Me Before Mom

Me Before Mom

There was a “me” before there was a “mom”. That is the motto by which Elizabeth “Bert” Anderson lives. As the creator of the lifestyle blog Me Before Mom, Bert supports millennial moms facing the challenges and changes of motherhood. Me Before Mom is a podcast that offers support through real life stories, encouraging advice, and answers to questions about how a woman maintains herself during this self-sacrificial time of parenthood. Bert wants to help other mothers welcome the excitement of facing new experiences while reaching milestones in parenting. As the creator of the lifestyle blog Me Before Mom, Bert supports millennial moms facing the challenges and changes of motherhood. Me Before Mom is an online community that offers support through real life stories, encouraging advice, and answers to questions about how a woman maintains herself during this self-sacrificial time of parenthood. Stories from Bert Anderson have helped women across the globe through the Huffington Post, Today’s Parent, and on the Harry show. Whether weathering the first year of motherhood or walking through the later stages of motherhood, Bert has helped many continue to find herself while still in the throes of motherhood. Matriarch Digital Media produces this and other podcasts that understand, encourage and uplift women.

Episodes

Season 3 Episode 10: Perfectly Imperfect Moms

August 30, 2022 • 31 mins
In today’s digital age everybody’s got an opinion, and not only that, everybody’s got a platform to share those opinions. As if moms didn’t already feel the pressure that comes with parenting. Now we see hundreds of photos, videos, blog posts an news articles all trying to rank, or measure our parenting skills. But sometimes we forget about the one and only metric that actually matters, are our kids happy?

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Season 3 Episode 9: Getting Back to YOU

August 16, 2022 • 39 mins
As parents we sometimes get lost in the day to day of raising children, coupled with working and maintaining a relationship with your significant other. Bert reminds us all that it is healthy to step away sometimes and do things you love and enjoy so you don't lose yourself. So ask yourself what are the key things that make you happy and why?

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Season 3 Episode 8: Taking Calculated Risks

August 2, 2022 • 38 mins
Today Bert challenges us to face our fears. Taking risks, and doing things that scare us is what keeps life interesting. Sure you might fail a couple times, maybe even a hundred times, but you’ve still won by continuing to try. Let’s all try to do one thing that scares us today, who knows, you just might succeed.

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Season 3 Episode 7: Girls Weekend

July 19, 2022 • 30 mins
As busy moms, wives, and working women there comes a time when you need to unplug from it all and have some fun! Bert takes a girls trip with friends for the first time since the pandemic to relax and unwind. She shares fun stories of her weekend adventure and tips for how to have fun with no agenda.

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Season 3 Episode 6: Teaching your kids about Mean Girls and Toxic Friends

July 5, 2022 • 35 mins
Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally victimized by someone you considered a friend. We have all had run-ins with toxic people. People that intimidate us, or make us feel less than. Some of those people we dare to call our friends. How do tell a friend that their behavior is not okay, or that they made you uncomfortable? Bert shares her experiences with mean girls and how she’s helping her daughter navigate girl world in h...
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Season 3 Episode 5: Navigating Your Kids on Social Media

June 21, 2022 • 38 mins
Bert shares her anxiousness and fears surrounding social media and her kids. As a Social Media Manager, she understands all too well the influence these platforms can have on your children. As scary as it may be, it is our responsibility as parents to understand what our children are engaging in, to help them develop healthy habits with technology in this digital age.

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Season 3 Episode 4: Berts What to Watch List

June 7, 2022 • 34 mins
Today Bert gushes over one of her most beloved pastimes…television! From nostalgic moments of bonding with family and friends to enjoying some much-needed alone time after a long day, the idiot box holds a special place in all of our hearts. Find out what shows Bert recommends, and maybe even pick up a tip on how to enjoy your favorite entertainment whenever you want.

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Season 3 Episode 3: Adult Mean Girls and Toxic Friendships

May 24, 2022 • 42 mins
Making friends as an adult can be hard. Making friends as a parent can be even harder. What do we do when the friendships we've tried to cultivate turn sour? Tune in this week on Me Before Mom as Bert tackles toxic friendships and giving each other a little grace.

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Season 3 Episode 2: No Mom Guilt Here

May 10, 2022 • 39 mins
Parenthood is all about making choices. Deciding on formula or breastfeeding, which brand of diapers are best for my baby or what foods should they be eating. These choices can leave us all wondering if we're doing the right thing for our kids. Tune in this week on Me Before Mom as Bert talks about a struggle all moms deal with on different levels, "Mom Guilt".

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Season 3 Episode 1: Personal Assistant or Mom

April 26, 2022 • 36 mins
Bert opens up Season 3 of Me Before Mom by navigating the constant demands of motherhood and how sometimes your kid can feel like your boss!

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Season 2 Episode 11: Mental Health Check

February 15, 2021 • 27 mins
TRIGGER WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SENSITIVE AND POSSIBLY TRIGGERING CONTENT, LISTEN WITH CARE.Let us take a moment to pause, take a deep breath, and give ourselves - and everyone around us - a break. COVID-19 has and continues to affect us all. Our lives have been turned upside down by social distancing, quarantines, and lockdowns. This week on Me Before Mom, Bert speaks candidly about her own mental health struggles during th...
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Season 2 Episode 10: Interview w/ Heather Brooker

February 2, 2021 • 35 mins
This week on Me Before Mom entertainment journalist, actress, podcast host, influencer, comedian, and mom, Heather Brooker is speaking with Bert about her journey to motherhood, parenting in Hollywood, and how working from home has its ups and downs. Bert and Heather compare lockdowns between California and Minnesota and the ways their kids are coping with being at home. For more information, check out Bert's website: https://...
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Season 2 Episode 9: Interview w/ Brandi Riley

January 26, 2021 • 43 mins
Bert is talking with author, creator, influencer, and blogger Brandi Riley about how she is educating other influencers, raising independent kids, and balancing life during a pandemic. Brandi explains how working on her self-esteem and gaining a more accurate sense of self-importance has helped her show love to the people most valued in her life. Bert and Brandi remind us to take time to appreciate where we are right now as moms an...
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Season 2 Episode 8: Racism, Social Justice & My Kids

January 19, 2021 • 17 mins
Bert is continuing her conversation on race and opens up about the humbling and awkward conversations she’s having with her kids about racism. Bert explains how she is talking to her kids differently based on what they are seeing from pre-school to tween and why you don’t need to be an expert on race to talk to your kids and acknowledge what they are seeing. Bert invites you to walk on this journey with her and talk about how we ca...
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Season 2 Episode 7: Growing Up

January 12, 2021 • 17 mins
Bert has been dreaming about and wanting just a little bit of alone time since she became a mom. Now it’s happened, the kids are doing their own things - without her. This week Bert is reflecting on the old saying “the days are long, but the years are short” and what it means to finally have that alone time she’s always dreamed of. Bert discusses how being tired as a mom changes from physical to emotional as her children’s needs ch...
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Season 2 Episode 6: Racism In America, Where I'm At

January 4, 2021 • 32 mins
This week Bert discusses where she is at on her very  personal journey of racial reconciliation and why it is important to do the hard,  ugly work of looking at herself as a white woman of privilege and facing racism  head on. Bert address what it means to be a “white savior” in the black  community and how white people can really help people of color (Hint: it’s not  about just showing up in an emergency).  From this episode: TIME...
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Season 2 Episode 5: Being Bored

December 15, 2020 • 16 mins
Bert is reminded of summers spent with her family growing up in the 90s and compares them to her kids as they spend more time at home this summer. Bert wants to know, with all of the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, if life is returning to a simpler time and if it is good to let your kids be bored, after all Bert’s mom didn’t entertain her during her long summer days as a kid. Is it good to let your kids be bored?For more informat...
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Season 2 Episode 4: Me, In a Pandemic

December 7, 2020 • 15 mins
In this week’s episode Bert is opening up about her personal struggles during quarantine and how being an extrovert during lockdown brought her to her lowest point. As moms we often take care of others before ourselves, Bert reminds us to put our oxygen masks on first before we put on oxygen for everyone else. Bert shares her transition from being an always positive person to someone that couldn’t see hope in any situation and how ...
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Season 2 Episode 3: Part 3 w/ Dr. James A Ankrum

November 30, 2020 • 58 mins
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Iowa, and brother-in-law to Bert, Dr. James A. Ankrum is back for the third and final interview on COVID-19 and coronavirus. In this week’s episode Dr. Ankrum is discussing the second (or third) wave of the virus, what we really need to understand about holiday gathering with its risks and the potential vaccines on the horizon in 2021.From this Episode:Dr. James A A...
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Season 2 Episode 2: Part 2 w/ Dr. James A Ankrum

November 17, 2020 • 35 mins
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Iowa, and brother-in-law to Bert, Dr. James A. Ankrum is back for more on COVID-19 and coronavirus. In this week’s episode Dr. Ankrum is breaking down masks, how to understand the models and charts, coronavirus testing, and transmission in kids and schools.From this Episode:Dr. James A Ankrum, University of Iowa, Mendeley.com publications, Google Scholar publication...
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