Posts tagged self-care
True Botanicals Founder Hillary Peterson is Cleaning Up the Beauty Industry

#245 • #CleanBeauty: True Botanicals founder and mother of three Hillary Peterson joins us in studio for a heart-to-heart about raising a family while nurturing ambitions and the importance of educating ourselves about what dangers lurk in our skincare products.

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Kate Northrup | Do Less: A Revolutionary Approach to Time and Energy Management for Busy Moms

#239 • Best-selling author Kate Northrup joins Ellie on Atomic Moms to discuss time management for busy moms, how exactly we’re supposed to “do less”, how to break through newborn-land isolation, why tracking our menstrual cycle can increase productivity, and how to ask for help when your family's health is falling apart.

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Fair Play | NYT Bestselling Author Eve Rodsky on Rebalancing Family Responsibilities and Reclaiming Your Time

#233 - A current New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine bookclub pick, FAIR PLAY by Eve Rodsky tackles the question: how can we share domestic responsibilities in a fair and systematic way so that mothers can reclaim their lives from the thankless time-suck of “invisible labor”? Backed with a Harvard Law degree and organizational management know-how, Eve Rodsky is here to share a clear cut system for our modern families. I don’t know about your household, but in ours, too much is falling through the cracks, from forgotten school forms to cherished relationships with friends. We’ve got this one life; how are we going to consciously choose to live it? Eve helps us cut through the crap and figure out a fair approach to managing our domestic lives. Adam and I have just started implementing this system and our marriage is stronger for it. Listen up!

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The Mother's Transformative Journey + How to Strengthen Your Marriage | Britta Bushnell, PhD

This week on Atomic Moms we have a throwback to two episodes with one of our most beloved guests: Britta Bushnell PhD on “The Mother’s Journey” & “How to Strengthen Your Marriage After Children”. In these two raw and real conversations, Britta and Ellie discuss the challenges of emotional intimacy in marriage after kids and the ways in which we can learn to reconnect as a couple post-children. It’s part two of our extremely popular conversation: “The Mother’s Journey: Confronting the Unknown”, which dives deep into mythology, motherhood, and the identity shift we experience as mamas. Dr. Britta brings healing light to the unique challenges and shifts we experience as mamas and walks us through powerful steps to rekindle intimacy with our partner.

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