Not Right Now

This week we have fiction writer and mom to one amazing 10-year-old, Joy Netanya Thompson, on the pod to discuss why she chose to stick with having just one kid. Joy gets real about postpartum depression, the decision to stop at one when she never imagined she'd only have one child, and why people need to stop asking invasive questions about family size. Also: January birthdays are hell, boys are eternally and confidently dumb, and why siblings don't guarantee friendship or support
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This week, we have registered dietitian and death doula, Deanna Rondero, on the pod to chat about food insecurity, death cafes, and how grief intersects with everything. Also: losing it over mac and cheese, the new food pyramid nobody asked for, and why there's no perfect way to show up at a funeral (but you should anyway. And bringing a lasagna doesn't hurt either.)
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Connect with Deanna and learn more about her work at nourishedtransitions.com
Read about the Division of Responsibility by Ellyn Satter
Statements from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on the new US Dietary Guidelines
Learn more about death doulas https://inelda.org/
Train to become a death doula https://goingwithgrace.com/
Learn about death cafe's at deathcafe.com
Clip of Conan O'brien and Will Arnett discussing death and grief https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5GM10HdXvQ
Rick Riordan Imprint books https://rickriordan.com/rick-riordan-presents/
Get involved with Lasagna Love https://lasagnalove.org/

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This week, we have another guest! Dr. Devika Bhushan, a pediatrician, public health leader, former acting Surgeon General in California, and mom, chats with Quinn and Claire about the breastfeeding data nobody tells you about, why sleep protection is literally life-saving for some moms, vaccine hesitancy, raw milk, and all the other health & wellness misinformation swirling around the news cycle.
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Read Devika's Slate article https://slate.com/technology/2024/02/mental-health-breastfeeding-formula-bipolar.html
Get more of Devika's sleep paraphernalia https://askdrdevikab.substack.com/p/lets-sleep-better-by-capturing-darkness?utm_source=publication-search
Blue light blocking glasses https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000USRG90/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Sleep mask https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M9BC1M8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
Ear plugs https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JXYH042/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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This week, we have author and journalist Nefertiti Austin on the show to talk about her new book She's Just Spirited: Parenting a Neurodivergent Child and The Diagnosis that Changes Everything. Nefertiti gets real about raising a daughter with ADHD, why ADHD in girls often gets overlooked, glass children, mean girls in the fourth grade, 4:30 AM Roblox drops, and being the petty parent sometimes.
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Read Nefertiti's books She's Just Spirited and Motherhood So White
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Keep up with Nefertiti's work https://nefertitiaustin.com/

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This week, Claire and Quinn chat Halloween logistics, the rear-facing car seat as the ultimate deterrent to having another baby, Claire's solo cabin getaway where doing absolutely nothing is worth every penny, and why it's better to just go to bed angry instead of drag out a fight when you're all exhausted.
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