Episodes
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84. Proof That Consistency is NOT the key
Have you been told that to get what you want you have to be consistent? Me too. Whether it’s with parenting, fitness, diet, career – being consistent is sold to as the answer to our problems. If we could just be consistent we would be happier, healthier, more successful. But having a goal or a...
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83. What Is Normal and Am I Normal?
5 Questions answered about what is normal about being a mom. At last. We get to discuss what is “normal”. After admitting to something that made me feel like I was a terrible mom, I use to ask myself and my therapist “is this normal?” The answer was always “yes.” But I didn’t believe it. Because…
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82. How to Get Through and Put an End to Your Kids Back Talk
What if I told you could make the back talk stop? You can. AND Even better, the back talk from your kids does not mean you have failed as a parent. On the contrary, it actually means you have raised healthy kids. Listen today to learn: My huge Aha moment that made me actually glad that my kids…
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81. Go From Burnt-Out & Overwhelmed to Calm & Present Using These 5 Steps
What if you didn’t have to feel burnt-out anymore? What if you could feel: No more mom guilt. Less exhaustion. An easier time juggling all the things. When we tell people we’re stressed out and overwhelmed they tend to recommend self care. But you and I both know it’s not all about downward dogs...
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80.Have You Heard? I Hit Rock Bottom
I remember sitting up in my bed and thinking, something has to change. I had a baby with reflux and constant ear infections (making it impossible to go anywhere), a business, two older boys that needed attention, a move, lack of a relationship with my husband, no friends, a house to take care of…
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79.This Sh*t Is Hard | The Permission You Need To Get Help
So many times I have looked at my struggles and thought: I can fix this myself. And if I can’t fix it, it’s probably because everyone struggles with this and it just is what it is. It can be sooooo hard to invest money to help you solve your problem. Especially if you’re not the primary...
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78.The Secret Formula For Communicating When Tensions Are High
You and your husband are in the middle of disagreeing how much screen time is too much screen time. Your partner left the dishes right beside the dishwasher again instead of taking the extra step of loading them. Your kids left their socks and shoes in the middle of the floor. Again. And you’re...
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77. My 3-Step Process For Coping With Stress
Do you sometimes feel like the walls are closing in and you might be on the verge of a panic attack? As someone who has had a couple of panic attacks I know how scary and painful they can be. And I know how “exercise, water, talking to a friend” aren’t always the solution. So what can we do to…
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76. How to Reduce Mom Burnout by Doing This ONE Thing
As a mom, getting any alone time or feeling rested and balanced can be quite difficult. Despite the abundance of self-help books, podcasts, and so-called parenting “experts”, parents still get overwhelmed and exhausted trying to juggle it all. More times than not parental burnout is due to the...
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75. Coping With a World Flipped Upside Down
New name, new artwork, new direction, same Sarah. What a shitstorm this last year has been. Moms everywhere are in crisis. But is anyone offering to guide us out? Who’s leading the charge in showing us how to reel ourselves back from our breaking points? Who’s showing us how to recover? To take...
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 74 | 5 Ways to Get Your Kids to be More Organized
Do you find it impossible to keep the house clean and organized with kids running around it all day causing chaos? It’s like shoveling snow during a snow storm. I want to invite other moms or family over but my dirty house won’t let me. I use to say I’d have people over when my house was totally...
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 72 | Bracing Yourself For Post-Quarantine Re-entry
What is the worst thing we could possibly choose to do as quarantine is ending? If you don’t know, you need to listen. Listen today to hear: the number one thing you should avoid as restrictions lift why naps are the new llama what your body is going to do post-quarantine that you might not be...
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 73 | Pandemic Parenting Gone Wrong
The truth of what has been going on in our house during quarantine. Spoiler alert: It’s not at-home learning, gardening or really much of anything that you might deem as traditionally healthy. But it’s quarantine. There are no rules. Listen today to hear: how I’ve attempted (mostly…
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 71 | The Ugly Truth About Busyness
I saw a photo of one of my friends on the Facebook yesterday. She was happily swimming in the pool with her family on vacation. No one was crying. No one was whining. Everyone had their goggles, and there wasn’t any fighting over who was going to be Marco and who would be Polo. I immediately...
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 70 Feeling Not Enough – It Never Ends, Unless…
Do you ever feel like you’re going faster than you really want to go? Maybe you feel like you have to prove how good you are or how generous you are or how capable you are. I have spent a lot of time seeking the approval of others. I’ve entered the competition of comparing my life with others. I...
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 69 | The Biggest Lie About Anger (and what you can do about it right now)
Discover how anger control is achievable no matter how far gone you think you are. Today’s episode will help you stop negative ways of handling anger like stuffing, exploding, yelling or using manipulation. Learn how to change your self-talk, communicate with assertiveness and apply time-out’s to...
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 68 | Take the Stress Out of Marriage (How I took Mine from Separation to Connection)
I didn’t know until just a few years ago that I am allowed to prioritize my marriage over my kids. Yeah. It’s true. No one told me that though so I thought it went 1. kids, 2. marriage, 3. me. I knew I needed to make an intentional effort to step away from the steering wheel, the grocery cart,...
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 67 | What To Do When You Feel Like Other Moms Have It Way More Together Than You
I saw a photo of one of my friends on the Facebook yesterday. She was happily swimming in the pool with her family on vacation. No one was crying. No one was whining. Everyone had their goggles, and there wasn’t any fighting over who was going to be Marco and who would be Polo. I immediately...
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 66 | Mental Health Days Are B.S.
The other day, instead of driving to work, I started driving to a random nail salon. I didn’t even feel like it was me driving the car. I have no idea what came over me. I took a gut detour. Instead of working, I ended up spending the entire day on that annoyingly dirty little word – self care. I...
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 65 | How To Deal With Loneliness
It is an established fact that chronic loneliness is actually more dangerous to your health than smoking. Why aren’t we treating loneliness with the same level of importance and interest as we treat cigarettes? It is entirely possible to be surrounded by people, have loads of friends, but still...
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 64 | How To Know When It Might Be Time To Start Medication
I feel disinterested, unsocial, fatigued, irritated and lonely. Is this okay, or do I maybe need to try medication? While it is hard to tell you exactly whether you may need to start medication, I can tell you what the experts advise, and what I myself experienced. How did I know it was time to…
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 63 | How To Know When It Might Be Time To Talk To a Therapist
I feel sad, overwhelmed, angry, exhausted and sometimes don’t want to do anything at all. Is this okay, or do I maybe need to see a therapist? While it is hard to tell you exactly whether you may need to start therapy, I can tell you what the experts advise, and what I myself experienced. How did…
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 62 | The True Cost of Impossibly High Standards
How do I stop feeling like a failure? How can I stop having such impossibly high standards for myself? I’m tired of comparing myself to other moms and wondering how do they do it all. How do I stop caring how other people judge me? I have such high standards for myself as a mom. Too high. So when...
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 61 | Self Care is B.S.
How the heck are you supposed to do self care when you don’t have time? When you don’t have money? When you don’t have a babysitter? When you have no idea where to even start? If I hear one more person tell me that I need to be sure I am taking care of myself, attending to my self care,...
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 60 | How I Combat Mom Guilt and How You Can Too
There are nearly an infinite number of reasons why I feel guilty. Almost all of them have to do with some way I feel like I have failed as a mom. Other people don’t help either. You know the side eye you get sometimes in a restaurant or while shopping in Target.? Well today we’re going to nip…
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 59 | How Do I Catch Myself Before Getting Angry and Yelling?
You don’t want to yell, but you don’t know how to stop. Why the heck are we even yelling in the first place? Well, there’s a lot of reasons. But before we get to those, let me assure you that you are not alone. I too yell. I’ve found some solutions that have curbed my bad habit and today I want…
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PWP 58 | Everything is Changing #takenote
Things have to start changing. Let me explain. Listen today to hear: Why you quickly need to #takenote One thing you must understand about parenthood The hundreds of lies that Target told me How you can help another parent for free and in five minutes Links mentioned in this episode: The Parents...
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PWP 57 | I’m Not Always Like This
Here’s the deal: I turned 40 and then immediately, like, 12:01 am immediately, life took a very sharp downward turn. I went into a funk. I felt depressed, frustrated, insignificant, and kind of just wanted to give up. Not give up on life, but give up on doing anything other than finding new shows...
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PWP 56 | All of the Things
Between the ages of 16 and 21, I had no less than 30 different jobs. I like change. I like to try new things. I’ve been camped out over on YouTube for awhile, but I’ve been missing podcasting. So the podcast is back. In this episode I hopefully make it clear that I have not clawed my way out of…
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 55 | How to Let Go of Control
My need to control things went into hyper-drive as soon as I became pregnant. What I ate, how the nursery was decorated, what kind of car we would buy…nothing was off-limits. It was this need to control that led to me feeling overwhelmed, burnt-out, tired and generally just unhappy. I have spent...
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PWP 54 | How I Find a Counselor and What is MOST Important When Searching
I have been seeing counselors off and on since I was 16 years old. I get asked a lot how to find a “good” counselor; what to look for, where to start, what to avoid, how you know if a counselor will work out… You might be surprised at my answers. I have spent many years hiring and firing…
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PWP 53 | You Want Me to Do What Now? (aka Have Some Friggin Fun!)
Do you ever feel tired? Stressed out? Overwhelmed? If I suggested that the solution might be to try having some more fun would you laugh at me and tell me you don’t have time? Well, that’s exactly what I did when my counselor suggested it to me. I was on repeat with my frustrations and feelings…
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PWP 52 | What it Really Means When I Yell (Yes, I’m Admitting to Yelling)
I feel like admitting on a podcast about parenting that you have yelled at your kids is like admitting to your dentist that you never floss. It feels shameful and awkward and I don’t really want for you to know about it. But, I also feel hopeful and confident that what I have to say can help you....
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PWP 51 | Behind the Scenes – The Counseling Session That Shifted Everything
When does admitting how much parenthood drives you crazy shift from hurtful to helpful? Can you love your kids unconditionally but also say out loud that sometimes you think you have screwed up your life irrevocably by having them? (Spoiler Alert, the answer is yes.) Today I continue my story…
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PWP 50 | The Traveling Mistake We Made For Months
Our most recent child-free trip was, almost (almost!) argument-free. I’m reviewing what ten years of traveling with Chris has taught me works, And what took us way too long to figure out. Listen today to hear: how Chris and I’s dream of visiting Portland landed us in Canada the one ultimatum I…
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PWP 49 | How A Frog Helped Change My Perspective
I remember over a year ago sitting up in my bed and feeling like something had to change. I was yelling a lot, crying in the closet a lot, and starting to feel numb. It felt like I was at a crossroads. While taking a walk one day I found a frog stuck in a pipe. He caused me to change my…
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PWP 48 | The Episode With No Title
This episode is all over the map, and thusly, I gave it the title, “The Episode With No Title.” I have mentioned before my battles with anxiety. My anxiety often stops me from making things because I am afraid they aren’t perfect or right or good enough. I procrastinate, I talk myself out of...
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PWP 47 | Why I Disappear Sometimes
Have you noticed that I since I’ve taken over the podcast in January that sometimes I seem to just disappear? I figured out why I do that, and more importantly, I’ve started to think of it as an advantage rather than beating myself up for feeling like a slacker. Today’s episode is perfect for...
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PWP 46 | Parents Who Are Special Dangit!
Have you noticed that I haven’t been talking about parenting specifically as much lately? I think I may have figured out why. How long has it been since you have tried to define yourself without using any of the roles you play in other people’s lives (i.e. mom, husband, son, employee, etc…)? It’s...
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PWP 45 | Parents Who Leave Space For Things to Not Be Okay
Somtimes you just need to not be okay. You need to not rush to things being better. Staying in that low feeling is counterintuitive, but it’s where I’ve found the best, longest lasting solutions lie. The kids walk in as I’m recording today’s episode and I decided to leave it in. Just further…
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PWP 44 | Parents Who Run Down the Side of a Mountain and Then Jump Off
Yes that is really me. Yes I really ran down a hill and then jumped off of the side of a mountain. And it was incredible. Since recording the last episode, I’ve been feeling scared. And frustrated. Not sure what subject I wanted to tackle next. But luckily for me, inspiration was sitting right on...
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 43: Parents Who Find Time For Themselves
I just put the baby down and then flew upstairs to record this real fast. I hear so often parents lamenting that they don’t have enough time for themselves. While I admit, in the season of having young kids, it will probably never feel like enough time, but You have more time than you think. Time...
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 42: Parents Who Find Permission Part III
Today is part III of a three part series on giving yourself permission. This is one of the hardest, but most important lessons I've ever had to learn. Be sure to join our private Facebook group (www.bitly.com/parentswho) and tell me what your biggest barrier is to giving yourself permission. Or…
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 41: Parents Who Find Permission Part II
Today is part II of a three part series on giving yourself permission. This is one of the hardest, but most important lessons I've ever had to learn. Be sure to join our private Facebook group (www.bitly.com/parentswho) and tell me what your biggest barrier is to giving yourself permission. Or if...
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 40: Parents Who Find Permission Part I
Permission is a topic and a "lesson" that I wish I would have learned a whole lot earlier. Listen today if you are feeling stressed out, if you need some support, if you want more enjoyment in your parenting and in your life. Honestly, this is something I didn't even realize I needed until about…
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 39: Parents Who Stop Doing the Dishes and Start Issuing Permission
After dinner tonight as I was cleaning up the dishes I started crying. And then I felt inspired to turn on the microphone and record this episode. Sometimes in the moments when you feel most down, when you're crying in the closet or you yelled at the kids and feel horrible about it or you're...
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 38: Parents Who Let Go of Busyness
How much should our kids be involved in? When is it okay to let them quit? Am I a bad parent if my kids are "just" doing one thing? How do I find the permission to shut things down? Today I share with you my journey from over-scheduled and exhausted to under-scheduled and calmer. I also divulge...
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 37: Parents Who Pull Back the Curtain
Where does parental guilt come from, and more importantly, what can we do about it? On today's episode I discuss specific things I feel guilty about (yelling included) and practical solutions for helping to alleviate, and in some cases, completely get rid of, overwhelming guilt. There's more…
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 36: Parents Who Deal With the Crushing Guilt of Parenthood
Where does parental guilt come from, and more importantly, what can we do about it? On today's episode I discuss specific things I feel guilty about (yelling included) and practical solutions for helping to alleviate, and in some cases, completely get rid of, overwhelming guilt. There's more…
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The Parents Who Podcast Episode 35: When Parenthood Doesn’t Go as Planned
What do you do when parenthood doesn't go as planned? Where and how are we even getting our definition of what parenthood is "supposed" to look like? In this episode I share how to cope when you're feeling frustrated that things don't seem to be going as you always dreamed they would, or how…
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