10 Tips and Takeaways by Top Experts and Everyday Moms from Season 1
The MomForce Podcast Hosted by Chatbooks
Release Date: 06/30/2020
Maybe Escapism is Okay (If It's a 90s Dance Party)
The MomForce Podcast Hosted by Chatbooks
Fresh off a 90s throwback dance party at East High School (yes, the High School Musical one), the ladies of the MomForce look back on a night when nearly a thousand women showed up in costume to forget their worries and dance. From there, the conversation turns to why nights like that matter. Life doesn’t stop being hard, and the key to joy might be learning to be okay when things aren’t. They talk about the escapes that get them through, including mahjong, quilting, music and a good cry at the movies. They also discuss Dolly Parton’s belief in the power of imagination, and why sometimes...
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Never Underestimate the Hot Girls with Annie Ricks
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Episode description: In this episode, Annie, a Manhattan-based Chatbooks marketer of five and a half years, joins the conversation and tells how she was pushed into a new role in acquisition against her wishes. As the resident hot girl at Chatbooks, she defends the idea that you can be both a personality hire and a major player. The group talks about letting people underestimate you, beating the plan by 30% in candy bar costumes, and why a little overwhelm might be the best thing for your kids and your team. Also, Julie shares how she turned a Classic Book into a camp keepsake for her daughter...
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Too Much Information? Or Not Trusting Intuition?
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In this episode, the ladies of the MomForce Podcast share their thoughts on what this age of the information overload has done to their brains, and especially to how they view themselves. From something as inoccuous as fashion and not finding your own personal style to childrearing and sifting through the millions of voices who tell you the "right way", there is something a little scary and unsettling about not knowing a real source of truth. Sarah explains that she sometimes feels silly because there is so much information out there, but she isn't sure what her real intuition tells her. Julie...
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Can We Celebrate The Highlight Reel For A Minute?
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In this episode, Vanessa is facing her first fall with zero kids in school after 7 children — and the relief is real (even if it came with some end-of-summer office vibes). Julie and Sarah talk about how scary it can feel to admit that your 20's are often hard but we like to pretend that they're easy. And Sarah shares the biggest news of the season: she's engaged! Julie and Sarah reflect on wishing they could've relaxed into their 20s more, knowing now that things work out, and talk about the right way (and wrong way) to reassure someone in a hard season: validate first, and save the "it'll...
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Shopping is the Modern Day Hunting and Gathering
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In this week's episode, Julie shares about how she and her eldest daughter have a shared skill of shopping together and being quite procifient at it. The conversation touches on how shopping is an actual skill that not everyone has. Julie and Sarah discuss how often skills like this are looked at as frivolous because they are something typically women are better at, but we're not taking into consideration that shopping is a balancing act and important skill that the whole family benefits from. Additionally, shopping is an amazing bonding experience for women where they can hype each other up,...
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Sit in the Shake
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In this episode, Sarah and Vanessa discuss a little about their Pilates class earlier that morning that leads them all into a discussion about the lessons you learn when you "sit in the shake." In Pilates, the muscles get built in that uncomfortable moment when your experiencing muscle failure and your body starts to shake. Julie expresses how when we were young, we weren't able to get immediate answers to anything, and how her kids are experiencing the exact opposite. The conversation turns into what happens long-term when we avoid discomfort instead of sitting in it. Get your started now!
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Type A, Type B, or Somewhere In Between?
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This week, Vanessa, Julie, and Sarah dig into a discussion that's been brewing since a fan comment recently called Chatbooks "the perfect Type-A solution for a Type-B mom." That line kicks off a real conversation about where each of them actually falls on the Type A/Type B spectrum. Julie shares about how her hyper-organized momhood was really a stress response to survival mode (and what it's looked like to let that go), while also owning her Type-B proclivities to completely color drench her office and paint without any tape or ladders. Vanessa shares that her approach to motherhood has...
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The Work Lore that Built Us
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In this episode, Vanessa shares what it was like changing a tire in Disneyland Pluto costume. Julie's asks Vanessa if she is more hirable because she's had experience dressing up as Chuck E. Cheese at her day job as a teenager. And Sarah tells all about how she was hired by a catering service to serve food at a private concert and instead snuck into the concert (spoiler alert: it was an Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani private show--totally worth it). Don't miss this hilarious episode about the work lore that built us. Get started on your today!
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Buy the Tickets: A Case for Scheduling Inspiration
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This week, Vanessa and Julie share abou the importance of the arts and prioritizing it in your life in order to find inspiration for all aspects of life including work, motherhood, and entertainment. They also discuss what creation costs the creator, and how watching something like Hamnet can be a reminder of that. Julie and Vanessa talk about the tendency to get heads-down in daily life and forget to seek out beauty, and land on a practical fix: putting inspiration on the calendar intentionally, the same way you'd schedule a dentist appointment, and buying tickets the moment interest strikes...
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Our Five Things Worth the Money
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Cozy is worth the money. Subscriptions are worth the money. And claw machines from Amazon are definitely worth the money. These are the official "worth the money" lists of Emily King, Head of Creative, Julie Taylor, VP of Marketing, and Vanessa Quigley, Chief Chatbooker. One of our favorite episodes to date. You don't want to miss out on it. What we recommend is worth the money? Getting your started today!
info_outlineMorning schedules, taking the family camping, and parenting different personalities are among the hot topics Vanessa and her sisters talked about in the first season of The MomForce Podcast. Vanessa compiled her all-time favorite moments and shares them in this episode.
1. Hire a “warm body” to babysit when the kids are all in bed.
All Things Babysitters - Part I
2. When should you let your girls start shaving their legs??
Keeping the Kids Clean(ish) - Shower, Rinse, Brush, Repeat.
3. Why printed pictures can strengthen your family relationships
Strengthening Families through the Printed Photo Dr. Trisha Weeks
4. How you can comfort a grieving friend - What advice would you give them
5. Making service a priority in your family - Getting kids involved
Creating a Culture of Service in Your Family with Kristin Andrus
6. Helping your kids feel seen, safe, soothed, and secure
The Power of Showing Up with Dr. Tina Bryson
7. Getting on the same page with your partner about the family budget
Tackling the Family Budget with Jordan Page
8. Knowing the difference between discipline and punishment
Positive Discipline with Ralphie Jacobs of Simply On Purpose
9. When the best time to go to sleep is - and how to actually fall asleep
Rules for Bed with Sleep and Sex Therapist Christine Lawler of @the.peaceful.sleeper
10. Healthy ways to cope with anxiety, for parents and kids.
How to Cope with How How to Cope with Stress and Anxiety with Dr. Lisa Damour
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