007. The Beauty of Living with a Multi-Generational Family with Erika Firm | How a Four Generation Family Makes it Work Living Together, The Best Entertaining and Party Hacks and an Ode to a Well Mixed Cocktail
Release Date: 04/29/2020
008. Living Through Grief | Grieving In the Time of a Pandemic, Dealing with Loss, Giving Yourself Permission to Feel Pain
Hey Neighbor
In this mini episode host Cyd Converse discusses grief and what it’s like to be grieving the loss of a loved one during a global pandemic. What happens when you’re already grieving and suddenly life as you know it changes in a completely different way?
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007. The Beauty of Living with a Multi-Generational Family with Erika Firm | How a Four Generation Family Makes it Work Living Together, The Best Entertaining and Party Hacks and an Ode to a Well Mixed Cocktail
Hey Neighbor
Host Cyd Converse is joined by artist and designer Erika Firm to talk about Erika’s experience living in a multi-generational household, how she and her family make it work and her best tips and party hacks for entertaining on the fly or hosting a great dinner party.
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006. Living Through a Pandemic | Staying Connected, Building Community + Supporting Small Businesses
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Host Cyd Converse and her husband Bob discuss how they’re staying busy and staying connected to loved ones while quarantined. Cyd is also joined by Samantha Finigan of Gus & Ruby Letterpress to talk about how the pandemic is affecting small businesses across the United States.
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005. Building a Life You Love + Finding Yourself Again with Carolynn Lemke | Making Lemonade After Being Laid Off, Becoming a Runner, and Blossoming in Motherhood
Hey Neighbor
Host Cyd Converse is joined by Carolynn Lemke, founder of Noble Friends. Carolynn is an illustrator, designer, wife, mother and an avid runner living in Syracuse, New York - and she is the ultimate cheerleader for those looking to make big changes in their lives.
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004. A Mostly Long Distance Marriage + Blended Family Life | A Chat with Cyd’s Husband Bob
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Host Cyd Converse is joined by her husband Bob to talk about how they met, what it’s like having a mostly long distance marriage, making it work and life as a blended family.
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003. Living Through a Pandemic | The Early Weeks of COVID-19 in the United States
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How host Cyd Converse and her guests Michelle Kinney Urso, Rachel Mae Smith and Ash Converse are living through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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002. Owning Your Own Joy with Rachel Mae Smith | Finding Color and Joy in Every Day, Embracing Color in Home Decor, Chasing Big Dreams and Planning a Wedding.
Hey Neighbor
Finding color and joy in the every day, embracing color in home decor, chasing big dreams, full time blogging, and planning a wedding are just a few of the topics Cyd and her friend Rachel Mae Smith cover in this episode intended to inspire you to own your own joy and find a little bit of color on even the cloudiest of days.
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001. An Introduction to Cyd Converse with Alex Hazard | Getting Started Blogging, Why a Podcast and Why the Name Hey Neighbor?
Hey Neighbor
An introduction to host Cyd Converse featuring guest interviewer and television lifestyle host, Alex Hazard. Together they talk about why Cyd is starting a podcast, how she got started blogging, her passion for hosting parties and entertaining friends, and her belief that the world needs more good conversations to create deeper, more meaningful relationships with those we love.
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Welcome to Hey Neighbor
Hey Neighbor
Hey Neighbor is a podcast about home, love and friendship hosted by entertaining expert Cyd Converse, founder of lifestyle and home decor site The Sweetest Occasion. Each week we explore how opening up your home, your life and your heart by making someone dinner or inviting them over for a party can actually change your life. This podcast is intended to inspire you to create those kinds of moments in your own lives, to encourage you to engage in more real and honest conversations, and to share Cyd's passion around her belief that when you allow yourself to be radically open-hearted and...
info_outlineWelcome to episode 007 of Hey Neighbor where Cyd chats with Erika Firm about the many complexities of living in a four generation household. Erika lives with her husband, 16 year old son, mother and grandmother on Johns Island, South Carolina, just outside out of Charleston. Erika shares about the reasons her family moved cross country from San Diego and the beauty of living in a multi-generational home.
In this episode, Cyd and Erika discuss:
- Erika’s background as a graphic designer and artist
- Erika and her husband John’s decision to move cross country from San Diego to Charleston
- A brief look into being diagnosed with an auto-immune disorder and Erika’s son Alexander’s Crohn’s disease and subsequent hospitalization
- What it’s like living in a four generation household and how their family makes it viable
- How the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine is affecting their everyday norm, and also what it’s like for Erika’s mother and grandmother to be living in this moment in history
- The ways Erika’s family balances living as a large extended family while also maintaining their own independence and interests
- What Erika’s mom, the ultimate hostess, would recommend always keeping on hand for impromptu entertaining
- The annual meet and great parties Erika hosted for 10 years to coincide with the National Stationery Show in New York City
- Erika and her husband John’s love for a great cocktail and what they’ve been mixing up lately
- Erika’s tips for making entertaining as simple and stress-free as possible
To check out Erika’s work, visit her website HERE (https://erikafirm.com/)
To follow Erika on Instagram, click HERE (https://www.instagram.com/
To connect with Cyd Converse, click HERE (https://www.instagram.com/
For show notes, visit thesweetestoccasion.com/