Social Media & Parenthood Woes Samantha Gutstadt & Mike Ashabi -True Life Network Podcast Ep.26

Samantha is an Actress, Host, Writer,, Content Creator and co-founder of comedy duo Don’t Call Me Mommy. In addition to authoring her own blog SamSoMuch, she also writes and creates content for Parents.com, Romper, Sephora.com, Mom.me, Alibaba.com, Mother.ly and more. She is a published writer and regular columnist for Parents Magazine and Romper.   Sam, along with her creative partner Haely, founded content studio Don’t Call Me Mommy where they have create content for renowned brands such as Walmart, Target, FabFitFun, Parents and more. They were just featured on CBS for Mother’s Day as one of the funniest mom content teams out there! Sam has created and starred in shows for Mom.me, FabFitFun, Parents and more. Some of her videos have over 9 million views! Her social following is what has put her on the map with over 210 thousand followers on Instagram and where she shares snippets of life as a mom, fashion, beauty and of course, comedy.  Sam was featured on Yahoo/Aol in a series called In The Know, and in Forbes magazine, as one of LA’s Influencers to watch!  Samantha along with Audio up and Grinning Dog Ent just launched a top rated True Crime podcast called Where The Bodies Are Buried, where they solved a cold case in EP 1 and she recently appeared on Access Hollywood to talk about this new show. Her podcast has just been nominated for a Webby Award in the True Crime Podcast category. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 intro 01:53 Sam's Background 03:00 How she started in film 06:30 Before "Don't call me Mommy" and how it started. 14:00 What are families supposed to look like in 2022? 17:28 What kids need nowadays... 20:19 Social Media and it's impacts 26:06 The good side of Social Media 30:35 Sam tells a joke! . . FOLLOW SAMANTHA GUTSTADT:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gutstadt/ Blog: https://www.samsomuch.com/ Don't Call Me Mommy: https://www.dcmm.tv/ . . . FOLLOW MIKE ASHABI: Instagram - https://instagram.com/mikeashabi?utm_... Twitter - https://twitter.com/AshabiMichael Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/truelifevent... . . . WHERE TO FIND THE SHOW: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1IJvnzxqsiaMHyhOxEZspQ Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f72d6ee8-41c0-4dc7-8f8c-fb3c2a15c8f5/true-life-network-podcast iHeartRadio - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-mike-ashabis-podcast-88579401/ Podcastaddict - https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/3684473 Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/true-life-network-podcast-2062641 Pocket Casts - https://pca.st/2ce1yban Deezer - https://www.deezer.com/us/show/3108292 Listen Notes - https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/true-life-network-podcast-mike-ashabi-SgT8FsnhK-A/ PlayerFM - https://player.fm/series/true-life-network-podcast Podcast Index - https://podcastindex.org/podcast/4431869 Google Podcast Manager - https://podcastsmanager.google.com/show?show=show:xaFaPb23v4Ea-LgMewXKNQ