The Mother Connection

Here, we talk with our friend Jill who is a Nurse Practitioner in Gynecology about periods, puberty and much more.

Here, we chat briefly about our experiences with the eclipse. (Mostly about the traffic. )

Here, we continue our conversation about generations and parenting and (among other things) how technology has down stream effects on society.

Here, we begin a conversation about mothering and mothering advice through the ages, with highlights from The Better Homes and Gardens Baby Book published in 1956 and Genrations by Jean M Twenge.

Here we talk about how it is okay to say no to things if your plate is already feeling full.

Here ,we talk with Cat who is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, about ADHD in children. We discuss, among other things, how ADHD might affect children (and therefore mothers and caregivers), possible treatment options and amazing things like the brain.

Here, we briefly chat about our experience with sports and kids...and how in America right now there seems to be a lot of emphasis on them.

We are back! Here, we talk with Cally's sister-in-law, Naty, who moved to United States with her family from Argentina. We talk about (among other things) making adjustments and courageously moving though all different kinds of obstacles, going through breast cancer and the advice she would give other moms in her position.

Here, we conclude our two part episode with Cally's friend and children's book author about her experience mothering a child who is transgender non-binary.

Here, we talk with Cally's friend and children's book author Vanessa about (among other topics) her experience mothering a child who is transgender non-binary.

Here, we chat with Cally's longtime friend about her family dynamic where her husband is the stay at home parent.

Here, we chat briefly about our kids going back to school and what that is like for us (and our kids).

Here we chat with the totally authentic and driven Lauren about (among other conversations) being a business owner, mother of two young children and the unbelievably delicious and popular food businesses Honeycomb Bakery and Cafe and Eastern Standard Provisions.

Here, we continue talking to Kristin about what it has been like to mother through and with breast cancer.

Here, we talk with Cally's good friend Kristin about her experience mothering through breast cancer with two young children.

Here, we talk again with our friends Janet and Courtney who are the mother/daughter duo behind the clothing store JMode in Salem, MA about Spring Fashion.

We continue our conversation with Eliza about Substance Use Disorders, motherhood, ups and downs, forgiveness and hope.

In Part One, we talk with our friend about the early stages of her navigating through motherhood (among other things) when she discovered her partner had a Substance Use Disorder.

Here we interview Cally's friend who has experience mothering through a peanut allergy. Even if you do not have experience in this world, it deals with managing anxieties of all kinds.

For this episode, we interview each other, rather than a guest, about what's it is like to experience the holidays as a mother when you have lost someone.

We talk with our friend Mary who has endured infertility, miscarriage and extreme loss but always held on to hope. Her strength, resiliency and resourcefulness is unbelievably inspiring. And also......her scrumptious daughter, Paige joins us. Content warning; this episode deals with miscarriage and loss.

We chat with Janet and her daughter Courtney who between them, have years of experience in the clothing and fashion industry, about moms and style.

For this September episode, we decided to focus on mothers during WWII. The general dates of this massive global conflict are September 1, 1939-Septmeber 2, 1945 and was the bloodiest conflict and largest war in history. Millions of lives were lost to battle, bombing, displacement and The Holocaust. Listen as we talk with our friend Kate who grew up in England post war. She talks of her mother, Rose, who was raising Kate's older sister when war broke out in England. 

Get to the know our voices and styles as we interview various moms in different locations.