Our Messy Collective Carey Shofner & Suzanne Gillies-Smith

We're B A C K!
Just in time to share our thoughts on Mother's Day.
Join us as we catch up, talk about the complexities and the joys of Motherhood, and discuss what boundaries look like.

We will be on a bi-weekly schedule for the rest of the season with the next episode airing May 24th!
Thank you so much for your patience as we navigate the ever changing demands of our personal and professional lives.


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Join Carey and Suzanne as they catch up, discuss what Women's History Month means to them, and talk about the women who have impacted them.




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Join us this week as Carey sits down with Kayla from The Kohl Chronicles to discuss infertility, loss, parenting, and everything in between.

Kayla lives and works in Omaha, Nebraska with her husband, two cats, and dog. She is passionate about supporting others with their fertility journey and breaking the stigma around infertility and loss. She graduated with a B.S. in Elementary Education, and a Deaf studies minor. She is a certified Postpartum and Infant Care Doula through ProDoula. She is also a certified Reproductive Health Doula with the Child Birth Institute, and is working on her Fertility Support Specialist certification with Bebo Mia.


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Carey and Suzanne sit down to mark the one year anniversary of COVID's impact on the United States and their individual lives. They discuss where they were a year ago, how the pandemic has shaped their lives in the last year, and how they are actually feeling about things now that the vaccine is available.



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Suzanne & Carey catch up and discuss their enneagram types, their favorite enneagram Instagram accounts, and their understanding of the enneagram.

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 This week Carey and Suzanne catch up, share stories from their week, and discuss their new adventures on Clubhouse!

Our guest this week is Kayleigh of Heritage Baby Designs. Carey and Kayleigh discuss motherhood, infertility and loss, and life as a business owner.

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Heritage Baby is the brainchild of me - Kayleigh, mother to William who resides in Simcoe County in Ontario, Canada.  I can't tell you the exact moment that I knew that this was an adventure that I wanted to embark on, but it has felt 500% right from the start.  Before my son was born I knew that I wanted to try to be one of those moms with her baby strapped to her body.  It always seemed that those babies were so calm and comfortable, and those parents always had their hands free!  This appealed to my general busy nature.  William was in his first baby carrier (a stretchy wrap) by the time he hit 12hrs old....I was hooked.
As my obsession for babywearing grew, so did my desire to find a product and brand that fit my wants; an eco-conscious, company that gives back, parent-owned and operated, handmade, and cute (think patterns).  I made my first sling to fit these wants and more, and so Heritage was born.
The name Heritage came to me when I started thinking about what mattered to me in my life and what sets my family apart.  I am of Jamaican and Guyanese descent, and my husband Portuguese, but we're both born in Canada.  Each carrier is (and will be) named after places that are close to our hearts and the hearts of those we know and love.




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