In this empowering episode of Grow Like a Mother, Jill Wright sits down with emotional mastery and self-trust coach, Courtney Osselaer, for a deeply affirming conversation about the journey from overwhelm and anxiety to inner peace and personal power.

Courtney, once a registered nurse and now a transformational coach for spiritual and self-aware moms, shares how she blends clinical experience with holistic modalities like inner child healing and intuitive coaching. Together, they explore what it truly means to come home to yourself as a mother, how to reclaim your power, and why emotional safety is the foundation of authentic confidence.

If you’ve been feeling stuck in cycles of burnout, self-doubt, or over-giving, this episode will show you that another way is possible.

✨ In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• • Courtney’s powerful career shift from nursing to coaching
  • How motherhood triggered her own healing journey

• • Why emotional safety is the key to true self-trust

  • How we can begin to unlearn people-pleasing and perfectionism

  • The truth about intuition (and how to reconnect with it)

  • Simple tools to start feeling more grounded and safe in your body

  About Courtney:

  Courtney Osselaer is an Emotional Mastery and Self-Trust Coach who supports self-aware, spiritual moms in breaking free from overwhelm, self-doubt, and anxiety. With 15 years of experience as a Registered Nurse, Courtney now blends her clinical expertise with holistic modalities like inner child healing and intuitive coaching to guide women back to their power. Her work centers on helping mothers create emotional safety, set boundaries without guilt, and break free from generational cycles, so they can show up fully as the women and mothers they were always meant to be. Courtney’s mission is clear: to help women reconnect with their intuition because when a woman trusts herself, everything changes.

  Connect with Courtney:

  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_eo_seahorse

  Website: https://courtneycoacheswellness.com

  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/courtney.osselaer

  Email: courtney@courtneycoacheswellness.com

  
  

  Resources Mentioned:

  Rooted and Radiant Group Coaching: https://courtneycoacheswellness.com/rooted

  The Trigger Reflection Journal https://l.bttr.to/37Qhv

  
  

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In this uplifting and empowering episode, we dive into the real meaning of leadership as it shows up in motherhood, work, and everyday life.

Janet Krebs—a speaker, strategist, and 4x bestselling author—shares her powerful perspective on how moms are already functioning as CEOs in their own lives: as the Chief Everything Officers. With a background in consulting, education, and even commanding a space flight simulator for students, Janet brings humor, insight, and heart to the conversation about cultivating self-reliance, confidence, and influence as a parent and as a person.

Whether you're in the thick of raising kids or looking to reignite your leadership in a new season, this one will leave you feeling inspired and equipped.

🎧 In this episode, we talk about:

• Why leadership isn’t just for the boardroom—and why motherhood is one of the most powerful leadership roles there is

• What it means to embrace being the “Chief Everything Officer” of your life

• The importance of seeing leadership as a posture, not a position

• Why traditional views of leadership don’t serve moms—and what to replace them with

• How Janet’s experience in education, HR, and even as a space flight simulator commander shaped her unique take on family leadership

• The small mindset shifts that help moms lead with more clarity, confidence, and calm
  

About Janet:

Janet Krebs is a speaker, author, and strategist who helps families and influencers unleash their leadership mindset. With a rich career in consulting, HR, and education, she’s impacted over 65,000 students through her work as “Commander Krebs” in a Space Flight Simulator. She holds advanced degrees in Human Behavior, Counseling Psychology, and Education—and she’s passionate about helping people cultivate confidence, clarity, and courage in every area of life.

Connect with Janet:

🌐 Website: janetkrebs.com

💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/janetkrebsri

📘 Facebook: facebook.com/jkrebs3

🎁 Freebie: 45-Minute Family Audit Session

Resources Mentioned:

Previous episode with Sarah Kinlin: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/crafting-goals-that-light-you-up/id1601675882?i=1000694252306

Grace, Grit and Goals Book and Journal

https://sarahkinlin.com/products/grit-grace-and-goals-book

https://sarahkinlin.com/products/grit-grace-and-goals-journal

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In this raw and honest episode, we explore what it really takes to reclaim your voice, your confidence, and your sense of self after leaving a relationship that no longer serves you.

Ivana Care, a trauma-informed coach and founder of Holding Heart Space, shares her personal story of escaping an abusive relationship, living in a women’s refuge, and beginning the deep inner work of healing. Through nervous system regulation, root cause therapy, and community-based women's circles, Ivana now helps other women move through fear, shame, and uncertainty to find clarity and confidence on the other side of separation.

We talk about how trauma can subtly shape our behaviors, why people-pleasing and freezing are often misunderstood survival responses, and the power of being seen and supported in safe community.

If you’re in the thick of it, still navigating the fallout, or slowly rebuilding—this conversation is for you.

🎧 In this episode, we talk about:

• How trauma lives in the body (and what it means to be trauma-informed)

• Understanding people-pleasing, fawning, and freezing as protective responses

• The moment Ivana realized she had to leave—and what came next

• Finding strength through women's circles and shared storytelling

• The role of nervous system regulation in parenting and healing

• Why true healing starts with self-awareness, not just mindset shifts
  

About Ivana:

Ivana is a Life and Transformation Coach. Her journey into coaching began with her own personal transformation. Like many of the women she found herself facing an impossible choice in a relationship that no longer served her. Leaving meant stepping into the unknown and facing adversity, but it also meant opening doors to new possibilities. Today, Ivana is helping other women finding themselves after separation. She combines her personal experience with powerful tools like guided meditations, energy work, and trauma healing techniques.

Connect with Ivana:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ivana_carecoach

Website: https://www.ivanacare.com

Resources Mentioned:

Freebie: "5 Steps to Bounce Back After Break-up”: ⁠https://mailchi.mp/654c5b20033a/breakup-to-breakthrough⁠

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In this conversation, I reconnect with Sarah Sticklin to explore the witch wound - a generational trauma rooted in the persecution of women and wisdom-keepers throughout history - and how it still affects us today.

We dive deep into the fear that often accompanies spiritual gifts, the intuitive path, and what it really means to reclaim your inner knowing in a world that has taught us to suppress it. Sarah also shares how her own practice has evolved to include animal communication and how tuning into animals and nature is available to all of us.

This episode is for the woman who has ever felt afraid to be too much, too magical, too connected. It's for the intuitives, the gentle rebels, and the seekers who know there’s more beneath the surface.

What we talk about:

• The witch wound and how it still plays out in modern times

• Why reclaiming the word “witch” is an act of empowerment

• What practicing modern witchcraft actually looks like

• Sarah’s journey into animal communication and how it began with a horse named Shane

• How you can tune into your own intuitive gifts

• The importance of reconnecting with nature, intention, and the energy all around us

About Sarah

Sarah is an intuitive healer, spiritual mentor, and medium dedicated to guiding clients toward deep personal transformation. With a profound ability to connect with energy and passed loved ones, she offers personalized healing sessions that empower individuals to navigate life’s challenges with clarity and confidence. She hosts classes and spiritual gatherings, fostering a supportive community for those seeking expansion and enlightenment. Her mission is to help others embrace their own intuitive power, find balance, and live a life of purpose.

Connect with Sarah

Email: hello@sarahsticklin.com

Website: https://www.sarahsticklin.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahsticklin

Resources Mentioned:

Sarah is teaching a beginner-friendly animal communication course this spring, where you’ll learn to tune in to the animals in your life, deepen your connection, and trust your intuitive sense.

Get on the waitlist: https://sarahsticklin.myflodesk.com/petwaitlist

Our first conversation on Conscious Parenting and Intuitive Living:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/conscious-parenting-intuitive-living-with-sarah-sticklin/id1601675882?i=1000698831896

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In this episode of Grow Like a Mother, Jill is joined by the incredible Meegan Whelan, a mom of four, community leader, former school therapist, and executive coach who helps women lead more easeful and aligned lives.

Jill and Meegan dive into the deeply personal and powerful reasons so many moms shift their careers after motherhood, how Meegan moved from therapy to coaching, and why coaching became the transformational tool she didn’t know she needed. Together, they explore what it looks like to build a business and a life that honors your energy, your values, and your role as a mother.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• Meegan’s transition from therapist to executive coach

• How motherhood sparked a desire to create deeper impact

• The “SCOOP” framework Meegan uses to help high-achieving women thrive

• Why traditional success models don’t work for moms — and what to do instead

• The power of mentorship, values alignment, and redefining productivity

About Meegan:

Meegan Whelan is an executive coach, former therapist, and founder of SCOOP Coaching. As a mom of four and an ADHD advocate, she helps leaders, businesses, and parents move from chaos to confidence—transforming how they lead, communicate, and grow.

Meegan blends real-world experience with psychology-backed strategies to empower high achievers to thrive at work and at home—without burning out. She’s passionate about redefining success, especially for women balancing leadership, parenting, and their own well-being.

Connect with Meegan:

• Website: https://www.meeganwhelan.com

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meegan_whelan/

• LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meegan-whelan-lcmhc-pcc-11989b25

Resources Mentioned:

Get your audit and 30 minute consultation at https://www.meeganwhelan.com

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In this episode of Grow Like a Mother, I’m joined by Christina Sofia, a trauma-informed coach and somatic healing practitioner, for a powerful conversation about reclaiming your energy, healing from burnout, and learning to feel safe in your body again.

Christina shares how her personal healing journey, which began at age 12, led her to develop a holistic approach that blends mind, body, and spirit. From somatic movement to breathwork, we explore how to work with your nervous system instead of against it, and how to break free from the hustle cycle that so many moms and entrepreneurs are trapped in.

If you've been feeling like you're always on the verge of burnout or you're curious about tools like IFS, CBT, EFT, and somatic practices, this episode is for you.

What We Cover:

• The surprising signs of burnout that we often ignore

• Why traditional productivity methods don't work for everyone

• How somatic practices can help regulate your nervous system

• The importance of safety, stillness, and nervous system repair

• Christina’s personal healing journey and what she learned about trauma, ADHD, and the body

• Simple, soulful rituals to restore your energy and reconnect with joy

About Christina:

Christina Sofia supports soulful entrepreneurs to break free from cycles of burnout and create lasting peace, joy, and purpose. She is certified trauma-informed and trained in Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), with specialized knowledge in childhood trauma and development. Additionally, Christina is Reiki Level 2 certified and trained in women's spiritual practices.What sets Christina apart is her unique ability to bridge the body, mind, and spirit—rooted in her personal healing journey, which began at age 12. An entrepreneur since the age of 16, Christina has contributed to several million-dollar startups, excelling in sales, marketing, and business development. Through her own experiences, she has healed symptoms of ADHD, PCOS, IBS, PMDD, depression, anxiety, and sexual trauma, and she brings that depth of healing into her practice. With over 400 hours of coaching experience, Christina empowers both women and men to achieve the same level of transformation.

Connect with Christina Sofia:

Instagram: @christinaxsofia

Facebook: Christina Elizabeth Sofia

Resources Mentioned:

Morning Bliss- wildwomen.ca/morningbliss

Morning Bliss is a 5-day guided experience that teaches you how to create a simple, powerful 25-minute morning routine you can practice on your own. Each day, you'll learn one tool—like breathwork, somatic movement, or EFT tapping—paired with a song to help you regulate your nervous system, boost energy, and connect with your body and mind.

Talking to Teens podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/talking-to-teens-expert-tips-for-parenting-teenagers/id1330031134

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In this thought-provoking episode of Grow Like a Mother, host Jill Wright sits down with Takeshia Smith to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing self-care and personal healing. Takeshia shares her personal journey through trauma recovery and therapy, leading to a deep exploration of how AI tools can support emotional well-being. Together, they discuss the ways AI can enhance self-awareness, challenge traditional self-care narratives, and offer personalized healing experiences beyond the usual self-care routines.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• The inspiration behind Takeshia’s work in self-care and healing

• How AI is reshaping our understanding of self-care and mental wellness

• The intersection of trauma, technology, and personal growth

• Why traditional self-care methods might not be enough

• Practical strategies to integrate AI-driven tools for self-discovery and emotional well-being

About Takeshia

Takeshia is a mother, creative healing guide, and trauma survivor driven by a deep desire to heal and help others heal. Her journey is rooted in the complexities of early childhood trauma, profound grief, and resilience. When she lost her mother to addiction just two months after her daughter was born, it reinforced her commitment to healing and breaking the cycle—for herself, her daughter, and future generations.

Seeking support between therapy sessions, Takeshia turned to AI—and it revolutionized the way she understood herself and her healing. Driven by her life’s calling to shine light in the darkest places, she shares her story in Healing Algorithms and helps others integrate AI into their healing process in ways that feel intuitive, supportive, and deeply personal.

Connect with Takeshia

Website: https://www.takeshiasmith.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/takeshiasmith.author

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572671814553

Resources Mentioned

Book: https://www.takeshiasmith.com/healingalgorithms

AI Prompts for moms: www.takeshiasmith.com/likeamother

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In this episode of Grow Like a Mother, host Jill Wright sits down with Sarah Parise to discuss the often-overlooked challenge of prioritizing wellness as a busy mom. They dive into the struggles many mothers face - like making time for self-care, overcoming mindset blocks, and shifting priorities - and explore how it might not be as hard as we make it out to be.

What You’ll Learn:

• Why prioritizing yourself isn’t selfish—it’s essential.

• How small, simple shifts can lead to big changes in your well-being.

• Practical tips for incorporating wellness into your daily life without guilt.

• How to reframe self-care so it feels achievable, not overwhelming.

• The power of letting go of perfectionism and embracing what works for you.

About Sarah:

Meet Sarah Parise: Strength, Energy & Self-Care Coach for Moms. Sarah is on a mission to help busy moms reclaim their strength, boost their energy, and prioritize self-care—without spending hours at the gym or giving up the foods they love. With over 20 years of experience as an ACE Certified Personal Trainer, Yoga Instructor, and Perinatal Wellness Coach, Sarah provides realistic movement, meal, and mindset strategies that fit seamlessly into even the most hectic schedules.

Through her 2% Method, she empowers moms to break free from the patterns that keep them stuck, so they can feel stronger, more energized, and fully in control of their well-being. Whether you're struggling to carve out time for yourself, battling exhaustion, or looking for sustainable ways to feel your best, Sarah’s expertise will help you take action—without the overwhelm.

Connect With Sarah:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greatdaysbysarah

Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/timeoutformoms

Website: www.greatdaysbysarah.com

Resources Mentioned:

The Exhausted Moms Energy Fix - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-exhausted-moms-energy-fix/id1601675882?i=1000660391129

Seven Day Energy Boost: https://pages.sarahparise.com/7dayenergyboost

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