The Expecting and Empowered Podcast

This week’s guest is Kate Eskuri; a mom, fellow Midwesterner, and registered nurse with her doctorate in integrative and holistic health. Kate has a really approachable way of talking about health an…

We are bringing you the non-birth partner’s perspective today. Eli Weinstein is a licensed clinical social worker therapist of The Dude Therapist podcast. He works with couples and specializes in anx…

It’s Amy here and I am really excited for today’s episode because I will be telling the story of our third son’s birth. If you are looking for other birth stories, be sure to check out episodes #3 an…

Today we are talking to Dr. Morgan Cutlip who is a wife, mom of two, has a PhD in psychology, and is passionate about helping moms understand their relationships with themselves and their partners.

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It’s Amy here this week and I’m educating you on one of my favorite topics which is the difference between lifting weights and cardio. They both have their place but today we are diving into what the…

With so many skin and hair products on the market it is hard to determine which ones are best, and safest, during pregnancy and postpartum. Today we have the lovely Dr. Fatima Fahs who is a board cer…

This is part two of our series with Postpartum and Labor + Delivery nurse, Mackenzie from @mackenzie.on.motherhood. If you haven’t listened to episode 27 yet, we highly recommend you go back and list…

This week we are featuring part one of a two part series with Mackenzie from @mackenzie.on.motherhood on Instagram and TikTok. She is a labor and delivery nurse as well as a postpartum nurse. She is …

One thing that we are really passionate about here at Expecting and Empowered are daily habits. We just finished our first accountability challenge of 2023 and we got so much positive feedback from o…

Today we sit down with Dr. Alice Pickering who is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified clinical trauma specialist. She owns her own private practice and has an incredible Instagram account …

Today we are talking to you about how you can prepare for your upcoming labor and delivery. We cover everything from the different stages of labor and what to expect in each one, to optimal laboring …

Today, we are so lucky to sit down with Larissa Geleris from @steadyparents. She is an occupational therapist who specializes in helping parents to regulate their senses and emotions to nourish their…

It’s Amy here and this week we’ve got a mini episode for you. We put together our tangible, best tips for getting your workouts in because we know it’s incredibly hard to do when you have a bunch of …

This week’s guest might sound familiar to you if you’ve taken any of our runs inside our app. We have Abby Green with us today to talk about her experience with prolapse. Abby is an amazing member of…

It’s Amy here and today I am honored to have my friend, Dr. Angel Monfort on as a guest. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified in perinatal mental health. Dr. Angel helps women naviga…

It’s Amy here today with a really fun episode for you, because you’ll get to hear the birth story of one of our employees at Expecting and Empowered, Lacey Yasick who shares how her third child recen…

It’s Amy here, and I’m so excited to sit down in person with Amber Latsch, who is a member of the American College of Nurse-Midwives and certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board. Amber…

In this episode, we’re diving into a topic that we know more women need to hear about, and that is urinary incontinence. Even today, we hear a lot of different comments, thoughts, and experiences on …

We get asked often in our community about preparing for labor and delivery, which is why we are focusing on this topic today. We want to provide moms listening with tangible tips, so that you can set…

It’s Amy here, and today I am sharing the story of my second son’s birth. His name is Trey Daniel, and I will say that out of my three births, this one was my favourite labor and delivery experience …