Episodes

  • Do my kids navigate conflict in healthy ways? | The Council of Moms

    Do my kids navigate conflict in healthy ways? | The Council of Moms
    May 3 2024
    Whether our kids are two or twenty-two, conflict is a normal part of family life. How do we make sure our relationships of love grow through these inevitable clashes, especially for kids? Lisa, Marlie, Kylie, and Brandalee explore the way conflict shows up in different stages of life, and in various scenarios-- in blended families, between spouses when kids are listening in, and with kids in the middle of those developmentally appropriate (but still awkward) transitions into higher autonomy and self-discovery.
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    27 mins
  • How can I maintain friendships as a parent? | The Council of Moms

    How can I maintain friendships as a parent? | The Council of Moms
    Feb 16 2024
    As a parent, it can feel like every waking moment is dedicated to taking care of the people who need our help. There's always another diaper change, or soccer practice, or choir recital, or meal to make, and there doesn't seem to be any time left over for ourselves. So how can we make and keep friendships with anyone other than our partner? In this episode of the Council of Moms, Lisa is joined by friends and fellow moms Liv Mendoza, Whitney Call, and Allison Dayton to talk about their experiences and best advice.
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    28 mins
  • How do I balance my work with parenting? | The Council of Moms

    How do I balance my work with parenting? | The Council of Moms
    Mar 8 2024
    For a mom who decides they are ready to go back to work after being home with the kids for a long time, there can be a lot of complex emotions involved with that transition. They might think, will this hurt my relationship with my kids? Will they think I'm a bad mom? Am I being selfish? In this episode of The Lisa Show's Council of Moms, Lisa sits down with friends and fellow moms Clarissa Greenwall, Lindsay Clark, and Alison Faulkner to discuss what experiences and advice they have for people in this situation.
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    27 mins
  • How do I connect with my kids and spouse? | The Council of Moms

    How do I connect with my kids and spouse? | The Council of Moms
    Mar 22 2024
    How do I get my spouse to help out around the house more? How do I manage my kids better? The answer is connection! Join Lisa and guests Heather Frazier, Lavonne Wells, and Melanie Call as they discuss how to better connect with your children and spouse, as well as how to take personal responsibility for that connection.
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    26 mins
  • How do I decide what to feed my kids? | The Council of Moms

    How do I decide what to feed my kids? | The Council of Moms
    Mar 15 2024
    The eternal, unavoidable struggle of parenting: after planning out a week of meals, making sure they're nutritious, finding foods that the kids will like, grocery shopping, and mustering the energy every day to actually make those meals, the end of the week rolls around and we have to start all over again. How do we keep up? How do we keep pushing the boulder of feeding a family up the hill week after week, especially if we don't particularly love cooking in the first place? In this episode of The Lisa Show's Council of Moms, Lisa is joined by friends and fellow moms Amy Gifford, Clarissa Greenwalt, and Cassie Barger to talk about their advice and experiences.
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    27 mins
  • How do I help my kids cope with moving? | The Council of Moms

    How do I help my kids cope with moving? | The Council of Moms
    Mar 1 2024
    Moving to a new place presents both new opportunities and new challenges. How can we set our kids up to thrive during this time of transition? In this episode of the Lisa Show’s Council of Moms, Lisa is joined by Cree Taylor, Alison Faulkoner, and Anna Ek for a conversation about helping children through a big move.
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    28 mins
  • How do I help my teenager care about school? | The Council of Moms

    How do I help my teenager care about school? | The Council of Moms
    Jan 26 2024
    In this week's Council of Moms, Lisa is joined by Lavonne Wells, Shari Lyon, and Brittney Phillips to answer a listener-submitted question: What do you do when your teenager doesn't seem to care about school, and you can tell they're heading down a difficult path?
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    25 mins
  • How do I make friends as an adult? | The Council of Moms

    How do I make friends as an adult? | The Council of Moms
    Feb 2 2024
    As parents it's not uncommon that we spend so much time focusing on taking care of the kids, putting food on the table, and making sure life doesn't fall apart at the seams that we don't find time to work on our own social circles. So what do we do when the kids are becoming independent and we have a little more free time, but it's been years since we tried making a new friend? In this episode of The Lisa Show's Council of Moms, Lisa talks with Heather Frazier, Melanie Call, and Whitney Call about their experiences and advice.
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    29 mins