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Let's Be Real: Mama Journeys

Nikki Brooker

Booking Overview

This is a weekly interview show focused on candid motherhood, parenting, caregiving, grief, and major life transitions, featuring experienced professionals and women sharing substantial lived experience. PR agencies could credibly pitch parenting authors, psychologists, educators, senior-care and hospice specialists, dementia or caregiving experts, and women’s personal-growth authors; booking difficulty is low because guests are generally accessible professionals rather than highly prominent public figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 217

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Gender skew: Female

Listener location: USA

Instagram: 969 followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

info@yanamom.com

nbrooker@yanamom.com

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Host

Nikki Brooker - Host of a weekly interview show centered on candid conversations about motherhood, parenting, caregiving, family life, and the challenges women face across different stages of life.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Subject-matter expertise or substantial lived experience related to motherhood, parenting, caregiving, grief, family relationships, or women’s life transitions. Particularly suitable candidates include authors, psychologists, educators, hospice or senior-care professionals, dementia specialists, and women with compelling firsthand stories.
Required Achievements:  
Published books, Advanced professional or academic credentials, Decades of experience in education, psychology, hospice, senior care, or caregiving, Significant firsthand experience navigating motherhood or major life transitions

Recent Guest Discussions

Christianne Meneses Jacobs - Working Motherhood, Balancing Career And Family, Parenting Realities, Supportive Partnerships, Parental Guilt, And Raising Children Through Adulthood.

Victoria Vaughn - Divorce Later In Life, Dating After A Long Marriage, Reinvention, Grief, Rediscovering Identity, And Finding Purpose After Major Life Changes.

Lisa Skinner - Dementia, Alzheimer’s Caregiving, Caregiver Grief, Exhaustion, Isolation, Family Support, And Practical Ways To Create Connection During Memory Loss.

Erika Horwitz - The Lifelong Impact Of Motherhood, Parenting Children With Serious Mental-health Challenges, Respectful Parent-child Relationships, Peer Support, And Maternal Resilience.

JoAnne Chitwood - Motherhood, Caregiving, Hospice, Grief, Resilience, Raising Children Through Different Life Stages, And The Evolving Relationship Between Mothers And Adult Children.

Recent Topics

Motherhood, Parenting, Caregiving, Grief, Family

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Let's Be Real: Mama Journeys
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Let's Be Real - Mama Journeys - Episode 218 W/Dr. Tiffany Troso-Sandoval

October 12, 2026

What happens when you've spent your entire career caring for others, only to find yourself facing a life changing health challenge of your own? On this episode of Let's Be Real Mama Journeys, Nikki sits down with Dr. Tiffany Troso Sandoval, a mother of three, medical oncologist, author, and women's health advocate who spent more than 25 years at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center helping women navigate breast and gynecological cancers. From raising three children while building a demandin...

Let's Be Real - Mama Journeys - Episode 217 W/Katie Trexler

October 05, 2026

Can you love being a mom with your whole heart and still need something more? In this episode of Let's Be Real Mama Journeys, Nikki sits down with former Denver news anchor, public relations professional, author, and mom Katie Trexler for a raw conversation about motherhood, career, identity, and the choices women make along the way. Katie shares what it was like to walk away from a career she loved for her family, only to realize years later that something inside her still felt unfulfilled. ...

Let's Be Real - Mama Journeys - Episode 215 W/Sylvia Alvarez

September 28, 2026

On this episode of Let's Be Real Mama Journeys, Nikki sits down with Sylvia Alvarez, Founder and Executive Director of the Housing and Education Alliance and author of It's Hard to Kill a Bougainvillea: From Slavery to the American Dream. Sylvia shares the extraordinary story of her mother, Cello, whose childhood in Cuba was marked by unimaginable loss, hunger, abandonment, and enslavement before she escaped to New York City in search of freedom. Despite everything she endured, Cello became a...

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Frequently asked questions

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Let's Be Real: Mama Journeys
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How do I get in touch with Let's Be Real: Mama Journeys?

Let's Be Real: Mama Journeys is hosted by Nikki Brooker. Its publicly listed emails are info@yanamom.com and nbrooker@yanamom.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Let's Be Real: Mama Journeys?

The publicly listed emails for Let's Be Real: Mama Journeys: info@yanamom.com and nbrooker@yanamom.com.

How many listeners does Let's Be Real: Mama Journeys have?

Podseeker estimates Let's Be Real: Mama Journeys reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Let's Be Real: Mama Journeys?

Let's Be Real: Mama Journeys typically books working professionals with real expertise. Typical guest background: Subject-matter expertise or substantial lived experience related to motherhood, parenting, caregiving, grief, family relationships, or women’s life transitions. Particularly suitable candidates include authors, psychologists, educators, hospice or senior-care professionals, dementia specialists, and women with compelling firsthand stories. Common among recent guests: Published books; Advanced professional or academic credentials; Decades of experience in education, psychology, hospice, senior care, or caregiving. Recent guests include Christianne Meneses Jacobs, Victoria Vaughn, and Lisa Skinner.

How hard is it to get booked on Let's Be Real: Mama Journeys?

Low. A guest with relevant expertise and a clear angle for its audience has a realistic chance.

What topics does Let's Be Real: Mama Journeys cover?

Recent episodes cover Motherhood, Parenting, Caregiving, Grief, and Family. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

info@yanamom.com

nbrooker@yanamom.com

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