the denmother podcast
A podcast about all things motherhood: the gross, the hilarious, the infuriating. We learn from each other, because after all, momming is more fun when we do it together. Hosted by your newest mom friend, the denmother herself, Kyriaki.
Episodes
132 episodes
5.31 Women-Led Homes with Julie Barth
The United States has the highest rate of children in single-parent homes in the world, with 80% of those homes led by women. In many cases, women find themselves in this situation unexpectedly due to death, divorce, military deploy...
5.30 Speech with Page Maughan
How do we know if our baby's and toddler's language is developing normally? And what, if anything, can we do to help develop their language and speech?Page Maughan is a mom to two adorable girls. She is also a certified Speech-Language P...
5.29 Parenting Challenges with Dr. Lindsay Emmerson
No matter what stage of parenting you're in, parenting is challenging. Today on the denmother podcast, Dr. Lindsay Emmerson joins us to share tips and insight into every childhood stage of difficulty from toddler tantrums to teenage...
5.28 Surrogacy with Joy Millan and Tia Calderon
Carrying someone else's child comes with a whole host of emotions, and sometimes complications, but can provide expected parents with a life-changing gift: the gift of a family. Today's guest knows first hand what surrogates go through. T...
5.27 Eating Disorders with Jessica Setnick
We, as women, have been shaped by advertising, diet culture, the beauty industry and so much more. And often, the messages we received early on start to affect our eating in negative ways. So, how do we navigate our own relationship with food w...
5.26 Trauma with Adriene Caldwell
How does childhood trauma affect how we experience motherhood and parent our own children?Today's guest, Adriene Caldwell, would tell you that after experiencing and/or witnessing several traumatic events in childhood from emotional and ...
5.25 Fighting for our kids with Joslynn Jarrett-Skelton
As moms, we are always advocating for our kids. Whether it's asking for more tests at the doctor's office, standing up for your parenting choices with friends and family, or holding fast to your faith during turbulent storms - moms are the back...
5.24 Widowed with Dr. Liz Fiedler Mergen
Imagine finding your your husband's body at 31 and realizing you're now a widow and a single parent. Then, imagine finding out DAYS later that you're also pregnant with his second baby. Dr. Liz Fiedler Mergen has spent the last five...
5.23 Engaged Fathers with Jon Hord
After twenty years of nonstop climbing in the corporate world, Jon Hord hit a wall: his first panic attack. That moment made him realize he wasn’t showing up as the dad or husband he wanted to be. So he stepped off the predictable path he was o...
5.22 Perfect with Katie Britton
Her whole life, Katie Britton strived to be perfect. The pursuit resulted in her physical beauty, and a thrilling modeling career that opened many doors, but it also led to stress and an eating disorder. Years later, the word perfect would be u...
5.21 Voice Over Acting with Amber Faith
I know so many moms who feel unfulfilled creatively, yet for one reason or another they have the very important task of being the default parent at this stage in life. Many want to create, some just want to earn an income from home. Well, the w...
5.20 Big Families with Jenn Turnquist-Linn
If you're like me, you wanted a big family when you were younger but either the realities of giving birth or raising kids or birth trauma or some other factor played a role in your decision to keep things small.Today's all new guest on t...
5.19 Lactation Help with Holly Hill
Whether you're on your first kid or your third, you can probably agree that there is so much to prepare for with a new baby that often we don't prepare enough to actually feed said baby! Maybe that is one reason why nearly 50% of moms give up o...
5.18 The Unexpected with Surae Chinn
As moms, we are always pivoting, and some more than most. Today's guest, Surae Chinn, not only has had to adjust to the unexpected when she got divorced, but then becoming a single mom when her ex left. Then, adjusting to an ADHD di...
5.17 Representation with Sarah Tubert & Katelyn Brooke
How cool would it have been to see yourself in a book when you were a kid? For Sarah Tubert, not only did she not see anyone like her in print or on screen, but she didn't see anyone like her in real life either. At the age of three...
5.16 Create your own path with Meredith Lavender
Doesn't it feel like we're always waiting for something? For a new job, for a friend to call, for inspiration, for purpose... But what if we didn't have to wait? And what if we could model for our kids what it means to create real momentum and ...
5.15 Authenticity with Charlotte Hemmings
How can we teach our kids to be true to themselves when we are all constantly putting our best selves forward on social media and in the real world? Actress Charlotte Hemmings joins us on the denmother podcast today to talk about wh...
5.14 Pageant Life with Chelsi Rasmussen
Have you ever considered entering a beauty pageant? Or, like me, is pageant life simply the furthest thing from your current experience?Today's guest, Chelsi Rasmussen, knows exactly what it's like to feel like an outsider in the pageant...
5.13 Body Safety with Rosalia Rivera
The topics of consent and body safety can feel daunting... but not the way Rosalia Rivera teaches it! Rosalia teaches parents how to talk to their kids about body safety in a way that feels easy, conversational and accessible. She also shares t...
5.12 Hope with Eileen Noyes
What does it take to run from the man you love in order to keep your kids safe from life in a cult? Or to show up as an NFL wife when you feel that you don't look the part or fit in? The answer is hope. Today's guest, Eileen Noyes, ...
5.11 Media with Soledad O'Brien
Thanks to the internet and smart devices, our kids have access to information like never before. At the same time, media has become more and more bias and divisive than ever before. On today's brand new episode of the denmother podc...
5.10 Abundance with Cathy Heller
What does abundance look like and how do you attract it into your life? According to today's guest, it's a lot easier - and funner - than you think. Cathy Heller is a renowned teacher, podcaster and author. She hosts one of the top ...
5.9 International Travel with Salisha Shears
Our kids are being inundated with "current events" of the worst kind - shootings, devisive politics, natural disasters and so much more on the news. Even if we try to shield them from a lot of it or create open dialogue around it, negativity st...
5.8 Animation with Shea Fontana
According to the CDC, more than 1 in 4 adults in the U.S. have some sort of disability, but less than 1% of characters on TV have a disability. Today's guest, Shea Fontana, shares with us the intention, care and attention to detail that goes in...
5.7 Formula Feeding with Mia Funt
Like me, and many other moms, today's guest knows first hand the struggles that can come with trying to breastfeed your baby. Mia Funt is a mom of three. Her difficulty with breastfeeding led to the need for formula with her first b...