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Working Mom Crush | Creative Director Jessica Coulter Oct 04, 2016

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Award-winning creative director Jessica Coulter and host Ellie Knaus laugh about play dates gone awry, making mom friends, and surprising details from her pre-baby past (burlesque and NFL cheerleading, what?). This year Coulter was named one of Business Insider's "30 Most Creative Women in Advertising" and we talk about what it's like being a mom-boss in the dude-centric world of advertising. Ellie also gets her to share fantastic mom hacks for getting stuff done and her personal struggle going back to work full-time. Last but not least, we bring our mutual "Hamilton: An American Musical" obsession to a whole new level. Lin-Manuel Miranda would be proud. x Ellie This episode is brought to you by LostMy.Name (you saw that right. There's no ".com" Just LostMy.Name). Don't forget the promo code ATOMIC for 10% off your order. (And so they know you got the message from us.) Free shipping worldwide! Twitter/ Instagram: @atomicmoms Facebook: search for "Atomic Moms" page www.atomicmoms.com Don't forget to subscribe on iTunes.com/AtomicMoms And please share with all your mom friends in person and online! Thanks for keeping us thriving! xo Ellie See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How to Support Our Sisterhood | Pregnancy Loss Sep 27, 2016

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How can we help a mother who has experienced pregnancy loss? What should we say? What should we not say? Our two special guests devote their lives to the wellness of mothers and have suffered pregnancy loss themselves: clinical psychologist Dr. Jessica Zucker and training midwife Georgina Blanchard. Our first guest Dr. Jessica Zucker specializes in women's reproductive + maternal mental health and serves on the Medical Advisory Council of "Every Mother Counts". She has contributed to PBS’s "This Emotional Life", and started the #IHadAMiscarriage hashtag campaign that went viral. Our second guest Georgina Blanchard is in her final year of Midwifery studies at the Midwifery Education Program at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. After our conversations, we clear the stage to share Georgina’s exquisite essay “Still Life” published in the Canadian journal “The Walrus", read by her sister, actress Rachel Blanchard with music by Georgina's husband John Showman. October is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. We hope this episode helps in some small way. Please share with your mom community. x Ellie Please subscribe on iTunes.com/AtomicMoms! Go to AtomicMoms.com for show notes and more about our guests. Sign up for our newsletter on atomicmoms.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Understanding Montessori | Jeanne-Marie Paynel Sep 20, 2016

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Mom pals Ellie Knaus and Bridget Moloney-Sinclair call on Voila Montessori founder JEANNE-MARIE PAYNEL to sort out our child-rearing chaos. We learn: how to simplify our family’s morning routine so we don’t lose our marbles, how to calmly handle mealtime struggles, why Montessori classrooms don't have pretend play objects or talking animal books, and how to create a home environment in which our children can thrive as independent learners. Thanks to podcast #97 Ellie is wondering how she’ll get her exercise now that she won’t be sunscreen play-wrestling her toddler every morning. And for listeners with older kids, you won’t want to miss the choice Jeanne-Marie Paynel's own remarkable mother gave her in high school. Go to atomicmoms.com for show notes and to sign up for Jeanne-Marie Paynel's FREE summit this week! Ellie's video interview on all she's learned while hosting Atomic Moms is Saturday, Sept 24! Subscribe on iTunes.com/AtomicMoms. Twitter: @atomicmoms Facebook page: "atomic moms" Instagram: @atomicmoms See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Making Space for What Matters | Bianca Kajlich, Actress: Rules of Engagement, Undateable, Bring It On Sep 13, 2016

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#96: Do you suffer from obligation overload? Ever feel like what you're doing isn't enough in this age where everyone is branding themselves as a multi-hyphenate? Or are you stuck in something that doesn’t feel good anymore? We feel ya! Actress and Atomic Moms co-founder Bianca Kajlich (Rules of Engagement, Undateable, Bring It On) inspires us to commit ourselves to what matters most to us and shed the rest. This full hearted, generous, and crazily charismatic mama reveals her recent personal challenges and parenting Ah Ha's. It’s a brand new episode with our old friend and it's classic Bianca & Ellie - so blow up your Atomic Moms raft, get your #mombomb coozie and cold beer (or cold brew coffee... the bottles look the same), and get ready to ride our wild, fun, and sparkling stream of consciousness. xx Ellie Knaus Follow us on social media @atomicmoms (Instagram/Twitter) Search "Atomic Moms" on your iPhone podcast app and subscribe! Search for "Atomic Moms" Facebook page and join our conversation! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Working Mom Crush | CNN's Kate Bolduan on Confidence, Funny Mom Fails, & Interviewing the President Sep 06, 2016

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Listen to Ellie's new intro to a fave episode. We're sharing our uncensored and funny mom-friend call with CNN anchor Kate Bolduan. The woman is non-stop, co-anchoring "@ This Hour with Berman and Bolduan" every week day along with raising her toddler Cecelia. Atomic Moms host Ellie Knaus asks this spirited mama: How do we juggle the parenting act while still hitting the pavement hard? What is it like raising your kid in Manhattan when you grew up with grass? How CRAZY was it getting on-camera parenting advice from President Obama while you were pregnant? Awesome? Awkward? Weird? All of the above? This conversation originally aired in January 2016. Check out AtomicMoms.com for our show notes! Find us on social media on Facebook ("Atomic Moms") and Instagram/Twittter: @atomicmoms. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Starry-Eyed | Awakening Our Sense of Wonder Aug 30, 2016

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#94: Heading towards the last hurrah of summer, we’re letting our hair down, celebrating our sensuality, and re-awakening our sense of wonder. We're also posing one of my favorite mom questions: Why do we struggle to look like we're perfect when the people we love the most are the ones who are fancy free with their imperfections? Our guest Mandy Arioto, mother to three young children, is the president and CEO of MOPs International: "a grassroots movement that believes moms are world influencers.” Mandy has been featured on MSN.com, theknot.com, the nest.com, and Fox. She writes: “Carl Jung suggests that becoming whole means bringing together that which has been torn apart. Whether that is light and darkness, feminine and masculine, conscious and unconscious, we are whole when we embrace both.” You can find her new book "Starry-Eyed: Seeing Grace in the Unfolding Constellation of Life and Motherhood" on atomicmoms.com. P.S. We also talk about ice cream. Show notes: atomic moms.com Twitter: @atomicmoms Facebook: "Atomic Moms" Instagram: @atomicmoms Don't forget to "Subscribe" on the purple podcast app already on your iPhone. Android users: subscribe on the stitcher app! Just search: "Atomic Moms" xo, Atomic Moms mom-in-chief Ellie Knaus Special Thanks: composer - Jeremy Turner, post audio mix - Owen O'Neill See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Martha Beck, Oprah's Go To Life Coach: On Loving Ourselves Aug 23, 2016

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Oprah says of our guest Martha Beck: "She's one of the smartest women I know." In podcast #93 Martha Beck encourages host Ellie Knaus to get honest in every aspect of her life with an INTEGRITY CLEANSE. Of course, Ellie freaks out that everyone will abandon her. Could YOU do it? Wouldn't it be liberating to stop "dancing on eggshells"? We also discuss: the truth about pain, how to handle self-criticism, challenging the voices in our head, what our bodies are really trying to tell us, and how to be compassionate towards ourselves when we're mad at ourselves for how we're being so hard on ourselves (a double whammy and Ellie's longtime favorite conundrum until Martha solves it for us here. Huzzah!) Martha's bestselling books include: Expecting Adam, Finding Your Own North Star, Steering By Starlight, and Finding Your Way in a Wild New World, and we discuss her new work of fiction: Diana, Herself: An Allegory in Awakening. Martha Beck has three degrees from Harvard. And every month we flip to Martha's column in O Magazine first. Learn more about her training program at marthabeckinstitute.com Go to atomicmoms.com for our social media links! Please help us out! If you like this podcast, please rate us on iTunes. iTunes.com/AtomicMoms. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me | Margaux Bergen Aug 16, 2016

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Sometimes our own parents aren't equipped to teach us how to create a meaningful life. It's our job to figure it out for ourselves and pass it on. MARGAUX BERGEN, an observant and whip smart daughter of a dysfunctional family, wrote down some of her hard earned wisdom to give to her eldest daughter when she went to college. Penguin Press has published these family stories and raw insights in the hybrid memoir/advice book: “Navigating Life: Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me.” A champion for women leadership around the world, Margaux Bergen has worked with the non-profit Vital Voices. She has held senior communications positions at The Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty, The United Way and the World Bank, and is now with the women-led, conscious journalism site ORBMedia. On Atomic Moms we talk about respectful parenting, the dreaded resume gap, solitude vs. loneliness, and how we can veer away from our dysfunctional family history and find our way back to our essential self. xx Ellie Knaus Subscribe on iTunes.com/AtomicMoms. Find show notes at atomicmoms.com. Please help us out by sharing on social media! #atomicmoms Special thanks to composer Jeremy Turner. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Cheers to Complicated Families | Tracy Barone 'Happy Family' Aug 09, 2016

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We're raising a glass to complicated families. *Clink* In episode #91, guest Tracy Barone chats with Ellie Knaus about the fractured mythology of our own family of origin. For example, do we ever really know our parents? What are they not telling us and how has it subconsciously informed who we are? A mother of reinvention (playwright, film producer, now novelist), Barone also opens up about the identity crisis that plagues so many moms taking a break from the work force and what she learned about herself in the process. We talk about the Buddhist concept of the child choosing the parent before birth. (We'd love to know: why do you think your kid picked you?) And for all you creative mamas out there, we pinpoint what it takes to birth your passion project. Find show notes at atomicmoms.com Twitter: @atomicmoms, Instagram: @atomicmoms, Facebook "Atomic Moms". Special thanks to Jeremy Turner for his gorgeous music. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Does Your Child Get Upset When You Leave? Aug 02, 2016

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Separation Anxiety Part 2 with parenting expert Jennifer Waldburger goes WAY DEEP. In this new episode with host Ellie Knaus, we break down the steps for healthy separation, discuss how we can help our children be more independent from us, talk about attachment patterns that can arise generation after generation, share the neurological response of "separation anxiety", and offer tips for saying goodbye at school drop off. Boom! Episode 90. Subscribe on iTunes.com/AtomicMoms Consider helping us out by leaving us a review on iTunes! Show notes available: www.atomicmoms.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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