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Ep.82 Supporting Moms with Dom the Doula
In this engaging conversation, Allie interviews Dominique Spagnola, a dedicated doula and lactation counselor. They explore Dom's multifaceted life as a mother, busine...
Family Dynamics: Growing up with a Acholic Mother. With sisters Allie & Taylor
In this heartfelt conversation, sisters Allie and Taylor reflect on their childhood experiences growing up with an alcoholic mother. They discuss the challenges and tr...
Ep80: Seasons & Change: Megan’s Big Announcement and Allie Takes the Mic
In this heartfelt episode of Seasons & Change, host Megan Vandevanter shares a major life announcement that marks a turning point in her podcast journey. After much re...
Ep79: Balancing Life: Setting Healthy Boundaries as Moms and Women
In this empowering episode of Balancing Life, we dive deep into the importance of setting healthy boundaries for ourselves as moms and women. As caregivers, profession...
Ep78: Danika Gollinger: "Strength Through Struggles: A Single Mom’s Journey"
In this vulnerable episode, Danika opens up about her journey as a young, single mom navigating emotional abuse, the mistakes made along the way, and the challenges of...
Ep77: Jessica Russo: ADHD, Bipolar, and the Power of Hope
In this heart wrenching and honest episode, Jessica Russo opens up about the hardest challenges of motherhood and how mental illness, including the ADHD and bipolar di...
Ep 76: Linda Weatherby: Co-parenting after Divorce & Remarriage
In this heartfelt episode, Linda Weatherby joins Megan and Allie to discuss the complexities and challenges of co-parenting after divorce and remarriage. Linda shares...
Ep75: Megan Savaria: A Raw & Empowering Unmedicated Birth Story
In this powerful episode, Megan Savaria shares her personal journey through an unmedicated childbirth, offering an intimate and inspiring look at her birth story. Mega...
Ep74: Making Connections: Finding Friendship and Resources for Moms
In this episode, Megan and Allie dive into the power of community and connection for moms. Whether you're a new mom or just looking to expand your support network, we ...
Ep73: Triplets & finding yourself amidst young children. With Laurie Devernoe.
Mom of 5 and author Laurie Devernoe joins us this week. From a miscarriage to naturally conceiving triplets, Laurie joins us to share all her incredible mama wisdom. H...
Ep72: "Nutrition Goals that last and get results". With Kayla DiSiena.
Kayla from Fitfilled is back and bringing is incredible knowledge to get us fueling our bodies correctly and feeling our best! If you missed Kayla’s first episode(44),...
Ep71: "Creating Goals in Every Season". With Megan & Allie.
Happy New Year!! Megan and Allie talk about all things goals today as we head into 2025. Using Arnold Schwarzengger’s book “Be Useful” a guide they tackle long term vi...
Ep70: “Community support for young moms” With Carissa Corbin
Carissa Corbin, a mama to three babies and starter of the Capital Region’s Mom Walk Collective joins us this week. What is The Mom Walk Collective? 100% tune in to fin...
Ep69: "Making Memories With Traditions" With Megan & Allie.
This week Megan and Allie talk about their personal traditions from childhood that they remember vividly and how they have incorporated some into their family traditio...
Ep68: "Changing lives with Music" - Ashley Koch
Ever heard of music therapy for children? I had but really didn’t really know what it was! Ashley Koch joins us in episode 68 to share her story of how she found her c...
Ep67: "Mindfulness over Perfection". With Leah Ferrone.
Leah is back!! If you haven’t listened to her first episode 16, I highly recommend it! She is such a light and in this week's episode we tackle mindfulness as a mom du...
Ep66: "Fun facts & a big announcement!!"
Woohoo!! We are so excited to announce Allie Badger as Co-host of The Empowerhood Podcast!! Welcome Allie!! Allie was on the pod in episode 59, definitely listen in to...
Ep65: "Crippling Divorce to incredible success" With Paula Figdalgo.
Paula Fidalgo, owner of The Dust Busters and a brand new book joins us to share her story of her 13 year divorce (yes it took that long) and how she took the negative ...
Ep64: "Tips to stay healthy during the holidays" With Grace Loney.
Grace is back and we are tackling all things health for the holidays!! How do we stay healthy emotionally and physically during this busy, sometimes taxing season? Hol...
Ep60: Tips for work-life Balance with Sarah Trop.
Sarah Trop from Funcycled jumps right into all things vulnerable and motherhood. Her wisdom and humor are unmatched in this episode as we jump from one relatable topic...
Ep63: Navigating Unwanted Change with Deb Wallace.
Deb Wallace from Erth and Wellness Massage joins us to talk about her motherhood journey and the plans she had versus the reality of what happened. We all make plans, ...
Ep62: "Postpartum Depression and Anxiety" With Kara Kramer.
Kara Kramer from KSOPT and Mixed and Maker’s Boutique joins us to share her journey through PPD and PPA. This episode is so relatable as Kara tells her with her first ...
Ep61: Homeschooling your Children with Jenn Rankin
Jenn Rankin, mama to four children and owner of Wonder Oral Wellness, joins us this week to talk about all things homeschooling. Curious about homeschooling or scared ...
Ep59: Allie Badger. "Working through Childhood Trauma"
Allie Badger joins us in episode 59 sharing her journey through childhood trauma to having a family of her own. This episode is so powerful as Allie explains the excru...
Ep58: Emily Boyle. "Surviving Breast Cancer as a young mother"
Emily Boyle joins us this week to tell us all about her diagnosis with breast cancer at a very young age, right after becoming a new mom. This episode is so raw and pa...
Ep57: Angela Mineau. "Unexpected pregnancy and financial struggle"
Angela Mineau joins us this week to talk about how becoming a mom was the last thing she wanted but the thing she needed most when she unexpectedly got pregnant. Liste...
Ep56: Chelsea Kline. "Support Through Unknown Illness"
Chelsea Kline joins us this week to talk about the terrifying challenges she is going through right now with her 4 year old daughter. We dive deep into the unknown of ...
Ep55: Cassondra & Cassy Schauble. "Parent or Friend?"
Mother daughter duo Cassondra and Cassy Schauble join us for a really fun episode! Cassondra shares how she raised Cassy, some of the hard times they went through and ...
Ep54: Greye Vandevanter. "Through a Child’s Eyes"
Welcome back from our summer break!! I have such a special guest for you this week to kick off the new season!!! My daughter Greye joins us to share her point of view ...
Ep53: Megan Vandevanter. “One Year Anniversary Episode!!”
Empowerhood is turning One!! Get to know Host and creator Megan Vandevanter as Chelsea Kline (episode 4) takes over the interview. Megan shares why she started Empower...