Cold Brew Salute

After a bit of a hiatus... we're back! And this time, Cold Brew Salute has gone international!

In episode 6, Katie chats with Bekka. The two talk about traveling and hiking with littles, mental health, and much more. 

Bekka says... "I'm 40 years old (or will be when the episode is up) and married to Maik. We have one son, Leo (2) and three furry friends (two dogs, one cat). We are living in an old mill that we're renovating since nearly ten years now and we'll probably never be finished. I'm working in a hospital as a psychologist specializing in neuropsychology (patients with brain injuries and/or neurological diseases). I've spent the last two years at home with Leo and Maik had a sabbatical so he didn't have to work for the last six months. We both have a love for the outdoors and hiking so we spent the last four to five months traveling with our van."

Full transcript available upon request. To make a request or for more info, DM @coldbrewsalute on Instagram, or go to coldbrewsalute.com

In this episode Katie shares her latest post for Vermont Mom titled "It's All Just Food: How Intuitive Eating Changed My Life." 

In episode three of Cold Brew Salute, Katie chats with Jennifer, a woman, a wife and a mom of two kids. She has a doctorate degree in Audiology, loves to craft, listen to podcasts (usually at the same time), game (board and video), be outside, and exercise. Jennifer is also very passionate about community aide and advocating for her disabled child. 

The pair discuss parenting children with disabilities, going from one to two children, and handling big feelings.

Full transcript available at www.coldbrewsalute.com

In each minisode, Katie riffs on a topic or answers a question of the podcast community's choosing. This week, it's making art with toddlers, more specifically, how to get over the mess and have fun!

Download a full transcript: www.coldbrewsalute.com

Katie sits down with... Katie? Katie Wessels, that is! 

A lifelong Ohioan, Katie W. and her family of four relocated to Vermont this past summer in pursuit of adventure. Her social work career has led to jobs in advocacy centers, hospitals, and education, but her most challenging gig yet has been parenting toddlers in a pandemic. In the rare few moments she gets to herself, she enjoys trolling Facebook Marketplace for plant cuttings, treasure hunting in secondhand stores, and podcasting with her bestie at Narrative Therapy: An Animated Conversation.

Part memoir, part psychosocial education, and part self-reflective analysis, high school best friends Kat Morse and Katie Wessels reunite to reflect on our relationships with children’s animated films and with each other.

After leaving her job to care for her children during the pandemic, Katie Wessels found herself using her clinical skills to assess and analyze characters and themes in children's animated films. Like, what's going on with Sid from Toy Story? Is he really a "psycho"? (Spoiler alert: we don't think so!) Her friend Kat's husband works for DreamWorks and helped the pair figure out a cross-country set up to record, edit, and produce the show. And Narrative Therapy Podcast was born! More of the origin story is captured on their blog here and here and the first ten episodes of Season 1 are available wherever you get your podcasts.

As always, photos and a full transcript are available at www.coldbrewsalute.com

In each minisode, Katie talks about a topic of the podcast community's choosing. This week it's the perception of being a parent before having children, vs. after making tiny people. She talks about how before becoming a parent, she was a bit of a snot, and salutes her dad for his infinite patience.

Full transcript available at: www.coldbrewsalute.com

Katie Miller, host of Cold Brew Salute, shares the origin story of the podcast, and her "why" for getting involved in the parenting sphere on social media. She talks about parent guilt, what it means to do your best, and that time the baby had a blowout so bad it required shampooing the carpet.

Full transcript is available on the show's website at www.coldbrewsalute.com