The Mom Hour

Amy Tripple is a Chicago-based photographer who understands that it’s hard to get little ones dressed and out the door on a normal day–let alone for a family photo shoot. In Episode 19 of our Mom Hour Voices series Amy and Sarah talk about how to make the most of professional family photos, what to do when a photo session isn’t in the budget, ideas for improving your own photography, and more.

LINKS MENTIONED:

• Amy’s website
• Shoot Along, the weekly online photography project for parents
• Prime lenses Amy recommends
• Canon EF 55mm f/1.8 STM Lens
• Nikon AF-S FX NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G Lens with Auto Focus
• YONGNUO YN50mm F1.8 Standard Prime Lens Large Aperture Auto Focus Lens For Canon
• YONGNUO YN50mm F1.8N Standard Prime Lens Large Aperture Auto Manual Focus AF MF for Nikon

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Meagan’s family is full of cousins and Sarah’s more sparsely “cousined”, but we both have a lot to say about the cousins we grew up with as well as the cousins our kids have. Join us as we discuss these unique and meaningful extended family relationships, and how to make the most of them.

PLUS, Meagan’s kids Owen and Clara appear in a special kid segment at the end of the show–take a listen!

LINKS MENTIONED:

• Raising Siblings Who Like Each Other (Episode 29)

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Too early to make meaningful progress on holiday to-do lists? Sarah says no, and Meagan is curious but skeptical. Whether you’re a plan-ahead type or not, we’ve got some practical tips for making December less hectic by doing a little planning right now. Join us! (For clarity’s sake, we are Team NO Decorations/Music Until After Thanksgiving…but that doesn’t mean we can’t make lists and plans, right?)

LINKS MENTIONED:

• Chatbooks–one of our favorite photo book options (affiliate link)
• On Greed and Gratitude (Episode 76 where we talk about kids wanting all the things this time of year)

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It’s been a rough few weeks and we want to talk about it. Join Meagan and Sarah for an honest discussion about how we manage our media intake when the headlines are heartbreaking, how to identify the feelings that come up when we’re triggered in some way by the news, and how to help when we feel totally helpless.

This episode was inspired in part by fellow podcasters Asha and Christine of the Edit Your Life show, Kristen and Liz of Spawned, and Sarah and Kristen of Selfie, all of whom have tackled tough subjects related to the news in recent episodes.

LINKS MENTIONED:

• Edit Your Life Show Ep97: Moving Forward Under Stress
• Spawned Ep89: Harvey Weinstein and Sexual Harassment
• Selfie Ep03: Self-Care in the Face of Tragedy
• Karen Walrond of the Make Light podcast, who continues to bring light and even humor to the very personal issue of her family’s Harvey loss (here’s her Harvey story on the podcast)
• Other episodes of The Mom Hour on related topics:
• Your Media Diet: Is it Healthy? (Episode 03)
• Talking To Kids About Tragic Events (Sarah’s interview with Dr. Jennifer Freed)
• Motherhood, Politics & Nuance (Sarah’s interview with Sarah Stewart Holland)
• Self Care as Self Preservation (Episode 104)
• Radical Self Care & Cultivating Creativity (Sarah’s interview with Doña Bumgarner)
• Sarah mentioned the always-helpful “ways to help” posts from Cool Mom Picks, like this one about Puerto Rico relief efforts
• NPR’s Up First podcast

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When to start giving kids an allowance, paying for chores, getting mentally psyched up for baby #2, and dealing with kids’ annoying habits–these are the parenting challenges and motherhood topics we’re tackling in the latest Listener Questions episode of The Mom Hour. Join us!

LINKS MENTIONED:

• Episode 15 on Chores & Delegation (which has more discussion on allowances and paying for chores)
• The Opposite of Spoiled by Ron Leiber, where Sarah’s husband got the Powers family spend/save/give system
• Episode 7 on How To Know When You’re Done Having Babies
• Ignore It by Catherine Pearlman
• Crunchy Cocktail Hour, Life Listened’s newest podcast!
• WinCo (Katie’s new favorite grocery store) locations
• Sarah’s interview with teacher-mama Elizabeth Chapman of Teaching Sam & Scout

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