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The Mama's Den

Mom’s Night Out: Chicago, Hormones & Holding On By a Thread

The Mama's Den

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4.9661 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Over the last 7 days, The Mama’s Den did live shows in Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia ANNNNNDDD Ashley and Codie recorded at Disneyland! The Mamas are out here doing this most! The MOM'S NIGHT OUT tour ended this past Saturday but here is your glimpse into the live experience which is filled with the kind of honest, hilarious, healing conversations only the ladies of the Den can deliver. From Ashley hand-expressing breast milk in the club to the mamas juggling parenting schedules, college tours, dance drop-offs, therapy, perimenopause, and the emotional weight of raising kids while still trying to care for ourselves… the Mamas and the Chicago audience keep it all the way real. Ashley, Melanie, and Codie open up about the motherhood stage they’re currently navigating — from parenting teenagers to surviving the “Maycember” chaos, to feeling like marriage and parenting is one long relay race. Plus, the audience shares what it actually took to show up for themselves that night, and trust us… moms are doing THE MOST. The Mamas are also joined by women’s health expert Dr. Jessica Shepherd for an important segment about hormones, mental health, midlife changes, and why women deserve support through every season of life. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, touched out, guilty, exhausted, emotional, grateful, or deeply in need of a night out with your girls… this episode is for you. Grab your snacks, your group chat, and come sit in the Den. Make sure you connect with our Mamas on IG: @themamasdenpodcast Ashley - @watermeloneggrolls Codie - @codieco  Melanie - @melaniefiona

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0:00.0

So with my daughter having a boyfriend, this conversation stemmed from, we were all, first of all, she ain't never going nowhere with him alone.

0:06.5

So if he comes over, it's in the living room, okay?

0:09.7

And she has three other sisters, and I let them sit in between them and get on their nerves.

0:15.1

And there will be no environments for any pokey, okay?

0:26.1

What's up, y'all? It's Ashley. I'm Melanie. And I'm Cody. And this is the Mama's Den.

0:31.1

Where motherhood needs real talk. We talk about life, love, and all the stuff we're not supposed to say out loud, even though we'd be thinking it. Whether you're raising kids or a part of the

0:34.9

village, this is a space for you. Let's get into it.

0:41.0

Yo, what's up, everyone? How's everyone feeling tonight?

0:44.3

Good, good. You're all looking good. You got your food, got your drinks.

0:48.2

But I'm Nick Gallo, Gaila Guy you know, and I just want to welcome you to the Mama's Den experience enjoy yourselves guys friends. Hello, hello. Oh, you need your snacks. I've eaten the snacks. I definitely shared some french fries quickly. How y'all doing? I hope you guys french fries from a friend or a new friend. Yes. Is it a new friend? Do you know her? No. Oh. That's crazy. A friend in here is, we're going to share fries, is it? We're all friends here, guys.

1:44.8

As soon as you walked in, you're friends of the den, all right? I didn't even go lie. We were sitting backstage and we just heard, uh, we're like, oh, it's time. We were caught off guard. We were definitely caught off guard. But we're here, and we are so grateful to all of you for being here with us. Yes. And to all the homies who've been helping out on this tour, including the king of the

2:03.8

Mama's Den, our tour manager. Oh. She's looking around like, who are you referring to?

2:08.1

Her man, her man, her man, her man. Her man, her man. Yes.

2:12.7

Yeah. That's a good man, Savannah. It is. Shout out to Chea. Yeah! All right. I was like, Ashley's going to step. Not too much. Territorial. You have a minimum of two seconds to cheering on my man and then it needs to stop. Thank you. Okay, so you know what? We forgot to say? I'm Cody. I'm Melanie. And I'm Ashley. And we are the Mama's Den. Thank you to Nick.

2:40.8

Yes, thank you. Okay, y'all, Nick Gallo, the guy you know, that's the man right there, okay? Find him on

2:46.8

Instagram, watch all the content because we're're in it now. And we have pillows.

3:11.3

Yes, he gave us pillows. With our faces on them. We should bring them out. You should give them to your man, your man, your man. But cut us out. That would be very weird. She would never. She would be like, you guys are sleeping in my bed with my man. I don't like it. So also big thank you to hers and to honest company. you guys will talk a little bit about the goodies that are out on a merch table and we got some in here too. But before we even get there, we, you know, it takes a lot for us to get out here tonight.

3:17.3

And it takes a lot for you all to get out here tonight.

3:20.3

And we love that and respect that and we know that we don't take it lightly.

3:23.3

And so we want to talk a little bit about what it requires for y'all to get here, right?

3:28.6

Like, yes, please. Somebody said, woo, because that mean you had to like get off work early. You had to

3:32.8

drive far. You had to call your cousin. Somebody is watching the children.

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