The Rebel Mama Podcast

The Rebel Mama Hotline is Back!

Welcome back to The Rebel Mama Hotline! We’re launching the start of a brand new season by taking some questions from our community, like: 

“Does The Rebel Mama pay the bills?”
“How do I deal with my argumentative sister-in-law?”
“Where’d you guys disappear to?”
“What can I do to boost my libido and have better sex?”

We have a great season lined up so make sure you subscribe to the show so you don’t miss an episode! New ones will drop weekly for the next 10 weeks!

*This episode contains coarse language and mature subject matter and may not be suitable for younger audiences. Listener discretion is advised.*

This episode was brought to you by The RMx Directory.
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The Rebel Mama Hotline is produced by Space Monkey inside the Soda Studio.

What’s Up With the Ontario Liberals?

On this episode, we chat with Liberal candidate for premier of Ontario, Mr. Steven Del Duca. 

We asked Steven about:
- the effects of the pandemic on Ontario's parents and kids
- how the Liberal government plans to be the village for their community
- plans to support women and working families
- healthcare workers and how to strengthen the healthcare system in Ontario
- long term care and housing for the aging community
- support for families and staff in public education
- small business support
... And more!

You can learn more about each party's platform here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-party-platform-roundup-1.6452469

You can find out info about your electoral district and who is up for election there here: https://www.elections.on.ca/en.html

Want to learn more about other party platforms and how they're tackling the issues parents care about most?

Watch Allison Venditti from Moms at Work interview Ontario Green Party leader, Mike Schreiner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0zfm2cMZpQ&feature=emb_imp_woyt

Watch Allison Venditti from Moms at Work interview Ontario NDP leader, Andrea Horwath: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLO0kAH0oI8&t=6s

Happy voting, Ontario!

 

 

What’s Up With Infertility?

This week is Infertility Awareness Week so we've invited Emily Getz, founder of Day 1 Fertility, to join us on The Hotline! In this episode we discuss:

• The problem with the running definition of infertility
• How to support friends and family dealing with infertility
• How to maintain intimacy with your partner throughout an infertility journey
• The role of mindset in not totally losing your shit
  ... And more!

For a more research-based approach to fertility, listen to *this episode* with Dr Lori Brotto. For more from Emily, head to day1fertility.com

What’s Up With Time? A Year in Retrospect.

Where did last year go? Come along as we try to figure that out! In this episode, we give a full 2021 rundown and catch you up on what we were really doing when we disappeared behind our feeds and turned our social media platform into a meme library. From book releases, podcast launches and impromptu solo trips, to what really happened behind the scenes of our Hudson's Bay commercial, we spill all the beans in this episode as we look back on this year's wild ride through entrepreneurship. 

Links referenced in the show:

Shop RM Merch: therebelmama.com/merch

Shop RM Art: therebelmama.com/the-picture-store

Uncuffed Leather Collab: uncuffedleather.com

Noemi Shay Collab: noemishay.com

Book us on Memmo: memmo.me

Check out Women's Health Collective Canada: https://whcc.ca/

Shop The Rebel Mamas Bay: https://www.thebay.com/c/custom/editorial-events/fall-2021/rebel-mamas-bay

 

What’s Up With Women’s Sexual Health & Fertility?

Our guest, Dr. Lori Brotto, is a professor in the UBC Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and a registered psychologist. She is the executive director of the Women’s Health Research Institute of BC located at BC Women’s Hospital and holds a Canada Research Chair in Women’s Sexual Health. She is the director of the UBC Sexual Health Laboratory where research primarily focuses on developing and testing psychological and mindfulness-based interventions for women with sexual desire and arousal difficulties and women with chronic genital pain.

On this episode we will be discussing our favourite topic of all: Sex!

We chat with Dr. Brotto about the pandemic's effect on sex with a partner (and without), dwindling libidos post-kids (good times), reframing the brain as the main sexual organ (especially for the ladies), arousal and desire in men vs. in women, arousal and fertility, and more!

This episode was created in partnership with the Women's Health Collective Canada in order to help raise awareness about the gap in women's health research. Learn more here: https://whcc.ca/

 

Read more about Dr. Lori Brotto and her work here:
https://brottolab.med.ubc.ca/about/dr-lori-brotto/

 

 

What’s Up With Maternal Mental Health?

Our guest, Dr. Simone Vigod, is the head of The Department of Psychiatry at Women's College Hospital and a leading expert in perinatal mood disorders who has conducted some of the largest studies worldwide on maternal mental illness around the time of pregnancy. Mental illness at this life stage poses unique risks to mothers and their children at a critical juncture in both of their lives. Dr. Vigod’s research is helping raise awareness about gaps in access to specialized perinatal mental healthcare, as well as identifying vulnerable populations where these gaps are most prominent.

Together we discuss maternity and mental health, breakthroughs in women’s mood disorder research that will blow your mind, how anxiety and depression affect moms and their babies, as well as the importance of access to treatments and resources for all.

Read more about Dr. Vigod and access her work here: https://www.womensresearch.ca/scientists/core-faculty/simone-vigod

Learn more about our partner, WHCC, and the work they're doing to close the gap in women's health research, click here: www.WHCC.ca

What’s Up With Menopause & Aging Well?

Our guest Dr. Sue Ross is a professor and research scientist from the Alberta Women's Health Foundation who offers a common sense, age positive, and more-often-than-not drug-free approach to menopause and aging well. In this conversation, she tells us what she's observed in those who cope best with the symptoms of menopause and shares some advice based on her findings. Namely:

 

1) Create a community. Even 1 buddy is enough! Accept this as just another chapter in your life during which you're going to want to be surrounded by some solid lady-friends who know what's up - just like early motherhood. 

 

2) Get walking (if you're able). Even just 15 minutes a day. But make it a habit to get yourself some fresh air. Breath and movement are always the answer.

 

3) Figure out exactly what's bothering you about the experience of menopause. Is it physical symptoms? Mental symptoms? Everyone is different. Deeply considering your own unique experience will help direct you to the help you actually need.

 

Read more about Dr Ross and access her work here: https://www.wchri.org/members-and-trainees/find-a-researcher/sue-ross/

 

Learn more about our partner, WHCC, and the work they're doing to close the gap in women's health research, click here: www.WHCC.ca

What’s Up With Women’s Health?

What’s causing the gap in women’s healthcare? In S2, Ep1, we share misdiagnoses and missed diagnoses from our audience and discuss the root causes of why women don’t get the care they need. Buckle up ladies, the truth is a hard pill to swallow, but we must make our voices heard.

This episode was produced in partnership with the WHCC - Women's Health Collective Canada, a strategic alliance founded by three of the country's leading women's health and hospital foundations - BC Women's Health Foundation, Alberta Women's Health Foundation, and Women's College Hospital Foundation in Toronto. WHCC funds groundbreaking research and is leading a call for public support for more research and awareness of the health issues affecting women. 

 

What’s Up With Everything? All Our Grievances in One Shot.

We unload our collective mega-grievances for a very special SEASON 1 FINALE episode of The RM Hotline! From vaccine roll-outs, to men (so much men), to period poops, toxic toddlers and much more. So strap in (and maybe throw on some leak-proof underwear) for this hilarious and brutally honest episode. Until next time! xx 

What’s Up With the Motherhood Penalty & How Are We Going to Fix It?

With special guest and Mom's at Work Founder, Allison Venditti. We discuss the motherhood penalty, the fatherhood bonus, maternity leave bullshit, and most importantly how we can start to fix these workplace issues right now with a program that will *actually* change things. We dive into her 2021 Maternity Leave Experience Report findings, and the policy package she designed (called Ready to Return) to fill the pay gaps.

This episode is brought to you by "Get Your $hit Together: The Handbook for Financially Empowered Moms" - available for purchase anywhere books are sold.

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