Mom School Kristen Kelly

Tracy Litt is a Mother, Rapid Transformational Therapist, Certified Mindset Coach and Founder of The Litt Factor. Kristen fell in love with Tracy and tracked her down after reading her book "Worthy Human", only to become more deeply obsessed with her after this conversation.
Kristen and Tracy discuss self-worth and how our belief of our own deserving and wholeness is at the root of all of our problems. Tracy chronicles step by step how to take your power back, meaning/meaninglessness & the mind, the art of change, reprogramming your nervous system and how to take radical personal responsibility in motherhood and beyond.
They discuss guilt, fear, how women have been duped by society and Tracy's piece on "expander parenting" (via Forbes linked below) which empowers mothers to embody the truest, strongest and most fulfilled version of themselves.
Tracy's passion for personal development infuses everything she does and her positive energy is powerful and contagious - Enjoy!
Tracy Litt Links:
The Litt Factor
TEDxtalk on Fear
Forbes Article, Expander Parenting

Chelsea Bodie is one half of the wildly popular @MamaPsychologists. She and her best friend Caitlin started sharing resources with moms after they each experienced their own struggles in early motherhood. The two registered psychologists now work to help mothers everywhere transform from "exhausted and angry to calm and empowered" by sharing their wisdom and encouragement with nearly half a million fellow moms on social media.
Kristen and Chelsea discuss the most common issues moms are facing today and how to combat them. They dive deep into burnout, anxiety, anger, rage, values, boundaries and practical ways to care for your mental health while you're caring for littles. Chelsea's expertise and calm demeanor assures us that all of our emotions are valid, there are many ways to be a good mom and none of us is alone.
You can find more information on The Mama Psychologists and purchase their book Not Your Mother’s Postpartum Book: Normalizing Post-Baby Mental Health Struggles, Navigating #MOMLife, and Finding Strength Amid the Chaos here: https://www.mamapsychologists.ca/

This episode of Mom School, originally recorded in 2021, is dedicated to Black Maternal Mental Health Week featuring guest Kay Matthews.
Kay delivered her daughter stillborn in 2013 after being rushed to the hospital at 9 months pregnant. She was given no answers and no resources to cope with her trauma post delivery. She candidly shares her personal birth story with the hope of continuing to break down cultural barriers in maternal mental health.
Kay has spent the years since advocating for women through The Shades of Blue Project.
Learn more at: https://blackmamasmatter.org/2023-black-maternal-health-week/

Parenting is both the most rewarding and difficult work we will ever do.
Myla Leinweber, M. Ed, B. Ed, PCI Certified Parent Coach, Founder of The Joyful Parenting Collective and mother of two is passionately dedicated to teaching parents how to extract more joy from our experience. From gentling our expectations, living in the "both/and" space, concepts and frameworks like 'needs boxes' and 'marble jars' for emotional & nervous system regulation to the exact move to take when all hell is breaking loose.
Kristen and Myla discuss the beauty and importance of co-regulation, 'spicy kids' and how to call on the 'best parenting part of yourself' during those really hard moments. Myla candidly shares the one mistake she made during a melt-down, the detriment to being a 'perfect parent' and the benefits to not getting it right all the time.
Myla is a treasure trove of information delivered in the most non-judgmental, comforting way. Her tone and approach give parents more hope, more peace and fittingly, more joy.
You can connect with her at the links below and be sure to rate and subscribe to Mom School wherever you get your podcasts!
Myla Leinweber Website
Myla Leinweber Instagram

Rachel Pally: Fashion Designer and Mother.
If you've ever dreamt of starting your own fashion label, Mom School's chat with Rachel Pally is a must listen. Right out of college Rachel founded her namesake brand @rachelpally and soon found her designs splashed all over the 'Best Dressed' lists of the most noted style magazines.
While managing her skyrocketing business she and her husband also welcomed their two sons Tao and Luca. Our chat is a candid exploration of new motherhood as a passionate designer and entrepreneur - we talk in depth about her entrepreneur journey, balancing new motherhood, guilt, privilege, emotional labor and needing more than what's under your roof to fulfill you as a woman. Rachel is honest, blunt, fiercely ambitious and unapologetically herself. Thank you @rachelpally - Listen with link in bio:
Rachel Pally Collection SHOP: Ethical & Feminine. Made in LA,
(recorded in late 2020.)

'The Medicated Mommy' aka Jen Schwartz is the CEO and Founder of Motherhood Understood, a community organization dedicated to shining light on the darkest areas of motherhood and providing women with the education and support needed to heal from Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs). In this episode, Jen shares her first hand account of crippling PPD and the steps she took to become whole again. If you are a PMAD sufferer, survivor or expecting and looking to put guardrails in place to protect your mental health postpartum, her story is one of hope, strength and the remarkable good that can come on the other side of depression.
Motherhood Understood:  https://www.motherhood-understood.com
Maternal Mental Health Minutes:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3RhSxNGKnJmQ-VtHcfK7Lg?view_as=subscriber
Become a Patreon of Motherhood Understood:  https://www.patreon.com/motherhoodunderstood
The Motherhood Understood Postpartum Planning Guide:  https://www.motherhood-understood.com/postpartum-planning/p/the-motherhood-understood-postpartum-planning-guide
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motherhoodunderstood/
 
Jen Schwartz Bio:
Jen Schwartz, also known as “the medicated mommy,” is the founder and CEO of Motherhood Understood, a platform, community, and story-sharing hub for women affected by pregnancy and postpartum mental health issues that she created after surviving postpartum depression and anxiety with the birth of her son, and realizing just how many mothers suffer in silence like she did. She built Motherhood Understood to provide women and their families with education, resources, connection, and support so that no mother has to experience a mental health illness in isolation and all mothers get the help they need to feel well and thrive in motherhood. Jen is a professional speaker, writer, moderator, consultant, spokesperson, and thought-leader committed to shining the light on the darkest of places, where maternal mental health taboos have been hiding out, trying to make mothers believe they are not enough and all alone. In addition to running Motherhood Understood, a highly-engaged community of over 85,000 women, Jen recently launched Maternal Mental Health in Minutes, an educational video library breaking down pregnancy and postpartum mental health illnesses and their treatments, and her work and expert commentary can be found all over the mommy blogosphere and on popular websites such as Forbes, Healthline, The Mighty, Romper, Motherly, The Bump, Happiest Baby, and more.