Mother Tougher Podcast

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers, I have been in a horrible cycle of anxiety lately and I am learning a lot from processing through these emotions.  Being a parent, in any capacity, is filled with anxiety, stress, and worry which can make things hard.  This stress and anxiety can put a lot of strain on our relationships or just trickle straight down to our kids.  I am practicing this new technique...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers... we are diving back into the radical feminists (I know BIG UGH!) because they are anti feminism at its core.  We are getting political with the democrats of Congress all voting no on protecting our girls and women in sports.  I was truly shocked to see this take place and I am here to piss some people off over my opinion of what REAL feminism is.  There was also a...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers!!!  Happy Monday, I am back from surgery and super nasally but we are still tackling parenting like the amazing hot mess we are!  This time of recovering has got me reflecting a lot on how I am handling parenting while I hand the parenting reigns over to others during recovering.  Recovering also has me online shopping in the TikTok shop and stumbling across the wor...

Send a text Hi there Mother Toughers, jumping in to have a short conversation about what a pathological liar is and some signs of how to pinpoint one.  This is all on the tail of our Monday episode, the lies of amanda, where we talked about the story of Amanda Riley and the scam of a life that she lead.  We have all been around a liar and probably have been one ourselves but a pathological liar is...

Send a text Welcome back Mother Toughers!!! This week we are talking about lying... why our kids do it, that we are all guilty, and fraud.  A fraud case that caught my eye recently was that of Amanda Riley, who faked cancer to gain friends, community celebrity, and who knows what else was her motivation behind this lie that extended years while impacting so many.  All my information is from the do...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers... just a heads up, this week we are discussing the docu series The Fall of Diddy so a lot of TRIGGERS around abuse will be mentioned.  I also dive into why I am scared of my upcoming surgery due to the traumatic birth of baby girl.  On a lighter note, I read a new genre of book and even typing this has got me blushing... reality TV is doing the most right now and I...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers!!!  February goals are underway and so are adjustments to creating the peace.  As a bonus mom, we sometimes hit a place in our journeys where we have to make choices that are painful and also have to make constant adjustment to our parenting, just like any other parent.  In general, parenting comes with continuous changes not only in our children but how we handle s...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers!!! Last week's mental heaviness has me seeking out some peace in my life and with inner peace comes happier people around us.  I do not know about you but the winter months can be so difficult, not only do we hit the winter blues but holidays add a particular weight to our already heaviness.  I found  this great website with an article about inner peace and I h...

Send a text Happy Monday Mother Toughers, I think the winter blues have slapped me right in the face this last week because I have felt so down.  As moms we carry not only our own mental load but that of all of our children's and partner's mental loads as well; we are perpetually trying to hold everything in the household together.  Other things that hit hard this week were the huge line...

Send a text Happy Monday and happy Inauguration Day, Mother Toughers!!!  So many changes in a short amount of time, from the changes Trump is wanting to put into place within the his first 24 hours as president, to the short lived TikTok ban, and the major hit to the Lively vs Baldoni suits.  WOO!  What a difference one week can make.  Today marks the day we get a new president and Joe can go take...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers, another week and another celebrity going on a power trip... this time it is Blake Lively with claims that Justin Baldoni (&some others) made her feel she was sexual harassed on the set of It Ends With Us.  I truly loved this movie but now it (& the book) has a bad taste due to the stink of possible false allegations from Blake Lively and her team.  What is...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers!!!  This episode is a download for how things have been going with our oldest and her mental illness... heads up, it has been rough BUT I am turning a positive page on this frustrating story!  Things have been hitting our marriage but gladly understand what is needed to push through this tough time.  I have also been big on getting things tidy, how to make that easi...

Send a text Mother Toughers it is time to break out the notepads and vision boards to get it together for 2025!!!  I did a word of the year for 2024 and although I did get better within this word I also admit that I may be losing it at the end of this year!  BUT I do have a new word of the year and even made a list of some attainable goals to go along with it.  What is your word of the year???  Wh...

Send a text Merry Christmas Eve Eve, Mother Toughers!  Christmas is a time filled with family, friends, stress, but most importantly celebrating the birth of Jesus.  As we prepare for the holidays, the big picture of this time of year can be so overwhelming from the lists, events, shopping, budgeting, wrapping, decorating... and the list goes on for the Christmas curator of the household!  OMG!!!...

Send a text Mother Toughers we are getting so close to closing this year out and goodness, this year has brought so many lessens.  Last week, I talked about church hurt and what I learned from it... this week we are continuing that conversation.  During this time in this church, I began two friendships, well looking back now I know that I really only gained one.  Being friends with someone who is...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers,I made the decision to share some of what happened during my recent experience with church hurt.  While I was still in the deep grieving process it was hard for me to see anything positive coming from this experience besides the fact that God got me out before it could have gotten worse.  I know am seeing how much I have learned and grown from such a difficult time...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers and happy Monday PLUS welcome in December, the month to scramble for that special gift for each one of our kids .... HAHA just kidding because JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON always!!!  While getting all the kids' gift lists put together and dealing with recent teen "drama," it really had me comparing my teens' tantrums to my toddler's. ...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers & happy Monday!!!  It has been a really hard two weeks in our household and watching your kid give up on themselves is so hard.  This week we are talking about letting our kids fall to learn how to pick themselves up plus how not to quit on ourselves, only the things that are not hurting us.  I am also on a new health journey as a venture into closing out my fir...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers, sorry not sorry that I am getting a little more political in this one but I have got to stand up for what I believe in.  There is a movement going on that is radical and not like "so radical, dude" but more like "that is a little much" radical.  If our kids were not being, yet again, subjected to nonsense I would probably let this craziness play...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers, I have had a tough week and have done a lot of venting with friends and my mom.  When going through this tough week and doing all the venting I realized this is real and I needed to share the stuff that has been pissing me off.  I am talking things from insecure people attacking you, to being aware of who you surround yourself with, and the attack on our children t...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers, Tracy and I are back with Part 2 of our conversation and we are diving into more advice for our fellow stepmamas!  Becoming a stepparent does not come with a manual and no two stories are alike which can make navigating this journey challenging.  This episode just shows how having a friend going through their own stepparenting journey can benefit you.   Join the di...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers, this episode has been a long awaited goal of mine and I am so excited I get to share it with y'all.  I have wanted to have guests on the pod for quite some time and I finally jumped in to bring you one of my good friends first.  Tracy is a woman of God, that keeps it real and is ready to share her story of stepparenting!  She is a bio and step mom with a lot o...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers... I do not know about y'all but it has been tough and stressful around here.  My mom and wife plate are overflowing!!!  We have talked a lot recently about feeding ourselves positivity and I have noticed a lot lately how much my kids need extra positivity doses too (even if they just roll their eyes at me)!   Join the discussion on: Instagram ( Mother Tougher...

Send a text Happy Monday, Mother Toughers !  The last two weeks have been filled with devastation by Hurricane Helene, disgusting revelations about Sean "Diddy" Combs, & it really has me thinking about how I can protect my kids more.  Below you will find all of the articles I used in today's episode & be sure to give me some feedback on instagram ( linked at the bottom ): Ne...

Send a text Mother Toughers, I finally got to finish the rest of the first season of The Secret Lives of Mormon wives and so much happened, I am ready to discuss and share my thoughts.  This show brought up a lot of thoughts about how we handle our friendships and the relationships that those friends are in, which can get a little complicated especially when our friends don't like our spouse/...