The Joyful Mom Podcast
I’m Megan Hillukka, a mother to a large family, a wife, business owner, homeschooling mom, and this podcast shows you how to find joy in motherhood, even when it’s busy, overwhelming, and chaotic, so that you can have peace, energy, and be the mom you thought you would be. We’ll talk about mental health, business, homemaking, marriage, raising kids, and more, all the ups and downs that a mother might experience in her life as she raises her family. This is the Joyful Mom Podcast.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 348
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
67 : God, Grief and the Work I Do
In this episode, I want to share to you how God has given me strength in facing the most difficult and painful aspect in my life, the death of my baby, Aria.
I believe that she…
66 : The Words You Say and Speak
In this episode, we are going to know how powerful words are especially in grief.
We can connect the words in our thoughts, and use them to communicate how we are feeling.That’…
EP 65 : ALL GOOD or ALL BAD
How can you tell someone if he or she is good or bad?
Is it through his or her actions?
In this episode,we are going to realize that we are not ALL GOOD nor ALL BAD. We are a co…
64: Baby Loss and Holding on to Hope with Ashley
In this episode, we are going to listen to Ashley’s story of grieving, moving on, and inspiring others.
Ashley had lost a child not only once, but twice- her two lovely daughte…
63 : The 3 Biggest Myths That Are Keeping You Stuck
In this episode, we are going to debunk 3 biggest myths that are keeping you stuck and preventing you from healing.
1. Time – Some people say that you need to wait for 10 y…
62: C.A.R.R.Y.ing Grief
In today’s episode, I’m going to share with you a quick guide I use in coaching grieving mothers.
Our emotions in grief are just like the ocean with waves that come and go. Ther…
61: Grief in Your Body Guided Meditation
Grieving affects our physical and psychological well-being. It puts a lot of stress and tension on both our mind and body.
In this episode, we are going to acknowledge, reconnec…
60: Shifting Grief With Mary Anne
Losing her son to suicide was not something that was on Mary Anne's mind as she tried to support and help her son with his mental struggles.
In this episode, We are going to lea…
59: The importance of resting in grief
Grieving over someone’s death is greatly draining not only emotionally, but as well as physically.
In this episode,we are going to know the importance of how resting from grief…
58: Children’s Grief and Trauma with Samantha Colai LMFT
Samantha is the therapist our children went to after the death of their little sister Aria. I have learned so much from Samantha and I wanted to have her on my podcast to share…
57: Needing to Know
Have you ever felt like you don’t know enough about exactly what happened with your child’s death? Maybe it feels like you cannot find any peace because there are too many unkn…
56: Fear
Fear is driving our world right now, fear seems to be something that stops us from taking action and doing the things we want in our life.
Fear definition from online: an unplea…
55: How To Get Through Grief
How do we get through grief? It can feel so impossible. I wanted to share ideas that came to me of how we can learn to walk with grief and “get through” one of the most difficu…
54: Searching for hope in deep grief with Pony Walker
I’m so excited to have one of my coaching clients Pony here on the podcast. Pony has been a joy to work with. She’s so open and coachable, and willing to try anything I offer t…
53: Building Your Support System
As a grieving person it’s exhausting to be alive. It’s exhausting every single day. And then there are people around us who don’t understand or who don’t say the right things o…
52: Pregnancy After Loss with Amy Watson
Pregnancy after loss can be a terrifying experience. The worries and fears that come up after you know the possibility of losing another child is a real thing are very real. So…
51: What Story Are You Telling
The way we tell our story is a powerful thing. We can tell our story with shame, resentment, guilt, and where we keep beating ourselves up. Or we can tell our story with love, …
50: Why You Should Invest in Your Mental Health
Right now, you cannot buy anything from me. I have nothing to sell you in this moment. So I wanted to talk about investing in yourself and why I believe you need to be investin…
49: Getting in Tune With Your Emotion
Looking inside ourselves and beginning to feel our emotions is one of the most difficult things we can do.
We are driven by our emotions. Everything we do is because we feel a c…
48: Generational Trauma
I’ve been meaning to do an episode on generational trauma for a while, and I wanted to do it now, with all the discussion around racism and systemic racism. I believe the more …