HOLIDAY BEST OF: It's the Most Everything Time of the Year

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

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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We’re rerunning some of our favorite holiday episodes to keep you company while you do all the things this season. Listen to all of our holiday episodes in this Spotify playlist. Are you juggling “dress as your favorite reindeer” day at preschool with frantic texts from your sister-in-law asking what your spouse wants for Christmas? Are you feeling like hiding under the covers instead of hitting the office holiday party? It’s the most everything time of the year, and women report the holidays as being far more stressful than men do. In this episode we discuss how to manage the holiday stress, how to accept the non-cozy feelings that may arise, and why it’s okay to dial back if you’re really not feeling the holiday spirit. Here are links to some of the writing on the topic that we discuss in this episode: Pooja Lakshmin on Instagram @womensmentalhealthdoc Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research: Holiday Stress Harvard Medical School: A holiday advisory for your emotions Cedars-Sinai Hospital: Depression and Anxiety Around the Holidays 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/ Future Fans: helping little kids become BIG fans - https://www.futurefans.com What Fresh Hell is co-hosted by Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson. Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Santa, Elf on the Shelf, gift exchange, holiday, holiday shopping, holiday gifts, 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, toddler, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I don't as much like being the mom.
0:05.0	What fresh hell.
0:06.7	Laughing in the face of motherhood.
0:09.1	So why not just go into the mouth of the beast?
0:12.2	With Margaret Abels and Amy Wilson.
0:15.4	And I believe selling sunset is a good documentaries.
0:19.1	A podcast that solves today's parenting dilemmas.
0:22.3	So you don't have to.
0:23.9	I don't like pie in a cup.
0:31.2	Hello, everyone and welcome to What Fresh Hell Laughing in the Face of Motherhood.
0:35.0	This is Margaret.
0:35.9	And this is Amy.
0:36.6	And today we're talking about holidays, the greathood. This is Margaret. And this is Amy. And today we're talking about
0:38.1	holidays, the great amplifier. This is a very amy topic, the great amplifier. I actually, I must say,
0:45.5	hat tip, it's from Glennon Doyle. I saw a clip of her podcast, We Can Do Hard Things. And she said
0:53.1	that holidays aren't from making us happy. They're from making
0:56.2	us feel everything. And I thought, hmm, that's an episode. So here we are. I think that's right.
1:01.4	I mean, I think I do find myself to, I do love the holidays. Like I love them, but I think it's good to
1:09.5	acknowledge that the holidays are everything. Like I love them, but I think it's good to acknowledge that the holidays are
1:12.7	everything because as we often discuss, expectation management is such an important part of life.
1:19.1	Right. And when we go into the holidays with the idea that this will be just happy, fun times
1:27.3	where everyone is joyful, we can end up in a very bad
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