If you feel like you’re drowning, failing, and behind on everything in life right now, this episode is going to change everything for you. Women are carrying an impossible amount right now. The schedules. The school emails. The emotional labor. The meals. The invisible planning. The pressure to be fully present with your kids while somehow also functioning like a high-performing CEO with glowing skin and an organized pantry. And because you can’t keep up with all of it? You’ve started believing the problem is you. This episode will change that.

In this episode, you’ll finally understand:

- What chronic mental load is actually doing to your brain and nervous system

- Why so many women feel like they’re failing even when they’re doing an unbelievable amount

- How perfectionism gets wired into girls from childhood

- Why comparison hits women so hard psychologically

- And the mindset shift that has the power to completely free you from the constant feeling that you are behind, drowning, exhausted, and failing at everything all the time

Do not miss this episode. You're about to look at your life in a whole new way, and the load is about to get so much lighter.

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If your child’s meltdowns feel constant. If you find yourself yelling, threatening, negotiating, or completely losing your mind over the smallest things. If you’ve ever thought, “WHY are they freaking out over THIS?” This episode will change the way you see tantrums and meltdowns forever. Because your child is not melting down over the banana, or the cup, or the pasta touching the sauce (it's not about the pasta!!!). The real reason your child is melting down is much deeper.

After this episode, you’ll:

* Know exactly what to do in the face of a tantrum or meltdown, no matter your child's age

* Stop escalating power struggles without meaning to

* Know exactly what your child’s nervous system needs in hard moments

* Recognize the hidden stressors causing meltdowns and emotional explosions

* Learn how to calm the chaos without bribing, threatening, or giving in

* Understand the neuroscience behind co-regulation and why your presence changes your child’s brain long-term

* And start handling meltdowns in a way that builds emotional regulation for life

Once you understand the brain behind the behavior, everything changes. This episode honestly applies to everyone: toddlers, tweens, spouses, in-laws… every human nervous system on earth.

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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.

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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.

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Deep breath, friends. This is one of THOSE episodes; the kind that starts off light and then shifts into something a little heavier, a little scarier, but ultimately really important. This episode was supposed to be Kristin and Tyler sitting down to chat about 10 years of marriage. The lessons, the growth, the things we’ve learned along the way. We even brought our podcast equipment all the way to Palm Springs. But before we could even sit down to record it, our anniversary trip took a turn we didn’t see coming. I walked outside… and found Tyler bleeding.

What’s next was an ambulance, hours in the hospital, and a moment that split everything into before and after.

Not to scare you, but because it led to something we didn’t expect: clarity. Because when something like that happens, your brain doesn’t go to the argument from yesterday. It doesn’t go to the tone, the tension, or who was right. It goes to one place: please let this person be okay. And suddenly, everything you thought mattered… doesn’t. So this episode changed into something deeper.

Yes, we’re still sharing the 10 things we’ve learned in 10 years of marriage, but through a completely different lens. The real one, the one that shows up when all else falls away.

In this episode, you’ll walk away with:

* 10 honest, unfiltered lessons from 10 years of marriage (the real ones, not the fluffy, Instagrammable ones)

* Exactly what to do in conflict: including how to make a “bid” that actually de-escalates things in the moment

* The biggest mindset shift that instantly changes how you show up in your relationship (hint: it’s not about fixing “us”)

* Practical ways to communicate better, even in stressful, reactive, or heated moments

* A deeper understanding of what actually matters… and what you can finally let go of

* What to do when your partner is being their hardest to love

* Why the small, everyday moments matter more than the big ones

Because we all move through life assuming we have more time to fix things, to say what maters, and to show up differently. But guess what? We don’t always get that guarantee. And a moment like this reminds us what actually matters.

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What if the thing running your day… is your non-conscious thought patterns that are happening on repeat?? The same ones showing up every single day, silently shaping how you feel, how you react, and how you show up as a parent, partner, and person. In this episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on the 6 sneaky, unhelpful thought patterns that drag us down day-to-day - and how to actually catch them in real time, replace them, and feel better.

We’re getting into:

- Why your brain loops the same thoughts all day (and why they feel so convincing)

- The exact moment your thoughts turn into stress, snapping, or shutdown

- The subtle difference between “venting” vs. actually moving forward

- The simple mental shifts that take you from *reactive* to calm, grounded, and in control

- Practical, in-the-moment tools you can use TODAY to change the way you think - and feel

This is the kind of episode that doesn’t just sound good while you listen. It literally changes how your next moment goes. Less spiraling, less snapping. More clarity, more “Ok, I’ve got this.” Once you see these thought patterns, you can interrupt them. And when you interrupt them, your whole day goes differently. And overtime, your new thinking habits will rewire your brain to be more resilient.

Your brain has been freelancing long enough. Time to take the mic back - let’s do this!

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Trigger Warning: This episode discusses childhood sexual abuse. We share this with care, but please listen at your own pace and take care of yourself.

Deep breath, friends. This is one of THOSE episodes - the kind that feels a little heavy, a little scary, but is incredibly important, because the tools here could change your kid’s life. In this episode, I (Deena) am sharing my own experience with sexual abuse as a child. Not to scare you, but to give you something I didn’t have back then: Clear, practical tools to help keep your kids safer.

Because the uncomfortable reality is that sexual abuse doesn’t usually look like a stranger in a dark alley. It often happens between kids, between peers or people you know, in familiar places. And most kids don’t tell, because they’re confused, don’t have the language, or think they’ll get in trouble. So instead of fear, we’re focusing on power. This episode is your “bing bang boom - here’s exactly what to do” guide. You’ll walk away with:

Concrete, simple tools you can start using TODAY

• The exact words + scripts to teach body safety in a way that feels natural (not awkward or scary)
• A clear way to explain private parts, safe vs unsafe touch, and boundaries
• How to teach your kid to say no, get out, and tell someone
• How to build a “safety team” so your child always has trusted adults
• And how to create a home where your child knows, “I can tell my parent anything, and they will help me.”

Body safety isn’t about one, big scary talk. It’s about small, everyday conversations that build kids who know their body is theirs, trust their gut, use their voice, and feel safe coming to you, no matter what. You can give your child tools, language, and confidence that dramatically increase their safety.

So take a deep breath - we’re doing this together, and it’ll be worth it, I promise.

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