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posted on September 15, 2020

How To Recover When You Lose Your Cool: Episode 278

It’s not if but when: losing your cool with your kids is part of motherhood (especially during a global pandemic). Sometimes we yell, sometimes we cry, and sometimes we stomp our feet like a toddler or sass-talk like a tween. If you do any of these things too, we can assure you you’re not alone–and it’s not too late to practice the art of recovery. In Episode 278 of The Mom Hour Meagan and Sarah talk about the different types of mom-meltdowns we’re prone to, and what repair and recovery can look like when we’ve lost it with our families.

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posted on August 5, 2020

Shortening Your Gaze, For Now

We moms know how to manage our expectations and help our kids manage theirs. We understand innately how to fit a lot into a little time, and we can also learn to stretch a little bit of certainty, energy, or joy to fill a longer period of time than we’d necessarily like. Yes, we wish the finish line was closer. We’d be content with just having some idea of where it is. But right now, the only way to get through this without hyperventilating is to pick a time frame that’s a little more manageable.

posted on June 5, 2020

Talking About Racism As A Family (A Candid Conversation With Meagan’s Niece & Nephew)

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In this special episode of The Mom Hour, Meagan talks to her niece Cecily and her nephew Mario about their experiences as young black people living in today’s world. The discussions are at times raw and may make you squirm, but we’re hoping they will also make you think, learn, and hopefully, continue the conversation in your own homes, families, and communities.

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posted on May 19, 2020

Judgment, Criticism & Mom-Shaming In The Time Of COVID-19: Episode 261

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As the country begins to open up–slowly, differently, uncertainly–one family’s decisions about how to re-enter the world will look different from the next. Can we have confidence in our own decisions while holding space for others to interpret guidelines differently? Are criticism and judgment online a symptom of quarantine fatigue, or the beginning of a toxic new norm? And can the experience of new motherhood provide lessons about empathy that apply in these unprecedented times? Meagan and Sarah dive deep into big questions about shame, guilt, criticism, and judgment in Episode 261 of The Mom Hour.

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posted on May 1, 2020

Creativity & Connection During Hard Seasons With Coffee + Crumbs Founder Ashlee Gadd: Voices 48

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Living a creative life with small children underfoot is a challenge by any definition; doing it while running a business during a global pandemic is another thing altogether. For this month’s Voices interview Sarah chats with her good friend, fellow podcaster, and all-around good human Ashlee Gadd, founder of the wildly popular Coffee + Crumbs community. Ashlee shares thoughts on quarantine parenting, social media connection AND social media breaks, adjusting expectations when you’re an Enneagram 3, and how her writing and photography practices change during different seasons of motherhood. We also chat about home decor, home-wrecking toddlers, and more.

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posted on April 8, 2020

Finding Pleasure, Joy, And Even Hope

Silver linings can be a double-edged sword. We need gratitude and hope in our lives; we also deserve to feel our feelings, whatever they are, and admit that this is really hard.

How To Recover When You Lose Your Cool: Episode 278

Shortening Your Gaze, For Now

Talking About Racism As A Family (A Candid Conversation With Meagan’s Niece & Nephew)

Judgment, Criticism & Mom-Shaming In The Time Of COVID-19: Episode 261

Creativity & Connection During Hard Seasons With Coffee + Crumbs Founder Ashlee Gadd: Voices 48

Finding Pleasure, Joy, And Even Hope

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