Mamas with Trauma & Unpopular Opinions

01/19/2025

Our newest (and 20th episode) is now available! 🎙️🤩

This episode is all about the challenges that comes along with the transition of one to two kiddos. Tara and Kennedy join together to discuss Tara’s experience thus far and what has helped- and Kennedy shares her feelings on the idea of having another child.

We’re grateful for our listeners & hope that we are giving space for validation and realness 🤍✨

12/22/2024

Our newest episode is now available on Spotify or Apple Podcasts 😊!

This week Tara shares her birth story, along with how she made this experience a more fulfilled & powerful one. She also shares some tips on pain management, her birth preferences plan, and after care products.

Stay tuned for more episodes coming soon! ✨

09/30/2024

Our new episode ‘Breaking Cycles’ is now available on Spotify & Apple Podcast 🎙️✨

In this episode, we share some life updates before discussing boundaries, the generational differences that exist, and breaking cycles with our children.

I wouldn’t miss this one 🤍✨

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5v1kTwpSYvgM2DTKyOkTXK?si=W9FfUL-DTM2Ksp61YgaZEA

Be sure to like and follow our page on socials, Spotify and Apple Podcast so you never miss an episode. 🤍✨

09/22/2024

Two very exciting updates to share ‼️
1: we are back 🤗🤗
2: one of us has a pregnancy announcement 🙊🤰🏻

In this episode, Tara goes solo to share her journey with her second pregnancy so far & why she’s referring to it as her redemption era.
Stay tuned for more episodes coming soon! 🤍

Links to the episode 17:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/71LbxkzftZqmntOeK8PUU8?si=H4USWF1MSSuTQK8CcxZRTw

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mamas-with-trauma-unpopular-opinions/id1672869505?i=1000670330282

03/05/2024

Our latest episode is now available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! 🤍✨🎙️

In this episode, Tara checks back in with her sister to get her experience from the remaining journey with being a surrogate mother. They chat about birth, issues with the health/medical system, post-partum with no baby & Renée reflects on her feelings on surrogacy.
(Part 1 can be found in Episode 10!)

Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0R0oMbbf9KPRbxLl5RvirQ?si=ap6WYndYTcSFmIXz3WX1JA

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mamas-with-trauma-unpopular-opinions/id1672869505?i=1000648132093

01/29/2024

New episode alert!! 🎙️🤩

In this episode, we open up about past & recent experiences of burnout & share our opinions on how the patriarchy/society contributes to burnout.
We hope you appreciate our vulnerability & by doing so, we’re here to show that you’re not alone & we can break the silence on the real & raw experiences of parenthood 🤍

Here are the links for this episode:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/070XTaqzGXEFvN8b1bHG1d?si=71xpw83wRZuYzcEWZX_Rhw

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mamas-with-trauma-unpopular-opinions/id1672869505?i=1000643294558

01/13/2024

Incase you missed it, our newest episode is out!! 🤩
Here are the links to listen or download now:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/70JPTlmVKzCsi2bDX37vNj?si=16h_0trsTDmIK98I_27TxQ

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mamas-with-trauma-unpopular-opinions/id1672869505?i=1000641359054

Our new episode is available on Spotify & Apple Podcast 🤍✨

In this weeks episode, we have a long overdue catch up with life updates and our experience with the holidays this year. We discuss it all from navigating boundaries around the holidays, the expectations put on us around visiting and gift giving, and New Year’s resolutions. 🎙️

I wouldn’t want to miss this one!

Links below ⬇️

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/70JPTlmVKzCsi2bDX37vNj?si=eZX7_uWzQnayubTNI7I_Mg

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mamas-with-trauma-unpopular-opinions/id1672869505?i=1000641359054

Be sure to like and follow our page for updates on when to expect our next episode!!

Love, Tara and Kennedy 🤍✨

01/11/2024

Our new episode is available on Spotify & Apple Podcast 🤍✨

In this weeks episode, we have a long overdue catch up with life updates and our experience with the holidays this year. We discuss it all from navigating boundaries around the holidays, the expectations put on us around visiting and gift giving, and New Year’s resolutions. 🎙️

I wouldn’t want to miss this one!

Links below ⬇️

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/70JPTlmVKzCsi2bDX37vNj?si=eZX7_uWzQnayubTNI7I_Mg

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mamas-with-trauma-unpopular-opinions/id1672869505?i=1000641359054

Be sure to like and follow our page for updates on when to expect our next episode!!

Love, Tara and Kennedy 🤍✨

01/11/2024

We are very excited to share that we will be releasing a new episode tomorrow on January 11, 2024 at 6pm on Spotify & Apple Podcast! 🤍✨

We are very grateful for the continued love and support as we navigate the chaos that is motherhood and the balancing act that follows. Being a mom is very busy and it felt like time was always getting away from us, but we are very excited to be releasing a new episode after an unexpected break.

Sadly, we won't be able to return to our weekly episodes and we are still trying to figure out what will be realistic for us moving forward, but we hope that you will follow along with us on this journey. 🤍✨

Stay tuned for more details on our new episode! It's a good one and I wouldn't want to miss it. 🎙️

Love, Tara & Kennedy 🤍✨

01/03/2024

We’re back!!!
Keep an eye out for our new episode- more deets will be released soon.
We’re so excited to continue sharing our journey with you all 🤍✨

09/02/2023

Hello lovelies 🤍! It’s been a minute 😳

We wanted to give an update on why we’ve been so quiet on social media & haven’t been releasing episodes. We’ve always valued transparency & authenticity, so let’s get real for a second!
Quite frankly, we’ve just made our personal lives the main priority this summer. Both of us have been navigating work life, family life, mental health & self-care (like many other mamas out there 🫠). So unfortunately, the podcast had to take a back seat for a while because we just didn’t have the time or energy to invest into it & we didn’t want to give everyone only a small fraction of ourselves.

So what’s next? We definitely want to continue using this platform & share our journey with you all but it may not be as frequent. We are hoping to release an episode once or twice a month, so that we don’t extend ourselves too much.
As of now, we don’t have our next release date but we’ll have an update on that soon!

BUT for now, catch up on all 13 episodes on Spotify or Apple Podcasts!!

We’re super thankful for all of our followers & the support we’ve had so far 🫶🏻

Love, Tara + Kennedy 🤍✨

06/18/2023

Our new episode is live! 🎙️✨

In this weeks episode, we talk about our experiences returning to work after maternity leave and how we have navigated these big life transitions. It is important to remember whether you are returning to work, back in the groove of things, or have ultimately made the decision to stay home with your baby, that each individual experience is unique and we will always recommend doing what’s best for you and your baby. 🤍

We would like to thank everyone once again for their continued patience and understanding as we navigate some major life transitions. As mentioned on our Instagram stories earlier this week, we will be adjusting our posting schedule to new episodes bi-weekly. 🤍✨

Love, Tara & Kennedy 🎙️✨

06/04/2023

Our newest episode was posted earlier this week and couldn’t have come at a better time. ✨

Kennedy took her first solo venture on the podcast and interviewed a mental health therapist named Tiana Fusco. I wouldn’t miss this one! They get into a lot of good topics and Tiana provides some useful insight and coping skills she recommends for anyone dealing with some big feelings during postpartum. 🤍

Unfortunately, a new episode will not be posted this evening. We both have been dealing with some big life transitions between starting work, a partners shift in career, and some mental health struggles, it’s been challenging to find the time to record. However, we are getting back to recording and should have a new episode posted next week 🤍✨

Thank you to our listeners for staying with us while we navigate through all of this and for the new followers we received. We are excited to get back to recording this evening! 🤍✨

Love Kennedy & Tara 🤍✨

05/21/2023

Our Mother’s Day episode is live! 🎙️🤍✨

First of all, thank you for your patience as we got a little behind with releasing our regular scheduled episode.

This week we share all of our unfiltered thoughts on what this day represents. Ya’ll, you don’t want to miss the one! We do not hold back 😅

Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5gyZXKxVEX3Xfhwa6dnuLC?si=UrUrOHvURtGTisEe4DUPsg

Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mamas-with-trauma-unpopular-opinions/id1672869505?i=1000613899834

05/14/2023

To all of our followers and listeners, first of all we know Mother’s Day is not a one-size-fits-all occasion, so we felt this picture was necessary and fitting 🤍

We apologize that there is no new episode to be announced today. In transparency, although we were hoping to release our regular scheduled episode, life just got busy 🥴 but we will try to release it within the next few days. This episode will be titled, “Our Thoughts on Mother’s Day”. Stay tuned!! 😁

Love, Kennedy + Tara ✨

05/07/2023

This week we have a very unique and exciting episode for ya’ll! 🎙️🤩

Tara takes it solo to interview her sister on her surrogacy journey. If you’ve ever considered surrogacy or are just curious of what it all entails, then listen now to our newest episode! ✨

-Also, we’ve reached over 200 downloads 😍 and we just wanted to give a HUGE thank you to all of our listeners and supporters 🤍-

Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2T8FdAWlI0FZKIuBZVh1wl?si=6O8bVbSARsSC1c8HsIJNQA

Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mamas-with-trauma-unpopular-opinions/id1672869505?i=1000612088157

04/30/2023

Episode 9 is live now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! 🤍✨

In this weeks episode, we talk about Losing & Finding Yourself in Motherhood and all that that can encompass. As usual, we get real and raw about our experiences, so come join us.

Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7wyreSIvH4IjaVpf9GYQgt?si=1K92cE5rTKebiIb6JhnLKA

Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mamas-with-trauma-unpopular-opinions/id1672869505?i=1000611221634

04/23/2023

It’s that time of the week again.. Our newest episode is now available!! 🤍✨

This week we discuss all things sleep (or lack there of?)🎙️😴
We want all our fellow Mamas to know you’re not alone and hope to continue the conversation on normalizing Mamas doing what’s best for their babe(s).

Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1wwMmrp1gDm4OjLF2MrjoK?si=NXfL_AydRtWPucB8ef5Jgw&dd=1

Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mamas-with-trauma-unpopular-opinions/id1672869505?i=1000610307961