If your child struggles with anxiety, you know the balancing act between helping them feel safe and helping them become more resilient. Dr. Mary Wilde is here to help. In this episode she explains what anxiety is and teaches us how to focus on building our kids' (and our own) resources rather than putting our energy into minimizing risk. Dr. Mary W…

Do your kids have good manners? What does that even mean? Today we talk to Brooke Romney, author of 52 Modern Manners for Today’s Teens, Volumes 1 and 2, and 52 Modern Manners for Kids. We discuss this idea of manners and how we can teach our kids social skills that will help them connect with other people and become more confident. You can find mo…

Whitney interviews moms from the village that helped raise her. They talk about friendship, the work that goes into building it, and some of their kids' shenanigans.

This summer I fell 30 feet in a rock climbing accident. Here's my story.

Screentime is a struggle--setting boundaries, resetting those boundaries, keeping kids safe, teaching them how to be intentional about tech. In this episode Whitney shares some of the ups and downs of screentime experiments in her own family. For more episodes about managing screentime, check out the rest of the series: 68: How Andrea Davis Manages…

Jessica Jackson’s framework for transitioning from surviving to thriving might just transform your whole way of looking at motherhood and life (because survival mode isn’t exclusive to motherhood). Best of all, Jessica has given me words to describe the transition from survival mode to re-entry to normalizing to exploring to thriving and even soari…

Hillary Wilkinson, one of the founders of Healthy Screen Habits tells the story about how she helped start this organization, shares research about kids and screens, walks us through some safeguards we can put in place, shares some great ways we can connect with our kids through tech, and teaches us some healthy screen habits.…

Seven ways to create a healthy digital culture and connect with your kids. Featuring advice from seven different tech-savvy moms: Andrea Davis, betterscreentime.com Hillary Wilkinson, healthyscreenhabits.com Catherine Pearlman, thefamilycoach.com Jen Brimhall, raisethegood.com Alex Fales, mindfulwithmedia.com Kailan Carr, quietbookqueen.com Chanell…

In which we talk about all the expectations in the winter season, plus parenting expectations in general. I also talk about some of the experiments going on here in the Archibald home from family discussions to chores to Christmas gifts, plus a new podcasting adventure for me.

Christina Acosta shares practical tips for building friendships, from analyzing and repairing past friendships to going deep and getting beyond surface relationships. Christina is the founder of Growing Up Gorgeous, a community for black women of faith.

Ideas for making time to connect with friends and organizing gatherings, from one-on-one activities to small groups, to parties and even traveling with friends.

Twelve tips about making new friends from seven different moms.Par Whitney Archibald

Katherine Wintsch struggled with self-doubt and perfectionism for years—even while outwardly achieving all her goals as a successful advertising executive. Then she decided to confront and slay those dragons of fear and doubt, rethink her priorities, and start her own company, where she could redefine work-life culture.…

In which I discuss some of the fall experiments that have been working for us as we drive kids from one activity to another. I'll talk about our big push to improve hygiene and sleep habits, our holiday experiments, and then update you on some plans for How She Moms and other related projects.

Kathryn Thompson was having a great day--just killing it. But then self-doubt tried to creep it's way in. Right then and there, she stopped those thoughts and started a new practice--collecting drops of awesome, little successes that add up to a full bucket of awesomeness. She tells her story and other practices that help her keep self-doubt at bay…

Dr. Catherine Pearlman, author of the fabulous book, First Phone, talks about how we can empower kids to make good choices about how they use technology. For more resources from Catherine, go to thefamilycoach.com

Gini Ewart's teenage daughter was getting in some serious trouble. Just when Gini thought she had tried everything, she learned some key principles that transformed her relationship with her daughter.

Fourteen tactics for connecting with teens, from ten different moms.

In 1983, Ellen Weir Casey delivered the first "test-tube baby" born in Colorado,paving the way for the more than 8 million in vitro babies that have been born since--including my own miracle baby. She tells her amazing story on the podcast today.

My kids help me evaluate all of our summer experiments, from jobs to swimming to family reunions and lots of bravery.

Teenagers are people too! Camille Ward, co-host of the Family Looking Up Podcast, shares her connection-first approach to parenting teenagers, while still setting boundaries and preparing them to go out into the world.

Mary Van Geffen is spicy. Which is why she's made it her mission as a parenting coach to help parents understand their own spicy children. In this episode, Mary teaches how to manage our own reactions as we parent these amazing kids. Get Mary's guide to Finding Your Calm here: https://maryvangeffen.ck.page/42c9542683…

100 episodes! To celebrate, I thought I'd put together an episode of some of the ways the amazing moms I've interviewed have helped me (and maybe some of you) rethink motherhood. I somehow narrowed it down to 12 (or so) ideas that have helped me become a better mom over the past three years. Here's to many more (years and great ideas)!…

Welcome to Season 4! Here's a teaser of some of the topics and guests I plan to feature in this season, plus a behind-the-scenes look at how I put the podcast together.

Bryce Reddy is a family therapist specializing in maternal mental health, and one of the most quotable people I've ever interviewed. In this eisode, she shares her insights about mom guilt, judgement, and how we can support each other.

Devan James and Alexis Mayberry have known each other since middle school. They’ve supported each other through relationships, babies, and more babies. Last year, they decided to spread the love and support to other moms by recording season one of their podcast, Word2yamuva. We had a great conversation, from mommy wars to mom guilt to discipline to…

A conversation with Renee Reina, host of The Mom Room Podcast, about mom guilt, comparisons, toxic mom culture, and the division of labor at home.

A quarterly update on the experiments host Whitney Archibald is trying at home. This one includes setting boundaries (or not) about how many activities to pack into one season, travel, bedtime and morning routines, and of course, screentime.

Ten tips from sixteen different moms (and one dad) about how to support each other, make healthy comparisons, and just be good neighbors. Cue Mr. Rogers.

Are Mommy Wars real? And if so, how do we end them? Today, we discuss the history of the Mommy Wars, what they're all about, and how we can end them, already.

Today we get to take a deep dive into organizing our homes with Jen Martin, founder of the fabulous company Reset Your Nest. We’ll talk about Jen’s overall approach to organizing, from the perspective of both organizing for clients and in her own home. Then we’ll go deeper into three specific areas: the kitchens, the toy room, and the garage.…

Dana K. White is a decluttering expert for the rest of us. The ones who struggle. We discuss her decluttering process, her Cinderella story from slob to home management guru, clutter thresholds, and teaching our kids to declutter (or at least attempting to).Par Whitney A Archibald

The first of three episodes focusing first on the strategic level of managing stuff, then decluttering, then organizing. In this episode, we delve into our objectives for decluttering and organizing our homes, our relationships with our stuff, how our personalities affect the way we manage our stuff, and how we decide what to keep and what to chuck…

Monica Packer, host of the About Progress podcast, philosophizes about the origins and impact of mom guilt in her own life and in general.Par Whitney A Archibald

Ten tips to help you deal with mom guilt and shame--from ten different moms.

What is mom guilt and why do we feel it?

This episode gives you permission to celebrate birthdays in whatever way fits your personality and family. But--it also includes a piñata full of great ideas about how different moms do birthday parties, gifts, food, and relationship-building traditions.Par Whitney A Archibald

Dr. Anna Lisa Jones talks about recovering from pregnancy both physically and mentally, which are really all wrapped up together. She tells her story about how she learned to prioritize her own health after having four children, and also about how she helps her patients recover—including me!Par Whitney Archibald

My home is my laboratory. I talk about our current experiments including our current bedtime and morning routines; physical fitness; teen driving; chores; and my recent, life-changing surgery. I also do a little Christmas post-mortem to talk about what worked and what didn’t this holiday season. After I tackle tech, I’ll also share some experiments…

My dear friend Kelley Durrant tells about the unexpected paths she has traveled as a mother. Paths that have included a lot of challenges: infertility, the loss of a daughter; a son with special needs; but also lots of learning, giving, and adventure, including a surprise, record-breaking physical talent; a year living abroad; and a cow named Tina.…

In this second half of the workshop about sharing family work, we’re going to dive into the work that goes into running a family. We’ve already talked about what goes into caring for ourselves and individual people within the family, which constitutes a large part of family work. But there’s also those communal responsibilities of feeding a family,…

A strategic level workshop about how to: Make invisible work visible Show kids what they need to learn how to do to take care of themselves when they’re an adult Empower kids to take on more responsibility Figure out a deliberate plan for sharing family work Identify the individual strengths and talents of family members Evaluate your priorities Se…

Ten ways to help your kids connect with their ancestors.

Fifteen different ways to write about your family, from short and simple to prolific. LInks to journals, books, and courses mentioned: Back and Forth Journal Flecks of Gold Journal Thriving in Motherhood Journal Family Yearbook Course by Miss Freddy (code: howshemoms) The Thank You Project

In last week’s episode: How She Manages Family Photos, we talked about why it’s important to take family pictures and videos, and how to organize them and back them up. This week, we’re going to talk about what comes next—how we get use those photos and videos to tell our families’ stories. Links: Video clips missfreddy.com (code: howshemoms for 20…

The purpose of this episode is not to make you feel guilty or overwhelmed about all the things you should be doing with your family photos. The goal today is to help you create a system for managing your photos that works for you, in your current stage of life. We’ll give you some tools and show you how five different moms manage their photos, but …

Janet Thompson, a mother of six and one of my motherhood mentors shares eight tips to create an inviting family culture.

Stay-at-home mom? Homemaker? Simply "mom"? In this episode we try to answer the elusive question: What is the best job title for a woman who makes a career out of taking care of children and managing a home.

Maria Eckersley is the queen of what she calls easy, lazy fun, from a quirky family book club to flying pancakes. In this episode, we talk about some of her fun ideas and about how to create a positive family culture, how to pursue your own passions while cultivating your kids’ passions, and how to overcome trials.…

Vanessa Quigley, co-founder of Chatbooks, shares the story of how--and why--they started the company and gives lots of great tips about taking, storing, curating, and enjoying family photos.