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
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Kids & Family
Parenting
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 259
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2020
Working Mom Crush | Creative Director Jessica Coulter
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 cheerleadin…
00:47:07 |
Tue 04 Oct 2016
How to Support Our Sisterhood | Pregnancy Loss
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 pregna…
00:58:59 |
Tue 27 Sep 2016
Understanding Montessori | Jeanne-Marie Paynel
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 w…
00:45:43 |
Tue 20 Sep 2016
Making Space for What Matters | Bianca Kajlich, Actress: Rules of Engagement, Undateable, Bring It On
#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 d…
00:38:16 |
Tue 13 Sep 2016
Working Mom Crush | CNN's Kate Bolduan on Confidence, Funny Mom Fails, & Interviewing the President
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 Bo…
00:46:46 |
Tue 06 Sep 2016
Starry-Eyed | Awakening Our Sense of Wonder
#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 …
00:38:23 |
Tue 30 Aug 2016
Martha Beck, Oprah's Go To Life Coach: On Loving Ourselves
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 CLEAN…
00:33:09 |
Tue 23 Aug 2016
Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me | Margaux Bergen
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…
00:38:04 |
Tue 16 Aug 2016
Cheers to Complicated Families | Tracy Barone 'Happy Family'
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 rea…
00:33:32 |
Tue 09 Aug 2016
Does Your Child Get Upset When You Leave?
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 o…
00:39:41 |
Tue 02 Aug 2016
Goodbye Chicago, Hello China | Adventures in Motherhood
You know the lyrics to Frozen's "Let It Go," but how about in Mandarin? In this lighthearted and seriously entertaining 89th Atomic Moms episode, Ellie Knaus and guest co-host Bridget Moloney-Sinclai…
00:41:22 |
Tue 26 Jul 2016
How to Supercharge Your Parent-Child Relationship
What's the #1 thing you can give your kid? A healthy, loving connection with you. But sometimes it's really hard. Okay. Really effing hard. Luckily, we have some parenting world rockstars here to hel…
00:30:29 |
Tue 19 Jul 2016
Lifelong Family Secret | Liz Pryor
For nearly 40 years Atomic Moms guest LIZ PRYOR has kept a tremendous secret. In 1979 she moved into a government run, lock down facility for pregnant teenage girls and secretly gave birth to a child…
00:50:27 |
Tue 12 Jul 2016
Separation Anxiety Part 1 | Jennifer Waldburger
#86 Parenting expert and Atomic Moms mentor Jennifer Waldburger answers a million questions in this two-parter with host Ellie Knaus. In this episode Jennifer offers practical tips for both the “reje…
00:41:08 |
Tue 05 Jul 2016
12 Minutes to a More Peaceful Family Life | Ethan Sawyer
Ep #85: Ethan Sawyer returns with an illuminating exercise that can help make our parenting job a little easier and way more harmonious. After a huge response from our “Core Values, College Essays, a…
00:43:53 |
Tue 28 Jun 2016
Multicultural Mothering | L.A. Parent Magazine's Elena Epstein
Journalist Elena Epstein moved to Los Angeles during the Iranian Revolution when she was only ten years old. She chats with host Ellie Knaus about what it was like being the kid from "far far away" c…
00:42:33 |
Tue 21 Jun 2016
Funny Dads | My Husband Adam & Emmy Winner Tony Hale
In honor of Father's Day, we're putting the spotlight on two of the funniest dads we know: Ellie's husband/comedy screenwriter ADAM SZTYKIEL (DUE DATE, UNDATEABLE) and 2x Emmy winner TONY HALE (HBO's…
00:49:13 |
Tue 14 Jun 2016
It's Surprising How Strong We Really Are | Natalie Taylor
For any mother who has ever felt alone or feared that things couldn't get better, this one’s for you. On Father’s Day 2007, Natalie Taylor became a pregnant widow when her husband Josh died in a sud…
00:39:07 |
Tue 07 Jun 2016
Conscious Parenting Revolution | Dr. Shefali Tsabary, Ph.D.
Returning to Atomic Moms, conscious parenting trailblazer Dr. Shefali Tsabary shares insights from her brand new book "The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting" (on sale May 31). This exclusive…
00:36:06 |
Tue 31 May 2016
Warrior Parenting : Discipline and Empowerment
What does Bruce Lee have to do with parenting? It turns out a whole heck of a lot. Host Ellie Knaus wants to know how we can help our children stoke their inner fire, while reducing hyperactivity, an…
00:49:07 |
Tue 24 May 2016
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