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36: Survival Mode Series, Part 5

In this episode, we're diving into the mental load—the invisible planning, remembering, coordinating, and managing that often falls disproportionately on women. And how this influences our nervous system and survival mode.

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35: Survival Mode Series, Part 4

In this episode, we’re talking about one of the most common modern relationship habits — checking your phone during conflict — and why it often feels so much deeper than “just looking at a screen.”

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34: Survival Mode Series, Part 3

In this episode, we are continuing the series on why so many women are stuck in Survival Mode. We talk all about when someone disconnects or stonewalls during conflict, and ways to regulate, let go, or continue the conversation healthily.

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33: Survival Mode Series, Part 2

In this episode, we are continuing the series on why so many women are stuck in Survival Mode. We talk all about dealing with people whose moods we can’t predict. How it feels, what it looks like, and how to adjust yourself so it doesn’t impact you so much.

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32: Survival Mode Series, Part 1

In this episode, we are starting a new series on why so many women are stuck in Survival Mode. Today, we are starting with that feeling of dismissal or non-importance when we bring up something that matters to us.

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31: Phone Addiction

In this episode, we’re talking about something almost all of us deal with: our relationship with our phones. Phone addiction is real, and we all deal with it. It’s how we handle it that matters.

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30: Kindness Certified

In this episode, we’re talking about adult friendship — why it feels so hard as busy millennial mompreneurs, how friendships change over time, the ‘catch-up friend,’ how we navigate our kids’ friendships (especially when we’re friends with the parents), and what it really looks like to try to make new friends in your 40s.

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29: Friendships

In this episode, we’re talking about adult friendship — why it feels so hard as busy millennial mompreneurs, how friendships change over time, the ‘catch-up friend,’ how we navigate our kids’ friendships (especially when we’re friends with the parents), and what it really looks like to try to make new friends in your 40s.

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28: Organization & (Physical) Clutter

In this episode, we’re talking about organization, real-life organization, not Pinterest perfection. And more specifically, the clutter that makes life feel heavier than it needs to.

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27: One Year!

In this episode, we are celebrating our 1st anniversary!! We wanted to take this time to reintroduce ourselves and to explain a little more about the name of this podcast and why we started it.

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26: Circle Back

It’s that time of year, not Christmas, that’s over, the time when everything you said you would “circle back” to is finally catching up with you.

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25: Self Care

Welcome to season 2 of You Handled That Perfectly! In the spirit of the New Year, we're discussing self-care today. We will divide this into three sections: personal self-care, family self-care, and professional self-care.

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24: New Years!

In this episode, we are lightening things up and talking about the New Year. We are reflecting on 2025 and looking forward to 2026. We will review our words for the year and share our words for the upcoming year. Plus, talk about our traditions for New Year’s Eve.

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23: Safety Series: Kids Offline

In this episode, we discuss keeping our kids safe offline! We talked a lot about keeping them safe online in the last episode, but what about when they are away from their screens? How do we keep them safe during everyday life?

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22: Safety Series: Kids Online

In this episode, we discuss keeping our kids safe online! We live in a technological world, and it is more important than ever to keep our kids safe while they’re online or on their phones!

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21: The Holidays

In this episode, we discuss the holidays! And everything that goes with them, from gift giving/receiving to the mental load and travel!

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20: The Hobby Stigma

In this episode, we discuss how entrepreneurial jobs are often viewed as a hobby or considered “less than” in the home and the world, particularly for women.

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19: Identity Crisis - Empty Nesters

We are wrapping up our series on identity crisis. I am sure this is not the last we will talk about identity crises, because as moms, we go through so many changes throughout our lives.

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17: Identity Crisis - Birth & Postpartum

In this episode, we are starting a new series all about identity crises. We’ll explore three different phases of life that all involve a shift in who we are as mothers and as women.

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