professionalmomsquad and @mstheresabangert Check out my website: https://theresabangert.com  Join my email list to stay up to date on new podcast episodes, trainings, and courses here. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review and tell friends!

January is often a time we reflect on the year that passed and think about what we want to accomplish in the coming year. Sometimes I look back and feel like I crushed it. Other years, not so much. One thing I've learned about being a working mom over the last decade is, if you are not intentional about where you want to go in life, the weeks and months whiz by.  Let's be honest, as a working mom, your "to do" list will never end.  If we are not careful, we get stuck in the minutiae of daily life and miss out on greater fulfillment.  We have to be intentional about our time and how we spend it. In this episode, I give you five steps to step out of the daily grind and set a goal that will give you more purpose in life.  Enjoy! If you like this episode, please subscribe, leave a review and tell your friends! Follow me on Instagram: @professionalmomsquad and @mstheresabangert Check out my website: https://theresabangert.com  Join my email list to stay up to date on new podcast episodes, trainings and courses here.  

Trigger warning:  In this episode I talk in detail about my first miscarriage.  If this is a sensitive subject for you right now, I feel you.  My heart is with you and your family. Please take care of yourself and give yourself space to grieve   How do you know when you've strayed too far from where you belong?  If you're like many of us, there will be at least one moment in life, where you stop and say, how did I get here?  What is happening right now?  This is all wrong. This episode is about one of my most poignant “this is not right” moments, and I'll warn you it's not the most pleasant subject. But, it has a happy ending.   If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review and tell friends! Follow me on Instagram: @professionalmomsquad and @mstheresabangert Join my email list to stay up to date on new podcast episodes, blog posts and courses here.

Welcome to the Professional Mom Squad!  In this first episode, I talk about the mission statement for PMS.  (Yes, I know that acronym means other things. But, so what!)  Being a working mom is probably the hardest thing I've ever done.  It's a daily struggle.  But, I adore my three kids and being a mom.  I believe we can get through this a lot easier if we do it together.  We may even change the world while we're at it.  As an additional bonus, I'll also talk about fear because, let's be honest, it's real and affects our decisions every day!  Might as well dig in and get some clarity.  Alright P-moms.  Glad to have you. Follow me on Instagram: @professionalmomsquad and @mstheresabangert Check out my website: https://theresabangert.com  Join my email list to stay up to date on new podcast episodes, trainings and courses here.  If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review and tell friends!