Don’t Tell Your Father

What happens when Millennial mom energy meets Gen Alpha skepticism, a little witchy woo-woo, and the desperate need to make life as magical as possible? You get this episode.

This week on Don't Tell Your Father, Bri and Wren are joined by Wren's grandma Brenda for a three-generation conversation about whimsy, woo-woo, and embracing your inner weird girl. From leaving gifts for fairies and collecting rocks to oracle cards, pendulums, and signs from the universe, we're figuring out where playful imagination ends and woo-woo beliefs begin. 

We're talking about:

This episode is an unfiltered mother-daughter conversation about growing up, staying playful, questioning what we believe, and giving ourselves permission to be a little strange. Because life is weird enough - we might as well make it magical. 

Listen, laugh, and share this episode with your most whimsical or woo-woo friend. 

New episodes every Friday. Secrets every episode. 

It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to. 

Birthdays are supposed to be all about you—but what happens when the birthday hype doesn’t live up to reality? In this episode of Don’t Tell Your Father, Bri and Wren get into the chaos of birthday expectations, being Queen for a Day, and why getting older is weird at every age.

We’re talking:

From Wren’s extremely detailed dream birthday (Oregon Trail included) to Mom’s birthday blues and hopes for a little extra birthday magic, we’re normalizing the weird parts of growing up—and admitting that sometimes you just want someone else to make the plans.

Because you can love your birthday and still be disappointed when it doesn’t live up to the hype. 

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What happens when a Gen Alpha daughter and her friend sit down with their millennial moms and start asking questions about college, friendship, dating, and what life was like before they were moms? 

In this episode of Don’t Tell Your Father, Wren and Charli turn the tables and interview Bri and Nicole about our college years—from making friends and staying connected with long-distance friends to dating, questionable decisions, college girlhood, and all the weird, awkward, unforgettable parts of growing up.

We’re talking about the differences between growing up as millennials and growing up as Gen Alpha, what college was like before smartphones and social media, how friendships change with distance and adulthood, and the things our moms never told us about being young adults.

Because before we were moms, we were just girls trying to figure it out, too.

In this episode:

● What college was actually like for millennial moms

● College friendships and long-distance friends

● Dating and questionable college decisions

● Girlhood before smartphones and social media

● The weird, awkward, and normal parts of girlhood

● What we wish we could tell our younger selves

● The things our daughters REALLY want to know about our pasts

If you’re a millennial mom, Gen Alpha girl, mother-daughter duo, college student, or anyone who remembers the weirdness of growing up and finding your people, this one’s for you. 

Follow Don’t Tell Your Father for chaotic mother-daughter conversations about girlhood, growing up, friendship, hormones, anxiety, middle school, and all the things we’re usually told not to say out loud.

And remember: some things are better discussed on a podcast than at the dinner table.

How well does a millennial mom really know her middle school daughter? And how well does a daughter actually know her mom? Bri and Wren put their relationship to the test with a very serious investigation into how well they know each other. 

In this episode, we ask:

Because girlhood is weird. Motherhood is weird. And apparently, living together for years does NOT mean you know everything about each other. If you're a mom of a teen or tween, a daughter navigating growing up girl, or just someone who understands surface-level questions maybe aren't the only way to know a person, then this one's for you.

Follow the podcast, share with someone you absolutely are unsure how well you know, and find us on our social media accounts @DontTellYourFatherPod

Before we hit the road for a girls' trip, we're getting VERY serious about the important stuff: snacks, entertainment, and how to survive being trapped in the car together for hours.

In this episode, we dive into:

If you're dreaming of taking a trip soon, have ever had a way too memorable road trip (amazing OR awful), or just want to argue with us over what snacks, etiquette and activities make or break a road trip...than this one is for you.

Hit us up on the socials and tell us what you totally agree with (or what you'd fight us on being wrong about), or just let us know where you're going on your next road trip!

The only thing standing between us and fall is a few days...and the unrelenting heat waves that keep hitting our state. Despite the bare legs and the cranked up A/C, we are dreaming of a cozy autumn.

This week, we dive into:

If you crave the ASMR of crunchy leaves, are ready for jeans and hoodies every day, or are craving something flavored with pumpkin (there's no such thing as a basic bitch), this episode might be for you.

Be sure to check out our socials if you want a shout out on next week's episode!  Or just to catch the in-between-episode shenanigans and our fall hair transformations. 

What happens when we stop planning everything and just...do shit?

For our first installment of a new series, Wren and Bri Do Shit, we sit down with a Play-Doh Bloom flower kit and attempt to make some very cute flowers while talking about why we actually love making things.

In this episode, we talk about:

Basically, we talk, we make stuff, we get distracted, and we figure it out as we go. If you also like arts and crafts, have more creative hobbies than reasonably necessary, can appreciate doing things badly before doing them well, or just like hanging out and making random shit, then this episode is for you.

And meet us on the socials to tell us what shit we should do next (we're thinking about buying all the weird candy and snacks for a taste test, but also that sounds like any good Saturday afternoon...)

Puberty and perimenopause: two completely different life stages that somehow have us both asking, "WHY is my body doing this?" Listen as we compare notes on what it's like when your hormones decide to take the wheel (and drive off the road).

In this episode, we get into:

If you're going through puberty, or perimenopause, parenting a tween daughter, or just want to laugh about the chaos of being a human with hormones, this episode is for you.

This week, we're talking about all things TV. From the television shows that shaped our girlhoods to the shows we can't stop watching now, we cover all of it.

In this episode, we dive into:

If you watch more TV than strictly necessary, have a comfort show you rewatch every year, are emotionally attached to a small screen character, or have ever told a friend, "OMG you have to watch this!"...this episode is for you.

Share this episode with your favorite tv watching pal, and don't forget to hit us up on the socials with all the recommendations we need to know about! 

In this episode, we're giving ourselves permission to get mad. Not just the cute, socially acceptable kind of annoyed - but the deep, irrational, justified, petty, righteous feminine rage we've been taught to swallow, soften, or apologize for. 

In this episode, we're talking about:

If you've ever been told you're too sensitive, too emotional, too loud, too difficult, or "overreacting" when you were actually just freaking mad - then this episode is for you. 

Don't miss the extra juicy DTDM (Don't Tell Dad Moment) at the end of the episode.