It’s so exciting to be publishing this first episode of The Parenting Podcast! Regina and I jump right in with her guiding the conversation. We use this first episode to explain why this new platform needed to be launched, and we do it by describing a cascade of events that led to the cancellation I mentioned in the SMP’s March newsletter.
For me, StoicMom, it was an opportunity to explain how and why I’ve come to approach “the Culture Wars”—and differing approaches to life, in general—the way that I have.
We also share a bit more detail about how this new platform will support the audience who found themselves attracted to the StoicMom Project and why you may want to continue to tune into the conversations you’ll hear on The Parenting Paradox: where we use the pain of parenting to grow ourselves up and find inner pace.
In this episode, we both reference Regina’s story. If you’ve not already, you can listen to my interviews of her here and here, and read her SMP guest post here to learn more about what she’s navigating within her family.
This first episode offered lots of firsts for the two of us! Along with it being Regina’s and my first go at this format of her interviewing me, we also are using a new platform for recording and editing that’s so very different than how I’ve created podcasts in the past. There’s a weird bit around 8 minutes in where we had to edit out some sensitive information and you’re subjected to a creepy ai version of my voice. I also can’t listen to this without laughing at myself repeatedly saying “phenomenons” which, of course, is not a word.
We’ll add more production features in the future, (like an intro and outro,) and we appreciate your patience as we play in the paradox—the messy middle—and find our groove!
We’re curious what you thought of this episode? Was any of it uncomfortable for you? What did you think about the paradox of neutrality and threat? Do you think it’s possible to bridge the chasms that divide us in today’s world?
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