The Mom Manual

#065 - How I Calm the Chaos of Motherhood by Keeping My Kids Sleeping Great with Jilly Blankenship IBCLC, RN

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Jilly Blankenship is a Neonatal Nurse, Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Pediatric Sleep Coach AND Mom of two. She helps exhausted moms get their babies sleeping great so they can calm the chaos, settle into easy routines and truly love this phase of motherhood.
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#064 - How I Help Moms Manage Their Postpartum Mental Health with Angel Montfort, Psy.D., PMH-C

Dr. Montfort shares educational information on her Instagram account (@drangelmontfort) and her website (www.cfmmh.com) in an effort to validate and uplift moms who are struggling through a time that is expected to be the most joyous. She believes that if we make space for both the highs and lows of motherhood, we set new moms up for a more balanced experience.
Angel Montfort, Psy.D., PMH-C is a licensed clinical psychologist, mother of four, and the founder of the Center for Maternal Mental Health, a therapy practice dedicated to serving women throughout all stages of motherhood. She has always gravitated toward treating women and became passionate about perinatal mental health while working in a Women's Clinic within a hospital setting. At first it was a way to meet the needs of her patients and it quickly led to an understanding of her own postpartum experiences, which deepened her connection to this work.In her practice, Dr. Montfort addresses concerns such as postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, birth trauma, perinatal loss, infertility, and adjustment to motherhood.
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#063 - How to Have a More Mindful Pregnancy with Nathalie Walton, CEO of Expectful

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Nathalie Walton is the CEO and Co-Founder of Expectful, a holistic wellness app for hopeful, expecting, and new moms. After spending nearly a decade climbing the ranks of Silicon Valley tech giants, Airbnb, Google, and eBay, Nathalie Walton decided to give entrepreneurship a shot.In 2019, Nathalie experienced a traumatic high-risk pregnancy, and she came across an app, Expectful. Her positive user experience eventually led her to an advisory role, that quickly blossomed into a CEO and late-stage co-founder role. 
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#062 - How to Establish Supply by Breast Pumping with Dr. Dianna Dixon, founder of Pump with Purpose

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Pump with Purpose, LLC is a global lactation private practice servicing the breastfeeding community across the world and was started due to a recognized lack of resources and assistance in lactation for people that want to include pumping in their journey, either exclusively or in addition to nursing. My name is Dr. Dianna Dixon, DPA, CLC, CBS and I am the person behind Pump with Purpose. I am a Doctor of Public Administration, Certified Lactation Counselor, and Certified Breastfeeding Specialist. I have a sincere interest in helping underrepresented groups. I want to be an additional resource on your breastfeeding journey to assist with incorporating pumping in a way that works for you and your family. I am a wife and mother of two boys that are 18 months apart. I have been pumping on my second journey for over 3 years. To date, I have owned over 200 pumping products.
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#061 - How I Raise Six Kids While Making Sure They All Feel Loved with Estelle Appiah

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Estelle Appiah is a wife, mother of six and a full time Content Creator/ Influencer. As as influencer, she uses her platform to encourage moms to enjoy motherhood. Motherhood can be very stressful, but she believes with the right mindset, we can enjoy it better.
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#060 - New Year New Mom: How I Teach Moms Unleash the Power of k(NO)w with Lavelle Smith Hall, Chief Mom at MOMlogics

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Lavelle Smith Hall is a certified emotional intelligence consultant and mental health coach. She is also the founder and “Chief MOM” of MOMLogics, a Black mental health and wellness company that makes the lives of busy, overwhelmed moms easier and helps them identify health risks early through community, education, and technology.
Lavelle works with moms, parents, businesses, organizations, and schools to provide parenting workshops, coaching, and positive community impact through the lens of emotional intelligence, mental health, and personal well-being. Lavelle enjoys cooking, traveling, capturing memories on her phone camera, and spending time with her two children, family, and friends.
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#059 - How I Teach Mamas to Get Their Babies to Sleep Through the Night with Cara Walker, founder of Well Rested Mama

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My name is Cara Walker and I am so blessed to be married to not only my best friend, but the most amazing dad to our three beautiful children! As we embarked on our parenting journey in 2015, we knew our lives would be forever changed. Throughout my pregnancy, my husband and I often heard comments regarding sleep and how we would apparently never get to experience it again once the baby arrived. “Sleep now because you’ll never sleep again” was a crowd favorite.
Being an elementary school teacher, I know that children thrive on routine and structure. There had to be a way to provide my child with the sleep he needed; so my research began. My sister had previously worked with The Cradle Coach, a sleep consultancy firm based out of South Florida. They helped guide her daughter towards a healthy sleep foundation and I witnessed it happening. I saw how structured her days were and how much sleep she was getting at night. I saw how energized and peaceful she was while awake. I saw the amazing benefits it brought to her entire family!
The day I put my 9-week-old on a regular sleep schedule was when our lives truly changed for the better. Our days now had consistency. He was following predictable nap and feeding schedules. Everything fell into place. By 3 months old, he was sleeping through the night (12 hours straight) and happier than ever during the day! Fast forward 2 years to our daughter being born; I was able to implement a healthy sleep foundation from the beginning and her schedule has always been amazing.
I understand the struggle of being a tired mom and constantly trying to guess what your child needs or wants. As a new mother, you feel like the world is watching and pressuring you to do everything perfectly; that in itself can be exhausting. By implementing a consistent daily schedule and routine, I have created a positive sleep foundation for our family. Our lives are significantly easier and more stable.
Becoming a sleep consultant was one of the best decisions I have made. I love helping frustrated parents succeed while overcoming sleep deprivation and helping their children!
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#058 - How I Engage in Purposeful Play with My Baby with Dr. Suma Metla

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Dr. Suma is a pediatric physical therapist based on Oahu, Hawaii. She owns Three Little Ducks which is a company aimed at empowering parents to support their child’s development. Three Little Ducks offers baby classes (‘Little Duck and Me’ class), pediatric physical therapy, baby massage classes, and family/kids yoga. Dr. Suma is passionate about putting parents parents in the driver’s seat of their child’s development. She believes that by providing families with the tools on how to engage with their little ones, it increases families’ connection to each other while decreasing the chances for developmental delays.
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#057 - How I Care For My Body & Mind Every Day with Shanna Hutcheson

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Shanna Hutcheson of Wellness For The Win is a wife, boy mama (with my 2nd baby boy on the way!), Registered Dietitian, blogger & podcaster. She is passionate about helping women improve their health and nutrition in a way that feels realistic, affordable and FUN, and using a non-diet approach to wellness.
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#056 - How I Help Moms Overcome Their Limiting Beliefs with Aubrey Grossen, founder of ANYA

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Aubrey is a wife, mom to 4 kids, published author, and founder of ANYA. After going through severe postpartum depression and anxiety herself, she knew there was something she needed to do to help others who felt the same. She created a community that now has tens of thousands of women/moms around the world to help them find more hope. ANYA means “mama” in Hungarian and also stands for A New You Again. It’s a movement that helps women change from the inside out using coaching, therapy, meditation, movement, connection, etc. Aubrey specializes in meditation and breathwork and has been able to turn her pain into her passion as she helps women everywhere with their mental health.
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