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- Gaining Mom-entum on Season Finales: Does This Hold Up?Welcome to the season 2 finale of Gaining Mom-entum! Abi & Meghan celebrate season 2 of the podcast by expressing pride and reflecting on the richness that having guests added to the Gaining Mom-entum conversations. Gratitude is the through line — throughout the season, in their reflections, and in their entire creative, fulfilling podcast endeavour. They even manage to reference The Golden Girls theme song! This leads to Abi’s childhood theory on what made for a successful sitcom and segues them into the week’s topic — season finales! They begin by discussing some of the TV show season and series finales that stand out in their minds at the time of their conversation (not necessarily on their all-time lists). Abi can’t stop herself from giving an impassioned monologue about her childhood & adult crush on Joshua Jackson. They talk about which shows from their pasts they would watch/have watched with their children today, for better or for worse, and how they talk about problematic parts of those pop culture pieces that no longer hold up. This leads to a discussion of problematic faves and what to do when the creator of something you enjoy does not live up to the power they’ve accrued. And that, Gaining Mom-entum community, is a wrap on the season 2 finale!As always, thanks for listening! Please share links to your favourite Gaining Mom-entum episodes with all of the wonderful people in your life!Follow Gaining Mom-entum and comment/review wherever you listen to your pods.Instagram: @gainingmom_entumFacebook: Gaining Mom-entum PodcastEmail: [email protected]Music by: Evan Dysart (Spotify and Bandcamp)Artwork by: Catherine Cachia (IG: @catherinecachia, catherinecachia.com)42 min
- Minisode: Patient-ishIt’s the last minisode of season 2! Meghan & Abi check in with each other to see how they’re doing because, as we hope is abundantly clear to all of us now, mental health check ins are important! They share how they’re finding joy and what they’re grateful for these days. In classic Abi & Meghan fashion, as they attempt to shift into discussing GM community feedback, their brains melded and they came up with the same segue. They focus the back half of the minisode on talking about the response to their episode on anti-Asian racism and the GM community responses to the questions posed to them by Meghan & Abi on Instagram. They discuss friendship, both ending them as members of the BIPOC community being unsupported by white friends and the importance of showing up for friends in the BIPOC community if you’re white. They give a great big thank you to the Gaining Mom-entum community for engaging in these discussions with them and they ask for input on what listeners would like to hear in future minisodes. In a callback to their discussion on combatting anti-Asian racism, Abi & Meghan do a Google search to confirm that it really is that easy to find resources on “ how to support BIPOC friends“ and “combatting anti-Asian racism”. And just like that, it’s the end of the final minisode of season 2!As always, thanks for listening! Please share Gaining Mom-entum with all of the wonderful people in your life!Follow Gaining Mom-entum and comment/review wherever you listen to your pods.Instagram: @gainingmom_entumFacebook: Gaining Mom-entum PodcastEmail: [email protected]Music by: Evan Dysart (Spotify and Bandcamp)Artwork by: Catherine Cachia (IG: @catherinecachia, catherinecachia.com)18 min
- Gaining Mom-entum on anti-Asian Racism: Celebrating Identity & Rejecting HateWelcome back to Gaining Mom-entum! *Trigger Warning* Meghan & Abi spend this week’s intro discussing the recent discovery made by the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation of the remains of 215 Indigenous children at the former Kamloops Residential School. They discuss the way the country continues to let down our Indigenous communities as well as some actionable steps that non-Indigenous people can take to show solidarity with the Indigenous communities across the land.They then segue from talking about systemic racism to, well, talking about more systemic racism. Their guest for this week’s discussion is Grace, a friend of Abi’s, who was generous in sharing her time and personal experiences with anti-Asian hate as a Filipino-Canadian woman and the mother of a child who is Filipino, Chinese, and of course, Canadian. She begins by sharing what it was like for her growing up surrounded by people who did not look like her and how her mother’s experience as an immigrant led to internalizing the goal of assimilation. Grace talks about the discipline of diversifying her world and seeking out professionals who operate through a decolonizing lens. Grace shares with Abi & Meghan how she is seeking safety for herself and her son, particularly over this past year with the unprecedented increase in anti-Asian attacks. They discuss inclusion, allyship, solidarity, and how Grace is stepping into her power as an Asian woman and parent.As always, thanks for listening! Please share Gaining Mom-entum with all of the wonderful people in your life!IG: @gainingmom_entumFacebook: Gaining Mom-entum PodcastEmail: [email protected]Music: Evan Dysart (Spotify and Bandcamp)Artwork: Catherine Cachia (IG: @catherinecachia, catherinecachia.com)Resources:Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justicebrains on! podcast (coronavirus episodes)Hate is a VirusKids share experiences of anti-Asian racism during the pandemic (CBC Kids News)How to Talk to Kids About Anti-Asian Violence and Racism (HuffPost)Fight COVID Racism#Elimin8HateAnti-Asian Violence ResourcesAct2EndRacismStop AAPI HateMinor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong59 min
- Minisode: Panic Purchase & EmpathyThis week’s minisode finds Abi & Meghan on the outside of their self-isolation stints. They celebrate how nice it is to be able to rejoin the outside world, even in a limited the-pandemic-is-still-happening capacity. Abi shares what’s been keeping her up at night (spoiler: it’s her kid) and Meghan shares her panic purchase for her child’s recent birthday. The two of them discuss their takeaways from their conversation with Gray and Megan and what they’re working to implement into their parenting as a result. They discuss Gaining Mom-entum community feedback from their episode on parenting neurodiverse kids and then put the minisode to bed with a reminder of the importance of normalizing these types of conversation(s) and getting comfortable with being uncomfortable.As always, thanks for listening! Please share Gaining Mom-entum with all of the wonderful people in your life!Follow Gaining Mom-entum and comment/review wherever you listen to your pods.Instagram: @gainingmom_entumFacebook: Gaining Mom-entum PodcastEmail: [email protected]Music by: Evan Dysart (Spotify and Bandcamp)Artwork by: Catherine Cachia (IG: @catherinecachia, catherinecachia.com)14 min
- Gaining Mom-entum on Neurodiversity: Embracing Diverse Abilities
Welcome back to Gaining Mom-entum! This week, Abi & Meghan are joined by guests, Megan and Gray, to talk about parenting children who are neurodiverse. The conversation is open and honest with Megan, Gray, and GM’s very own Meghan, sharing what their parenting journey has been like with their children who have gifts that are often overlooked by society. They discuss knowing and learning about their children’s brain wiring, embracing it, and erasing the stigma. They share what they’ve learned about themselves on their parenting journeys, how they want to show up for their kids and support them through mindfulness, intentionality, patience, and reframing the conversations they have with/about their children. They talk about whether or not they owe people an explanation when a complex moment occurs in public (spoiler: they do not), which leads to the idea of divesting from giving energy currency to people who seek to make life harder and more uncomfortable for their families. They discuss pushing back against stereotypes and expectations of what neurodiversity looks like and how they advocate for their children academically, emotionally, and socially. They wrap up the conversation by sharing what other parents can do in their own homes, with their own kids to create a more accepting, respectful, kinder world for children who are neurodiverse, including letting children be who they are and not who people think they should be.
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Music: Evan Dysart (Spotify and Bandcamp)
Artwork: Catherine Cachia (IG: @catherinecachia, catherinecachia.com)
Resources:
Bright and Quirky
Canucks Autism Network
The Neurodiverse Classroom by Victoria Honeybourne
Some Brains by Nelly Thomas
The Whole Brained Child by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Different Brains
We’re Not Broken by Eric Michael Garcia
Misfits of Motherhood podcast
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
1 hr 3 min - Minisode: Self-isolation & SiblingsThis week's minisode is a bit of a hot mess. Meghan & Abi are both in self-isolation with their families. Abi moved provinces and that's what's required where she lives now. Meghan's child had some exposure at daycare. So, that's the space they found themselves in when they sat down to record this minisode. Abi doesn't have WiFi yet so she had to use her phone as a hotspot. All of that, combined with both of them being in hidden corners of their basements, the sound might be less than stellar as a result. Nevertheless, they persisted. They break down GM community feedback about last week's episode on queer parenthood and discuss an example of a recent conversation with one of their kids talking about families, particularly siblings. Abi & Meghan would love to hear more about how you talk about families within your family, so please keep getting in touch!As always, thanks for listening! Please share Gaining Mom-entum with all of the wonderful people in your life!Follow Gaining Mom-entum and comment/review wherever you listen to your pods.Instagram: @gainingmom_entumFacebook: Gaining Mom-entum PodcastEmail: [email protected]Music by: Evan Dysart (Spotify and Bandcamp)Artwork by: Catherine Cachia (IG: @catherinecachia, catherinecachia.com)11 min
- Gaining Mom-entum on Queer Parenthood: Talking About Families
Welcome back to another episode of Gaining Mom-entum! Meghan is fired up this week about a PAC meeting that she Zoomed into at her child’s school. After debriefing, they get into this week’s topic — queer parenthood. This week’s awesome guests are Astri & Ainsley, long-time friends of Meghan’s, who were extremely generous in sharing their time and their experiences as new parents. If you hear some background noise, it’s just the sound of multitasking parents and their infant daughter. After sharing preferred pronouns, Ainsley & Astri share the story of how they welcomed their child into the world and dealing with invasive, inappropriate questions from family members. (Heads up: Please keep in mind that we had this conversation in a safe environment, with it being made very clear that Astri & Ainsley were in the driver’s seat in determining what they felt comfortable sharing with all of us. They were incredibly open and giving in their responses, but they did not owe us any of the stories that they shared.) This conversation covers a lot of ground including pandemic parenting, the harm caused by assigning gender to parenting roles, the need for education and open conversations around gender diversity, how we conceptualize resources for new parents, queer relationships, and the language we use to talk about it all. The conversation wraps up with a reminder that queer kids need to know they are loved, and talking to all kids about gender diversity and diverse families is one way to we can all work together to make sure that happens.
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Music: Evan Dysart (Spotify and Bandcamp)
Artwork: Catherine Cachia (IG: @catherinecachia, catherinecachia.com)
Resources:
International Family Visibility Day Toolkit
Building Bridges: Queer Families in Early Childhood Education
What Makes a Baby?
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell
Baby’s First Words by Stella Blackstone & Sunny Scribens
Cookies and Cake & the Families We Make by Jennifer L. Egan
The Family Book by Todd Parr
Parenting is Political
The Bare Naked Book by Kathy Stinson
From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea by Kai Cheng Thom
55 min - Minisode: Exhaustion & AnxietyIn this week’s minisode, Abi & Meghan get back into something they started doing in season 1 — mental health check-ins. They debrief a few of the events of the past week, including the verdict in the murder of George Floyd. Turns out, exhaustion and anxiety are at the forefront of how they’re feeling lately. Abi shares how exhausted she’s feeling from the endless cycle of racial grief and trauma. Meghan shares how she is trying to make friends with her anxiety. They also discuss the need for people, particularly white people, to stay informed and show up for communities experiencing systemic racism and racial trauma so that the community in peril can have the opportunity to check out as needed. Afterwards, they get into listener feedback on parenting in the digital age. Survey says, Google plays a big part in parenting for a lot of the GM community. Mid-minisode, Meghan & Abi realize they have no idea what age range of children are parented by the GM podcast listeners. So stay tuned to IG for an upcoming poll! They’re wondering if that might explain why only a few survey respondents said they leave kids to their own devices (you see what we did there?). They wrap up the minisode with some listener-generated benefits and concerns about parenting in the digital world.As always, thanks for listening! Please share Gaining Mom-entum with all of the wonderful people in your life!Follow Gaining Mom-entum and comment/review wherever you listen to your pods.Instagram: @gainingmom_entumFacebook: Gaining Mom-entum PodcastEmail: [email protected]Music: Evan Dysart (Spotify and Bandcamp)Artwork: Catherine Cachia (IG: @catherinecachia, catherinecachia.com)15 min
- Gaining Mom-entum on the Digital Age: Digital Get Down
Welcome back to Gaining Mom-entum! This week, Abi & Meghan celebrate the midway point of season 2! They reflect on the first half of the season and express gratitude for the guests who have shared their time, thoughts, and experiences. Then it’s time to get into the week’s topic: parenting in the digital age. Meghan & Abi get into what they’re doing with their kids around technology and how the digital moment that we live in has impacted their parenting (for better and for worse). They don’t have all (or even most) of the answers but they do have a lot of questions and they’re hoping the GM community will weigh in. Their conversation on parenting in the digital age includes the benefits and challenges/concerns of parenting during this digital moment (their children have become BFFs with Google Home and Alexa), building community connection, trying to teach delayed gratification when everything is instantly accessible, and of course, screen time. They take a trip down imaginary lane to ponder what having social media as teens would have been like for them, which leads them to empathize even more with the impact that it can have on the lives of today’s youth They talk about their differing practices on posting images of their children, the responsibility of digital content creators for what they put into the world vs. the responsibility of parents to monitor what their kids consume, and end with some takeaways for how to parent their kids in this era, and encourage the GM community to join them in continuing the convo.
As always, thanks for listening!
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Music: Evan Dysart (Spotify and Bandcamp)
Artwork: Catherine Cachia (IG: @catherinecachia, catherinecachia.com)
Resources:
Common Sense Media
Cybertip
Need Help Now
Adrift in the Digital Age
Safe Online
Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World
It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens
Raising Humans in a Digital World: Helping Kids Build a Healthy Relationship with Technology – Diana Graber
Shame Nation: Choosing Kindness and Compassion in an Age of Cruelty and Trolling
Screen Balance Inspiration: 100+ Ideas to Help You Create Your Personalized Screen Balance Style
1 hr 10 min - Minisode: Doing the Most
Minisode time! This week’s mini starts off with Meghan asking Abi how she’s doing, which leads them to discuss whether or not they can appreciate art from the past knowing that it doesn’t quite hold up under the lens of the present moment. From there, they segue into talking about their conversation with Chaw-win-is, including pushing back on narratives, decolonization, and expanding what is available in educational institutions. They also touch on some listener feedback about moving the decolonization conversation forward. Abi & Meghan end the minisode off talking about a new show by one of their favourite comedians, Doing the Most with Phoebe Robinson. While discussing the show, they take a moment to stan Phoebe and her accomplishments (as well as shout outs to Whitney Cummings and Amber Ruffin) before pondering which activities they’d like to participate in if they found themselves lucky enough to be the celebrity friends invited to be on Doing the Most.
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About Gaining Mom-entum
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Gaining Mom-entum, the parenting podcast where Abi & Meghan try their best to parent their kids for the world they want them to grow up in and the world we live in now. With your help, they want to build a Gaining Mom-entum community where exploring diverse experiences and identities is essential to the parenting convo. Together, we’ll talk about parenting amid the social justice challenges of our time, and of course, we'll talk pop culture. If this vibe speaks to you, join us! (IG: @gainingmom_entum, [email protected])
Artwork: Catherine Cachia, Music: Evan Dysart (Dysaart)