Torn: Finding a Mom Life Balance
By Torn
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Episodes: 188
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Motherhood can often leave a woman feeling torn between her emotions and reality, her job and personal life, friends and family. On Torn: Finding a Mom Life Balance, hosts Athena, and Mims share their journey, laugh their woes away, and dismantle the deceptions of motherhood by giving a new voice to mommy-hood.
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REPLAY #160: Your Summer Toolkit — Supplies, Sanity & Structure
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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#183: Legacy Interview with Zeke & Sophie Grace
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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#182: Legacy Starts at Home
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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#181: The Power of a Pause
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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#180: Am I Burnt Out or Just Busy?
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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#179: Stop Stressing Me! Series – Why Am I Always on the Edge?
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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🎙️#178 Slaying the Giants: Interview with Tom Ramsey
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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#177: Part 2: Mixed Feelings- When Bullying Brings Up More Than One Emotion
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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#176: Awareness Is Protection: Intro to Series on Bullying
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Episode #175: The Practice of Journaling
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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#174: Family Book Club
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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#173: Taking Stock — A Family Reflection for the New Year
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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#172: Words We Live By: Our Family Mantra
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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#171: The Feedback Mirror III: Seeing the Results
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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#170 The Feedback Mirror II: What to Think About Before the Conversation
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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# 169: The Feedback Mirror: Seeing Ourselves & Our Kids More Clearly
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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#168: Behind the Screens: The Benefits of Boredom
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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#167:Behind the Screens: Risk & Regulations
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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#166 Behind the Screens Series: Intro
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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#165: Discipline & Boundaries: Finding the Sweet Spot
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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#164: How Siblings Shape Who We Become (and How We Parent)
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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#163: Growth in the Chaos — How Our Parenting Has Inspired Our Personal Evolution
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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#162: Back to Our Roots – Parenting Without the Mask
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Summer Pause Update 2025
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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#161: Halfway There: Parenting Resets for the Rest of the Year
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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#160: Your Summer Toolkit — Supplies, Sanity & Structure
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May 21, 2025 |
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#159: Mother's Day Offering Part I: Easing into Summer with Intention and Clarity
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May 07, 2025 |
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#158 Active Spring Reflection
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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#157 REPLAY #98 - A Note of Gratitude
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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#156 Women's History Month: The Power of Her Love Part II
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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#155 Women's History Month: The Power of Her Love Part I
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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#154 Is Self-Doubt Driving My Parenting?
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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#153 Is Balance Even Possible?
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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#152 Interview with Betsie Barker: The Gift of Hospitality
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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#151 Kicking Off 2025
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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#150 REPLAY #101 Start of 2023 Inventory
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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#149 REPLAY: #47 Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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#148 2024 Round Up
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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#147 The Push & Pull: Torn by Indecision
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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#146 Wadrobe Hacks for the Parent Stylist
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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#145 If Jesus Talked To You About Mom Guilt, What Would He Say?
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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#144 You Are Worthy of A Mend
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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#143 Interview with Rotem Magen, Child Therapist and Family Counselor
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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#142 Spotlight on a Cohost: Athena
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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#141 Spotlight on a Cohost, Mims
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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#140 Focus on Fun
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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#139 REPLAY #110 Game Plan: Transitions & Strategies
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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#138 REPLAY #89: Beyond the Fear: Fear of the Unknown: Unaware and Unable to Prepare
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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#137 REPLAY - #122 Parenting Pitstop
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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#136 Destination: There is Life in the Rocks
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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#135 How Do We Keep the Joy of Parenting During Stormy Seasons?
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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#134 The Surprising Results of Whats on Parents Minds
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May 22, 2024 |
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#133 Are My Children Going to Inherit All My Flaws?
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May 08, 2024 |
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#132 Is It Okay To Desire Gratitude As A Parent?
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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#131 How Do You Help Your Children Through Challenges
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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#130 Do My Dreams Matter Anymore?
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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#129 Parenting Pulse
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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#128 The Art of Creating
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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#127 Revisiting #81: Beyond the Guilt: The Balancing Act
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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#126 Series: Parenting - The Skill Sets No One Ever Told You Were Needed: The Parent Mingler
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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#125 Series: Parenting the Skill Sets No One Ever Told You Were Needed: The Parent Financial Advisor
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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#124 Series: Parenting the Skill Sets No One Ever Told You Were Needed: The Parent Event Planner
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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#123 The 12 Days of Winter Break
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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#122 Parenting Pitstop
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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#121 Encouraging life skills, self-care & self-sufficiency
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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#120 Can I Be A Positive Role Model Even with My Flaws?
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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#119 Is It Time To Hit The Reset Button?
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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#118 Making Memories: Forming Bonds Based in Common Values
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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#117: Revisiting #75 Embracing Personal Growth: Parent Coaching
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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#116 Relinquish: Those Are Not Your Deadlines
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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#115 Awe-Inspired Parenting
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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#114 How to Transition from Summer without Dread: Time Commitments
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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#113 How to End Summer Break Without Dread
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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#112 REPLAY #61: Summer Series: #1 Build Your Parenting Summer Survival Kit
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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#111 How to Get Yourself to Vacation…Mode
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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#110 Game Plan: Transitions & Strategies
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May 24, 2023 |
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#109 What’s Next?!
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May 10, 2023 |
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#108 Will They Bring Us Their Problems to Solve or Are They Building Their Problem Solving Toolbox?
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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#108 Interview with Laura Hernandez of Mama Systems
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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#107 Training Up Your Child with Foundational Life Skills
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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#106 Fighting the Feelings of Failure
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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#105: Parent Teacher Association
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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#104 Revisiting #25: In Memory of When We Could Sleep In
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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#103: It feels Biblical: What About Parenting is Plaguing You?
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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#102 - Revisiting #75: Embracing Personal Growth: Parent Coaching
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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#101 Start of 2023 Inventory
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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#100 It’s A Wrap, 2022!
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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#99 Can I Get Some Satisfaction?
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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#98 - A Note of Gratitude
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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#97 Sweet Friendship Refreshes the Soul
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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#96: How Can We Create Space for Emotional Processing
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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#95: Heritage Month REPLAY: Honoring Abuela
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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#94: Torn UNFILTERED
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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#94 Interview with the Queen of the Crossroad, Barika Porter
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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#92: Beyond the Fear: Lived Experience Tips
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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#91: Beyond the Fear: Fear of Change Management
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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#90: Beyond the Fear: What Ifs
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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#89: Beyond the Fear: Fear of the Unknown: Unaware and Unable to Prepare
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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#88: Beyond the Fear: What are your fears?
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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#87: Torn: Finding A Mom Life Balance: Beyond the Guilt , S4 Ep8 - Choosing Grace
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Torn: Finding A Mom Life Balance: Beyond the Guilt , S4 Ep7 - Book Club: Torn True Story Memoir
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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#86: Torn: Finding A Mom Life Balance: Beyond the Guilt , Season 4 Episode 6 - Mommy Methodology
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May 25, 2022 |
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#85: Torn: Finding A Mom Life Balance: Beyond the Guilt , Season 4 Episode 5 - Safe Space
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May 11, 2022 |
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Torn: Finding A Mom Life Balance: Beyond the Guilt , Season 4 Episode 4 - Feeling Not Enough
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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#84: Torn: Finding A Mom Life Balance: Beyond the Guilt , Season 4 Episode 4 - Feeling Not Enough
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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#83: Torn: Finding A Mom Life Balance: Beyond the Guilt , Season 4 Episode 3 - Who Are We?
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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#82: Torn: Finding a Mom Life Balance: Beyond the Guilt, Season 4 Episode 2 - Who Am I?
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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#81: Beyond the Guilt: Balancing Act
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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#80: How does your family discuss hard topics?
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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#79: Sibling Love
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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#78: Parental L-O-V-E
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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#77: Tribute to Tia Elisa
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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#76: Happy Birthday to Mi!
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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#75: Embracing Personal Growth: Parent Coaching
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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#74: Embracing Personal Growth: Choosing a Coach
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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#73: The Fourth Quarter of 2021
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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#72: What are the benefits of gratitude?
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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#71: Take 2: Avoiding Mommy Burnout
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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#70: Torn Therapy
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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#69: Celebrating Hispanic/ Latinx Heritage Month
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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#68: Be Here Now.
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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#67: Remote Living
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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#66: Summer Series: #6 Back to School Readiness
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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#65: Summer Series: #5 It’s Okay to Say No
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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#64: Summer Series: #4 Cultural Exploration
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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#63: Summer Series: #3 Summer Learning
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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#62: Summer Series: #2 Just Keep Swimming
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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#61: Summer Series: #1 Build Your Parenting Summer Survival Kit
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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#60: Tribute to Mental Health Awareness Month
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May 26, 2021 |
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#59: What Moms Want for Mother’s Day- An Uncut Version
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May 12, 2021 |
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#58: National Poetry Month Celebration
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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#57: SPRING CLEANING
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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#56: Interview with Kaaryn Rabolli: Home-Schooling Mom & Photographer
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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#55: Anniversary Episode dedicated to Women’s History Month
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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#54: Bitter Momma
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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#53: Hip Momma
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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#52: Is Giving Life about Nurturing or Sacrifice?
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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#51: Becoming Mom Minded
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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#50: Special Ep- Kick Start 2021 with Intention: 50 Intentions in Celebration of our 50th Episode!
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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#49: 2020 Lessons Learned
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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#48: ’Tis the Season
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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#47: Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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#46: Confessions: Just Mims
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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#45: The Holiday Prep Pressure
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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#44: The Grind
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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#43: Special Episode: Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month Dedication to Abuela
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Oct 11, 2020 |
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#42: Camping 101
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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#41: Coping During Phase 2 and Beyond
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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#40: How Does a Momma Manage Virtual Life?
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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#39: Parenting through Virtual Times
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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#38: Avoiding Mom Burnout
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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#37: Uncharted Territory: Parenting and a Pandemic
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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#36: No Choice
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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#35: Seasons of Transition
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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#34: Midyear Goals Accountability & Reframing
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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#33: A Legacy of Grace: Honoring Abuela
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May 27, 2020 |
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#32: Interview with Andrea of Astoria in Heels
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May 13, 2020 |
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#31: Torn to Shreds
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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#30: Torn Moments- Fantasy Thoughts vs. Reality
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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#29: Torn Thoughts
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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#28: Torn Finding a Mom Life Balance Anniversary Episode - One Year
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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#27: Parenting Values from Childhood
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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#26: Bedtime Stories Past and Present- Happy Read Across America Week!
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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#25: In Memory of When We Could Sleep In
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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#24: Body Image
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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#23: Kicking Off 2020
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Jan 25, 2020 |
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#22: Start 2020 Refreshed
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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#21: Interview with Mildred Ruttenberg
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Dec 25, 2019 |
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#20: Interview with Ada Duran
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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#19: Date Night
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Nov 28, 2019 |
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#18: The Promise in Reflection
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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#17: School Tour Season
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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#16: Magnified Mend: Time Alone
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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#15: Torn to be Present
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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#14: Back to School Mode
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Sep 05, 2019 |
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#13: Motherhood Stigma
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Aug 21, 2019 |
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#12: Overwhelmed Much?
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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#11: How Motherhood Changes the Meaning of Vacation
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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#10: SPECIAL EPISODE Becoming Moms: Stories of Adoption, Labor, Birth and Love
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Jul 11, 2019 |
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#9: Division of Labor
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Jun 26, 2019 |
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#8: How to Manage Your Wallet
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Jun 12, 2019 |
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#7: Motherhood and Mental Health
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May 29, 2019 |
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#6: Career versus Stay at Home
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May 15, 2019 |
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#5: Mommy Me Time: Does it Exist?
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May 01, 2019 |
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#4: Lessons through the Seasons
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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#3: First Year Surprises
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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#2: Mom Blueprint
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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#1: Meet the Hosts
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Mar 06, 2019 |