BONUS | Am I still a good mother if I don't want to be a stay-at-home-mom?
SUMMARY This week's listener question: "Am I still a good mother if I don't want to be a stay-at-home-mom?" Join Very Good Mothers Club...
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VERY GOOD ENOUGH
Very good is a moving target, but we think you can be a very good (enough) parent if you love your kids and try hard. Join mother of three Jess Hover and preschool teacher Layne Deyling Cherland as we tackle how to understand toddler behavior from THEIR perspective, how to build a non-judgmental community of moms, how to repair our mistakes and have healthy relationships with our partners/kids/selves, plus so much more of what we call "people stuff"!
We're here to take care of the people who take care of children - moms, dads and everyone else!
A Podcast From Very Good Mothers Club
Theme by Conner Cherland
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Jess' Birth Stories | What it's really like to give birth (three times!)
SUMMARY Today Layne asks Jess all about her birth stories. We talk about how it feels when childbirth doesn't go as planned and how...
BONUS | Do I have adult ADHD?
SUMMARY This week's listener question: "Do I have ADHD?" This question came from our friend on Instagram but we've also been hearing from...
Food-Brain-Mood | Nutritionist Dani Roy on how to transform your mental health through food
SUMMARY This week we welcome our first guest on the pod! Dani Roy is perinatal nutritionist who Layne has worked with to manage her...
BONUS | Why is my 3-year-old so crazy?
SUMMARY This week's listener question: "My son just turned three...It's as if he's demon possessed. Like, full on terror 🤣. Super rough...
We Are All Just Practicing | How to break free from parenting perfectionism
SUMMARY Welcome back! We are kicking off this season by exploring how to stop judging yourself and start enjoying the journey of...
Mothers Not Martyrs | How to embrace motherhood without losing yourself
Season 2 Episode 12 Summary Jess shares her personal story of navigating the identity shift from professional life into motherhood. We...
When Marriage is Meh | How to grow a happy marriage that lasts a lifetime
Season 2 Episode 11 SUMMARY Marriage is hard. You can't see the end from the beginning and sometimes the middle is "meh." Jess has been...
Questions To Make You Fall In Love | Get to know us
Season 2 Episode 10 SUMMARY This week Jess surprises Layne with a Q&A style quiz guaranteed to make two people fall in love. It sparks...
Life is Only Your Experience | How to not miss out on your life
Season 2 Episode 9 SUMMARY Sometimes we finish recording, set the mics down and THEN have the conversation of a lifetime. This audio-only...
No Thank You | How to hold personal boundaries with your kids and why it matters
Season 2 Episode 8 SUMMARY How can I be a loving mom (dad, parent, teacher) without getting burnt out? How do I teach my kids it's not ok...
Parenting As a Creative Act | Why boredom is GOOD for you and how to use it
Season 2 Episode 7 SUMMARY Before life with kids, we didn't know it was possible to be over-stimulated and completely BORED at the same...
Can 1-Year-Olds Play Independently? | Ways to make home the best place for learning
Season 2 Episode 6 SUMMARY Layne and Jess deep dive into what 1-year-olds are thinking and how they can learn to play independently so...
The Thing I Hate About Moms | How to foster an inclusive and supportive motherhood culture
Season 2 Episode 5 SUMMARY Moms (maybe all women?) treat each other very badly and Jessica Hover hates it. She hates the "us vs. them"...
Play Is The Secret To Everything | The number one way to impact your child's life
Season 2 Episode 4 SUMMARY Play shapes every aspect of who your child is becoming and you might not even know what it really is. Do you...
Depression Talks | What mental illness is really like and how to heal
Season 2 Episode 3 SUMMARY Jess and Layne reveal their personal histories with depression (and some bonus mental health issues). Layne...
On vs IN | How to cultivate a sense of direction in life
Season 2 Episode 2 SUMMARY It’s easy to get stuck inside the experience of each day and let one string together with the next until they...
True Love in the Real World | How to make marriages work and when to end them
Season 2 Episode 1 SUMMARY: Happy Valentines Day, podcast loves! We are back with season 2 and jumping right in with an episode all about...
Christmas Mailbag Q&A
Season 1 Episode 12 Summary To spread the Christmas cheer as far as possible, we filled this episode to brim with ALL listener questions!...
A Field Guide to Understanding Your Toddler | How to see from THEIR perspective
Season 1 Episode 11 Summary Yesterday was sweet babyhood and today is “the terrible twos.” It literally happens overnight – and it just...
The Body Image Confessional | Making peace with your body in your thirties
Season 1 Episode 10 Summary Introducing our JUICIEST (and longest) episode yet! We had neat and tidy plan for this topic which flew out...
Real-Life vs. Expectations | What Christmas with kids really feels like (and how to make it better!)
Season 1 Episode 9 Summary ‘Tis the season to mute social media accounts whose perfect photos cause too many feelings (just until...
Bonus | A blessing for holidays when you are hurting
Bonus Episode Summary We’re stopping by for just a few minutes this Thanksgiving to offer some love and solidarity to those for whom...
Hold Your Shape | How to set powerful boundaries with family at the holidays (and every day!)
Season 1 Episode 8 Summary Holidays belong to all of us and we want to make them meaningful for ourselves and our individual families,...
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