You've heard it before - there's no handbook when it comes to raising kids. But what's pretty consistent for most parents are their parenting styles. While there are pros and cons to each, learning which one you lean towards can help you understand what type of parent you are. In this episode, we're talking the five common parenting styles and where we think we fall. Everything from free-range parenting to attachment parenting, we've got ...
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EP 16 – I Do, You Don’t – Why Marriage Isn’t for Everyone
We talk A LOT about marriage on this podcast - and hey, it's because we're both married. But marriage isn't the goal for a lot of people and that is a perfectly valid thing! Forget the stigma, today's it's all about the #nomarriage club! In this episode, we're talking with special guest Marcus (aka Sasha's best friend) about why he has decided marriage isn't for him, and why it's not something that sound necessarily be aspirational or mean ...
EP 15 – Snap Back? Dealing with Our Body After Baby
We've said it time and time again - having a baby changes everything. And for most women, the biggest change of all happens to our bodies. What happens when the baby comes and you look in the mirror and realizes things just ain't sitting the way they use to. In this episode, we're talking all about our struggles with our body after baby and how we're working on our own personal snap backs while learning to love our new bodies. Because ...
EP 14 – Love Me In A Special Way – Learning The Love Languages
How many times have you done something to show your partner some love to only have them act unappreciative? Most likely it was because you were speaking YOUR love language and not THEIRS. In this episode, we're talking Love Languages and the book "The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts" By Gary Chapman. We're talking all about how our own love language has changed over the years and how learning to love your partner in the way ...
EP 13 – Where My Girls At – Having a Mom Tribe
Having "mom tribes" can be one of the key things that help you get through motherhood. Ladies who have been or are in the same space as you can serve as a sounding board, coach, or sometimes just your wine buddy. And they don't always have to be moms! Our single friends can be a lifeline to the world we use to know! In this episode, we're talking all about our mom tribes - the friends who hold us down, lift us up, and drink wine with us when ...
EP 12 – Becoming…Mama – Our Stories on Becoming Moms
Even through nine months of pregnancy, we're never really prepared for that moment when we become moms. As in...labor. Every woman experiences childbirth differently and no matter how many classes you take or women you talk to, you ultimately have no idea what your experience will be like. In this episode, we're talking the stories of how we became moms - our sons birth stories. We're keeping it real and telling you all those things you ...
Hi! We're Sasha & Shara - the co-hosts of the Swirl and Sip Podcast! 