The Mom Show

Being a stepmom has its own set of unique parenting challenges. When trying to join two families together the relationships often get complicated. Host Lindsay Aerts talks with Georgia Anderson of Knowhowmom.com to breakdown why calling stepfamilies blended puts an expectation on them that everything should just flow smoothly and work out, when in reality it can take over a decade for a family to gel. If you're in a step-family this is a don't miss episode!

Being a stepmom has its own set of unique parenting challenges. When trying to join two families together the relationships often get complicated. Host Lindsay Aerts talks with Georgia Anderson of Knowhowmom.com to breakdown what things stepmoms can do to help blend the families. She discusses how a stepmom not taking on the entire responsibility herself is the first step to making it work. If you're in a step-family this is a don't miss episode! 

Host Lindsay Aerts dives into how difficult it can be to mother without a so called tribe. When you don't have help with your kids motherhood can feel extremely overwhelming and isolating. Lindsay talks with Monica Ashton the director of Maternal Mental Health at The Healing Group about why we don't mother in tribes anymore and how you can find your mom tribe when you don't feel like you have one. 

Host Lindsay Aerts talks about how important it is to her to create a healthy body image for her daughter and how she plays a role in influencing how her daughter will view her body. In a day and age where unrealistic beauty standards are thrown at us from every direction Lindsay discusses how to fortify your daughter against the onslaught of unrealistic beauty messages, where her body image comes from, and how you can model healthy body positivity for your child. 

Host Lindsay Aerts discusses the difference between self-esteem and self confidence and how to help her daughter develop self esteem. She talks with Monica Ashton, Director of Maternal Mental Health at The Healing Group how a mom's confidence in herself can help vaccinate her daughter against low self esteem. They discuss how to have self love and how that plays a role in shaping how our daughters view themselves. 

One in four couples are dealing with infertility and many women who are trying to become mothers are dealing with the ups and downs of trying to conceive. Monica Ashton is the Director of Maternal Mental Health at The Healing Group and talks with host Lindsay Aerts about the many losses women who are experiencing infertility are coping with.

Host Lindsay Aerts breaks down some of the pressures mom's today face that is leading to a collective feeling of frustration, overwhelm, and inadequacy. Ganel-Lyn Condie, an author and public speaker, joins her to discuss how these increased pressures but less support available is leaving moms feeling like their failing. They discuss how we can break this cycle by finding your mom tribe and trusting your intuition for your specific child against the expectations modern-day mothers feel.

Host Lindsay Aerts breaks down why many moms today are feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, and like their failing. Author and Speaker Ganel-Lyn Condie joins her to discuss how many moms don't give themselves the space to allow for the monumental changes that come with being a mother. They discuss how being a good enough mom isn't about what you're doing or not doing but rather what you're believing, and why we need to identify many of the unrealistic standards and pressures moms today face.

Host Lindsay Aerts breaks down why so many moms today are feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, and like their failing. Author and speaker Ganel-Lyn Condie joins her to discuss how to define for yourself what it means to be a good mom. Lindsay explains how this is the key to combating the unrealistic, overwhelming pressures today's moms face.

Host Lindsay Aerts breaks down why so many moms today are feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, and inadequate. Author and speaker Ganel-Lyn Condie joins her to discuss why we're a culture that doesn't like to feel negative emotion so we avoid, buffer, and mask it to try and feel better. Lindsay and Ganel-Lyn hope listening to this segment and the three prior segments on this topic help moms feel empowered not to believe the many "good mothering" messaging today's moms face.

Lindsay Aerts, host of The Mom Show on KSL Newsradio, interviews some key players from a Sundance Film Festival premiere called A Boy. A Girl. A Dream: Love on Election Night. Producer Datari Turner, Director Qasim Basir and Writer Samantha Tanner talk about their experience filming this project - in just one take!

If you've entered the toddler phase of motherhood and your kid still isn't sleeping through the night you are most likely desperate for some help. Host Lindsay Aerts talks with sleep expert Marietta Paxon of LittleDreamers.us on some common toddler sleep problems. Does you kid wake up multiple times a night? Do they get out of bed? Do you have a child who won't go to sleep without you next to them? What about a kid who's stopped napping but still needs one? Get all the answers in this episode.

Have you ever felt ashamed that you weren't enjoying motherhood more? Host Lindsay Aerts chats with intuitive healer and author Lindsay Maxfield as part of her series exploring many of today's motherhood myths. Hear about Lindsay's journey through not loving being a mom and what she does to help herself feel better. The one thing that they both would want you to know is that IT'S OKAY to not love it.  T

Being a stay-at-home mom is a hard job. But it doesn't fulfill every mom in the same way, or at all. As part of her series exploring modern day motherhood myths, Host Lindsay Aerts explores why it isn't necessarily a job for everyone, and how judgements around moms who do or don't stay home need to stop. She talks with author and intuitive healer Lindsay Maxfield about her experience.

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