Dear Moms Pod

Dear Moms Chat with Deb about raising a large family, and her fight against Lyme Disease.

Join us for our conversation with Deb! Deb and Jenny met in a co-op about 6 years ago. Today we get to hear about Deb's journey as a mom of a premie baby and many littles, her fight against Lyme Disease and her journey through treatment with bee stings. It is a really good conversation! Join us!

Dear Moms Chat with Lyn Hanush about her many walks across America, long distance walking and her journey in motherhood!

Jenny and Lisa chat with Lyn about Lyn's long distance walks across America. Lyn had a calling to walk and pray for America and she shares her experiences through these walks. She took a west coast to east coast walk and an east coast walk where she walked hundreds and hundreds of miles! We also talk about her life through motherhood and taking care of her mother. Be sure to listen to this episode!

Jenny and Lisa Life Update-May 2025 Edition

Join us today in a short episode. It is Jenny's last week of the semester for grad school! In this episode, we share about our Mother's Day weekend and Lisa shares about her thoughts (and fears) about going to back to school after 25 years of career mom life.

Dear Moms Chat with Joan in Part 2 about Peace Corp, Life in transition, and getting through divorce and life after

Jenny and Lisa chat with Joan about her experience in the Peace Corps, and what it was like to transition back to living in the US after two years of Peace Corps service. We also discuss her life later through marriage, raising her two boys, surviving divorce, and life as a single woman again.  Joan is a wonderful friend who seeks and enjoys adventure and part 2 is a must listen!

Dear Moms Chat with Joan in part 1 of 2 episodes about friendship, motherhood, and Joan's career as a researcher

Jenny and Lisa have a wonderful conversation with Joan! Joan and Lisa have been friends since 2004 and have enjoyed many years of motherhood together here in New Mexico and through a long distance friendship as well.  We discuss Joan's life and career before motherhood. We do talk about her research in domestic violence and emergency medicine. We also talk about her life as a mom of young boys through her 40s and 50s; and the challenges through navigating the best education for her kids with ADHD and giftedness. Listen in!

Dear Moms Chat With Mickey in Part 2 about her family's full time adventures on the road traveling around the country!

Join Jenny and Lisa in this lively conversation with Mickey. In part 2, we discuss the details of road life with her family. They went on 2 separate, extended road trips where they adventured west on the first trip and east on the second. She shares how they made remote work, schooling, the raising of their two sons all thrive on the road! Listen in!

Dear Moms Chat with Mickey in this part 1 of 2 series about healing as a mom, her birth stories, and being vegan.

Jenny and Lisa have a wonderful conversation with Mickey! This interview is divided into 2 parts. In part 1, we talk about how we learn more about ourselves as we parent, what labor and delivery was like for her and her family's journey to becoming vegan when her oldest was 3.

Dear Moms chat with Anya about growing up in Latvia, her career as a doula and her journey as a mom and woman!

Jenny and Lisa have a rich conversation with Anya. We get to learn about growing up in Latvia, a then communist country. She also shares with us her journey through pregnancy and childbirth. Anya is a doula and has been part of 55 births. 
We also talk about her experience growing up Pentecostal Christian and what has changed for her as an adult. 
This conversation goes deep for us and we are hope you all enjoy the listen.

Dear Moms chat with Jen Kronberg about life as a working mom, building a business, and the scary experience of panic attacks.

Jenny and Lisa have a great conversation with Jen! We discuss her life as a mom of two kids, while building a ninja gym and working full time. She talks about falling for her husband, Josh, while they were in their early twenties; and then going on to create one of the earliest ninja gyms in the country right here in ABQ! We get into a great discussion about anxiety and panic attacks as well. Listen in to our latest interview!

Dear Moms chat with Jenny Rice about life on the hobby farm, their experiences as a non-binary person in the world and more!

Jenny and Lisa interview Jenny Rice in this week's new episode of Dear Moms. Jenny Rice shares with us about celebrating seasons and their work at the family farm where they live. Jenny also describes their life experiences as a non-binary person and about parenthood. Be sure to listen, this is a great episode!