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Hi Mom, Let's Talk!
by Ingrid Rekedal and Vicki Rekedal
This is our Mom and Daughter Podcast! Vicki (Mom) lives in LA; Ingrid (daughter) lives in New York. We're doing our best to cultivate a raw and transparent relationship - that is also generous and safe. Join us in learning how every aspect of life shapes our interactions with each other!
Episodes
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Politics in the Family
Politics: one of the hottest button issues every time families come together. Last year thanksgiving sparked extra emotions in our family and it taught us some valuable lessons about the reasons political conversations blow into such large proportions inside a family unit. We have found that…
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Body Image
This episode was originally recorded in the summertime - summer bod and all that. But if you're anything like me, my self-consciousness does not dwindle near the holidays. Everyone is coming together, dressing up, and eating so much food. While some of the metaphors involving bathing suits don't...
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How Therapy Helped Us
We have found that having an outside pair of eyes and ears, specifically those of a trained psychologist, continues to help both Mom and I through challenging sections of life. When things have become really rocky in our mom-daughter relationship, it is usually a sign that we each need to take a...
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Forgiveness - Re-Release
Forgiveness is a tricky business. It is a vital practice, it takes practice; it includes both words and actions, and it is both an event and a process. And we're supposed to teach it to our kids?! Today we listen to a discussion Mom and I had a year and a half ago on the way she taught me to...
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Communication Styles
Communication has many iterations but its principles remain the same. This week we listen back to the 2019 version of Ingrid and Vicki. Our lives were pretty different but the way we process information was much the same. We discuss the way we each make decisions and how that informs the way we...
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Multi-Generational Friendship: Guest Gillian Fritzsche
Learning is often far more cyclical than it is linear - at that goes from relationships as well as timelines. This week we interview Gillian Fritszche, a director/writer/producer in the film and tv industry who also happens to be a lifelong friend to both Mom and Me. She tells her story of…
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What's Your Point of Reference?
Everyone begins with their own point of reference: imagining the outlook of someone else based on their own experiences. So, one really helpful way to gain a more accurate picture of someone else's experience is simply to tell your own story and hear the other person's! Today Mom and I discuss…
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Differentiating a Little More
The transition out of childhood into co-adulthood is so so tricky. Two years ago we revealed what was difficult about communicating through college. Listening back to it, it’s easy to tell that we still had a lot to learn about sharing with each other lovingly. I have no doubt we’ll listen back…
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The Delicate Art of Giving Advice
After three weeks of talking about parenting your kids, we ask once again, "How do you do that for your grown-up daughters??" Communication between grown-ups has unique challenges. The transition from Mom/Kid to Mom/Adult is pretty uncharted waters. This week we discuss helpful, applicable…
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Relational Goal Setting: Guest - Nellie Harden
In our last week with Nellie Harden, it’s time to put these parenting tools into action! Nellie shares some practical stories for how she gives her kids the chance to hold their weight in the family and support her as much as she supports them. Relational Goals are just as effective as the goals...
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Self-Lead vs Parent Lead: Guest - Nellie Harden
Week 2 with Nellie Harden! This week's lesson is on self-leadership. How often do people move out of Mom's house and look around for the next person to give them direction - but the 'next person' is you! Nellie teaches us how to cultivate self-sufficiency in our kids so that they are prepared to...
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What's In Your Bag: Guest - Nellie Harden
Meet Nelli Harden: mom, entrepreneur, family, and parenting coach! She has a business and a podcast called the 6570 Family project and we had the honor of talking to her for a whole three episodes! This first episode introduces the concept of the proverbial "bag" of tools your child will take…
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Back to School: Reinstating Routines
It is back to school season! Even if you've grown out of schooling, transitions in and out of seasons of life continue to pose relational challenges. Is it worth it re-state expectations that seem obvious to you? (always, YES). This week we reflect on how to back to school expectations changed...
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Ingrid's 25th Birthday
Ingrid has lived a quarter-century! This year she gained a new best friend, a boyfriend, and some really valuable lessons in leadership and entrepreneurship. In this episode, we give some life updates and reflect on how far Ingrid has come since you began listening to her post-collegiate journey…
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Book Study: Creativity: a short and cheerful guide by John Cleese
When things feel hard, it’s easy to feel frustrated or even decide your situation is a lost cause. “My daughter just doesn’t make time for me.” “Mom doesn’t get me at all anymore; so annoying.” “I’m bored with my food or my closet or my schedule.” Creativity can be the answer! To be honest, every...
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Creativity: in Communication
Arguably the number one place we must constantly be creative is in communication with each other. My daughter doesn't look like she's comprehending what I just told her?...better try again a different way. That's creativity! And what a positive way to view all those attempts at communication we...
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Creativity: In Parenting
Have you ever felt pressured to be the "creative parent?" Keep your kids interested! No two meals are the same! -- In the world of mommy blogs and Pinterest, that part of Creative Living can feel pretty high stakes. Here is your sign to chill. Yes, we need to think outside the box when it comes…
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Creativity: Gen-Z - Guest Sister
Today we talk to a member of the most 'creative generation yet.' How do Gen-Z-ers think about creativity? Does social media affect your creativity? Audrey is remarkably wise at 18 years old and I found her thoughts really compelling. Her highlighted point: creativity takes courage and humility....
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Creativity Part 1: Brainstorming
Creativity. Let our next topical series begin! Can you be creative without messing with your whole world of consistency? Today we being to brainstorm that question. Creativity is not just about art - although we do love art. Where else in our lives is creativity deceptively important:...
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Career Convo: Finding a Career
We've traveled from High School graduation all the way through those first awkward jobs post-college. What about that elusive, classic 'career?' What does that even mean? How can Mom be supportive as Daughter finds it? What if Daughter never finds it? What about Mom looking for a second career?...
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Career Convo: First Job Post Grad
High School is long gone, those first few summer jobs are under your belt, and College is DONE! Now what? The expectations post-grad are often high and so is the stress level. In this episode we deconstruct as many of those stress points as we can — and, of course, we give tips on how to navigate...
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Career Convo: Picking a Major in College
The college decision process is always a stressful one. Particularly between parent and child. In this episode we talk through our personal experience with this tricky relational transition and offer advice accordingly. If you want to skip to the pièce de rèsistance of advice go to minute 21!
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Father's Day: Guest Dad!
Happy Father's Day!! Dad is our guest! Rick (Dad) shares what he has learned about being a dad past the classic 'dad-of-young-girls' stage. How did Dad learn to love his daughters and celebrate them well while still letting them fly the coup? How do Mom and Dad collaborate (and work through...
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Career Convo: First Job
One of the first big milestones in young adulthood is that first Job Search! As usual, it starts to easily intertwine with parental relationship. How did Mom feel when I looked for my first job? What did we fight about? What have we learned? (You're in luck, we answer ALL those questions in this...
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Gossip in the PTA: Mom judgement
Do PTA Moms fight because they're respective kids aren't getting along? Or do kids fight because they've seen their moms be cold with each other? Chicken or the egg? Either way, we all know emotions run high in the PTA. Listen in to hear our stories about how to be discerning and kind.
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My Daughter's Gossiping
What do you do when your daughter starts gossiping? She's sharing with you. It feels good to be included in her life. How do you enjoy this openness without getting too whipped up inside her world of opinions? Or, maybe she's the target of someone else's gossip. How do you wrangle your Mama-bear...
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Living with an Elderly Parent - Listener's Story!
The mom-daughter relationship never stops. So many Moms who are sending their daughters into adulthood are also finding that they must become caretakers to their own Moms. You become sort of "in-between." Today a listener, Nicola, shares her experience living with her elderly mother. Need some...
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Living at Mom's House - Listener's Story!
Special Thanks to Brittany for making this episode possible! After a year of living back at her parents' house through the pandemic, she shares with us some of her advice. How DO you live with your mom once you're an adult? How do you draw boundaries? How to you find joyful connections? We…
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Mother's Day Blessings
Happy Mother's Day! This year we are specifically blessing many different types of Moms. You all define what it means to be Mom so beautifully. We reference some of our favorite characters as a guide for different types of Moms - none of them are perfect. Just like none of us are perfect. But we...
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Dyeing My Hair
Ingrid dyed her hair and all of a usdden she didn't know who she was anymore - well, maybe it wasn't quite that extreme, but it was close. Today we talk about how much we rely on our physical appearance to communicate for us. And how do we learn to trust the history of our relationships when we...
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Saying No to Mom
You've raised your daughter to respect their authority figures, especially you. But now that she's grown up, what do you do when you'd still like to ask something of her? What is the difference between respect and obey? We just went through this in our own lives last week. So we debriefed it on…
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"Am I Doing Anything Right?"
Every. Single. Mom. has asked this question. First off, hear us loud and clear- the answer is YES! You are doing plenty right. Now let's talk about why we start to feel this way through parenting and what we can do to encourage ourselves and each other. Take it from this grown-up daughter, we...
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Quarantine Anniversary
What sustained us through this year of Pandemic? What have we learned? What do we wish to take into our future? Mom and I found many ‘helpers’ this year. Here’s a shortlist of references: David Kessler’s Sixth Stage of Grief https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Meaning-Sixth-Stage-Grief/dp/1501192736...
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Adult Faith
Faith Series Part 3. In this episode, we discover just how important Patience is to both faith and relationship. We share some vulnerable stories from our own past arguments and insecurities and we learn from them. Here we also quote Beth Moore https://www.instagram.com/bethmoorelpm/ Fuller Youth...
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Faith with Tweens and Teens
Faith Series Part Two! Tweens and Teens. After the wonder-filled childhood years it can be a rude awakening with the tweenagers begin to grapple with the more complex world around them. It can also be hard to know how to keep their trust as they question - and as you question. Today we explore…
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Instilling Faith in Your Child
Deep stuff about how faith and parenting inform each other today. Tell us what you thought about it by rating us on iTunes, please! According to our conversation, we really ought to rename this episode "Directing the Faith Your Child Naturally Has" or alternatively "Your Child Instilling Faith In...
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Adult Kids Visit Home
How does it feel to rebuild the bridges that are burned in the college years? It's natural for teenagers to be hyper-critical of their parents. And it's just as usual for the parent to just feel punched in the gut by that lack of gratitude and understanding. How do you come back from that? We…
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School Prep for All Ages
Early spring is the time to start looking ahead to next year's school year! Crazy right? School poses specific challenges and opportunities at every age. Today we talk about school for kindergarteners, the school of life as an adult, and everything in between. It turns out, those things that…
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NAME CHANGE - announcement!
Hi Listeners! Big new - we are changing the name of our podcast! It'll be the same Ingrid and Vicki conversations like always, we just want to focus in a little more specifically on Mom/Daughter content. Our new name is...Hi Mom, Let's Talk! Doesn't that just make a lot more sense for us? Next…
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Politics in the Family
Ooof Possibly the number 1 elephant in the family room is drastically differing political beliefs. It's messy. It often instigates arguments. Why does it get everyone heated so fast? Recently, a political argument in our own family led us to explore just what is behind these raw emotions and...
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Holiday Communication
In a holiday season that will forever be marked by smaller gatherings and hours-long zoom calls, verbal communication is all we've got. Every year we tackle the cocktail of emotions that come with gathering as a family for various holiday celebrations, but this year is even more unique. In this...
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How Media Shapes Us
Have you ever looked back and just laughed at who you thought you'd become - because who you are now is just wildly different, and of course more authentic to you? I did recently. And then I realized how much the movies and tv shows played into that expectation. Today we look at the media that…
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Reading, Reading!
Ready, set, READ! Do you remember your journey to becoming a reader? For many people, this journey is rocky and arduous. Today Ingrid and Vicki talk about their work helping young learners become readers, a particular passion of theirs’. Vicki has worked as a learning specialist for years,...
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Resilient Learning
"Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again" --- Did you know someone had to TEACH you this skill? Resilience doesn't always come naturally. Turns out, in the classroom, at home, with your young daughter, with the kids you babysit; it is important to practice Trying Again. In...
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Music Through Our Lives
What song do you wake up singing? What songs from childhood do you still sing? How do you acquire new music, and how have your musical tastes shifted through the years? Ingrid and Vicki consider all these questions on this episode, Music Through Our Lives.
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Food!
This week, we chronicle our favorite foods to eat - for every occasion. What to do when guests invite themselves to dinner (in a non-pandemic situation)?! How can dinner time become an intentional parenting moment? How do we get out of these quarantine slumps? It's not like we're here with all…
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Boundary Erosion...Not Anymore!
“The consent that isn’t enthusiastic, or the emotional erosion is what really hit home with me as something that we need to continue to label as harassment.” Have you ever had someone speak over you? Or someone not take your opinion at face value? Have you been faced with a person who brings up a...
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Finding "the One"
"How did you get up the courage to say "Yes" to Dad for what you knew would be the rest of your life?" Ingrid asks Vicki questions about dating and marriage after she notices young women like her spouting cliches that feel insincere. "It just feels different." "You guys were meant for each…
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Commercial in Quarantine!
Life has been pretty routine for five months in our lives during quarantine. However, this episode we have a fun, new development to share. An in-person, onsite commercial shoot for a healthcare company came Ingrid’s way. Hear what surprised her on this first-of -it’s-kind event for Ingrid.
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Body Image
"Does this shirt make me look?..." Who knows how to push our insecurity buttons more than anyone else: our family. oof. This week we discuss how our relationship has affected the way we think about ourselves. Turns out weight changes with hormones. Living in LA raises the "prettiness…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This is our Mom and Daughter Podcast! Vicki (Mom) lives in LA; Ingrid (daughter) lives in New York. We're doing our best to cultivate a raw and transparent relationship - that is also generous and safe. Join us in learning how every aspect of life shapes our interactions with each other!
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Ingrid Rekedal and Vicki Rekedal
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This is our Mom and Daughter Podcast! Vicki (Mom) lives in LA; Ingrid (daughter) lives in New York. We're doing our best to cultivate a raw and transparent relationship - that is also generous and safe. Join us in learning how every aspect of life shapes our interactions with each other!
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