In this conversation, the speaker discusses the importance of recognizing the gray areas in life, particularly in the context of parenting. They emphasize that life is not simply about good versus evil, but rather about understanding the complexities and intentions behind people's actions. This understanding fosters empathy, compassion, and forgiveness in children, which are essential qualities for their development.
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As the days grow shorter and the to-do lists get longer, it’s easy to feel your energy — and your mood — dip. In this episode of Mom, Interrupted, Ely and Jennifer open up about the mental and emotional weight that can hit during the colder months and how moms can protect their peace before the holiday chaos begins.
From beating the November blues to setting healthy boundaries and redefining self-care, this conversation is all about giving yourself permission to slow down, say no, and find joy in simplicity.
You’ll hear:
- Why the holiday season can trigger stress and burnout
- How to set boundaries without feeling guilty
- Simple, budget-friendly self-care routines that actually work
- Tips for creating a “Mom Reset Routine” to recharge this winter
Because sometimes, the best gift you can give your family — is a well-rested, emotionally grounded you.
In this Halloween-themed episode of Mom Interrupted the husbands unfortunately ghosted us for this one! But on this special we discuss our fabooooolous costumes this year, and the chaos that the holiday brings for us as moms. We reflect on the evolution of Halloween celebrations, the cultural changes surrounding the holiday, and the pressure to create perfect holiday moments. The conversation also touches on spirituality and personal growth, emphasizing the importance of simplicity and family traditions. In this lively conversation, the hosts reminisce about their childhood Halloween experiences, discussing the freedom of trick-or-treating without curfews or GPS. We delve into the challenges of managing candy consumption among all of our children, share some humorous anecdotes about sugar meltdowns and parenting styles. The discussion eventualllllyy shifts to favorite Halloween treats and cherished family traditions, where we highlight the importance of family time during the spooky season. We engage in a fun game of 'Trick or Truth,' revealing our Halloween preferences and parenting fails. Join us! We hope you enjoy this spooky special!
Guess who’s back, back, back? MOM, INTERRUPTED IS BACK AGAIN!
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We are kicking off season two and it is so wonderful to finally be here!
After a three month hiatus we are back and feeling better than ever! After a crazy three months of healing, moving across the country and both of us learning to start over, the biggest question over the last few weeks was “will the pod survive”? (Truthfully we really were not sure we would make it here.)
Join us as we talk about how one dramatic moment after another changed our lives forever and what we thought may have been the end of our friendship and the podcast.
Hi everyone! Forgive us for not having our intro or outro song on this very significant episode but we had major technically difficulties this week when Jen’s laptop decided it hated her today.
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Welcome to our tenth and final episode of our first season! Ten weeks have flown by and we have learned SO much! We have grown SO much! We continue to persevere and self-reflect each week and continue to try to learn most importantly!
In this episode we discuss the topic of summer! Working mom guilt. Stay at home mom guilt. We talk water safety. Ely tells an emotional true story that opened her eyes to the importance of being a present parent and learn all she could when it comes to water safety.
We also give you a little insight to our summer plans, some polls and what we plan to do for when we come back in September for season two!
We could not and would not have continued each week without hearing back from you guys, the viewers. This truly has been an incredible experience so much so that we didn’t want the fun to end and we created a little summer surprise for you guys so that we are able to stay connected more throughout our break!
We hope you all enjoyed season one and we look forward to being in your ears at the end of September of this year!
Welcome to our very first *audio* version of our first ever intentionally video recorded episode!
Happy Father's Day to all of you wonderful fathers out there in the world.
Join us, in a very fun, very unscripted and very chaotic episode as we bring on our first guests of the season, OUR MEN! The infamous 'J' and 'T'!
We celebrate them and get their insight on some hot topics and even some advice to a couple listeners who asked for some on our daily hashtags we do on our Instagam page!
We of course have them play some Andy Cohen 'Watch What Happens Live' inspired games and give them some results to some polls we also took this week!
We laugh, we surprisingly DON'T cry but we do go into some heavy topics and have some great conversations to go with them.
Welcome to Episode 8!
In this episode we are discussing technology and what it means to us to raise our kids in 2025 having access to basically, everything at their fingertips.
We are millenials, and we definitely dated ourselves in this episode a little bit with some of things we mentioned. But - we find this topic to be extremely important. We feel that while technology is great, it is starting to get a little crazy between AI and Siri, these kids have access to so much more than we did and at a quicker pace than dial up.
When you think about it, our kids can instantly just ask these built in phone or computer or tablet bots to show them something and if you aren't paying attention, you may start to have some unfortunate problems. That's why we discuss the importance of monitoring devices and utilizing those parental controls that our parents really didn't have access to when we were growing up.
We discuss what technology was like for us in our homes and the similarities and differences between us and our kids. We think this is another important topic to discuss and it is one we definitely will come back to further down in future episodes. Until then - we hope you can relate and enjoy our eighth episode.
And get ready to enjoy next week's special where we ask J & T allll of your burning questions for our very special Father's Day episode!
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In this footloose and fancy free super pre-recorded in advance episode we put each other in the hot seat and answer a curated list of our favorite things.
Jenna will be out of town on her first ever kid free vacation when this airs and we are hoping that listening to this on her way home will calm those separation anxiety nerves we all suspect she is going to be having after 36 hours away from her babies.
Ely gets put in the hotseat for another 'Watch What Happens Live' themed game. Andy Cohen, we are trying to soar into your radar if you didn't know yet!
Hear some of our favorite 'Mommy Must Haves', favorite shows to watch with the kiddos, and so much more! We are hoping this episode really gives you all some more insight into who we are. We hope you listen, laugh and enjoy this short but sweet episode!
On our 6th episode of our podcast, we dive deep into some subtopics that come under the main topic of Mental Health. We talk about our own personal mental health struggles, our struggles with post partum depression, our men's struggle with post partum, and some statistics about men's mental health in general.
This is SUCH a broad topic and it is one we want to visit over and over because we want to help really break that stigma of keeping it a topic that is in the dark. We want to help break that cycle of men thinking that because they are men they have to hide their feelings because they are "men" - especially because we want our tribe of little boys we are raising to know that it is OK to be a MAN and it is OK to still have feelings and learn how to process them in a healthy way.
We talk about how 'baby blues' and 'post partum depression' are VERY different and how we both handled them throughout our post-pregnancy journeys.
Again, this is such a huge topic and we only skim the surface of the the few topics we touch but as our podcast grows, and this tribe grows, we want everyone, including men to know that, it is ok to talk about your mental health. It is ok, to sometimes not be ok and it is ok to ask for help.
In this week's episode we take a very deep dive and open up about the hardships that come with being a Stepmom. Of course, with bad times, there can come good times - Ely opens up about how her stepsons' mom, bonus dad, herself and J decided to defeat and beat the odds and come together as a family for the better of their boys. Jenna gives some insight into how co-parenting has changed with her ex-husband and how co-parenting is going between her, T and the other party. We listen to a special listener's answers we asked her about her time as a Stepmom and give a little bit of our input on her answers. Ely surprises Jenna with a quick 'Watch What Happens Live' inspired game about 'Mom Standards', Andy Cohen, where are you at?! We get a weeee bit emotional with this episode but we really hope that at least some of you Stepmoms out there, don't feel so alone.
Hiiiii there everyone! Welcome to episode 4! This week Ely and Jenna are overly prepared for the episode they had prepared and severely underprepared for the episode they recorded. Enjoy witty banter, all of the giggles - basically just two best mom friends catching up and enjoying each other's company. We answer listener questions that we have not had the pleasure to answer yet and just go all over the place. It's a true episode that shows our true colors and how much we love one another. Next week we will be back on regular schedule and we will discuss the ups and downs of being a step mama and the baby mama drama that comes with it all. We hope you enjoy and cannot wait to hear your feedback!
Join us as we celebrate and honor moms everywhere on our first ever Mother's Day special. We laugh, literally cry, and we find out some fun facts about how Mother's Day came to be! Join us as we get vulnerable as we discuss our relationships with our own mothers and what they mean to us.
In this episode, we deep dive into Ely's marriage and how she makes it work after a decade! As she said she is by no means a marriage expert but her wisdom is much appreciated! We talk about Jenna's divorce. The process. The exhaustion. How it started and she scratches the surface on why exactly she decided to leave. We talk about where she is at and how God has a funny timing for everything. We review our hashtags from throughout the week, and of course we both get interrupted. Stay tuned for next week's episode where we honor moms, stepmoms, bonus moms, alllll the moms, in honor of Mother's day!
This week on our *FIRST* episode we deep dive into letting you guys get to know us a little bit! With our almost fifteen year long friendship we've learned how to navigate sisterhood AND motherhood together. You'll get to know us, our tribe and what our tribes mean to us. We also give you an update on our website and a sneak peek of next week's episode!