Mom Wants More

If you’re a mom who’s experienced any level of disorientation during seasons of transition between 9-5 work outside the home VS. in the home, you don’t want to miss this week’s guest episode. We’re chatting with Jen Babakhan and we’re diving straight into the nuanced and complicated feelings that so often accompany any transition into ... Read More about MWM 050: Jen Babakhan

We know how much y’all love Friday Faves (confession: we do too. Is it okay to say they’re our “fave”?!) (Pun intended. As usual.) BUT this week’s installment is a little extra special because from now until Christmas all of our Friday Faves will be geared towards holiday gift giving. We’re compiling a super fun ... Read More about MWM 049: Friday Faves 11-23-18

Today on the podcast we’re re-thinking the definition of the word “wait”. We think Waiting has gotten a bit of a bad rep, a stigma, a negative connotation that it doesn’t necessarily deserve. In our modern society of instant information, instant access, and even instaGRAM we’ve become so accustomed to high-speed information and instant gratification ... Read More about MWM 048: How to Wait Well

It’s our favorite time of the week, and not just because we get to sleep in for the next two days. It’s time for some Friday Faves, y’all! These short episodes have been a blast to record and we have been absolutely delighted by your response to them. You guys have been tuning in, sharing ... Read More about MWM 047: Friday Faves 11-16-18

Today we’re chatting with Rachael Sandeen and if you’ve ever had a season where your creative passions have taken a back burner, today’s episode is for you. Rachael is a crazy-talented singer who’s voice tends to stand out (in a good way). During our conversation she opened up to us about a time in her ... Read More about MWM 046: Rachael Sandeen

We’re back and we’re dishing on all the things you need in your life this month! Well, that’s a lie. Not ALL the things, because aint nobody got time for that. But we are sharing 4 of our current Favorite Things and they’re just in time for that holiday season where you might find yourself ... Read More about MWM 045: Friday Faves 11-9-18

Here at the Mom Wants More Community we believe that our “creative” life is really just our actual life. Creativity isn’t just reserved for arts and crafts, y’all. Our natural creative bent spills over to every aspect of our life. It defines the unique way we show up in the life we’re building. It’s the ... Read More about MWM 044: How To Get Unstuck in Your Creative Life

It’s Friday! Which means we’re back and dishing on our Favorite Things! Each week Alana & Amber produce these short episodes where they each share 2 of their current obsessions from the week before. We love to hear YOUR Favorite Things too, so feel free to comment here or over on Instagram and use the ... Read More about MWM 043: Friday Faves (11-2-18)

This week we sat down and chatted with Lisa Guerrero. Lisa is a graphic designer, photographer, calligrapher, and mom. Self-expression is part of her everyday being, whether creating an identity for a business, designing an invitation to celebrate a special occasion, doing custom calligraphy work for others, or teaching small modern calligraphy workshops. She is ... Read More about MWM 042: Lisa Guerrero

It’s our favorite time of the week, y’all! I don’t know why, but every Friday we type that first sentence out in a sing-songy voice. We feel like you should know that we’re channeling our inner Oprah every time with these shownotes. Why? We really don’t know. It just feels right, okay? Maybe because we ... Read More about MWM 041: Friday Faves (10-26-18)

We talk a lot here about pursuing your passions, acknowledging/ naming/getting after your dreams, and leaning in to your unique creative bent. Those are all lovely and powerful ideas- but what if you DON’T KNOW what those things are yet? Or maybe you have a sense of it but it still feels foggy and unclear ... Read More about MWM 040: How to Uncover Your Creativity

It’s Fridayyyyyy! Y’all know the drill! We’re back and dishing on our current obsessions, must-haves, and can’t-live-withouts from the week! Our Faves this Friday are: Leuchtturm 1917 dotted notedbook Bullet Journal Le Pen  Tiny ruler for bullet journaling The cutest little juice glasses from Anthropologie Alana’s fave knit hat CONNECT WITH AMBER & ALANA: Be ... Read More about MWM 039: Friday Faves (10-19-18)

This week we sat down with Richelle Ainsworth, a true Renaissance Woman if there ever was one. She’s an extremely talented painter, photographer, woodworker, and more. She’s also a mom of 4 young kiddos. She’s had seasons of pursuing her creative talents on a professional level and seasons of pulling back and intentionally slowing down ... Read More about MWM 038: Richelle Ainsworth

It’s Friday y’all! Which means we’re back and we’re talking Favorite Things! Before heading into the weekend we like to pop over and share a couple of our must-haves from the past week. These episodes are super short and mostly for fun. We’d love to hear YOUR Favorite Things too, so comment on this post, ... Read More about MWM 037: Friday Faves (10-12-18)

We ask the same question of all the guests who come on the podcast: “What have you had to say NO to in order to say YES to pursuing your passion?” We dedicated a whole line of our manifesto to this idea of intentionally choosing our Yeses & Nos because if there’s one thing we’re ... Read More about MWM 036: Choosing Our Yeses & Nos

It’s Friday y’all!  Which means we’re back and we’re talking Favorite Things! Before heading into the weekend we like to pop over and share a couple of our must-haves from the past week. These episodes are super short and mostly for fun. We’d love to hear YOUR Favorite Things too, so comment on this post, ... Read More about MWM 035: Friday Faves

This week Amber & Alana sat down with Lindsay McPhail and the conversation that followed was straight fire. Which is fitting because Lindsay is a self described fire starter. A risk taker. An adventure maker. She’s passionate about disrupting culture and inviting people to experience God in a real way. She’s been married for 18 ... Read More about MWM 034: Lindsay McPhail

In this week’s edition of Friday Faves Alana & Amber each share their top 2 Favorite Things this week. These episodes are super short and mostly for fun, we hope you enjoy listening, and hey! We want to hear YOUR Favorite Things too! If Oprah can have a list of Favorite Things then so can ... Read More about MWM 033: Friday Faves

  In this episode we have a blast asking each other a series of personal questions (some serious, some…. not so serious), we each share 5 fun facts about ourselves, and then we finish off with a rapid-fire round of questions that will help you really get know us. This episode was so much fun! ... Read More about MWM 032: Get to Know Your Cohosts!