Mama Making Podcast

Jessica Lamb

The Mama Making Podcast is a space for moms making impact - in their communities, in their work, and in the everyday spaces that shape the world. Hosted by Jessica Lamb, this show features honest conversations with women building, leading, creating, and mothering in ways that ripple outward. Each week brings a mix of solo reflections, expert interviews, and real stories from moms navigating growth in every season — from pregnancy and postpartum to leadership, entrepreneurship, advocacy, and beyond. Because motherhood doesn’t pause growth. It often reshapes it.

  1. 5d ago ·  Video

    Thomai Roi | Arguably Feral: Three Burnouts, a Divorce, and Finally Building the Life She Actually Wanted

    What happens when you do everything right — and still feel like a stranger in your own life?  In this episode, Jessica sits down with Thomai Roi, former pharmacist, founder of Arguably Feral Women, and divorce doula, for one of the most honest conversations about identity, burnout, and rebuilding this podcast has ever had. Thomai navigated three burnouts, three shuttered businesses, postpartum depression, a first marriage that wasn't right, and a total reinvention — and built her most successful work on the other side of all of it. She talks about identity residue, the sunk cost of the checklist life, why financial independence is the foundation of everything, and what it actually means to build from a place that's yours. This one is for every woman who has ever looked up and thought: how did I get here? MAIN TOPICS COVERED Growing up with an inherited vision of what life should look like — and following it without questioning itGoing from pharmacist to stay-at-home mom to accidental entrepreneur to divorce to reinventionPostpartum depression, clinical obesity, inflammatory arthritis, and the body's way of screaming for attentionWhat identity residue is and how it shapes the life we build without realizing itThe sunk cost fallacy of the checklist life — college debt, early marriage, and decisions made at 18How divorce became the catalyst for the most profound version of herselfWhy she says there's no right or wrong — only who you're being in the momentFinancial independence as the foundation of every woman's freedomThe sunny day trap — the weight moms put on themselves to perform perfect motherhoodWhat it actually takes to rebuild: accountability without shame, and presence without past-castingArguably Feral Women, the podcast, and the free divorce support community on SchoolWhat it means to be a divorce doula and who that work is forHOW TO CONNECT WITH THOMAI ROI Website: www.thomairoi.comPodcast: Arguably Feral WomenInstagram: @thomairoiofficialTikTik: https://tiktok.com/thomai.roiLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomairoi/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thomairoi Threads: https://www.threads.com/@thomairoiYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ArguablyFeralWomenFree divorce community on SkoolThis episode is sponsored by Collabs Creative - a boutique digital marketing company helping small business owners and creatives tell their story. Follow The Mama Making Podcast on socials on Instagram and Facebook! Share and subscribe to the podcast: click this link Watch on YouTube: Click here!

    38 min

  2. Jun 24 ·  Video

    Ushta Canteenwalla | What Your Genes Are Trying to Tell You: A Genetic Counselor's Guide to Pregnancy, IVF, and Reproductive Health

    Most of us walk into our first OB appointment with an arm out for blood work — and no idea what we're actually being tested for.  In this episode, Jessica sits down with Ushta Canteenwalla, board-certified genetic counselor and founder of Find Genetics, to demystify prenatal and reproductive genetic testing from the ground up. From carrier screening before pregnancy to NIPT during, from IVF embryo selection to donor health profiles, Ushta walks through what's available, what it means, and how to make the decisions that are actually right for you — not your friend, not your OB's standard protocol, but you. This is the conversation every person planning a pregnancy deserves to have before they're sitting in that waiting room. MAIN TOPICS COVERED Why Ushta left a high-powered clinical role to build a telemedicine genetic counseling practiceThe gap in genetic counseling access — and why so many people never get offered testing they could have hadThe difference between carrier screening before pregnancy and testing done during pregnancyWhat NIPT (noninvasive prenatal testing) actually is — what it looks at, what it misses, and what false positives meanAmniocentesis and CVS — what they are, when they're done, and what risks they carryThe 20-week anatomy scan and what genetics has to do with what they're looking forIn utero therapy — conditions where treatment is possible before birthIVF, embryo testing, and selecting against serious genetic conditionsDonor egg and donor sperm — what genetic counselors look for in donor health historiesThe designer baby misconception — and what people are actually selecting forPersonal values, religious beliefs, and the role they play in genetic decision makingWhat a session with Ushta looks like — and what she's building next at Find GeneticsHOW TO CONNECT WITH USHTA CANTEENWALLA Website: findgenetics.comInstagram: @findgeneticsLinkedIn: Find Genetics or Ushta CanteenwallaThis episode is sponsored by Collabs Creative - a boutique digital marketing company helping small business owners and creatives tell their story. Follow The Mama Making Podcast on socials on Instagram and Facebook! Share and subscribe to the podcast: click this link Watch on YouTube: Click here!

    50 min

  3. Jun 17 ·  Video

    Paulina Roe | The Mami Collective: Building a Community Where Ambitious Moms Don't Have to Choose

    What if being a little "selfish" actually made you a better mom?  In this episode, Jessica sits down with Paulina Roe — Chicago radio personality, podcast host, and founder of the Mami Collective — for a candid, energetic, and deeply relatable conversation about ambitious motherhood, identity after baby, and why community changes everything. From her decade on Chicago radio to building a nationwide platform for moms who want more, Paulina shares her unfiltered take on postpartum identity, the myth of the selfless mom, and what it looks like to build the community you couldn't find. This one is for every mom who still wants it all — and knows she can have it. MAIN TOPICS COVERED Paulina's path from cassette tapes and UIC radio to the Fred Show and syndication across the countryStarting her first podcast in 2018 before podcasting was mainstream — and why she built the one she was looking forHow becoming a mom changed and elevated everything — without erasing who she wasThe fear of losing her identity in motherhood — and how she made sure that didn't happenWhy being called "selfish" at nine months pregnant became her philosophyThe connection between self-prioritization and a genuinely great postpartum experienceWhat the Mami Collective is — and how it evolved from brunches to summits, dinner series, grants, and media opportunitiesThe directory, the private newsletter, and how Paulina connects moms to real opportunitiesThe annual summit — what it is, what's coming in October, and who it's forWhere she wants to take the Mami Collective next — and why she's putting it into existence out loudRESOURCES MENTIONED Create and Cultivate — referenced as a summit model Paulina admiresBrio Skin — success story from the Mami Collective directoryGrief Magazine — featured Mami Collective memberHOW TO CONNECT WITH PAULINA ROE Website: themamicollective.comInstagram: @paulinaroe (personal) | @Mamicollective (community)Annual Summit: October 1st — tickets at themamicollective.comNewsletter: sign up at themamicollective.comThis episode is sponsored by Collabs Creative - a boutique digital marketing company helping small business owners and creatives tell their story. Follow The Mama Making Podcast on socials on Instagram and Facebook! Share and subscribe to the podcast: click this link Watch on YouTube: Click here!

    36 min

  4. Jun 10 ·  Video

    Maria Ahmad | Borders, Babies, & Building Bridges: A Humanitarian's Guide to Migration, Motherhood, and Global Sisterhood

    What does it mean to raise globally conscious children in a world full of noise, misinformation, and borders — both literal and cultural?  In this episode, Jessica sits down with Maria Ahmad, humanitarian, multilingual professional, journalist, and mom of two, whose life has spanned Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Latin America. Maria shares her journey from BBC radio journalist covering terrorism and elections to leading migration work for the United Nations, the realities of immigration that mainstream media gets wrong, what it looks like to raise sons who understand the female experience, and how moms everywhere — regardless of geography — can build the alliances that change the world. One of the most expansive and important conversations this podcast has ever had. MAIN TOPICS COVERED Maria's upbringing in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East — and how questioning gender restrictions shaped her worldviewFrom BBC radio journalist to UN migration expert — the career path she never plannedCovering terrorism, the Obama election, and the assassination of Benazir BhuttoHow becoming a mom transformed the way she experienced the worldMotherhood across continents — what she observed about family, community, and village across culturesRaising sons to understand and advocate for women — the conversation we're not having enoughThe cycle of abuse that gets passed down — and why the work starts with men, not just womenWhat migration actually is — and why everything in mainstream media is misinformationWomen and children in the migration system — why mothers flee, and what happens when they're separated from their childrenHow privileged moms can build alliances and take action for migrant familiesMedia literacy for busy moms — how to navigate the noise and find trustworthy sourcesCommunity protection, child safety, and what grandmothers can doThe global unpaid care labor crisis — and why it's a policy issue, not a personal oneRESOURCES MENTIONED NPR and PBS — recommended as starting points for trustworthy newsThe Daily Show — referenced for accessible political commentaryInternational Organization for Migration (IOM) — UN body on migrationUN Women — referenced for care labor advocacyBaby Voyage — company founded for traveling parentsThis episode is sponsored by Collabs Creative - a boutique digital marketing company helping small business owners and creatives tell their story. Follow The Mama Making Podcast on socials on Instagram and Facebook! Share and subscribe to the podcast: click this link Watch on YouTube: Click here!

    56 min

  5. Jun 4 ·  Video

    Jenny Tucker | The Centerline Community: Matrescence, Community, and Finding Your People in Motherhood

    WELCOME TO SEASON 5: Moms Making Impact  🎉 What if the hardest parts of postpartum aren't a sign that something is wrong with you — but a sign that something is finally waking up?  In this episode, Jessica sits down with Jenny Tucker, founder of Centerline Community, a support space for new and expecting moms navigating postpartum and matrescence. Jenny brings her background in mental health counseling and yoga to a conversation about the good mother myth, the portal of postpartum, generational healing, and why building a village isn't just nice to have — it's biologically necessary.  This one is for every mom who has ever felt alone in the hardest season of her life. MAIN TOPICS COVERED How Centerline Community started as a prenatal yoga Zoom call in March 2020 — and grew to 500+ momsWhy existing postpartum support is mostly baby-focused — and what moms actually need insteadThe portal of postpartum — what gets unearthed when a baby is bornThe good mother myth and the facade of perfect mom lifeMatrescence as an opportunity for generational healingWhy moms are biologically not designed to be alone with their babies all dayThe people-pleasing conditioning that makes postpartum harder than it has to beRunning a business from a feminine energy frameworkHow to find your village when you're new, isolated, or introvertedWhat it looks like to stop outsourcing your own wisdomThe Centerline Community membership — weekly Zoom groups, in-person meetups, and the MothershipHOW TO CONNECT WITH JENNY TUCKER Website: centerlinecommunity.comInstagram: @centerlinecommunityFree month trial code: welcomemamaThis episode is sponsored by Collabs Creative - a boutique digital marketing company helping small business owners and creatives tell their story. Follow The Mama Making Podcast on socials on Instagram and Facebook! Share and subscribe to the podcast: click this link Watch on YouTube: Click here!

    47 min

  6. May 27 ·  Video

    Alexandra Swayne | From Layoff to Launch: How One Mom Built Three Businesses While Raising Two Kids Under Three

    What do you do when you get laid off while pregnant, have a toddler at home, and just bought a house?  If you're Alexandra Swayne, you start a marketing business, invent a baby product, and launch a women's networking group — all within a year. In this episode, Jessica sits down with Alex to talk about the layoff that cracked everything open, the 2 a.m. manufacturer calls that turned Binky Bands into a viral product launch, and what it actually looks like to build three businesses while raising two kids under three. This one is for every mom who has an idea they haven't trusted yet. MAIN TOPICS COVERED Getting laid off while pregnant — and why it became the catalyst for everythingLaunching Sunkiss Media: 12 years of marketing experience, one layoff, and one LLCThe middle-of-the-night idea that became Binky Bands — a wearable pacifier and teetherGoing viral on LinkedIn on launch day and selling 100+ units before noonStarting She Means Business Long Island — 600 members, 75 women at the first eventHow motherhood built her confidence — and helped her stop shrinking herselfTrusting your idea when people close to you say it won't workUsing her marketing background to launch a product she actually believed inBalancing three businesses, two kids, and daycare two days a weekAI as a business tool — the love-hate relationship that saves her hoursAdvice for moms on the edge of making a leap of faithHOW TO CONNECT WITH ALEXANDRA SWAYNE Sunkiss Media: sunkissedmedia.net | Instagram/TikTok: @sun.kissedmediaBinky Bands: Instagram/TikTok: @binkibandsShe Means Business Long Island: Facebook Group + Instagram: @shemeansbusiness.liThis episode is sponsored by Collabs Creative - a boutique digital marketing company helping small business owners and creatives tell their story. Follow The Mama Making Podcast on socials on Instagram and Facebook! Share and subscribe to the podcast: click this link Watch on YouTube: Click here!

    30 min

  7. May 20 ·  Video

    Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers | Shameless Parenting: Breaking the Cycle of Sexual Shame and Raising Kids Who Know Their Worth

    What would it mean to raise a child who never learns to be ashamed of their body?  In this episode, Jessica sits down with Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers — licensed sex therapist, bestselling author, researcher, and founder of the Northwest Institute on Intimacy — for a conversation that every parent needs to hear.  From the definition of sexual shame and how it develops from infancy, to the impact of abstinence-only education on an entire generation, to the practical framework for healing shame and changing your family's legacy — Dr. Tina brings the research, the tools, and the deep humanity that has made her work transformational for thousands of families. She also shares her work with psychedelic-assisted therapy for trauma, and why she's on a mission to make healing accessible to everyone.  This one will change the way you think about your own story — and the one you want to pass on. MAIN TOPICS COVERED Dr. Tina's Swedish upbringing — why she thought every family talked about sexuality like recipesThe first wave of abstinence-only education and the shame epidemic it createdThe clinical definition of sexual shame — and why it starts earlier than most parents realizeWhat to say when your baby finds their g******s for the first time (and why it matters more than you think)How sexual shame develops across the lifespan — from infancy through adolescenceThe role of authoritarian religious structures in creating unsafe environments for curiosityReligious trauma and sexual shame — how they intersect and where they come fromThe Frame, Name, Claim, Aim model for healing sexual shamePractical tools for raising shame-free kids at every developmental stageShameless Parenting — what's in it and how to use it as a roadmapThe Northwest Institute on Intimacy — training clinicians in sexual healthPsychedelic-assisted therapy for trauma — the research, the ethics, and the Inana Rising organizationThe patient equity scholarship fund and Indigenous Reparations FundDr. Tina's offer: free promo codes for her books for anyone who can't afford themRESOURCES MENTIONED Northwest Institute on Intimacy Inana Rising (psychedelic-assisted therapy organization) — https://inannarising.org/Girls and Sex and Boys and Sex by Peggy Orenstein — referencedBrené Brown's work on shame — referencedHOW TO CONNECT WITH DR. TINA Website: TinaSchermerSellers.comInstagram: @drtinashameless (parenting/shame work)Shameless Parenting by Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers Sex, God and the Conservative Church: Erasing Shame from Sexual Intimacy by Dr. Tina Schermer SellersThis episode is sponsored by Collabs Creative - a boutique digital marketing company helping small business owners and creatives tell their story. Follow The Mama Making Podcast on socials on Instagram and Facebook! Share and subscribe to the podcast: click this link Watch on YouTube: Click here!

    51 min

  8. May 13

    Emily Encinosa | The Maternity Ecosystem: Home Birth, Midwifery Care, and the Future of Community-Based Birth

    What if birth wasn't something to be afraid of — but something to be prepared for?  In this episode, Jessica sits down with Emily Encinosa, certified professional midwife, hypnobirthing instructor, and founder of Birds and Bees Maternity Center in Annapolis, Maryland, to talk about the modern home birth movement, the maternity care ecosystem she's building, and why continuity of care changes everything. From debunking home birth myths to navigating state regulations, transfer rates, and what it actually means to give birth on your own terms, Emily brings the clinical knowledge and the heart of someone who has attended over 500 births — and had two home birth transfers herself. This one is for every mom who has ever wanted more from her birth experience. MAIN TOPICS COVERED Emily's background — from New York to Las Vegas to bringing midwifery home to AnnapolisThe biggest misconceptions about home birth and where they come fromWho home birth is actually for — low-risk screening, intermittent monitoring, and what qualifiesTransfer rates — why a midwife who transfers freely is a sign of a good midwife, not a failed birthEmily's own two home birth transfers — and what they taught her as both a midwife and a motherThe maternity ecosystem she's building at Birds and Bees — classes, support groups, doula referrals, and communityHypnobirthing, reframing pain as intensity, and shifting the cultural conversation around birthPostpartum Support International, the CLIMB fundraiser, and mental health advocacyThe birth plan audit — a new offering for hospital-birth families who want a midwife's eyes on their planState regulations, maternity deserts, and what needs to change for midwives to be recognized as legitimate stakeholdersThe role of community midwives in closing the gap in maternity care accessRESOURCES MENTIONED Expecting with Emily — expectingwithemily.comInstagram: @expectingwithemilyBirth Plan Audit Postpartum Support International — Anne Arundel County ChapterThe Village — women's networking group for perinatal professionals in AnnapolisThe Business of Being Born — documentary referencedThe Big Push — documentary referencedDr. Nathan and Dr. Stu — OBGYNs referenced for their advocacy workBorn Free Conference — virtual attendance referencedHOW TO CONNECT WITH THE GUEST Website: expectingwithemily.comInstagram: @expectingwithemilyThis episode is sponsored by Collabs Creative - a boutique digital marketing company helping small business owners and creatives tell their story. Follow The Mama Making Podcast on socials on Instagram and Facebook! Share and subscribe to the podcast: click this link Watch on YouTube: Click here!

    33 min
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The Mama Making Podcast is a space for moms making impact - in their communities, in their work, and in the everyday spaces that shape the world. Hosted by Jessica Lamb, this show features honest conversations with women building, leading, creating, and mothering in ways that ripple outward. Each week brings a mix of solo reflections, expert interviews, and real stories from moms navigating growth in every season — from pregnancy and postpartum to leadership, entrepreneurship, advocacy, and beyond. Because motherhood doesn’t pause growth. It often reshapes it.

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  • Creator
    Jessica Lamb
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    171
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Mama Making Podcast
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