Mom Group Chat

As our kids get older and enter their school-age years, we're realizing there's a whole new side of parenting nobody really prepares you for: navigating their friendships.

This week on Mom Group Chat, we're talking about helping our kids make friends, maintain friendships, navigate conflict, and figure out where we fit into their growing social lives. Especially as our kids start new schools, make new friends, and maintain relationships with friends from different parts of their lives, things can get surprisingly complicated.

What happens when old friends and new friends come together? How do we handle hurt feelings, exclusion, or the inevitable friendship drama? When should we step in, and when do we need to let our kids figure things out for themselves?

We're also getting into how our own friendships influence the way we parent. From making time for our girlfriends to navigating conflict and showing up for the people we love, our kids are watching how we do friendship, too. And sometimes, our own childhood experiences and friendship baggage can influence how we react to theirs.

It's a conversation about raising kind, confident kids who know how to be good friends, while reminding ourselves that we can't manage every relationship or protect them from every hurt feeling.

Because apparently, in addition to everything else that comes with motherhood, we're now social coordinators, friendship coaches, and occasional playground referees.

Grab your coffee (or wine) and join us for another Mom Group Chat!

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We’re finally BACK! After a few weeks away from the microphones, Candace and Whitney have a lot of life to catch up on.

Whitney is recapping her trip to Nantucket, while Candace shares all about her trip to Los Angeles for Create & Cultivate, including traveling without the kids, getting away from normal mom life for a few days, and coming home ready to get back into a routine.

Back at home, Whitney is officially planning Greydon’s 5th birthday (which truly feels impossible), and Candace is entering what she’s calling her “lock in” era.

With 90 days until her 36th birthday, Candace decided she’s ready to stop feeling like she’s constantly playing catch-up and start being more intentional about how she’s spending her time. She’s locking in on her health and fitness, business and finances, marriage and friendships, motherhood, home projects, routines, self-care, and actually making time for the things that make her feel like herself.

It’s not about becoming a completely different person in 90 days or following some impossible wellness routine. It’s about getting her life in order, building better habits, creating more balance as a working mom, and going into 36 feeling stronger, happier, more organized, and more present.

We’re talking travel, motherhood, birthday party planning, productivity, wellness, work-life balance, getting back into routines, and the never-ending attempt to somehow keep all the different parts of life moving at the same time.

Basically, it’s the ultimate Mom Group Chat catch-up episode. We missed you guys. 🤍

Want to follow along with Candace’s 90-day lock in? She’s sharing more of the behind-the-scenes, life updates, motherhood, business, and everything in between over on Substack.

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We’re finally BACK! After a few weeks away from the microphones, Candace and Whitney have a lot of life to catch up on.

Whitney is recapping her trip to Nantucket, while Candace shares all about her trip to Los Angeles for Create & Cultivate, including traveling without the kids, getting away from normal mom life for a few days, and coming home ready to get back into a routine.

Back at home, Whitney is officially planning Greydon’s 5th birthday (which truly feels impossible), and Candace is entering what she’s calling her “lock in” era.

With 90 days until her 36th birthday, Candace decided she’s ready to stop feeling like she’s constantly playing catch-up and start being more intentional about how she’s spending her time. She’s locking in on her health and fitness, business and finances, marriage and friendships, motherhood, home projects, routines, self-care, and actually making time for the things that make her feel like herself.

It’s not about becoming a completely different person in 90 days or following some impossible wellness routine. It’s about getting her life in order, building better habits, creating more balance as a working mom, and going into 36 feeling stronger, happier, more organized, and more present.

We’re talking travel, motherhood, birthday party planning, productivity, wellness, work-life balance, getting back into routines, and the never-ending attempt to somehow keep all the different parts of life moving at the same time.

Basically, it’s the ultimate Mom Group Chat catch-up episode. We missed you guys. 🤍

Want to follow along with Candace’s 90-day lock in? She’s sharing more of the behind-the-scenes, life updates, motherhood, business, and everything in between over on Substack.

Read The MOMent on Substack

Keep up with the Moms and join the conversation on our socials:

📸 Instagram: @‌momgroupchat
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Questions/comments/need to vent? Email us at [email protected]

Candace almost didn’t make it to this recording because she got completely sucked into a 9/11 documentary. So naturally, we start by talking about why so many of us millennials are still fascinated by 9/11 and can lose hours watching documentaries about it.

Then we get into something that might feel a little too familiar if you’re married with kids: keeping score. The “I did bedtime last night, so you should do it tonight” conversations. The mental tally of who got a break, who’s been up with the kids, and who’s done more around the house.

We talk about how easy it is to fall into that tit-for-tat mentality when you’re both exhausted. And let’s be real, tit does not always equal tat, if you know what we mean. 😂

Come hang out with us this week. Love you, mean it. 🤍

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This week, we’re handing over the mics to… ChatGPT. 😆

We asked ChatGPT to interview us based on everything it knows about Mom Group Chat, our friendship, motherhood, and the MANY things we’ve shared over the years, and honestly? The questions got a little deeper than we expected.

We’re talking about the things we swore we’d never do as moms, what we think the other person worries about too much, how motherhood has changed us, what we’ve learned from each other, and what we hope our kids remember about us someday.

Plus, a little rapid fire, a few podcast confessions, and some questions that had us thinking way harder than we planned to.

Basically, ChatGPT knows us a little too well. 😂

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Motherly Advice is back! 💌 This week, we’re answering your questions and giving our very unqualified but deeply well-intentioned advice.

We’re talking everything from preparing for the postpartum scaries, to keeping the spice alive in your marriage, to what the hell you’re supposed to do when your kid is having a full-blown tantrum in the middle of the grocery store.

Basically, motherhood, marriage, and all the chaos in between. Grab a coffee (or a glass of wine) and come hang with us. 🤍

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September is here, the kids are back in school, and obviously we have a LOT to catch up on.

This week, we’re sitting down for a classic bestie catch-up and chatting about everything that’s been happening lately. Whitney recaps Margot’s birthday and birthday party, Candace gives the full back-to-school update, including a little hand, foot & mouth scare 😅, and shares her latest personality trait: learning how to play mahjong.

Plus, Whitney is getting ready for her upcoming trip to Nantucket and is VERY excited about it.

No major agenda this week, just two best friends catching up on life, motherhood, travel, birthday chaos, and all the random things in between. Grab a coffee (or a glass of wine) and come hang with the girlies. 🤍

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This week’s episode is a heavier one, but an important one.

We’re talking about the heartbreaking news of Hayden Panettiere’s passing and reflecting on her very public experience with postpartum depression, anxiety, addiction, and the complicated reality of becoming a mother when motherhood doesn’t feel the way you were told it would.

We also touch lightly on the Lindsay Clancy trial and the larger conversation it has brought back to the forefront around postpartum mental health, including the important distinction between postpartum depression, anxiety, and postpartum psychosis.

But more than anything, this episode is about the part of postpartum that so many women struggle to say out loud.

We spend our entire lives hearing that motherhood is magical. That meeting your baby will be the happiest moment of your life. That you’ll soak up every second.

So what happens when you have your baby and you don’t feel that way?

Candace and Whitney both share their own experiences with postpartum mental health, the shame that can come with struggling during a season you’re “supposed” to love, and why it can feel so incredibly hard to admit that you’re not okay.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Hayden Panettiere’s openness about postpartum depression and anxiety
• The Lindsay Clancy trial and the conversation surrounding postpartum mental health
• The difference between postpartum depression/anxiety and postpartum psychosis
• Our own experiences with mental health after becoming mothers
• The pressure to experience motherhood as magical and joyful
• Why shame keeps so many moms from talking about what they’re actually experiencing
• Why postpartum care needs to include so much more care for the mother

This conversation includes discussion of postpartum depression, anxiety, psychosis, addiction, suicide, and the deaths of children. Please take care while listening.

If you are struggling during pregnancy or postpartum, please know that what you’re experiencing deserves to be taken seriously. Reach out to your healthcare provider or someone you trust for support.

This week, we’re joined by life coach and mom of two Lindsey Mango for a conversation about coaching, motherhood, and the massive identity shift that happens when you become a mom. Lindsey breaks down what life coaching really looks like, how it differs from therapy, and the difference between consuming inspirational content and actually being coached.

We also get into the stuff so many moms are quietly navigating: feeling like you’ve lost yourself, tying your worth to productivity, mom guilt, perfectionism, self-trust, and figuring out who you are on the other side of becoming a mother.

Plus, Lindsey shares some of the coaching she finds herself giving moms over and over again, what she’s learning in her own season of motherhood, and why small, consistent mindset shifts can make such a big difference.

Whether you’ve worked with a coach before, have always been curious about coaching, or have secretly wondered “isn’t that basically just therapy?” this episode is for you.

Connect with Lindsey:
Instagram: @lindseymango_

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This week we're catching up after a busy weekend! Candace recaps Marin's bachelorette trip (yes, there are stories), and then the conversation takes a turn into something that's been weighing on both of our hearts: comparison in motherhood.

With back-to-school season in full swing, social media can make it feel like everyone else is doing more, celebrating bigger, and somehow crushing every part of motherhood. But is that actually true?

We talk about the pressure to keep up, how easy it is to compare yourself to someone else's highlight reel, and the reminder Whitney shares that we both needed to hear: no one is excelling in every area of life. Every mom has her strengths, every family has their struggles, and what you're seeing online is only one carefully curated piece of the picture.

If you've been feeling like you're falling behind or wondering if you're doing enough, this episode is your reminder that you don't have to be everything to everyone. You're allowed to do motherhood your way.

We hope this conversation leaves you feeling a little lighter, a little less alone, and a lot more confident in the mom you already are. ❤️

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