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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny Moms

DEEP DIVE: Crazymakers

What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny Moms

What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

Kids & Family, Comedy, Parenting

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We all know someone who causes chaos—both lawful and otherwise—wherever they go. Those people are sometimes called "crazymakers," a term first coined by Julia Cameron and which perfectly describes the unwelcome disruption they bring to our own peace of mind. Here's how to spot the crazymakers in your life, and how to avoid getting caught up in their mischief. Margaret and Amy discuss: The true definition of a crazymaker and the three top types Why crazymakers use low-power strategies of dominance How maintaining your own self worth helps deter crazymakers ⁠Check us out on YouTube! ⁠ We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: ⁠https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/ mom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips, mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid’s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

That person did forgot my fries at Burger King. They're a narcissist.

0:05.2

What fresh hell.

0:06.9

Laughing in the face of motherhood.

0:09.1

My goodness. I don't know why you always complain about how hard it is to raise kids.

0:12.6

With Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson.

0:15.2

I am also a crazy maker to people because I am a chaos Muppet.

0:19.0

A podcast that solves today's parenting dilemmas so you don't have to.

0:23.6

This is just so easy for you, isn't it?

0:31.2

Hey, everybody, welcome to what fresh hell laughing in the face of motherhood.

0:34.4

This is Amy.

0:35.3

And this is Margaret.

0:36.4

And today we are talking about

0:38.5

crazy makers. Oh, this is a throwback for me, Crazymakers. I first learned about these as a very

0:44.6

young person. And so I'm circling back again from a different perspective. I look forward to this.

0:49.4

The term Crazy Maker was coined by Julia Cameron in her book, The Artist's Way, which we were discussing

0:58.0

recently, and I just gifted to my sister-in-law still in publication. It is a book about kind of

1:04.8

finding your artistic self. Yeah, like she sort of argues like everybody is a creative self,

1:10.1

right, in your whole, once you're honoring the creative part of yourself. Yeah. And you sort of argues like everybody is a creative self, right? And your whole

1:10.9

once you're honoring the creative part of yourself. Yeah. And you're not when you're not.

1:14.9

That's her point. Part of the book. And this is a part that you remembered and Erica, who works

1:21.5

with us remembered, and I had completely forgot about that she uses this term crazy makers in it.

1:26.9

Yes. Here is what she says.

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