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The Darling Mom podcast fields your questions, no matter how personal or practical, and offers the responsive voice of a mother in return. Shandee Mikesh and Jill Dyer will answer your letters with truth, bad-ass humor, and confession. Send your letters to thisisdarlingmom@gmail.com.

Shandee Mikesh & Jill Dyer

  • May 5, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • monthly NEW EPISODES
  • 31m AVG DURATION
  • 30 EPISODES


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Latest episodes from Darling Mom

Parenting Adult Children

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2020 37:22


Our friend, Chris Flynn, joins us on the podcast to talk about parenting adult children.

Panic

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2020 33:14


Join us for a discussion on how low-grade anxiety builds up in our bodies to produce moments of panic. Covid-19 is impacting us in a whole-body way.

Covid-19 Support

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2020 34:12


We are back! How can we bring support to ourselves and others during Covid-19?

New Decade

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2020 24:16


Join us as we enter the new decade with reflection and hope.

Team Christmas

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2019 29:55


Join us as we discuss the coming holiday and what it brings up, both past and present.

Raging Orphan Need

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2019 37:05


Today we address the "raging need" that exists in our unparented places. We hope you will add your comments. The following article is referenced. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/02/20/280237833/orphans-lonely-beginnings-reveal-how-parents-shape-a-childs-brain

DarlingThanksgiving

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 29:29


Join us as we discuss joy and complexity around the holidays. How can we be present to our experiences and kind towards what we want and what is reality?

Adoption and Trauma

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2019 35:11


Join us in a conversation about neuroplasticity and rewiring the brain of the adopted child. Or any child who has experienced trauma. Attachment quiz mentioned in podcast: https://www.web-research-design.net/cgi-bin/crq/crq.pl

Therapeutic Reparenting

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 25:29


Join us as we engage a listener question: How can therapy be a reparenting agent?

How do you reparent?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 26:00


We have had some questions about reparenting. What does it actually look like? Join us for a conversation!

Holding Space for Anxiety

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2019 35:59


Join us as we discuss how we are learning to hold space for ourselves and our family as our bodies experience anxiety.

We're back! With apologies for ghosting you.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2019 29:21


Welcome back! Join us on the podcast today to hear our hopes for Darling Mom for the fall season.

#mothersdayhangover

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 29:17


Did the events of Mother's Day leave you feeling like you have an emotional hangover? Join the Darling Mom team as we discuss our gritty experiences.

Have a Gritty Mother's Day

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2019 28:44


Mother's Day can be painful, joyful or most likely, a large mix of both. Join the Darling Mom Team as we discuss ways to access grief, pathways to joy, and how to live into the grit required to live through a tricky holiday.

Humans Require Inclusion to Invest

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2019 35:46


The Darling Mom Team shares on a brilliant Richard Rohr quote and how it applies to us as parents and people.

Preteens & Sexuality

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2019 38:12


We answer a letter on the topic of sexuality and preteens. How can we deal with our own issues of discomfort and find a relaxed and safe place to parent from?

Body Dysmorphia with Liberty Bain

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2019 30:20


We speak with Liberty Bain on part 2 of our Health and Wellness episode. Liberty helps us respond to the letter of a mother whose daughter may be entering the heart-breaking terrain of an eating disorder. Liberty is a health wellness coach who is passionate about helping women find and take their next right steps. She loves coming alongside women whether it's for weight loss, nutrition renovation or relationship repair she helps you pinpoint desire and cover the ground between where you are and where you want to be. Her specialty is helping implement seemingly huge changes one small, sustainable step at a time. She can be reached via email at Nourishnewlife@gmail.com or phone (901)262-2155.

Health and Wellness with Liberty Bain

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2019 27:45


Join us as Liberty Bain helps us answer a letter regarding health and wellness from reader Forty & Fading. We also speak to young moms needing a boost in the child-bearing/child-wearing years. Liberty is a health wellness coach who is passionate about helping women find and take their next right steps. She loves coming alongside women whether it's for weight loss, nutrition renovation or relationship repair she helps you pinpoint desire and cover the ground between where you are and where you want to be. Her specialty is helping implement seemingly huge changes one small, sustainable step at a time. She can be reached via email at Nourishnewlife@gmail.com or phone 9012622155. She offers a free strategy session to begin your journey to wellness.

Darling Divorced

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2019 29:29


We engage a reader letter discussing how to be with your children while mourning your divorce.

The Journey To Your Enneagram Number

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2019 25:10


This week we talk about how finding your Enneagram number is not a one time thing but rather a journey toward self-discovery. Why do you do the things you do? Join us as we talk about subtypes and why some numbers can express themselves similarly. We continue to be grateful to our friend, Laurie Proctor, for her wisdom and teaching. You can find Laurie at www.sowthat.com.

Reparenting throught the lens of the Enneagram

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2019 32:19


Join the Darling Mom team as we look at the Enneagram to discover what we might have needed from our caregivers as we were growing up.

Parenting and the Enneagram with Laurie Proctor Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2019 42:35


Enneagram expert and coach, Laurie Proctor, talks with us about parenting. Listen in for her great wisdom and lots of parenting stories. You can find Laurie at www.sowthat.com.

The Enneagram and Parenting, Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2019 38:01


The Enneagram is a powerful tool for transformation. What is the lens you see the world with? What if you could better learn the language of the ones you love? Join the Darling Mom team as we talk with Enneagram expert, Laurie Proctor, to unveil how the Enneagram could provide powerful parenting resources.

The Mental Load

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2019 31:28


Join us for a discussion on the mental load of mothering. We speak to different phases and needs that we go through as parents and how to attend to our selves and our kids.

The Way Through

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2019 30:41


How do we move through our grief towards hope? Join the Darling Mom team as we consider hoping and dreaming as a practice of self-care that tends our grief.

What is a normal ask?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2019 34:26


Join us in a conversation about reciprocity in relationships and how we tend the neglect in our lives.

Tell Me About Neglect

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2019 28:33


How has neglect play into your story? The Darling Mom team addresses a letter writer's questions around neglect.

Reparenting is NOT Darling

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2019 30:55


Join the Darling Mom team as we engage listener letters that struggle with the name "Darling Mom." *Itunes coming soon!

The First Letter

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 27:38


Join the Darling Mom team as we engage our first listener letter. We talk about boundaries and creating your own family culture.

What is Darling Mom?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2019 29:15


Shandee Mikesh and Jill Dyer invite you to consider where you are still growing up. Write to us at thisisdarlingmom@gmail.com. Follow us on Instagram @thisisddarlingmom, on our Darling Mom Facebook page, and our website - darlingmom.com.

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