Nora reads a remembrance about someone’s former foster mom.
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If you have anxiety, depression or any sense of the world around you, you know that not *everything* is going to be okay. In fact, many things aren’t okay and never will be! But instead of falling into the pit of despair, we’re bringing you a little OK for your day. E ... Show More
Dec 2018
174. Ruth Whippman (writer) – A mindful, productive, super-positive nation of nervous wrecks
In the years before the election of the impossible president rent forever the very fabric of being, the band Radiohead was busy channeling something many of us were feeling but nobody was really talking about. A kind of ambient, multivalent state of anxiety that seemed to charact ... Show More
47m 35s
Feb 2023
You Can Choose Faith or Fear
<p>Mamas, Aunties, Ladies, and even the Fellas....we're NOT back! BUT we know that you've been feenin worse than Jodeci for NEW Mama's Den episodes so we wanted to drop a special episode to help get you through the weekend. In this very special episode, the Mamas share how these ... Show More
33m 58s
Apr 2020
Bonus: Esther Perel's advice for coping in a pandemic
This week, we turn to Esther Perel, psychotherapist and host of the hit podcast Where Should We Begin?, to help put our fears and emotions around coronavirus in context. She also gives us useful strategies for living in lockdown. There are insights in this episode that we think w ... Show More
38m 21s
Aug 18
Dear Madi - Advice Column, NYC Recap, TS12, OH MY!
<p>This is probably one of those episodes that I should apologize for but alas, here we are. Things start out off the rails and end in a ditch somewhere. Honestly, I had a great time!! We chat TS12, NYC, Disney songs, parenting, Swig, more Taylor Swift, and even Pixar short films ... Show More
57m 42s
Aug 2022
Anxious Thoughts, Daily Struggles & Mental Health Chat
This week I get very real and emotional chatting about feeling anxious, mental struggles, etc. I admit how I've avoided talking about anxiety in the past even though it's been requested a lot because it requires me to be very raw and personal. I made this episode in hopes of rela ... Show More
59m 16s
Sep 8
216. Four Letter Words: Terisk
<p>Watching the film Legally Blonde one day with the subtitles on, numerous perfectly innocuous words were partially asterisked out, because of a technological problem I can't name here lest this episode be blocked from your podfeed, thus becoming an example of the problem itself ... Show More
26m 43s