This is Common - Life Beyond the Baby

Send us Fan Mail You're not unhappy. You're not in crisis. You're just... stuck. Stuck in a job, a relationship, a season of motherhood, or a life that looks good on paper but feels off. Here's the truth most of us miss: we're not stuck because we don't know what to do. We're stuck because we're waiting to feel ready, waiting for certainty, waiting for the p...

Send us Fan Mail Parenting teens today feels completely different than it did even ten years ago — and honestly? A lot of us are figuring it out in real time. In this episode of This Is Common – Life Beyond the Baby , we’re talking about the emotional reality of raising teenagers in a world of social media, smartphones, AI, vaping, anxiety, constant comparison, online pressure, and nonstop stimula...

Send us Fan Mail Motherhood is already a full-time job… so what happens when you add a business on top of it? In this episode, I’m joined by Lori Ervin, who has built multiple six-figure businesses online and now helps women grow their brands in a way that actually fits into their life.  We’re not sugarcoating anything. We’re talking about what it actually looks like to build and run a business wh...

Send us Fan Mail I don’t feel like myself lately — and I can’t tell if it’s burnout, ADHD, hormones… or all of the above. I used to be on top of everything. Now I forget why I walked into a room, start things I don’t finish, and feel behind even when I technically have time. It’s not just being tired — it feels like my brain just isn’t working the way it used to. In this episode, I’m talking throu...

Send us Fan Mail We’re back with Megan Schrumm! In our last conversation, we unpacked hot flashes, brain fog, and the physical symptoms of perimenopause. Today, we’re diving into something just as real — and often harder to talk about — the emotional mess of this stage. If you’ve ever gone from zero to snapping in 2.4 seconds… felt waves of rage you barely recognize… or caught yourself thinking, “...

Send us Fan Mail Teens, social media, and the pressure to be the “cool mom”… let’s talk about it. In this honest and relatable episode, we dive into the emotional tug-of-war so many parents face: wanting your child to “have what everyone else has” while also protecting their mental health, safety, and developing brain. Because let’s be real — social media isn’t just harmless fun anymore.  It’s com...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we dive into the wild, emotional, totally unpredictable world of parenting preteens. Between the eye rolls, the tears, the mood swings, and the Oscar-worthy dramatics, it’s easy to wonder if you’re doing something wrong — or if your kid has been temporarily replaced by a tiny tornado. Spoiler: It’s normal. All of it. We talk about what’s really going on behind tho...

Send us Fan Mail If you struggle with catastrophic thinking, overthinking, or your brain constantly jumping to the worst-case scenario, this episode will feel like someone finally turned the lights on. In today’s episode, we break down why anxiety lies to you, why your mind creates disaster scenarios that aren’t real, and how to stop an anxiety spiral before it takes over your entire day. Perfect...

Send us Fan Mail I blew up my entire life - then rebuilt it one tear at a time. I didn’t plan to start over. But staying would’ve meant losing myself completely. In this episode, I’m opening up about the real, raw, not-so-Instagrammable side of divorce — the shame, the unraveling, the grief, and the guilt that came with walking away from the life I thought I was supposed to have. This isn’t just a...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Cougar Puberty — because what else do you call the hormonal rollercoaster of perimenopause no one warned us about? In this episode, I sit down with Meghan Schrumm — a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Registered Social Worker, and mom of three — to talk about the “WTF is happening to my body?” stage of life: perimenopause. We’re getting real about: The weirdest, sneakies...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the first episode of This is Common – Life Beyond the Baby . This is where we stop pretending everything’s fine and finally say it out loud: this isn’t the motherhood I expected. In this intro episode, I’m opening up about why I started The Common Moms , how this community helped me survive divorce, the pandemic, and the identity crisis no one warned me about — and why...