After Bedtime with Big Little Feelings

If you’re a true crime girlie, stop what you’re doing and press play. Because this conversation with Dateline’s Andrea Canning is one of those episodes you’ll be thinking about long after it’s over. Andrea has spent more than a decade interviewing killers, sitting with grieving families, and uncovering what really happened behind the closed doors of seemingly “perfect” lives. In this episode, she reveals the relationship patterns she sees over and over again, the red flags she wishes more women would trust, why women are so fascinated by true crime in the first place, and the case that still haunts her to this day.

But this isn’t just an episode about murder mysteries. It’s also about motherhood. Because Andrea is raising six kids while building a career most of us can only dream about. We talk honestly about mom guilt, ambition, traveling for work, freezer-pop-induced breakdowns, teenagers who want absolutely nothing to do with you, and the surprising freedom that comes with realizing you don’t have to do everything perfectly.

This episode will make you laugh, give you chills, validate your experience as a working mom, and might just change the way you think about trusting your instincts.

In this episode, you’ll hear:
● Why women are so obsessed with true crime (Andrea’s answer is fascinating)
● The relationship red flags that show up again and again in Dateline cases
● The heartbreaking case Andrea still can’t stop thinking about
● What interviewing victims’ families has taught her about humanity
● How she’s navigated motherhood while building an extraordinary career
● The permission every mom needs to hear about evolving, growing, and pursuing something that’s just for you

If you’ve ever listened to Dateline while unloading the dishwasher… if you’ve ever wondered, How did nobody see this coming? … if you’ve ever struggled with the impossible balance of motherhood and ambition… you need this episode.

Seriously. Don’t save this one for later.

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Your kid won't sleep alone, melts down before soccer, refuses to order their own food, panics over mistakes, clings to you at drop-off and explodes when things feel uncertain. And every instinct in your body says, "Make it better." "Fix it." "Protect them." "Help them feel safe." But what if that's exactly where anxiety wins??

In this episode, Deena unpacks one of the biggest parenting mindset shifts you'll ever make: The goal isn't to raise a kid who never feels anxious... It's to raise a kid who knows they can handle anxiety when it shows up.

You'll learn why anxiety isn't actually an emotion - it's your brain's safety alarm, why anxious kids often look "difficult" instead of scared, why reassurance can accidentally make anxiety stronger, and why avoidance is anxiety's favorite fuel. This episode is your anxiety playbook. Confidence isn't something kids build before they do hard things; it's what they build because they did them.

In this episode, you'll learn:
- Why anxiety often shows up as perfectionism, aggression, clinginess, shutdowns, refusal or "bad behavior"
- The surprising parenting habit that keeps anxiety growing
- What to say instead of "you'll be fine."
- How to support your kid without rescuing them
- Why "supported struggle" changes the whole system
- The exact mindset that builds resilience, courage, and emotional flexibility for life
- How to stop anxiety from becoming your kid's identity

Most importantly, you'll walk away with a completely different understanding of what anxiety is, what's happening inside your kid's brain, and how to help them build the beliefs that re-wires it all: I can handle hard things, I can feel uncomfortable and still be ok, and I can trust myself.

Anxiety isn't a character flaw or personality trait; it's the brain going on high alert when it's actually safe. And once you learn how that alarm system works, you'll never see your child's behavior the same way again.

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If you’re raising a strong-willed kid, this episode could change the trajectory of their entire life. In this revisit of one of our favorite episodes, Kristin pulls back the curtain on what it was like to be that so-called “bad kid” herself - and shares the exact 3 messages every strong-willed child needs to hear on repeat.

Strong-willed kids get mislabeled as “bad” all the time. They push back. They melt down big. They leave you wondering if you’re failing - or if they’ll ever fit into the world. But here’s the truth: they’re not broken. They’re brilliant. And how you parent them determines whether that brilliance gets buried in shame or unleashed as their superpower.

When you start saying these words, everything changes:

- Your child will begin to see themselves as worthy, not “bad.”
- You’ll stop parenting from fear and start parenting from belief.
- You’ll shift from daily power struggles to raising a child who knows they are loved, gifted, and celebrated exactly as they are.

These aren’t just words. They’re lifelines. And they can change the way your child shows up in the world - and how you show up as their parent. If you’ve ever thought, I don’t know if I can keep doing this, this episode is for you

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If you feel like you’re drowning, failing, and behind on everything in life right now, this episode is going to change everything for you. Women are carrying an impossible amount right now. The schedules. The school emails. The emotional labor. The meals. The invisible planning. The pressure to be fully present with your kids while somehow also functioning like a high-performing CEO with glowing skin and an organized pantry. And because you can’t keep up with all of it? You’ve started believing the problem is you. This episode will change that.

In this episode, you’ll finally understand:
- What chronic mental load is actually doing to your brain and nervous system
- Why so many women feel like they’re failing even when they’re doing an unbelievable amount
- How perfectionism gets wired into girls from childhood
- Why comparison hits women so hard psychologically
- And the mindset shift that has the power to completely free you from the constant feeling that you are behind, drowning, exhausted, and failing at everything all the time

Do not miss this episode. You're about to look at your life in a whole new way, and the load is about to get so much lighter.

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If your child’s meltdowns feel constant. If you find yourself yelling, threatening, negotiating, or completely losing your mind over the smallest things. If you’ve ever thought, “WHY are they freaking out over THIS?” This episode will change the way you see tantrums and meltdowns forever. Because your child is not melting down over the banana, or the cup, or the pasta touching the sauce (it's not about the pasta!!!). The real reason your child is melting down is much deeper.

After this episode, you’ll:

* Know exactly what to do in the face of a tantrum or meltdown, no matter your child's age
* Stop escalating power struggles without meaning to
* Know exactly what your child’s nervous system needs in hard moments
* Recognize the hidden stressors causing meltdowns and emotional explosions
* Learn how to calm the chaos without bribing, threatening, or giving in
* Understand the neuroscience behind co-regulation and why your presence changes your child’s brain long-term
* And start handling meltdowns in a way that builds emotional regulation for life

Once you understand the brain behind the behavior, everything changes. This episode honestly applies to everyone: toddlers, tweens, spouses, in-laws… every human nervous system on earth.

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