1KHO 60: We Have Forgotten How to Have an Ordinary Time | Pam Lobley, Why Can't We Just Play | The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, S3 E33

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

I laughed and snorted and cried and reflected through the entirely of Pam Lobley's book, Why Can't We Just Play - What I did When I Realized My Kids Were Too Busy This podcast episode has it all. We walk through all the familiar feelings of motherhood and parenting - lonliness, hollowness, fear, pressure, competitiveness, guilt, nervousness but above all love. Pam reminds us, in a comical way that I've rarlely seen in parenting books, that we don't get these years back. Eras end. So how can we step off the engine train of activities? How can we follow a clear vision for our family? How can we lower expecations in a good way and remind ourselves that the overwhelm and exhaustion we feel is very normal? I recommend Pam's book beyond reservation. Through August 1st, 2022 you can get a copy through Pam's editor for 40% off with the code "PLAY." Check it out here: https://www.familius.com/book/why-cant-we-just-play-2/ And follow Pam on Instagram for news about an online book she'll be running in the future. https://www.instagram.com/pamlobley/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside Podcast. My name is Jenny Yerich, the host of the
0:07.4	1000 Hours Outside Podcast and founder of 1000 Hours Outside. And I am here today with a real life comedian.
0:15.9	This is exciting, and author of a book
0:18.4	that I enjoyed tremendously.
0:20.9	Pam Lableyly welcome.
0:26.0	Thank you so much. It's great to be here. So let me read a little bit of your bio.
0:29.0	You started your career as a comedic actress.
0:32.0	This is fantastic. You're the first comedic actress I've ever talked to.
0:35.8	You performed your material in clubs and theaters all over New York City. You've written several plays.
0:41.2	Humor columns have appeared in newspapers and online, and you're the author of two books,
0:45.9	Better Living Through Chaos. You definitely know your mom win, and then this book, this newer book, why can't we just play what I did when I realized my kids were
0:56.5	way too busy and Pam you never know what to expect when someone pops you a book in the
1:02.0	mail but I I when someone pops you a book in the mail.
1:02.6	But I thoroughly enjoy, I mean I laughed, I was snorting, I was crying, I'm not even a crier.
1:12.4	This book is truly one of the best I've ever read. It's so relatable, it's so funny,
1:18.8	you hit on so many of the key parts of motherhood that I think all of us are struggling with. So way to go.
1:26.8	Thank you. Thank you very much. That's like the best thing really that I could hear is because when I wrote this book I wrote it out of my own place of trying to figure things out being frustrated needing to laugh about you know all of crazy things that go on and to know that it hits the
1:47.4	market and it's relatable to people is the best thing I could hope for.
1:50.5	Yeah, it really does. I enjoyed it so much. In fact, I was posting about it on social media ahead of time and I never do that. I was laughing, you know, kids thought, I thought I was so odd sitting there laughing away so so Pam what was your
2:05.3	path to this book? So I you know we were living in New York City like like you said I was you know working in the
2:14.9	theater and writing comedy and but when we had kids we wanted to live in the suburbs and we got a house
2:20.7	and you know the first few years of having kids were so great those years of you know
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