This Family Tree Podcast

Ep. 213: Making More while Doing LESS w/ Amy Kemp

Alex and Shane chat about the pros and cons of kindergarten graduations, badly behaved parents, and how to recover when you make a public faux pas.

⁣Author of I See You: Guide for Women to Make More, Have More, and Be More - Without More Work!, Amy Kemp, discusses how busy women can make the most out of their lives without actually taking on more work. Think changing thought patterns, habits, and setting up better foundations!

Listener questions are answered in the mailbag segment, hitting topics like celebrity children, prepping for your first time travelling with babies, and so much more!⁣
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Ep. 212: Thrown into Motherhood w/ Quigley Goode

Alex and Shane chat about why gifting dads a "spa day" might be the best idea ever, and Harvard's new study discussing the possibility of aliens living among us (we all know someone who MIGHT be an alien, after all).
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Quigley Goode (@officiallyquigley) joins for an awesome conversation about her career in fashion and music, and getting thrown headfirst into motherhood after her newborn contracted COVID, and what that taught her. PS. go download her new song "Umami" if you want to groove :)

Listener questions are answered in the mailbag segment, hitting topics like catching your friends cheating, what age to let kids date, and so much more!⁣
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Magic Mind - our favourite energy-boosting, stress-reducing, productivity elixir! Go to https://www.magicmind.com/familyt and get up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off a one time purchase with code FAMILYT20 at checkout!

Ep. 211: Parental Shame w/ @PsychedMommy’s Dr. Ashurina Ream

Alex outlines how she prepped Lucy for a successful MRI, the scariest part about the situation, and the bozos who smoke outside of children’s hospitals. ⁣
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Dr. Ashurina Ream - who you’d know as @psychedmommy - joins to discuss parental anger, shame, and guilt, and how to set better boundaries and expectations for yourself within your own home.⁣
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Listener questions are answered in the mailbag segment, hitting topics like good books, Niagara Falls, and so much more!⁣
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Magic Mind - our favourite energy-boosting, stress-reducing, productivity elixir! Go to https://www.magicmind.com/familyt and get up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off a one time purchase with code FAMILYT20 at checkout!

Ep. 210: The HOME Episode with Wendy Lau aka The Kwendy Home

Alex and Shane chat about the difficulties of trying to have a night on the town when you're middle-aged, and having those "perfect" weekends.

Wendy Lau of The Kwendy Home (@thekwendyhome) graces the podcast with her joyous presence talking all things HOME: why we should aim for cozy and practical over chic and aesthetic, renovation pitfalls and tips, and favourite cleaning products.

Listener questions are answered in the mailbag segment, hitting topics like geriatric pregnancy, design differences, having a crush, and so much more!

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This episode is proudly supported by:

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Ep. 209: How to Unclog a Toilet

Alex and Shane have an - ahem - crappy situation on their hands, and debate the best way to unclog a toilet, and see what the internet experts have to say on the matter. 

Listener questions are answered in the mailbag segment, hitting topics like platonic friendships, Shane's Canadian Screen Awards nomination, expressing colostrum, and so much more! 

Ep. 208: The Harrison Butker Tsunami

Alex breaks down her thoughts on the Harrison Butker commencement speech, and reads angry comments left to her after satirizing it on Instagram. She chats about the importance of stay at home mothers, working mothers, and women who are not mothers at all.

Listener questions are answered in the mailbag segment, hitting topics like watching possibly scary movies with little kids, how to cope with being "touched out," and so much more! 

Ep. 207: The Benefit of Episiotomy Scars

Alex and Shane review their stay at the Millcroft Inn, and chat about how they threw the ultimate birthday/Mother's Day bash.

Listener questions are answered in the mailbag segment, hitting topics like arm rest etiquette on airplanes, "fiver" birthday parties, and so much more! 

Ep. 206: Target Haul

Alex and Shane chat about planning kids' birthday parties, and using big events to initiate spring cleaning. They share their recent Target haul, and what they scored!

Listener questions are answered in the mailbag segment, hitting topics like how to divide labour at home, illegal raves, and so much more! 

Ep. 205: Forcing My Husband to Read ACOTAR

Shane is about to begin A Court of Thorns and Roses, and Alex couldn't be more excited. They hypothesize whether or not he will be able to legitimately get into the series, and what will come of it. Will Shane become the new SJM fangirl?

Listener questions are answered in the mailbag segment, hitting topics like the massive Taylor Swift "hate community," nerves heading into a second pregnancy, relationship strengths and weaknesses, and so much more! 

Ep. 204: There are no Perfect Parents

Alex is joined by the lovely Ariana Joy Christie to discuss feeling like “new” moms, the pressure on parents to be perfect, and how to recover when you lose your cool with your kids. 

Listener questions are answered in the mailbag segment, hitting topics like the viral “9 minute” parenting theory, the hardest parts about parenting, and so much more!