Kindred Conversations

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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Book Club Episode: Atomic Habits by James Clear. We are so excited to share this book review with you! We have both read Atomic Habits previously and thoroughly enjoyed rereading for this episode. If you want the tools to change the course of your life, this book is for you! In this episode we share the tools learned in this book and anecdotes of how we want to implement in our lives.

This is a rerun of an episode aired in July of 2021. This episode features Consultant Daren Baird and addresses ways to practice gratitude in our daily lives. We felt like this is always a good reminder for all of us and a great topic to revisit at this time. We hope you will join us again next week!

This is for sure a favorite conversation we have had on the podcast! Not only did Caitlin and Bethany come full of tips to better design and decorate my home, but they also had the most encouraging message about loving and embracing my home just the way it is and creating the environment I want through small and approachable changes. Caitlin Creer and Bethany Christensen are cofounders of Foundation Goods, a beautiful home goods store and interior design firm. They design some of the most high-end, beautiful, "dream" homes on the market but came prepared to share the message that you shouldn't wait to love your home. We know you will love this highly refreshing conversation and leave feeling empowered to be the designer of your own home.

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