Booster Chair Experts

We get to have all five Sawada sisters on the show to celebrate the first pregnancy of our baby sister, Chisa. We learn about her experience thus far, and we answer her pressing questions, doing our best to impart some words of wisdom.

Michelle's walk to motherhood was quite unique. After years of miscarriages due to PCOS, she adopted her children from Tonga. She opens about supporting her children with special needs, particularly in the public school system.

Listener Request Episode: Are you a perfectionist? Ayo and Jaclyn share their stories of struggle and paralysis due to their need to appear perfect. How can we help our kids find the balance between striving for excellence and succumbing to perfectionism.

Part 2 with Jenna Kim Jones gets a bit more serious as she opens up about her struggle with a recent miscarriage and allowing herself to feel the sadness. She also talks about finding humor amidst the craziness that is motherhood and "Letting it go."

Jenna Kim Jones is the better half of the husband/wife duo of the popular podcast, Couple Friends, a perfect place for a good PG laugh. She also released a video special with Dry Bar Comedy, Jenna Kim Jones: Fun to Hug, available to stream on Amazon Prime.

Listener Request Episode: How do we find balance when our partner and children's needs include their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being? Not to mention our own needs. Our ideas range from pretty standard to out of the box.

Alysa shares her unique perspective as a child raised in a single-parent home and how she struggles at times to be a mom in a two-parent home. She speaks about work-life balance, mom guilt and her Japanese-American heritage.

Justin, Mika's husband, continues the discussion about intimacy in marriage from a male perspective. He also talks about his major challenge in marriage: finding the balance between providing financially for and spending quality time with his family.

Melina became an instant mother to 4 when she adopted 3 children and birthed her fourth in a short time span. She discusses adoption, tips for bonding with older children, and her upbringing in a Hispanic home where hard work was greatly valued.

Last week you got to hear from our mom. This week we dive deeper into our own childhoods as we ask ourselves two questions: What things do we do that are similar to our mom? What things do we do that are different?