What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny Moms
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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny Moms
When you're a parent, every day brings a "fresh hell" to deal with. In other words, there's always something. Think of us as your funny mom friends who are here to remind you: you're not alone, and it won't always be this hard. We're Amy Wilson and Margaret Ables, both busy moms of three kids, but w...
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When Stress Becomes Burnout (and How to Tell the Difference)
In this episode, Amy and Margaret explore the crucial distinction between stress and burnout—two experiences that often blur together in the chaos of...
DEEP DIVE: 8 Ways to Make Better Decisions
There is no magic formula to making the perfect decision every time, but there are philosophical principles, or "razors," you can use to pare down you...
Fresh Take: Jean Twenge, 10 RULES FOR RAISING KIDS IN A HIGH-TECH WORLD
Amy and Margaret sit down with Dr. Jean Twenge, renowned researcher of generational differences and author of the new book 10 RULES FOR RAISING KIDS I...
Mom Worsts
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DEEP DIVE: What Can We Add? What Can We Take Away?
The human tendency to solve problems by adding something is called "additive solution bias." However, sometimes a problem is more quickly and effectiv...
Fresh Take: Suzanne Warye, THE SOBER SHIFT
Margaret sits down with Suzanne Warye—sobriety influencer, host of The Sober Mom Life podcast, and author of the new book THE SOBER SHIFT. Suzanne sha...
When Does "Typical" Behavior Become Something More?
Is your kid extremely resistant to the simplest of requests? Or completely impossible to wake up in the morning? Or sure their peers don't like them,...
DEEP DIVE: Why Women Have Less Free Time
A recent report found that the division of home responsibilities is still grossly unequal. Mothers—whether they are married or single—do significantly...
Fresh Take: Carla Ciccone, NOWHERE GIRL
What happens when you finally, as an adult, understand for the first time that your brain has been wired differently all along? Writer and mother Carl...
The Craziest Things We've Done for Our Kids
From road trips to reclaim lost lovies to birthday extravaganzas with six-month planning windows, parents will do just about anything for their kids....
DEEP DIVE: Dr. Amber Thornton on Finding Real Balance
We've all felt the guilt that comes with taking time away from our kids to do something we enjoy. But if we're always being told how liberating it is...
Fresh Take: Kate Mason, POWERFULLY LIKABLE
How do women balance being both effective and likable? It shouldn't be ours to manage, and yet it is. This week Margaret and Amy talk with Dr. Kate Ma...
Do Our Friendships Have to Be This Complicated?
Have female friendships become more complicated than they need to be? Amy and Margaret dig into the dynamics of their own female-female friendships a...
DEEP DIVE: Natalie Mayslich and Blessing Adesiyan on the Future of Remote Work
Natalie Mayslich is the President of Consumer for Care.com, where she is responsible for expanding, building and delivering the Company’s portfolio...
Fresh Take: Trevor Hanson on Healing Our Attachment Styles
Amy sits down with Trevor Hanson, coach and founder of The Art of Healing and the Secure Self Club, to unpack the power of attachment theory and how i...
Even More Husband Crimes (Part 2)
It's what you've all been waiting for: Even More Husband Crimes, Part Two. This episode's charges include:
napping on Mother's...
DEEP DIVE: Ericka Sóuter on How to Have a Kid and a Life
Ericka Sóuter has over 20 years of journalism experience and is a regular contributor on Good Morning America and other national broadcast outlets. Er...
Fresh Take: Allison Daminger, WHAT'S ON HER MIND- The Mental Workload of Family Life
Amy and Margaret sit down with sociologist and author Allison Daminger to unpack the cognitive labor many of us fail to recognize in our families' dai...
Oops! My Kid Hates Me
Right now your kid doesn't like you. At all. What is really going on? And how can we respond without losing our cool, even when our feelings are genui...
BEST OF: How Involved Should We Be With Our Kids' Schools?
How do we help our kids succeed in school without becoming the dreaded "snowplow" parents? Here are some parenting tips for advocating for your child...
BEST OF: What Kind of Monster? Family Vacation Edition
Toddler meltdowns, stroller mayhem, ear infections. Doesn't that sound so relaxing? In this listener-sourced episode, moms everywhere unleash frustrat...
Radical Acceptance—What It Is, and How It Can Help Our Parenting
Amy and Margaret dive deep into the concept of radical acceptance—what it is, what it isn’t, and how it can transform your approach to parenting, rela...
BEST OF: What Fresh Hell Is Back to School?
It's back-to-school season, and even if that means you have a few more hours to yourself each day, there are still plenty of fresh hells in store, fro...
Fresh Take: Jyoti Chand, FITTING INDIAN
Margaret talks to author and mental health advocate Jyoti Chand (aka @mamajotes) about her debut graphic novel FITTING INDIAN. Jyoti shares how the n...
How to Make the Back-to-School Transition a Little Easier
Back-to-school season doesn’t have to be a chaotic scramble. In this episode, Margaret and Amy share practical tips to help parents make the transitio...
DEEP DIVE: Kelly Corrigan on Letting Big Kids Go
What does it mean to parent grown children? How can we embrace those changing relationships? Kelly Corrigan, host of "Kelly Corrigan Wonders", fou...
Fresh Take: Mike de la Rocha, SACRED LESSONS
Margaret talks with visionary strategist, artist, and activist Mike de la Rocha, author of Sacred Lessons: Teaching My Father How to Love. Together, t...
More Husband Crimes (Part One)
Margaret and Amy return to the courtroom of minor domestic infractions committed by the people we live with—our partners. Listeners shared their bigge...
DEEP DIVE: Vanessa Kroll Bennett and Dr. Cara Natterson on Puberty
These days, early is normal for puberty onset—and early is REALLY early. That means kids whose brains might not match the way they look, and parents w...
Fresh Take: Amy Larocca, HOW TO BE WELL
Margaret and Amy talk with award-winning journalist and author Amy Larocca, whose new book HOW TO BE WELL takes a deeply researched look at the trilli...
Why Kids Lie: What’s Normal, What’s Not, and What to Do
Margaret and Amy discuss the surprisingly normal reasons kids lie—and why it’s not always a sign of bad behavior.
From toddlers covered i...
DEEP DIVE: Your Tween, Explained
When our kids reach a certain age—as young as eight, some experts say, and definitely well before thirteen— they suddenly don't think their parents ar...
Fresh Take: Rebecca Bloom, WHEN WOMEN GET SICK
Amy talks with women's health advocate and author Rebecca Bloom about her new book When Women Get Sick: An Empowering Approach for Getting the Support...
Is It Normal to Feel Jealous of Other Moms?
Margaret and Amy explore the messy truths about jealousy—why moms feel it, how shame adds fuel to the fire, and what we can actually do about it. From...
DEEP DIVE: Best Advice for Dealing with Teenagers
How do we raise healthy, loving, polite, and appreciative teens? Is it humanly possible? From remaining "passively available" to taking our adolescent...
Fresh Take: Shannon Watts, FIRED UP
Amy and Margaret sit down with Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, to discuss her transformative new book: Fired Up: How to Turn Your Spark...
Fresh Take: Genevieve Kingston, DID I EVER TELL YOU?
A note from Margaret: My family was visiting Kerrville, TX when the flood occurred. Having seen the devastation to the Hill Country first hand, it is...
BEST OF: Kids with Big Imaginations
Is there such a thing as a too-imaginative kid? Parenting experts say no. Dr. Paul Harris, professor of education at Harvard and author of The Work o...
What to Say to Our Kids When Bad Things Happen
In light of the recent floods in Kerrville, Texas, Margaret and Amy discuss how we can talk to kids about scary, sad, or tragic events—especially when...
When One of Our Kids Takes Up All of Our Bandwidth
In this episode, Margaret and Amy tackle a commonplace parenting issue: when one child consumes the majority of your bandwidth—whether that's your tim...