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After Bedtime with Big Little Feelings

After Bedtime with Big Little Feelings

By: Dear Media and Big Little Feelings
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Summary

Real talk? Modern parenting is a doozy. There’s never been more pressure to be perfect with social media readily at our fingertips - mixed with total isolation and no help. Where the f*ck is that village everyone talks about? Consider After Bedtime your village. Led by Kristin and Deena - founders of the largest online parenting community, Big Little Feelings - After Bedtime is the place you can go at the end of a long hard day to find your “enough”-ness. We’ll laugh, we’ll cry, we’ll maybe pee our pants a little as we unpack things we’re ALL experiencing but too ashamed to talk about: imperfect marriages, miscarriages, managing toddler mania, apologizing to our kids and everything in between. You’ll leave with actionable, realistic tips to make this whole parenting thing smoother - small changes, big impact. In an age where parents need more *real* connection than ever, let’s talk honestly about the hard - and remind ourselves we are not alone, we are not failing. In fact, we’re f*cking crushing it.

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Episodes
  • Your Hardest Parenting Questions, Answered

    Your Hardest Parenting Questions, Answered
    May 13 2026

    Why does your toddler laugh when you’re disciplining them? What do you do when potty training completely falls apart? And how do you parent the kid who feels EVERYTHING bigger, louder, harder, and more intensely than everyone else? In this Q&A episode, we’re answering the parenting questions we hear constantly — the ones that leave even loving, thoughtful parents feeling overwhelmed, confused, triggered, and exhausted.


    We cover:

    - Potty training setbacks and resets

    - Toddlers laughing during discipline

    - Power struggles and boundary-setting

    - “Big Feeler” highly sensitive kids and emotional intensity

    - Sensory sensitivities and nervous system overwhelm

    - Why some kids melt down over seemingly “small” things

    - How to respond without escalating behavior

    - The parenting sweet spot between permissive and punitive


    Plus:

    Kristin accidentally becomes an 8-year-old softball all-star coach, Deena gets emotionally taken out by standing in the wind for an hour, and both of us realize we may be the most millennial people alive. Basically: chaos, neuroscience, nervous systems, and parenting truths that will make you feel way less alone, and answer all of your parenting questions you need help with NOW.


    This episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct, or indirect financial interest in products, or services referred to in this episode.


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    Produced by Dear Media

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    48 mins
  • The Mental Load Solution: The New Tool That *Actually* Sets You Free

    The Mental Load Solution: The New Tool That *Actually* Sets You Free
    May 6 2026
    You are not overwhelmed because you’re bad at balance. You’re overwhelmed because you’re carrying an entire operating system in your head for running a home and caring for kids, and no one ever taught you how to turn it off. You’ve split the tasks, had the talks, been very clear about “I just need more help.” And still, you’re the one remembering, anticipating and managing everything.This isn’t about who’s doing more, it’s about who’s mentally running the entire show. And if that’s you?? Of course you’re exhausted. In this episode, we’re blowing up the biggest lie we’ve all been fed: That the mental load is a communication problem. It’s not. It’s an infrastructure problem. And once you see it, you cannot unsee it, which is exactly why this conversation is so crucial.Deena sits down with Kelly Hubbell, founder of Sage Haus, mom of three, and an accidental genius who built a solution most of us didn’t even know was possible, to break down:• Why even “equal” partnerships still leave moms carrying ~70% of the mental load• The 5 invisible layers running in your brain 24/7 (this alone will blow your mind, and unlock real change)• Why “just tell me what to do” is actually adding to your exhaustion• The real reason you feel burnt out - even if you have childcare• The exact shift that takes you from constant resentment and overwhelm to *actual* reliefAnd then, we push into the uncomfortable truth: What if the answer isn’t doing more… or communicating better?? What if the answer is… you stop doing it all?? Not in a reckless way, but in a new, radically supported way. We’re talking about a level of support that doesn’t just check tasks off a list, it removes the invisible weight from your brain. The kind that gives you hours back every single week, and lets you actually be with your kids instead of managing life around them - one that shifts your relationship, your energy, your entire home.And yes, we explicitly tackle every elephant in the room: The cost, the guilt, the “this feels indulgent - is this too much?” spiral. (If that thought just hit you, you need to listen to this episode.) Because by the end, you’re going to realize something: You were never supposed to carry all of this alone. Press play if you’re ready to stop managing everything yourself, and finally experience what it feels like to be fully supported at home.This episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct, or indirect financial interest in products, or services referred to in this episode.Magnetic Me - Get 15% off sitewide at magneticme.com.Nutrafol - For a limited time, Nutrafol is offering 25% off the Fullest Hair Kit--that's supplements plus their hair serum duo--and free self-care gifts when you visit nutrafol.com Our Place - Stop cooking with toxic cookware and upgrade to Our Place today! Visit fromourplace.com/BLF and use code BLF for 10% off sitewide. Peloton - Explore the new Peloton Cross Training Tread+ at onepeloton.comVisit Myrtle Beach - You belong at The Beach – Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Plan the best family vacation ever at VisitMyrtleBeach.com.Produced by Dear MediaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    44 mins
  • From Trauma to Peace: Deena's Third Birth Story

    From Trauma to Peace: Deena's Third Birth Story
    Apr 29 2026

    The episode you've been asking for is finally here : Deena's birth story for her third baby. And you're not going to want to miss this one. If you’ve been here for a while, you know her first didn’t go the way she thought it would. There was a lot of fear, a lot of not being listened to, a lot of trauma that stayed with her longer than she expected. Her second birth? Also not great.


    So now, for the first time, Deena shares the deeply personal story of her third birth. She birthed at home, in her bathtub surrounded by family and her boys (and her emotional support dog, Mokki!). And how did the birth go, you ask? You'll have to tune in to find out. This one will make you laugh, cry, laugh again, cry again, and bring you back to all those intense feelings surrounding birth.


    This episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct, or indirect financial interest in products, or services referred to in this episode.


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    Produced by Dear Media

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    41 mins
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