We talk this week with our favourite therapist, and regular podcast guest, Melissa Fisher Goldman. Melissa shares ways to deal with the grief we may be feeling for our 'old lives', how to help our children through this strange and new time in their lives, and how to be kinder to ourselves.

For the articles written by Melissa which are referenced in this article:
https://orangecounty.momcollective.com/parenting-wisdom/is-it-time-to-panic/
https://orangecounty.momcollective.com/parenting-wisdom/is-it-time-to-panic-kid-edition/

We talk homeschooling, life during this uncertain time, how we are all feeling and what life changes we are making. We're all in this together. This episode was recorded before the UK and California went into full lockdown.

Maria and Viv and joined by Kim for Orange County Mom Collective and Hilary from OCMC and Eco Friendly Mama to talk about life beyond being a stay at home mom. It's ok to love your kids but want more for yourself, whether that is work, time away or just the ability to develop something you love. 

Well we did it. Viv moved, Maria did not and we BOTH SURVIVED. This week we are talking about life without each other, our wild Christmas stories and how we are both back on the no-buy train again. 

Viv and Maria are being separated by 5000 miles of land and sea! We thought we’d record one last episode together before Viv moves back to England. Obviously the podcast of dreams will continue but we won’t be recording face to face for a while. Enjoy our final hurrah! 

This episode is sponsored by the wonderful people at Malaysian Palm Oil. We’re dispelling some myths about certified sustainable palm oil today, showing you ways you can support certified sustainable palm oil, explaining why boycotting palm oil isn’t the answer and learning some ways to live a more sustainable life. If we don’t take care of the earth, who will?!

Find more info on MPO here:
https://checkthefactsreportthenews.org/
https://www.palmoilhealth.org/

Do you ever feel like you are drowning in a sea of parental exhaustion? We're pretty sure most families go through periods of feeling like that. We're in it right now and WE. ARE. TIRED. If you want to feel like you are not alone then this truly is the episode for you. 

This week is all about making changes to help us mamas to care for ourselves. It isn't always easy, but sometimes you need to put yourself first. What happy changes have you made recently?
We've got some hilarious stories about our first class at Pilates Plus in Yorba Linda (locals MUST go try their megaformer pilates class. It's amazing!)
We also had our first sessions of microneedling and IPL treatment at Facial Aesthetic Concepts - spoiler alert. We have the skin of infants now! We highly recommend checking our our fave new medspa!

https://www.newbeautymd.com/
http://www.pilatesplusyl.com/
 

We have Melissa Fisher Goldman, LCSW on the show again this week. We talked about toxic friendships, how to recognise them and how to deal with them. We also talk about how we can own our feelings, rather than letting them take over. 

Season 3 is upon us! We had a fun summer with the kids and we're ready to share it with you all. We'd love to know how your summer went too!