This week's listener question:

It's easy to feel like time is slipping through our fingers. In this episode we delve into the overwhelming feeling of not having enough time to check off our endless to-do lists. We discuss ways to cope with the sense that life is hurtling by too fast, how to quiet the internal critic who tells us we aren't doing enough, and why doing nothing is actually a form of healing. Jess shares the secret to transforming late school drop offs. And Layne casts a spell to slow down time.

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Jess and Layne are off enjoying Thanksgiving with their families BUT we wanted to leave you with this reminder that the holidays are for YOU as much as anyone else and you get to decide how to spend them. Permission to get what you need this week, this holiday season and for the entire rest of your lives <3

Enjoy this conversation from season 1 about how to find your boundaries, how to communicate those boundaries with love and when it's ok to put yourself first.

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A Blessing For Holidays That Hurt

Real Life vs Expectations

Inter-Faith Families

No bonus pod this Friday. We'll be back to our regular schedule next week.

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There is some REALLY tough stuff going on in our world right now. And we're all trying to figure out how navigate tough conversations about it--internally, online, with friends and family. In this episode, we don't get into the nitty gritty of geopolitics. Instead, we try to broadly grapple with questions like:

How do we talk to kids about tragedies?

How much should I shield my kids from hard things to preserve their innocence?

What's the best way to break bad news to children--divorce, death of a grandparent, parent getting sick, etc...?

Is it ok for my kids to see me be sad?

As always, we finish with a generous dose of encouragement for parenting in this challenging time.

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This week's listener question:

How to help my 3-year-old with potty training regression after sibling was born?

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*Note: the first 2 mins of this episode use backup audio due to tech problems. It gets normal again real quick <3

In this ep, Jess and Layne delve into the mental and emotional overwhelm of excessive of decision-making, particularly having to make choices on behalf of others. We explore how different personality types approaches decision-making, how to ask for help with everyday life decisions, and when to empower children to take control of their choices rather than instinctively handling everything for them. We also address the phenomenon of absorbing other people's problems...when they haven't even asked us to.

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This week's listener question comes from our community:

I'd be interested in further discussion of something that come up during the call: rest being a practice. Recently, I have really been trying to shift towards this, rest during nap time, instead of using the time to clean house. But unsuccessfully! It's just so tempting to think "oh I could get the house tidied up SO quickly no that she's asleep" and then nap time is over and all I've done is cleaned.

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This week's listener question:

Is it better to shield a toddler from serious conflict (mum and dad, but no yelling), or should they know?

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In this episode, Layne and Jess challenge the preconceived notion that moms aren't cool and discuss why we are made to feel irrelevant and uninteresting just because our lives center around kids. We explore how Beyonce is changing the landscape of motherhood and discuss how moms are embracing their authenticity while challenging conventional notions of what's "cool." Enjoy this candid conversation that aims to give moms the recognition they deserve and prove once and for all that being a mom is, indeed, the coolest job in the world.

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This week's listener question:

Is preschool important?

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