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Your kids are a reflection of you, and that includes how they think about food, spending, and technology use. This week, we’re unpacking overconsumption in motherhood: the coffee shop trips that turned from treat into expectation, the dinner-to-treat negotiation cycle, and the hard truth that the lack of discipline might be ours, not theirs. We’re getting vulnerable about our own habits and asking the question every mom needs to sit with: are you teaching your kids to over consume? GIVEAWAY DETAILS: To win a Solly Baby Wrap: Like, subscribe, and LEAVE A COMMENT on the show page. Tag/share the podcast on Instagram and tag use for entry,  @theloveofbreastfeeding & @taylorricketts_, winner will be chosen at the end of the season, thanks for joining us! Follow us on Instagram: @theloveofbreastfeeding & @taylorricketts_ Book one-on-one virtual lactation care with us! Lactation with Taylor: most insurance accepted Lactation with Emily Dynamic Infant Movement: at-home infant bodywork Grounded Mother Sponsor: Sauna Space Red Light Therapy → 10% Off Your Sauna Space Affiliate: Sun & Moo → HERE Subscribe, share, and leave a review.

Confidence in motherhood isn't about having all the answers — it's about knowing what you believe and standing firmly in it. In this episode, We unpack how true confidence comes from getting clear on your beliefs, setting boundaries, and making decisions without outsourcing your voice to others.  From birth stories that didn't go as planned to the everyday moments of parenting with conviction, this conversation is a reminder that when you move with confidence, the people around you trust you more — and overstep less. Follow us on Instagram: @theloveofbreastfeeding & @taylorricketts_ Book one-on-one virtual lactation care with us! Lactation with Taylor: most insurance accepted Lactation with Emily Dynamic Infant Movement: at-home infant bodywork Grounded Mother Sponsor: Sauna Space Red Light Therapy → 10% Off Your Sauna Space Affiliate: Sun & Moo → HERE Subscribe, share, and leave a review.

Where's the line between owning your life and beating yourself up? In this episode, we unpack the critical difference between radical responsibility — the empowering choice to take ownership of your circumstances — and self-blame, the destructive habit of turning every setback into a personal indictment. We share practical ways to tell them apart, and how to hold yourself accountable without becoming your own harshest critic. Q&A - Email us your questions at [email protected] and we’ll answer them in our upcoming show! Follow us on Instagram: @theloveofbreastfeeding & @taylorricketts_ Book one-on-one virtual lactation care with us! Lactation with Taylor: most insurance accepted Lactation with Emily Dynamic Infant Movement: at-home infant bodywork Grounded Mother Sponsor: Sauna Space Red Light Therapy → 10% Off Your Sauna Space Affiliate: Sun & Moo → HERE Subscribe, share, and leave a review.

Have you ever typed your breastfeeding questions into ChatGPT and taken the answer as gospel? You're not alone — but you might be doing more harm than good. In this episode, we unpack the growing trend of moms turning to AI for lactation advice and share real stories of new moms told by ChatGPT that they had low milk supply and other issues — leading to unnecessary supplementation, stress, and more. We break down why ChatGPT can't assess your full picture (physically, mentally, emotionally) and why it's no substitute for personalized lactation care.  Follow us and join the conversation as Season 4 of Mother’s Path Podcast kicks off with a topic that hits home. We welcome you! Follow us on Instagram: @theloveofbreastfeeding & @taylorricketts_ Book one-on-one virtual lactation care with us! Lactation with Taylor: most insurance accepted Lactation with Emily Dynamic Infant Movement: at-home infant bodywork Grounded Mother Sponsor: Sauna Space Red Light Therapy → 10% Off Your Sauna Space Affiliate: Sun & Moo → HERE Subscribe, share, and leave a review.

Are you following all of the self-prescribed holistic-world rules but feeling burnt out? Maybe you binged a new wellness account on Instagram and all of a sudden feel like you are not doing enough?   We are here to tell you - THERE ARE NO RULES! We are the ultimate, earthly authority over our families and we can pick and choose how we manage our respective aura of health. Today, we are chatting (and laughing) about how not to take yourself too seriously - we sure don’t! Come laugh with us about where we have been, what we have learned, and how we currently hold ourselves.  Follow us on Instagram: @theloveofbreastfeeding & @taylorricketts_ Book one-on-one virtual lactation care with us! Lactation with Taylor: most insurance accepted Lactation with Emily Dynamic Infant Movement: at-home infant bodywork Video editing by: The Virtual Essentials Sponsor: Sauna Space Red Light Therapy → 10% Off Your Sauna Space Affiliate: Sun & Moo → HERE Subscribe, share, and leave a review.

What happens when our children become the center of our marriage, our home, and our entire family life? Collectively, as a society, we are obsessed with our children. Somewhere along the way, child-centered parenting became the cultural default. But what if putting your marriage first is actually one of the best things you can do for your children? Follow us and join the conversation as Season 4 of Mother’s Path Podcast kicks off with a topic that hits home. We welcome you! Follow us on Instagram: @theloveofbreastfeeding & @taylorricketts_ Book one-on-one virtual lactation care with us! Lactation with Taylor: most insurance accepted Lactation with Emily Dynamic Infant Movement: at-home infant bodywork Video editing by: The Virtual Essentials Sponsor: Sauna Space Red Light Therapy → 10% Off Your Sauna Space Affiliate: Sun & Moo → HERE Subscribe, share, and leave a review.

PS. Babies learn to sleep the same way they learn everything else. Through relationships. Through watching you wind down. Through shared rhythm. Through a home that ebbs and flows with natural light, evening slowness, and nervous system safety. Sleep isn’t trained into them. It’s modeled. This season’s finale is about being the grown woman in the room. Putting on your big girl pants. Not rigid. Not frantic. Not outsourcing your intuition to an app, a tracker, or a schedule that overrides what you’re seeing in front of you. When you are steady, your baby borrows that steadiness. And over time, that steadiness becomes sleep. Thanks for listening to this season! Follow us on Instagram: @theloveofbreastfeeding & @taylorricketts_ Video editing by @crownedonevisuals Sponsor: Sauna Space Red Light Therapy → 10% Off Your Sauna Space Dynamic Infant Movement | Grounded Mother | Book Lactation Appointment Subscribe, share, leave a review, connect with us!

In this episode, we consider the connection between tongue ties and maternal rigidity. We explore the idea that tension shows up in more places than we think. In our nervous systems, in feeding dynamics, and sometimes even in tissue. While tongue ties are anatomical and real, we discuss how breastfeeding struggles are often layered: body, baby, birth, and the emotional resistance to being changed by motherhood. Follow us on Instagram: @theloveofbreastfeeding & @taylorricketts_ Video editing by @crownedonevisuals Sponsor: Sauna Space Red Light Therapy → 10% Off Your Sauna Space Dynamic Infant Movement | Grounded Mother | Book Lactation Appointment Subscribe, share, leave a review, connect with us!

In this episode, we explore the victim triangle and how it shows up in motherhood. Sometimes, without realizing it, we place our children in the role of “the problem.” They’re too sensitive. Too wild. Too anxious. Too behind. Too much. And in doing so, we unintentionally step into a dynamic where the issue lives inside them rather than examining the environment, the expectations, or our own patterns. Our children are not design flaws to fix. They are mirrors, messengers, and developing humans responding to the ecosystems we help create. If you’ve ever felt stuck in cycles of frustration, this conversation invites you to gently turn the focus inward. Not to criticize yourself, but to remember where your agency lives. Follow us on Instagram: @theloveofbreastfeeding & @taylorricketts_ Video editing by @crownedonevisuals Sponsor: Sauna Space Red Light Therapy → 10% Off Your Sauna Space Dynamic Infant Movement | Grounded Mother | Book Lactation Appointment Subscribe, share, leave a review, connect with us!

In this episode, we talk about aging. Not as something to fight, but something to step into. Learn how we picture ourselves aging and why so many of us have been taught to resist what is actually natural and inevitable. Instead of chasing youth, what would it look like to lean into age. To welcome the steadiness, the clarity, the boundaries, the deeper self-trust that often comes with it. Follow us on Instagram: @theloveofbreastfeeding & @taylorricketts_ Video editing by @crownedonevisuals Sponsor: Sauna Space Red Light Therapy → 10% Off Your Sauna Space Dynamic Infant Movement | Grounded Mother | Book Lactation Appointment Subscribe, share, leave a review, connect with us!

When something comes up in motherhood, where do you turn first? The group chat? Social media? A poll of opinions? In this episode, we talk about the difference between crowdsourcing our motherhood and resourcing ourselves. We explore how constantly seeking outside input can slowly erode a mother’s confidence and how easy it is to disconnect from our own intuition when every decision is filtered through the noise of the internet.  Follow us on Instagram: @theloveofbreastfeeding & @taylorricketts_ Video editing by @crownedonevisuals Sponsor: Sauna Space Red Light Therapy → 10% Off Your Sauna Space Dynamic Infant Movement | Grounded Mother | Book Lactation Appointment Subscribe, share, leave a review, connect with us!

We explore how intentionality compounds over time and how many of the things people call “lucky” are truly the result of quiet, consistent alignment.  It is not luck, but clarity + action + embodied belief. Follow us on Instagram: @theloveofbreastfeeding & @taylorricketts_ Video editing by @crownedonevisuals Sponsor: Sauna Space Red Light Therapy → 10% Off Your Sauna Space Dynamic Infant Movement | Grounded Mother | Book Lactation Appointment Subscribe, share, leave a review, connect with us!

In this episode, we challenge the narrative that children simply get sick all winter long. We explore the idea that illness isn’t a seasonal inevitability and that winter may not be the villain we’ve made it out to be. Instead, we look deeper.  We explore how children are deeply responsive to their environment and especially to the nervous system of their mother. What if winter sickness is less about cold weather and more about disconnection from rhythm, rest, and regulation? Follow us on Instagram: @theloveofbreastfeeding & @taylorricketts_ Video editing by @crownedonevisuals Sponsor: Sauna Space Red Light Therapy → 10% Off Your Sauna Space Dynamic Infant Movement | Grounded Mother | Book Lactation Appointment Subscribe, share, leave a review, connect with us!

In our Season 3 premiere, Emily shares the story of Wally’s birth - a freebirth in the quiet of her own home, attended only by her husband while her children slept nearby. Whether you are planning a hospital birth, homebirth, exploring what autonomy in motherhood means to you, or simply curious, this conversation invites you to reflect on where your power lives. Gentle note: Freebirth is a deeply personal decision. This episode shares one woman’s lived experience and is not medical advice. Every mother deserves informed, thoughtful support in whatever setting she chooses. Follow us on Instagram: @theloveofbreastfeeding & @taylorricketts_ Video editing by @crownedonevisuals Sponsor: Sauna Space Red Light Therapy → 10% Off Your Sauna Space Dynamic Infant Movement | Grounded Mother | Book Lactation Appointment Subscribe, share, leave a review, connect with us!

Our season finale episode, just in time for a seasonal shift! Emily prepares to welcome baby number three and Taylor gears up for a move to Northern Michigan for the winter.  We are taking stock of what it means to live seasonally. Aligning our lives with the shifts in light, temperature, and energy. From morning sun to slower winter days, we talk about how following the current of the natural world may lead to a deeper sense of harmony in the body and the home. Follow us on Instagram: @theloveofbreastfeeding & @taylorricketts_ Video editing by @crownedonevisuals Sponsor: Sauna Space Red Light Therapy 10% Off Your Sauna Space Dynamic Infant Movement For Breastfeeding And Beyond The Ultimate Guide To Perinatal Nutrition Book an Appointment Subscribe, share, leave a review, connect with us!