Mom Halo

Michelle Barron is a mom of two and an optometrist in North York. She’s been in practice for over a decade, focusing on pediatric and family care. As both an eye doctor and a mom in her 30s, she found herself searching for eye care and skin care products that were not only effective but also safe for her eyes and her patients’ eyes. This led her to help start-up and manage Eyesthetics, a medi-spa offering eye and skin treatments th...

Kieran Powers is a mom and the founder of Becoln, a place for families navigating a difficult path to parenthood to find their beacons of light in the darkness. She was inspired to start Becoln because of her own journey and her three boys: Beckett, who died shortly after he was born; Lincoln, who was born at 22 weeks and spent four and a half months in the NICU; and Remy, who was born via surrogacy. She provides coaching, consulti...

Nicole Simons is a mom and a wealth management advisor, financial literacy advocate and part owner of CPN Financial Services. She takes pride in equipping women with the wealth management products they need to protect, diversify and grow their financial assets. Her career is rooted in more than 10 years of client-centred customer service. As a licensed insurance broker, she provides financial advice to help protect her clients at e...

Odette Peek is a psychedelic integration coach and guide. She holds a degree in clinical and social psychology, and a diploma in social service work, with a varied scope of experience. In her work at Spiritual Alliance, Odette draws on integrative, holistic approaches such as mind-body therapy, relational and family counselling and mindfulness, and she has extensive experience in guiding and supporting her clients with challenging ...

Marlie Cohen is a mom of two, a fitness trainer and the brain (and face!) behind Kale + Krunches as well as the founder of Bounce Forward Co., a health and fitness app for busy moms.

Topics discussed: 

• How fitness fits into their lives
• Mindset and reframing
• Wellness—for yourself and modelling for your kids
• Mothe...

Chloe Alleyne is a mom of two, a content creator, a certified personal trainer, a group fitness instructor, and a certified pre-and postnatal fitness specialist. She’s on a mission to inspire moms and busy women to embrace their strongest selves and take charge of their well-being.

Alex Trimble is a mom of two, an entrepreneur, a radio and television voice actor, and a content creator who wants to show women that they can have it...

Brittnei Gaudi is a mom of two and the founder of wellnested Living Co. She’s a professional organizer and a tamer of chaos, as well as a corporate escapee on a mission to simplify her own life—and do the same for her clients. She helps busy families optimize their homes so they can focus less on the “stuff” and more on what matters. She is a vibe creator, a potential spotter, a space finder and an order seeker. A detail-obsessed p...

Wendy Gordon is a speech-language pathologist with 25 years of experience working with children 18 months and older, both in person and via teletherapy. Her focus in therapy is keeping things fun and functional—getting the whole family involved in meaningful, individualized and engaging ways. Her passion for what she does is evident in her relationships with her clients…and in her amazing Instagram page with tips and tricks anyone ...

Alexa Torontow is a Toronto-based naturopathic doctor who works in maternal health care—helping moms and moms-to-be from preconception through to postpartum to ensure their care is not falling through the cracks and to help them feel truly well. Being a mom is not a diagnosis and there are small shifts that can impact your overall wellbeing.

Topics discussed: 

• How Alexa’s practice works and how sh...

Jennifer House is a mom of three from Calgary and a registered dietitian who runs First Step Nutrition, a private practice that helps make feeding families easier with a focus on picky eaters and starting solids. Her book, The Parents’ Guide to Baby-Led Weaning, is a great resource for anyone with kids starting solids, including tips, recipes and more.

Topics discussed: 

• Why kids are afraid to try...

Kyla Thomson is the mother of Bella, aka Bella Brave, who you probably know from TikTok and Instagram. Bella is a beautiful 10-year-old girl who was born with several rare diseases and she and her mother chronicle their journey for the world to see—and spread joy to millions of people. Kyla and Alana chat for Rare Disease Day (February 29) and Kyla gives an update about Bella’s health and journey.

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Nathalie Amlani is the founder and chief photographer for Pictonat Photography. She captures businesses in action through storytelling, mindset and brand strategy. She knows that sharing your brand can be hard to define in words, but a well-thought-out strategic picture can say what words cannot describe. Natalie intuitively connects and reflects with the energy each business owner brings, their interests and how they relate to the...

Jenni Diamond is the founder of Jenni Diamond Health, an online platform that helps new and expecting moms and birthing individuals exercise safely through evidence-based workouts. She uses her extensive education in human anatomy, biomechanics and prenatal and postnatal exercise training to deliver the most successful and beneficial results for her clients.

Topics discussed: 

• How Jenni started fo...

Shelagh Cummins is the founder and CEO of The Road to Seven™. She’s a transformative coach committed to helping women entrepreneurs shift from overwhelmed solopreneurs to savvy business owners. Her business’s mission is to help people reclaim time, build an effective team, streamline processes and boost profits while crafting a business that bolsters their lifestyle. At The Road to Seven™, they’re revolutionizing the narrative arou...

Identical twins Marnie and Rena have owned and operated ViBE Dance & Fitness Studio for over 21 years. ViBE is a one-of-a-kind non-competitive and accessibility-focused dance studio that treats everyone equally and without judgement. In 2021, they invented the Cartwhirler Cartwheel Mat, teaching kids of all ages to cartwheel. They are also co-authors of a nonfiction, self-help book called Empower Your ViBE. 

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Erin Pepler is the author of Send Me Into The Woods Alone: Essays on Motherhood. She’s a freelance writer and mom of two who lives in the Greater Toronto Area. 

Topics discussed: 

• The invisible workload of motherhood
• How to manage the maternal mental load
• The importance of community in parenthood
• Matrescence: Wh...

Brittany Donovan is a mom to a three-year-old little boy with medical complexities and who herself has many medical complexities of her own, including Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, mast cell activation syndome (MCAS), postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), Raynaud’s disease and more. She speaks about parenting while chronically ill.  

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• Brittany’s medical journey
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