Summer is here! Which means sunny, stress-free, lazy days for kids and… pretty much the exact opposite for Moms. Today Andrea and Jessica get honest about what summer is REALLY like for the women who are in charge of making it memorable.   

Listen in as we discuss:

• Dealing with the frantic pace of May when we have no energy to care about it
• The mental load of planning for summer and how we (both!) already failed at planning
• The anxiety caused by dealing with constant schedule changes
• Why we reject summer bucket lists
• Specific challenges for working and stay-at-home moms
• And why moms should be recognized as the heroes of summer

We hope you enjoy listening to this OG episode - it's one of our favorites! And let us know if you'd like us to host a new kind of summer camp for those of us who failed to make the summer signup deadline... rosé, sprinklers, and disappointment... of course we didn't actually meet the deadline for planning this this year. But maybe next year? 2025 goals?

If you liked this, you might also like this oldie but goodie: Redefining Happily Ever After: The Realities of Marriage an How Early Messages Alter Expectations (June 14, 2023)

Would you like coaching from Andrea or Jessica?

Work with Andrea, offering individual and couples coaching specializing in pregnancy, postpartum, and the transition to parenthood: https://www.andreaburkly.com/

Work with Jessica, offering individual and couples coaching specializing in grief and sudden and traumatic loss: https://www.jlhutchison.com/

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Honest Women is the podcast for every woman juggling the demands of modern life (while trying to keep her shit together) and finding that it’s all just a little more difficult than she thought it would be. Your hosts, Andrea Burkly and Jessica Hutchison, are two very real mental health professionals who are taking honest conversations from inside their offices to the outside world.

Disclaimer: Please note while this podcast features two therapists, and may feel very therapeutic, this is not therapy! Please be entertained, and know that through our creative content, we are not providing mental health care. No diagnosis. No treatment. No medical advice. Just creative content. Please seek appropriate mental health support in the real world.

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