Mother Tougher Podcast

Send a text Hey y'all & welcome to another week Mother Toughers!  This has been a true week of peaks and valleys.  Our oldest was IVC'd and we are working through big emotions from our other kids and what are the next steps we should be taking.  Even when we go through these valleys we have to look to the peaks and we have had a few that we are looking too, especially one BIG one!  L...

Send a text HEY Mother Toughers!  I am so happy you are back to join me for another episode!  I am back at weighing the pros and cons of homeschooling for my little dude.  I have started another new book by none other than Britney Spears, "The Woman In Me," and y'all the tea is so HOT!  Her book is a true eye-opener into her journey into celebrity and the trauma that comes along wit...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers and welcome to November's bonus episode!  Since the holidays are approaching at high speed, I thought it would be a great time to discuss routines.  It always seems that the housework gets thrown to the side and kept for later because we have so many other things already piled on our plates... Well, organizing and cleaning are probably my favorite things and I...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers!  Today, I am taking it back to middle school as some crazy recent events have come into play with my middle schooler.  We are discussing how to take a back seat to the teen drama and coaching them through healthy resolutions.  As a mom, it can be so hard to let go of the reigns and watch our kids struggle through such a hard time in their development but the result...

Send a text Welcome Back Mother Toughers!  I have some updates on what we talked about last week and have some SUPER EXCITING news to share!!!  In our main topic this week, we are talking about brutal stepmom truths from a HuffPost article by Lindsay Ferrier (linked below).  If you are not a stepmom still take a listen because there are so many things I took from her truths as a stepmom, bio mom,...

Send a text Welcome back to another week, Mother Toughers!  I hope that your week is starting off fresh and with as few hot mess moments as possible.  I am hitting y'all with some family updates because it has been a while since I have done an update on the kiddos.  But do not worry because I am also closing out the Love Is Blind catch-up with the final episode of the reunion having aired.  W...

Send a text Welcome back Mother Toughers!  It is another filled with all the funny and tough stuff, this week we are going to tackle some tough stuff!  We are discussing the most recent episodes of Love Is Blind as they close out the season and now I am in anticipation of the reunion that will have happened by the time y'all listen to this episode.   Then, we are talking about DSS based on tw...

Send a text Hey MotherToughers, it is a new week and that can only mean a new episode on some tough stuff.  I am all caught up on Love Is Blind Season 5 so let's discuss all the drama from the last two weeks of episode drops.  I have also recently downloaded 2 audio books and one in particular was my inspiration for this week's topic, fear.  Jill Duggar Dillard released her memoir last m...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers!  It is a Tough Tidbits Thursday and we are swinging off of our Monday episode on relationships but this time we are diving into the relationships our kids have with family.  Family is definitely how you make it and each one is different... this is what made me think about how my kids feel about different people in their family and the relationships they are buildin...

Send a text It is another week Mother Toughers, which means a whole new discussion on the tough stuff!  This week I am talking about my reality tv addiction, women empowering each other, and sister problems.  With 2 sisters I have definitely had my fair share of sister problems and I am using those lessons in supporting my girls in a major riff in their relationship.  Dive into the conversation th...

Send a text HEY Y'ALL!!! It is another week and I am ready to welcome y'all to the Burnout Hot Mess Mom Club, I am your club secretary Lindsey! HA!  We are slowly recovering from a HUGE panic attack so I thought... why not talk about nervous breakdowns!?!  Oh yeah, I was also "that" mom who forgot about early release!  BUT through everything let's focus on putting a little...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers!  Welcome back to another week!  This week's episode is full of emotion because I am touching on something that happened just this week.  We are talking about kid runaways, high-conflict bio mom lying to the police, retaliation, stepping away from my step-parenting role, and finding hope.  Making the decision to step away from a step-parenting role is not easy...

Send a text HEY MOTHER TOUGHERS!  It is another week of being a tough mother!  This week we are diving into managing frustration & our households.  Teaching kids through natural consequences & tough conversations.  PLUS how I compare my home to a business & the importance of knowing your role.   Baby Girl was super chatty this episode, so there will be A LOT of background chatter &...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers!  I am super excited to be introducing the FIRST episode of Tough Tidbits, where we jump right into a topic.  For this first one, we are talking about logs and compiling information for court.  Although not every step parent may be making and/or keeping logs it is good to understand this process to support our partners.  Court is so stressful but having everything i...

Send a text Hey y'all!  Welcome to another week Mother Toughers!  This episode is for all the blended families out there.  We are diving (head first) into transitions and some of my top tips for heading into court.  DON'T miss out on this week's BONUS episode on Thursday for even more court prep!  The court process is definitely NOT fun but whether you are the bio parent heading int...

Send a text HEY Y'ALL, it's a mother of a Monday so let's dive into the tough stuff!  This week I am talking about my stay-at-home journeys & things I like to do to take care of myself!  Being a mother is overwhelming & overstimulating at times so we have got to take some time for ourselves.  Plus, can we just talk about how frustrating telling our kids the same thing over &...

Send a text It is another week Mother Toughers!  Last week, I challenged you to make a list of boundaries... this week we are diving into what boundaries we should hold onto and others we may need to push through.  Sometimes we set boundaries to protect ourselves but we also set boundaries to build walls against things we do not want to face... well, we need to face the giant.  This is also so tru...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers!  We are diving being a stepmom & the friends dynamic.  Our friends who are not stepmoms just DON'T get it and that is no fault of theirs but toxic friends are NOT what you want to surround yourself with.  I have had my fair share of friends and one in particular who just isn't the best at handing out advice.  As moms and stepmoms we need to surround o...

Send a text Welcome back Mother Toughers!  It is a new week and OMG did I have a Monday which made me realize that my brain needs some serious recalibration (possibly my routines too).  I am ready to set some goals, change some routines, and push myself to make time for myself.  This is so not easy and I think my fellow mamas can agree so let's tackle the tough together.  I am also trying to...

Send a text This episode has a TRIGGER WARNING:  I am discussing phone safety which includes a discussion of child predators, pornography, and trafficking.  These are topics I recently had to talk about (AGAIN) with my kids because of what one of them got into.  On a lighter note, I do a mini-interview with my 5-year-old and getting him ready for kindergarten.  My support may look very different t...

Send a text Hey Mother Toughers!  Congratulations, you made it another week!  We are talking about parents who do not show up to activities... MAN are they missing out!  Keeping communication short and sweet, also when to trade times.  I am also downloading everything that has been going on with the fam & how I am making the back-to-school process a little less stressful!  Be sure to jump on o...

Send a text Hey Y'all, welcome back to another week of being a tougher mother!  Recently, I have been having discussions of death with my 5-year-old due to our hermit crab, Tator Tot, ascending to Heaven.  The death conversation is definitely not an easy one to be had but at some point, it has to be done.  I have chosen, in my parenting journey, to keep things as honest as possible from corre...

Send a text TW: I am talking about teen mental health, there is cussing in this episode! Hey Mother Toughers!!!  I am opening up, this week, about my eldest's mental health and how I am parenting through things that can be hard to see your child struggle with.  We have been working through this for a long time and our girl has been fighting but when she can't you better believe this (ste...

Send a text Hey, y’all it was so good to take a week off to focus on celebrating our 3rd anniversary but I am back to kick off July!  This week I’ve noticed how much of a homebody I am, that I don’t want to run into anyone, & how my husband made me a new friend.  I’m dropping a little about stepmom/parenting struggles and participating in my own life!  Let’s go Mother Toughers!!!  Join the dis...

Send a text This week, I am talking about some of THE MOST PAINFUL things HCBM has said to my stepdaughters and the anger that came over me.  I have found myself hanging onto a lot of anger with some things that have recently happened so I am reflecting on how I got over all of the pain in the past.  Let's push through the anger and work through how we can bring ourselves more peace in some V...