About... Motherhood Advice I Wish I Knew Before Raising Kids
Tell Me More with Nicole Walters
Dear Media
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
I’m opening up about something I’ve honestly avoided talking about for a long time... parenting.
A lot of people know me as a mom, but I’ve always been careful about giving parenting advice because let’s be real, everybody has opinions. And when you’re raising kids in the real world, through real circumstances, there is no perfect formula.
We’re talking about what it means to parent with intention instead of performance, how to trust yourself when the internet has something to say about everything, and why sometimes the best parenting advice is knowing your family better than anyone else does.
We Chat About:
- Why I’ve been hesitant to talk publicly about parenting until now
- Parenting with boundaries, discipline, and deep love
- Navigating hard family seasons including divorce, health struggles, and recovery
- What I’ve learned raising kids in different ages and life stages
If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re doing enough, doing it right, or just trying to survive the season you’re in, this chat is for you. Because the truth is, we’re all figuring it out. And sometimes the greatest gift we can give each other is honesty.
Connect with Nicole:
- On her *new* Substack: https://nicolewaltersofficial.substack.com/
- On Threads: https://threads.net/nicolewalters
- WATCH Tell Me More: http://nicolewalters.com/youtube
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a Dear Media production. |
| 0:06.6 | Welcome to the Tell Me More podcast with Nicole Walters, the only podcast where I'm not seeking |
| 0:12.6 | to make you think more like me, but to help you keep thinking for yourself. |
| 0:24.2 | Hey, y'all. |
| 0:32.0 | So if you've been following over on Substack, you know that I have been talking about the behind the scenes on everything. |
| 0:34.1 | If you read the book, Nothing is Missing. |
| 0:38.9 | You already know that I have done the deep dive into my divorce. And I have done the deep dive into my divorce and I have done the deep dive into my body and my family and all these things. But on substack, I'm saying |
| 0:46.8 | the things that I could not say in the book. I'm filling the gaps that you might have said |
| 0:51.6 | yourself. I know there are gaps, Nicole. What, like, |
| 0:55.2 | give me the real. Well, we're starting to do a little bit of that. And I'm really grateful. |
| 1:00.2 | So many of you have come over and subscribed. We are having really dynamic conversations. It's the |
| 1:04.9 | strangest platform for me because long form has gone away. You know, we used to, like, I started off as a |
| 1:10.8 | blogger and it's gone away |
| 1:12.5 | in so many different ways where it's dynamic. So I post an article and you literally are asking me |
| 1:17.5 | these questions that I can answer in this community, which is just the best thing. And I'm happy |
| 1:23.6 | to be there and be a resource and a guide. And I hear just some of the things and |
| 1:29.7 | empowerment and, you know, honestly, some of the tools and practical guidance that you guys |
| 1:33.7 | are getting out of it. And I'm just grateful I can finally share. And that being said, |
| 1:37.9 | there is a topic that I am talking about on sub-sec that I have literally ran away from. And I believe that most of you |
| 1:46.7 | think that I talk about this, but I don't. I don't actually. So I'll just share what it is. |
| 1:52.5 | It's parenting. Now, a lot of you associate, you know, Nicole Walters with parenting because I talk |
| 1:58.3 | about my girls, right? And I talk about, you know, what I've done, |
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