by justaskyourmompodcast | Jan 27, 2025 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers
If going to church is something your family does regularly, there’s no reason to stop when you have a baby. In fact, we’d argue it’s even more important that you continue the routines you had before your baby joins the family. When it feels like it takes...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Jan 20, 2025 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers
Today’s episode came from a listener suggestion. Their older family dog recently had a cancer diagnosis and they’d decided with the veterinarian to prevent suffering and hasten the end. That prompted a lot of questions from their child about the process...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Dec 30, 2024 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers
A recent email from a listener got our wheels turning. Her question had to do with adult child/parent relationships, which can be tricky if your own parents aren’t on board with your own ideas for raising your children. The listener wrote that she’s been...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Nov 18, 2024 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Health, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
This episode is a shorter conversation just to do a bit of a gut check. Renee, you were just saying the other day that you’d been talking to a friend who’s about to move here from central America, and that you were giving a big head’s up about the pace of life...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Oct 7, 2024 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Marriage, Teenagers
Talking today about the gig of motherhood. If we do it right, we’re going to end up with children who leave and make their own ways in the world. It’s the most all-consuming thing for parents and…..then it isn’t anymore. Here we are in our empty...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Aug 26, 2024 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Health, Wellbeing
This is the FOURTH in a five-part series on Joy. We both read a little book by Dr Marcus Warner and Chris Coursey: The 4 Habits of Joy-Filled People: 15 Minute Brain Science Hacks to a More Connected and Satisfying Life. And thought it would be great to share with our...