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The MMP Blog
The MMP Blog expands on the conversations happening inside The Mama Making Podcast — offering written reflections, guest insights, and deeper dives into the ways mothers build meaningful change in their communities, their work, and everyday life.
This is where the ripple continues.
Alexandra Swayne | From Layoff to Launch: How One Mom Built Three Businesses While Raising Two Kids Under Three
Alexandra Swayne joins the Mama Making Podcast to share how a layoff while pregnant led to three businesses, a viral product launch, and a community of 600 women.
5 min read
Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers | Shameless Parenting: Breaking the Cycle of Sexual Shame and Raising Kids Who Know Their Worth
Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers joins the Mama Making Podcast to talk sexual shame, shameless parenting, healing your legacy, and raising kids who know their worth. A must-listen for every parent.
6 min read
Emily Encinosa | The Maternity Ecosystem: Home Birth, Midwifery Care, and the Future of Community-Based Birth
Certified midwife Emily Encinosa joins the Mama Making Podcast to talk home birth, transfer rates, her maternity ecosystem, and the future of community-based birth care.
6 min read
Jessica Lamb | Survival Mode, Season Five, and What's Coming Next for the Mama Making Podcast
Jessica shares a raw solo update — broken arm, dental surgery, survival mode, and what's ahead for Season Five of the Mama Making Podcast. A real life check-in every mom will relate to.
6 min read
Terry Tateossian | From Burnout to Vitality: How One Mom Lost 80 Pounds, Survived Perimenopause, and Reclaimed Her Health
Terry Tateossian joins the Mama Making Podcast to share her raw journey through burnout, early perimenopause, and losing 80 pounds — and what it really takes to reclaim your health in midlife.
6 min read
Dr. Kim Van Dusen | Parenting Through Play: Building Better Behavior and Deeper Connection with Your Kids
You Don't Have to Be a Play Mom — But Here's Why Play Might Change Everything I'll be honest with you. I am not what you'd call a play mom. I don't love sitting on the floor doing voices for toy figures or building elaborate pretend scenarios that go on for forty-five minutes. I connect with my son in other ways — silliness, conversations, movement, our own little rituals. But sitting down to "play" in the traditional sense? Not really my thing. So when Dr. Kim Van Dusen star
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