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Jerry Kolber, producer of National Geographic's series "Brain Games" and current podcast host of "Who Smarted," talks about three ways to make learning more fun and easier for moms. 

Happy summer Mom-Squad! We're dropping one of our fav re-releases from years past that is sure to make your week.  We hope summer is going well for you and hope that you enjoy this listen!

Jenny Layton (professional organizer) and (actual) mother, joined us long ago to tackle how to get organized for summer.  There is never a better time to take this one on than now!  Summer is upon us moms!  It's GO TIME!  We. Must. Get. Organized. Or. Die!!!!!

Recently, the three of us have been discussing how often we are surprised by kids manners (or lack thereof).  It occurred to us (in horror) that it was incredibly possible that other parents may be shocked by our kids manners.  We decided it was time to discuss the issue of manners and what happened to them in our world.  We brainstorm, discuss, laugh, and come up with a game plan for how we are using this summer to bring back MANNERS!  We hope you enjoy!

Dawn Madsen, also known as The Minimal Mom, blew us away with her ideas on why we should even WANT to minimize (I was sure I wouldn't agree.  Wrong again!) Second, how to even get started.  Lastly, she got specific about 3 ways to simplify/store toys.  Brilliant!  It changed some integral ways that I was viewing toys and helped our homes forever! This one is a must listen for moms!

One of our favorite guests, Kam Price from @Our Family Passport is with us today!  Kam always comes loaded with such fantastic knowledge that will save you thousands and make travel this summer possible.  Enjoy this episode, take notes and get on with the dreaming!

Join us this week for a fun episode with just the three of us talking about the day today fun things (as well as functional things) that we want to do with our kids to make great memories this summer. In this episode we brainstorm ways to hold off insanity while trying to enjoy the best parts of summer! Enjoy!

Our guests are parents of 5 kids and are here to give great tips and tricks to making family travel possible at every income.  If you are ready to make memories this summer but just don't know how to afford it and actually enjoy it with all those kiddos, then this is the episode for you!  Enjoy!

You're in for a treat this week with guest Miranda Anderson @livefreemiranda joining us to talk about finding happiness and adventure in your life (no matter the stage).  This is a fun interview that is perfect to listen to as summer is beginning!  We loved Miranda and know you will too!

It's Mother's Day this week and you know what that means!  It's our favorite season of laughter!  Years ago we decided that the greatest gift we could give all the moms out there was a good 'ol dose of non-perfection, knee-slapping, slightly-peeing LAUGHTER!  So, instead of feeling guilty this mothers day that you are human, sit back and listen to these brave sister mothers share their funniest mom fails!

Our guest, Joya Van Der Laan is a Family Nurse Practitioner, a Functional Medicine Specialist, and an autism mom.  She is joining us this week to discuss helping parents of autistic children.  She discusses three main areas that all parents can focus on: 1. Food as medicine (can be helpful or hurtful) 2. Targeted, individualized, and Intentional supplementation  3. Knowledge and curiosity is key  She also points parents toward many free resources!

All parents have had the moment when their child tells a super obvious lie (because they're not good at it.. at ALL) and they wonder "has my child turned into a liar??  Is this the fast track to rebellion???  Juvenile detention, here we come!"  The truth is that all kids go through a lying phase.  Most don't end up in the clink because of it.  However, nipping the lying in the bud is really important.  Our guest, Kimball Lewis is the CEO of Empowering Parents and is here to share 3 easy things parents can do to keep the lying at bay!  Enjoy!

If the thought of summer coming and kids being home all day, fills you with impending doom about The number of child / parent hostage negotiations that take place day in and day out, then this is the episode for you! listen in as the three of us discuss our new ideas for summer negotiations coming up, how to keep control of a hostage takeover, and how to love the time that we have to be together this summer!

We have an incredible episode this week with author Michaleen Doucleff. In Hunt, Gather, Parent, Doucleff sets out with her three-year-old daughter in tow to learn and practice parenting strategies from families in three of the world’s most venerable communities: Maya families in Mexico, Inuit families above the Arctic Circle, and Hadzabe families in Tanzania. She sees that these cultures don’t have the same problems with children that Western parents do. Most strikingly, parents build a relationship with young children that is vastly different from the one many Western parents develop - it’s built on cooperation instead of control, trust instead of fear, and personalized needs instead of standardized development milestones.

Our good friend and fellow podcaster, Hillary Hess, joins us this week to discuss connecting to our kids through cooking.  We touch opon getting kids ready to go to college, nutrition, and meal planning at every ability level.  This is an episode you won't want to miss!

This week Nina Cruz teaches how to better communicate and relate to our children as we reflect on our own parenting styles. She teaches the value of conscious parenting and how to implent it in our home.

This week we talk all about connection. Our two fabulous guests, Hollie Henderson and Josh Brazier talk about the importance of connection in our families, road blocks to connecton, and how we can improve our interactions with our kids.  It is a great episode for all ages.

For this spring release, we talk traditions that center on kids birthdays, Valentines, and St. Patricks Day.  It's one of the things we love to talk about since all of us have different ideas on how much or how little to do. 

Dana K. White of "A Slob Comes Clean" is with us today!  Dana has come on once before, and has remained in our memory of one of the funniest guests we have had!   Dana, a self confessed former slob, is brilliant at translating organization for the brains of the unorganized SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND! She's genius, fun, and funny! Enjoy!

You know we each love books, so between the three of us we go through our fair share!  On this episode we discuss our latest reads - all the good and all the bad.  We do a lot of laughing and hope you can laugh along with us.