The ARMC

Send us Fan Mail A quiet house can feel like relief, until it feels like a spotlight. We’re catching up on real life after a relationship rocked by addiction, and how anxiety shows up in the weirdest ways, from a peaceful sunrise that turns into a full meltdown after one slip in the mud. If you’ve ever thought, “Why am I not better by now?” you’re in the right place. We get honest about boundaries...

Send us Fan Mail She started using pills at 12 because she wanted her brain to stop. That single detail reframes everything we think we know about addiction, and it’s where our conversation with Kali begins. She shares her lived experience with opioid addiction, alcohol use, trauma, and the kind of family silence that teaches kids to hide pain instead of processing it. We don’t treat recovery like...

Send us Fan Mail Loving an alcoholic can make you feel like you’re living with two different people and somehow you’re expected to keep both of them afloat. We sit down for a raw, honest check-in on what it looks like when drinking crosses the line from “too much” to dangerous: calling the police, fighting for car keys, watching jobs fall apart, and living with the constant dread of the next relap...

Send us Fan Mail One drink can look harmless from the outside, then quietly turn into the thing someone needs just to get through the day. We’re joined by Tyler, who reached out after hearing our story because he’s lived “the other side” of it and he wanted to speak to the hurt, the shame, and the reality of addiction head-on. He walks us through how early partying shifted into alcoholism, how ide...

Send us Fan Mail Your best summer memory can sit right next to your worst week, and sometimes you’re carrying both at once. We start with the lighter stuff we actually needed: a whirlwind mother-daughter birthday trip, a beach getaway, and that weird, quiet sadness when school starts and the house suddenly feels empty. Those moments of joy don’t erase anxiety, but they do remind us we’re still her...

Send us Fan Mail I didn’t sit down planning to make a big announcement, but life had other plans. After what felt like the kind of summer you want to bottle up forever, I woke up to a reality I can’t keep hiding: addiction is in my relationship, and a relapse has taken over my home. I share what it’s like to love someone sober and still feel terrified of who shows up when alcohol does, especially...

Send us Fan Mail Toy Story 5 looks like a kids’ movie, then an 11-year-old sits down and explains why it’s actually a parenting mirror. With Gina out sick, I bring on my daughter Nora for her unfiltered take on the story, the characters, and the parts that hit a little too close to home for families trying to raise kids in a screen-saturated world. She rates the movie, calls out what felt predicta...

Send us Fan Mail Some episodes are therapy. Some are a deep breath. This one is a deep breath with opinions, confessions, and the kind of laughter that only makes sense if you’ve ever felt like an anxious, overstimulated mom trying to survive a normal Tuesday. We play a Mom This Or That game, but it quickly turns into the real stuff behind our preferences: why energy drinks can be a disaster for a...

Send us Fan Mail Your brain ever fire off a question so random you almost embarrass yourself in your own head? We get it. We’re kicking off season four of Anxiety Ridden Moms Club by letting the anxious mom inner monologue take the mic and turning it into a rapid-fire, laugh-out-loud reality check. The vibe is messy, honest, and weirdly comforting, because sometimes the fastest way back to yoursel...

Send us Fan Mail A family influencer posts their most personal news yet: they chose to terminate a pregnancy after learning their baby had Trisomy 21, also known as Down syndrome. Within hours, the story turns into a full-blown internet firestorm with grief, outrage, disability advocacy, faith-based arguments, and truly unacceptable harassment all colliding in one comment section. We slow the nois...

Send us Fan Mail A car rockets into a brick building at nearly 98 miles per hour, two young men die, and the only survivor becomes the center of a debate that won’t quit: accident, reckless impulse, or intentional murder? We talk through Netflix’s The Crash with full spoiler energy, because the details matter here. The black box data, the missing brake tap, the shifting into neutral and back into...

Send us Fan Mail Summer hits and we feel the pressure of juggling work, kids at home, and the constant noise that makes anxiety flare. We talk through what it really takes to plan a fun summer while staying grounded, realistic, and safe. • working from home with kids on break and setting boundaries that hold • summer logistics that spike stress like interruptions and nonstop requests • grocery bil...

Send us Fan Mail We use a “five hobbies” list as a simple way to check whether our lives have room for money, health, creativity, learning, and a stronger mindset. Along the way we laugh about what actually goes viral, share what’s helping us get moving again, and challenge you to build a hobby lineup that makes you feel more like you.  • picking a money-making hobby and starting even when it feel...

Send us Fan Mail Respect is not just “good manners,” it is the difference between raising a kid who can function in the real world and raising a kid who thinks the world owes them something. We sit down as two anxiety ridden moms and try to untangle a surprisingly loaded question: what is the difference between being nice and being kind, and why does it feel like respect for elders is slipping awa...

Send us Fan Mail “Happiness is a choice” can feel like the most annoying advice on the internet when you’re an anxious mom running on fumes. We start there, get brutally honest about why it triggers people, and then pull out what’s actually helpful: you didn’t choose your childhood, your trauma, your heartbreak, or the brutal curveballs life throws at your family, but you do get a say in your resp...

Send us Fan Mail Eight grandkids. One trampoline. About five minutes before somebody’s crying. If you’ve ever planned a “simple, fun family day” and ended up drained, anxious, and wondering what is wrong with everyone, we get it. We start with the Easter chaos that sparked this conversation and quickly land on the question so many overstimulated moms ask: why do kids fight like this now, even with...

Send us Fan Mail You plan the basket. You track down the trendy toy. You spend the money, wrap the stuff, hide the eggs, and build the moment in your head. Then your kid blows through it in two minutes and hits you with a complaint. If you’ve ever felt that hot mix of rage, sadness, and “I must be a terrible mom,” you’re our kind of people. We’re unpacking the post-Easter letdown and the bigger qu...

Send us Fan Mail Your gut tells you “no,” but your heart says “maybe.” That tug-of-war can feel nonstop as a mom, especially when you’re anxious, tired, and trying to see the good in people. We start with the classic scorpion and the frog fable and use it as a mirror for real life: the friends who lie, the partners who keep bending the truth, and the situations where you ignore red flags because y...

Send us Fan Mail Easter hits different when you’re an anxious mom who’s been carrying everything. We found ourselves thinking less about what needs to “rise” and more about what we’re finally ready to stop dragging into the next season: guilt, pressure, old survival mode habits, and the version of us that keeps the peace by staying quiet. We talk about the lie that overwhelm equals worth, and why...

Send us Fan Mail Pain sets me free. When we first heard that line, we had the same reaction most anxious moms would have: absolutely not. We’re built to avoid discomfort, keep the peace, and push through, especially when we’re exhausted, overstimulated, and trying to hold everything together. But that avoidance has a price. It quietly trains our brain to fear more, not less, and it can shrink our...

Send us Fan Mail The fastest way to drain your mental health is trying to “clear things up” with someone who is committed to misunderstanding you. We have both been there, especially as moms who are already carrying anxiety, overstimulation, and the pressure to do it all, and it shows up in the smallest moments and the biggest ones. We start with a clip that stopped us in our tracks: people can on...

Send us Fan Mail Ready to reclaim your energy without apologizing for it? We play a no-overthinking game—rebuild it, burn it down, or leave it as it is—to sort the habits, expectations, and obligations that shape mom life. The rules are simple, the takes are spicy, and the insights hit close to home for anyone juggling anxiety, exhaustion, and an overfull plate. We start with rest, calling out the...

Send us Fan Mail We ask a blunt question: if you met yourself today, would you trust her. We draw the line between being seen as trustworthy and actually trusting your own no, then set a seven-day experiment to rebuild that self-trust with small, consistent acts. • difference between external trustworthiness and internal self-trust • people-pleasing, overexplaining, and resentment as self-betrayal...

Send us Fan Mail Comparison rarely arrives with fanfare; it slips in while we scroll, read a coworker update, or watch another mom post milestones that feel like finish lines. We named that quiet competition, traced how it drains energy at home and at work, and showed how it can also motivate when it’s aligned with purpose, ethics, and context. The real shift came from four simple gut checks: afte...

Send us Fan Mail The table gets flipped early with a hard truth: you become who you hang with. We take that spark and go deep on friendships, gossip, jealousy, and the quiet ways our circles either drain us or help us grow. As anxious, overstimulated moms juggling a thousand tabs, we don’t need more “haters” memes—we need better rooms and kinder mirrors. We start with the roots of gossip and resen...