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High School is long gone, those first few summer jobs are under your belt, and College is DONE! Now what? The expectations post-grad are often high and so is the stress level. In this episode we deconstruct as many of those stress points as we can — and, of course, we give tips on how to navigate the mom and daughter relationship through it. The Curmudgeon's Guide to Getting Ahead by Charles Murray

The college decision process is always a stressful one. Particularly between parent and child. In this episode we talk through our personal experience with this tricky relational transition and offer advice accordingly. If you want to skip to the pièce de rèsistance of advice go to minute 21!

Happy Father's Day!! Dad is our guest! Rick (Dad) shares what he has learned about being a dad past the classic 'dad-of-young-girls' stage. How did Dad learn to love his daughters and celebrate them well while still letting them fly the coup? How do Mom and Dad collaborate (and work through arguments) on parenting? Dad spills all the beans. Listen in!

One of the first big milestones in young adulthood is that first Job Search! As usual, it starts to easily intertwine with parental relationship. How did Mom feel when I looked for my first job? What did we fight about? What have we learned? (You're in luck, we answer ALL those questions in this week's episode -- and more!)

Do PTA Moms fight because they're respective kids aren't getting along? Or do kids fight because they've seen their moms be cold with each other? Chicken or the egg? Either way, we all know emotions run high in the PTA. Listen in to hear our stories about how to be discerning and kind.

What do you do when your daughter starts gossiping? She's sharing with you. It feels good to be included in her life. How do you enjoy this openness without getting too whipped up inside her world of opinions? Or, maybe she's the target of someone else's gossip. How do you wrangle your Mama-bear rage enough to comfort her and find a diplomatic solution? This week, we answer all those questions. We also reference our Bullying Episode: https://www.himompodcast.com/listen-chronologically/episode/a3b56b83/bullying

The mom-daughter relationship never stops. So many Moms who are sending their daughters into adulthood are also finding that they must become caretakers to their own Moms. You become sort of "in-between." Today a listener, Nicola, shares her experience living with her elderly mother. Need some honesty, clever advice, and heartwarming anecdotes? THIS is the episode for you.

Special Thanks to Brittany for making this episode possible! After a year of living back at her parents' house through the pandemic, she shares with us some of her advice. How DO you live with your mom once you're an adult? How do you draw boundaries? How to you find joyful connections? We learned so much from Brittany's wisdom, listen in!

Happy Mother's Day! This year we are specifically blessing many different types of Moms. You all define what it means to be Mom so beautifully. We reference some of our favorite characters as a guide for different types of Moms - none of them are perfect. Just like none of us are perfect. But we can still identify with them.

Here's a list-

Marmee (Little Women), Ma Ingalls (Little House on the Prairie), Fran Fine (The Nanny), Mama (All of a Kind Family), Mother (Ramona and Beezus), Lorelai Gilmore (Gilmore Girls), Mary Jackson (Hidden Figures), Rainbow Johnson (Blackish) and Mrs. Brown (Paddington).

Ingrid dyed her hair and all of a usdden she didn't know who she was anymore - well, maybe it wasn't quite that extreme, but it was close. Today we talk about how much we rely on our physical appearance to communicate for us. And how do we learn to trust the history of our relationships when we aren't feeling confident in ourselves? Have you ever felt totally misrepresented by your physical appearance? Tell us the story: [email protected]