Send us Fan Mail

Motherhood changed my experience with anxiety in ways I didn’t fully anticipate. When you love your kids deeply, the things you can’t control can feel especially hard to sit with.

After hearing about the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, those familiar feelings came rushing back—the sadness, the fear, the anger, and that overwhelming sense of helplessness.

In this episode, I’m sharing a personal conversation about motherhood, anxiety, and the fear we carry as parents. I’m also taking you back to 2023, when a visit to the memorial for the victims of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville left me feeling crushed—and ultimately led me to travel to Washington, D.C., to advocate for change alongside March Fourth.

I talk about why this organization matters to me, the work they’re doing to end mass shootings, and how we can begin to turn some of those feelings of fear and helplessness into action.

Because while we can’t control everything that happens, we can still find our voice. We can show up. And we can contribute to meaningful change.

Ways to get involved with March Fourth:

💚 Become a member (it's free!): MEMBERSHIP LINK

💚 Donate to support their work: DONATION LINK

💚 Learn more about March Fourth: WEBSITE LINK

💚 Invite friends to join and help grow the movement.

Thank you for listening to this conversation and for finding ways to use your voice.

🎧 Listen, share, and join me in finding ways to turn fear into action.

Send us Fan Mail

In honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, Jenn is joined by her sister-in-law, Carolyn, for a deeply personal conversation about pregnancy loss, friendship, and navigating two very different pregnancy experiences.

When Jenn and Carolyn discovered they were pregnant just two weeks apart, they were excited to experience pregnancy and early motherhood together. They imagined maternity leave side by side, raising cousins close in age, and sharing all the milestones that come with becoming moms.

But at nine weeks, Jenn learned there was no heartbeat. While Jenn navigated the grief of pregnancy loss, Carolyn's pregnancy continued.

In this episode, Jenn and Carolyn look back on a season they've never really talked about in depth beyond simply living through it together. They reflect on the complicated emotions that can come with grieving a pregnancy while someone you love continues theirs, the ways we try to protect each other, and what it means to hold space for someone else's joy while carrying your own grief.

This isn't a conversation about having all the answers. It's an honest reflection on family, friendship, grief, and the ways we show up for one another through life's hardest moments.

A gentle reminder: If you're navigating pregnancy loss, pregnancy after loss, or supporting someone you love through either experience, you don't have to feel just one thing. Your grief, your joy, and your complicated emotions all deserve room.

Content warning: This episode includes discussion of miscarriage, pregnancy loss, grief, and pregnancy after loss. Please listen when and if it feels right for you.

🤍 Thanks for being here with us on Messy Minded Mama.

Send us Fan Mail

We love a meaningful motherhood conversation. We really do.

But sometimes...we just need to laugh about the fact that we have somehow become the people who say things like:

“Please stop licking that.... or me!”

“Why does everything always go in your mouth?"

And somehow, these are completely normal sentences in our lives now.

So today, we're taking a break from the heavier motherhood conversations and embracing the completely unhinged side of being a mom.

We're talking about:

🤯 The weirdest things we've actually said to our kids

🤐 The things we think but probably shouldn't say out loud

🧠 The 47 completely random thoughts currently taking up space in our mom brains

🙃 The things we've done as moms that our pre-kid selves would absolutely judge us for

😂 And our completely unhinged mom confessions

No deep dive. No big takeaway. No life-changing motherhood wisdom.

Just Kate and Jenn talking about the weird, ridiculous, mildly questionable things that come with being a mom.

Because sometimes motherhood is beautiful.

Sometimes it's hard. And super weird.

And honestly? We think all of it deserves a little laugh.

Listen in and let us know: What's the most completely unhinged thing you've ever said, thought, or done as a mom?

We promise not to judge. We've probably done it too. 😂