Powermomma Podcast

About Powermomma Podcast

Powermomma: Raising Our Kids While Raising Ourselves Motherhood changes everything. Our schedules. Our bodies. Our relationships. Our work. Our identities. Our ability to remember why we walked into a room. Hosted by Sam Nelson, the show features honest, funny, deeply human conversations with women, experts, creators, caregivers, and big thinkers about the parts of motherhood we are supposed to handle gracefully while quietly wondering, Is everyone else also making this up as they go? I talk about identity, ambition, health, relationships, creativity, aging, work, and what happens when the woman behind the mom refuses to disappear. Season 4 goes even deeper into women's health and midlife, including hormones, stress, movement, gut health, longevity, aging, and the mildly infuriating fact that women are expected to manage all of it while still answering, "What's for dinner?" This is not a show about perfect mothers, five-step morning routines, or pretending balance is a real and stable condition. It is about finding your people, pulling up a chair, telling the truth, and taking the next manageable step. Expect smart conversations, practical ideas, plenty of humor, and absolutely no judgment. Because raising our kids matters. And frankly, raising ourselves does too.

Publisher

Samantha Hoey Nelson

Category

education · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Apr 2025

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026

   Episode 25: The Brain You Want AT 92.

   The Brain You Want at 92 with Amy Suman What if one of the best things you could do for your future brain is move your body today? In this episode of Training for 92, I sit down with my longtime friend, educator and exercise scientist Amy Suman to talk about the connection between movement, brain health, strength and aging, and why the choices we make in midlife can matter decades from now. Amy and I have known each other since elementary school, but it was watching her father stay active, strong and engaged as he got older that helped inspire some of my own thinking about longevity. I don't just want to live a long life. I want to remain capable for as much of it as possible. We talk about how movement affects the brain, why strength training becomes increasingly important as we age, the changes women experience in midlife and menopause, and how exercise can support not only our physical health, but our mood, independence and ability to keep showing up for the people and lives we love. We also get personal about caregiving, raising kids, our complicated Gen X relationship with food and body image, and what it means to model a different approach to health for the next generation. Because Training for 92 isn't really about making it to 92. It's about what we want to still be able to do when we get there. What if a better measure of health and longevity is capability?

2. 

   18 Sept 2026

   Episode 24: Training for 92, Season 4 Aging is inevitable. Frailty is not

   What does it mean to build a life you still want to be fully living decades from now? In the Season 4 premiere of The PowerMomma Podcast, Samantha Hoey Nelson introduces the idea behind "Training for 92," a personal framework for thinking differently about aging, strength, health, and the future. After a summer spent building new ideas, projects, and businesses, Sam realized there was one thing she hadn't been investing in with the same intensity: herself. Inspired by those who continue to create, lead, move, and participate fully in life well into their later years, she began asking a bigger question: If she's lucky enough to have another 30 or 40 years, who does she want to be when she gets there? This episode explores what it means to train not for a number on the scale, but for capability, independence, curiosity, strength, and the ability to keep showing up for the people and work that matter most. It's also the starting point for Season 4, with upcoming conversations about menopause, muscle, sleep, stress, mental health, nutrition, brain health, and what actually helps us live longer and live better. Aging is inevitable. Frailty is not. For Sam, the number is 92. The bigger question is: what are you training for?

3. 

   25 Jul 2026

   Episode 23: A Kitchen Table Conversation with myself. The Season in Review

   *]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]" dir="auto" data-turn-id= "request-6a604096-c090-83e8-8139-9034bcd6836e-7" data-turn-id-container= "request-6a604096-c090-83e8-8139-9034bcd6836e-7" data-testid= "conversation-turn-24" data-turn="assistant"> In this mid-summer Season 3 reflection, I pull up a chair with myself to look back at the conversations, lessons, and ideas that shaped The Kitchen Table Revolution. This season became about more than the podcast. It changed how I think about creativity, community, work, motherhood, and what it means to build the next thing before you can fully explain what that thing is. Apparently, that is how I spent my summer: making things, following ideas, and occasionally pretending there was a master plan. I'm revisiting what my guests brought to the table, what stayed with me after the microphones were turned off, and what I'm carrying forward into Season 4. The biggest lesson? We do not need to know every step before we begin. Sometimes we just need to find our people, pull up a chair, and trust that the next step will follow. Thank you to Amy, Tara, Haely, Ruthie, Fiona, Casey, Gayle, and Sara for making this such an honest, generous, and unforgettable season. Season 4 of The Powermomma Podcast begins September 15. Look forward to you pulling up a chair.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 19 / 100

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Quality

25

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32