Kindred Conversations

We are no strangers to the fact that it can be difficult to maintain (or start!) healthy habits when you have young kids at home. In this episode we talk about habits we're trying to cultivate and mindset shifts we've made.

After reflecting on our 2023 it only felt natural to record a separate episode about our intentions moving into the new year! Here are our "ins and outs" of 2024.

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There are often phases through these early childhood years that, although wonderful, can also be defined as surviving. These periods of survival are not phases of achieving all of your lofty goals... they are phases of slowing and growing. In today's episode we talk about our priorities and how we measure our successes when we are in these seasons of survival.

I had a very special guest host with me for today's episode- my husband! This is a submission episode where we collected and shared date night tips for parents of young kids. We also discussed some of our own ideals and purposes for our regular date nights!

This episode is jam packed with helpful information! If you are pregnant, currently have an infant, or even if you have already made the transition to solids but still have questions- this episode is for you! My baby is currently 10 months old and it was so helpful for me to be able to pick Emmy's brain a bit to move forward confidently with our food journey.

You can find Emmy on instagram @emmyapproved.

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It's been a minute since we've done a book review! This book came highly recommended from a friend and I'm so glad we read it for the podcast. The tips and practical application in this book were plentiful and super effective. From playful games to tactics to help your child feel more validated and heard, this book provides a number of tools to help you and your child work together for smoother cooperation. HTTSLKWL (the book in the Title) is geared towards kids ages 2-7.

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Halloween is just around the corner and we are dedicating our episode today to "spooky" tales from our listeners! In this episode we chat about halloween traditions, candy, costumes, and share listener stories that were submitted. We hope you have a happy halloween season! If you enjoyed this episode you can join in the conversation on instagram @kindred_conversations and rate and review us on Spotify and your Apple Podcast App.

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In this episode we discuss finding the confidence to trust your mothering instinct, test out different parenting tools, and appreciate the skills other mothers have without feeling like you have to replicate it. As time goes on and my kids get older I become more and more grateful for the confidence that I'm doing my best and so are they. We don't always do it perfectly but I'm certain we can figure it out together!

Submission Episode! We asked for all of your tips and tricks for your household processes. How do you stay on top of keeping things clean in your house? Your car? Your life? You answered and we're sharing here! We chat cleaning schedules, car wash outings, and meal prepping!

We asked listener questions to this highly anticipated guest and the conversation ended up taking a stronger turn toward motherhood than we had planned! Meg had so much to share with us and was a wealth of knowledge on fitness, entrepreneurship, and perspective in motherhood. We're excited for you to listen!

You can find Meg on instagram @meg_miles and @wilma.

Let this stand as our personal pep talk in an effort to give ourselves permission to get outside help! Why are moms always the first to sacrifice their time and needs? After years (and 3 kids later) of telling myself "I can do it all if I just work harder!" I'm coming to the realization that getting outside help is for the benefit of my entire family and is worth every penny to increase the quality of our time spent together. Summer hit hard this year and suddenly having no schedule for myself or my kids quickly turned into me trying to keep my head above water- this episode is my current solution!

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As promised, we are finally releasing the episode with our husbands! They answer questions submitted by our listeners in honor of Father's Day. In this episode we talk about tips for new dads, air some marital disagreements, and ultimately discuss what kind of balance works well for us in parenting and marriage.

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This episode is a hot topic with one of our favorite friendship experts! Madison is the face behind the @flourishingfriend instagram account and offers individual friendship coaching as well as freely gives advice and tips for common friendship conundrums on her page. For the format of the episode we entirely used listener questions! We talk about vulnerability, friendship trios, choosing to step back from a friendship in an intentional way, and Madison briefly mentions her thoughts on "best friends".

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We both just got back from summer trips with our families and wanted to break down the logistics and dynamics of traveling with young kids. We give our trip recaps, talk about expectations for the airplane, brush up on the ins and outs of traveling with other adults without kids, and discuss how we plan to adjust in the future.

We are talking all about bedtime routines in today's episode. Bedtime has the potential to evoke some strong emotions (both positive and negative) so we dive into how we have recently (and continually) revamped our routines to make it a more enjoyable part of our day. We share our respective routines and some tips we've been given-all regarding Mr. Sandman.

Happy Mother's Day! Parenting can receive a lot of heat (often understandably so) but we are BIG believers in leaning into all the things we love about it. Because at the end of the day, we loooove motherhood. So, this Mothers Day we asked you to tell us all of the things that you love about it so we can share with our community and spread the feel-good emotions. We hope you spend a little extra time today, this weekend, and whenever you need it, listing all of the things you love about being "Mom" to the little people who matter most.

Inspired by a tik-tok trend, this episode is an ode to the high maintenance things women do to stay "low maintenance" majority of the time. Moms tend to let themselves take the backseat when it comes to indulgent routines (we are not immune to this) but we believe that there are a few rituals that fill our cups just for the fun and beauty of it. We talk about hair removal, food culture, skin care and more.

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Book Club Episode: Atomic Habits by James Clear. We are so excited to share this book review with you! We have both read Atomic Habits previously and thoroughly enjoyed rereading for this episode. If you want the tools to change the course of your life, this book is for you! In this episode we share the tools learned in this book and anecdotes of how we want to implement in our lives.

This is a rerun of an episode aired in July of 2021. This episode features Consultant Daren Baird and addresses ways to practice gratitude in our daily lives. We felt like this is always a good reminder for all of us and a great topic to revisit at this time. We hope you will join us again next week!