No Guilt Mom | Overcoming Mom Guilt, Mental Load & Parenting Tips for Moms

In this episode, we talk with Einat Nathan, a parenting expert, counselor, and author from Israel. Her first book Haimsheli, was a bestseller across all categories in Israel, making her a national celebrity. The book resonated because mothers read it, cried and smiled, and discovered a way to look at their children as independent people, not solely as an extension of who they are or as a calling card. Einat helps parents with a fresh approach to parenting and is the parent to 5 teenagers. Her book My Everything, was recently translated into English. 

We discuss the difference in parenting expectations in the US versus Israel, how the way our parents raised us affected our thoughts on parenting and what pressures we face as parents in this digital age. 

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Me & My Friendships

My Everything: The Parent I Want to Be, The Children I Hope to Raise

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When it comes to dealing with discipline, the kids fighting with you and each other, and getting your kids to help out at home…. you pretty much only have three choices for every situation. And sadly, we sing songs to help you remember each of these parenting techniques. 

So no, it isn’t your cat in a grinder, but JoAnn and Brie sharing their “artistic side”, as we share the 3 ways that pretty much every parent handles discipline, give you the pros and cons to each along with which one will most likely give you the results that you have been searching for!

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When we over-parent and rescue all the time, we're depriving our kids from living. Life is truly an active verb. And when we focus on making things easier in the short term, we deprive our kids of the skills they need for the long haul.

In this episode we speak with Julie Lythcott-Haims who is the New York Times bestselling author of the anti-helicopter parenting manifesto How to Raise an Adult, Real American, and her newest book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult. Julie believes in humans and is deeply interested in what gets in our way.

She shares with us how parents can sometimes get focused on the short term gains and lose sight of those long haul parenting goals. And in the end, it’s our kids who pay the price. We some of our best “Oh crap! I’m an adult now” moments and how we found strength in them, just as our kids will!

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Me & My Friendships Book 

Julie Lythcott-Haims

How to Raise an Adult

Real American: A Memoir

Your Turn: How to Be an Adult

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Why do so many of us moms feel guilty asking for help? You know, like it’s a burden to ask someone for help or something that we need (love, support, so on)?

Defining yourself as someone who can “do-it-all” only sets you up for failure and guilt. Why? Because if you can’t “do-it-all-by-yourself” then somehow you are “less than”. And we’re here to tell you that is so not true!

In this episode, we share 4 ways to work past that guilt and learn to ask for what you actually want- guilt free! Because like we always say- the best mom is a happy mom!

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GoodTherapy- Overcoming Guilt

Desert Paddleboards

Podcast Episode 082 The Life Skills Your Kids Need Before Launch with Amy Carney

Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)

Head in the CLouds (Feel Your Feelings Fool)

I Go Through (O.A.R.)

Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself

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What if we told you that we can live better, happier, and simpler lives by making a few adjustments to how we think about self-care? Would you try it?

In this episode, we are talking with Dr.Christine Koh. She’s a music and brain scientist turned multimedia creative! She spent a decade in academia, during which time she was awarded prestigious fellowships from the National Institutes of Health to fund her Ph.D. research at Queen’s University and joint-appointment postdoctoral fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Massachusetts Institutes of Technology. Christine was about to become a professor when she decided to hang up her academic spurs in favor of more flexible and independent ventures.

We discuss what so many of us view “protective self-care” as and what it really needs to be to actually benefit us in the long run. Christine also shares with us her breakdown of Self-Care into two distinct parts: Protective Care and Restorative Care. And how they relate to boundaries, toxic relationships, taking a “pause”, and really overall -how we care for ourselves.

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Christine Koh

Edit Your Life Podcast

Hello Relationships Podcast

Protective Care vs. Restorative Care

CNN Friendships Piece

The Washington Post- Why the parental pandemic wall feels so bad right now, and what you can do about it

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CNN- How parents can support kids through (and beyond) the latest wave of anti-Asian American violence

Jessica Turner- The Mom Creative

Lydia Denworth

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You’ve heard us talk about “back in times of B.C.” (Before Children) and how life worked differently then. One of those things that worked differently were friendships (for many of us). We had school, or work, or outside hobbies where we could meet people with similar interests. But when you become a mom, some of us are cut off from those outside things and we struggle trying to make those friendships going forward. And the truth is that mom friends are absolutely essential to your journey through parenthood!

Well, no need to fear, we’ve got 3 tips on how to make (and keep) those mommy friendships going strong!

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Podcast Episode 052: Easy Ways to Update Your Wardrobe with Lani Inlander

Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself

Peanut App

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So many moms worry about whether or not we are giving enough attention to our kids, especially when they outnumber you! We feel guilty for spending what may seem like a lot of time with one child and not enough with the other. 

But is that really happening? 

Are we really giving some of our kids (often the younger ones) the raw end of the deal?

In this episode we talk with Lynn Berger, a writer and journalist in the Netherlands, covering care, and author. As the care correspondent for online journalism platform De Correspondent, she writes about the various forms care can take, what it does for us, and what we need in order to take good care. Lynn took her thoughts and experiences of being a second child, combined them with her own thoughts as she prepared to, and had her second child, and rounded it all out with what the research says on the subject and put it together in her book, Second Thoughts: On Having and Being a Second Child. 

JoAnn, Brie, and Lynn talk about their own experiences both as children with siblings and with their own children and the guilt that we face trying to give each child what feels like is never enough time.

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Second Thoughts: On Having and Being a Second Child

Lynn Berger

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This is our first ever “Listener Questions” episode where we asked our No Guilt Mom listeners to send us their parenting challenges for us to offer some help.

In this episode we talk about the difficulties of getting 3 kids (all under 6 years old!) in bed at night and how to not get caught in the middle of every fight- especially ones that involve the TV remote!

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Simply Piano / Simply Guitar App

Paddleboard Yoga

Go the F to Sleep (narrated by Samuel L. Jackson)

3 Steps to Create an Awesome Bedtime Routine For Your Kids

Healthy Children.org- Bedtime Routines for School-Aged Children

KidsHealth.org Does the Light From a Phone or Computer Make it Hard to Sleep?

Managing Sibling Fights (Without Being the Ref)

Calm and Happy Parenting

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It’s hard enough when you are trying to pick a place to go out to eat and no one is on the same page, but when you and your partner or co-parent aren’t on the same page...it can be down right agonizing! 

In this episode, we’re joined by Amy McCready, the Founder of Positive Parenting Solutions and the creator of the 7-Step Parenting Success System online course. She is the author of two best-selling parenting books: If I Have to Tell You ONE MORE TIME and The "Me, Me, Me" Epidemic. She has two adult sons (age 24 and 22). Amy helps moms and dads become the parents they've always wanted to be.

We discuss with Amy how parents can identify what the real issue is causing their parenting struggles and how to best get on the same page and become a united front.

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Positive Parenting Solutions

If I Have to Tell You One More Time...: The Revolutionary Program That Gets Your Kids To Listen Without Nagging, Reminding, or Yelling

The Me, Me, Me Epidemic: A Step-by-Step Guide to Raising Capable, Grateful Kids in an Over-Entitled World

Meet the Freemans

Marriage 365

Alyson Schafer

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Summer break is upon us and moms everywhere are desperately coming up with summer schedules, driving from activity to activity and planning day after day in an attempt to keep their kids from getting bored. Then of course, the fighting starts.

Why do we as moms feel like it’s our job to plan everything ALL THE TIME?

Honestly, so many of us moms set ourselves up for failure. We try so hard to keep everyone entertained so no one gets bored. Why do we feel compelled to control the situation instead of letting it be and letting our kids experience boredom?

But science says that boredom is actually really good for them! We give you 5 science-backed reasons why it’s not your job to entertain the kids and it’s actually good for them to be bored!

5 Benefits of Boredom

Happy Parent Checklist

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Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less

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