Momnesia
A podcast for moms where we share the stories we want to remember and the ones we wish we could forget.
Episodes
Julie and Sarah are back for Season 3, Episode 3. Tween fashion, interfaith dynamics, raising kids during a pandemic, racial profiling. We nearly cover every topic in this discussion with some new friends, guests Zaiba Hasan and Uzma Jafri from the podcast Mommying While Muslim.
"Mommying While Muslim seeks to support American Muslim moms and the unique issues we face in a post 9/11 world. In addition to sharing our personal experi...
Julie and Sarah are back for Season 3, Episode 2 with guest Lisa Graft. There is plenty of chatting about this season of zoom calls and sore rear-ends, Julie’s new coaching business Awake Enneagram and Sarah’s constant pivoting in 2020 as a musician Read more
Welcome back to Momnesia! Julie and Sarah kick-off season three by sharing how life has changed as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic. We know all you mamas out there can relate to this new juggling act of working, schooling, and parenting from home. Let’s commiserate together and cheer each other on as we figure out this new way of life.
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Today’s episode wraps up season two of Momnesia. We heard from fourteen amazing women, each one giving us a glimpse into their motherhood journey with vulnerability and authenticity. This season was marked with stories of postpartum depression, loss, and grief, but also new life, healing, and hope. We hope you enjoyed listening as much as we enjoyed capturing these stories.
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"What good is the warm of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness." - John Steinbeck
While Julie and Sarah agree on many things, the winter season is not one of them. Julie has had her fill of blustery winds, gray skies, and sloshy roads from snow, sleet, and ice, and is ready for sunshine and spring. Sarah, on the other hand, is loving the snow-...
It’s Momnesia time, y’all! Today your podcast hosts are feeling a bit slap-happy, so please forgive us ahead of time. In our Catch Up at the beginning of the episode, Sarah shares about her latest adventure in rearranging furniture in her home. Who thinks it’s time for Sarah to start a blog chronicling the ever-changing layout of her home? (I’d read that.) Or, maybe she should start another side-gig ...
In today’s Catch Up, Julie and Sarah share about specific individuals who have touched their lives in unique ways. For Julie, it’s Rachel Held Evans. Julie first found Rachel about 10 years ago through her blog, and followed her career through four books, countless articles, and various speaking engagements. Rachel was ab...
Do you have a moment in your past that you wish you could change? Do you replay certain conversations over and over again, wishing you could have had the perfect comeback in the moment rather than 10 years later? Is there a moment in time when everything changed? Sarah and Julie have been mulling this over in conversations on Marco Polo for the past three weeks after being introduced to a remarkable podcast produced by Gimlet Media...
Sarah and Julie don’t just host and produce podcasts; they eat, sleep, and drink PODCASTS! And, in this week’s Catch Up, we share some of our newest podcast obsessions with the Momnesia community. Whether you are a true crime kind of gal or a fiction-loving mama, we’ve got some great suggestions to start off your New Year.
Today’s guest on the pod is Rev. Shann...
On today’s catch up, Julie and Sarah talk about bucket lists. This fall, Julie was a guest on the Good Girl Gone Boss podcast (make sure to check it out) and the hosts completely caught her off guard when they asked her to share about her bucket list. Julie came to the startling realization that she doesn’t have one! As som...
In this week’s catch up, Sarah shares about a unique and powerful experience she shared with her mom performing with SongShape, a program of The Resonance Initiative. The SongShape Chorus uses the power of singing to encourage people
Momnesia friends, we want to give you a quick heads up. In this week’s catch up, we talk about some heavy subjects surrounding suicide and the death of a loved one. If you would prefer to bypass this particular discussion, please skip ahead to 15:47.
Julie continues to reflect on the experience she shared with her daughter at Read more
In this week’s catch up, Sarah shares about some of her recent gigs - Indianapolis Airport (best one in the nation, baby!) for the Indy Jazz Fest;
Hello, Momnesia land! In this week’s catch up, Sarah shares about celebrating her 18th wedding anniversary with Jeff. (Mazel tov, friends!) They started the summer with a romantic getaway, but still wanted to do something special on the day of t...
In this week’s catch up, Sarah recommends her recent binge-worthy show on Netflix, Ozark. Our fave, Jason Bateman, is not only the main character in this dark show, but also the Director. He recently won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding ...
It's time for season two of the Momnesia Podcast! Sarah and Julie spend time catching up on life by doing a deep dive on four important topics - health, family, careers, and our current faves (what we are listening to, watching and reading). Grab you favorite drink and settle in with us as we fill you in on all the details!
Julie starts us off by sharing about some major health issues she encountered at the beginning of the year....
As Momnesia Podcast’s first season wraps up, Sarah and Julie sit down and talk about surviving this Indiana winter weather, their careers and projects on which they're each working, and what’s in store for Season 2 and beyond. Their guest for this episode is Renee Travis. Renee is a Mama Warrior to one exceptional boy, Austin, and wife to her redneck husband, Barry. In her previous life she was a marketing executive, singer, and am...
In this week’s episode, Sarah and Julie sit down with Lani Nunes Willbanks. Lani’s story is raw and vulnerable, complex and layered, hard and beautiful. Lani has lived from coast to coast and is married to her retired military husband in Washington D.C.. She has four daughters and a son and talks about life as a single mom, as a blended family, and all kinds of other seasons. She works in the church world, centering her efforts on ...
In today's episode, Sarah and Julie interview Turae Mumford. Turae speaks to her co-parenting journey and the non-traditional road that led her there. As a beautiful woman of faith, Turae shares about the village it has taken in parenthood, being a minister's wife, her role as female leader in the African-American community, and her career in the political world. This episode includes chats on New Years' resolutions, celery juicing...
On today’s pod, Sarah and Julie sit down to chat with Christina Smith. Be forewarned - you are going to need some tissues nearby for this episode. It’s a doozy.
Christina Smith has been a licensed mental heath therapist for almost 20 years. Christina considers it an honor to do the work of journeying through past and present pain with clients seeking to heal from trauma, loss, depression, and anxiety. Christina has experienced her...
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