Parenting Through Hard Times: Episode 42
The Mom Hour
Mom Hour Media
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2016
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Rough patches in (and out!) of parenthood: whether it’s a temporary crisis, a general mom funk, or full-blown depression, we’ve all been there. In this episode, Sarah and Meagan have a frank conversation about some hard times we’ve been through as moms, give advice for taking care of yourself when things aren’t going well, and offer encouragement to help you see the light at the end of the tunnel.
LINKS MENTIONED:
- Posts from The Happiest Home
- Why is it so hard to say ‘This is hard’? (Sarah)
- You can design a life you love (Meagan’s ‘rock bottom’ story)
- 3 ways to get past a mom funk and Getting past a mom funk and Think better, not perfect: take baby steps to get out of a mom funk (Meagan)
- Parenting when life isn’t so happy (Meagan)
- Postpartum Progress
- Dr. Jessica Michaelson
- Brené Brown
- NYT Article Meagan mentioned about women’s feelings
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| 0:28.0 | Oh Megan, I can totally see my whole family getting into this show together. You can listen every week as the Grinch |
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| 0:37.9 | sour Grinchy frown upside down. Will they succeed or will he roast them like chestnuts on an open fire and make the |
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| 0:59.0 | Wundery Plus. Hi, I'm Sarah. I'm a mom of three kids ages two, five, and seven, and I live in Southern California. |
| 1:12.0 | And I'm Megan, I am |
| 1:15.0 | live in Southern California. |
| 1:12.0 | And I'm Megan. I am the mom of five kids ages six through 17 |
| 1:16.0 | and I live in Michigan. |
| 1:18.0 | This is the mom hour part of the Life Listen to Network. Hey everyone and welcome to episode 42 of the mom hour. |
| 1:30.0 | I'm Megan, here as always with Sarah Powers. |
| 1:32.0 | Hey Sarah, how are you? I Sarah powers. Hey Sarah how are you? I'm |
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