How She Moms

Whitney Archibald, a mother of five, is on a quest to find out how different moms connect with their kids and manage their homes. She collects ideas so can you take them home to your own family laboratory and experiment like a mad scientist.

How Mary Helps Kids (and Parents) Manage Anxiety 02/05/2024

How Mary Helps Kids (and Parents) Manage Anxiety If your child struggles with anxiety, you know the balancing act between helping them feel safe and helping them become more resilient. Dr. Mary Wilde is here to help. In this episode she explains what anxiety is and teaches us how to focus on building our kids' (and our own) resources rather than putting our energy into minimizing risk. Dr. Mary Wilde is a licensced integrative pediatrician and the mother of 8 boys! You can find more of her resources at Sign up for her free masterclass here: . Listen to her Ted Talk Here: If you enjoyed this episode, check out: /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/29807328

How Brooke Teaches Manners 01/15/2024

How Brooke Teaches Manners Do your kids have good manners? What does that even mean? Today we talk to Brooke Romney, author of 52 Modern Manners for Today’s Teens, Volumes 1 and 2, and 52 Modern Manners for Kids. We discuss this idea of manners and how we can teach our kids social skills that will help them connect with other people and become more confident. You can find more resources from Brooke Romney at and follow her on Instagram . Brooke was also featured on another episode of the How She Moms podcast: And she contributed to several other episodes, including: and Find all past episodes and other resources at /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/29492978

How She Builds a Village 11/01/2023

How She Builds a Village Whitney interviews moms from the village that helped raise her. They talk about friendship, the work that goes into building it, and some of their kids' shenanigans. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/28489754

How She Falls Off a Cliff 10/03/2023

How She Falls Off a Cliff This summer I fell 30 feet in a rock climbing accident. Here's my story. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/28216007

How Whitney Struggles with Screentime 05/26/2023

How Whitney Struggles with Screentime Screentime is a struggle--setting boundaries, resetting those boundaries, keeping kids safe, teaching them how to be intentional about tech. In this episode Whitney shares some of the ups and downs of screentime experiments in her own family. For more episodes about managing screentime, check out the rest of the series: /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/26961000

How Jessica Goes from Surviving to Thriving 05/03/2023

How Jessica Goes from Surviving to Thriving Jessica Jackson’s framework for transitioning from surviving to thriving might just transform your whole way of looking at motherhood and life (because survival mode isn’t exclusive to motherhood). Best of all, Jessica has given me words to describe the transition from survival mode to re-entry to normalizing to exploring to thriving and even soaring. Don’t worry. She’ll explain the whole thing. Find Jessica at /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/26735775

How Hillary Creates Healthy Screen Habits 04/14/2023

How Hillary Creates Healthy Screen Habits Hillary Wilkinson, one of the founders of tells the story about how she helped start this organization, shares research about kids and screens, walks us through some safeguards we can put in place, shares some great ways we can connect with our kids through tech, and teaches us some healthy screen habits. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/26547045

How She Creates a Healthy Tech Culture 03/30/2023

How She Creates a Healthy Tech Culture Seven ways to create a healthy digital culture and connect with your kids. Featuring advice from seven different tech-savvy moms: Andrea Davis, Hillary Wilkinson, Catherine Pearlman, Jen Brimhall, Alex Fales, Kailan Carr, Chanelle Neilson, /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/26388336

How Whitney Experiments--Winter 2023 03/10/2023

How Whitney Experiments--Winter 2023 In which we talk about all the expectations in the winter season, plus parenting expectations in general. I also talk about some of the experiments going on here in the Archibald home from family discussions to chores to Christmas gifts, plus a new podcasting adventure for me. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/26191515

How Christina Builds Friendship and Community 02/22/2023

How Christina Builds Friendship and Community Christina Acosta shares practical tips for building friendships, from analyzing and repairing past friendships to going deep and getting beyond surface relationships. Christina is the founder of Growing Up Gorgeous, a community for black women of faith. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/26008311

How She Spends Time with Friends 02/08/2023

How She Spends Time with Friends Ideas for making time to connect with friends and organizing gatherings, from one-on-one activities to small groups, to parties and even traveling with friends. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/25874418

111 How She Makes Friends 01/25/2023

111 How She Makes Friends Twelve tips about making new friends from seven different moms. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/25725603

110 How Katherine Works: Slaying Dragons and Prioritizing Impact 11/29/2022

110 How Katherine Works: Slaying Dragons and Prioritizing Impact Katherine Wintsch struggled with self-doubt and perfectionism for years—even while outwardly achieving all her goals as a successful advertising executive. Then she decided to confront and slay those dragons of fear and doubt, rethink her priorities, and start her own company, where she could redefine work-life culture. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/25168779

109 How Whitney Experiments, Fall 2022 11/16/2022

109 How Whitney Experiments, Fall 2022 In which I discuss some of the fall experiments that have been working for us as we drive kids from one activity to another. I'll talk about our big push to improve hygiene and sleep habits, our holiday experiments, and then update you on some plans for How She Moms and other related projects. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/25032759

108 How Kathryn Collects Drops of Awesome 11/02/2022

108 How Kathryn Collects Drops of Awesome Kathryn Thompson was having a great day--just killing it. But then self-doubt tried to creep it's way in. Right then and there, she stopped those thoughts and started a new practice--collecting drops of awesome, little successes that add up to a full bucket of awesomeness. She tells her story and other practices that help her keep self-doubt at bay. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/24883407

107 How Catherine Teaches Kids To Manage Technology 10/26/2022

107 How Catherine Teaches Kids To Manage Technology Dr. Catherine Pearlman, author of the fabulous book, First Phone, talks about how we can empower kids to make good choices about how they use technology. For more resources from Catherine, go to /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/24803946

106 How Gini Saved Her Relationship with Her Struggling Teen 10/19/2022

106 How Gini Saved Her Relationship with Her Struggling Teen Gini Ewart's teenage daughter was getting in some serious trouble. Just when Gini thought she had tried everything, she learned some key principles that transformed her relationship with her daughter. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/24731871

105 How She Connects with Teens 10/12/2022

105 How She Connects with Teens Fourteen tactics for connecting with teens, from ten different moms. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/24666900

104 How Ellen Pioneered In Vitro Fertilization 10/05/2022

104 How Ellen Pioneered In Vitro Fertilization In 1983, Ellen Weir Casey delivered the first "test-tube baby" born in Colorado,paving the way for the more than 8 million in vitro babies that have been born since--including my own miracle baby. She tells her amazing story on the podcast today. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/24590349

103 How Whitney Experiments--Summer 2022 09/28/2022

103 How Whitney Experiments--Summer 2022 My kids help me evaluate all of our summer experiments, from jobs to swimming to family reunions and lots of bravery. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/24513195

102 How Camille Connects with Teens 09/21/2022

102 How Camille Connects with Teens Teenagers are people too! Camille Ward, co-host of the Family Looking Up Podcast, shares her connection-first approach to parenting teenagers, while still setting boundaries and preparing them to go out into the world. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/24446127

101 How Mary Parents Spicy Ones 09/14/2022

101 How Mary Parents Spicy Ones Mary Van Geffen is spicy. Which is why she's made it her mission as a parenting coach to help parents understand their own spicy children. In this episode, Mary teaches how to manage our own reactions as we parent these amazing kids. Get Mary's guide to Finding Your Calm here: /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/24369528

100 How Whitney Rethinks Motherhood 09/07/2022

100 How Whitney Rethinks Motherhood 100 episodes! To celebrate, I thought I'd put together an episode of some of the ways the amazing moms I've interviewed have helped me (and maybe some of you) rethink motherhood. I somehow narrowed it down to 12 (or so) ideas that have helped me become a better mom over the past three years. Here's to many more (years and great ideas)! /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/24296277

99 Behind the Scenes of Season 4 08/31/2022

99 Behind the Scenes of Season 4 Welcome to Season 4! Here's a teaser of some of the topics and guests I plan to feature in this season, plus a behind-the-scenes look at how I put the podcast together. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/24218043

98 How Bryce Manages Mom Guilt 06/22/2022

98 How Bryce Manages Mom Guilt Bryce Reddy is a family therapist specializing in maternal mental health, and one of the most quotable people I've ever interviewed. In this eisode, she shares her insights about mom guilt, judgement, and how we can support each other. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/23507465

97 How Devan and Alexis Support Each Other (and Other Moms) 06/16/2022

97 How Devan and Alexis Support Each Other (and Other Moms) Devan James and Alexis Mayberry have known each other since middle school. They’ve supported each other through relationships, babies, and more babies. Last year, they decided to spread the love and support to other moms by recording season one of their podcast, Word2yamuva. We had a great conversation, from mommy wars to mom guilt to discipline to career choices. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/23453663

96 How Renee Conquers Mom Guilt 06/01/2022

96 How Renee Conquers Mom Guilt A conversation with Renee Reina, host of The Mom Room Podcast, about mom guilt, comparisons, toxic mom culture, and the division of labor at home. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/23294531

95 How Whitney Experiments--Spring 2022 05/25/2022

95 How Whitney Experiments--Spring 2022 A quarterly update on the experiments host Whitney Archibald is trying at home. This one includes setting boundaries (or not) about how many activities to pack into one season, travel, bedtime and morning routines, and of course, screentime. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/23227448

94 How She Supports Other Moms 05/18/2022

94 How She Supports Other Moms Ten tips from sixteen different moms (and one dad) about how to support each other, make healthy comparisons, and just be good neighbors. Cue Mr. Rogers. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/23147624

93 How She Dismantles the Mommy Wars 05/11/2022

93 How She Dismantles the Mommy Wars Are Mommy Wars real? And if so, how do we end them? Today, we discuss the history of the Mommy Wars, what they're all about, and how we can end them, already. /episode/index/show/howshemoms/id/23073662

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