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This episode is a recap of our favorite thoughts and takeaways from Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff. We both loved this book so much!! In the episode we chat about some of Michaeleen's tactics to motivate your children to help around the house, taking the pressure off of narrating everything you do with your child, and how being a calm parent is our ultimate goal.

Let this stand as our personal pep talk in an effort to give ourselves permission to get outside help! Why are moms always the first to sacrifice their time and needs? After years (and 3 kids later) of telling myself "I can do it all if I just work harder!" I'm coming to the realization that getting outside help is for the benefit of my entire family and is worth every penny to increase the quality of our time spent together. Summer hit hard this year and suddenly having no schedule for myself or my kids quickly turned into me trying to keep my head above water- this episode is my current solution!

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In this episode we discuss determining when you are done having kids, and the details of making this decision for Britt and her family. We get into what areas we splurge vs save in motherhood (why does everything feel like a splurge??), and our reasoning behind our decisions. Paris shares one area she is currently done spending on. If you enjoyed this episode please leave us a review or rating on Spotify or the podcast app!

As promised, we are finally releasing the episode with our husbands! They answer questions submitted by our listeners in honor of Father's Day. In this episode we talk about tips for new dads, air some marital disagreements, and ultimately discuss what kind of balance works well for us in parenting and marriage.

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This episode is a hot topic with one of our favorite friendship experts! Madison is the face behind the @flourishingfriend instagram account and offers individual friendship coaching as well as freely gives advice and tips for common friendship conundrums on her page. For the format of the episode we entirely used listener questions! We talk about vulnerability, friendship trios, choosing to step back from a friendship in an intentional way, and Madison briefly mentions her thoughts on "best friends".

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We both just got back from summer trips with our families and wanted to break down the logistics and dynamics of traveling with young kids. We give our trip recaps, talk about expectations for the airplane, brush up on the ins and outs of traveling with other adults without kids, and discuss how we plan to adjust in the future.

We are talking all about bedtime routines in today's episode. Bedtime has the potential to evoke some strong emotions (both positive and negative) so we dive into how we have recently (and continually) revamped our routines to make it a more enjoyable part of our day. We share our respective routines and some tips we've been given-all regarding Mr. Sandman.

A little pregnancy update from Paris and postpartum update from Britt! We are chatting about baby names, a reality check about our checklists, nursing, naming babies, and mental health. Pregnancy and postpartum brings an onslaught of change and emotion so it's always a bit therapeutic to chat about and hear from others. We are excited to share our experiences from the last few months!

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Happy Mother's Day! Parenting can receive a lot of heat (often understandably so) but we are BIG believers in leaning into all the things we love about it. Because at the end of the day, we loooove motherhood. So, this Mothers Day we asked you to tell us all of the things that you love about it so we can share with our community and spread the feel-good emotions. We hope you spend a little extra time today, this weekend, and whenever you need it, listing all of the things you love about being "Mom" to the little people who matter most.

Inspired by a tik-tok trend, this episode is an ode to the high maintenance things women do to stay "low maintenance" majority of the time. Moms tend to let themselves take the backseat when it comes to indulgent routines (we are not immune to this) but we believe that there are a few rituals that fill our cups just for the fun and beauty of it. We talk about hair removal, food culture, skin care and more.

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