by justaskyourmompodcast | Dec 27, 2021 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Health, Marriage, Wellbeing
You’re probably painfully familiar with New Year’s resolution statistics, if only because you’re one of them: Whether it’s a small goal or a huge, life-changing goal, people tend to fail at the same rate: Approximately 80 percent of people who...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Dec 6, 2021 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Marriage, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
To give completely. Without reservation. That’s the original root of the word forgive. Why is this so hard for some of us? Perhaps it’s fairly easy to let the minor things go—he ate the last slice of cherry pie, she forgot to pick up the...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Nov 8, 2021 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Marriage, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
In the 70’s/80’s (when we grew up), one of the most popular shows on the air was The Brady Bunch, which tackled the socially radical concept of two single parents getting married and creating their blended new family with 6 kids. Later, Cheaper by the Dozen did...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Oct 11, 2021 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Health, Marriage, Teenagers, Wellbeing
As parents concerned about our kids’ whole development—including MORAL—I think this topic may dog us, exhaust us, plague us like no other in parenting. When our kids reach school age (actually before that in many cases) and our sphere of influence changes, they...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Sep 20, 2021 | All Grown Up, Books, Family Topics, Health, Marriage, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
Megyn Kelly did a 2018 TODAY interview in a segment called “Mommy Burnout”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxNPUEkeyvI She spoke with 3 moms in their 30’s-40’s who were eager to start a conversation about moms and alcohol because of their own cringey experiences....
by justaskyourmompodcast | Sep 13, 2021 | All Grown Up, Family Topics
[not a direct transcript or summary] Having a baby is arguably the most life-upending event in a person’s life. Renee and I have both been through it—twice each—and I think we’d both admit there was a definite line drawn of life BEFORE and AFTER that first child...
