by justaskyourmompodcast | Sep 7, 2021 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Teenagers
This topic is from a listener suggestion. Because of where we are in life, we know a lot of moms who are close to being empty nesters. They’ve raised one or two older kids and now they’ve got their last one (the youngest) left at home. The home stretch! ...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Aug 23, 2021 | Family Topics, Teenagers
Whatever school’s going to look like for 2021—it’s back in session or soon will be. I’ve heard from a lot of moms that this is one of the transitions in their homes that can be tough to juggle. Kind of like daylight savings time—it can throw you for a loop....
by justaskyourmompodcast | Aug 16, 2021 | Family Topics, Health, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
Sleep-deprived moms is a common trope we can probably all relate to. On this episode, we speak with Dr. Tiffany Rogers, a PhD in behavioral neuroscience. She walks us through what the brain does while we’re asleep (hint: it’s not just shut off!) and why...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Jul 19, 2021 | Family Topics, Health, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
When you’re a first-time mom, you have nothing to compare your child to. Unless you’ve had lots of exposure to other kids, you imagine what your child does or how she behaves is how most children behave. True, most children fall under the large swoop of...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Jul 12, 2021 | Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
Photo by Blake Meyer on Unsplash We’re smack in the middle of summer and all that time still stretches ahead….. what do you DO with it?? A word about boredom… When we were kids… we stayed at home and ran around the neighborhood looking for stuff to do. We...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Jun 21, 2021 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Health, Marriage, Teenagers, Toddlers
“Caught in the middle” caring for children and elderly parents. Support both ends financially, emotionally, or physically. This term was coined by Dorothy Miller in 1981 to describe adult children of the elderly who are “sandwiched” between caring for their own...
