Real Parenting For Sensitive Moms

In this episode, Leah and Adrienne explore the concept of emotional contagion and the impact of being a highly sensitive parent has on the parent's emotional regulation and response to their children's emotions. Takeaways Emotional contagion describes the unconscious process of automatically catching and absorbing the emotions and attitudes of those around you. Highly sensitive parents may experie...

Most parents feel powerless when their child refuses to eat, but the secret to turning mealtime stress into a positive experience is surprisingly simple. Jennifer Anderson, founder of Kids Eat in Color and author of Feed Them Well , reveals the movement away from pressure, dieting, and rigid rules and towards playful, compassionate strategies that encourage healthy eating habits without the stress...

You know that feeling when the kids walk through the door and you've already mentally clocked out? Or when your partner says "hi honey!" and you're like... please, not you too. In this episode, Adrienne and Leah get real about the 3pm wall: why it hits highly sensitive moms so hard, why you're not lazy or a bad mom, and what's actually going on in your nervous system when everything starts feeling...

As a highly sensitive mom, you may naturally want to have peace in the house and not cause conflict in your life. To achieve this, you end up saying yes to others and do things you don't want to do so that other people don't judge you. But what would happen if you stopped worrying what others thought (hello: your mom) or what others were doing (i.e. the neighbors) and instead listened to your intu...

If you’ve ever found yourself spiraling trying to figure out… Is this ADHD? Anxiety? High sensitivity? Sensory issues? Something else? — you are so not alone. In this episode, we sit down with Alane Freund and walk through real parent scenarios that will probably feel very familiar. We talk about a 4-year-old with intense, daily meltdowns that seem to come out of nowhere… An 18-month-old who won’t...

Clutter stresses me out, but getting my kids to actually help clean it up? That's a whole other battle. And if you've ever resorted to threatening screen time or bribing with dessert just to get the toys off the floor, first of all, same. But also, this episode is going to change the way you think about all of it. Leah and I sat down with Ann Dooley, founder of Simple Joy with Ann and creator of t...

You may have heard that in order to feel better and regulate your nervous system you need to "process" your emotions. But how the heck do you do that?  Enter TAPPING - the easy, accessible tool that will help you process and release emotions, and feel better fast - and your kids can use it too! In this podcast episode we are talking with Nicole Sabella — dancer, wellness coach, and founder of The...

In this episode, Leah and Adrienne dive deep into the invisible burden so many women carry, the mental load. From remembering school schedules to managing emotional climates at home, they unpack how women, especially highly sensitive and empathic moms, end up as the "default parent," often at the cost of their own well-being. They explore how hormonal changes during perimenopause , like declining...

Perimenopause doesn’t just bring hot flashes, it can quietly reshape everything about how you show up as a mom, partner, and person. And for highly sensitive moms, the emotional intensity, brain fog, and shifting energy levels can feel especially overwhelming. In this honest, empowering conversation, Ashley Basilio, midlife wellness advocate, talks with Adrienne and Leah about her own perimenopaus...

Anxiety is incredibly common for highly sensitive moms, especially after becoming a parent. In this episode, Adrienne and Leah have an honest, grounded conversation about how anxiety actually shows up in sensitive motherhood and why parenting can intensify it so much. They explore how anxiety often lives in the body, not just the mind, and how it can look like hypervigilance, overthinking, people...

Have you ever found yourself snapping at your kids and then feeling awful about it afterward? You’re not alone. In this episode of Real Parenting for the Sensitive Mom , we talk with perinatal mental health therapist and researcher Nicole McNellis about mom rage — what it is, why it happens, and why it doesn’t mean you’re a bad mom. We explore how overwhelm, resentment, unrealistic expectations, a...

What if the overwhelm you’ve always blamed on anxiety or “being too sensitive” is actually ADHD… or both? In this episode of Real Parenting for the Sensitive Mom , Adrienne Bishop and Leah Andeoni sit down with licensed, trauma-informed therapist Avery Wasmanski to unpack the complex and often confusing overlap between high sensitivity, ADHD, anxiety, and trauma in motherhood.   With both professi...

Connection Before Correction - GET YOUR FREE POSITIVE DISCIPLINE CHEAT SHEET HERE ! Parenting a highly sensitive child while being a sensitive parent yourself? We see you. In this episode, Leah and Adrienne dive deep into how Positive Discipline can transform your parenting journey — especially when traditional methods just don’t work. What You’ll Hear: Why sticker charts, timeouts, and yelling ba...

Leah and I are back this week for podcast. We’re diving into something most people have never heard of: the 8 sensory systems that shape how highly sensitive kids (and their moms!) experience the world (and cause meltdowns).  If you’re parenting a highly sensitive child while being sensitive yourself, you know how overwhelming life can feel. This episode is your roadmap to understanding physical s...

The postpartum period is one of the most transformational times in a woman’s life. She is changing from the inside out - from brain changes to cellular changes and it can be very overwhelming for the sensitive mom.    During pregnancy and after giving birth, drastic hormonal shifts occur and you are expected to manage all of this with elegance, grace, looking good and enjoying every moment.  That...

How many of us have struggled to motivate our kids to cooperate? Or just get stuff done? In this episode of Real Parenting for the Sensitive Mom , Leah and Adrienne explore how understanding your child’s temperament can transform the way you motivate them. Drawing from Kathleen Edelman’s book A Grown-Up’s Guide to Your Kids’ Wiring , they break down the four temperaments—Sanguine, Choleric, Phlegm...

Are you struggling to find time for self care? Does it feel like just one more thing on your to-do list that you're failing at? In this episode, Adrienne and Leah explore what self-care really looks like for highly sensitive moms. From sensory-friendly environments to emotional wellness and creative outlets, they offer practical, bite-sized strategies to help you feel more grounded, supported, and...

Do you feel overwhelmed as a mom more than others? Are you anxious about your parenting? Do you feel your kids feelings and want to fix them to feel better? You may be highly sensitive.  In this episode, Adrienne Bishop and Leah Andreoni explore what it means to be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and why understanding this trait is crucial for moms and their children. Adrienne, a parenting coach a...