Better Moody: The Way Forward

Is This an Emergency? When did every inconvenience become a reason to call 911? From parenting disagreements to everyday frustrations spiraling into full-blown public spectacles, it seems like we've forgotten the difference between an actual emergency and simply not getting our way. In this episode of Better Moody: Mom's Diary , I'm talking about a viral parenting incident that left me questioning...

What would happen if I ran over the school road guard? Relax. I didn’t do it. 😂 But every morning, I pull into school drop-off knowing exactly where my daughter needs to get out. And every morning, one woman stands between me and freedom. This is a story about school drop-off, unnecessary rules, intrusive thoughts, Jesus taking the wheel, and the tiny inconveniences that somehow become the final...

I don't need a vacation. I just need 13 minutes where nobody can find me. Where I don't have to pick up the same thing I just picked up on a loop for the past 32 hours. Where glasses are actually on coasters and the dirty diapers change themselves. In this episode, I disappeared for too long. I let my brain wander and I may never return. Motherhood, tired, random thoughts, and luxurious alone time...

First of all. Steep learning curve. This episode is just me truly drinking from the firehose of editing knowledge. So Me playing with graphics and learning how to edit in Davinci Resolve. It's not a game lol. Very serious business. jk. It was fun, Be kind. I want the best for my kids and even though they have it - I guess I want them to have more than what I could possibly imagine. I will need hel...

Full video on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LaA5icAcsq7kBrwheO87y?si=0mfDYdyJQ4ad3fCaZ5a_4g&utm_source=copy-link thoughts, baby’s pizza, me trying to have a day off while still very much being a mom, and a surprise little dance-off at the end because apparently that’s where the day took us. It’s chill. It’s chaotic. It’s basically just you hanging out with me for a bit. And if you mak...

Once you find out that most of the universe is made up of things we can’t see—and that scientists can see the effects of something they still can’t fully explain—it opens a door your brain may not be prepared to walk through. So naturally, I walked through it. This episode starts with dark matter and somehow ends up where Better Moody usually does: somewhere between science, life, curiosity, and m...

After watching “Dark Matter”, I started thinking about all the lives we could have lived—and wondering where I went in the one I actually chose. This is an unfiltered conversation about loneliness, motherhood, responsibility, mortality, wanting more from life, and sometimes just wanting somebody else to take over long enough for me to have some tea time.

We’ve watched Masters of the Universe an absolutely unreasonable number of times—and somehow, I’m completely okay with it. Somewhere between my toddler yelling about “the power,” Duncan admitting “Teela, I failed,” childhood PE trauma, Skeletor apparently being called “Daddy,” and my completely unnecessary research into the actors, I started wondering: what are our kids actually absorbing from the...

From a hospital room after my daughter’s successful scoliosis surgery, I’m talking about parenting, motherhood, sacrifice, and the incredible reward of raising children. Kids cost us time, sleep, money and comfort—but what are we really saving all that time for anyway? Plus: why the real superstars are people who pursue excellence, hospital-room chaos, and a reminder that maybe the interruptions a...

As promised, here’s two whole minutes of one super-confident little kid reminding us all, “I got dis.” If you’re ever feeling like you can’t do something, just play this a few times. By the end, you might start believing it too. Because sometimes, we all need a little Camden confidence.

Tonight, I’m winding down with Savannah and Camden as we try (and mostly fail) to go to bed. What starts as a normal bedtime turns into one tangent after another—Camden’s bedtime rebellion, homemade oxtail, pickled eggs, Cocaine Bear, mama bears, cannibalism (kind of), and whatever else our sleep-deprived brains decide to chase.

A late-night family conversation about procrastination, PT test nerves, Skeletor, The Odyssey, and why sometimes you just have to hit record anyway. Time for sushi.

After months of fighting, two denials, two appeals, and one very determined mom, TRICARE finally gave Vannah the best birthday gift she could ask for. In this episode, I talk about what happens when you’ve given 252%, finally let go, and a very heavy piece of paper changes everything.

What happens when the cheat codes stop working? I meant to say NPC not RPG* si there is one mistake lol - This week, I’m talking about mistakes, adulthood, parenting, video games, military life, and learning how to make decisions when you don’t have the whole map in front of you. After a conversation with my daughter about growing up and moving forward, I found myself thinking about fear, failure,...

A perfectly ordinary night somehow turns into a conversation about heroes, musicals, toothbrushes, chicken butts, and a toddler who believes a plastic bat gives him unlimited power. If you’ve ever wondered how families can talk about absolutely everything and nothing at the same time, this one’s for you.

The Silent War | Fighting Insurance, VBT, and the Invisible Battles We Carry In this episode of Better Moody: The Way Forward, I talk about the exhausting reality of fighting for my daughter’s Vertebral Body Tethering (VBT) surgery through TRICARE East and the military healthcare system. What started as a medical decision became a crash course in insurance appeals, prior authorizations, congressio...

After watching the Michael Jackson movie, we wind down before bed and talk about everything from growing up before cable TV to strange history facts, family stories, school field trips, and being “too lazy to breathe.” Just another late-night conversation with the Moody family. Good Moody Night.

While we wait for a decision on Savannah’s appeal, bedtime turns into a conversation about Epic, mythology, candles, dirty socks, and the chaos of everyday family life.

Better Moody returns to The Way Forward with an update on Savannah’s fight for vertebral body tethering surgery after an insurance denial. Between 66 pages of appeals, medical research, work, parenting, and trying to hold life together, this episode is about what happens when a parent refuses to stop fighting for their child’s future.

This episode includes burnout, respiratory insufficiency, five baskets of laundry, a failed sleep test, and one woman slowly realizing her soul may be unionizing. more to follow

I laid down on the ground and it felt good what can I say - enter my morning

If the juice isn’t worth the squeeze cover it …unless you are 2 then I guess :) we are going to bed. Here is another success story

Bedtime was supposed to be simple. Instead, it turned into midnight ramen (it was really 8:30 but still) , thumb wars, and a full-on Thunderdome massage courtesy of a toddler who does not believe in sleep. This is what happens when the day ends… and the chaos begins.

Today was heavy. Between my daughter’s upcoming surgery and the stress of work, I found myself overwhelmed… trying to breathe through it all. But in the middle of it, there were small moments—laughter, connection, and just being present—that reminded me I’m still here. This episode is about that balance. Holding it together… even when it feels like you’re barely holding on.

unfiltered bedtime conversation with Savannah and Camdin—covering parenting, school, humor, and the chaos of everyday life. In this episode of Better Moody, we talk about routines, discipline, puberty, and the small moments that actually matter.