Truth Moms

Brittainy Taylor & Courtney Kowalske

What if fear of the truth didn’t hold us back? Instead of having to do the research yourself, we’ve done it for you. Tune in each week as Real Moms drop some truth bombs. Answers start now.

  1. Episode 36 | The Truth About Breech Childbirth: ECV, Spontaneous Labor & C-Section in 24 Hours

    MAY 7

    Episode 36 | The Truth About Breech Childbirth: ECV, Spontaneous Labor & C-Section in 24 Hours

    It’s Courtney’s turn! Listen in while she shares the emotional, funny, and deeply real story of welcoming Baby Kowalske #2 (who also makes his Podcast debut guest appearance for those watching the podcast in video format!) In this episode of The Truth About Childbirth, Courtney’s version, she shares the emotional rollercoaster of discovering her baby was breech, navigating an ECV procedure, and ultimately facing an unexpected C-section. This episode is loaded with plot twists, surprises, and what happens when your baby says “birth plan who?”. Because sometimes childbirth is less “calm birth playlist” and more “husband sliding across the floor in his underwear because the baby is coming.” Courtney also opens up postpartum emotions, C-section recovery, breastfeeding, hospital advocacy, and the wild reality of healing while caring for a newborn and a toddler. This is more than just a story of birth, it’s an episode packed with fear and surrender, strength and recovery, and a reminder that birth is beautiful even when it does not go according to plan. Because all the statistics in the world can never count on your personal experience, even baby to baby.  _ ADS INFO: | MaxGen |  Grab your genetic roadmap for life! Start your personalized health journey today! Visit MaxGenLabs.com/TRUTHMOMS for 10% off your own test! | Needed |  Best & Most Complete Prenatals and Women’s Health Supplements! ⁠⁠Visit https://needed.sjv.io/YRarQO and use code TRUTHMOMS for 20% off | Truly Free | Visit https://click.trulyfreehome.com/aff_c... ⁠⁠⁠Main Site⁠⁠⁠ CODE: TRUTHMOMS for 30% off NEW and EXISTING customers! - breech baby, ECV experience, ECV, C-section birth story, emergency C-section, postpartum recovery, second baby, birth story podcast, motherhood podcast, Truth Moms, childbirth, C-section healing, postpartum emotions, hospital birth, breastfeeding, birth plan, Christian motherhood

    52 min
  2. Episode 35B | The Truth About Life After Stillbirth: Channeling Grief & Navigating Relationships in the First Year

    APR 30

    Episode 35B | The Truth About Life After Stillbirth: Channeling Grief & Navigating Relationships in the First Year

    In Part 2, the Moms go beyond loss as Marist opens up about the realities no one prepares you for - navigating friendships after stillbirth, receiving pregnancy announcements while grieving, and the quiet ways people unintentionally get it wrong… even when they mean well. This conversation is raw, honest, and deeply necessary. Marist also shares what it’s like approaching Harvey’s first birthday—the rituals, the remembrance, and the intentional ways she’s choosing to honor him while still moving forward. 33 Days to...Series | A 12-book guided journey to self-growth & fulfillment : ⁠https://www.actualizelifestyle.com/33-days-to-series⁠ _ ADS INFO: | MaxGen |  Grab your genetic roadmap for life! Start your personalized health journey today! Visit MaxGenLabs.com/TRUTHMOMS for 10% off your own test! | Needed |  Best & Most Complete Prenatals and Women’s Health Supplements! ⁠⁠Visit ⁠https://needed.sjv.io/YRarQO⁠ and use codeTRUTHMOMS for 20% off | Truly Free | Visit ⁠https://click.trulyfreehome.com/aff_c...⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Main Site⁠⁠⁠ CODE: TRUTHMOMS for 30% off NEW and EXISTING customers! - stillbirth life after stillbirth grief after stillbirth pregnancy loss infant loss healing after loss friendship after loss how to support someone with grief pregnancy announcements after loss coping with grief postpartum after stillbirth motherhood after loss grieving a child stillbirth support loss and healing journey faith after loss real stories of grief mental health after pregnancy loss parenting and grief truth about motherhood

    1 hr
  3. Episode 35A | The Truth About Life After Stillbirth: Channeling Grief & Navigating Relationships in the First Year

    APR 16

    Episode 35A | The Truth About Life After Stillbirth: Channeling Grief & Navigating Relationships in the First Year

    One year later… and the story didn’t end. It avalanched. In this deeply personal follow-up, Brit and Court sit back down with Marist Lamson to revisit her stillbirth journey (Episode 19A & 19B) but not from the raw immediate moment - this time from the sacred lens of heart healing and the complicated place that comes after. Marist opens up about what the first year after stillbirth actually holds - from quiet triggers and unexpected connections, to the relationships that stretch and the ones that didn’t survive. Marist shares what it’s been like to walk alongside other women in similar pregnancies specifically IUGR and SIUGR, to hold space for their fear while carrying her own grief, and to live in the tension of joy and grief at the same time. Marist brings the moms along her journey to self actualizing, finding peace, finding community, understanding her future projects from the past events, and how the new year didn’t mean she lost Harvey. It started as a story about loss. It became about what happens when the world keeps spinning and learning how to spin with it. It avalanched into spinning the worst moment of her life to a universal calling of a lifetime.  33 Days to...Series | A 12-book guided journey to self-growth & fulfillment : https://www.actualizelifestyle.com/33-days-to-series _ ADS INFO: | MaxGen |  Grab your genetic roadmap for life! Start your personalized health journey today! Visit MaxGenLabs.com/TRUTHMOMS for 10% off your own test! | Needed |  Best & Most Complete Prenatals and Women’s Health Supplements! ⁠⁠Visit https://needed.sjv.io/YRarQO and use codeTRUTHMOMS for 20% off | Truly Free | Visit https://click.trulyfreehome.com/aff_c... ⁠⁠⁠Main Site⁠⁠⁠ CODE: TRUTHMOMS for 30% off NEW and EXISTING customers! - stillbirth pregnancy loss high risk pregnancy stillbirth story life after stillbirth grief after stillbirth pregnancy loss infant loss baby loss healing after pregnancy loss motherhood after loss grieving a child stillborn baby IUGR pregnancy traumatic birth story postpartum after stillbirth mental health after pregnancy loss coping with grief loss and healing journey faith after loss hope after loss women’s health podcast motherhood podcast parenting through grief support after stillbirth real stories of loss truth about motherhood

    1h 6m
  4. Episode 34 | The Truth About Autism

    APR 8

    Episode 34 | The Truth About Autism

    On this Play Date and Tell feature with Khara motherhood, meaning, and music collide. In this deeply personal episode of Truth Moms, Brit and Court sit down for a raw, unfiltered conversation about what it really looks like to raise and love a neurodivergent child, beyond the buzzwords and beyond the labels. This one hits different for Brit as her world’s collide with her two passion projects - from speaking her mind with Truth Moms, to speaking her heart with Strawberry Road. With April being Autism Awareness Month, this episode dives into Autism, diagnosis, and the sacred, messy middle of motherhood. From the moment of hearing “your child has Autism” to building a life rooted in empathy, inclusion, and joy, this one is sure to bring the tears and the tea (looking at you Target Stores). Inclusion isn’t a trend - it’s a responsibility. Raising kids in a world that isn’t always built for them makes one appreciate even more friendship, community, and finding your people. And maybe most importantly, moments like these kids offer simply teach us how to be better humans. The truth is: Autism isn’t something to fix; it’s something to understand, honor, and make space for. If you’re a parent, a friend, a teacher, a caregiver, or just someone trying to raise kinder humans or be one, this episode will stretch your heart and open your thoughts to the fullest realization that every child matters. #AutismAwareness #NeurodivergentKids #MotherhoodUnfiltered #SpecialNeedsParenting #InclusionMatters #TruthMoms #StrawberryRoad #AutismAcceptance #MomPodcast #ParentingPodcast — This episode is rooted in real-life stories of diagnosis, friendship, and raising neurodivergent children ADS INFO: | MaxGen | Grab your genetic roadmap for life! Start your personalized health journey today!Visit MaxGenLabs.com/TRUTHMOMS for 10% off your own test! | Needed |  Best & Most Complete Prenatals and Women’s Health Supplements! ⁠⁠Click here ⁠⁠and use code TRUTHMOMS for 20% off | Truly Free | ⁠⁠⁠Main Site⁠⁠⁠ CODE: TRUTHMOMS for 30% off NEW and EXISTING customers!

    1h 15m
  5. Episode 33 | The Truth About VBAC, Breech Babies & Birth Plans

    APR 1

    Episode 33 | The Truth About VBAC, Breech Babies & Birth Plans

    VBAC, breech babies, birth plans, midwives, pelvic floor therapy, acupuncture, the return of the toe candles, and all the things no one tells you when you’re trying to have a VBAC.  In this episode of Truth Moms, Courtney gives a real talk bumpdate: the reality of trying for a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean). She spearheads the convo on what happens when your baby is breech, and all the tools, research, and preparation that go into trying for a different birth experience the secondtime around. Courtney truly leaves no stone unturned. She reminds us about her prior birth experience including her septate uterus and breech pregnancy. She gives a detailed account of the Webster technique, Spinning Babies, Miles Circuit, pelvic floor therapy, acupuncture, moxibustion, midwives vs OBs, and how toadvocate for yourself during pregnancy and birth. This episode is part birth story, part research deep dive, and part “why does no one tell you this stuff?” Whether you’re planning a VBAC, had a C-section, are navigating a breech pregnancy, or just want to understand your birth options better, tap and listen. Bonus points if you can listen upside down on an inversion table. Because the truth is, you don’t know what you don’t know until you’re pregnant and Googling at 2am. Or listening to TruthMoms. RESOURCES: @bradshaw_chiropractic @eastnashvillepelvichealth @restora_ massage_lymphatics@the.birth.sling :   / the.birth.sling   | https://thebirthsling.com | Use code TRUTH15 For 15% off Spinning Babies Inversion Table Miles Circuit @nashvillebirthbabe   ADS INFO: | Needed |  Best & Most Complete Prenatalsand Women’s Health Supplements! ⁠Click here ⁠and use codeTRUTHMOMS for 20% off | Truly Free | ⁠⁠Main Site⁠⁠ CODE: TRUTHMOMSfor 30% off NEW and EXISTING customers!          •       VBAC podcast          •       VBAC birth story          •       VBAC preparation          •       Vaginal birth after cesarean          •       Breech baby          •       Breech pregnancy          •       Turning a breech baby          •       Webster technique          •       Pelvic floor therapy pregnancy          •       Midwife vs OB          •       Birth plan          •       Natural birth after C-section          •       Home birth after C-section          •       Pregnancy research          •       Pregnancy education          •       Birth education          •       Doula support          •       Pregnancy tips          •       Third trimester preparation          •       Flip breech baby naturally          •       Moxibustion breech baby          •       Acupuncture pregnancy          •       Septate uterus          •       High risk pregnancy          •       Pregnancy podcast          •       Motherhood podcast    •       Flipping your breech baby    •       Ultimate Guide

    1h 8m
  6. Episode 32 | The Truth About Self - Discipline

    MAR 25

    Episode 32 | The Truth About Self - Discipline

    You thought this episode was just going to be about Lent, but it turns into a conversation about discipline, boundaries, peer pressure as adults, social media addiction, motherhood, identity, and what happens when you actually get quiet long enough to hear your own thoughts again. Spoiler alert if you’re Court it’s not ideal. This episode is about giving things up, but not in the traditional way and definitely not just sweets. It’s about ego. Control. Habits. Distractions. It’s about realizing how uncomfortable silence is, how addicted we are to noise, and how much easier it is to hold boundaries to the outside world then when your closest people want you to just “have one drink,” “just see this one thing online,” or “just break it this once.” Whether you observe Lent or not, this episode is really about one question: What has more control over your life than you want to admit? ADS INFO:| Needed | Best & Most Complete Prenatals and Women’s Health Supplements!⁠Click here ⁠and use code TRUTHMOMS for 20% off: https://needed.sjv.io/YRarQO| Truly Free |⁠⁠Main Site⁠⁠ CODE: TRUTHMOMS for 30% off NEW and EXISTING customers! : https://click.trulyfreehome.com/aff_c...⁠Laundry Stain System with 100 Loads for FREE⁠ : https://click.trulyfreehome.com/aff_c...⁠Dishwasher Bundle - Buy 8 Get 8⁠: https://click.trulyfreehome.com/aff_c...⁠300 FREE Loads⁠: https://click.trulyfreehome.com/aff_c... | MaxGen |As a thank you to our listeners, go to our link at ⁠https://MaxGenLabs.com/TRUTHMOMS ⁠ for 10% off your own test and start your personalized health journey today. This episode discusses Lent, Catholic faith, Christian faith, fasting, social media detox, self discipline, boundaries, motherhood, identity, personal growth, and intentional living in modern motherhood.

    50 min
  7. Episode 30 | The Truth About Llama Mama Drama: Discussing the Toxic Hollywood Mom Group

    JAN 15

    Episode 30 | The Truth About Llama Mama Drama: Discussing the Toxic Hollywood Mom Group

    This episode of Truth Moms is what happens when motherhood, stomach bugs, sleep deprivation, and group chat tension collide. The Moms talk drama with friendships (spolier alert it's not just mom groups), default parent burnout, co-sleeping, gentle parenting, mental load, and why women simmer while men simply… get a beer and move on. Oh yes, Brit and Court have entered the chat on the newest Baby Mama Llama Viral Drama with Hilary Duff, Mandy Moore, Ashley Tisdale, Meghan Trainor, and uh, Hilary’s husband? (queue Brit gagging on a soy boy milk latte). From puking kids and surviving sickness as the default parent, to navigating toxic social groups, celebrity mom drama, and the awkward reality of making mom friends as an adult, this episode gets twisty and we're not just talking about the cutest 3 year old camera man. Click Bait and Unpack - mom group politics and quiet exclusion - why not every mom needs to be your mom friend - social media comparison - why dads jumping into women’s conflicts is an immediate ick - Quick Round Q&A from Instagram No parenting advice. No fake harmony. Maybe a monologue. Definitely a toddler cameo.   DISCOUNT CODES & LINKS: Truly Free Links & Codes:  $39 Stain Removal System with 100 FREE Loads of Laundry Detergent Subscription Offer (coupon does NOT apply) Main Website - CODE: TRUTHMOMS (coupon code DOES apply)  Needed: 20% off Sitewide on vitamins and supplements for NEEDED. Code: TRUTHMOMS Bible In a Year: Click Here for a 52-Week Journey Through God's Word

    1h 16m
4.9
out of 5
19 Ratings

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What if fear of the truth didn’t hold us back? Instead of having to do the research yourself, we’ve done it for you. Tune in each week as Real Moms drop some truth bombs. Answers start now.

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