In the Arena with the Eyre Sisters

The Eyre sisters, mothers of 18 children ages 4-28 and daughters of best-selling parenting authors, share stories about growing up in an eccentric family as well as what they've learned in their own parenting journeys.

62. Shadow Work' with our brother Tal 05/09/2025

62. Shadow Work' with our brother Tal Our brother Tal has started his own podcast with our brothers! In this "crossover" episode we are discussing "shadow work" and how powerful it can be as we dive into the unconscious or hidden aspects of ourselves. And as we do, we find growth and progression not only in parenting, but in life in general. /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/36502665

61. Deep Conversations with Kids 04/01/2025

61. Deep Conversations with Kids This week on In the Arena we're discussing how to have deep conversations with your kids. This can be hard, especially with certain stages and personalities, but it's also important! In this episode, we share how our parents fostered deep connections with us growing up, as well as key elements of deep conversations and ways we've found to foster those deep discussions. We hope you find this discussion helpful. We also would love to hear from you! What do you do to encourage deep conversations with your kids? Come share with us on Instagram ! Show Notes: /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/35954600

60. Letting Our Kids Fail 03/18/2025

60. Letting Our Kids Fail In this week's episode Saren, Shawi, and Saydi talk about the importance of letting our kids fail. This is a hard one! It's in our nature as mothers to take care of our kids, but letting them experience failure is key to growing resilience and confidence, so we have to let it happen. In this episode we discuss how it was in our home growing up, reasons we struggle to let our kids fail, and a few ideas to help you. We would love to hear your experiences with letting your kids fail! Share with us on ! Show Notes: by Jessica Leahy by Merrilee Browne Boyack /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/35632235

59. Q&A: Siblings, Scriptures, Stillness, and Exercise 03/04/2025

59. Q&A: Siblings, Scriptures, Stillness, and Exercise This week's episode is pretty low key, but we hope you find it as fun to listen to as we did recording it. For the episode we've chose to answer four questions we've received from listeners: 1) How do you stay close with siblings, especially when you're in different stages? (And help your kids stay close?) 2) What do you do for family scripture study and personal scripture study? 3) How do you find stillness? 4) What do you do for exercise? We've shared our answers, but we'd also love to hear yours! Come share with us on ! Show Notes: Shawni's favorite scripture study app: We Believe () Saren's 7-Minute Workout App: Shawni's Saydi's favorite online yoga: Saydi's meal-planning app: Saren's home exchange program: (use code saren-7906e to get a bonus) /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/35491320

58. What Will Our Kids Remember? 02/18/2025

58. What Will Our Kids Remember? Do you ever worry about what your kids will remember when you send them off into the wild world? This week, we discuss how to be intentional with your kids. They grow up so fast - it can feel like they're slipping through our fingers. In this episode, we talk about what it was like in our home growing up and then give ideas for things we're doing. How do you teach values to your kids? What intentional things are you doing in your home? Please share with us on ! *** from Saydi /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/35332670

57. Travel Tips (Part 2) 02/04/2025

57. Travel Tips (Part 2) In this week's episode, we get to talk about one of our favorite topics - traveling! We have already done two other episodes on travel (see below), so be sure to check those out! In this episode, we dive into answering some other thoughts we have about traveling. We discuss a variety of topics, including: how to be intentional with the purpose of a trip, successes and challenges we've had on recent trips, some ideas for how to handle who pays for what as kids get older, and how to split the load with who plans what. Most importantly, we hope you feel our enthusiasm and love for all things travel! Do you have any questions for us about traveling? Or, do you have any tips to share? Join us on and let us know your thoughts! Previous travel episodes: /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/35130230

56. Cultivating Friendships (for Moms!) 01/21/2025

56. Cultivating Friendships (for Moms!) This week's topic is one we have received several requests for - making and keeping friends as moms. Whether you have good friends or you're yearning for friends, we hope you find this episode helpful! We share ideas for how to create meaningful friendships and share our own experiences. How do you make friends as a mom? Share with us on ! Show Notes: by Daniel Coyle by Dale Carnegie by David Brooks , Discount Code: FRIENDSHIP /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/34891840

55. How to Control your Kids (Encore) 01/14/2025

55. How to Control your Kids (Encore) This week we talk about how much or how little we should try to control various aspects of our kids' lives. It can be tough! We want to protect and guide them but we also want to help them become confident and independent as they make their own decisions. Join us as we discuss our parents' approach to control in our family growing up examine the approach we each take in our mothering. Do you lean more towards helicopter or lawnmower parenting? Or do you tend to be more permissive? What tips do you have for striking the balance? Hop onto Instagram and let us know your thoughts! References: /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/34891405

54. New Year's Renewal (vs. "Resolutions") 12/28/2024

54. New Year's Renewal (vs. "Resolutions") In this episode, we share a variety of ideas for how you can focus on renewal and realistic change, discuss the goal-setting culture of our family as we grew up, and also how we approach goals in our personal and family lives now. We would love to hear your thoughts on renewal, change, and resolutions! Come share with us on Instagram ! Show Notes: by James Clear by BJ Fogg : "Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake." /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/34636790

53. Building Enduring Relationships by Helping Our Kids Feel Seen, Safe and Free 12/17/2024

53. Building Enduring Relationships by Helping Our Kids Feel Seen, Safe and Free Do you have adult kids? If so, today's episode is for you! We are focusing on how to foster enduring relationships with our adult kids. We focus specifically on how to help our adult kids feel seen, safe, and free. How do you foster enduring relationships with your adult kids? We'd love to have you share with us on Instagram! Join us . Show Notes: The previous episode that goes with this episode: (This link is for Spotify, but you can find this episode on any app you use for podcast listening!) Joseph Grenny: (recent session all about parenting adult kids and individual help with parenting older kids and adults) /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/34470940

52. Getting Excited About Giving 12/03/2024

52. Getting Excited About Giving In today's encore episode, we talk about how to get our kids (and ourselves!) excited about giving during this holiday season. We share our ideas and we'd love to hear yours! Come share what you've done in your family with us on Instagram @eyresisters. Show Notes: by Angela Elwell Hunt by Pearl S. Buck SNL skit /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/28540691

51. Our Experiences with LDS Missions 11/19/2024

51. Our Experiences with LDS Missions We've had a lot of questions about LDS missions, so we decided to devote an episode entirely to sharing about missions. We talk about what a mission is, what it's like to serve, why we go, why some in our family have chosen not to go, pressure around missions, etc. Come join in and listen! Did you serve a mission? Come hop onto Instagram and share your thoughts and experiences! We'd love to hear from you. Join us at . Show Notes: by David Brooks /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/33970322

50. Family Intimacy (Encore!) 11/13/2024

50. Family Intimacy (Encore!) Enjoy a fan-favorite we pulled from the archives! This week, we dive into a discussion about family intimacy. By family intimacy, we don't mean the physical intimacy you share with your partner. Instead, we mean intimacy in the sense of closeness, connections, and a sense of being seen. We discuss things that get in the way of intimate relationships, and we also give some ideas for building intimacy. We would love to hear from you! What's worked well in your family? Come share with us on Instagram s. Mentioned in the Show: - by Adele Faber /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/33909027

49. Back-to-School Tips 09/17/2024

49. Back-to-School Tips We're back! It's Season 5 and we are so excited to be on the air again! This week we discuss back-to-school ideas - everything from morning routines and after-school routines to ideas for every-day connectione with our kids. We would love to hear from you as well! Come and share your back-to-school tips with us on Instagram . Mentioned in the Episode: Best Nine Minutes Morning Routines After School Routine Video /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/33083732

48. Fun and Joy in Motherhood 05/28/2024

48. Fun and Joy in Motherhood This week, Charity leads us in a really fantastic and needed discussion on practical ways to find joy in motherhood. There are a lot of reasons it can be hard to find joy as a mom. But there are also a lot of ways to help us change up that narrative and soak in the good things. What tactics do you use to help you find joy in your mothering journey? We'd love to hear! Come share with us on Instagram: . Show Notes: /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/31427367

47. Mothering with Faith 05/14/2024

47. Mothering with Faith This week's topic is very dear to our hearts. We discuss what it means to mother with faith, and specific ways we try to do this. We also expand what we mean by faith - not just a strict religious definition. We know faith within families is so personal, and we know it looks different for everyone. What we hope is that you can glean some ideas on how to mother with your faith. We'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas! Hop on Instagram and let us know your stories . /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/30619353

46. Dad Mode with Tal 05/01/2024

46. Dad Mode with Tal We are so excited that we got to interview our brother, Tal, about his upcoming book . Join us as we talk with Tal about specific, tangible ways dads can connect with their children. We'd love to hear what you think about what Tal shared - come let us know on ! Notes: by Tal Eyre /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/31066918

45. Difficult Conversations 04/16/2024

45. Difficult Conversations Join us this week as we discuss how to have difficult conversations with our kids. We acknowledge the messiness, discuss ways to prepare ahead of time, and give ideas to each other on how to approach these tricky conversations. We would love to hear your thoughts! How do you approach difficult topics with your kids? Hop on Instagram and let us know! Show Notes: by Adele Faber /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/30619298

44. Parenting Across Generations 04/02/2024

44. Parenting Across Generations We are so excited to have our mom, Linda Eyre, join us in this week's episode as we chat about parenting through the generations. We discuss the differences and similarities between parenting when our mom had young kids, through Saren and Shawni, to Saydi, who's in the middle, and then Charity, who still has young kids. We hope you can relate as we talk about the challenges as well as the good things about our time of parenting. Hop on Instagram and let us know your thoughts! Show Notes: /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/30604533

43. Worry in Mothering 03/19/2024

43. Worry in Mothering It's natural for moms to worry about their kids! And, if you're like most moms, you tend to worry a lot! In today's conversation, we discuss the nuances and complexities of worry, some detrimental things that happen when we worry, as well as some actionable steps to take to help move through worry and find more peace. Come join us on Instagram and share with us your thoughts about worry! Show Notes: Arthur Somers Roche Sister Runia's Randy Armstrong Courtney Carver Alison Curfman /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/30366753

42. Really Seeing 03/05/2024

42. Really Seeing In this week's episode, we discuss the basic human need to be seen. We share ways we have felt seen or not seen. Saydi brings in her therapist wisdom to help us understand why being seen matters so much, and what some signs are that maybe our children aren't feeling seen by us. We brainstorm ways to help our kids and others around us feel seen. We would love to hear your thoughts and experiences on this very important topic! Please join us on Instagram @eyresisters. Show Notes: Glennon Doyle quote from the book Dan Seigel's quote from the book Tamara W. Runia's quote from her talk Steve Young's quote from the book /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/30184543

41. Personal Wildernesses 02/27/2024

41. Personal Wildernesses This week we come together to discuss the wildernesses that we go through in life. We all face them! We talk about ways we can acknowledge the difficulties, feel all the feelings, and also find support and move through them. We would be so grateful to hear from any of you on Instagram @eyresisters. We'd be honored to hear how you manage your own personal wildernesses. We're grateful to have you as a part of our community! Show Notes: on empathy /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/30075543

40. Self-Care 02/13/2024

40. Self-Care We are so excited to be back for Season 4 of In the Arena! Thanks for joining us. This week's episode focuses on self-care. We talk about how we define self-care, and how to care for ourselves physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally. We would love to hear your thoughts! Come share with us on Instagram @eyresisters. Show Notes: - mentioned by Saydi /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/29867033

39. Meaning in Christmas 12/11/2023

39. Meaning in Christmas Merry Christmas everyone! This is our final episode in season 3, and we wanted to end by sharing how we find meaning during the busy, hectic Christmas season. We bring our parents on to discuss ways to slow down and find Jesus. We would love to hear how you do this in your home! Join us on Instagram @eyresisters. Notes: by Pearl S. Buck by Gerda Klein /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/29013988

38. Family Intimacy 11/21/2023

38. Family Intimacy This week, we dive into a discussion about family intimacy. By family intimacy, we don't mean the physical intimacy you share with your partner. Instead, we mean intimacy in the sense of closeness, connections, and a sense of being seen. We discuss things that get in the way of intimate relationships, and we also give some ideas for building intimacy. We would love to hear from you! What's worked well in your family? Come share with us on Instagram @eyresisters. Notes: - by Adele Faber /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/28666173

36. It Takes a Village 11/07/2023

36. It Takes a Village Join us this week as we discuss using a village to help raise our kids in our modern age. We discuss how much of the parenting in our modern society falls to the mom and dad (and mostly the mom!), and how sad this is! There are so many great people who can contribute to our kids' lives, let's use them! We'd love to hear your thoughts about this on Instagram @eyresisters. Notes: by Michaeleen Doucleff /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/28523324

35. Cultivating Gratitude 10/31/2023

35. Cultivating Gratitude We know it's Halloween today, but we wanted to kick off November a day early with a short and sweet episode focusing on the power and importance of gratitude. We're grateful for you! Notes: /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/28363001

34. The Magic of Reading 10/24/2023

34. The Magic of Reading We love reading! But not all of us have always loved reading, and not all of our kids love reading. Join us this week as we discuss ways to help our children discover the magic of reading. We talk about connecting with our kids through books, modeling a love of reading, and being patient with kids who are slower to find that love. What are some ways you help instill a love for reading in your home? We'd love to hear on Instagram, @eyresisters! Notes: Books Lists - Books Mentioned in this episode, plus a few extras we threw in: Some favorite picture books: The Happy Lion Leonardo the Terrible Monster The Little Brute Family The monster at the end of this book Where the wild things are Favorite read alouds for pre-k up: Education of Little Tree The one and only Ivan Little house books Boxcar Children Ms. Piggle Wiggle Roald Dahl Narnia series Pippi Long Stocking King Matt Heidi The Little Princess Little Women Little Men Harry Potter The Mixed Up Files Wonder Jonny Tremain (older kids) The Giver (older kids) The Bronze Bow Under the Egg The Terrible Two The Hobbit The Hundred Dresses Ida B Charlotte Web All of a Kind Family Some Kind of Courage Books we love as women: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Jane Eyre A Tale of Two Cities The Good Earth A Place For Us Tattoos on the Heart And there was Light /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/28353212

33. When Parenting Gets Tricky: A Conversation with Eli 10/17/2023

33. When Parenting Gets Tricky: A Conversation with Eli Come listen in this week as we talk with our brother, Eli, about the difficulty of parenting not-so-easy kids. We all have a kid who is trickier to parent - or a kid who's in a tricky stage, and it can be draining and frustrating! We talk with Eli about how we keep our cool, how we remember the kind of parent we want to be, and how we keep on loving them. What do you do when parenting gets tricky? Let us know on Instagram @eyresisters! Notes: by Dr. Becky by Sister Tamara W. Runia /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/28323686

32. Why Nature Matters 10/10/2023

32. Why Nature Matters We could talk about how much we love nature for hours! Growing up, our parents were very intentional about pointing out the beauties in the world. All of us have taken that appreciation for nature and woven it into the fabric of our own families. Join us as we discuss why nature is so important and share some ideas for getting your kids outside. How do you bring the benefits of nature into your family? Come share with us on Instagram! @eyresisters Notes: episode by Richard Louv by Scott D. Sampson by Florence Williams - Health Benefits & Tips by Johann Hari - Light, sleep, and circadian rhythm quote quote quote quote blog post quote /episode/index/show/3f364724-0ec7-447f-9af9-95b041612b8f/id/28261187

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