The Evolution of Mom

Megan Mclaren is a registered social worker with 9 years of experience working in mental health. After the birth of her twins in 2019, she suffered with PPD/PPA for well over a year before she decided to take back her power and prioritize herself. Through that, she has created a community and Life Coaching business where she's passionate about helping women, mothers, and stepmothers create a life of balance and authentic joy.Check out Megan and her work on all her socials:IG: @meganmclarencoach Facebook.com/meganmclarencoachingWeb: www.meganmclarencoaching.comConnect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!

You know how lots of women in mid-life start experiencing symptoms such as hot flashes, brain fog, insomnia, weight gain, and intimacy issues that keep them from living their best lives? Vanessa helps empower them to reduce menopausal symptoms using natural methods and learn how to make this the most impactful phase of their lives while feeling healthy, vibrant, and focused!“As a Traditional Naturopath, CEO of the natural cosmetics company, Natural Look Mineral Make-Up, and Professional Belly Dance Instructor, I love helping empower women to thrive during the spiritual initiation of their menopausal journey, through natural health, natural movement, and natural beauty.After starting my life over at 50 years old, I found a profound way to step powerfully into my new life with vibrant health and have touched the lives of hundreds of women in similar situations.”~ Vanessa Nixon, Traditional Naturopath, Herbalist, HomeopathProfessional credentials:Doctorate in Traditional NaturopathyMaster’s in Herbal MedicineCertificate in AromatherapyCertificate in NutritionCertificate in HomeopathyCertificate in ReflexologyCertificate in IridologyProfessional Middle Eastern Dance Performer and InstructorFounder and CEO of Natural Look Mineral MakeupLinks:Website - www.herbsofgracehealingarts.com FB Group - You Can Feel Marvelous in Mid-Life, Naturally!  FB Page - facebook.com/HerbsofGraceHealingArts Insta - @herbsofgrace LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessanixon/ Twitter - @HerbsofGraceUpcoming Event - 'Herbal Workshop: Create a Medicinal Fire Cider!’ Connect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!

I had the honour of being a guest on the hormonal mama podcast this past week, and I had so much fun connecting with Cara that I had to share it with you!We both share a deep passion for Women's Health and hormones. Two women coming together dedicated to making it known that just because it is "common"  to have hormonal imbalances doesn't make it normal or ok!I had such a great time getting to know her and am so excited to share this valuable episode with all of you. ♡Find more of Cara, The Hormonal Mama here:Links: https://linktr.ee/thehormonalmamaIG: https://instagram.com/thehormonalmamaConnect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!

Are you taking the time to dive deeper into your experiences?In this episode, I come at you as a hot mess, recovering from surgery because it brought up a lot for me on the importance of taking a deeper look into your experiences. I will give you some examples of what that can look like, how that can support you, why it's so important, and how using tools like your core values and guide you to look deeper. You are so deserving of a deep dive into yourself and the world around you. ♡Connect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!

Have you ever thought about moving to a new city? What about a new country? What if you didn’t speak the language? Does it sound exciting or terrifying? Do you ever find yourself wishing you could do something but feel a nagging sense of self-doubt? “Oh, I would love to do that if only I were more confident.” If so, then this podcast is for you. Bonnie has never walked a straight and narrow path; she is more of a wanderer – grabbing opportunities as they have come up. It all started when she was 18 and moved to Mexico for a year speaking no Spanish, other than the popular “North American phrase,” “Dos cervezas, por favor.” Since then, she has traveled to over 30 countries, living in Australia and Nicaragua for a year.Back in Canada now, she is a coach and a teacher in a variety of arts and sports (dance, judo, diving), and through that, she recognizes a core feature that holds people of all ages back from progressing towards the life they want to live: Confidence. In this episode, she shares some simple ways to recognize, build up and protect self-confidence.Connect with her on FB: https://www.facebook.com/bonnie.c.79/Connect with her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonnie.lynn.cleland/Join in on the free 5-day challenge (Starting Mon Jan 24th): https://bit.ly/CultivateConfidenceWithBonnieConnect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!

Let's break down some of these common phrases with fresh eyes! Let’s look at them from a space of growth and achievement. From a space that feels expansive, fun, and no longer in the restriction of perfectionism.Connect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!

New year new you… it’s a great slogan. But instead of a new you what if you loved what already is and want to enhance it even more. Continue to evolve what is already there. Choose to continue to grow into the best version of YOU. YOU the individual. We already have one of someone else, the world needs you and your gifts. Decide this year to stop denying not only the world but your loved ones around you and the people you serve or hope to serve in the future your best self. They deserve what is best of you, not what’s left of you. Ask yourself what if what is best for me IS what is best for everyone else. Make this a year of diving into self-care and finding what brings you joy and fulfillment.  Discover for yourself this year how truly selfless self-care is. I believe in you!Connect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!

Dr. Bostock was drawn to Naturopathic Medicine because of its emphasis on empowering patients in their own healing process and its focus on utilizing nature’s principles in health. From the time of his first day in practice, it has been his passion to assist patients in creating an approach that is suited to their goals and needs, that is safe and effective. With all of his patients, Dr. Bostock takes the time to listen to their concerns, educate them, connect dots where needed, and empower them with different options and treatments to reach their health goals in the shortest amount of time possible. Most of his patients are dealing with some combination of the following: fatigue, anxiety, digestive concerns like bloating or constipation, hormone-related issues like painful periods, endometriosis, or PCOS. Depression and chronic pain are also very common. Regardless of the current symptoms, you’re having, the goal is working as a team to uncover the UNDERLYING CAUSES for why you’re not feeling your best. Once this is determined, steps are taken to address these causes--not just fix your symptoms. Together, an individualized plan is created using natural treatments combined with modern science to restore and optimize your health. The treatment plan often includes nutrition and dietary recommendations, routine or specialty lab testing, and use of supplements integrated with movement and exercise or even use of bioidentical hormone treatment or pharmaceuticals, where necessary. Treatment is often done alongside other health care professionals to help create a treatment that compliments the strategies you already have in place. Working in this way, life-changing results can happen. Newfound energy, waking rested, happy & stable moods…relief of lingering pain, embarrassing digestion, or skin issues. This translates to a much more healthy, vibrant life--the kind Dr. Bostock believes we’re all meant to live.Dr. Bostock can be reached through his Instagram accounts @drclaytonbostocknd  and @dr.bostocknd and his website www.drclaytonbostock.comConnect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!

Lori Mork is a fierce Empowerment and Life Coach, Podcaster, and 2-time Bestselling Author who has helped thousands of people worldwide reclaim their lives, own their truth, and step into their power for all things mind, body, soul!The moment I started talking to this incredible woman, I knew we were meant to connect. Her vibe mission and beliefs are so aligned with my own and with this podcast. Her beautiful message to the world is that Life’s too short not to feel amazing! Why stay trapped like some helpless damsel in distress when we already possess all of the tools to escape and create our own sassy fairytale?”This is an episode you won't want to miss!Learn more:Web: http://www.lorimork.com/IG: @lori.mork FB: https://web.facebook.com/lorimorkcoachPodcast: Rescue Your Own Damn Self - https://podcasts.apple.com/cr/podcast/rescue-your-own-damn-self-the-podcast/id1543006621Get a copy of her book, Rescue Your Own Damn Self: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1989716121Connect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!

You all know I love women’s health from the umbrella of health, happiness, hormones, and the harmony between all of them. Helping women from this perspective has become a deep passion and purpose of mine. In this episode, I dive into the realm of habits and identity from that space. Your habits create your identity; your identity fuels your habits. What is beautiful is this is a cycle that you have control over. Changing my identity from someone who was broken, chronically ill, and couldn't be helped to a place of empowered action taking was one of the greatest shifts of my life.You have the control of breaking whatever cycle you are in that no longer aligns with you and change it at any moment.Connect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!

I am so honored and excited to introduce to you Alan Lazaros! Co-founder of The incredible platform Next Level University. He is an incredible example of a male role model to all heart-driven and growth-minded women everywhere. In this episode, he drops nothing but value on what it means to live in your core values, a life of fulfillment, and how important it is to discover that for yourself.  Alan deeply believes that we all have an individual purpose and supports anyone ready to dive into that journey for themselves! Whether through one-on-one coaching, relationship calls (with his equally inspiring and beautiful girlfriend Emilia) or the MANY free resources he and the Next Level University community provide, Alan can help you take your life, love, health, and wealth to the next level.Alan Lazaros is also the co-host of Next Level University, a Global Top 100 Self-Improvement podcast with more than 600 episodes reaching over half a million people in more than 100 countries on how to improve your life, love, health & wealth. At 26, Alan was involved in a nearly fatal car accident that made him question everything. What if this was it? Did I live a life true to myself? Not liking the answers, he decided to take control of his thoughts and his life and change forever.Learn more and reach out to Alan at:IG: https://www.instagram.com/alazaros88LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanlazarosllc/ Next Level Universe web: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com/Connect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!

Join me in today's episode as I share the deeper reasons why I do what I do and why talking about hormones is very important. If this resonates with you or with extreme symptoms that you know are not "normal" female problems, know that you are not alone. Also, know that you have all the right to persist in seeking help.  Connect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!

"I'll be happy when...."Are you falling into that trap of waiting for your happiness? Friend, you are so deserving and worthy of being happy now! It’s ok to be happy and still be striving for more. Find joy along the way, don’t wait for when you have "arrived" at your goals.Episode mentioned:#39 - Focus On What You Have Control OverConnect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!

Leveling up and holistic views on perception, love, boundaries, self-care, fulfillment, and community! It all affects what it is you are choosing to do with your life. Your success is your own - Are you optimizing your self-love, care, and worth to ripple out into your passions and purpose?Enjoy this episode dedicated to living on purpose. ✌Reach out to Kevin:Web http://www.nextleveluniverse.com/IG https://www.instagram.com/neverquitkidEmail Kevin@nextleveluniverse.comLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-palmieri-5b7736160/Connect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!

Guess who’s back for an amazing episode.....Sherysse! I am so excited to have the former co-host of The Evolution of Mom with me to dive into some important topics that I deeply believe all women need to hear. We touch on letting go and saying "No" to what is out of alignment for you, even when it’s with your closest loved ones. We dive into celebrating women (yourself and others) sacred feminine and the importance of learning more about yourself...the light and the dark.Make sure to check out Sherysse’s socials to learn more about the 5 Day Awaken the Goddess Challenge that’s coming in November.IG: https://www.instagram.com/sheryssemichelle/https://www.instagram.com/thesologoddess/Web: thesologoddess.comConnect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!

In this week's episode, I celebrate an entrepreneurial mother who has completely transformed her life. Angela Backus is a  woman who has seen her own version of "rock bottom" and has been dedicated to her growth and to letting go of what does not serve her ever since. We get into a beautiful discussion on what it can look like when you choose to step away from what's weighing on you and isn't bringing you passion, purpose, and joy. It can truly help you shift your mental, physical and spiritual health. Finding what serves you as an individual, collaboration over competition, celebration over judgment and jealousy...we get into it all!Check out Angela Backus:IG: https://www.instagram.com/angebackus_alignandempower/https://linktr.ee/AngelaBackusConnect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!

This week's episode dives into focussing on using what we have control over to help us get out of a state of overwhelm. We have more control over things than I think we give ourselves credit for. When we get into an unresourceful state and feeling the weight of the world, this is one of the most powerful tools that can bring us back from those big feelings (which are valid, and I get into that as well!)Prep yourself; this may have turned a little emotional and maybe didn't even come across as I had meant - I wasn't planning on tears...but I feel the message is important.Connect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but for humans, it can give us life. Are being curious? Are you using this tool that our brain has given us to find our passion, purpose, and joy? If not I encourage you to dive into this more! This quick episode dives into the power of curiosity and how it can lead us to the most beautiful places.Connect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!

In this week’s episode, I am so excited to introduce my wonderful and magical friend, Rae-Lynn! We talked all about intuitive joy! Her gift for describing the difference between external happiness vs. internal joy is beautiful.Make sure you listen for the incredible analogy Rae-Lynn gives on filling your cup...hint, what if there’s an EXTRA cup?! ....I know your mind will be just as blown as mine was!Who is Rae-Lynn?She helps women who go through life as that “strong women,” living in their masculine, always there for everyone else, “tough” yet disconnected from self to Re{Wild} - healing, feeling, shifting - connecting with self, to be present, experience joy and be embodied!IG:  https://www.instagram.com/raelynndaniellewellness/FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenwildatheart/Morning Monthly Membership:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/risewithintention/Free Gift: https://www.raelynndanielle.com/Connect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!

Here's an episode where I had the honor to be interviewed by Marla Miller from the Open-Minded Healing Podcast. We had such a lovely conversation about my health journey, how it's like dealing with chronic illness, and how I became who I am today. Please visit Marla and check out her podcast.IG: https://www.instagram.com/marla.k.miller/ Podcast: https://www.openmindedhealing.com/Connect with Amy Lenius:IG: https://www.instagram.com/amylenius/https://linktr.ee/AmyLenius1I would love and appreciate it if you follow The Evolution of Mom on Apple podcast; a 5-star rating would be amazing, and share this with your girlfriends or anyone you think needs to hear that SHE is incredible, beautiful, and powerful!