Atomic Moms
Ellie Knaus celebrates and commiserates with world class experts, best-selling authors, and listeners around the world on Atomic Moms podcast. She shares the sweet and messy journey of her growing family and welcomes complex discussions on topics from postpartum anxiety to schooling to marriage after kids and how to build your village of mom-friends. Since 2014, listeners have found a welcoming space Ellie calls Switzerland in the Mommy Wars. Apple Podcasts features Atomic Moms podcast under its most popular Kids and Family recommendations. And Mental Floss named Atomic Moms in 19 Notable Podcasts About Parenting. Listen up anywhere you get your favorite podcasts and find us at atomicmoms.com and on Instagram @atomicmoms.
Health & Fitness
Society & Culture
Personal Journals
Mental Health
Motherhood
Kids & Family
Parenting
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 259
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2020
Parenting Struggles Solved: Julie Wright + Heather Turgeon on Bedtime, Tantrums, and Friendship/Sibling Drama
We're tackling whining, tantrums, baby hair pulling, playdate drama, and middle of the night wake ups with parenting experts/psychotherapists Heather Turgeon, MFT and Julie Wright, MFT. Host Ellie Kn…
00:42:50 |
Wed 13 Jun 2018
Time Management & Productivity Expert Laura Vanderkam
#180 - We're busting the "I'm too busy" myth, putting "mom guilt" to rest, and sharing practical tools for making time for the people and projects we love.
Guest LAURA VANDERKAM, time management and…
00:30:52 |
Wed 06 Jun 2018
The Attachment Effect: Our Relationship Blueprint for Life | Peter Lovenheim
Ever wonder how your mother's relationship with you as a baby influences your life now as an adult? And how about your relationship with your own kids - what effect are you having on their future rel…
00:35:56 |
Wed 30 May 2018
Got Mom Overwhelm?| Leslie Bruce on Social Media, Perfectionism, and Pregnancy
#1 New York Times bestselling author and award-winning entertainment journalist LESLIE BRUCE speaks candidly about overwhelming life moments from going back to work after baby, to fertility, to her c…
00:36:31 |
Tue 22 May 2018
The Spirit of Motherhood: Surprises + Challenges + Memories of Our Moms | 17 Moms Share
#177: Our special tribute to our listener community. 17 listener moms open their hearts to us for our #177 podcast. My "mom questions" were basic. And the responses were profound. I am humbled by you…
00:58:29 |
Sun 13 May 2018
Expressing Motherhood | Lindsay Kavet
Expressing Motherhood showrunner and mother of three, Lindsay Kavet spills the espresso beans on how to get stuff done AND be creatively fulfilled while raising kids, the life-changing power of shari…
00:43:20 |
Wed 09 May 2018
The Good News About Bad Behavior | Katherine Reynolds Lewis, award-winning journalist
#175: Journalist/parent educator Katherine Reynolds Lewis and I bond over our love for our strict, hyper-achieving Tiger Moms, our fear of disappointing them, and our strong need to parent our childr…
00:36:31 |
Tue 01 May 2018
Innovative Ways to Get Kids Psyched to Read | Tracey Hecht, Elizabeth Dragga
How do we unlock a young person's intrinsic motivation to read? Today we're spotlighting Tracey Hecht of Fabled Films and The Book Truck charity founder Elizabeth Dragga. These guests on opposite coa…
00:43:26 |
Tue 24 Apr 2018
The Fifth Trimester: A Working Mom's Guide | Lauren Smith Brody
CNN host Kate Bolduan and former Glamour executive editor Lauren Smith Brody give tips for heading back to work after having kids.
Just back from maternity leave, Kate Bolduan gives us three momhac…
00:50:04 |
Tue 17 Apr 2018
Bonus: Calming 10 Minute Mom Meditation | Jennifer Waldburger
A 10 minute recharging meditation for all of us moms, and especially new mamas. As Jennifer Waldburger explains, "Your baby needs a mom who takes good enough care of herself to be able to meet her ne…
00:09:40 |
Wed 11 Apr 2018
This Mom's Secret Birthday Fantasy
We're talking about what happens when I have the chance to live out my ultimate birthday fantasy and Adam gives the play by play of the Rampage movie premiere.
Subscribe on iTunes.com/AtomicMoms or …
00:32:35 |
Wed 11 Apr 2018
Our Damn Good Birth Story | Ellie Knaus + Adam Sztykiel
(New intro) It's my birthday week so we're revisiting our Eliza's birth! In this episode originally airing 7/17, we share the highlights of our second daughter’s totally outrageous birth, including a…
00:29:27 |
Tue 03 Apr 2018
BONUS: Preventing Next Larry Nassar, Secrets vs. Surprises, and Sexual Predators w/ Patty Fitzgerald, Child Safety Expert
#169 After our special live episode with child safety educator Pattie Fitzgerald officially ended, we kept talking so we kept recording! In this bonus episode, we discuss:Why we should encourage surp…
00:12:51 |
Wed 28 Mar 2018
How to Protect Our Children from Sexual Abuse (Live in L.A.) Pattie Fitzgerald, safety expert
In our first Atomic Moms Live, child safety educator Pattie Fitzgerald teaches us how to empower our children and prevent them from becoming victims of sexual abuse. After all, the "tricky person" (p…
01:21:30 |
Tue 27 Mar 2018
Sir Ken Robinson, PhD (#1 TED Talk) | An Education Revolution
#167: The most watched TED Talk in history "Do Schools Kill Creativity?" made Sir Ken Robinson, PhD. a widely known crusader of non-traditional education around the world. In his new book YOU, YOUR C…
00:36:03 |
Tue 20 Mar 2018
How to Strengthen Your Marriage After Children | Britta Bushnell, PhD
#166 Dr. Britta Bushnell is back to discuss the challenges of emotional intimacy and the ways in which we can reconnect as a couple now that we’re parents. It’s part two of our extremely popular conv…
00:34:01 |
Wed 14 Mar 2018
The Dazzling Elephant in The Room | Novogratz, Sukey and Elizabeth
UGH. Meditation. Why is it so hard to just sit? I'm chatting with Sukey and Elizabeth about the critical voices in our heads, the ways in which we underestimate ourselves, meditation, and how to get …
00:47:05 |
Tue 06 Mar 2018
Everything Happens| Kate Bowler: bestselling memoir, cancer, faith, and toddler-wrangling
Meet Kate Bowler, our new podcast mom friend. She's funny, sweet, and really, really smart, but like in a very-humble-and-also-loves-reality-shows kind of way. She teaches at Duke Divinity School. Sh…
00:36:17 |
Tue 27 Feb 2018
How to Parent After Another School Shooting| Stephanie Small, LMFT, Trauma Expert
#163 We offer support in this up to the minute podcast with renowned trauma expert Stephanie Small, LMFT, including: what to say to our children about the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shootin…
00:34:12 |
Sat 17 Feb 2018
The Key to Motivating Our Kids (It's Not What You Think) | Neuropsychologist Dr. William Stixrud, Ned Johnson
Our kids suffer more stress and anxiety today than children did a century ago. Clinical neuropsychologist Dr. Bill Stixrud and testing guru Ned Johnson explain why and what we can do about it in thei…
00:28:31 |
Tue 13 Feb 2018
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