Between Pickups

Thanksgiving Without the Food Spiral: Macros Made Simple, the Protein Marketing Trap, and How to Shut Down Food Commentary at the Table Episode Summary It’s mid-November, Thanksgiving is days away, and every mom is trying to feed her family without losing her mind (or surviving on four sugar cookies eaten over the kitchen sink). Amanda and Dr. Temple welcome certified nutritionist and macro coach...

The Holiday Health Hustle: Flu Shots, Airplane Germs, Sugar Meltdowns, and How to Tell Grandma “No Kisses” Without Starting a War Episode Summary Cold bugs, travel chaos, sugar overload, and a kid with a 102 fever at 3 a.m. on Christmas morning. Amanda has lived it, and Dr. Temple’s clinic gets flooded with the same frantic questions every November and December. In this listener-mailbag special, t...

Season Finale: Regulation Rescue — Why Moms Helicopter, Why Mom Rage Isn’t a Character Flaw, and the 60-Second Reset Episode Summary Amanda’s body feels like it’s on high alert 24/7: if her kid is 10 feet too far away at the park, her heart races, and if he struggles with a math problem, she wants to snatch the pencil. In this season finale, she and Dr. Temple explain why. Your amygdala literally...

Ships Passing in the Night: The Logistics Trap, the Six-Second Hug, and Why the Elementary Years Are a Marriage Pressure Cooker Episode Summary Swim team, Boy Scouts, school spirit days — and somewhere in the chaos, Amanda realizes she and her husband have been trading Google Calendar invites instead of "I love you." This week she and Dr. Temple unpack the logistics trap: why cortisol and adrenali...

The Awkward Ask: How to Vet a Play Date, Pick the Right Sleepover Age, and Finally Say "Is There a Gun in the House?" Episode Summary Drop off at 2 p.m. Four terrifying words for any parent handing their kid over to people they've only waved at in the parking lot. This week Amanda and Dr. Temple tackle the "safety handoff" — the awkward but essential conversations around pools, firearms, trampolin...

Clearing Out the Cabinet: The Supplement Science Moms Actually Need, the Essential Oils Horror Story, and Why Multivitamins Are the Biggest Scam Episode Summary Amanda's kitchen counter looks like a pharmacy — collagen, colostrum, creatine, three probiotics, all bought on the word of a girl in a beige matching set on Instagram. This week she and Dr. Temple clear out the cabinet and separate the me...

Discipline Is for Won't, Medicine Is for Can't: Breaking the Stigma Around Mom and Kid Mental Health Medication Episode Summary Moms will drop $200 on supplements, organic grains, and weighted blankets — then feel like a failure the moment a doctor mentions a prescription. This week Amanda and Dr. Temple put the stigma in the backseat and get real about mental health medication, for moms and kids...

The Mom Friend Breakup: Why Ghosting Hurts Like a Physical Wound, "Drips vs. Drains," and How to Rebuild Your Village After 35 Episode Summary That pit-in-your-stomach feeling after a mom friend goes quiet? It's not in your head — it's your brain's actual pain receptors firing. This week Amanda and Dr. Temple dive into the neurobiology of the mom friend breakup: why social rejection triggers the s...

My Choice-Maker Is Broken: Decision Fatigue, the "Decision Sunset," and Why Moms Need to MD It Episode Summary It's 5 p.m., someone asks Amanda what's for dinner, and she genuinely feels like crying — not from sadness, but from decision fatigue. This week Amanda and Dr. Temple dig into the science of executive function drain: why the prefrontal cortex treats every tiny choice like a 1% battery hit...

Where Did I Go? Matrescence, the "Puberty 2.0" of Motherhood, and Why Your Brain Needs a Poker Night Too Episode Summary Amanda tried to pay for coffee with her library card this morning, and she's pretty sure her only hobbies now are scrolling Zillow and eating leftover holiday candy. This week she and Dr. Temple unpack matrescence — the "puberty 2.0" of becoming a mother, where your brain, hormo...

Episode Summary Amanda confesses to hiding her phone in the glove box just to survive ten screen-free minutes, and Dr. Temple admits his kids caught him scrolling at dinner last night. This week they're tackling the screen time trap — not just minutes your kid gets, but the "phubbing" (phone snubbing) reshaping your family's connection, whether tracking apps are smart parenting or just creepy, and...

Your 11 p.m. Scroll Is Sabotaging You: The "Tired-Wired" Loop, the Melatonin Myth, and the Truth Behind the Magnesium Hack Episode Summary You finally got the kids down. The house is quiet. Every cell in your body is exhausted. So why are you three hours into a scroll you don't even remember starting? Amanda Tice and Dr. Temple are calling out "Revenge Bedtime Procrastination" for what it is — and...

Meet Your New Carpool Besties: Why This Pediatrician and This Mom Are Teaming Up to Talk About the Woman Behind the Mom Episode Summary You've heard "it takes a village" a thousand times — but somewhere along the way, moms stopped believing they were allowed to need one. In this premiere episode, Amanda Tice (entrepreneur and author of The New Mom Code) and Dr. Brian Temple (Best of Austin pediatr...

Ever feel like your entire day is scheduled around the school pickup line? Welcome to Between Pickups. In this quick teaser, get a taste of the raw, funny, and beautifully chaotic conversations coming your way this season. We’re Amanda Tice (curve model and author of The New Mom Code) and Dr. Brian Temple (a pediatrician and dad of three), and we’re diving straight into the messy reality of modern...