A Little Easier

By Wild Peace for Parents

What's A Little Easier about?

Parenting is hard, especially when our kids struggle. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed and exhausted, relief is here. Host Kendra Wilde, an advocate and mom, created this show because she needed it herself. It brings together insights from leading experts and parents who ‘get it’ to give us all a lift.

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A Little Easier episodes:

12.19.2023
Emotional Wifi: How feelings and family wellbeing are connected
World-renowned trauma expert Dr. Bruce Perry joins us to explain how our emotions flow within families. When we understand how we’re connected by these invisible bonds, we can start to help each other regulate and feel just a bit better....
01.31.2023
Grow Forward: Transforming stress and trauma into resilience
What kind of future can we imagine when it’s all we can do to get through today? Psychologist Dr. Chris Willard tells us about the phenomenon of post-traumatic growth, and we’ll catch up with some of the parents we’ve visited...
01.24.2023
Find Your Voice: Advocating for your kids
Navigating the medical maze or the special education system often means speaking out. To become an effective advocate for your kids and yourself, you have to master the elevator pitch; setting aside visceral emotions and building a powerful case for...
01.17.2023
The Village: Creating a community of support for ourselves
If it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a village to support that child’s parents – but who has a village any more? Explore some ways to connect with other parents who really get it. We...
01.10.2023
Family Matters: What siblings and partners want us to know
Kids with challenges often come with siblings, and those brothers and sisters need some TLC too. Not to mention your marriage or parenting partnership. We’ll give advice for nourishing family relationships as you all navigate difficult terrain. Mom Jeniece shares...
01.03.2023
Be a Penguin: Mantu Joshi and the Resilient Parent
Join pastor, author, and dad Mantu Joshi and hear how he learned to find his best self while raising kids with exceptional challenges. Mantu explains what penguins have to teach us about resilience, and how to navigate the traffic circle...
12.20.2022
Peaceful Holidays: 5 ways to stress less this season
A bonus episode to help get you through the holidays! 5 helpful tips to manage crises and
12.13.2022
Good Enough: How to accept your perfectly imperfect parenting
Are you the worst parent in the world? Of course not! But sometimes it’s hard to ignore your inner critic and outside pressures to realize actually, you’re doing ok. We’re here to remind you that it’s not you – parenting...
12.06.2022
Making Space: Why self-care isn’t a dirty word
We hear all the time that we have to put on our own oxygen mask first… but we’re really bad at taking that advice! When burnout isn’t an option, you need to find ways to care for yourself in the...
11.22.2022
Rest & Digest
Happy Thanksgiving! We’re taking this week off to do a little resting, digesting, and catching up on old episodes. We’ll be back next week!
11.15.2022
The Nerve: How your nervous system works and why that matters
Sometimes it’s tough to understand why we (and our kids) behave and react the way we do. It all becomes a little clearer when you know more about how your brain and body interact. We’ll step into Dr. Chris Willard’s...
11.08.2022
Burnout: Tips for solving the stress cycle
If you’re stuck in a loop of relentless and overwhelming stress, you might be on the road to burnout. Kendra shares what happened when she burned out, and author Amelia Nagoski joins us for a spin around the stress cycle....
11.01.2022
Secret Feelings: Opening ourselves to the tough emotions of parenthood
”What if I don’t enjoy parenting?” Many parents and people who raise child have the same question. And that’s okay. In this episode, Yale University expert Dr. Marc Brackett gives us permission to feel and we’ll hear from a parent...
11.01.2022
What about us? To care for kids, we need to care for the parents
Parent well-being matters; it ripples to our kids. In Episode 1, we hear about the impact on parents and understand how diagnoses get made and why they sometimes aren’t helpful.
10.21.2022
Introducing A Little Easier
More parents than ever are burning out, and more kids are struggling too. After host Kendra Wilde burned out herself, she sought stories of resilience from other parents and science from experts in neuroscience and mindfulness on how to make...