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Wants, needs, and laundry....oh my!

In this fun, small-sized episode, host Celeste Busa, and her husband Dave Hill, get philisophical in this post-therapy discussion.

• Queen of revenge bedtime [1:47]
• Decompression versus bedtime [2:47]
• Checking off the adult list [5:00]
• Prioritizing wants over responsibility [7:52]
• Wants as a parent and individual [9:56]
• Letting go of selfish guilt for your wants [10:43]
• Communicating wants with partner [14:45]
• Keeping empathy with wants [15:53]
• Maintaing personal choice around others [17:05]
• Starting with small conversations [18:44]
• Understanding partner history [19:12]
• Wanting time to play with partner [21:00]
• Picking a selfish want [22:02]
• Honoring wants within parenting [24:00]

We appreciate you stopping by, and we have LOTS more to come, so stay tuned, every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcast!

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Breastfreeding expectations, philosophy on sharing with others, seeing ourselves in our children and much, much more!!

Actress, comedian, writer, and returning guest, Lizz Adams, shares an engaging and insightful conversation with Celeste surrounding:

• What to tell yourself in the 3rd trimester, post-birth [15:40]
• Discovering and tackling postpartum anxiety [16:22]
• Letting go of expectations of motherhood [20:32]
• Importance of girl time and supportive friends [24:18]
• Societal pressure to breastfeed [27:39]
• Being the "perfect parent" [29:30]
• Breaking generational trauma cycles in parenting tactics [31:44]
• ADHD and intense emotions [35:35]
• Teaching children emotional fluidity [38:06]
• Parenting experts influencing parenting habits [41:50]
• Sharing philosophy with children [44:01]
• Growing oneself after becoming a parent [47:20]
• Shifting priorities and finding identity [51:44]
• The joys of parenting [55:23]
• Book recommendations and their impact [58:26]

We appreciate you stopping by, and we have LOTS more to come, so stay tuned, every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcast!

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The conversation is a throwback with one of our previous guests! Check out more about Lizz and her story and helpful resources by veiwing the below links:

Lizz Adams Twitter

Lizz Adams IG

Lizz Adams Website

BOOK: There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather

BOOK: No Bad Kids

BOOK: Good Inside

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Epidural wet tap, finding humor and play in parenting, building a supportive mom community and much, much more!!

Actress, writer and improviser, Sarah Bonsignore, chats with Celeste in a fun and humourous surrounding:

• 2:00 - benifits of being occupied
• 3:46 - multitudes of motherhood
• 6:18 - navigating self with child independence
• 13:19 - growing up with a therapist mother
• 16:51 - balancing instrinsic validation with appreciation
• 21:24 - approaching other mother's feedback within pregnancy and parenting
• 24:29 - undertalked about realities of breastfeeding
• 28:55 - tips for creating mom friends
• 34:37 - long labor birth story
• 42:36 - finding safety post birth
• 49:43 - expressing anger and personal grief
• 57:18 - telling tough stories to children
• 58:37 - finding humor and play
• 1:00:38 - "this is a season" mantra

We appreciate you stopping by, and we have LOTS more to come, so stay tuned, every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcast!

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The conversation definitely flows between these two! Check out more about Sarah and her story and meaningful projects using the below links:

Sarah IG

Check out Sarah's work at: IMDb

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Navigating depression during pregnancy and postpartum, feeling your identity evolve, staying connected to oneself, delivering with COVID, and much, much more!!

Actress, comedian, writer and producer, Alison Whitney, chats with Celeste in a lively conversation around:

• 2:52 - 1st pregnancy and recognizing depression
• 7:30 - identity crisis within pregnancy
• 11:37 - sharing postpartum through support network
• 13:28 - healing through writing personal stories
• 16:47 - safety within your body & not blaming yourself
• 19:09 - meeting people where they are
• 21:22 - showing up for yourself
• 25:21 - giving yourself grace and "both and"
• 28:00 - presence & acceptance
• 33:40 - depression within pregnancy / loss of control and identify self
• 37:16 - being kind you yourself
• 39:35 - having mom friends
• 43:20 - combating the "shame nucleus"
• 44:51 - COVID birth story
• 54:39 - 80s power ballad

We appreciate you stopping by, and we have LOTS more to come, so stay tuned, every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcast!

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The conversation definitely flows between these two! Check out more about Alison and her story and meaningful projects using the below links:

Alison Whitney Website

Shoutout LA - Meet Alison Whitney

Alison IG

Check out Alison's work at: IMDb

Join Celeste and her weekly guests as we dive into the real, vulnerable, honest conversations of motherhood, pregnancy, and all things parenting!

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Disenfranchised grief, postpartum after pregnancy loss, honoring the healing journey....and so much more!!

Registered associate marital and family therapist, MK Hurlbutt, discusses with Celeste in an honest conversation around:

• Experience with pegnancy & pregnancy loss [10:52]
• Healing through telling stories [15:42]
• Giving grief space to breath [18:37]
• Sharing in grief & loss with others [22:28]
• Emotional freedom teechnique [24:40]
• Loss of identity for loss postpartum [28:12]
• Linking grief with identity [32:23]
• Chinese parable for presence [35:15]

This episode does contain a conversation about pregnancy loss, so if that type of story feels uncomfortable to you today, honor where you are an we will see you next week! We appreciate you stopping by, and we have LOTS more to come, so stay tuned, every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcast!

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We are SO excited to be releasing this episode! Big fans of MK over here!! Show her some love by checking out her links below:

MK Psychology Today

MK IG

And of course, the trilogy of Celeste's fav reads:

The Whole-Brain Child BOOK

No-Drama Discipline BOOK

Parenting from the Inside Out BOOK

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Hello Hello! And welcome back!

We are excited to officially kick-off our full-length episodes again!

It's been a minute! In this episode, we dive into what is feels like to be recording again, the process of learning how to tell complex stories, and how a conversation from an unreleased podcast episode helped ground Celeste during the birth of her second.

This episode does contain a conversation about an emergency delivery, so if that type of story feels uncomfortable to you today, honor where you are an we will see you next week! We appreciate you stopping by, and we have LOTS more to come, so stay tuned, every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcast!

Join Celeste and her weekly guests as we dive into the real, vulnerable, honest conversations of motherhood, pregnancy, and all things parenting!

THE SHOW 🎙️

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We are BACK! Well... almost!

In this fun, bite-sized episode, host Celeste Busa, and her husband Dave Hill, are thrilled to be back with more episodes of WEEK BY WEEK.

This episode serves as the ice-breaker to what's coming next. Join us as we delve into their parenting highs and lows of the week, plus a little snot, slapstixk comedy, and laughing with (or at) your partner. Plus, hints at what's coming next as we prepare for the first full-length episode returning next week!

Tune in on Wednesday for more of Celeste & Dave as they kick-off a BRAND. NEW. SEASON.

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Gut health, self-soothing, chronic illness management. Hear the symptoms of endometriosis and ways to navigate the chronic illness [2:03].

Women's health coach and certified yoga instructor, Laura Ibragimova, joins Celeste in an insightful conversation around:

• Chronic reproductive issues awareness and education [1:21]
• Managing her symptoms of endometriosis [4:50]
• Finding the right medical path for you [8:17]
• Navigating fertility among chronic reproductive health disorders [12:46]
• Self-care vs. self-soothing [22:00]
• Stigmas surrounding infertility [25:20]
• Small ways to help improve fertility [29:12]
• Importance of balanced gut health [31:57]
• Cultivating healthy relationships with children and food [41:26]

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ILYNSI Yoga Website

ILYNSI Yoga IG

Celeste Busa IG

Dave Hill IG

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