Truly Innate

Happy Holy Week! In this episode we talk about a few ways we can make our lives the story of Jesus, as well as recap some favorite traditions we did last easter and general conference and some things we will be doing this week to celebrate!

Happy (belated) New Year! We are back and excited for a new season of Truly Innate. This episode is all about reflecting on this past year and looking forward to 2026. We hope you can relate to our goals for the year and since it’s now mid February hopefully you can recommit to some of those New Year’s resolutions!

Chatting about all things CHRISTMAS! From christmas lists, to christ centered christmas traditions and everything in between, we're so excited to make memories with our families this christmas season and hope this episode gets you excited too!

Our thoughts for this week's episode come from the talk "The Book of Mormon- an Immeasurable Treasure on Our Journey" by Elder Ozani Farias. We loved chatting about realistic/doable ways to make our scripture study more meaningful without it feeling so overwhelming. We hope you feel inspired to set some new scripture habits like we have felt!

In this weeks episode we chat about submissions you sent in as well as our own ideas on things we can do to help instill gratitude in our children from a young age. We hope this gives you inspiration on things you can do with your own kids to help them to recognize and be thankful for the things they are blessed with. Especially with the holidays coming up!

In this episode, Emily shares how labor and delivery went with baby #3 and how things have been postpartum. After a failed epidural for baby #1, and a medically necessary C section for baby #2, the hope for baby #3 was an unmedicated vaginal birth after cesarean section (VBAC). And to make things even more exciting, she waited til delivery to find out the gender! If you love chatting with your friends about birth stories, you'll love this one.

I believe that one of the greatest gifts we as parents can give our children is the gift of a strong relationship between each other and hope to be able to do that for my children! In this episode Katie and her sisters discuss the things their parents did growing up that they felt like played a part in their relationships today as adults!

In this episode Katie and her husband Josh chat about all things homeschool, what inspired us to go this route, what curriculums and methods we're using, and what we're loving about it so far!

TW: This is a heavier episode than we usually have for you but such a good one. In this episode, Emily and her friend Bri have a heartfelt conversation about Bri's oldest son who was born with some particularly difficult physical trials. Her faith through being his mother and eventually mourning his passing within a week of losing her own mother, is inspiring and you will love hearing what she has to say!

In this episode we reference Elder Neil L. Andersons talk, "We Talk of Christ"! We share different ways we can make Christ the center of our homes and conversations. We chat about how we have been doing come follow me, some ideas for family home evening and reasons we have felt a desire to make this a focus in our homes! We hope you feel inspired to do the same!

Fall is in the air and we are so excited for everything that comes with that! Especially getting back into routines after a fun and busy summer. In this episode we chat about what routines we are excited to start with our families and how "routines" look different during different stages of motherhood!

In this episode preschool teacher Haley Imlay shares with us ways we as parents can help our children be ready for preschool, what's important when looking for a preschool for your child, and lots of other insights on helping your child adjust to this new stage of life! We're so excited to share this conversation with you all!

It seems like we can all relate on the fact that sacrament meeting and church looks a lot different as a mom than it did before! It can be hard to feel like there are times throughout your day that you can really feel the spirit even though we so badly crave it! In this episode we read your submissions to how you are finding ways to feel the spirit amidst the business of motherhood!

If you're anything like us and you enjoy talking about all things birth, you're in the right place! Emily gives all the details on what she has done to prep for baby #3's labor and delivery. After a rough induction with her oldest, and placenta previa making a Cesarean section the only safe option for her second, she is hoping for a different experience this time around. Take a listen and send in any labor tips please and thanks!

We're back!! After a busy summer we're so excited to be back! In this episode we chat about our favorite summer memories, summer trends, favorite books we've read and podcasts we've listened to and summer traditions we love and started this summer with our own families! We can't wait to catch up with you all!

In this weeks episode we give our best tips for encouraging kids to play independently. We both struggled to find a way to help our oldest kids be comfortable with this and hope to give you some knowledge and encouragement that might help YOU! We hope you enjoy!

Do you ever catch yourself rushing your kids through the day? We've been there, so todays episode is all about remembering to slow down and connect with them. It can be hard to be patient and go at the pace of young kids, but these connections are far more important than rushing to complete our never ending to do list! Isn't that the whole point?

Happy mothers day to some of our very favorite mothers! We love you and feel so grateful to get to experience motherhood together, with YOU! In this episode we talked about some of the lessons we've learned from our mothers and grandmothers that have shaped our motherhood journey!

This episode covers a bit more heavy topics than we usually do but sometimes it's important to talk about the hard. We hope that sharing our experiences might help someone feel less lonely experiencing something similar. You are not alone!

We had such a blast having med school wife Sav Swenson on with us this for this weeks episode! We chatted about all the things from pregnancy and unmedicated childbirth, making sure we take the time to fill our own bucket and how that can look different for each person each day, living away from family and being intentional in our relationships.

anyone else feeling that spring cleaning bug creeping in? We sure are! In this episode we chat about why we feel that having a house of order can help us and our families to feel the spirit more in our homes! We talk about some systems that are working in our home and some things we are going to start implementing in our home to help things run more smoothly!

It's been a minute since we chatted about what's been going on in our lives, so here's an update! We also wanted to give an recap of how our plans went for General Conference weekend and share some of our thoughts from our favorite talks!

In this episode we chatted about what our experiences were like transitioning from 0-1 kid and then 1-2. Adding a baby to the family can be a hard adjustment but we wanted to share our tips now that we have each done it a couple of times and Emily is preparing for the transition from 2-3. We believe you are stronger than you think, and know that God is there to help you!

If you've been looking for some Christ centered Easter ideas, we've got you covered! Our inspiration for this episode comes from Elder Gary E. Stevenson's talk called "The Greatest Easter Story Ever Told". He encourages all of us to approach Easter with the same intentionality, excitement and anticipation that we do for Christmas.

Surprise! We are excited to announce the first ever Truly Innate baby! We can't wait to meet this baby in the fall as Emily and her husband welcome baby #3. She shares all the pregnancy details in this episode and then we give you our very best tips for surviving pregnancy.

In this episode we share lots of fun general conference traditions for you to start with your little family! We also talk about how to set realistic expectations going into the weekend so you can come out of the weekend feeling rejuvenated instead of defeated. We hope this episode can make your general conference weekend magical for you and your littles!

Young motherhood can feel isolating and lonely sometimes. Making friends doesn't seem to come as naturally as it did when we were kids. In this episode, we have a conversation about the awkwardness we often feel when reaching out to new people, give tips on how to alleviate that feeling, as well as some thoughts on why we choose to push past any initial hesitations when trying to expand our social circle.

If you've had questions or concerns about the newly updated garment styles that will be available soon, we hope you'll give this a listen!

During this busy stage of young motherhood it can be really easy to end up putting your marriage on the back burner instead of giving it the attention it needs to thrive! In this episode we share ideas for ways we can be more intentional and involve Jesus Christ more in our marriages! We hope this episode inspires you to give your marriage the time and effort that it deserves!

In this episode we talk about all the parenting tools we have learned, used and that actually work for us and our toddlers! Hopefully if you are in the thick of toddlerhood one of these tools can help you too! We're all in this together right? :)

We feel so passionately about the beautiful role of women and mothers in the gospel of Jesus Christ. By the worlds standards, sometimes we might feel like "just a mom" or that our role as women is somehow less than the role of men. We completely disagree and in this episode we share some truly empowering quotes from Sister Sheri Dew's talk called "Are We Not All Mothers".

Instead of just enduring this winter we are trying to lean into it and find joy in these colder months that tend to feel really long, especially being stuck inside with busy toddlers! In this episode we share our ideas as well as your submissions on how we are leaning into this winter and finding joy! We also share some of the ways we are keeping ourselves and our toddlers busy during these winter months!

Together we came up with a few important things we've learned since becoming moms. If you're an expecting first time mother, we hope these thoughts are helpful as you enter motherhood! (If you know a pregnant mama, send this her way!) For those who already have experienced first time motherhood, we hope you can reflect with us and relate with the things we chat about in this fun episode!

The tasks of getting to church on time with littles, keeping them reverent and entertained during sacrament meeting, AND somehow finding a peaceful moment to hear any of the messages being shared can feel nearly impossible in some phases of young motherhood. We asked you for your best tips to help calm the chaos that sometimes becomes our Sundays with young kids. We also asked 'why it is worth all the effort?' Tune in for the answers YOU gave as well as some insights from Emily and Katie.

We were so excited to have our cute friend Hailey on this episode with us! We chat about the birth of her 2 babies and how those experiences lead her to become a doula. She shares great tips and insights for other moms and future moms. If you're anything like us and love chatting about birth, you will love this one!

In this weeks episode we chat about some simple yet intentional ways we can try to make the often mundane days of motherhood more holy.

In this weeks episode we chat about goal settings as moms. We go over our word for the year and some goals we have each set for 2025 in hopes that other moms might be able to relate to the things we are currently prioritizing as young moms who are trying our best to follow Jesus Christ.

Welcome to truly innate!We are two young moms looking to build a community of like minded women who are committed to raising our littles in a Christ centered home. We hope these conversations can help strengthen our faith and confidence as we chat about all things motherhood through the lens of faith and friendship.We believe that the capacity to be a mother is God given, and truly innate!