by Kristen Chase | Podcast
Liz and I have a special place in our hearts for storytelling, because that’s how we first met online almost 17 years ago. That can’t be right, can it? We connected through our personal blogs—Mom 101 and Motherhood Uncensored—and the rest is Cool Mom Picks...
by Liz Gumbinner | Podcast
The world feels like a pretty awful place right now. I’ve seen a lot of people in my social feeds say things like, “it must be hard to have kids and have to explain things like the Russian aggression against Ukraine to them.” I always think that yes,...
by Liz Gumbinner | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Podcast
This week, I was really happy to get to sit down and chat with Amy Koppelman, director, writer, and producer of the recent film A Mouthful of Air starring Amanda Seyfried and Finn Wittrock. It’s based on on Amy’s critically acclaimed novel inspired by her...
by Kristen Chase | Podcast
We’ve probably all used the phrase “adulting is hard.” Probably an awful lot over the last two years. And that’s because being an adult is pretty darn hard. Way to state the obvious, Kristen. Okay, so yeah, it is obvious, but what isn’t...
by Kristen Chase | Podcast
We’ve been so grateful to our recent expert Spawned guests who have offered their help in navigating these last two years with our kids. And this week’s expert, Mara Koffmann, is no exception. She shares her expertise from years working with kids and...
by Cool Mom Staff | Editors Best of the Year, Living, Podcast
Well now, this has been quite the year — giving both of us a whoooole lot of topics to cover on the Spawned Parenting Podcast in 2021. It’s been so interesting looking back at our 10 most downloaded episodes of the year and seeing what resonated with you...
by Cool Mom Staff | Holiday Picks, Podcast
As we close out the year (phew, what a year it’s been, we wanted to devote our last episode of Spawned 2021 to cool picks of the week. Holiday style. Whether you still have time to grab one last-minute, or you want to bookmark them for holidays, and other...
by Kristen Chase | Podcast
This week, we’re taking a little break to catch up on all of the things (anyone else feeling overwhelmed?) by sharing a Spawned podcast episode from a couple of years ago with a message we could all use right now. Back in 2019, author Nancy Davis Kho, shared how...
by Cool Mom Staff | Podcast, Tips + Tricks
If you’ve ever struggled to connect with your kids, help them solve problems, open up to you, or just give you more than a one-word answer when you ask how school was today…well, help is here! We have had a lot of favorite Spawned podcast guests over the...
by Kristen Chase | Podcast
In the course of our parenting lives, we make a whole lot of decisions, so when I read Emily Oster’s most recent book The Family Firm, which offers a very smart, data-driven method to decision making, I really wanted to chat with her on our Spawned podcast. But...
by Liz Gumbinner | Podcast
As we head into the holiday season, which can be filled with the abundance of food, gifts, and celebrations, we know that a lot of us struggle with all the excess. It’s valuable for us to slow down as parents, and consider ways to help develop and express more...
by Cool Mom Staff | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Kids, Podcast
While some of us (including Kristen and myself) are rejoicing about the approval of the Covid-19 vaccine for kids 5-11, we know that a lot of parents still have questions. As you should! This is our kids we’re talking about, and as parents, we research...