The Parentologist Podcast

Heal First, Parent Strong: Raising Confident and Compassionate Kids

This week Dr. Kim is talking with Bryana Kappadakunnel, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the voice behind Conscious Mommy. Bryana is the author of Parent Yourself First: Raise Confident, Compassionate Kids By Becoming the Parent You Wish You'd Had. She serves new moms and families with young children who are in need of compassion, comfort, and support during life's inevitable changes and transitions. She runs the Conscious Mommy Community, an online membership platform for parents who wish to heal their inner child wounds and parent from a place of intention and confidence. She lives in Southern California with her spouse and 2 kiddos.

Learn more at https://www.consciousmommy.com

Grace, Grit, and Growth: A Mom's Path of Entrepreneurship and Special Needs Parenting

This week Dr. Kim is talking with Amy Suzanne Upchurch, the Founder and CEO of Pink Stork, a wellness brand committed to empowering women through science-backed products and a supportive community. Amy's entrepreneurial journey was deeply shaped by her own health struggles during pregnancy. Diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum—a severe and debilitating form of nausea and vomiting—during her first three pregnancies, Amy endured immense physical and emotional challenges. At one point, she was given just 24 hours to live after contracting a
life-threatening blood infection during her first pregnancy.

Determined to take a holistic approach to her health, Amy teamed up with
healthcare professionals—including her mother, a registered nurse—to create
a regimen of natural products. This proactive strategy led to a healthy and
enjoyable fourth pregnancy, a striking contrast to the challenges she had faced
before. Inspired by her own transformation, Amy founded Pink Stork in 2015
with the mission of offering women natural and effective wellness solutions to
support their unique journeys.

Amy's story is a powerful testament to resilience, faith, and the transformative power of natural wellness solutions. Through her unwavering determination and leadership at Pink Stork, she continues to inspire and empower women around the world, offering them not only products but also a sense of community
and support on their own wellness journeys.

Parenting After Trauma: Overcoming Childhood Wounds Without Repeating the Past

This week Dr. Kim is talking with Dr. Robyn Koslowitz, Ph.D. Dr. Robyn Koslowitz is a clinical child and family psychologist, and author of Post-Traumatic
Parenting: Break the Cycle, Become the Parent You Always Wanted to Be (Broadleaf, 2025). She has worked with prominent scholars, including Dr. Carol Gilligan, Dr. Ester Buchholz, and Dr. Sandee McClowry, contributing to cutting-edge research on parenting, post-traumatic growth, and psychology.
A sought-after speaker, consultant, and media contributor, Dr. Koslowitz has appeared on Fox, CNN, NPR, and more. Her Post-Traumatic Parenting podcast and Targeted Parenting blog on Psychology Today have reached wide audiences, with nearly 1 million reads. She is also a psychology and post-traumatic growth social media influencer with over 55,000 followers across
Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

Find out more at https://www.drrobynkoslowitz.com

 

Silent Fury: Understanding and Managing Maternal Rage

This week, Dr. Kim is talking with chartered clinical psychologist Dr Caroline Boyd about understanding and managing maternal rage. Dr. Caroline Boyd has over 10 years experience working in the NHS and mental health settings, and she supports parents from pregnancy to childbirth and beyond. Caroline runs anger courses for mothers and her published research explores mothers & experiences of intrusive
thoughts about their babies.

Caroline is the author of Mindful New Mum and her work has been featured in You magazine, Grazia, the Daily Telegraph, and Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4. Caroline is a proud Ambassador for UK perinatal mental health charity, PANDAS.
Caroline specialises in supporting parents around anger and anxiety in her
independent psychology practice, Parent Therapy Hub. She shares psychology
ideas on Instagram and in the media to help parents feel more connected - to
themselves and their children - and less alone.

 

Caroline offers a self-paced anger course for mothers (USE THE CODE “USPODCAST” TO CLAIM YOUR $125 DISCOUNT):

https://dr-caroline-boyd.mykajabi.com/maternal-rage-sign-up-1

Pelvic Power: How To Support Your Body From Pregnancy to Perimenopause

Since 2007, Dr. Sara Reardon has been caring for people’s pelvic floors as doctor of physical therapy, board-certified pelvic floor physical therapist, and women’s health clinical specialist. She is the Founder of The Vagina Whisperer, an online, on-demand pelvic floor workout platform for pregnancy, postpartum, menopause, painful sex, and pelvic floor strengthening. 

Sara has been featured in Time Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Instyle, Huff Post, Today Show, and numerous other podcasts, online publications, and professional conferences about her advocacy and educational work as pelvic health physical therapist. She is also a TED presenter on Rethinking Postpartum Care. 

As The Vagina Whisperer on Instagram and TikTok, Sara has more than 625,000 followers. She is the author of FLOORED: A Woman’s Guide to Pelvic Floor Health at Every Age and Stage available in June 2025.

Stress Proof Your Relationship: Strategies for Lasting Love

This week Dr. Kim is talking with Elizabeth Earnshaw about how to stress proof your relationship. Elizabeth Earnshaw, LMFT, CGT, is a licensed family and marriage therapist, Certified Gottman Therapist, AAMFT Approved Supervisor, and founder of A Better Life Therapy. She’s known for her popular Instagram account @lizlistens, is the author of I Want This to Work and ‘Til Stress Do Us Part: How to Heal The Number #1 Issue in Our Relationships’ (Released September 10, 2024) and has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, and more. She lives between Philadelphia and New Orleans with her husband and children. For more, visit elizabethearnshaw.com.

Healthy Guts: Happy Kids

This week, Dr. Kim is talking with Dr. Elisa Song. Dr. Elisa Song, MD is a Stanford-, NYU-, UCSF-trained integrative pediatrician, pediatric functional medicine expert, and mom to 2 thriving children - and she is on a mission to revolutionize the future of children’s health. Dr. Song is the author of the national bestseller Healthy Kids, Happy Kids: An Integrative Pediatrician’s Guide to Whole Child Resilience. Dr. Song created Healthy Kids Happy Kids (www.healthykidshappykids.com) as an online holistic pediatric resource to help practitioners and parents bridge the gap between conventional and integrative pediatrics with an evidence-based, pediatrician-backed, mom-approved approach.

In her integrative pediatric practice, she’s helped 1000s of kids get to the root causes of their health concerns and empowered parents to help their children thrive by integrating conventional pediatrics with functional medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, herbal medicine, and essential oils.

Dr. Song is chair of A4M’s pediatric education and has lectured around the world at leading integrative and functional medicine conferences and premier parenting events. She has also been featured in hundreds of top podcasts, print and online media outlets.

BOOK: https://www.healthykidshappykids.com/book/

Website: https://healthykidshappykids.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/healthykids_happykids/   (@healthykids_happykids)

FB: https://www.facebook.com/DrElisaSongMD/

Lightening the Load: Empowering Moms to Thrive, Not Just Survive

This week, Dr. Kim is talking with Erica Djossa. Erica Djossa is the CEO and founder of Momwell, and a registered psychotherapist specializing in maternal mental health with over a decade of experience. As a mother of three rambunctious young boys, Erica understands first-hand the challenges of motherhood. Perfectionism, pressure, and loss of identity fueled her battle with postpartum depression, and she realized how difficult it is to seek care. She founded Momwell to set a standard of care for providers and ensure mom-centred specialized mental health support at any stage of motherhood. Erica has been featured in media publications including Time Magazine, USA Today, The Toronto Star, Breakfast Television, and Scary Mommy.

For more, visit momwell.com

A Values Driven Life: Breaking Free from Achievement Culture

This week, Dr. Kim is talking with Dr. Jenn Hardy. Jenn Hardy is a psychologist with a private practice in Maryville, TN. She is also an Instagram influencer (@drjennhardy) known for her handwritten sticky notes encouraging people to step away from hustle culture and perfectionism, toward a more balanced, sustainable, and self-compassionate life. She graduated with a PhD in Counseling Psychology from Penn State University where she received advanced training in psychodynamic and feminist therapy, career counseling, and attachment theory. In her clinical practice, she specializes in issues of older adulthood, career-related concerns, and relationship problems. She has been featured in numerous media outlets including Teen Vogue, The New York Times Magazine, Forbes Health, and Huffington Post as well as podcasts discussing topics like her “affordable self-care” series, abandoning perfectionism, and identifying unhealthy relationship dynamics.

You can learn more about her and find links to media interviews at: www.drjennhardy.com

Sugar, Dyes, and Additives: What Every Parent Should Know

This week Dr. Kim is talking with Joel Warsh aka @DrJoelGator of the popular parenting Instagram account all about food. Joel Warsh is a Board-Certified Pediatrician in Los Angeles, California who specializes in Parenting, Wellness and Integrative Medicine.  He is the author of Parenting at Your Child’s Pace: The Integrative Pediatrician’s Guide to the First Three Years.