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trusted by parents nationwide. Darlene, welcome to the mom room. Thank you.

I've been listening to episodes all morning and just loving your content and your, like,

what you've created is so beautiful for moms and relatable and funny and silly and also heavy sometimes.

So just really appreciate that. As a podcaster, I understand,

you know, what we put into it. Oh my gosh. So much work, isn't it? Yeah. It's a labor of love.

Exactly. So my first question, you describe yourself as a recovering mad mom.

And when I got the email and I saw the topic of mad mom syndrome, I was like,

oh my gosh, I have to get her on the podcast.

I love just the idea.

Like I think the first episode I ever put out of the mom room was called momposter syndrome. And it was kind of a

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