The ARMC

Send us Fan Mail Toy Story 5 looks like a kids’ movie, then an 11-year-old sits down and explains why it’s actually a parenting mirror. With Gina out sick, I bring on my daughter Nora for her unfiltered take on the story, the characters, and the parts that hit a little too close to home for families trying to raise kids in a screen-saturated world. She rates the movie, calls out what felt predicta...

Send us Fan Mail Some episodes are therapy. Some are a deep breath. This one is a deep breath with opinions, confessions, and the kind of laughter that only makes sense if you’ve ever felt like an anxious, overstimulated mom trying to survive a normal Tuesday. We play a Mom This Or That game, but it quickly turns into the real stuff behind our preferences: why energy drinks can be a disaster for a...

Send us Fan Mail Your brain ever fire off a question so random you almost embarrass yourself in your own head? We get it. We’re kicking off season four of Anxiety Ridden Moms Club by letting the anxious mom inner monologue take the mic and turning it into a rapid-fire, laugh-out-loud reality check. The vibe is messy, honest, and weirdly comforting, because sometimes the fastest way back to yoursel...

Send us Fan Mail A family influencer posts their most personal news yet: they chose to terminate a pregnancy after learning their baby had Trisomy 21, also known as Down syndrome. Within hours, the story turns into a full-blown internet firestorm with grief, outrage, disability advocacy, faith-based arguments, and truly unacceptable harassment all colliding in one comment section. We slow the nois...

Send us Fan Mail A car rockets into a brick building at nearly 98 miles per hour, two young men die, and the only survivor becomes the center of a debate that won’t quit: accident, reckless impulse, or intentional murder? We talk through Netflix’s The Crash with full spoiler energy, because the details matter here. The black box data, the missing brake tap, the shifting into neutral and back into...

Send us Fan Mail Summer hits and we feel the pressure of juggling work, kids at home, and the constant noise that makes anxiety flare. We talk through what it really takes to plan a fun summer while staying grounded, realistic, and safe. • working from home with kids on break and setting boundaries that hold • summer logistics that spike stress like interruptions and nonstop requests • grocery bil...

Send us Fan Mail We use a “five hobbies” list as a simple way to check whether our lives have room for money, health, creativity, learning, and a stronger mindset. Along the way we laugh about what actually goes viral, share what’s helping us get moving again, and challenge you to build a hobby lineup that makes you feel more like you.  • picking a money-making hobby and starting even when it feel...

Send us Fan Mail Respect is not just “good manners,” it is the difference between raising a kid who can function in the real world and raising a kid who thinks the world owes them something. We sit down as two anxiety ridden moms and try to untangle a surprisingly loaded question: what is the difference between being nice and being kind, and why does it feel like respect for elders is slipping awa...

Send us Fan Mail “Happiness is a choice” can feel like the most annoying advice on the internet when you’re an anxious mom running on fumes. We start there, get brutally honest about why it triggers people, and then pull out what’s actually helpful: you didn’t choose your childhood, your trauma, your heartbreak, or the brutal curveballs life throws at your family, but you do get a say in your resp...

Send us Fan Mail Eight grandkids. One trampoline. About five minutes before somebody’s crying. If you’ve ever planned a “simple, fun family day” and ended up drained, anxious, and wondering what is wrong with everyone, we get it. We start with the Easter chaos that sparked this conversation and quickly land on the question so many overstimulated moms ask: why do kids fight like this now, even with...

Send us Fan Mail You plan the basket. You track down the trendy toy. You spend the money, wrap the stuff, hide the eggs, and build the moment in your head. Then your kid blows through it in two minutes and hits you with a complaint. If you’ve ever felt that hot mix of rage, sadness, and “I must be a terrible mom,” you’re our kind of people. We’re unpacking the post-Easter letdown and the bigger qu...

Send us Fan Mail Your gut tells you “no,” but your heart says “maybe.” That tug-of-war can feel nonstop as a mom, especially when you’re anxious, tired, and trying to see the good in people. We start with the classic scorpion and the frog fable and use it as a mirror for real life: the friends who lie, the partners who keep bending the truth, and the situations where you ignore red flags because y...

Send us Fan Mail Easter hits different when you’re an anxious mom who’s been carrying everything. We found ourselves thinking less about what needs to “rise” and more about what we’re finally ready to stop dragging into the next season: guilt, pressure, old survival mode habits, and the version of us that keeps the peace by staying quiet. We talk about the lie that overwhelm equals worth, and why...

Send us Fan Mail Pain sets me free. When we first heard that line, we had the same reaction most anxious moms would have: absolutely not. We’re built to avoid discomfort, keep the peace, and push through, especially when we’re exhausted, overstimulated, and trying to hold everything together. But that avoidance has a price. It quietly trains our brain to fear more, not less, and it can shrink our...

Send us Fan Mail The fastest way to drain your mental health is trying to “clear things up” with someone who is committed to misunderstanding you. We have both been there, especially as moms who are already carrying anxiety, overstimulation, and the pressure to do it all, and it shows up in the smallest moments and the biggest ones. We start with a clip that stopped us in our tracks: people can on...

Send us Fan Mail Ready to reclaim your energy without apologizing for it? We play a no-overthinking game—rebuild it, burn it down, or leave it as it is—to sort the habits, expectations, and obligations that shape mom life. The rules are simple, the takes are spicy, and the insights hit close to home for anyone juggling anxiety, exhaustion, and an overfull plate. We start with rest, calling out the...

Send us Fan Mail We ask a blunt question: if you met yourself today, would you trust her. We draw the line between being seen as trustworthy and actually trusting your own no, then set a seven-day experiment to rebuild that self-trust with small, consistent acts. • difference between external trustworthiness and internal self-trust • people-pleasing, overexplaining, and resentment as self-betrayal...

Send us Fan Mail Comparison rarely arrives with fanfare; it slips in while we scroll, read a coworker update, or watch another mom post milestones that feel like finish lines. We named that quiet competition, traced how it drains energy at home and at work, and showed how it can also motivate when it’s aligned with purpose, ethics, and context. The real shift came from four simple gut checks: afte...

Send us Fan Mail The table gets flipped early with a hard truth: you become who you hang with. We take that spark and go deep on friendships, gossip, jealousy, and the quiet ways our circles either drain us or help us grow. As anxious, overstimulated moms juggling a thousand tabs, we don’t need more “haters” memes—we need better rooms and kinder mirrors. We start with the roots of gossip and resen...

Send us Fan Mail What if you paused long enough to ask, Who am I right now—without the fixing, the performing, or the pretending? We walk through a real-time identity reset designed for anxious, overstimulated moms who love their kids deeply and still feel stretched thin. Instead of a to-do list, we offer five sharp questions that surface your default roles under stress, the emotion driving your c...

Send us Fan Mail Let’s be honest: watching our kids struggle can feel unbearable, especially when anxiety whispers that a stumble means something is wrong. We’re flipping that script. Together we unpack how confidence actually grows—through safe failure, effort-first praise, and small experiments that let kids be beginners while we stand close by. We start with the core distinction between perform...

Send us Fan Mail Big feelings don’t wait for calm moments, and neither do our kids. We’re pulling back the curtain on what emotional intelligence actually looks like when the house is loud, the calendar is packed, and your nervous system feels maxed out. Instead of chasing perfection, we lean into a practical framework—pause, think, validate, regulate—that helps us respond with intention and repai...

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Send us Fan Mail Empowerment sounds inspiring until you’re navigating school drop-off tears, late-night worries, and the pressure to do it all with a steady smile. We pull the word down to earth and define what it really looks like to raise confident, kind kids who know their worth without slipping into arrogance. The heart of our approach is simple and hard at once: model what we want to teach. I...

Send us Fan Mail If perfection keeps cracking under real life, you’re not broken—you’re ready for a gentler blueprint. We look back on a year of big anxiety, bigger growth, and the small, stubborn systems that actually hold when the week goes sideways. From money stress and work pressure to substances, friendships, and the laundry-room clutter that steals our mood, we share what worked, what didn’...