Why is Everyone Yelling?

Shannon Battle is a mentor, a business owner, a speaker, a counselor, and she is the mother of 5. She also recently got her license to be a general contractor and the story behind that is so cool that she saw the need for it and went after it. Shannon has a passion for helping others see opportunities that lay dormant within themselves.

I had so much fun talking to her and hearing about her journey, owning her own business, and taking chances. I love her drive and I think that she will really motivate you to go and do something that needs to get done today!

What we talked about:

4:25- Shannon’s family

7:55- Being a teen mom and still being married 26 years later

16:15- Technology and kids and how it has changed over her parenting journey

17:15- What Shannon does professionally

24:55- Her passion for doing counseling for children in foster care

26:55- Not letting fear get in the way of what you want to do

30:10- Balancing dreaming big and being realistic

34:45- Doing contract work and where that business is taking her

38:50- End of podcast questions

Show notes:

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Michelle Icard is a speaker, author and educator who helps kids, parents, and teachers navigate the complicated social world of early adolescence. Her newest book is Fourteen Talks By Age Fourteen. That guides readers between the fourteen essential conversations parents need to have with their kids before they start high school. It talks to you about the simple conversations to the really big conversations. The book covers hygiene, alcohol, sex, repuation, friendship, freedom. So many topics in this book that I was underlining and taking notes on. My oldest child is 9 and I felt like it was a great time to read this book!

Michelle is a CNN parenting writer and a member of the Today Show Parenting Team. Her work has been featured in publications like the Washington Post, People Magazine, the Chicago Tribune. She has a middle school leadership program that is amazing. 

What we talked about:

4:25- What Michelle experienced that made her interested in studying early adolescence

7:05- What we can do to prepare our children for adolescence

10:40- Giving your kids freedom even when it’s hard

14:00- Helping our children realize that we are a safe place

19:30- The B.R.I.E.F. conversation model and why that is important when talking with your kids about both simple and hard stuff

30:45- Talking to our kids about reputation

35:15- Helping your children navigate friendships and relationships

40:35- Communicating with our kids what fairness really means

46:10- Having older kids

48:40- End of podcast questions

Show notes:

Michelle on Instagram

Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen

The Sentence by Louise Edrich

Frankly in Love by David Yoon

Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

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Erin Mohring is the mom of three boys who are a sophomore, an 8th grader, and a 4th grader. Erin is also a runner so it was fun to hear that part of her story. She is a really fun follow on Instagram, she is @homewiththeboys over there! On her blog, she shares all about faith, family, fashion, and fitness!

In this episode, Erin shares about the MOB Society and A Million Praying Moms that she founded and worked on for 12 years. She finally decided that it was time to step away recently. She shares what that is like to step away from something even when it is still a really good thing. She really encouraged me to step into what I am passionate about, what I believe in, and to trust my instincts on how to raise my family.

A resounding theme in this episode is that your family is your family, do it your way!

What we talked about:

3:00- Get to know Erin!

5:50- Finding her passion for running after having her third baby

13:30- Motivating her kids to find a passion for exercise

22:15- Balancing all of her kid’s extracurriculars

28:25- Accepting that her children are getting older and closer to being out of the house

34:15- Her boundaries with her kids and technology

38:10- The business that she created, the MOB Society & A Million Praying Moms and knowing when to step away from something even when it is still good

51:30- Teaching her children to give back to others

56:55- End of podcast questions

Show notes:

Erin on Instagram

Erin’s Website

Million Praying Moms Website

Million Praying Moms Podcast

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson and Joe Sutphin

The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak

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Matt DeVirgiliis is on the podcast today! He is the father of 2 and his daughters are 6 and 8 now. They were born very prematurely so he has a memoir out that walks through his journey of being a dad of two preemie babies and walking through some pretty scary and life threatening situations with his wife. He shares openly and honestly in this book about what it was like during those few years in his life. I think that anyone that has walked through anything similar will feel connected to Matt. Even just as a parent with new babies, you will feel connected to Matt.

What we talked about:

4:00- Introduction to Matt and his kids

7:00- Matt’s book and his writing

13:50- Matt’s children being born prematurely and his wife’s birth experience

27:55- Facing the reality that they can no longer have other biological children and almost losing his wife

36:15- Message to anyone in the NICU

41:00- Going to visit the girls in the NICU

50:45- Matt’s mental health and emotional state while being in the NICU with his girls

54:35- End of podcast questions

Show notes:

Matt’s Website

Damn the Ponytail!

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan

At the Same Moment, Around the World by Clotilde Perrin

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Amanda Knapp is the founder and CEO of Sitting Made Simple. Amanda started her career as a nanny right out of high school in 1999. Over time, as her nanny career evolved and changed and she moved, she lived in Columbus, Ohio and realized that there was a huge need for childcare. That is where Sitting Made Simple all started. She worked from her home basement, scheduled everything on pen and paper and took appointments over the phone. In 2011, just 3 years into the business the demand for the services were rapidly increasing and Amanda made the decision to go full time with Sitting Made Simple.

Sitting Made Simple connects local families with Sitting Made Simple babysitters. Whether you need a sitter for before or after school care, part time or full time, evenings, or weekends they have you covered with reliable, screened, CPR certified, background checked, and interviewed sitters. 

Amanda has such a fun personality and you are going to learn about her vision for her business and her journey as an entrepreneur!

What we talked about: 

4:00- Getting to know Amanda, and the business that she has created, Sitting Made Simple

8:55- How each of the franchises are locally owned

16:40- Difference in moms versus dads booking sitters

23:20- Babysitters being required to be 18 and older on Sitting Made Simple

28:00- Running the business through the pandemic

30:30- How to set expectations with babysitters

43:20- Turning 40

49:40- End of podcast questions

Show notes:

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Sitting Made Simple Website

Not All Diamonds and Rose by Dave Quinn

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Shanisty Ireland is a former news reporter and anchor. She is now the mother to 4 and she runs the blog She’s Becoming Domestic. She has had a couple of articles that have gone viral on Scary Mommy. Shanisty talks openly about the messy parts of motherhood as well as the fun parts.

I really enjoyed chatting with Shanisty and I really hope that when you listen to this conversation you feel like you are joining a conversation with two friends!

What we talked about:

2:50- Introduction to Shanisty

3:30- Homeschooling some of her children

9:35- Sports with kids

16:30- Shanisty’s career as a news reporter and anchor

23:30- Motherhood as a working mom and starting her blog

30:35- Transitioning from being a full time working professional to staying home with the kids

34:40- Showing our kids what matters to us and that we work hard

37:55- Mom guilt

50:50- Learning to love cooking for her family

58:50- End of podcast questions

Show notes:

She’s Becoming Domestic Blog

Shanisty on Instagram

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

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Why is Everyone Yelling?

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