Takeaways

• Insight vs. Embodiment
• The Transactional Nature of Healing Energy imprints impact our mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
• Holosoma addresses healing across all layers of consciousness.
• Shifting from chasing transformation to building sustainable capacity is essential for holistic well-being.

Chapters

• 00:00 The Journey to Self-Discovery
• 09:20 The Gap Between Insight and Embodiment
• 19:11 Curiosity as a Healing Tool
• 25:09 The Concept of Holosoma
• 34:01 Reprogramming and Redefining Self-Identity

Connect with Ravelle

Website: ravellelaurette.com
Instagram: @ravellelaurette
Threads: @ravellelaurette
Free Energetic Hygiene Meditation: available through her site
Capacity Practice: available through her site

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MaKenzie sits down with Dr. April Ritz, a pelvic and obstetric physical therapist and the founder of Effingham Pelvic Health and Wellness. April helps women, men, and children with bladder, bowel, and pelvic health, as well as pregnancy, postpartum recovery, and birth preparation — and she brings such a real, compassionate approach to work that most women were never taught about.

Together they get into what's actually happening in your body after babies, why so many symptoms get brushed off as "normal," and how pelvic health, the nervous system, and gut health are all deeply connected. April breaks down the kegel myth, the link between stress and pelvic floor tension, why breathwork heals your core, and the gut and hormone connection no one is talking about.

If you've ever been told to just relax, drink some wine, or wait it out, this conversation will change the way you see your body.

What We Cover

When to stop accepting leaking, pain, and discomfort as "normal" — and the mental health piece that often comes first. Why your why has to be strong enough before rehab can work. The kegel myth — why tightening an already tight muscle makes pelvic pain worse. The connection between your nervous system and your pelvic floor (and the study that shows the pelvic floor tightens first under stress). Why 360 diaphragmatic breathing — not sit-ups — heals your core and diastasis recti. Why pain with sex after babies is common but treatable. What hands-on pelvic floor therapy actually looks like (and how consent and comfort come first). The gut connection — constipation, IBS, SIBO, and how your bowel health impacts your hormones, serotonin, and brain. Why individualized care matters and why no two bodies are the same.

Connect with Dr. April Ritz

Website: effinghampelvichealth.com

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Laundry done.

Kitchen clean.

Kids settled.

Schedule confirmed.

And somehow you’re still exhausted.

In this solo episode, MaKenzie breaks down the real reason so many mothers feel constantly overstimulated — and why the problem isn’t the noise in your home.

It’s the belief that you have to emotionally respond to all of it.

Peace isn’t silence.

It’s structure.

You’ll learn:

• Why your nervous system feels “on” all day
• The difference between chaos and aliveness in a home
• How structure creates nervous system safety
• The 3-category system MaKenzie uses to stop carrying everything at once
• Why calm homes always have systems behind them
• How to build rhythms that reduce emotional reactivite

This episode is a reminder that you don’t need a quieter life — you need better containers.

The calm moms still have chaos.

They just don’t let chaos have their nervous system.

Ready to Implement This?

If you’re ready to move from awareness into action, MaKenzie’s Aligned: 30-Day Nervous System Implementation Plan walks you through building the daily rhythms, systems, and boundaries that support a regulated home — without overhauling your life.

Aligned focuses on:

• Daily reset rhythms
• Energy boundaries
• Decision reduction systems
• Environmental structure
• Realistic motherhood routines

Because peace isn’t something you wait for.

It’s something you build.

Learn more here:

https://stan.store/thecleanmomedit/p/your-personal-wellness-blueprint-session

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And as always, edit what doesn’t serve you.

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Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

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In Episode 12, I’m sharing what it really looks like to use Human Design in real motherhood — without overthinking it, studying it, or turning it into another thing to manage.

This episode is about:
 • why certain routines work for some moms and not others
 • how overstimulation actually shows up day to day
 • what Human Design looks like in real moments (not theory)
 • and how understanding how you’re wired can bring relief instead of pressure

Human Design isn’t something you add to your life — it’s something that helps you stop forcing yourself.

If you want to know your Human Design type, DM me HD on Instagram and I’ll send it to you.

And if you’re craving support:
 • the 7-Day Clean Mom Reset is a gentle place to slow down and reset
• my 1:1 Clean Mom Strategy Session offers personalized guidance if you want help applying this to your life

You’re not doing motherhood wrong.
 You’re learning how to do it in a way that fits you.

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Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

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MaKenzie sits down with Tanith Carey, a parenting and psychology author, counselor, and mom of two who has written 12 parenting books published in over 40 languages — including the bestselling What's My Child Thinking? series with clinical psychologist Dr. Angharad Rudkin. Tanith is also training in Gestalt psychotherapy, and she brings such a grounded, evidence-informed, and deeply human approach to the inner work of parenting.

Together they explore why cycle-breaking parenting is not about becoming a different parent — it is about becoming a more conscious one. They get into how our nervous systems run our reactions before our brains catch up, the inherited core beliefs we are unknowingly passing on (big feelings are dangerous, good children are compliant, my child's behavior reflects my worth), the importance of inner child work, and why repair is far more powerful than perfection. Tanith also shares the Spark concept — a beautiful framework for simplifying your child's extracurriculars — and her gentle case for returning to primal, present parenting in a world that wants us to optimize our children at every turn.

If you are doing the brave work of breaking generational patterns, this episode is a deep exhale.

What We Cover

Why we parent from the nervous system, not the brain — and what that means in high-conflict moments. The difference between becoming a different parent and becoming a conscious one. The inherited core beliefs most parents are carrying without realizing it. Why the real work of cycle-breaking happens away from your kids, not in the middle of meltdowns. How to start the inner work with compassion instead of overwhelm. The repair conversation — why messing up is a learning opportunity for your child, not a failure. How core parenting beliefs clash in marriages and how to navigate it together. Why the years zero to seven are so foundational — and why the work is never "too late." The Spark concept for simplifying extracurriculars. Why we have massively overcomplicated parenting — and the case for primal, present-moment parenting. Sitting with discomfort as the doorway to growth.

Connect with Tanith

Instagram: @whatsmychildthinking and @whats_my_teenager_thinking_ 

Therapy Account: @tanithcareytherapy 

LinkedIn: Tanith Carey 

Facebook: What Parents Need Now

Tanith's Books — What's My Baby Thinking?, What's My Child Thinking?, What's My Tween Thinking?, What's My Teenager Thinking?, The Friendship Maze, Girls Uninterrupted, and Taming the Tiger Parent.

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Instagram: @thecleanmomedit

Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

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In this episode, MaKenzie sits down with Amy Dave, a physician assistant of 25 years and women's wellness coach who helps moms sync their daily habits with their monthly cycles. Amy shares the exact framework she used to eliminate her own PMS, migraines, and cramps — and how she now teaches women to do the same.

You'll learn why PMS is not normal (even though it's common), how to eat, move, and live in rhythm with the four phases of your cycle, what your body is really telling you through symptoms, and how stress, sleep, and nutrition impact everything from PCOS to fertility. If you've ever felt like a stranger in your own body, this conversation will give you the language and the tools to come home to it.

What We Cover

• Why PMS is common but not normal — and what your symptoms are actually telling you
• The four phases of your cycle explained as the four seasons (and how to live with each)
• Cycle syncing for moms on birth control or in postmenopause (yes, you can sync with the moon)
• PCOS, irregular cycles, and the lifestyle shifts that actually move the needle
• The cortisol and progesterone connection — why stress wrecks your hormones and fertility
• How to track your cycle, your symptoms, and find your patterns
• Foods that fuel each phase and the ones that trigger cramps, bloating, and fatigue
• Why doing one small thing consistently beats overhauling your whole life

Connect with Amy 

Free Guide Live a Life Without PMS: https://subscribepage.io/LifewithoutPMS

Website: https://thewealthofwellness.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewealthofwellnessllc

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

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCffJG3_0TXTbXRb4aFVo1Mw 

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-incredible-mom-life/id1789854849

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Instagram: @thecleanmomedit

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Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

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In this episode, I’m breaking down Human Design for motherhood — and how your energy type explains everything from burnout, overstimulation, patience, and exhaustion… to why certain routines just don’t work for you.

You’ll learn:

• Why your energy drains faster than other moms
• How Generators, Manifesting Generators, Projectors, Manifestors & Reflectors mother differently
•  What overstimulation actually means for your type
• How to create motherhood rhythms that feel calmer, lighter, and aligned with who you are
• The moment Human Design completely shifted my own motherhood

If you’ve ever wondered “Why can’t I keep up?” — this episode will feel like a deep exhale.

Motherhood gets SO much softer when you stop fighting your design and start mothering in alignment with your natural energy.

WANT SUPPORT BUILDING ALIGNED, CALMER MOTHERHOOD RHYTHMS?

The 7-Day Clean Mom Reset
A gentle, guided reset to help you calm overstimulation, simplify your home, and reconnect with your energy.

1:1 Clean Mom Strategy Session
A personalized clarity session where we look at your energy type, your nervous system, and your real life — and build a rhythm that finally feels doable.

Both are linked in my bio.

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Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

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In this episode of The Clean Mom Edit, MaKenzie sits down with marriage coach and host of The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast, Michelle Purta, for an honest conversation about what really happens to a relationship after children enter the picture.

Michelle shares why marriage often gets unintentionally placed on the back burner during early motherhood, how a woman’s nervous system shifts after children, and why many couples mistake exhaustion, overstimulation, and resentment for “communication problems.”

Together, they unpack what intentional reconnection actually looks like in real life — from monthly getaways and creative connection rhythms to releasing guilt around time away from your children.

This conversation is for the couple who still loves each other but knows they need to become intentional again before resentment becomes normal.

In This Episode, We Cover

• Why couples often feel like roommates after kids
• The identity shift motherhood creates inside marriage
• How postpartum and nervous system changes affect connection
• Why marriage must return to the front burner after early parenting years
• The role of novelty, fun, and shared experiences in rebuilding intimacy
• Why time away from your children can strengthen your family
• The hidden connection between exhaustion, resentment, and conflict
• Why support systems matter for marriage health
• How to begin reconnecting when both partners feel unseen
• Why vision matters: building a future you both want

Key Takeaways

• Romance does not stay strong without intentional upkeep
• Children benefit from seeing parents prioritize connection
• Marriage is the foundation of family culture
• Communication improves when connection improves
• Small consistent deposits matter more than grand gestures
• Self-care directly impacts how you show up in marriage

Connect with Michelle Purta

🎙 Podcast: The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast
📱 Instagram: @michellepurtacoaching
🌐 Website: Michelle Purta
🎁 Free Masterclass: Creating a vision for your marriage and family

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Instagram: @thecleanmomedit

Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

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In this episode, MaKenzie sits down with Jenny Suneson, a business strategist who helps mom entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses in 20 hours or less using podcasting and simple systems.

Jenny shares how she stopped trying to do it all and instead built a business that actually fits her life as a mom. She walks through the identity shifts, systems, and decisions that allowed her to create consistent income without burnout, constant posting, or sacrificing time with her kids.

This episode will help you rethink what is actually necessary to grow and show you how to build something meaningful with the time you already have.

What We Talk About

• The identity shift from being busy to being effective
•  Why motherhood changes your capacity but not your ambition
•  How to build a 20-hour workweek that actually works
•  Creating a weekly rhythm that supports both business and home life
•  Why most moms feel like they have no time (and what is actually happening)
•  The power of theming your days to reduce decision fatigue
•  Letting go of tasks that are not moving your business forward
•  Balancing motherhood and business without constantly feeling split
•  Simple systems that create consistency without burnout
•  Why doing less, but with intention, leads to more growth

Resources and Links

Connect with Jenny:
 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenny.suneson/

Website: https://www.momsmakemoneycollective.com

Podcast: https://podlink.com/1700310195

Free Resource:
 20 Hour Workweek Blueprint
 https://sweetforkindergarten.myflodesk.com/findmoretime

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You can connect with me on Instagram at @thecleanmomedit, where I share more on motherhood, Human Design, and nervous system support.

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Thank you for being here and for listening.

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Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

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In this conversation, MaKenzie sits down with Katie Galvin, a women's functional nutrition practitioner, postpartum educator, and guide who helps women reconnect with their bodies, reclaim their authority, and heal from the inside out. Katie blends the science of female physiology with somatics, quantum biology, and feminine healing to help women move beyond fear-based conditioning and into deeper vitality and self-trust.

Together, MaKenzie and Katie unpack why so many women feel disconnected, depleted, and dysregulated — and why the conventional and even functional health models are failing them. You'll hear why your body is never broken, only communicating, how stress, suppressed emotions, and held trauma physically show up as thyroid issues, hormone imbalances, and chronic symptoms, and why true healing requires a mind, body, and spirit approach — not another protocol.

This is one of the most expansive conversations on the show. If you have ever felt like you cannot trust your body, this episode will give you the language, the science, and the soul to come home to it.

What We Cover

Katie's personal journey from a complete postpartum health collapse to functional nutrition, female physiology, and reclaiming her body. Why so many women are struggling with thyroid issues, hormone imbalances, autoimmune conditions, and chronic stress. The three types of stress (mental, physical, biochemical) and why women's bodies respond differently than men's. Why your thyroid is not broken — it is responding. The role of fascia, held emotions, and stored trauma in the female body and how to begin releasing it. Why hydration is not about ounces — it is about minerals, structured water, and intention. The truth about electrolyte powders, magnesium trends, and why most women actually need sodium and potassium first. Why generations of women have been conditioned to fear and outsource their bodies — and how to take that power back. How to start trusting your body again, especially in postpartum, and rebuild that connection from a place of curiosity, not pressure. Why true healing requires mind, body, and spirit — and why even functional models fall short when they only address the physical.

Connect with Katie

Free Resources: https://katiegalvin.myflodesk.com/resources 

Nourished Mother Challenge Waitlist (14 days): https://katiegalvin.myflodesk.com/nourishedmotherchallenge 

Instagram: @katengalvin

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Instagram: @thecleanmomedit

Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

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Breastfeeding can feel like the most natural thing… and also the most vulnerable, overstimulating season of motherhood. In today’s episode, MaKenzie sits down with Anushka Gokani to talk about the real reasons so many moms feel anxious before they even begin — and how nutrition, nervous system regulation, and the right support can change everything.

Anushka shares why breastfeeding has become so medicalized, why contradictory advice can create panic and self-doubt, and how stress hormones directly affect milk letdown. She also walks through simple somatic tools moms can use in the moment (even while feeding) to regulate and feel safe in their bodies.

If you’re pregnant, newly postpartum, currently breastfeeding, or grieving the end of your breastfeeding journey — this episode will make you feel seen, supported, and more confident.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• Why so many women feel unsure or anxious about breastfeeding before it even begins
• The “scorecard” pressure moms feel — and how shame impacts the experience
• Why a lactation consultant should be part of your birth plan (and how to find one)
• How to “denim shop” for practitioners: finding the right fit and avoiding fear-based care
• The stress → cortisol → oxytocin connection (and why oxytocin matters for milk letdown)
• Nervous system tools that can be done while breastfeeding:
  • Gentle neck strokes
  • Adrenal holds + circles (back of ribcage)
  • Butterfly taps
  • Sternum circles for grief release
  • “Shaky shaky” as a family regulation routine before leaving the house
• What a breastfeeding body truly needs (without the noise)
  • Calories, protein, fiber
  • Quality fats (omega-3s)
  • Iron + food-based support (bone broth, meats)
  • Organ supplements (with guidance)
  • Moringa for calcium support
  • Magnesium (topical + glycinate)
• How to filter fear-based advice and trust your intuition as a mom
• Why “village” matters — and what it actually looks like today
• The most supportive gifts for new moms: sessions and services, not more stuff

Key Quotes / Moments:

• “Just because something is happening doesn’t mean it needs your nervous system.”
• “Cortisol suppresses oxytocin — and oxytocin is what triggers milk letdown.”
• “You were not designed to do any of this alone.”
• “Good intentions don’t always equal the support you actually need.”
• “The calm moms still have chaos — they just have support systems behind it.”

Guest Resources + Links

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

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/anushkagokani 

Stan Store: https://stan.store/anushkagokani

Apply to 1:1: https://forms.gle/a9pCM5h4pQ2dZh9w5

If This Episode Helped You…

Send this to a mom who is:

• pregnant and nervous about breastfeeding
• in postpartum and feeling overwhelmed
• ready to quit and needs one more layer of support
• grieving the end of her breastfeeding journey

And if you loved this conversation, leaving a review helps more moms find The Clean Mom Edit podcast.

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Instagram: @thecleanmomedit

Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

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MaKenzie sits down with Elaine Alexander, a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) in Ontario, Canada, practicing under supervision. Elaine works with adults navigating grief — including suicide loss — as well as relationship and dating challenges, and her work lives at the intersection of AI and mental health. Before becoming a therapist, she spent two decades in entrepreneurship while navigating burnout, financial pressure, personal loss, and becoming a wife and mother in her forties.

This conversation is raw, honest, and deeply needed. Elaine and MaKenzie both share their personal experiences with suicide loss in their families and walk through what it actually takes to grieve, heal, and find peace when there is no clean answer. They explore the four-year identity shift Elaine has been walking through since becoming a mother, the grief of lost autonomy, the truth about mom guilt, and the importance of solo trips, sleep, and emotional regulation as a mother. Elaine also shares her powerful reframe of emotions as road signs — not good or bad, just data — and the practice that helps her neutralize her hardest memories so she can choose how she responds.

If you have ever felt like you do not recognize yourself anymore, this conversation is a soft place to land.

What We Cover

The four-year identity shift Elaine has walked through since becoming a mom at forty. Why becoming a mother is like a new software update being installed. Grief that lives in the lungs and chest, and the truth about losing three loved ones in one year. Suicide loss as its own category of grief — and what most resources are missing. Why the brain needs a story to find peace, and how to find one that helps you settle. Being a cycle breaker in a family that does not talk about loss. The importance of sleep for moms — and why sometimes you have to leave the house to get it. Why mom guilt is a downloaded belief, not a truth. How to take a solo weekend or solo week without burning your family down. The reframe of emotions as road signs — stop, yield, or go. Why neutralizing a memory gives you back your choice. Why most emotions only last sixty seconds if you actually feel them. Why doing the thing with the guilt — instead of waiting for the guilt to go away — is the whole work.

Connect with Elaine

Instagram: @elainetalexander 

Website: grieftherapyontario.com (Ontario-based grief therapy)

Connect with MaKenzie

Instagram: @thecleanmomedit

Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community.

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MaKenzie sits down with Beatriz Ramos, who works with women in motherhood to help them reconnect with themselves, regulate their nervous systems, and move out of survival mode into a more grounded, aligned way of living. Beatriz brings such a real, compassionate approach to the inner work — and the conversation gets honest fast.

Together they explore what survival mode actually looks like in a mom's body and behavior, why mindset alone cannot heal what is stored in the nervous system, and how generational patterns get passed down — not just emotionally, but physically — through habits, beliefs, and even epigenetics. Beatriz shares her own story of losing her mom and realizing her sickness was rooted in years of unreleased stress, and the tools she now uses to clear stored emotion before it becomes illness.

This conversation is tender, layered, and full of the kind of permission moms rarely get — to feel, to release, and to break the cycle starting with themselves.

What We Cover

What survival mode actually looks like in a mom's body and daily behavior. Why a sickness, a tense shoulder, or a tight throat is usually a message from your body. The exact question to ask yourself before reaching for your to-do list each morning. Why mindset and routines alone cannot release what is stored in the nervous system. The image-and-release practice Beatriz uses to clear frustration and anger in real time. Why your kids are your mirrors — and how to use that as a "report card" instead of guilt. Epigenetics, generational illness, and why "it's just genetics" is no longer an excuse. The link between unspoken words and throat or jaw issues. How regulating yourself first changes the entire atmosphere of your home and marriage. Why this work is layered — and why returning to it again and again is the work, not a failure.

Connect with Beatriz

Instagram: @SoltaRayWellness 

Facebook Group: The Mindful Centered Mom

Connect with MaKenzie

Instagram: @thecleanmomedit

Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

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MaKenzie sits down with Danikah Rose, a business strategist and mom of five who has spent over 17 years in business, sales, and marketing helping women scale to multi-six and seven figure businesses without abandoning themselves to do it. Danikah blends real strategy with energetic alignment to help women shift their identity, energy, and approach so their business can grow in a way that is both powerful and sustainable. She is also a living example of building a business that supports her life — not the other way around.

Together they explore the masculine leadership our husbands often bring (and why so many of us mistake it for an attack), the multiple identity initiations a woman walks through across motherhood and entrepreneurship, and why capacity is not something you find — it is something you choose. Danikah opens up about her own intentional decision to not scale during her fifth postpartum, and what it actually took behind the scenes to have the most peaceful postpartum of her life. They also get into anti-comparison, the "spend vs. invest" reframe that will change how you spend your time, the five hidden fears that keep most women stuck, and what it looks like to build a business and a life rooted in sovereignty.

If you have ever felt behind, overwhelmed, or like you do not have enough time — this conversation is your permission slip to choose differently.

What We Cover

The moment her husband asked her "when are you just going to do the thing?" and how it changed everything. Why our husbands are often reading our energy and reflecting our own intuition back to us. The identity initiations women walk through across maidenhood, motherhood, and marriage. Why most parenting and business struggles trace back to old programming we never consciously chose. The "spend vs. invest" reframe — and why this one word swap will change how you spend your time forever. Why capacity is a choice, not a circumstance — and how Danikah had her most peaceful postpartum by intentionally not scaling. The truth behind every six and seven figure month — what it actually took, not what the highlight reel shows. The five hidden fears that keep women stuck in their businesses: scarcity, victim, lack of self-trust, outside validation, and the visibility wound. Why your sovereignty is where the magic is — and how to stop changing 15 variables of your life all at once.

Connect with Danikah

Instagram: @danikahrosecreative 

Threads: Search Danikah Rose Creative DMs are open as her main call to action.

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Instagram: @thecleanmomedit

Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

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In this solo episode, MaKenzie pulls back the curtain on her years as a fitness coach — the 5 AM workouts, the macro tracking, the meal prep containers, the constant food noise — and the moment her body finally stopped letting her push. She shares the slow postpartum unraveling that led her to human design, and how learning the way her body was actually built changed her entire relationship with food, movement, and her own nervous system.

MaKenzie also introduces her brand-new framework — The Nourishment Code — a five-layer human design roadmap that gives every woman a personalized, customized blueprint for how she is actually meant to eat, move, rest, and nourish herself. You will hear the five layers in detail (type, authority, defined and undefined centers, determination, and environment), how each one shapes your daily life, and what shifts when you stop following directions that were never written for your body.

If you have spent years chasing the wrong wellness plan, this episode is your permission slip to come home to your design — and to your body.

What We Cover

The wellness identity MaKenzie used to live in — and the moment her body finally stopped cooperating. Why no diet has ever worked long-term (and why it has nothing to do with discipline). The postpartum unraveling that led her to human design and a slower, softer, more aligned approach. The Nourishment Code — a five-layer human design framework for personalized wellness. Layer one: your type and how your energy is actually meant to move. Layer two: your authority and how to make food, movement, and rest decisions in alignment. Layer three: defined and undefined centers — what your body broadcasts vs. what it absorbs. Layer four: your determination — the exact conditions your body needs to digest and absorb food. Layer five: your environment — the space your nervous system actually feels safe in. What changes when you finally live from your code — food noise quiets, movement gets fun, sleep deepens, and your relationship with your body softens. Why the grind was never built for you — but your design was.

Get Your Personal Nourishment Code Session A custom session walking you through your unique five-layer code. After you purchase, you will receive a quick form, a pre-recorded session, and a personalized PDF delivered within 24 hours — yours to keep forever. 

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Instagram: @thecleanmomedit

Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

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In this episode:

• Her go-to home remedies for strep (dry brushing, magnesium oil, silver alkaline + more)
• Why processing emotions is the root cause of so much of what ails us
• Human design + nervous system work and why they go hand in hand

Ready to go deeper? Join the Aligned Membership for just $33/month — monthly human design insights, nervous system tools, cosmic reflections, meditations & journal prompts. 👉 Join here

First 10 founding members get a free alignment session!

Connect with MaKenzie

Instagram: @thecleanmomedit

Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

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In this episode, MaKenzie sits down with Kristina Harrill, a former kindergarten teacher turned six-figure digital product creator and systems strategist, who built her business in two-hour nap time windows while raising three young kids.

Kristina shares how she stopped waiting for more time and instead created systems that allowed her to build momentum in the life she already had.

This episode will help you rethink what is actually possible in a busy season of motherhood and show you how to start with what you have.

What We Talk About

• The identity shift from hobby to business
•  Why most moms feel like they have no time and what is actually missing
•  How to do a simple time audit to uncover hidden time
•  Building a business in small, focused time blocks
•  Reducing decision fatigue through simple systems
•  Creating structure that supports both motherhood and business
•  Why multitasking is keeping you stuck
•  How to stay consistent without burnout

Resources and Links

Connect with Kristina:
 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heykristinaharrill
Website: https://www.heykristinaharrill.com
Podcast: https://podlink.com/1700310195
Free Resource:
20 Hour Workweek Blueprint
https://sweetforkindergarten.myflodesk.com/findmoretime

Connect with MaKenzie

Instagram: @thecleanmomedit

Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

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From pantry staples to everyday cleaning products, these swaps are realistic, budget-friendly, and perfect for busy moms who want to feel confident about what’s in their home without adding more to their plate.

If you’ve been wanting to start clean living but feel unsure where to begin, this episode will help you take simple, doable steps that actually fit your real life.

WANT SUPPORT AS YOU START YOUR CLEAN LIVING + SOFT MOTHERHOOD JOURNEY?

✨ The 7-Day Clean Mom Reset
A gentle, guided reset to help you calm your nervous system, simplify your home, and start clean living in a way that feels easy and sustainable.
Perfect for overwhelmed moms who want clear direction + small wins.

✨ 1:1 Clean Mom Strategy Session
A personalized clarity call where we look at your energy, your home rhythms, and your motherhood capacity — and create a plan that actually works for you.
If you want custom support, this is for you.

You can find both of these inside the link in my bio.

💌 Connect with me:

Instagram → @thecleanmomedit

Connect with MaKenzie

Instagram: @thecleanmomedit

Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

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In this episode of The Clean Mom Edit, MaKenzie sits down with Amanda Houle for a conversation about nervous system awareness, emotional safety, and what conscious motherhood looks like in everyday life.

Amanda shares how regulation is often misunderstood as another motherhood trend, when in reality it is the ongoing practice of noticing what is happening inside you before reacting outwardly. Together, they talk about fear-based parenting patterns, secure attachment, repair after hard moments, and why a mother’s inner work changes the emotional atmosphere of an entire home.

This conversation also explores why healing while raising children can feel both beautiful and confronting, and how simple daily practices can help mothers return to themselves without perfection.

In This Episode, We Cover

• What nervous system regulation actually looks like in real motherhood
• Why so many mothers react before they understand what they are feeling
• Fear-based parenting patterns and how they quietly show up
• Why secure attachment begins with emotional safety
• The importance of repair after difficult parenting moments
• Practical ways to regulate in the middle of overstimulation
• Why motherhood often surfaces unresolved inner child work
• How daily structure supports nervous system calm
• Why meditation can look different in motherhood
• The powerful connection between a mother’s energy and the home

Key Takeaways

• Regulation is not perfection — it is awareness and return
• Children often respond to the emotional environment around them
• Repair matters more than never making mistakes
• Small nervous system practices create long-term shifts
• A peaceful home starts with internal safety
• Healing while mothering is still healing

Connect with Amanda Houle

Threads @amanda_leigh_official
TikTok @divinemamahood

Current Offer: Raising Regulated Humans
A digital guide and deeper transmission for mothers wanting to build emotional safety, strengthen connection, and better understand nervous system support inside the home.

Connect with MaKenzie

Instagram: @thecleanmomedit

Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community.

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In this solo episode, MaKenzie opens with a vulnerable life update on her sickness, her healing journey with the healthcare system, and the wound she had to face this week around trust, support, and asking for help. Then she dives into the teaching: the sneaky, invisible pattern of people-pleasing your children — and why it has nothing to do with being a bad mom and everything to do with your nervous system and your human design.

You'll learn why fawning is a survival response, how open centers in your human design chart make you absorb your child's emotions as if they were your own, and why permissiveness feels less safe to your kids than a regulated, grounded no. MaKenzie shares the five practical shifts that helped her stop abandoning herself to keep her kids comfortable — and start parenting from the kind of regulation that actually breaks cycles.

What We Cover

The personal life update — healing the wound around the healthcare system, antibiotics, and learning to receive support. Why people-pleasing your kids is not the same as being a loving, attuned parent. The exact behaviors that signal you are people-pleasing your child without realizing it. The nervous system response of fawning and why your body reads your child's meltdown as a threat. How human design and open centers cause moms to absorb and amplify their child's emotions. Why this pattern is generational and rooted in how we were raised. The hidden cost — why your kids do not actually feel as safe as you think they do with a permissive parent. The five practical shifts to stop people-pleasing your children and start regulating instead.

Connect with MaKenzie

Instagram: @thecleanmomedit

Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community.

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This is not a weight loss episode. This is the conversation no one in the wellness industry is having. In this solo episode, MaKenzie shares how she shed years of inflammation by doing the opposite of everything she was taught — working out less, restricting less, and finally learning to eat truly intuitively. As a former fitness coach turned human design and nervous system strategist, she breaks down why your body is not a math problem. It is a nervous system. And nervous systems do not respond to restriction — they respond to safety.

You will hear MaKenzie's full story of leaving her six-figure corporate job, healing her son, and discovering that the high intensity workouts she once taught hundreds of women were quietly working against her own design. She walks through the cascade behind thyroid issues, hormones, and gut imbalance, why falling back in love with food is the real work, and how your human design reveals the exact way your body is built to eat, move, and digest.

If you have been blaming your body, this episode is your permission slip to stop fighting it and start coming home to it.

What We Cover

How MaKenzie shed years of inflammation by working out less and restricting less. Why your body is not a math problem — it is a nervous system. The cascade behind thyroid issues, PCOS, and infertility — cortisol, hormones, gut, and safety. Why women struggle so deeply with food and guilt. Falling back in love with food (pancakes, pasta, pizza, and all). The three deep breaths practice and why it changes digestion. The six human design digestion types — light, sound, taste, appetite, thirst, and touch. Why generators, projectors, manifestors, manifesting generators, and reflectors all need different approaches. Her honest take on the shot and why lifestyle change has to come with it. Why this is not a six-week protocol — it is how you are built for life.

Connect with MaKenzie

Instagram: @thecleanmomedit

Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

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In this episode, we go deeper into Human Design and explore how to create a Soft Motherhood Rhythm — a rhythm that calms your body, supports your energy, reduces overstimulation, and brings more peace into your home.

You’ll learn:

• Why motherhood feels heavier for certain energy types
•  How overstimulation shows up differently for each type
•  The ideal rhythms for Generators, MGs, Projectors, Manifestors & Reflectors
•  Simple steps to build a rhythm that supports YOUR capacity
•  How to create soft, sustainable routines that match your nervous system
•  Why slowing down creates more patience, presence, and connection

If you’ve been craving a motherhood that feels calmer, clearer, and more aligned with who you are… this episode will feel like a deep exhale.

SUPPORT & NEXT STEPS

The 7-Day Clean Mom Reset
A gentle, guided reset to help you calm your nervous system, simplify your home, and start living in alignment with your energy.

Clean Mom Strategy Session
A personalized session where we walk through your Human Design, your rhythms, and your real-life capacity — and create a motherhood blueprint that actually works for you.

Both are linked in my bio.

Connect

Instagram → @thecleanmomedit

Connect with MaKenzie

Instagram: @thecleanmomedit

Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community.

Thank you for being here and for listening.

In this episode, MaKenzie sits down with Courtney Podany, a Nutritional Therapist, certified personal trainer, and Pilates instructor, who helps women feel better in their bodies through simple, sustainable habits.

Courtney shares how blood sugar and the nervous system are deeply connected, and how small shifts can completely change your energy, mood, digestion, and overall well-being.

This episode will help you understand what is actually happening in your body and give you simple ways to start feeling better without doing more.

What We Talk About

• The connection between blood sugar and the nervous system
•  Why so many moms feel tired, anxious, and overstimulated
•  How motherhood can create a disconnect from your body
•  The impact of stress on digestion and energy
•  Simple ways to stabilize blood sugar throughout the day
•  Why eating in a stressed state affects your body
•  How to build balanced meals in a realistic way
•  Micro habits that support energy, mood, and overall health
•  Why doing less can actually help your body heal

Resources and Links

Connect with Courtney on Instgram: @healthywithcourtneyy
Podcast: Nourished Living Podcast

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You can connect with me on Instagram at @thecleanmomedit, where I share more on motherhood, Human Design, and nervous system support.

Thank you for being here and for listening.

Connect with MaKenzie

Instagram: @thecleanmomedit

Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community.

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In this solo episode, MaKenzie makes the case that human design is not just a fun personality tool — it is hands down the most practical parenting tool she has ever found. She walks through the real reason most of our daily parenting struggles are not behavior problems but wiring mismatches — we are trying to mother in ways that fight how we are built, and raise our kids in ways that fight how they are built.

You will hear exactly how MaKenzie uses human design with her own three children — a 6/2 generator daughter, a 1/3 manifesting generator middle son, and a 2/4 manifestor baby — three completely different humans who proved to her that one parenting method cannot possibly work for every child. She also shares what shifted when she finally understood her own design as an emotional authority generator with a defined root, and how regulating herself first changed the entire temperature of her home.

If you are parenting more than one child and feeling like you are failing at least one of them, this episode is your permission slip to stop trying to be a different mom — and finally become the one you already are.

What We Cover

Why most parenting struggles are wiring mismatches, not behavior problems. The trap of trying to fix your behavior when the real issue is mothering against your own design. How MaKenzie learned to parent as a generator with emotional authority and a defined root — and the small daily shifts that changed everything. The pause before walking into a room (and why it changes the energy of your whole home). How to use human design with three very different kids — a responder who needs to be asked, a multi-passionate kid who needs the why, and an initiator who needs to be informed instead of controlled. Why emotional authority kids cannot make decisions in the heat of the moment — and what to do instead. Why you have to regulate yourself first before you can ever regulate your home. Why one blueprint cannot work for multiple territories — and how human design gives you the right map for each child.

Connect with MaKenzie

Instagram: @thecleanmomedit

Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community.

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After several nights without sleep, a baby who couldn’t get comfortable, and a nervous system stretched way too thin, I spiraled into that place where every mom goes eventually…

Questioning my body.
 Questioning my milk.
 Questioning my intuition.
 Questioning if I was doing anything right.

And the truth is: nothing was wrong with me.
 My nervous system was just overwhelmed, exhausted, and trying to protect me.

Inside this episode, we explore:
✨ why motherhood feels so loud for sensitive, soft-hearted moms
✨ how sleep deprivation creates false stories in our minds
✨ why your energy runs out faster than other moms — and why that’s okay
✨ what your baby’s behavior actually means
✨ how to calm your nervous system while you’re in the thick of it
✨ how to mother in your natural rhythm instead of forcing someone else’s
✨ the moment I found clarity again

If you’ve been overstimulated, burnt out, or feeling “not enough,” this is your soft landing place.
You’re not failing.
Your energy just needs a gentler path — and I’m here to walk it with you.

RESOURCES FOR YOU

If you're craving more support, here are two ways to go deeper:

The 7-Day Clean Mom Reset

A gentle, guided reset to help you calm overstimulation, soften your home, and rebuild your motherhood rhythm in just one week.

Start anytime → https://stan.store/thecleanmomedit

1:1 Clean Mom Strategy Session

A personalized 60-minute clarity call to help you understand your energy, create a soft daily flow, and ground your nervous system.
Book your session → https://stan.store/thecleanmomedit

Everything I create is designed to help you mother softly, confidently, and in alignment with your real life.

Take what you need today, mama.
I’m right here with you. 🤍

Connect with MaKenzie

Instagram: @thecleanmomedit

Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. 

Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required. 

Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you. 

💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community.

Thank you for being here and for listening.