No Guilt Mom | Overcoming Mom Guilt, Parenting Tips, & Self Care for Moms

Who doesn’t know the current statistic that 50% of all marriages end in divorce? Even if you haven’t experienced divorce yourself, odds are very high that you have someone close to you who is or has been through a divorce. But few people talk openly about the emotional toll they go through while contemplating divorce.   In this episode, we welcome Erin Royer, the founder of Your Village an online...

This is another installment of our “Listener Questions” episodes where we ask our No Guilt Mom listeners to send us their parenting challenges for us to offer some help.   In this episode, we talk about the hot topic of screentime. How do I get my kids to put down their phones or iPad without the fight? Well guys, good news! We have some answers for you!    Resources We Shared:   Join our newslett...

Have you ever thought of just leaving it all?    You know... quitting your highly successful job, packing up your entire family in your car, taking only want fits in said car, and moving to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico?   Does this sound like the plot to some amazing book? Well, it’s the short version of the Award-winning author of Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, Elle Cosimano’s life. She’s a hom...

Oh, the good old behavior chart! Full of promise, hope, and stickers! But we have to tell you it’s not all it’s been made out to be. Sure, behavior charts might help with one or two challenging behaviors, but it does little to teach and change kids behaviors in the long run. There are better and much more effective ways to manage the whining, fighting, talking back, and everything else.    In this...

If you want your kids to learn about math, reading, writing, you name it- there’s a curriculum for it. But it’s not so easy when you are trying to teach your kids about their social-emotional skills. Those skills are things like how to deal with conflict, how to join a group of kids, naming and processing your own emotions, and being thoughtful & empathetic in our actions towards others. All thing...

Today we’re going to get into a pretty heated debate among families… the Great Allowance Debate!    This is a topic that brings about pretty strong feelings for many parents for so many reasons. We explore what the most common strategies used for allowance, the pros and cons of each strategy, and share what we do in our homes.   So let the great debate begin... Resources We Shared: Join our newsle...

Every day we're faced by things that scare us. We have to have to be a parent, with pretty much zero training. We have to forge a path in our lives with family and work that often, we have no idea how it will all turn out. And that fear can be crippling. But it doesn’t have to be!   In this episode, we talk with Sara Dean, a mindset, business and leadership coach. Her biggest passion is helping wo...

It never fails. Every year your kid will forget their lunch or their homework. You are running through the house in the morning yelling (so everyone can hear you) that it’s time to go, as your youngest whines from his room that he can’t find his shoes, and your daughter says that her library book is missing and she absolutely can’t go to school without her library book on library day.   Sigh! The...

We’ve been living under constant stress these past couple of years. And we’re here to tell you that you don’t have to be Supermom. The truth is that so many moms are feeling overwhelmed. In a recent survey, 93% of moms report feeling they’re burnt out.   Ninety-three percent.   In this episode we’re excited to speak with Dr. Jen Riday who helps burned out, overwhelmed moms get off the hamster whee...

In this episode, we are joined by a dynamic duo- William R. Stixrud, Ph. D. & Ned Johnson as we discuss how we as parents have such a crucial role in our kids' motivation and how many times as parents if we step back a little it gives such HUGE rewards to our kids!   William R. Stixrud, Ph. D., is a clinical neuropsychologist and founder of The Stixrud Group, as well as a faculty member at Childre...

This is it! Our 100th Episode! And we couldn’t think of any better way to celebrate it than with our listeners! In this episode, we welcome several of our listeners on LIVE for a fun game show format where we tested their No Guilt Mom Podcast knowledge, chat about our favorite episodes, and share some slightly embarrassing antics that went on behind the scenes! This is a MUST listen episode!   Res...

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I don’t know about you, but one of the things I hate the most about going back to school is getting back into the swing of things with everyone’s sleep schedules!    In this episode, we talk with Nicole Johnson, MBA, the President and Lead Sleep Consultant of The Baby Sleep Site. She’s an extension of a new mom's village and helps families achieve better sleep in a way that fits their parenting ph...

Do you get a little squeamish about the idea of sitting down with your kids to talk about the “birds and the bees”? Or do you have questions on how to do it? Well, we have brought in the BIG GUNS with today’s guest! In this episode, we are excited to welcome Brittany McBride, MPH, the Associate Director of Sex Education at Advocates for Youth. This organization supports school districts and youths...

We need you to know one cold, hard truth. Regardless of everything else happening in your life, your kids are NOT justified in treating you poorly. And the same goes for you.   As kids, many of us were taught a generation ago to simply listen to and follow adults. Because I said so! No questions asked. Have you ever stopped and wondered where so many of us got the idea that we need to make our kid...

We’ve all had those times where we dreaded going to that “parent meeting” or to that friend’s party, where we only know our 1 friend. It’s so intimidating to walk into a room where you know pretty much no one. Cue the sweaty palms and stomach ache.   Our guest today has the absolute best way to handle those awkward settings and advice on how to stay authentic in your friendships- share a (kinda) e...

This is another installment of our “Listener Questions” episodes where we ask our No Guilt Mom listeners to send us their parenting challenges for us to offer some help.   In this episode we talk about that somewhat taboo subject of sex! How do you answer your kids questions about where they came from? How does a baby come out of a mom’s tummy? What does it mean when people “love” one another? Wha...

Hey guys! Our 100th episode is coming up and we wanted to do something BIG!   So we want you to come and join us LIVE as we record our 100th No Guilt Mom podcast episode!  There will be fun, games, giveaways, and most importantly- fun! (Did I mention that already?)   Register to join us LIVE on Friday, July 23rd at 10 AM PST/ 1 PM EST here: https://www.noguiltmom.com/100   Hurry though as space wi...

In this episode, we talk with Einat Nathan, a parenting expert, counselor, and author from Israel. Her first book Haimsheli, was a bestseller across all categories in Israel, making her a national celebrity. The book resonated because mothers read it, cried and smiled, and discovered a way to look at their children as independent people, not solely as an extension of who they are or as a calling c...

When it comes to dealing with discipline, the kids fighting with you and each other, and getting your kids to help out at home…. you pretty much only have three choices for every situation. And sadly, we sing songs to help you remember each of these parenting techniques.    So no, it isn’t your cat in a grinder, but JoAnn and Brie sharing their “artistic side”, as we share the 3 ways that pretty m...

When we over-parent and rescue all the time, we're depriving our kids from living. Life is truly an active verb. And when we focus on making things easier in the short term, we deprive our kids of the skills they need for the long haul.   In this episode we speak with Julie Lythcott-Haims who is the New York Times bestselling author of the anti-helicopter parenting manifesto How to Raise an Adult,...

Why do so many of us moms feel guilty asking for help? You know, like it’s a burden to ask someone for help or something that we need (love, support, so on)?   Defining yourself as someone who can “do-it-all” only sets you up for failure and guilt. Why? Because if you can’t “do-it-all-by-yourself” then somehow you are “less than”. And we’re here to tell you that is so not true!   In this episode,...

What if we told you that we can live better, happier, and simpler lives by making a few adjustments to how we think about self-care? Would you try it?   In this episode, we are talking with Dr. Christine Koh. She’s a music and brain scientist turned multimedia creative! She spent a decade in academia, during which time she was awarded prestigious fellowships from the National Institutes of Health...

You’ve heard us talk about “back in times of B.C.” (Before Children) and how life worked differently then. One of those things that worked differently were friendships (for many of us). We had school, or work, or outside hobbies where we could meet people with similar interests. But when you become a mom, some of us are cut off from those outside things and we struggle trying to make those friends...

So many moms worry about whether or not we are giving enough attention to our kids, especially when they outnumber you! We feel guilty for spending what may seem like a lot of time with one child and not enough with the other.  But is that really happening?  Are we really giving some of our kids (often the younger ones) the raw end of the deal?   In this episode we talk with Lynn Berger, a writer...