Episodes - The Mom Life Crisis

Welcome to episode 23 of the Mom Life Crisis, the episode that almost wasn't. This episode is all about how to be a parent when you're sick, kids are sick, a partner is gone or you're in non-ideal circumstances, you know... crisis mode. 

Leanne- Gel Manicures and the self-care / joy that goes along with them. 
Jennie- Starting a Toddler in preschool and Contact Anxiety with Nervous parents

Megan Tietz at SortaCrunchy- 3Ds and the Rule of 3
Leanne Penny- How to be a Passable Solo Mom

Welcome to our second year of episodes! We're kicking off the new year with read talk about planners, paper and keeping our brains on task. From paper planners to digital ideas to uncomfortable talk about the OBGYN, this episode hopes to get you thinking about how to find your best system for you and own what works for your family. 

Jennie- A new fiction writing class at her local parks and rec. 

Leanne- 3 true crime podcasts, In the Dark, Stranglers and The Sword and the Scale. (Links below)

Erin Condren Planner
Day Designer Planner
Franklin Planners
Cozi Online Family Planner
Book- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Podcast- In the Dark
Podcast- Stranglers
Podcast- Sword and Scale
Podcast- The Popcast
Buzzfeed Article - WTF is a Bullet Journal and Why Should you Start One? 
Quo Vadis Blog

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Welcome to episode 21, the last episode of the year. In this episode we try to put a happy bow on the insanity of 2016 with our like of 10 of our Most Valuable Players from the year. Things like Amazon.com, Bogs Boots, Netflix and Therapy. Speaking of Therapy, Jennie gives Leanne an impromptu interview about Therapy conduct and Leanne enlightens Jennie on the predictions for 2017's most ridiculous parenting predictions. 

Jennie- Her Church & Her Boys Fighting
Leanne- New pet bunnies & The sexist La-Z-Boy commercial

1. Lin Manuel Miranda
2. Therapy
3. Felt
4. Washi Tape
5. Amazon.com
6. Ugg Boots
7. Crocs and Bogs Footwear
8. Netflix
9. Pokemon Go
10. LulaRoe Clothing

Lin Manuel Miranda on Twitter
Sexist La-Z-Boy Commercial

LulaRoe Christina Hoss

Merry Christmas from The Mom Life Crisis! Which is really just Leanne and Jennie and sometimes our husbands helping with techy troubles and definitely our kids for keeping quiet long enough for us to record. 

This episode is mainly just silliness and something for you to listen to while you bake, tidy or shop... you know.... general elfery. Does it get a little political? Well I mean in Vino veritas but we don't ostracize anyone.

Leanne- Stocking Stuffers, why we wrap them and where to put them.
Jennie- So much wrapping... just wrappity wrap wrap wrapping.

If you need our Christmas Sangria recipe, here's the link and here's what you'll need. It's not hard
1 bottle red wine
1 bottle sparkling apple cider
1 cup spiced cider
1 cup cranberry juice
1 cup vodka
Sprigs of rosemary, oranges, apples and cranberries for garnish. 
Buy it, mix it, drink it over ice.
For more details and very pretty pictures, click the link!  

We'd love to hear from you this Christmas over at the mom life Crisis support group, that would be a nice Christmas present.

Happy Holidays from us to you and we'll talk at you again next week. 

Today we continue our conversation on meaningful Christmas, we are excited to host our good friend Jillian Burden, who blogs at AddingaBurden.com about adoption, infertility and spirituality. Jillian is here to talk us through her intentional spiritual Christmas practices both personally and for kids to engage our families fully in the joy and peace of the season.

Leanne- The. Clap. Emoji.
Jennie- Lularoe Legging Giveaways!
Jill- Dying Christmas tree conundrum

The Not Oprah But Here’s Our Favorite Things Anyway LulaRoe Leggings Giveaway, generously donated by Kristina Hoff, check her out here on Facebook and get yourself a pair of buttery soft legging that feel like PJs but aren’t OR win a free pair by leaving us an iTunes review by 12/23/16!

God Gave us Christmas Book Recommendation
Advent Pegboard - Stable
App - Shaine Claiborne - Book of Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals
Leanne's Vacuum - The Shark Navigator Pro

As always, join us on Facebook here for conversation, encouragement and a change to be mentioned in the show!

Today we welcome author, blogger and YouTuber Esther Emery to the show! Esther comes to us from her homestead in the snowy woods of Idaho to chat about her new book, What Falls From The Sky: How I Disconnected From The Internet and Reconnected With The God Who Made The Clouds, and to share her unique insights on how to have a more intentional Christmas in which we can receive all the gifts we already have. 

As always we want to connect with you about this and all our shows, to join the conversation at the Mom Life Crisis Support Group, head here or follow us on Instagram right about... here.

That's all for this show, number 18! We will see you next week. 

Hello and welcome to our first ever, christmas themed, pine scented, glittery, twinkle-light laden Christmas episode. Today we endeavor to discuss Christmas, all the things that bring us joy and stress us the heck out. Basically we don’t want to miss another Christmas and we want to spend more time reflecting and less time doing… so let’s talk about that.

Leanne - Washi tape, the most beautiful versatile creation since the advent of the Roku.

January White - Sleeping at Last

What is Hygge?

Tsum Tsum Advent Calendar

Melissa and Doug Advent Calendar

Crayola Advent Calendar

In this episode we attempt to present you with a big pillow of love and silliness to counterbalance the craziness of our world. We answer listener questions and respond to suggestions on reading, embarrassing mom stories, "You know you're a mom when" and a whole lot more. 

And Love Is Love Is Love Is Love Is Love Is Love Is Love

Jennie- A latent "What Does The Fox Say?" Obsession
Leanne- Kickboxing class, get some exercise, feel like a badass. 

Embarrassing Mom Stories- You'll have to listen, written words pale to describe these... 

What We're Reading

Jennie- Stitches by Ann Lamott, Stories and Other Stories by BJ Novak and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Leanne- A confession that she buys and rents 400% more than she reads but CAN CLAIM The Winter Street Trilogy and all books by Elin Hilderbrand

You Know You're a Mom When....

We finish the episode with some pinchy real talk about how to show someone we're on their team without feeling like the most awkward person in the world. 

This week’s episode gets a little ridiculous but we hope it’s helpful. It's guarantees to will at least get you laughing we’re guessing you could use a bit of that.

In episode 15 we attempt to talk about self-care, sharing tips and ideas for taking care of you in the midst of everyone else's stuff and nonsense.

Leanne - The Chorma App, available for apple devices.

Jennie - The New 100 Days of Real Food Cookbook, Fast and Fabulous  

1. Make something, do something creative- Whatever that looks like for you

2. Get some exercise- Especially when you don’t want do

3. Unplug Yo-Self- Almost everything works better if you unplug it for a few minutes… including you.

4. Take a Shower- Clean face, clean pits can’t lose.

5. Ask for you time, and use it- Whatever your budget or schedule, don’t let that be a deterrent, just make it work.

6. Go to sleep on time, without screens- You’ll sleep better, happier with less weird dreams.

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This week we're going to talk Mantras and Personal Policies, things that keep us grounded and real. These are short, pithy ways to remember what really matters and makes a difference in our lives, things we use to govern our interior life and our shared life together.

But First, The Things We Can’t Even

Jennie- Toddler mealtimes, insane mess, just all the time in all the ways.
Leanne - Getting punched in the butt, yeah it’s a thing

1. Aim for the middle - You can’t be the best at everything, you’re going to do some things really really well and some things really really badly.

2. Believe the best in each other- Choose to believe that the person you’re struggling with isn’t actually a total jerk, but having a bad day or struggling with something themselves.

3. Be realistic- Keep it real about what you can do in a day, who you are, if things go wrong, stay the course, don’t go ballistic and smash your day with a hammer. No matter how much you want things to go a certain way, just readjust.

4. Do it now- (Compliments of Kelly Gordon on the SortaAwesome Podcast and Gretchen Rubin on the Happier podcast) Sounds legalistic, but if it takes less than a minute, do it before it stresses you out, return that library book, bring that diaper to the trash or that glass to the sink.

5. Remember your season- They change, they always always change and remembering what season of life you’re working through normalizes a lot of struggle.

6. Be kind to yourself- Ask yourself what the kind decision would be and don’t be so harsh on yourself. See yourself as someone you’re caring for, not everything is black and white, view it with kindness and grace.

Links you need from this episode

The Robcast - We Need to Talk About Politics 

Book - Happier at Home

Gretchen Rubin’s Happier podcast

SortaAwesome - With former guest co-host Megan Tietz

Laura Tremaine’s Blog post, Start Where you Are and her Podcast, The Smartest Person in the Room

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