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
27 Grief is a Gift
Episode 27 Show Notes
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Grief is hard
Grief needs to be fought
Grief is evil and horrible
Common things people…
26: The Past, Present, and Future You
Episode 26 Show Notes
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-What 3 emotions do I feel?
-Story of in Florida
-Future?
-What if your story isn’t o…
25 Grieving Changes in Life with Traci
Episode 25 Show Notes
-How does someone know they are experiencing menopause?
-What are the general age ranges?
-What are the emotions one might go through because menopause signi…
24 Living a Cultivated Life
Episode 24 Show Notes
-What’s the purpose of cultivated family
-Why I looked for cultivated family
-Lessons of loss from Aria, that life can end or change quickly.
-Leaning into th…
23 Therapy, Trauma, and Hope with Justin Sunseri
Episode 23 Show Notes
Hey, today I'm super excited because I got to chat all about trauma, therapy, and how we are stuck and not broken with Justin Sincero. Justin is a Licensed…
22 In the Absence of Joy
Episode 22 Show Notes
Grief is not a disease. It is not an illness that needs to be done with and moved through quickly.
So what do you do, when grief is overshadowing our lives,…
21 How to Calm Your Mind To Allow Sleep In
Episode 21 Show Notes
-Who is Nicky, and how did you come to be a sleep coach?
-How do you calm your mind so you can go to sleep?
-Sleep is safety, and Satisfaction
-Sleep Hygiene.
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20: You Got Engaged at the Cemetery?!?!
Episode 20 Show Notes
What in the world does our engagement story have to do with Aria, and grief? Well, it actually has a lot to do with it. It’s funny how we can look back and…
19 Triplets, Bedrest, NICU, and Baby loss with Nicole
Episode 17 Show Notes
I want to thank Nicole for sharing her story today, there are so many layers and parts to it, that I felt like we hardly got into it. We could have kept ta…
18: Surviving the Holidays
Episode 18 Show Notes
I want to talk about surviving the holidays I remember my first year after Aria died. I looked around and everyone was so excited for the Christmas season.…
17: Shining Leydens Light With Melissa
Episode 17 Show Notes
Today I’m chatting with Melissa Dlugolecki, a life coach, a bereaved mother, and podcaster like she says so many other things as well. But Melissa shares …
16: There is No Wrong Way to Grieve
Episode 16 Show Note
Today’s topic is surrounding grief and the common saying there is no wrong way to grieve. Everyone says that over and over. And I'd like to say that we all …
15: Post-Traumatic Growth in Grief
Episode 15 Show Notes
Today’s guest is with Krista St. Germain a grief coach, who works specifically with widows as she is a widow herself, but this conversation seriously fires…
14: What Are You Thinking?
Episode 14 Show Notes
In this episode we are diving into thoughts, and how starting to notice our thoughts can change our lives. It literally changed my life.
-Examples of how no…
13: When Your Body Knows Grief with Monique
Episode 13 Show Notes
-How Monique came to know grief?
-How she began to learn about grief and trauma stored in the body
-How grief yoga different than regular yoga
-How do you beg…
From Broken to Changed
Episode 12 Show Notes
-Lessons I've learned from losing my daughter Aria
-How I have come from feeling emotionally fragile and shattered, to stronger emotionally.
-How jumping so …
11: Second First Time Mom with Amanda
Today's guest is mother who is parenting her child who is not with her. Amanda shares about her daughter Juniper on her Instagram, and in pregnancy began sharing about pregnanc…
10: As a Grieving Mother
Episode 10
I have thought of these things over and over lately so I wanted to share some thoughts on them.
-The need to "stay strong"
-The fact that you matter
- Grief changes you …
09: Building a Beautiful Life With Mental Health Struggles
Episode #9:
So many of us experience mental health struggles, yet we suffer alone and in silence. Julie Lee’s mission is to let others know that they are seen and heard, becaus…
08:Four Things I've Learned in Grief
Episode 8 Show Notes
Four things I learned in my grief after my daughter Aria died. I so badly wanted to go to sleep and not face what was my life looming in front of me. I lear…