The Mom Hour

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Must-Have Winter Gear For A...

12.10.2019

Little kids have big needs when it comes to staying warm, comfortable, and happy in the winter, and even as the season returns again and again, growing kids seem to KEEP NEEDING WINTER STUFF. With Meagan’s decades of experience parenting ...

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12.10.2019 Must-Have Winter Gear For All Ages: Episode 238 Little kids have big needs when it comes to staying warm, comfortable, and happy in the winter, and even as the season returns again and again, growing kids seem to KEEP NEEDING WINTER STUFF. With Meagan’s decades of experience parenting ...
12.06.2019 The Thank-You Project with Nancy Davis Kho: Voices 43 Would it change your life to write thank you letters to the people who’ve helped you get to where you are? That’s what writer Nancy Davis Kho set out to do when she approached a milestone birthday while navigating a ...
12.03.2019 The Holiday Meagan Went All In: Episode 237 Meagan’s last three Christmases have played out like a sad country song (divorce! family emergency! breakup!), and this year she’s going ALL IN on festiveness in an effort to reset the tone for the season and find new ways to ...
12.01.2019 More Than Mom: Things We’ve Changed Our Minds About We may seem set in our ways, but sometimes a change in persuasion comes later in motherhood–and life. This More Than Mom episode is all about the things we’ve changed our minds about, from the inconsequential (pickles?) to the highly ...
11.29.2019 Holiday Shopping 03: Storing, Wrapping & Opening Once the gifts have been purchased, what do we actually DO with them? Hide and hope? Box up and ship? Wrap and display? Stack in cardboard boxes until the eleventh hour? Turns out, it’s a little of all of the ...
11.28.2019 Holiday Shopping 02: Small Business, Maker & Handmade We love supporting artists, makers, and small businesses, but when it comes time to actually DO the holiday shopping, this can be easier said than done. In the second installment of our Holiday Shopping series, Meagan and Sarah offer specific ...
11.27.2019 Holiday Shopping 01: Organizing, Planning & Purchasing List-making, idea-capturing, online-ordering, OH MY. It’s time to get serious about holiday shopping, and between us we’ve got multiple spreadsheets and very different tactics when it comes to organizing, planning, and buying holiday gifts. In the first part in our ...
11.26.2019 Grab Bag Catch-Up & Reading While Traveling: Episode 236 Grab your favorite beverage and cozy up for a catch-all catch-up with Meagan and Sarah! We talk about the season, the weather, our recent travels, and some fun updates from the business! Then Sarah is joined by our resident Books ...
11.24.2019 More Than Mom: Hair Styling & Hair Maintenance We’re doing a deep dive into all things hair and hairstyling in this week’s More Than Mom episode! From how often we wash to whether we heat-style, covering grays, DIY color, cutting bangs, salon visits, favorite products and more, we ...
11.22.2019 Creating Holiday Memories 03: Capturing How can we capture sweet holiday moments even while they’re happening? What’s the balance between being the family documentarian and truly participating in the magic as it unfolds? In the final installment in our special series on Creating Holiday Memories, ...
11.21.2019 Creating Holiday Memories 02: Appreciating From structured gratitude practices to spontaneous texts, this time of year provides lots of opportunities to appreciate the moments–and the people–in our lives. In this second part in our special series on Creating Holiday Memories, Meagan and Sarah talk about ...
11.20.2019 Creating Holiday Memories 01: Noticing Moms are great at planning the holidays. Check-listing the holidays. Executing the holidays. But for those of us who want to create lasting holiday memories for ourselves and our families, it starts a much simpler place: noticing small moments of ...
11.19.2019 “Mom Brain” & Making Adult Conversation: Episode 235 Feeling distracted, forgetful, or just sorta fuzzy? We’ve been there. Listener Erin asked about “mom brain” and how we’ve handled it over the years, as well as how to keep your adult conversation skills from completely atrophying when you’re in ...
11.12.2019 Mom Myths & Mom Truths: Episode 234 Heartburn in pregnancy means babies born with lots of hair; boys are harder when they’re little, girls are harder later on; third babies are super chill: These are just a few myths and supposed truths that beg to be tested ...
11.10.2019 More Than Mom: Fall Fitness Update Meagan and Sarah have been lifting weights this fall! After bemoaning our fitness situation back in late summer, we got (sorta) serious about doing trainer-led workouts–and we found a way to do it “together,” remotely! In today’s More Than Mom ...
11.08.2019 Removing The Stigma Of Kids In Therapy With Dr. Erin Lanphier: Voices 42 Taking your child to see a counselor, therapist, or psychologist feels heavy...but it doesn't have to be. As our understanding of childhood mental health expands and the stigma associated with seeking help shrinks, the growth and support opportunities for our ...
11.05.2019 The Fall Sarah Quit Everything: Episode 233 The road to extracurricular insanity is paved with good intentions...or so the saying goes. Sarah has always resisted the pressure to sign her kids up for multiple sports, clubs, and activities, but somehow Fall 2019 landed the Powers family with ...
10.29.2019 Celebrating Kids’ Birthdays & Family Culture: Episode 232 From gift giving to special meals, family gatherings and classroom celebrations, creating special birthday traditions for your kids is a multi-faceted affair. Even if you’re not into big parties, there is still plenty to think about–and to keep you busy ...
10.27.2019 More Than Mom: Things That Creep Us Out Weirdest thing Meagan and Sarah are afraid of? You'll never guess in a million years (and please tell us if you share our weird fears!). And then there are the more typical things that creep us out, from the minor ...
10.22.2019 On Our Tables This Fall: Episode 231 Roasts, stews, gourd-shaped baked goods, and soups that pair with a storybook read-aloud–we are leaning in hard this fall to cozy seasonal cooking. Join Meagan and Sarah as we discuss what we’ve been feeding our families lately, what we aspire ...
10.15.2019 What’s One More? The Practical Realities of 3+ Kid Families: Episode 230 From cars to houses to groceries to college, there are some functional elements to growing your family that give a lot of couples pause. We’re not here to convince you one way or the other, but we do have experience ...
10.13.2019 More Than Mom: Behind The Scenes Of Our Partnership Curious what it’s like to run a business with your good friend? Or how we navigate money conversations, time commitments, and growth tension while mothering a collective eight children? Today’s More Than Mom episode pulls back the curtain on our ...
10.08.2019 Table Manners & Social Graces: Episode 229 Teaching manners and social graces is about so much more than pleases and thank-yous; it’s years of modeling and coaching with many shades of gray that bring together regional and cultural differences and expectations, and with a line of sight ...
10.04.2019 Career Challenges & Working Mom Strategies With TheMomProject.com’s Colleen Curtis: Voices 41 Navigating traditional employment while mothering small children brings up so many questions--from negotiating flexible schedules to getting hired while pregnant, promotion challenges and where to pump. In this month's Voices interview Meagan aims to answer the most common questions in ...
10.01.2019 Parenting “Fair” vs. Parenting To The Child: Episode 228 Do we set family rules that apply to everyone, or adjust our expectations for individual kids' and their different strengths, struggles, and personalities? Yes. Both. And it's complicated. We loved answering listener Hannah's thoughtful question about parenting "fair" versus parenting ...
09.24.2019 Female Friendships & Women We Admire (PLUS Picture Books with Katie): Episode 227 Mom-friends are a true gift--but they're just one type of female friendship we've benefitted from over the years. Today we're talking about building relationships with women we admire - mentors, colleagues, fellow entrepreneurs, and just generally awesome ladies. From where ...
09.22.2019 More Than Mom: Fall Fitness Pep Talk With kids back in school, we’re looking at taking care of our bodies through regular exercise. Meagan’s already established a new early morning workout routine with some accountability buddies, and Sarah’s ready to start. We talk about what’s worked in ...
09.17.2019 Finding Time & Making Time: Episode 226 Time-strapped, mom? You’re not alone. This week Meagan and Sarah look at time management through two different lenses: first, how to find pockets of time in your existing schedule to make small but meaningful improvements to your overall productivity, AND ...
09.10.2019 Sports Fandom & Family Culture: Episode 225 Fall means football, whether you care a little bit, a ton, or not at all. This inspired us to talk about the way sports fandom relates to family culture in a broader way–from bonding across generations over a favorite team, ...
09.08.2019 More Than Mom: Being Alone Recently both Meagan and Sarah took trips where they spent significant time alone--like, alone-alone, not "5 minutes in the bathroom with a kid outside the door" alone. This got us thinking about alone-ness in motherhood: the quest to get some, ...
09.06.2019 Feeding Your Family Without The Guilt with Stacie Billis & Meghan Splawn: Voices 40 From picky eaters to snacking tweens, independent lunch-packers to dinner woes, this month’s Voices interview episode is packed with tips for feeding your family nutritious meals without the guilt. Hosts of the popular podcast Didn’t I Just Feed You? Stacie ...
09.03.2019 Listener Questions (Vol. 21): Episode 224 A listener wonders if she's raising a mini-hoarder and we talk about kids who have a hard time parting with their stuff; a mom of elementary-aged kids asks us to talk about after-school grumpiness; a new mom of twins helps ...
08.27.2019 Listener Questions (Vol. 20): Episode 223 Preschoolers and violent pretend play, navigating changing relationships with grown children, advice for a mom whose 15-month-old is starting a preschool program, and thoughts on talking to our kids about inclusiveness and representation: We're taking your questions and offering our ...
08.25.2019 More Than Mom: Late Summer Check-In & Procrastination It happens every year: Meagan and Sarah get to the end of summer and just feel the need to take a pause and check in. Today's More Than Mom episode gives us that space to catch up about our summer ...
08.20.2019 Morning Routines & Morning Makeovers: Episode 222 That feeling when summer has all but killed your morning mojo and you're BEGGING for a fresh start? Yep, we're there. Sarah's kids are newly back in school and Meagan's are gearing up, so this episode is all about resetting ...
08.16.2019 Reading & Literacy Tips by Age & Stage Encouraging literacy and reading aloud to kids is something we all know we “should” do, and most of us do our best. But depending on your stage of motherhood and the age of your kids, this is easier said than ...
08.13.2019 Tips For Starting (Elementary & Middle) School: Episode 221 Sarah has a new middle schooler and needs all the tips, which Meagan is happy to share. And many of you are launching new kinders or early elementary kids this year, something the two of us have done a combined ...
08.11.2019 More Than Mom: For The Love Of Libraries Do you remember the libraries of your past? We do. In fact, we have enough to say about the transformative power of libraries to fill an entire More Than Mom episode! From our earliest library memories (grouchy Mrs. Young!), to ...
08.06.2019 Home Management Systems That Work (For Now): Episode 220 Donating used items, keeping track of library books, getting kids to put their own clean clothes away, and staying on top of the monthly budget: These are a few of the home management / life / adulting systems that are ...
08.02.2019 Mothering & Running A Business Through Chronic Illness With Amy Clark: Voices 39 Imagine you're a mom of two, successful entrepreneur, and self-confessed Type A personality...and then you find out that you have a chronic condition that will cause you to be in pain and sap your energy--daily--possibly for the rest of your ...
07.30.2019 Motherhood & FOMO: Episode 219 The fear of missing out is real, and it preys on new moms in particular. Whether your FOMO flares up when you see other moms’ lives play out on Instagram, or you feel it most when it seems like everyone ...
07.28.2019 More Than Mom: The Lives We Didn’t Lead Remember Sliding Doors? Today's episode asks the question: "Where would we be if...". Meagan and Sarah talk about the points in our lives where different decisions might have led us down dramatically different paths, and imagine what life would be ...
07.23.2019 Let’s Talk About “Sharenting”: Episode 218 Concerns over safety and privacy are one thing (and worth discussing), but what about the broader implications of kids growing up with a digital identity shaped by their parents long before they were old enough to have a say? This ...
07.16.2019 Throwbacks & TimeHops (Why Looking Back Matters): Episode 217 On this day in history, where were we? One year Sarah was stuck inside with littles in 115-degree Arizona heat; another year Meagan was directing her kids in a play. One July day many years ago, Meagan’s four boys all ...
07.14.2019 More Than Mom: Would You Rather… Today is pure fun–a game of Would You Rather…?, in which Meagan and Sarah challenge each other with choices between wildly impossible scenarios. Which one of us would rather have a permanent three-year-old and which would rather have a permanent ...
07.09.2019 Other People’s Babies: Episode 216 Now that our kids are getting older, we have the opportunity to ooh and ahh over other people's babies, and we're here to talk about it. From how we are with our nieces and nephews to whether holding babies really ...
07.05.2019 Worth The Wait: One Mom’s Infertility Story with K.C. Clifford: Voices 38 When starting a family didn’t go as planned and money was tight, singer-songwriter K.C. Clifford felt like she had no choice but to surrender to the devastating possibility that she would never become a mom. Then, just days after finding ...
07.02.2019 We Love Fun Now! (Or Do We?) PLUS Beach Reads: Episode 215 We’re known by many as fun-haters (see Episode 10 for the backstory!), but does this still hold true four years later? We revisit the fun-list today–everything from pushing kids on the swings, to parades and carnivals, to craft projects–to see ...
06.25.2019 Must Have Gear For The Beach & Pool: Episode 214 We’ve been to the beach and the pool with little kids…and survived! From what to take with you to how to carry it, from how to sit comfortably to the best ways to stay entertained, we’ve got you covered. Episode ...
06.23.2019 More Than Mom: Dating As A Divorced Mom Meagan opens up about dating as a divorced mom after being partnered up for the better part of two decades, and Sarah has many questions. If you’ve ever wondered about dating apps, dating as a single parent, or starting a ...

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The Mom Hour episodes:

Must-Have Winter Gear For All Ages: Episode 238

The Thank-You Project with Nancy Davis Kho: Voices 43

The Holiday Meagan Went All In: Episode 237

More Than Mom: Things We’ve Changed Our Minds About

Holiday Shopping 03: Storing, Wrapping & Opening

Holiday Shopping 02: Small Business, Maker & Handmade

Holiday Shopping 01: Organizing, Planning & Purchasing

Grab Bag Catch-Up & Reading While Traveling: Episode 236

More Than Mom: Hair Styling & Hair Maintenance

Creating Holiday Memories 03: Capturing

Creating Holiday Memories 02: Appreciating

Creating Holiday Memories 01: Noticing

“Mom Brain” & Making Adult Conversation: Episode 235

Mom Myths & Mom Truths: Episode 234

More Than Mom: Fall Fitness Update

Removing The Stigma Of Kids In Therapy With Dr. Erin Lanphier: Voices 42

The Fall Sarah Quit Everything: Episode 233

Celebrating Kids’ Birthdays & Family Culture: Episode 232

More Than Mom: Things That Creep Us Out

On Our Tables This Fall: Episode 231

What’s One More? The Practical Realities of 3+ Kid Families: Episode 230

More Than Mom: Behind The Scenes Of Our Partnership

Table Manners & Social Graces: Episode 229

Career Challenges & Working Mom Strategies With TheMomProject.com’s Colleen Curtis: Voices 41

Parenting “Fair” vs. Parenting To The Child: Episode 228

Female Friendships & Women We Admire (PLUS Picture Books with Katie): Episode 227

More Than Mom: Fall Fitness Pep Talk

Finding Time & Making Time: Episode 226

Sports Fandom & Family Culture: Episode 225

More Than Mom: Being Alone

Feeding Your Family Without The Guilt with Stacie Billis & Meghan Splawn: Voices 40

Listener Questions (Vol. 21): Episode 224

Listener Questions (Vol. 20): Episode 223

More Than Mom: Late Summer Check-In & Procrastination

Morning Routines & Morning Makeovers: Episode 222

Reading & Literacy Tips by Age & Stage

Tips For Starting (Elementary & Middle) School: Episode 221

More Than Mom: For The Love Of Libraries

Home Management Systems That Work (For Now): Episode 220

Mothering & Running A Business Through Chronic Illness With Amy Clark: Voices 39

Motherhood & FOMO: Episode 219

More Than Mom: The Lives We Didn’t Lead

Let’s Talk About “Sharenting”: Episode 218

Throwbacks & TimeHops (Why Looking Back Matters): Episode 217

More Than Mom: Would You Rather…

Other People’s Babies: Episode 216

Worth The Wait: One Mom’s Infertility Story with K.C. Clifford: Voices 38

We Love Fun Now! (Or Do We?) PLUS Beach Reads: Episode 215

Must Have Gear For The Beach & Pool: Episode 214

More Than Mom: Dating As A Divorced Mom

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