In this episode, Mommy Monitor's founder, Elsie Amoako, sits down with registered nurse, Janet Randle, for a discussion on the maternal health experiences of Black mothers from a nursing perspective. Janet Randle is a Perinatal Nurse in the Fetal Medicine Special Pregnancy Program at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. Janet has also worked as a Perinatal Nurse in two of her favourite cities, Los Angeles and New York, and has participated in three global health missions in Liberia, West Africa. She is a mother to three amazing boys, has recently started blogging about her experiences as a Black woman, has a Master's degree in Public Health, is certified in infection control, and recently co-founded an infection prevention and control consultancy company. She is passionate about Black maternal health and hopes to one day teach what she has learned in her clinical role to nurses and community health workers in Ghana.

For this episode of the Parenting During COVID-19 podcast series with Mommy Monitor's Youth Subcommittee, we talk to Jillisa Brown (Confidence Coach, Community Leader, and Mother) about how parents and families can practice mindfulness during COVID-19, and the importance of creating schedules for your children and yourselves.

This is the penultimate episode of our four-episode podcast series, where youth subcommittee member Aliah McCalla talks parenthood during COVID-19 with Confidence Coach, community leader, and mother: Jillisa Brown. Their conversation continues with a discussion on navigating screen time for kids, and a reflection on parenting values.

This is the last episode of Mommy Monitor's four-part series, where Youth Subcommittee member, Aliah McCalla, and Confidence Coach, community leader, and mother, Jillisa Brown, discuss parenting during COVID-19. For this final episode, Aliah and Jillisa talk about how to communicate with your child about COVID-19 in a reassuring way, and how you can also use this time effectively. If you haven’t seen the previous 3 episodes, be sure to go back and give those a listen first!

On this episode of the Mommy Monitor Report (Mommy Monitor's official podcast) we are so excited to be sharing the first episode of our youth subcommittee's podcast series on Parenting During COVID-19. In this episode, we begin our conversation with Jillisa Brown [Confidence Coach, "Beautify My Soul"] by delving into her own journey to motherhood and confidence. In this four-part podcast series on Parenting During COVID-19, youth subcommittee member Aliah McCalla talks with Confidence Coach, community leader, and mother Jillisa Brown about how young families can cope with the current coronavirus crisis. Jillisa was going to be a panelist on our youth subcommittee's Community Roundtable for Young Parents (which has been postponed) and we are thrilled to have her join us for this series. She identifies as an Afro-Jamaican-Canadian leader who is passionate about empowering her community. Jillisa became a mother at 19, and quickly learned the truth about love, relationships, and the impacts parenthood has on a young adult’s life. Today, Jillisa is a Confidence Coach who leads women of colour and youth across the globe through their own journeys to daily confidence. She is also the creator of an organization called Beautify My Soul, which is founded upon the need for a Coming of Age program within the Black Community. You can learn more about Jillisa on her website at: jillisabrown.com/. Be sure to also follow Mommy Monitor's youth subcommittee on Instagram: www.instagram.com/mommymonitoryouth/

Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW) is an incredible campaign that takes place every year from April 11 –17, with the overall goal of raising awareness about the inequity within maternal health care and taking a stand for Black mothers. In honour of the second year of BMHW, we are proud to announce the inaugral episode of the Mommy Monitor Report. Join public health professional and midwife trainee, Shani Robertson, and Mommy Monitor's founder, Elsie Amoako, for a conversation on birth justice in Canada.