The Mom Hour

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Co-hosts Meagan Francis and Sarah Powers have eight kids between them, little to grown. Weekly conversations offer practical tips and real-life encouragement for moms who want to enjoy motherhood more, and cut back on comparison, worry, and stress. We’re not experts, we’re moms who’ve been there. We’re not perfect, we’re real. Welcome to The Mom Hour.

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Constantly Connected (The J...

06.02.2023

Being a mom in 2023 means having a device connecting you to the world, wherever you go. It isn’t all bad or all good – but it does impact our parenting lives at every turn. Join Kia and Jayme, moms ...

The Mom Hour episodes:

06.02.2023 Constantly Connected (The Joys & Challenges Of Parenting In The Smartphone Era): Voices 83 Being a mom in 2023 means having a device connecting you to the world, wherever you go. It isn’t all bad or all good – but it does impact our parenting lives at every turn. Join Kia and Jayme, moms ...
05.30.2023 Pomp, Circumstance, And Motherhood: Episode 419 Processionals, promotions, caps, gowns, and more! Today Meagan and Sarah dig into graduations of all kinds from our perspective as moms in the audience experiencing all the feels. We have some strong opinions about how promotion ceremonies can be incorporated ...
05.23.2023 Mourning The End Of The Baby-Having Years: Episode 418 “Done having babies” and “Sad about the end of the little years” are two completely different mom-emotions, as Meagan and Sarah get into today, with the help of a thoughtful listener question. We look at how it’s possible to be ...
05.16.2023 Listener Questions & Our Advice: Episode 417 A parent of three is exhausted by dinnertime sillies and wants help steering conversation at the family table. A stay-at-home mom asks what to do when her child says, “don’t tell dad I got in trouble at school!”. And a ...
05.14.2023 More Than Mom: This Or That? Happy Mother’s Day! Meagan thought it would be fun to surprise Sarah with an episode full of lightning-round-style “this or that” questions and “would you rather” head-scratchers. Join us for lots of laughs, silly questions and tons of fun! If ...
05.09.2023 Field Trips, Little To Teen: Episode 416 Meagan spent a soggy day helping eighth grade science students release salmon into a creek, and it inspired this conversation all about kids and field trips. From tiny toddlers at the fire station to teens on a red-eye flight to ...
05.07.2023 Traveling As Business Besties (Meagan & Sarah From Dallas Together!) SURPRISE! Popping in with a bonus episode we recorded together in real life (and, in the same bed!) on a recent trip to Dallas. Get a feel for what Meagan and Sarah are like on the road together, how we ...
05.05.2023 Tips For Traveling With Teens (Meagan’s Florida Family Vacation) From surfing lessons and sunset cruises, to training dolphins and learning about space…Meagan and her two teens, Clara and Owen, packed in so many unforgettable experiences during their Spring Break trip to Florida! In this episode Meagan shares more about ...
05.02.2023 Feel-Good Foods & Feeding Ourselves Well: Episode 415 With warming weather, meals, snacks and cravings shift too. Today Meagan and Sarah unpack what it means to us to feed ourselves well as moms, from taking time to assemble a sandwich to paying attention to the way food makes ...
04.30.2023 More Than Mom: Special Man Friend Gets Promoted! Meagan has big news. Sarah has alllll the questions. Join us for a fun dive into all the plans and details! LINKS MENTIONED:We mentioned other episodes where we share personal news while couching it in a larger context, such as:Self ...
04.28.2023 Tips For Traveling With Small Kids (Catie’s Florida Family Vacation) Deciding where to go on a family vacation with littles can be overwhelming. How will the kids adjust to all the changes? Will the adults enjoy their time, too? In this special episode of The Mom Hour, Meagan chats with ...
04.25.2023 Teen Parents, Parenting Teens (Young Motherhood, Raising Teen Girls & More!): Episode 414 Becoming a mom as a teen or young adult years comes with unique challenges (and also some sweet memories!). In today’s episode, Meagan and regular contributor Kia compare our personal experiences as young moms and explore how young motherhood shows ...
04.18.2023 House Rules For Tidying Up: Episode 413 From music and timers to one-touch rules and baskets for EVERYTHING, moms are beyond creative when it comes to getting kids to help clean up. In the latest episode in our House Rules series, Meagan and Sarah share dozens of ...
04.16.2023 More Than Mom: Spring Decor & Home Pick-Me-Ups Spring brings with it pretty flowers, warm sunshine and fresh scents…and also bugs, rain and mud. In today’s More Than Mom, Meagan and Sarah get in the mood for spring by comparing how our different climates show up for the ...
04.11.2023 Do This Now; Enjoy Summer Later (Part Two): Episode 412 Want to get ahead before the May madness sets in? Do these things now and set yourself up for a less stressful summer! In Episode 412 Meagan and Sarah return for the second in a two-part series with tips from ...
04.04.2023 Do This Now; Enjoy Summer Later (Part One): Episode 411 Summer has a funny way of sneaking up on us. Whether you’re a plan-it-all-out mom or a go-with-the-flow mama, there are things you can do now to set your summer up for more joy and less stress. Join us for ...
03.28.2023 Disney Planning / Disney Parenting: Episode 410 Taking kids to Disney should be a magical experience, right? From meeting Mickey to flying on Dumbo, memory-making abounds. But LOTS of planning and strategizing goes into all that magic, and LOTS of parenting challenges present themselves inside the park ...
03.26.2023 More Than Mom: Jewelry! Let’s go deep on the fluffiest of topics: personal adornment. In today’s More Than Mom episode, Meagan and Sarah share our approaches to everyday jewelry, special gifts and heirloom pieces, jewelry trends and finding our personal styles. We also talk ...
03.21.2023 Am I Alone? Will I Be Okay? Am I Enough?: Episode 409 It’s our Podcastaversary (yep, we just made up a new word)! Today we are celebrating eight years of The Mom Hour by reflecting on some of your most-asked questions over the years. Beyond recurring queries like “should I have that ...
03.14.2023 "Fun" For The Whole Family: Episode 408 Bowling. Bonfires. The mall (no, really.) And board games (maybe?). What’s fun for our families right now looks quite different than it did years ago, so today Meagan and Sarah revisit an oft-discussed hot topic on The Mom Hour: family ...
03.12.2023 More Than Mom: Romanticizing The Hard Stuff It isn’t always easy to appreciate the mundane tasks of our daily lives, or to see the glass half-full when something goes awry. Your dishwasher breaking (and not being able to replace it) or eating beans for a week (to ...
03.07.2023 What Moms Worry About: Episode 407 Worrying as a mom is a universal experience (and, spoiler alert: it never REALLY goes away). Today Meagan and Sarah look back over the years on the worries that surface most often in our community. Going by the questions we ...
02.28.2023 Life Of A Writer Mom: Episode 406 Pitching, submitting, and financial uncertainty: the writerly life isn’t easy before kids come into the mix, but as a writer-mom it’s even trickier. In today’s episode, Meagan chats with contributor and full-time professional writer Joanne Ruelos Diaz to talk all ...
02.26.2023 More Than Mom: Dream Businesses Do you ever find yourself dreaming of a creative outlet or pursuit outside of your day-to-day life? Maybe you've thought about becoming an artist, opening a coffee shop, or even starting your own podcast! In this episode, Meagan and Sarah ...
02.21.2023 Motherhood Mission Statements: Episode 405 Do you have "mom mission statements"? Pillars or values that guide your parenting and ground your confidence when its shaken? We didn't - but now we do! In Episode 405 Meagan and Sarah offer up our personal motherhood mission statements ...
02.14.2023 Kids, Crushes & Romance: Episode 404 UR Cute. Be Mine. XOXO. Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone (and happy birthday to Sarah)! No better day than today to talk all things kids, crushes, and budding romance. Join us as we discuss parenting kids through crushes, romance, and relationships, ...
02.12.2023 More Than Mom: Body Image In Motherhood & Midlife Accepting and embracing the body changes that come with motherhood and midlife isn’t easy – and it’s a challenge that listeners write to us about a lot. While the conversation is (and must!) be nuanced, and the prevailing wisdom on ...
02.07.2023 Snacks Or Ingredients? What's Inside Our Pantries: Episode 403 A peek into pantry cupboards reveals a lot about how a family lives and the season of life they’re in. Today Meagan and Sarah open our own pantry doors and chat about what we see: from dry goods staples to ...
01.31.2023 Getting Rid Of Stuff: Episode 402 Big black trash bag energy is in full effect over here! In this episode Sarah is joined by contributor Joanna Martin for a conversation about how, why and what we are getting rid of this January. We talk strategic home ...
01.24.2023 Why Kids Need Solitude (And How To Help Them Get It): Episode 401 Does solitude come naturally to your kids, or are moments of solo play far and few between? Meagan and Sarah read some research recently that challenged us to think about the importance of alone time, and whether our kids get ...
01.22.2023 More Than Mom: 8 Calendar Planning Lessons We've Learned With all the day-to-day planning required to run a household, it’s easy to put longterm planning on the back burner. Today Meagan and Sarah share lessons we’ve learned (or are still learning) that help us look ahead at a whole ...
01.17.2023 Big Kid Birthdays & Milestone Celebrations: Episode 400 C-e-l-e-b-r-a-t-e good times, come on! Today’s episode is number 400! We can’t think of a better way to celebrate hitting a big podcast milestone than talking about how we honor birthdays and milestone celebrations in our families – especially as ...
01.10.2023 Our Favorite Resources For An Inspired January: Episode 399 New year, new you…or, maybe just a bit of new energy? Every January we are bombarded with content about goal setting, resolutions, simplifying things and planning out our calendar in detail for the entire year. And while some years January ...
01.03.2023 The Laundry Awards! Episode 398 Laundry is is a constant: it’s truly with us every day, week, and month of the year. In this first episode of 2023, Meagan and Sarah focus in on the laundry systems and strategies that are working (or not) in ...
12.27.2022 Cozy Winter Style Inspiration: Episode 397 As work-from-home moms, we’re perpetually seeking comfort and warmth during the winter months – stopping JUST SHY of living in pajamas 24/7. If your cozy winter wardrobe needs an update or you’re itching to do some post-Christmas shopping, listen to ...
12.20.2022 Business Behind-The-Scenes & State Of The Podcast Chat: Episode 396 Running a full-time independent podcast company keeps us busy – so busy that we don’t often pause to let listeners in to how it all works! As we approach the end of 2022, Meagan and Sarah share what’s up behind ...
12.13.2022 Listener Questions, Holiday Edition (Vol.4): Episode 395 You’ve got holiday parenting questions, and Meagan and Sarah have answers. In this very merry Listener Questions episode, we tackle things like how to make the magic happen for your littles while traveling and spending Christmas at grandparents, how to ...
12.11.2022 A Charcuterie Of Holiday Emotions Got resentment? Managing anxiety? Filled with hope? You’re not alone. The holidays provide a colorful snack platter of emotions – many of which we experience within a single day (or even moment!). Today it’s our honor to bring you the ...
12.06.2022 Our Best Holiday Budgeting Tips: Episode 394 Planning a festive, event-filled holiday season but worried about having the budget to make it all come together? Meagan and mom-of-four (and regular contributor) Lisa Payne join forces in today’s episode to share how we stretch our budgets in order ...
12.02.2022 Honoring Cultural & Faith Traditions At The Holidays: Voices 82 “Mom, is Santa Jesus’s grandpa?” If you’ve found yourself in the (somehow surprising?) position of Adult In Charge Of The Holidays, you too might be on the receiving end of kids’ questions about what’s going on, exactly, with all these ...
11.29.2022 House Rules For Gifting & Giving: Episode 393 Planning, shopping, wrapping…Oh My! Today we’re featuring YOUR genius House Rules for gifting and giving this holiday season. We chat creative ways for extending the fun on the big day (without more buying), self care for mom after a wrapping ...
11.22.2022 Getting Along (Siblings, Cousins, Friends & More): Episode 392 Can’t we all just get along? (Or maybe, more accurately: Can ANYONE, EVER, just get along?) From playground drama to cousin power dynamics, sibling bickering to neighborly awkwardness, there’s no avoiding relationship challenges as families grow, change, and evolve. Today’s ...
11.15.2022 Greed, Gratitude & The Gimmies: Episode 391 The toy catalogs have arrived and the lists are being made! It’s normal for kids to wish and want all season long, and it’s ALSO normal for all those “gimmies” to get on parents’ nerves (or make us worry that ...
11.13.2022 More Than Mom: Are We Basic? Trader Joe’s. Yoga. Book Club. Cute boots and crunchy leaves. Today Meagan and Sarah just want to know: “Are we basic?” Join us for a fun More Than Mom episode with deep thoughts on this totally fluffy topic, including a ...
11.08.2022 Nurturing Grandparent-Grandkid Relationships: Episode 390 Being sandwiched between the littles and the grandparents who love them isn’t always easy – and there’s no one right way to do it! Today we’re tapping into the tips, advice and wisdom of our community on a topic we’ve ...
11.04.2022 Mom-Life On A Homestead: Voices 81 With Kendra Martin If you’ve been listening to this podcast for any length of time you know that Meagan’s harbored some serious homesteader fantasies since her early 20s. Nearly 25 years after Meagan’s oldest was born, she’s finally living outside the city limits, ...
11.01.2022 OMG We’re Sick AGAIN?!: Episode 389 Million dollar sick-kid question: “are they going to school today, or not?”! After two fall seasons impacted by pandemic schooling in all kinds of ways, Fall 2022 appears to be The One Where The Children Are Sick ALL THE TIME. ...
10.30.2022 More Than Mom: Partners & Personalities It’s no secret that Meagan and Sarah can both get pretty into personality tests, particularly the Enneagram. In this fun More Than Mom we have an in-depth conversation about personalities in general (not just the types and tests!), especially as ...
10.25.2022 Holiday Hills To Die On (And How To Let Go A Little): Episode 388 From Halloween through New Year’s we’re given opportunities to create new traditions and fulfill holiday wishes – sometimes of our own design and, increasingly as kids get older, sometimes at our kids’ behest. This week Meagan and Sarah talk about ...
10.18.2022 Sleep Challenges, (Mostly) SOLVED: Episode 387 From bedtime fears to big kid bed transitions, nightwaking big kids and second thoughts about co-sleeping, we’ve covered a lot of sleep challenges over the years. Today we’re bringing together some of the most common pain points our listeners have ...

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The Mom Hour episodes:

Constantly Connected (The Joys & Challenges Of Parenting In The Smartphone Era): Voices 83

Pomp, Circumstance, And Motherhood: Episode 419

Mourning The End Of The Baby-Having Years: Episode 418

Listener Questions & Our Advice: Episode 417

More Than Mom: This Or That?

Field Trips, Little To Teen: Episode 416

Traveling As Business Besties (Meagan & Sarah From Dallas Together!)

Tips For Traveling With Teens (Meagan’s Florida Family Vacation)

Feel-Good Foods & Feeding Ourselves Well: Episode 415

More Than Mom: Special Man Friend Gets Promoted!

Tips For Traveling With Small Kids (Catie’s Florida Family Vacation)

Teen Parents, Parenting Teens (Young Motherhood, Raising Teen Girls & More!): Episode 414

House Rules For Tidying Up: Episode 413

More Than Mom: Spring Decor & Home Pick-Me-Ups

Do This Now; Enjoy Summer Later (Part Two): Episode 412

Do This Now; Enjoy Summer Later (Part One): Episode 411

Disney Planning / Disney Parenting: Episode 410

More Than Mom: Jewelry!

Am I Alone? Will I Be Okay? Am I Enough?: Episode 409

"Fun" For The Whole Family: Episode 408

More Than Mom: Romanticizing The Hard Stuff

What Moms Worry About: Episode 407

Life Of A Writer Mom: Episode 406

More Than Mom: Dream Businesses

Motherhood Mission Statements: Episode 405

Kids, Crushes & Romance: Episode 404

More Than Mom: Body Image In Motherhood & Midlife

Snacks Or Ingredients? What's Inside Our Pantries: Episode 403

Getting Rid Of Stuff: Episode 402

Why Kids Need Solitude (And How To Help Them Get It): Episode 401

More Than Mom: 8 Calendar Planning Lessons We've Learned

Big Kid Birthdays & Milestone Celebrations: Episode 400

Our Favorite Resources For An Inspired January: Episode 399

The Laundry Awards! Episode 398

Cozy Winter Style Inspiration: Episode 397

Business Behind-The-Scenes & State Of The Podcast Chat: Episode 396

Listener Questions, Holiday Edition (Vol.4): Episode 395

A Charcuterie Of Holiday Emotions

Our Best Holiday Budgeting Tips: Episode 394

Honoring Cultural & Faith Traditions At The Holidays: Voices 82

House Rules For Gifting & Giving: Episode 393

Getting Along (Siblings, Cousins, Friends & More): Episode 392

Greed, Gratitude & The Gimmies: Episode 391

More Than Mom: Are We Basic?

Nurturing Grandparent-Grandkid Relationships: Episode 390

Mom-Life On A Homestead: Voices 81 With Kendra Martin

OMG We’re Sick AGAIN?!: Episode 389

More Than Mom: Partners & Personalities

Holiday Hills To Die On (And How To Let Go A Little): Episode 388

Sleep Challenges, (Mostly) SOLVED: Episode 387

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