I'm Your Mother Now

We love a cause for reflection. ICYMI: Amanda had a birthday. These have a way of disrupting the force. We talk about learning how to take care of yourself after years of believing it was selfish. Getting those roots done if it's not your silver fox era, getting the tattoo even though you're indecisive, getting them nails did to feel bonita. We also get into the expectations so many elder...

This episode starts with Mother's Day and Father's Day... and morphs into a conversation about grief, healing, and what it means to become the safe place you never had. We talk about how hallmark holidays can feel so complicated for adult children of emotionally immature parents, especially when you're a parent yourself. How do you celebrate your nuclear family while carrying the weigh...

How DO birthdays work anyway? In this episode, Amanda and Sarah are together in person and discuss growing up without birthday parties, never learning what celebrating yourself looks like, and the weird elder millennial habit of wanting to feel deeply loved while simultaneously not wanting to inconvenience a single person. Somewhere between surprise party logistics, Trader Joe’s sheet cake, and a...

This episode starts with the usual sister chaos: workout plans, upcoming tattoos, and a debate about whether exercise is secretly a scam that unfortunately works. But underneath the laughter, Sarah and Amanda dive into a childhood experience that shaped them both in very different ways. What happens when you're the last kid standing, waiting to be picked up? Amanda shares memories of being left wa...

In this episode big sis Sarah teaches how to properly wash our face, leveraging Korean skincare techniques and the ancient craft of sCieNCe. We chat about marriage, relationships, and the "trad wife" shit that our mother made us think made a "good woman". Think - packing that man's suitcase and pressing his damn shirts. Somewhere along the way we realized that a lot of us weren't taught how to hav...

This episode starts with Sarah and Amanda reminiscing about childhood memories. From Country Crock swimming on toasted bagels to Weight Watchers snacks masquerading as treats, we can all agree the 90s were deep in their diet era. After some encouragement -- the girls get into the "meat and potatoes of the discussion". The seemingly age old phrase: "You'll miss me when I'm go...

This episode starts with Good Housekeeping magazines and ends with existential questions about whether we’ve ever been here before. The answer for Amanda is clear, she has not. We’re talking about that feeling of being brand new to life—like everyone else got a manual and you’re just looking around trying to figure out how to exist. Why do some people instinctively know what to do, while others fe...

Sarah and Amanda take on Mother’s Day—what it is, what it isn’t, and why it rarely lives up to the expectation. They unpack the mental load of motherhood, the pressure to celebrate “up,” and the quiet resentment that builds when no one sees how much you carry. With stories from past Mother’s Days, chaotic vacations, and real-life mom moments, they question the script—and explore what it looks like...

This episode starts with Amanda really wanting to CHAT about AOL chat rooms and ends with emotional crash outs, comment section chaos, and a full-on diamond reset. We’re talking about what it feels like to exist on the internet as Elder Millennials. From being the original “dear diary” girls to navigating platforms where strangers feel way too entitled to your story. When does sharing become too m...

In this episode, we’re getting into neural pathways—what they are, how they form, and why you keep repeating the same patterns even when you know better. We break down how your brain creates “default settings” through repetition, how childhood experiences shape your reactions today, and why changing your life isn’t about one big moment—it’s about rewiring the small things over time. We also talk a...

This week started with a simple (and slightly chaotic) question: are all mothers actually single mothers? And somehow… we got there. We’re talking about the invisible labor of running a household, why “helping” isn’t the same as sharing responsibility, and what it really feels like to be doing everything — whether you’re partnered or not. From emotional support LOLs to deep-rooted triggers around...

We're reunited and it feels so good, baby! In this episode, we start with Easter traditions, baked potato discourse, and the emotional journey of becoming a bifocal person… and somehow land on something way deeper. We get into what it actually means to be “chosen,” why so many of us shape-shift to belong, and how that can quietly disconnect us from ourselves. From pick-me energy to overthinkin...

In this episode of I’m Your Mother Now , we’re unpacking manifestation — what it really means, why it gets labeled as “woo-woo,” and how it might already be shaping your life whether you realize it or not. We talk about: – Manifesting vs. mindset (and why your thoughts matter more than you think) – Letting go of the “life is happening to me” mentality – Journaling as a tool to actually create chan...

In Season 2, Episode 6 , Amanda and Sarah start with technical difficulties, questionable hair, and a surprisingly peaceful visit from Patricia before getting into one of their most relatable topics yet: why crying during movies, commercials, and basically anything emotionally manipulative can feel so shameful — even when that is literally the point . What starts as a conversation about crying on...

Season 2, Episode 5 finds Amanda and Sarah in the middle of one of those weeks—fake spring weather, low energy, and the feeling that everyone wants a piece of you when you have absolutely none left to give. Between being sick, toddler chaos, dog poop disasters, and a ceiling that now technically has a skylight, the sisters reflect on how quickly life can tip from manageable to ridiculous. In the m...

It's Season 2 Episode Who the Fck Knows. This week we’re reporting live from eclipse season (which has to do with the actual moon), Mercury retrograde, and what can only be described as a full emotional system reboot . Sarah shares a major professional boundary she had to set as a therapist — realizing that just because you can hold space for someone doesn’t mean you have to. We talk about the...

TW: brief mention of grooming This week, what starts as snowstorm banter and therapist hypotheticals quickly turns into a sharp, unfiltered conversation about consent, conditioning, and the collective exhaustion of explaining basic humanity to grown men. Amanda asks for Sarah’s take on people who only show up to therapy because of an ultimatum—and Sarah keeps it real: therapy doesn’t work if you d...

THE SPUD SISTERS ARE AT IT AGAIN. 🥔 It’s Season 2, Episode 2 and the vibes are… a little off, kittens. We start with some “topical news” that immediately turns into a conversation about situational awareness , energy farming , and why the internet is basically designed to harvest your nervous system for sport. From there, we get into: Patricia (luteal phase) as a truth-teller — not a villain Boun...

We’re back, baby! Season 2 kicks off with a bang—and some big news: turns out, your favorite podcast sisters are… half Puerto Rican?! (We didn’t know either. Stay tuned.) In this episode, Sarah and Amanda unpack  feminine rage , the everyday absurdities of parenting, and the deep grief of realizing you were never given the tools to understand your cultural roots. From Super Bowl representation to...

Amanda and I decided not to launch Season 2 this morning because we were both feeling very ungrounded and didn’t want to begin the season in that energy. IYMN podcast isn’t a a political space nor an activism space; it was created for us to connect on our shared experiences growing up, to explore what it means to re-parent ourselves, and to foster community who are doing the same. Right now, it fe...

The sisters join forces live and in person for the last episode of season 1! With reflections on respect, co-parenting, modeling behavior and their journey through the 25 episodes of season 1, Sarah and Amanda discuss what it means to be a reliable friend and person, and how important it is to set boundaries and require the same energy you put out is given back to you. We'd love to hear YOUR t...

This week we’re talking about the question Sarah gets constantly: “How do I not make the same mistakes my parents made?” And then we dive into overcorrection, emotional intelligence, and why simply worrying about messing up your kids already means you’re doing more self-reflection than a lot of our parents ever did. We get into root cause vs. reflex , why “easy child” stories are a red flag, and h...

We’re back in full 2026 energy—hydrated, fed, and emotionally regulated (kind of). In this episode, Sarah and Amanda unpack the psychology of sunk cost fallacy —why we stay in things (jobs, relationships, marriages, identities) long after they’ve stopped serving us—and what it takes to walk away with intention. This one moves through the light and the heavy. We talk about the grief and confusion t...

New Year, Same-ish Me Happy 2026! 🎉 In this first episode of the year, Sarah and Amanda ease out of holiday chaos and into some deep (and not-so-deep) reflection on everything 2025 brought their way—from nervous system regulation and new traditions to power tools, potato filters, and making friends at the bar during luteal phase (naturally). They dive into: ✨ What actually made 2025 a healing ye...

It’s our last episode of 2025 , and we’re officially at the bottom of the hill. In this episode, we reflect on a year of documenting our lives in real time, treating ourselves like the best thing that’s ever happened to us, and tossing anything not aligned straight into the fuck it bucket . We talk villain eras, childhood rewrites, gift-giving trauma, and why the most meaningful gifts have nothing...