I AM MOM Parenting Podcast

Today we are talking mental and emotional health, particularly managing emotions within the household as a family unity.  Some of us grew up in households where emotions ran very high.  We were not taught how to regulate our emotions, nor how to remedy and recover from incidents that involved emotional outbursts.  As parents now, our wish is to raise emotionally intelligent children...

If you are like most parents, there comes a time or two when you feel as though you are caught in the middle of a hurricane. Often times, when this occurs, we feel stressed and burnt- out. Not only does our body respond negatively in this state, but so do our thoughts.

In this episode, we discuss thinking traps with our guest Rabia Karmali. We discourse on what thinking traps are, how to recognize them, challenge them and how to overcome them...

You only have approximately 6570 days from

the time your child is born until they become an adult at eighteen years old.  That’s only 18 summers!  During this time, there are some critical things you can do to ensure that your child is set up for success in adult life...

How do we balance motherhood, meaningful work, our own health and the health of our family?   This is a skill that we didn’t learn.   

Join us for this entertaining episode as we speak to Mia Moran, mom of three teenagers and host of the Plan Simple Podcast on how to understand the power food could have on your health, your family connection and your productivity...

Today on International Women’s Day (IWD), we are releasing this episode to honour all moms who have lost themselves in motherhood.  Moms are usually overcome with shame, guilt and doubt, often feeling that they are failing as mothers, and more so single moms, as women.

Today we speak to Ivy, Peak Performance and Relationship Coach, who was a single mom for fourteen years to her now 27-year-old daughter...

When Zahra lost her husband to cancer in 2015, her world came crashing down.  Even as a financial professional for over 20 years, Zahra still found it initially challenging to play an active role in her finances. 

Recognizing that other women were struggling with the same issues, Zahra’s journey led her to becoming a Financial Empowerment Coach.  She now empowers women to build true wealth, crushing the patriarchy $1 at a time...

Today we’re speaking about strong willed children and parenting these children.  What do parents need to survive the daily grind?   Sometimes, a highly spirited or gladiator child can leave a parent feeling depleted, frustrated and lacking any joy or zest left for life.

You’ve probably heard that moms need self-care and feel that you don’t have time for it...

We all want to be happy in our marriages and when things are not going right, it can feel like our entire world is falling apart...

Being raised by immigrant parents is never easy.  In this episode, we have a conversation with Registered Therapeutic Counsellor, Nashina Merani, on how she shattered cultural expectations and disrupted societal norms 20 years ago.  Her life journey has not followed the chronological, cultural norms of what it means to be a “good brown girl,” resulting in a decades-long battle against shame, anxiety and feeling “not good enough...

“One of your most important jobs is to be an advocate for you child.” As parents, we never stop advocating for our children, no matter what their age and ability level.

In this episode, we are joined by guest Aimee Buckley who speaks to us on how best to support our children who are experiencing learning differences including giftedness. We discuss ways in which we can ensure that they are getting adequate support within the school system...