Season 7

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Kelly and Callie of Slumberkins on Talking to Kids About Difficult Emotions

In this episode, Liz talks to best friends, moms, and co-founders, Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard. Callie, a special education teacher, and Kelly, a former family therapist, started their wildly successful company, Slumberkins, which makes educational emotional learning tools for kids, when they were both new moms themselves. They bootstrapped their company, sewing together their adorable stuffed animal characters meant to help young kids navigate different emotional challenges and writing the stories for each of the characters in their free time. Since then, they've watched Slumberkins take off, and even have a Jim Henson Netflix show in the works featuring their characters. Callie and Kelly talk to Liz about what inspired them to create Slumberkins, how to talk to kids about difficult emotions, how their fun, side project became their career.

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Simone Davies and Junnifa Uzodike on Raising Montessori Babies

Montessori educators and authors, Simone Davies and Junnifa Uzodike, discuss their latest book, Montessori Baby. They explain the Montessori philosophy and how to apply it to the youngest children (even before they are born). They also explain how the way they educate children differs from the way in which they were raised, and why it is so important to parent from a place of respect and love.

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Wow in the World’s Mindy Thomas on staying young at heart

Mindy Thomas, co-host of the popular kids podcast Wow in the World, talks to Liz about her new book for kids, The Wow and How of the Human Body, why every day in her house is a "yes" day, and how she keeps the spirit of fun and play alive even in the most stressful moments.

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Dawn Fable educates us on CBD and the importance of laughter

Dawn Fable started her CBD brand, Press Pause, to help other mothers, like herself, find a more natural way to combat anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder. In this conversation with Liz, she educates us on CBD, explains what to look for when initially trying it out, and explains why laughter is always the best medicine

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Jewel on breaking negative cycles and bringing out the best in our kids

Liz talks to musician, Jewel, about the importance of both nature and nurture, her difficult childhood, and why breaking negative patterns and cycles was so important to her before having her son. She also talks about how she taught herself to become more mindful and how others, even those without access to therapy or other mental health resources, have the opportunity to do the same.

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Best-selling author Katherine May on the power of rest and retreat in difficult times

Katherine May's bestselling memoir, Wintering, which was released in January 2021, at the height of our pandemic winter, couldn't have been more timely. The book chronicles her year of retreat from the world after a series of events left her in a dark place. The same year, she also decided to pull her six-year-old son from school, after he was bullied. In this episode, Liz talks to Katherine about her self-described "radical" act to slow-down, why she thinks mothers don't honor their most difficult moments enough, and what it feels like to finally come out of the cold.

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Emma Brown on Raising Emotionally Healthy Boys

After the birth of her son, Washington Post investigative reporter, Emma Brown, made the decision that she wanted to raise her boy to be different than many of the men she reported on in the wake of the #Metoo movement. So, she traveled across America, speaking to boys and men about what it means to be a boy today to learn what she could do differently. Her new book, To Raise a Boy, is a chronicle of her experience. In this episode, she talks to Liz about what she learned and explains that just as we've been failing our young girls, we are also failing our young boys, both physically and mentally.

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Melissa Bernstein of Melissa & Doug wants you to know that you aren’t alone

Melissa Bernstein is one-half of the incredibly successful global toy company Melissa & Doug. However, the mother of six and creator behind the joyful toys has also secretly battled depression for most of her life. In this candid interview, Melissa opens up about her struggles and how she's learned to manage her depression over time. She also talks about how her depression has impacted her relationship with her children and explains why she wants others to know that they aren't suffering alone. To learn more about Melissa's new LifeLines community, visit Lifelines.com.

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Floral Designer Sarah Winward on the power of observation and bringing nature inside

Celebrated floral designer Sarah Winward explains why we shouldn't feel intimidated by flowers, how she learned to balance her career and kids, and why she wants us all to take a deeper look at the natural beauty that surrounds us. She also talked about how her decision to rent her own creative space was a game changer early in her career.

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Shea McGee on Recalibration, Balance, and the Beauty in Everyday

Liz checks in with Shea McGee, one half of Studio McGee, author, star of the Netflix show "Dream Home Makeover," and co-creator of the sold-out Target Line, "Threshold." Shea talks about her upcoming pregnancy, how she plans to recalibrate following a busy year of career success, what she's learned from her kids, and how we can all find the potential for beauty in our homes and lives.

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DIY Queen Angela Rose Wants You to Stop Pinning and Start Doing

DIY design queen Angela Rose has amassed a huge following for helping to make her home and others' look like the ones we all love to pin on Pinterest but think we can never pull off or afford. In this episode, Angela talks to Liz about how her experience of raising a son with autism inspired her DIY journey and why she thinks women should have the confidence to pick up power tools. She also talked about seeing the potential in every situation, whether it is your home or your personal life.

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Cortney Novogratz on designing the life that works for you

In this inspiring first episode of Season 7 of the podcast, Cortney Novogratz, one half the home design duo, The Novogratz, and mother to seven kids, talks about how starting her company with her husband was a way to bring her career and her priorities as a mother together, so she never had to choose between work and family. In this moment where work and home is blurred for so many moms, Cortney offers advice on how to make "the new normal" work for you, regardless of your living situation.