by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Adults, Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Spawned Podcast
Whether you’re a woman nearing thirty, forty, fifty, or well beyond — have I got good news for you. Debra Whitman PhD, expert on aging and longevity, AARP Chief Public Policy Officer, and author of The Second Fifty: Answers to the 7 Big Questions of...
by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Adults, Spawned Podcast
Parenting is messy business, and yet there are some people on the internet who make it look easy — or at least really fun. Because they actually are having fun. One of those people is arguably Gabrielle Blair, who you may know as Design Mom. If you don’t...
by Liz Gumbinner | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Spawned Podcast
A lot of moms in my life are hitting a new chapter right now, asking themselves, “What’s next for me? Should I stick with this career? Do I really have entrepreneurship in me? Should I write a book? And who am I after my kids leave the home?” If...
by Liz Gumbinner | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Spawned Podcast
Here we are entering the stressful back-to-school season, just in time for the US Surgeon General’s advisory about parents and mental health, on top of the knowledge that kids have been struggling for a while too. So what can we do about it all? This week on...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast
“Joy rebels.” Doesn’t that sound like a wonderful thing to teach our kids to be? If you think so too, you’re going to love my conversation with NY Times best-selling author and illustrator, director, dad, and all-around excellent human, Brad...
by Cool Mom Team | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Spawned Podcast
News flash: We all age! Every day! And yet the world can be tough on us for doing just that. So how do we move forward with joy and learn to celebrate all our phases of life as women? And might we be inadvertently contributing to ageism in our society without even...
by Cool Mom Team | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Spawned Podcast
The world is…rough right now. And that’s an understatement. So I reached out to my great friend, podcast host, and purveyor of wisdom, Dr. Christine Koh, who is sharing 5 small, tangible things we can all be doing to make positive change in our lives and...
by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast
This episode is a must-listen for all parents of kids who have smartphones, especially if you’re worried about the impact of social media on mental health. And isn’t that all of us, these days? Dr. Devorah Heitner a renowned author and expert on kids and...
by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast
For our final podcast in our Insider Guide to the College Application Process, I thought we’d do things a little differently. This week, we gathered questions that teens themselves gave us about college admissions and applications — and I’m joined...
by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids, Spawned Podcast
This week on Spawned, I had the best time speaking with the one and only Jonathan Van Ness!! They’ve just released an amazing new picture book, Gorgeously Me!, which is already making waves as a #1 new children’s book on Amazon. Our chat was not only fun...
by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast
I’m so happy to be back with Alyse Levine, one of the foremost college counseling experts in the country, to continue our Insider Guide to the College Application Process. This week, we took a cue from you, our readers and listeners, who wrote in to ask what you...
by Liz Gumbinner | Spawned Podcast
This week, I’m talking to #1 New York Times bestselling author, Brad Meltzer, fresh off his viral commencement address at The University of Michigan about empathy, transformation, growth, compassion, and…magic. (Were you thinking I’d be covering that...