Perked Up Parenting

School, holidays, babies, life is full of transitions. Sometimes they all land on top of each other. Grab your coffee and lets chat about the upcoming life changes for our podcast hosts!

Welcome to the pre podcast podcast where you never know what to expect.

We all make assumptions, us included, and they don't always feel great when made about you. Grab your coffee and join us for a chat on the things people assume about us and assumptions we had made as well.

Yeah, we have a lot to say sometimes

Pre podcast banter!

Grab your coffee and lets have a chat about the seasons most popular controversy. Should Christian families participate in Halloween?

Grab your coffee and join us as we take a fresh look at mental load, marriage, and the pressures each partner may carry, often in different ways. We get real and talk about how empathy and trust can move couples beyond keeping score.

We decided to record our pre recording banter. You never know what you'll get, but its guaranteed to be interesting and completely unfiltered. Enjoy 🫠

Join us for a life giving conversation with Beth from The Charlotte Mason Home. Hear her story and the importance of self education even in the throws of motherhood. Grab your coffee and get ready for some wonderful tips to help you grow!

Grab your coffee for a chat on meal planning. How are we fitting in homemade food with large families and full schedules?

Grab your coffee for a chat on the "elusive" village. How to we create it? What are realistic expectations? And of course some other rabbit trails thrown in there as usual.

Grab your coffee and get ready for a chat on screen time! Do we get off topic? Debatable, we have a talent for spidering webbing many topics into one.

Grab your coffee for a chat on the upcoming year. How we are preparing, our plan for our own education, and tips we wish we had when starting!!

Summer is busy, and we want to continue showing up. Join us for a late mid year check in. Grab your coffee for a casual chat....and some minor tangents at the end. Feel free to find us on social media or email us, we would love to hear about your year so far!

We are back for part 2 of Meghan's 100 mile race. This episode follows the final trials, twists and turns. Grab your coffee and hold your breath for the ending of this amazing mom's story.

Grab your coffee and join us for a chat with Meghan, an ordinary mom doing something extraordinary. She is here to tell us how she trained for a 100 mile race as a mom of 3 young daughters. This part includes training, prep and a challenging beginning. You wont want to miss this!!

Breastfeeding can be a hot topic full of shame on both sides. Grab your coffee and lets chat breastfeeding, after 10 babies between us we have plenty of thoughts to share.

Mini Episode turned extended episode. Grab your coffee and join us and we take on Chat GPTS top parenting hot takes and see how well we know each other.

Grab your coffee and lets talk contentment. What does it even mean to have it all? How can we focus on contentment in our own lives?

Grab your coffee and maybe some tissue for a chat on miscarriage. This is Aischa's story of grief, anger, hope and joy in the midst of loss. We hope this episode brings you comfort, understanding and helps any mother who has experienced loss feel seen. Please reach out if you need a safe place to tell your story.

Is the idea you can't travel with a lage family holding people back from having kids? We all agree traveling is important but it doesn't have to be extravagant. Grab your coffee and come chat about how we make travling accessible and affordable with lots of kids!

Grab your coffee and kick back for a chat on the importance of rest and how we implement it as mothers of 5!

Grab a cup of coffee and listen to all the ways we have messed up in our journey so you don't have too. Homeschooling is a joy, but it also requires a bit of trial and error.

Is motherhood something we get lost in? Or is it where we grow and find who we were meant to be? Grab your coffee and lets chat about our identity in motherhood.

Join us with your favorite coffee for a quick chat on Mother's Day and the importance of celebrating and honoring all the mother's in our life.