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On this week's episode we are joined with author Clint Edwards to talk about his work as a writer with a blog, books and a great collection of relatable and witty memes and tweets. Most of our conversation on this episode was around his latest book: Silence is a Scary Sound (hence the title!). From a reader's perspective, this book is hilarious, witty, and relatable for any parent who's had toddlers or is going through the great phase of terrible twos and threes. We talk to Clint about the many experiences he shared in the book, how this book came into being and his personal experiences around raising kids. Some of the particular incidents he wrote about will have you laughing as you probably have been through them too - we talk to him about those experiences. We also talk about the response he's had online to his blog posts from different people and what advice he might have for dads today. We had fun getting to know Clint on this week's episode and hope you enjoy it too!

Listen to the podcast and check out Clint on his website for blog posts, his other books and much more! - http://www.byclintedwards.com/ 

Happy Holidays Everyone! We are ramping up for Christmas and as excited as we are man the stuff that needs to get done can be a major PAIN! So today we are airing out our Christmas grievances on this episode celebrating Festivus. What is Festivus? It originates from Seinfeld (hey Seinfeld fans!!!) and according to yourdictionary.com this is the definition: Festivus is defined as a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 that is essentially anti-Christmas, a backlash to the commercialization of Christmas and involves the airing of grievances. The term was first used by Frank Costanza (father of principle character George Costanza) on the American comedy Seinfeld.

So today we are focusing on airing out some of our Christmas grievances. This that we talk about today are advent calendars, Elf on the Shelf, traveling during the holidays, family time when you hate them or cant get along with them, lack of family time when its not by choice, gift giving and grievances around buying presents, giving presents out of obligation and getting weird AF gifts. We also talk about the pickle tradition, and the drama around Christmas political correctness (spoiler alert, no one cares if you say Merry Christmas! No one is mad! Just be kind!).

Hope you enjoy this episode. After this, we will be off till the new year and be back on Jan 7 with another new episode! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone!

This week on the podcast we are tackling a topic most of us think about often - how to incorporate healthy habits in our life. Social media is full of perfection when it comes to fitness and as busy moms its hard sometimes to create those healthy habits when we've been out of it for so long! Enter Julia Hickman - an online fitness coach who's not here to sell any rigorous programs. Julia does part some great tips and wisdom on making small incremental changes to a healthier lifestyle. There are no diets or rigorous workouts she's recommending which I love. Julia is all about finding a healthy balance and talking to her was great because her tips are truly do-able for anyone - even at this time of the year -- ESPECIALLY at this time of the year. Listen now and hear from Julia!

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This week on the podcast I am going solo and kicking off the holiday season with our first holiday episode of this year. We're diving straight into the holidays and I'm sharing some great tips on making the holidays as stress free as possible. Some of the topics we cover are setting priorities and expectations up front and having conversations around what is important to you and your family. We talk about how scheduling can make a positive difference towards everything you have to get done from now to the end of the season - from events to decor. We talk about what to do when everyone wants to get toys for the kids and helping kids set realistic expectations around gift giving especially with Santa Claus. I share my one strong opinion about Santa Claus and why I want others to adopt it and lastly share some great tips on being cost effective and organized with your holiday shopping. 

Tune in and check out all the great tips! Blog to follow this on Friday. Make sure you subscribe, rate and review the podcast - and share with someone you know! 

The screen time and technology debate. How much is too much screen time? Join us for a conversation between Terri and Gila: Two women’s opinions not backed by studies (for the most part). The impact of technology on our lives is big and often millennials (and the kids being raised in this technology era) are given a bad rep for their “overuse” of technology and how much we rely on it. We talk about numerous things surrounding technology: The app culture and communicating on numerous apps. Social media and how much time we spend on it. How much time our kids spend on apps and in front of screens and establishing boundaries that work for us.

We talk about the many benefits of technology: keeping families and friends connected around the world. For moms especially, we found making mom friends through social media has had a positive impact. Our lives are better with the people we have connected with online – who we can talk to about our lives and struggles – someone who knows us but doesn’t know us in the day to day – that’s something technology has allowed us to do – enabling a supportive online mom community that would not have been possible without the social media apps we are on.

We also discuss rules and setting boundaries at home with technology use. Gila shares with us how her family unplugs from technology completely once a week for 25 hours on the weekend due to religious reasons and the discipline and benefits that come with it are powerful.

Listen to the podcast and check out Gila’s blog over at https://the-mom-who-knew-too-much.com/ she has a lot of great articles that you would find valuable and relatable. And follow her on social media – she hangs out a lot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.mom.who.knew.too.much/

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We're back with another drinking game episode! This month we brought to you 2 of the funnest and some of my fave ladies from the meme world - Kenzie aka The Stinkerbell and Mel aka Sparkles and Skidmarks.

We got together to have a fun moms night in - which involved a whole bunch of random talk, especially inspired by Kenzie and Mel's pseudonyms. From periods, to peeing, poops and skidmarks, orgasms, anals, waxing and plucking out hair...we had the most random discussions but for the most awesome laughs. This episode is for any mama who's looking to chill out and feel like she's surrounded by girl friends, having a girls night in and unwinding from the chaos of motherhood.

Ps. Sorry Mel's mom! We took it too far I know!..but it was awesome!

Follow both these lovely ladies over on Instagram for hilarious and relatable memes you don't want to miss. 

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This week on the podcast we bring on Michelle Dempsey to talk about co-parenting. Michelle is a mom, a entrepreneur and an internationally published author who is navigating life as a co-parent herself. She shared great insights, feedback and tips for anyone navigating this space. She talked about a lot of things she discusses through her co-parenting workshop and anyone listening to this episode will learn so much on how to navigate life as co-parents. 

Listen to the podcast and follow along with Michelle for more on co-parenting at https://www.instagram.com/themichelledempsey/

You can also find her articles published on Huffington Post, Scary Mommy, Parents.com and on many other places on the web.

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This week on the podcast we welcome sex coach Leah Carey to talk about this taboo topic and dive deeper into how our sexual identity and sexual relationship with our partner changes as time progresses in a relationship and when we have kids. Leah helps us explore the "why" behind the changes, including looking at how society has positioned women and how society has taught women what we can or cannot do and how we can or cannot behave, especially when it comes to our sexual identities. Leah also helps us cover the "whats" of the changes and how we can work on bringing our sex drive back -- if that's what you are looking for in this phase of your life. Leah shares some great tips and tricks with the listeners, equipping us with some great tools to slowly bring that magic and connection back in the bedroom. Leah has a great checklist that can encourage that conversation with your partners that she has made available for Mom Like That listeners via these two links: https://www.leahcarey.com/momlikethat/

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This week on the podcast we welcome Rachel Sobel from Whine and Cheezits. We bring Rachel on the show to talk about her experience with divorce. We talk to Rachel about how and when she knew the marriage was over, how the decision came to being, how she felt and navigated through those feelings. We discuss what life was like after the divorce especially when it came to dating as a single mom and eventually finding a partner again. We spend time discussing the feelings and fears with each phase of life and Rachel offers tangible advice from her experience that can benefit many who might be going through similar situations. Listen now and follow Rachel on Instagram via https://www.instagram.com/whineandcheezits/

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Rachel Sobel — the heart and mind behind Whineandcheezits.com — is a Florida native (via Long Island like the rest of em). Living the NEW normal: Marriage, Baby, Divorce, Remarriage, another baby.

In between navigating massive loads of laundry, cooking 32 different meals for picky eaters, doing ponytails over until they are perfect with “NO BUMPS, MOM!” and double-fisting iced coffee, she finds time to write all of it down. In addition to being a published author and writing her own blog, she's a contributor for PopSugar, MommyNearest and has work in ScaryMommy, Romper The Huffington Post and Today Parents. She’s a speaker and a published author with essays in two anthologies about motherhood and pregnancy.

Sometimes there’s sarcasm, sometimes there’s cursing but she always keeps it real. No filters or censorship, just a gal momming so hard and documenting it.

After working many years in public relations and communications, she decided she had enough after one particularly bad experience that made her question what the eff she was doing? She stopped with the “what ifs” and hatched a plan to leave the confines of a cubicle and live her dream as a full-time writer. (In her dream she was thinner, richer and had much more clothing without spatterings of spit-up and breast milk, but beggars can’t be choosers.)

She’s pretty Type A but admits that you are more likely to find baby wipes and a half-eaten bag of Cheez-its in her purse than cash.

Grab yourself a drink, start a tab with us because the much awaited drinking games series is finally here! We kick off this epic series with 2 of the funniest people I've met on social media - Sara and Sterling Buckley from Not The Worst Marriage Podcast. Sara was on the show before on episode 40, "She's Not the Worst Mom", which is the most downloaded episode on the podcast to date. Sarah came back and brought along sterling for an epic conversation with drinks flowing and hilarious questions being answered. We got really personal (like really personal) and got to know all sorts of things about each other. From learning about who threw up on who, the not so smart drinking choices made in the past, to "self" care (we mean masturbation really) and porn habits, we got to know each other a bit too much. Most importantly we got a great laugh and you will to! So grab a drink and play with us! But please drink responsibly and follow the drinking age limits in your respective states and countries.

Ps. Our drinks of choice were champagne, red wine, and gin.

Check out Sara and Sterling over at www.nottheworstmarriage.com and follow them on their social media channels: @nottheworstmarriage @sterbuck @nottheworstmoms

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