The Vibrant Mom Podcast

The Vibrant Mom Podcast

Hosted by: Cara Maiolo, LPC

The Vibrant Mom Podcast helps working moms experience vibrant health, emotional well-being, and fulfilled living in this full-on, and full-hearted season of midlife.

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Episodes

The Early Signs of Perimenopause

In this episode, I share my personal experience with early perimenopause and the lessons I learned during the years it took me to understand what was happening in my body and brain. I walk through the most common...
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3 Things Every Woman in Her 40s Must Do to Find Herself

In this episode, I talk about why our 40s can feel both disorienting and incredibly empowering, especially for women who have spent years focused on raising kids, building careers, and meeting everyone else’s needs. I...
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Beyond Mindset: A Deeper Way to Work With Emotions

In this episode, I get a little feisty about two popular pieces of advice I think are holding us back: that we can choose our emotions and that mindset work alone will fix them. I share why emotions aren’t problems to...
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How to Navigate Difficult Emotional Moments

In this episode, I share how a parenting framework transformed not only how I respond to my son’s big emotions, but how I relate to my own. I realized that instead of rushing to problem-solve or make difficult...
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Rediscovering Your Style with Lauren Blakeley

In this conversation with personal stylist Lauren Blakeley, we explore how motherhood, midlife, and changing bodies can leave us feeling disconnected from our wardrobes and unsure about our style. Together, we unpack...
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Three Mindset Shifts for Movement in Midlife

In this episode, I explore three powerful mindset shifts that can transform how we approach movement and exercise in midlife, especially as busy moms. Instead of pushing ourselves to follow rigid plans or chasing...
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Little by Little: Building Vibrant Health in Midlife

If you’ve been feeling tired, foggy, overwhelmed, or a little disconnected from yourself, this episode is for you. I walk you through a gentler, more realistic approach to midlife health — one built on small changes,...
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Understanding Perimenopause

In this episode of the Vibrant Mom Podcast, I share my personal journey into early perimenopause—a season I didn’t recognize at first and one that deeply affected my sleep. I talk honestly about the months I spent...
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Embodying Your Emotions

Did you know your physical body creates the container for personal work to unfold? In this episode, I invite you to intentionally layer emotional embodiment into movement. Rather than trying to think your way through...
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Building a Vibrant Life Within

In this opening episode of 2026, I invite you to resist the urge to strive, and instead, begin the year by turning inward. Rather than chasing goals or consuming other people’s ideas of a “good life,” the episode...
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A Gentle Start to the New Year for Busy Moms

In this end-of-year episode, Cara invites moms to release the pressure of January 1st resolutions and approach the new year with patience and self-compassion. She encourages using January as a time for reflection and...
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Binding Yourself to Peace in a Full Holiday Season

In this episode, Cara explores what peace can really look like during the holiday season. Rather than something we reach once the chaos ends, peace is framed as an inner practice, something we actively nurture even...
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