Recent Posts
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Guest Interview, Health, Parenting
Simple, Everyday Coping Tactics (with Janine Halloran, LMHC)
Do you ever hear wellness advice and think, “OMG I DO NOT HAVE TIME OR ENERGY FOR MORE THINGS?” Christine chats with Janine Halloran, a licensed mental health counselor and mom of 2 who offers families and professionals practical ways to help kids cope with stress, anxiety, and anger. Christine and Janine talk about the state of kids’ mental health, moments of hope, and simple, everyday coping tactics to get through the end of the school year and reset over the summer.
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Listening Habits + Fresh Finds
In a podcast listening rut? After her physical therapist bossed her into getting earbuds, Christine stumbled upon some unexpected ways that the earbuds changed her daily experience. She shares these discoveries, plus her new strategy to discover and “audition” fresh listens. She also shares what she’s auditioning now.
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Media & Entertainment Favorites (with Kelsey Wharton & Erica Ladd)
Creativity is a gift—books, podcasts, TV, and movies can educate, inspire, entertain, and even help us fall asleep! Christine chats with Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd of The Girl Next Door podcast about what has captivated their attention recently. Major shocker? There was not a single overlap title in their picks!
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Community Solutions + Advocacy for Families (with Dr. Melissa Merrick)
Even though preventing child abuse and neglect may seem like something that happens in the privacy of a home, child adversity is a public issue. Every child deserves to thrive. And kids need safe, stable, and nurturing relationships and environments in order to do so. Christine talks with Dr. Melissa Merrick of Prevent Child Abuse America about how we can make change together in community to support kids.
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Lifestyle, Relationships, Work
Couch to People’ing Training Plan
According to a 100% unofficial poll Christine conducted on Instagram Stories, 99% of respondents have gone ridiculously soft in terms of being-in-the-world endurance. Christine shares about the recent real life people’ing exhaustion that inspired her poll and the key tenets of what she is calling her Couch to People’ing Training Plan, including people-endurance building ideas, travel tactics, how to deal with mom guilt, and more.
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Guest Interview, Parenting, Work
Storytelling, Uncertainty & Optimism (with Mary Laura Philpott)
What do you do when life serves up a moment that upends your perspective on parenting and leads to uncertainty and anxiety? Christine talks with Mary Laura Philpott, bestselling author, former bookseller, former public radio host, and turtle enthusiast. Christine and Mary Laura talk about storytelling, wrestling with uncertainty, small delights, writerly habits, and more. Mary Laura’s new book “Bomb Shelter” arrives everywhere April 12.
