The Moms on Maternity Podcast with Aimee Cruz

What a lady of joy! Aimee Cruz, talks to Mom to Four Littles and Bestselling Author of Five Romance Novels, well, RomCom more specifically!Melissa Ferguson lives on a beautiful stretch of land in Tennessee and followed her passion which led her to getting signed by a book publisher and recently completed her fifth novel.All her books have come out after she became a Mom!She writes RomCom and on this interview, hear about her journey from pre-kids to Mom of four and bestselling author. She's super sweet and we are very excited for her!Melissa's favorite hobby is taking friends and acquaintances and turning them into characters for her books without their knowledge.In this newest Moms on Maternity podcast episode, we learn a little bit more about what inspires and motivates her writing. We also get an inside on what some of her novels are about and how she feels about writing romance novels.Find the full episode between Aimee and Melissa on the Moms on Maternity Podcast. It is available on Apple podcasts and most all other podcast outlets.Type in Melissa Ferguson on Amazon to see her five novels - they all are fun, heart lifting reads with super cute plots! :)

On this Episode, Aimee Cruz talks with Shannon Carroll, author of One Thing Remains. Shannon has a powerful message and she speaks from a place of raw vulnerability yet hopeful confidence.Her story is fascinating and one that might inspire you to make some real changes in your life – physically and spiritually.A main theme of her presentations is the story that inspired her and her husband, David, to write their 1 bestselling book, One Thing Remains.The book tells of David's bizarre experience with amnesia and how it turned their lives upside down in an instant. Shannon and David, along with their three boys and a dog, live in Southern Indiana, where David is a pastor of a thriving church and Shannon runs a home based wellness business. They love to minister together through their dynamic gifts of preaching, teaching and musicWebsite www.shannonlcarroll.comInstagram @shannonlcarrollOrder One Thing Remains http://getbook.at/OneThingRemainsFor more shows and Moms support https://www.momsonmaternity.com/

In this episode, meet Sheri St Marie. Sheri and Aimee met through a mutual connection on LinkedIn. Sheri worked hard to change her circumstances from a young age and after a teaching career, she reinvented herself into other areas of business including domestic and international real estate.Sheri is a strong voice for females in the workplace and provides encouragement to men and women alike related to following your heart, while at the same time being smart to deal and situational client relationship dynamics.They talk about Motherhood, being a female in today's economy as well as current undertakings in Sheri's life. Find Sheri on LinkedIn! For more shows and Moms support https://www.momsonmaternity.com/

Join Aimee as she interviews Sasha Morozov founder of Sasha X Home. Follow along as they discuss her business and the different challenges Moms face while going back to work post partum. Together they dive into some tips for new Moms and the online course Sasha has to help mothers that are transitioning back into the workforce. It is a fun lively conversation between two women who have managed the transition of Working Motherhood as well as finding Peace in Working Motherhood and want to help others do so as well. Sasha Morozov is an optimist, a get-shit-done-and-enjoy-your-life type of gal. A giver, a wife, a mother. A woman who is determined as hell to make this world a better place.More about Sasha X Home: https://www.sashaxhome.com/More about Moms on Maternity: https://www.momsonmaternity.com/

In this podcast, Aimee interviews Meaghan B Murphy, the author of Your Fully Charged Life A Radically Simple Approach to Having Endless Energy and Filling Every Day with YAY. Meaghan is also an editor, lifestyle and health expert, a home-hack master and certified trainer. Together they discuss her reasons for writing this book, her life as a Mom and her personal and professional experiences that brought her to where she is today. Meaghan is a true inspiration and as sharp as it comes! Website link to book: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Fully-Charged-Life-Radically/dp/0593188578 For more shows and Mom support: https://www.momsonmaternity.com/

Join Aimee in getting to know Miranda Oh the author of an amazing book series based on some of her life occurrences. Her book series - Chin Up Tits Out - talks about confidence, self love, and self respect in women. It's the perfect read for anyone looking to learn about the journey women face on a daily basis and what goes on beneath the surface. In this interview they unpack some of the contents of the book and how it came about. As an independent woman in her early twenties, Miranda immigrated with her husband into the country, where he immediately fell ill with Cancer. She had lost everything from her house and car, to her job and dignity. After battling immigration and cancer for years, her husband got up and left their lives one day. In the blink of an eye, She had lost everything that made her; her. During her healing process, she chose to write her first series called Chin Up Tits Out - which follows their main character Hadley. Hadley is a more refined version of her in real life, their stories are very intertwined with each other. Fast forward 8 long years of healing, learning and building up her life from the ground up, she has an entire series out in the world, she moved into a house with her new partner, and had a beautiful baby girl this spring. With her newest source of inspiration, she is writing her next series called Love My Lady Bits, which is based on real stories. For preparation of this new series she embarked on a journey to interview 100 women globally who all live with a chronic condition called Endometriosis. She is taking all these stories, and women and turning them into a 3 part series, in hopes to make "female part issues" less taboo to speak about, less embarrassing, and to help make these scenarios more relatable. Inspiring and empowering women who are going through tough life situations is something that she is most passionate about. She is honored to have the opportunity to share her story. Amazon Book Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1733510389/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2 For more Mom Shows and Support: https://www.momsonmaternity.com/  

In this video, Aimee interviews Gretchen Salyer the Founder & CEO of The June Care Company. June Care is a platform for connecting parents who need childcare with qualified host parents who can care for their kids. Together they discuss how she created the company and the different logistics that allowed her to build the company she has today. Tune in as they talk about how the dynamics work for both the hosts and the parents. Prior to founding June Care, Gretchen was a stay-at-home mom to her three daughters and, prior to that, a tech executive at Intuit. Gretchen lives in Northern California with her family. Website link: https://junecare.co/ For more shows and Moms support: https://www.momsonmaternity.com/  

We enjoyed talking to Patricia Roberts, author of Route 529, A Parents Guide to Saving for College and Career Training with 529 Plans. We discuss some of the ins-and-outs of what the 529 account is, how to open one, how the account works, what it can be used for, how to save more money, tax benefits of a 529 account and more! Patricia explains how one can give college savings gift cards as presents for birthdays and other milestones as well as corporate programs that are advantageous for working parents and their families. Patricia's passion stems from her personal story. She had no idea how she would be able to afford college for her son (as she was paying back over $50,000 in her own student loan debt when her son arrived), she began saving for her infant son's future education expenses as soon as she returned to work following her maternity leave. She took a little out of each paycheck, increased contributions over time when she could, and 22 years later, Patricia is proud to say that she just celebrated her son's debt-free graduation from college this past June. We are big fans of her work! You can reach Patricia Roberts at Patricia@GiftOfCollege.com and Aimee Cruz at Aimee@MomsOnMaternity.com