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What does summer what does summer look, smell, feel, taste, and sound like to you? That's what we're chatting about on the show today. From grilled hot dogs to legs sticking to hot vinyl car seats, we describe unique portraits of summer in our childhoods and in parenthood.
For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're talking about the sense sensations we wish we could forget about summer.
See full show notes on our website: Summer Five Senses Portrait
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To celebrate America's 247th birthday on July 4th, we're exploring what patriotism means to us and reflecting on how it's expressed today. We also share what makes us proud to be American, and where we see room for growth as a nation.
For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're each sharing how we feel about patriotic symbolism like flying the flag and singing the national anthem before sporting events.
See full show notes on our website: Let's Talk About Patriotism
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Moms, pack your swimsuit and emotional baggage, we're going on vacation!
We explore the experience of being a mom on vacation and how to make the best of it, from planning, to family time, and doing what we love too.
For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we share what we think our kids will remember about us on vacation, the good and the bad!
See full show notes on our website: How To Vacation Mom
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In today's episode, Erica shares her experience growing up in the Evangelical Christian church. She reflects on both the meaningful aspects that she still values today, and what she finds problematic. Erica opens up about how her faith has evolved and what she now seeks in a church community.
Thanks so much for listening with an open heart.
See full show notes on our website: Erica's Evangelical Upbringing
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As ladies in our 40s, we've got perimenopause on our minds – let's chat about it! We share where we are personally in this journey, what our interaction with providers has been like , and how we'd like to see the conversation around perimenopause change.
For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we have a companion bonus book club episode for you! We are discussing The New Menopause by Dr. Mary Claire Haver. In the episode we dive even deeper into the changes that menopause brings and how we can navigate it as comfortably and gracefully as possible.
See full show notes on our website: Fun With Perimenopause!
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Let's design our summers! We're chatting about how we plan a summer with kids and get into topics like snacks, chores, screen time, and–oh yeah!–summer fun!
For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're both sharing how we design great summers for ourselves as well (not just our kids!).
See full show notes on our website: Designing Our Summers
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**Whoops, we scheduled this episode to come out a day early so it's our little Tuesday gift to you!**
In honor of both of our wedding anniversaries this month, we're bringing back a favorite relationship topic: best spouse/worst spouse!
In the spirit of loving honesty, and with full acknowledgement that we actually think our husbands are the best, we share the traits that make our husbands, and ourselves, the best and worst spouses.
For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we'd love to hear and chat about how you are the best and worst spouse/partner/or friend.
See full show notes on our website: Best Spouse/Worst Spouse Again
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We invite you to join us with an open heart as we discuss abortion. While we're not experts, we hope to model how we can have nuanced and meaningful conversations even on divisive topics.
Thank you so much for listening and being in conversation with us.
See full show notes on our website: Let's Talk About Abortion
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It's time for another bookish episode! We check in on our reading lives, chat about what we're reading lately, and what we're looking forward to reading. Plus we share what our kids are reading lately. We mention what else we're listening to (besides audiobooks) and our recent memorable reading moment.
For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're sharing our favorite reading and bookish accessories Plus, get bonus book club episodes this year as a Friend of the Show! We'll be reading and discussing The New Menopause and The Frozen River.
See full show notes on our website: Spring Bookshelf
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Today we're sharing the 10 best pieces of advice that we've heard. They touch on parenting, trusting yourself, personal finances, time management, navigating hard times, and more.
For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're sharing the worst advice we've ever heard – we'd love to know if you agree!
See full show notes on our website: Best Advice We've Heard
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Sometimes a little change makes all the difference. Today we're sharing 10 little changes we've made that have made our lives better.
For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're each sharing a nagging annoyance in our lives and we're asking for your ideas for little changes that might make them better.
See full show notes on our website: Little Changes, Big Difference
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Join us for an honest chat about what's going well, and not so well, with organization in our homes and lives. Plus we brave our kids' rooms to see what they look–and smell–like.
For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're each sharing a small organizing win that has a big impact.
See full show notes on our website: Organizing Wins & Fails
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We're bringing the new year energy to our annual show about our intentions, goals, and plans for the year ahead. We each share our word for the year, what big things are coming up for us this year, and, as always, leave messages for our future selves.
See full show notes on our website: Our Intentions for 2025
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Before we set intentions and goals for the year, we like to clear the air. This episode has become an annual tradition in which we share the annoying things in our lives that we just need to speak out loud.
For Friends of the Show, we're each sharing something not annoying at all and that is actually making our lives quite pleasant.
As we start the 12th season of the show (!!) please consider becoming a Friend of the Show if you aren't already. Each year, Friends of the Show get bonus episodes from us, a sneak peak at our episode topics for the year, and access to all of our past bonus content. Thank you so much for supporting the work we do to produce the show!
See full show notes on our website: Annual Airing of the Grievances
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That's a wrap for 2024! We look back at how our intentions for the year showed up for us, and share what made us laugh, cry, curse, and think. Plus we share favorites from the year and hear messages from our past selves.
And just a reminder that you can still join Kelsey's goal-setting workshop, Your Year to Shine.
See full show notes on our website: https://girlnextdoorpodcast.com/2024/12/look-back-at-2024/
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Shhhh...find a quiet spot amidst the holiday hubbub and enjoy this gift from us to you. We share our holiday horror stories and our best and worst mom gifts ever. Plus, Erica gives us a holiday would you rather quiz.
Happy holidays, friends! We hope you find a few quiet holiday moments alone. You deserve it!
And just a reminder that you can still join Kelsey's goal-setting workshop, Your Year to Shine.
See full show notes on our website: girlnextdoorpodcast.com
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Today we're getting nostalgic and festive: it's 80s Kid Christmas! We're walking down memory lane and remembering what Christmas was like during our childhoods in the glorious 80s.
For Friends of the Show, we're sharing what current Christmas trends we think will seem very outdated in 30+ years.
See full show notes on our website: https://girlnextdoorpodcast.com/2024/12/80s-kid-christmas/
Join Kelsey to set your goals for 2025 during her workshop, Your Year to Shine. Details and registration.
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These are the things we use up and love so much we buy them again. We swap our "empties" across food, personal care, makeup, and cleaning products. We hope you find a new favorite to try!
For Friends of the Show we think back to childhood and share our generational empties: the products we remember our family using, and maybe still use!
Plus, Erica gives us an update on her breast cancer treatment.
See full show notes on our website: https://girlnextdoorpodcast.com/2024/11/empties/
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Kelsey will be hosting her goal-setting workshop, Your Year to Shine, again for 2025. Join Kelsey to set realistic goals for the new year that fit your season of life and personality. Workshop content will be hosted on Substack and offered in podcast episodes to fit your full schedule, plus there will be Zoom meetings with Kelsey to refine your goals and to check in every quarter throughout the year. Registration is $159.
Register for Your Year to Shine, or read more about the workshop on her blog or on Substack.
Thank you!
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Today we're chatting about things that derail our days, and how we move forward. We talk about those everyday day derailers like moody kids, tech challenges, and an unexpected mess. And we explore those really big derailers including how we're processing the election and a recent breast cancer diagnosis. Then: how we move forward.
For Friends of the Show we're each sharing a recently derailed day that we had and how we handled them.
See full show notes on our website: https://girlnextdoorpodcast.com/2024/11/day-derailers/
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