Raw Parenting Podcast

Get Your FREE Journaling Prompt NOW: https://raw-parenting-podcast.kit.com/29ad1841c3Between 3 kids, work, and the demands of everyday life, staying connected as a couple isn't always easy. In this episode, we share what we're doing to protect our marriage before the distance becomes too great. Because strong families start with strong marriages._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Growing as parents through deep, real conversations to raise better kids.Sign up for our Raw Newsletter www.rawparentingpodcast.comStay Connected https://www.instagram.com/rawparentingpodcast/Welcome to the Raw Parenting Podcast with Tom and Malorie! Join us weekly for new content!#parent #kids #family #deepstuff

Get Your FREE Journaling Prompt NOW: https://raw-parenting-podcast.kit.com/0d576593f4Growing up with an addict changes you in ways you may not even realize.For years, you may have told yourself that you turned out fine. But what if the survival skills that helped you navigate chaos as a child are now affecting your relationships, your marriage, and even the way you parent?In this episode, Tom and Malorie explore the hidden impact of growing up around addiction, including people-pleasing, hypervigilance, anxiety, emotional shutdown, and the pressure of growing up too fast. They discuss why so many adult children and caretakers of addicts struggle long after the addiction is gone, and how becoming a parent often brings unresolved wounds to the surface.If you grew up with a parent, sibling, spouse, or loved one battling addiction, this conversation may help you understand yourself in a way you never have before.Because sometimes the hardest part isn't living with addiction.It's realizing how much it changed you._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Growing as parents through deep, real conversations to raise better kids.Sign up for our Raw Newsletter www.rawparentingpodcast.comStay Connected https://www.instagram.com/rawparentingpodcast/Welcome to the Raw Parenting Podcast with Tom and Malorie! Join us weekly for new content!#parent #kids #family #deepstuff

Get Your FREE Journaling Prompt NOW: https://raw-parenting-podcast.kit.com/0c52c08a9dAfter four years of parenting, three kids, building businesses, navigating marriage, burnout, mistakes, and personal growth, we've learned a few things the hard way.In this episode, we're sharing the biggest parenting and life lessons we've discovered so far. The lessons that changed how we raise our children, how we show up in our marriage, and how we approach life itself.If you're a parent trying to build a healthier family while becoming a better version of yourself, this conversation is for you. Some lessons came from success. Most came from failure. All of them helped shape who we are today._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Growing as parents through deep, real conversations to raise better kids.Sign up for our Raw Newsletter www.rawparentingpodcast.comStay Connected https://www.instagram.com/rawparentingpodcast/Welcome to the Raw Parenting Podcast with Tom and Malorie! Join us weekly for new content!#parent #kids #family #deepstuff

FREE Prompt Journaling Workbook: https://raw-parenting-podcast.kit.com/71ae676644Losing a parent can leave behind more than grief. It can leave unanswered questions, unresolved pain, and wounds that quietly follow us into adulthood and parenting. In this episode, Tom and Malorie share their personal experiences with loss, explore how the death of a parent can shape the way we think, feel, and raise our own children, and discuss practical ways to heal, find peace, and move forward while still honoring the people we love._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Growing as parents through deep, real conversations to raise better kids.Sign up for our Raw Newsletter www.rawparentingpodcast.comStay Connected https://www.instagram.com/rawparentingpodcast/Welcome to the Raw Parenting Podcast with Tom and Malorie! Join us weekly for new content!#parent #kids #family #deepstuff

FREE Prompt Journaling Workbook: https://raw-parenting-podcast.kit.com/ddc6a45489Going from two kids to three changed our family in ways we never expected. In this episode, Tom and Malorie share the biggest differences, the challenges no one talks about, and the surprising lessons they've learned since becoming outnumbered. If you're thinking about a third child or already have three, this conversation might sound very familiar._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Growing as parents through deep, real conversations to raise better kids.Sign up for our Raw Newsletter www.rawparentingpodcast.comStay Connected https://www.instagram.com/rawparentingpodcast/Welcome to the Raw Parenting Podcast with Tom and Malorie! Join us weekly for new content!#parent #kids #family #deepstuff

FREE Prompt Journaling Workbook: https://raw-parenting-podcast.kit.com/e3624ef14cWhat happens when a child is abandoned by a parent... and then grows up to become a parent themselves?In this deeply personal episode, we share our experiences with abandonment trauma, how it shaped our relationships, our self-worth, and our parenting, and the surprising ways it continued affecting us long after childhood.We explore what abandonment actually does to a child, how it quietly follows people into adulthood, and most importantly, how we began healing so our children don't inherit the same pain. If you've ever struggled with rejection, people-pleasing, anger, anxiety, or feeling like you're never enough, this conversation may help you understand why._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Growing as parents through deep, real conversations to raise better kids.Sign up for our Raw Newsletter www.rawparentingpodcast.comStay Connected https://www.instagram.com/rawparentingpodcast/Welcome to the Raw Parenting Podcast with Tom and Malorie! Join us weekly for new content!#parent #kids #family #deepstuff

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In this episode, we dive into the hidden meaning behind the “messy house” in modern parenting and why it represents so much more than toys on the floor or dishes in the sink. We explore the pressure parents, especially moms, feel to maintain perfection, how older generations viewed a clean home, and why many modern parents are starting to choose connection, peace, and presence over constant control. This conversation is about childhood, emotional safety, generational expectations, and the realization that sometimes a lived-in home may be a sign of a family that feels safe enough to truly live in it._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Growing as parents through deep, real conversations to raise better kids.Sign up for our Raw Newsletter www.rawparentingpodcast.comStay Connected https://www.instagram.com/rawparentingpodcast/Welcome to the Raw Parenting Podcast with Tom and Malorie! Join us weekly for new content!#parent #kids #family #deepstuff

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In this episode, we dive deep into how growing up through divorce can quietly shape who you become as an adult… and the parent you are today. We talk about the hidden effects children of divorce carry into adulthood like emotional disconnection, fear of conflict, anger, anxiety, people pleasing, and the struggle to feel fully present with their own kids. We also explore how unresolved childhood pain can unknowingly show up in parenting, relationships, and emotional reactions. Most importantly, we discuss how to heal, break generational cycles, and become the calm, loving, emotionally safe parent many of us never had growing up._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Growing as parents through deep, real conversations to raise better kids.Sign up for our Raw Newsletter www.rawparentingpodcast.comStay Connected https://www.instagram.com/rawparentingpodcast/Welcome to the Raw Parenting Podcast with Tom and Malorie! Join us weekly for new content!#parent #kids #family #deepstuff

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In this great episode Tom and Mal finally talk about their, basically non-existent religious pasts, and how that has affected their personal lives and their family. They will also talk about how going to church has impacted their lives._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Growing as parents through deep, real conversations to raise better kids.Sign up for our Raw Newsletter www.rawparentingpodcast.comStay Connected https://www.instagram.com/rawparentingpodcast/#parent #kids #family #deepstuff

FREE Journal Prompt Book: https://raw-parenting-podcast.kit.com/ddc6a45489If you grew up with physical discipline, fear, or punishment as a child… this episode might explain a lot.In this episode, Tom and Mal dive deep into how childhood discipline can quietly shape who you become as an adult and as a parent. We talk about anger, emotional triggers, guilt, people pleasing, and the parenting patterns many of us unknowingly carry from childhood.Most importantly, we talk about how to heal from it, break the cycle, and become the calm, present parent you truly want to be._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Growing as parents through deep, real conversations to raise better kids.Sign up for our Raw Newsletter www.rawparentingpodcast.comStay Connected https://www.instagram.com/rawparentingpodcast/Welcome to the Raw Parenting Podcast with Tom and Malorie! Tune in every other Wednesday for our latest episodes.#parent #kids #family #deepstuff