This week we have Stacie Dinwiddy who is a work colleague of Katherine's on the Podcast! Stacie shares with us her brave journey in self evolution, we chat about our mutual love of therapy, how to raise strong daughters, why the internet is so concerning, how to balance work and home life and why making mommy friends is tough.

Things Stacie Mentions:
Shows:
Erik on Netflix
Dancing for the Devil
Books:
You can heal yourself
Gary Chapman's Everybody Wins

On this week's episode, Katherine and Rachel get to chat with Brittany Lynch! They discuss balancing motherhood and a design career, parenting roles, unpaid labor and communication within a household, how the industry is reacting to mothers in the workforce, breastfeeding experiences and bringing up puberty with your kiddos.

Links Brittany Mentions:

Organizations:

Moms First: Reshma Saujani founded, this movement is trying to get better care in the US. It’s a big task, but they are making their way.
https://momsfirst.us/?source_id=1046013

Better Life Labs: Brigid Schulte is the director, she wrote the book Overwhelm: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time. That book was published in 2014, and already is outdated in how we think, but it was a catalyst for me.
https://www.newamerica.org/better-life-lab/
https://www.amazon.com/Overwhelmed-Work-Love-Play-When/dp/0374228442


Podcasts about this stuff (some are limited episodes but so good)

Why Care: Reshma Saujani’s podcast with Care.com CEO Tim Allen
https://whycarepod.com/

Parent Data: Emily Oster is an economist, loves numbers, and she uses numbers and data to help explain parenting issues, so good
https://parentdata.org/post-type/podcast/

Time Out: Author of Fair Play, Eve Rodsky’s podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/time-out-a-fair-play-podcast/id1601845368

White Picket Fence: listen to season Nuclear Family Myth, What Could Have Been, and the Rise of Neoliberalism. These episodes are when things truly began to sink in.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/white-picket-fence/id1534150764

Books:

Fair Play: such a classic at this point, take the guess work out of the “shit I do” list!
https://www.amazon.com/Fair-Play-Game-Changing-Solution-When-ebook/dp/B07NTX84PY

Screaming on the Inside: Jessica Grose, NYT author I follow. I recommend this book only for already parents. Some people may not ever want to have kids after reading.
https://www.amazon.com/Screaming-Inside-Unsustainability-American-Motherhood/dp/006307835X

Welcome to the first episode of the Whelmed Podcast! We decided to interview each other! We talk about everything from how we're feeling now to what our power outfit would be to how great music is, we're looking forward to sharing more on future episodes.

Notes on Books/Shows Referenced:

The Goal by Eliyahu M Goldratt
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Bridgerton on Netflix