More Than Mom with MJ Cash

Summary

I'm going to go ahead and say it: every single woman out there needs to hear this podcast. It is all about "the most common disease you've never heard of": endometriosis. I've heard the story a million times and have experienced it myself: a woman shares intolerable symptoms with a trusted friend or doctor and is met with this advice: these are the cards you've been dealt as a woman, it's something you'll have to just deal with. Unfortunately this advice that we often hear is the furthest thing from the truth. Most intolerable symptoms that women go through can be explained by an underlying cause - sometimes something as simple as hormone imbalance, and other times with a more complicated diagnosis like endometriosis. Yet, for some reason, few women are ever educated on what these diseases are. Maria Nardecchia has her own remarkable journey to finally receiving a diagnosis of endometriosis and joins us today to educate us all on what this disease is and discuss how many women unknowingly suffer from it.

Endometriosis Resources

Video

Shannon Cohn TEDx Talk

Facebook

Facebook Group Nancy's Nook

Instagram

EndoWhat

Endogram

Me, Myself, and Endometriosis

EndoFound

The Endometriosis Foundation

Endometriosis Surgeon

Websites

EndoWhat

This website has an incredible initiative to supply school nurses with toolkits to help them recognize endometriosis symptoms in girls, as they are often the first to hear the early symptoms. To find out more, visit: https://www.endowhat.org/educate

EndoFound

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Music by Mike Lombardi

Summary

Today we’re talking about the most requested topic for the More Than Mom podcast: INFERTILITY. Anna Kate Craig joins me to walk us through her personal infertility journey and the physical and emotional exhaustion that comes with it. Anna Kate sheds a light on some of the often overlooked side effects of infertility, including a lack of time, financial stress, and incredible obstacles surrounding marital intimacy. This is yet another taboo topic that I'm excited to bring to the surface so that more women can be comfortable reaching out for support within their own journeys. You'll find that Anna Kate is extremely honest throughout our conversation and leaves no topic untouched.

Connect with Anna Kate

Click here to connect with her on Instagram!

Click here to read her blog!

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Music by Mike Lombardi

Summary

Registered Dietitian Katie Massman joins us on the podcast today to talk about developing a healthy relationship with food. So much of what we've grown up to believe is ingrained in diet culture and conditions women to develop an unhealthy mindset around food and their bodies. Katie is here to help bust those misconceptions, and encourage us to begin reframing our outlook on health. Although Katie Massman Nutrition specializes in working with mothers, this is a great episode for not just moms, but for all women.

Want to connect with Katie further?

Katie's Instagram Page

Katie Massman Nutrition Website

Interested in learning more about Meg Boggs?

Head to Meg's Instagram page to learn more about diet culture.

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Music by Mike Lombardi

Katie Comer joins us on the More Than Mom podcast today to share her testimony of being the wife of an addict. A couple of years into her marriage, Katie found herself in a place she never thought she'd be: addressing her husband about her suspicions of an affair. Caught in a relationship that lacked physical and emotional intimacy, Katie didn't know what else could explain her husbands disconnected behavior. Finally, after years of hiding behind a web of lies, Katie's husband comes clean to her about his struggle with addiction, which starts them on a path that would forever change the course of their lives.

Looking for a Christian Recovery Center?

To get connected with Spring 2 Life Recovery Treatment Center, click on the following links:

Spring 2 Life Facebook

Spring 2 Life Website

Tune into Adam’s Podcast:

Life After Addiction Podcast

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Graphics by Angela Verwey

Music by Mike Lombardi

Summary:

Today I am recapping my week as I traveled up to Boston to network with a group of female entrepreneurs. In this short, unedited recording, I talk about my major takeaways from my trip and the solidified vision I have gotten for More Than Mom.

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Lainey Maples is here today to educate MJ and all of the listeners about CBD and the numerous benefits it can have for our bodies. MJ comes to the conversation with very minimal knowledge about CBD and how it works, but Lainey does an excellent job laying it out for us in a way that is easy to understand. As an owner of one of Nashville's most prestigious CBD shops, there is no better person to inform us of how CBD can work in our lives.

Want to visit Native Plant CBD and Wellness?

Address:

4809 Trousdale Dr, Nashville, TN 37220

Want to connect more with Lainey?

Website: https://www.nativeplantlife.com/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/nativeplantcbd/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nativeplantcbd

Want to connect more with MJ and More Than Mom?

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/mrsmjcash/

Website:https://www.mrsmjcash.com/

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Music by Mike Lombardi

SUMMARY

Today on the podcast, my good friend MaryJo Anderson joins me on the podcast to talk all about how she finds joy within the craziness of life. You may know MaryJo best by her Instagram handle, Port2Palm, or by her gorgeous beach rental house in Charleston, SC. But after listening to this episode and getting to dive deeper into the heart of MaryJo, you'll love her for much, much more. She is truly one of the most generous and kind hearted people I have every met. She is extremely passionate about empowering women, and she's the kind of girl who actually walks the walk. She backs up her words by taking action every day in bringing small bits of happiness to the women around her, a truly intoxicating quality. I feel blessed to have gotten to know MaryJo well over the last few months, and I feel even more honored to get to share her with you.

WANT TO STAY CONNECTED WITH MARYJO?

To connect with MaryJo, follow her on Instagram @Port2Palm

To book a stay at the Bea's Nest in Charleston, South Carolina, click here.

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Watch it on YouTube here.

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In this episode Chelsey Fischer, owner of HER Tribe Doula, joins us to talk about all of the ways having a doula can help you during labor, delivery, and postpartum. I met Chelsey through a local moms group in my hometown, and her passion for birth and helping women through the labor and delivery process is apparent every time I hear her talk about her work as a doula with our peers. Through this conversation, you'll learn many of the benefits of hiring a doula, while also getting to hear a heart-to-heart conversation between Chelsey and I as we discuss the different emotions experienced while starting a business as a mom of young kids. Enjoy this episode and feel free to connect with Chelsey at the links below.

Website: HER Tribe Doula 

Instagram: hertribedoula

Facebook: HER Tribe Doula

To become more connected with MJ and the More Than Mom community, visit:

Website: More Than Mom

Instagram: mrsmjcash

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Lindsay Wilburn joins us on the podcast today to share the insights from her seven years as a children's therapist. On this episode, we'll discuss how to create a healthy relationship with your child, how to recognize emotional stressors in your children, and the difference between a physically safe environment and an emotionally safe environment. Lindsay and I also delve into the effects of divorce on children and she gives professional tips on how parents facing divorce can maximize a healthy transition for their children. Lindsay is articulate and tactful as she tackles the developing minds of children and helps us as parents better understand how to effectively communicate with our kids.

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Want to connect with Lindsay? Click here to visit her website.

To listen to the Boss Mom Podcast episode, interviewing founder of The Divorced Mommy Podcast Julie Ciardi, about how to navigate divorce with your children's best interests in mind, click here.

To further connect with MJ and follow along the More Than Mom journey, visit:

MJ's Instagram

or

The More Than Mom Website

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Artwork by Angela Verwey

Music by Mike Lombardi

Aly Thayer is the founder of PPD Journey, an organization created to bring awareness to some of the harsh realities of postpartum depression, anxiety, OCD, and PTSD that many new mothers experience. After battling severe postpartum depression herself, Aly has made it her mission to help other mamas find community through this dark journey, and to help ignite change in the current medical approach to aiding postpartum illnesses. In this interview, Aly is fully open and honest about her own story, while also bringing light to some of the societal and medical shortcomings that she hopes to be a part in fixing. 

This is an extremely important conversation to have, not just for postpartum mothers, but for their support systems as well. These are the type of vulnerable, but necessary conversations that can truly save lives.

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To learn more and connect with PPD Journey, as well as share your own story with Postpartum Depression, visit:

https://www.ppdjourney.com

@ppdjourney on Instagram

PPD Journey on Facebook

Aly's personal website as a hair and makeup artist can be found here.

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For more from MJ Cash, visit the More Than Mom webpage at:

https://www.mrsmjcash.com/

Or follow her on Instagram at:

https://www.instagram.com/mrsmjcash/

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Graphics by Angela Verwey

Music by Mike Lombardi