Elevate Our 30s

4 - Parenting Through Chaos: Navigating Sick Days, Overstimulation, and Invisible Work


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In today's episode we discuss how life has been completely off the rails and how difficult it is when your kids are off sick and you still have to somehow manage everything. We get into some "Good Biological Developments" and talk about how overstimulating it can be to be a parent, especially when you're the 'go to' parent. 

Carly discusses how she feels like she needs a princess diaries style makeover and Matthew talks about how inadequate he feels in the gym. We've started reading the book Fair Play and we talk about how we are tackling our mental load and invisible work problems at home. 

00:00  Intro

01:50  Comment Love 

04:00 The Shit Show Chronicles

05:45  ‘Good Biological Developments’

09:42  Overstimulation City  

13:31  Goodbye Pregnancy Glow 

15:33  Princess Diaries Makeover

19:18  Are We Even Buff? 

24:45   Cartoon Nation, More Babies, Doom Scrolling 

28:53  Mid Life Crisis   

30:48  Mental Load & Invisible Work 


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Elevate Our 30sBy Carly Overman and Matthew Flynn