Week By Week

Celeste Busa

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Week By Week Podcast

Week By Week is an insider's view of pregnancy and parenthood. Host Celeste shares personal stories and has candid conversations with experts and parents about all the messy, hard, lonely, joyful, and under-talked aspects of pregnancy and parenthood and by the end of it hopefully we feel a little less alone.

28 AUG

95. Fun Sized Minisode: Communicating Wants

SHOW NOTES ✨ Wants, needs, and laundry....oh my! In this fun, small-sized episode, host Celeste Busa, and her husband Dave Hill, get philisophical in this post-therapy discussion. Queen of revenge bedtime [1:47] Decompression versus bedtime [2:47] Checking off the adult list [5:00] Prioritizing wants over responsibility [7:52] Wants as a parent and individual [9:56] Letting go of selfish guilt for your wants [10:43] Communicating wants with partner [14:45] Keeping empathy with wants [15:53] Maintaing personal choice around others [17:05] Starting with small conversations [18:44] Understanding partner history [19:12] Wanting time to play with partner [21:00] Picking a selfish want [22:02] Honoring wants within parenting [24:00] We appreciate you stopping by, and we have LOTS more to come, so stay tuned, every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcast! THE SHOW 🎙️ Leave a rate and review on iTunes, Spotify, or even just word of mouth! It helps the show grow and be discovered, and we LOVE our community! Follow WEEK BY WEEK on Instagram, @weekbyweekpodcast or our personal accounts for more related family content: Celeste Busa IG Dave Hill IG Check out our playlist on YouTube Browse our blog at weekbyweekpodcast.com Contact us at weekbyweekshow@gmail.com © 2022 Gumption Pictures THANKS FOR LISTENING 💛

27 min
21 AUG

94. Postpartum Anxiety, Letting Go of Breastfeeding, and Parenting a Toddler with Lizz Adams

Breastfreeding expectations, philosophy on sharing with others, seeing ourselves in our children and much, much more!! Actress, comedian, writer, and returning guest, Lizz Adams, shares an engaging and insightful conversation with Celeste surrounding: What to tell yourself in the 3rd trimester, post-birth [15:40] Discovering and tackling postpartum anxiety [16:22] Letting go of expectations of motherhood [20:32] Importance of girl time and supportive friends [24:18] Societal pressure to breastfeed [27:39] Being the "perfect parent" [29:30] Breaking generational trauma cycles in parenting tactics [31:44] ADHD and intense emotions [35:35] Teaching children emotional fluidity [38:06] Parenting experts influencing parenting habits [41:50] Sharing philosophy with children [44:01] Growing oneself after becoming a parent [47:20] Shifting priorities and finding identity [51:44] The joys of parenting [55:23] Book recommendations and their impact [58:26] We appreciate you stopping by, and we have LOTS more to come, so stay tuned, every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcast! SHOW NOTES ✨ The conversation is a throwback with one of our previous guests! Check out more about Lizz and her story and helpful resources by veiwing the below links: Lizz Adams Twitter Lizz Adams IG Lizz Adams Website BOOK: There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather BOOK: No Bad Kids BOOK: Good Inside Join Celeste and her weekly guests as we dive into the real, vulnerable, honest conversations of motherhood, pregnancy, and all things parenting! THE SHOW 🎙️ Leave a rate and review on iTunes, Spotify, or even just word of mouth! It helps the show grow and be discovered, and we LOVE our community! Follow WEEK BY WEEK on Instagram, @weekbyweekpodcast or our personal accounts for more related family content: Celeste Busa IG Dave Hill IG Check out our playlist on YouTube Browse our blog at weekbyweekpodcast.com Contact us at weekbyweekshow@gmail.com © 2024 Gumption Pictures THANKS FOR LISTENING 💛

1h 1m
31 JUL

93. Wet taps, Finding Humor, and Building Community with Sarah Bosignore

Epidural wet tap, finding humor and play in parenting, building a supportive mom community and much, much more!! Actress, writer and improviser, Sarah Bonsignore, chats with Celeste in a fun and humourous surrounding: 2:00 - benifits of being occupied 3:46 - multitudes of motherhood 6:18 - navigating self with child independence 13:19 - growing up with a therapist mother 16:51 - balancing instrinsic validation with appreciation 21:24 - approaching other mother's feedback within pregnancy and parenting 24:29 - undertalked about realities of breastfeeding 28:55 - tips for creating mom friends 34:37 - long labor birth story 42:36 - finding safety post birth 49:43 - expressing anger and personal grief 57:18 - telling tough stories to children 58:37 - finding humor and play 1:00:38 - "this is a season" mantra We appreciate you stopping by, and we have LOTS more to come, so stay tuned, every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcast! SHOW NOTES ✨ The conversation definitely flows between these two! Check out more about Sarah and her story and meaningful projects using the below links: Sarah IG Check out Sarah's work at: IMDb Join Celeste and her weekly guests as we dive into the real, vulnerable, honest conversations of motherhood, pregnancy, and all things parenting! THE SHOW 🎙️ Leave a rate and review on iTunes, Spotify, or even just word of mouth! It helps the show grow and be discovered, and we LOVE our community! Follow WEEK BY WEEK on Instagram, @weekbyweekpodcast or our personal accounts for more related family content: Celeste Busa IG Dave Hill IG Check out our playlist on YouTube Browse our blog at weekbyweekpodcast.com Contact us at weekbyweekshow@gmail.com © 2024 Gumption Pictures THANKS FOR LISTENING 💛

1h 8m
24 JUL

92. Navigating Identity after Motherhood with Alison Whitney

Navigating depression during pregnancy and postpartum, feeling your identity evolve, staying connected to oneself, delivering with COVID, and much, much more!! Actress, comedian, writer and producer, Alison Whitney, chats with Celeste in a lively conversation around: 2:52 - 1st pregnancy and recognizing depression 7:30 - identity crisis within pregnancy 11:37 - sharing postpartum through support network 13:28 - healing through writing personal stories 16:47 - safety within your body & not blaming yourself 19:09 - meeting people where they are 21:22 - showing up for yourself 25:21 - giving yourself grace and "both and" 28:00 - presence & acceptance 33:40 - depression within pregnancy / loss of control and identify self 37:16 - being kind you yourself 39:35 - having mom friends 43:20 - combating the "shame nucleus" 44:51 - COVID birth story 54:39 - 80s power ballad We appreciate you stopping by, and we have LOTS more to come, so stay tuned, every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcast! SHOW NOTES ✨ The conversation definitely flows between these two! Check out more about Alison and her story and meaningful projects using the below links: Alison Whitney Website Shoutout LA - Meet Alison Whitney Alison IG Check out Alison's work at: IMDb Join Celeste and her weekly guests as we dive into the real, vulnerable, honest conversations of motherhood, pregnancy, and all things parenting! THE SHOW 🎙️ Leave a rate and review on iTunes, Spotify, or even just word of mouth! It helps the show grow and be discovered, and we LOVE our community! Follow WEEK BY WEEK on Instagram, @weekbyweekpodcast or our personal accounts for more related family content: Celeste Busa IG Dave Hill IG Check out our playlist on YouTube Browse our blog at weekbyweekpodcast.com Contact us at weekbyweekshow@gmail.com © 2024 Gumption Pictures THANKS FOR LISTENING 💛

57 min
18 JUL

91. Presence, Grief and Telling Your Story with MK Hurlbutt

Disenfranchised grief, postpartum after pregnancy loss, honoring the healing journey....and so much more!! Registered associate marital and family therapist, MK Hurlbutt, discusses with Celeste in an honest conversation around: Experience with pegnancy & pregnancy loss [10:52] Healing through telling stories [15:42] Giving grief space to breath [18:37] Sharing in grief & loss with others [22:28] Emotional freedom teechnique [24:40] Loss of identity for loss postpartum [28:12] Linking grief with identity [32:23] Chinese parable for presence [35:15] This episode does contain a conversation about pregnancy loss, so if that type of story feels uncomfortable to you today, honor where you are an we will see you next week! We appreciate you stopping by, and we have LOTS more to come, so stay tuned, every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcast! SHOW NOTES ✨ We are SO excited to be releasing this episode! Big fans of MK over here!! Show her some love by checking out her links below: MK Psychology Today MK IG And of course, the trilogy of Celeste's fav reads: The Whole-Brain Child BOOK No-Drama Discipline BOOK Parenting from the Inside Out BOOK Join Celeste and her weekly guests as we dive into the real, vulnerable, honest conversations of motherhood, pregnancy, and all things parenting! THE SHOW 🎙️ Leave a rate and review on iTunes, Spotify, or even just word of mouth! It helps the show grow and be discovered, and we LOVE our community! Follow WEEK BY WEEK on Instagram, @weekbyweekpodcast or our personal accounts for more related family content: Celeste Busa IG Dave Hill IG Check out our playlist on YouTube Browse our blog at weekbyweekpodcast.com Contact us at weekbyweekshow@gmail.com © 2024 Gumption Pictures THANKS FOR LISTENING 💛

40 min
10 JUL

90. Welcome Back & Birth Story

SHOW NOTES ✨ Hello Hello! And welcome back! We are excited to officially kick-off our full-length episodes again! It's been a minute! In this episode, we dive into what is feels like to be recording again, the process of learning how to tell complex stories, and how a conversation from an unreleased podcast episode helped ground Celeste during the birth of her second. This episode does contain a conversation about an emergency delivery, so if that type of story feels uncomfortable to you today, honor where you are an we will see you next week! We appreciate you stopping by, and we have LOTS more to come, so stay tuned, every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcast! Join Celeste and her weekly guests as we dive into the real, vulnerable, honest conversations of motherhood, pregnancy, and all things parenting! THE SHOW 🎙️ Leave a rate and review on iTunes, Spotify, or even just word of mouth! It helps the show grow and be discovered, and we LOVE our community! Follow WEEK BY WEEK on Instagram, @weekbyweekpodcast or our personal accounts for more related family content: Celeste Busa IG Dave Hill IG Check out our playlist on YouTube Browse our blog at weekbyweekpodcast.com Contact us at weekbyweekshow@gmail.com © 2022 Gumption Pictures THANKS FOR LISTENING 💛

33 min
3 JUL

89. Fun Sized Minisode: Hello Hello!

SHOW NOTES ✨ We are BACK! Well... almost! In this fun, bite-sized episode, host Celeste Busa, and her husband Dave Hill, are thrilled to be back with more episodes of WEEK BY WEEK. This episode serves as the ice-breaker to what's coming next. Join us as we delve into their parenting highs and lows of the week, plus a little snot, slapstixk comedy, and laughing with (or at) your partner. Plus, hints at what's coming next as we prepare for the first full-length episode returning next week! Tune in on Wednesday for more of Celeste & Dave as they kick-off a BRAND. NEW. SEASON. THE SHOW 🎙️ Leave a rate and review on iTunes, Spotify, or even just word of mouth! It helps the show grow and be discovered, and we LOVE our community! Follow WEEK BY WEEK on Instagram, @weekbyweekpodcast or our personal accounts for more related family content: Celeste Busa IG Dave Hill IG Check out our playlist on YouTube Browse our blog at weekbyweekpodcast.com Contact us at weekbyweekshow@gmail.com © 2022 Gumption Pictures THANKS FOR LISTENING 💛

10 min
15/11/2022

Endometriosis, Holistic Health and Children in the Kitchen with Laura Ibragimova

Gut health, self-soothing, chronic illness management. Hear the symptoms of endometriosis and ways to navigate the chronic illness [2:03]. Women's health coach and certified yoga instructor, Laura Ibragimova, joins Celeste in an insightful conversation around: Chronic reproductive issues awareness and education [1:21] Managing her symptoms of endometriosis [4:50] Finding the right medical path for you [8:17] Navigating fertility among chronic reproductive health disorders [12:46] Self-care vs. self-soothing [22:00] Stigmas surrounding infertility [25:20] Small ways to help improve fertility [29:12] Importance of balanced gut health [31:57] Cultivating healthy relationships with children and food [41:26] SHOW NOTES ✨ ILYNSI Yoga Website ILYNSI Yoga IG Celeste Busa IG Dave Hill IG THE SHOW 🎙️ Please rate and review the show on iTunes. It helps the show grow and be discovered. Follow WEEK BY WEEK on Instagram, @weekbyweekpodcast Check out our playlist on YouTube Browse our blog at weekbyweekpodcast.com You can contact us at WeekByWeekShow@gmail.com © 2022 Gumption Pictures THANKS FOR LISTENING 💛

46 min

03/11/2020

Week By Week Trailer

Introducing WEEK BY WEEK. Host Celeste Busa takes listeners on a personal, experiential journey into motherhood. Using audio journals and candid conversations with guests to learn and grow through her experience, Week By Week is an earnest effort to discuss everything related to the experience of having a child. Please rate and review the show on iTunes. It really helps the show grow and be discovered. Follow WEEK BY WEEK on Instagram You can contact us at WeekByWeekShow@gmail.com © 2020 Gumption Pictures

03/11/2020

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Week By Week is an insider's view of pregnancy and parenthood. Host Celeste shares personal stories and has candid conversations with experts and parents about all the messy, hard, lonely, joyful, and under-talked aspects of pregnancy and parenthood and by the end of it hopefully we feel a little less alone.

Creator

Celeste Busa
Years Active

2020 - 2024
Episodes

96
Rating

Explicit
Copyright

© Gumption Pictures LLC
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Week By Week