Not Another Momcast

In this episode we discuss the shameful (yet effective) fear-based techniques that most advertisers and social media influencers use to prey upon parents who are already super emotionally charged. Raising humans is hard enough without being terrified that you're doing it "wrong" or missing out on some life changing trend or product, and we would LOVE to break that cycle and see that narrative change. We hope to encourage our own kids, and listeners, to rise above and find a way to tune out the fear tactics and terror in parenting to blow outs & skipped naps. 

We have a VERY special guest joining us for this one, our beloved friend, Lindsey. Lindsey survived the middle and high school years right alongside us, and despite SO many reasons to pretend she doesn't know us at all, here she is! Lindsey recently became a mom, and a super good one at that, so we asked her to please come on the show and talk about how this whole parenting thing is going for her so far. Though she was on solo baby & puppy duty for the evening, she happily agreed to sit down for a chat. So join us for some big life updates, a new fake ad inspired by Laura's recent birthday, and the reason you should stock up on Draino now if you're soon to be postpartum...

Today's episode is SUPER special to us, as for the first time ever, we were able to record TOGETHER in the same room! While Laura visited her parents in the same state Danielle resides, we took advantage of a few hours to catch up in person, and decided to make an episode out of it. This one is about as genuine as it gets, folks; and Danielle informs Laura that life updates are currently all the rage on YouTube, a platform we're not currently on...so we should be insanely famous any second now... 

Turns out, we enjoyed pretending to be professionals by reading an article and discussing it in our last episode SO much that we decided to do it again! Today we read and discuss an article we think is relevant to our interests entitled, “5 Parenting Trends We’re Embracing in 2022 (And 2 We’re Leaving Behind)”, written by Alexia Dellner, Published Dec 15, 2021 on PureWow.com. We discuss Parental Leave, Staycations, Trauma, and more, so check it out and see what you think about what parents are embracing (or ditching) in 2022. 

Read the article HERE! 

We heard that sometimes professional people will come across an article related to something in their field and then have a little chat about it. Tonight we have stumbled upon an article about breaking cycles from the website ScaryMommy.com and we felt like this was a great one to start with, given our particular niche as parents. This is not the first time we have discussed this topic and will certainly not be the last! 

Read the whole article here!

After what has turned out to be a tough summer for both of us, we decided we needed a good laugh. Naturally, that means it’s time for another Game Night! Tune in and judge our frantic, poorly planned games - this time with a parenting twist. Probably worth a listen just for the world’s worst rendition of Name That Tune- if not Danielle’s inevitable TikTok spiral; or Laura’s most impressive efforts yet to NOT mention the Sumerians…

Okay, we’re back! We recorded this episode earlier in the summer, when, against my better judgment, I decided to FINALLY call in my dear friend (and the person Danielle has been creepily stealing from me since our first episode), Megan. THE Megan! Megan joined us to chat about the very real emotion of Mom Guilt; something that probably needs no explanation, and also completely applies to dads and all caregivers, really. We share some of our struggles, find new and interesting perspectives in each others' experiences, and think we just may have found the ticket to how we can avoid being consumed by it all...

In this episode we discuss some of the big transitions we’ve experienced so far as parents, as well as a few of the big ones coming up. We talk about why they are so hard, why they are so necessary, and what we can learn from them as adults! Also, what's the deal with kangaroos?

We have our very first guest on the show! Our good friend Melissa Neubek takes us on a wild and weird tour of our astrological charts, breaking down what the stars have to say about who we are as individuals, and she even dives deep enough into the cosmos to see what the stars hold for our friendship together. *Spoiler Alert* past lives and full body goosebumps are involved.

Find Melissa here on Instagram! 

We are back and better than ever for Season 2! Today’s episode is a quick catch up on what we’ve been up to since we last met, as well as an exciting new mission statement regarding our goals in making this podcast. Bonus content: never sleep again with a free ASMR session courtesy of Danielle!

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