MomsEveryday

This week's guest is Elisha Wilson Beach - stay-at-home mother of 4 (plus stepmom to 4 adult children) and wife of actor Michael Beach. Elisha's blog, My Life is a Beach, chronicles her family life and serves as a platform to serve her mom truths. She gained lots of attention when a photo of her breastfeeding her daughter on the toilet went viral. We discuss breastfeeding, Beyoncé's glamorous postpartum photo shoot, her new project, and why we shouldn't judge other moms.

This week's guest is Dr. Nimali Fernando - also known as Dr. Yum. The pediatrician talks about children who are picky eaters, why kids should eat what adults eat, and learn ways to help the family make healthy meals together. The mission of The Doctor Yum Project is to transform the lives of families and communities by providing an understanding of the connection between food and overall health, as well as empowering them with the tools to live a healthy life.

This week's guest is Jamie Glowacki, author of "Oh, Crap! Potty Training." Glowacki learned to potty train children as a social worker, and used her knowledge and experience to write her popular book and start teaching parents how to tackle this tricky milestone. She shares her wisdom and advice in this week's episode.

This week's guest is Melanie Dale, author of the new book "It's Not Fair: Learning to Live the Life You Didn't Choose." Using her sharp wit, she chronicles the ups and downs of life and offers her discoveries for getting through the hard times.

Our guest this week is Kristin Collier, an author and educator, whose new memoir, "Housewife: Home re-making in a Transgender Marriage," chronicles her unique home life and adjusting to her husband transitioning from male to female, while raising two children.

This week's guest is Alexis Marie Chute, artist, author and filmmaker of Expecting Sunshine - a Journey of Grief, Healing and Pregnancy After Loss. Chute talks about the devastating loss of her infant son, the decision to expand her family after that loss, and how art is paramount in her healing process.

On this week's Podcast, our guest is Dr. Marika Lindholm - the founder of ESME (Empowering Solo Moms Everywhere) - a social platform for solo moms (esme.com). We talk about specific challenges single moms face, dispelling negative stereotypes, and why support is so crucial for this special group of mothers.

This week's guest is Christy Prang, a training and prevention director for the Child Advocacy Center. Christy works to educate parents and professionals on sex abuse prevention and treatment. In this podcast, we learn how to talk to our children about body safety from an early age, keeping the conversation going as kids grow, and surprising ways perpetrators groom children and their parents.

MomsEveryday Producers Nikki Bates and Pam Tauscher interview Jim Fay, co-founder of Love and Logic, a philosophy of raising and teaching children in a way that puts parents back in control while teaching children to be responsible. The parenting techniques are described as easy and practical, with a heavy emphasis on respect and dignity for children.

On episode 2 of the MomsEveryday Podcast, we interview Michelle Simkiss Dunk, the founder of In beTWEEN Girls, a mentoring program that strives to empower 8-12 year-old girls teaching them self-acceptance, self-love and how to navigate through these challenging years. We also talk about the importance of random acts of kindness, and simple ways to make others smile!

In episode 01, MomsEveryday executive producers Liz Hayes and Nikki Bates interview Notesong Srisopark Thompson, a pediatric nurse, certified lactation counselor and mother of three about the BABES Act, which trains TSA agents how to deal with breast milk, formula and infant feeding equipment in security; how support is key in breastfeeding success; and the guilt mothers feel whether they breastfeed or formula feed. We also talk about Notesong's pilot breastfeeding text support program, in which she is your BFF (breast feeding friend!).