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Podcast · 68 episodes

After Bedtime with Big Little Feelings

by Dear Media and Big Little Feelings · English

Real talk? Modern parenting is a doozy. There’s never been more pressure to be perfect with social media readily at our fingertips - mixed with total isolation and no help. Where the f*ck is that village everyone talks about? Consider After Bedtime your village. Led by Kristin and Deena - founders of the largest online parenting community, Big Little Feelings - After Bedtime is the place you can go at the end of a long hard day to find your “enough”-ness. We’ll laugh, we’ll cry, we’ll maybe pee our pants a little as we unpack things we’re ALL experiencing but too ashamed to talk about: imperfect marriages, miscarriages, managing toddler mania, apologizing to our kids and everything in between. You’ll leave with actionable, realistic tips to make this whole parenting thing smoother - small changes, big impact. In an age where parents need more *real* connection than ever, let’s talk honestly about the hard - and remind ourselves we are not alone, we are not failing. In fact, we’re f*cking crushing it.

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Rewire Your Relationships: The Attachment Patterns, Blind Spots, and Protective Moves Shaping How You LoveAttachment theory applied to adult relationships—how attachment anxiety and avoidance shape conflict, “protective moves,” and the cycle where one pursues and the other withdraws.30 Sep 2026 · 58 min · 19 chapters
Your Brain Is Begging for These 5 Things (And it could help you prevent Alzheimer’s disease)Women’s brain health and dementia risk, emphasizing that everyday lifestyle choices (especially sleep) can help reduce long-term risk of Alzheimer’s/dementia.23 Sep 2026 · 52 min · 19 chapters
Would You Let Your Kid Do This? Our Most Unfiltered Parenting TakesThe hosts play “Would You Let Your Kid?”—rapid-fire parenting dilemmas meant to show that the “right” choice depends on the child, especially neurodivergent kids.16 Sep 2026 · 53 min · 21 chapters
Amanda Kloots Thought She’d “Conquer” Grief. Six Years Later, She Knows Better.Amanda Kloots reflects on grief six years after her husband Nick’s death from COVID complications, and how grief shaped her identity, parenting, relationships, and public life.9 Sep 2026 · 1 h 12 min · 28 chapters
Your Hardest Parenting Questions, Answered: Part 2Besties Q&A focused on back-to-school meltdowns, toddler/new-baby jealousy, what to do when you’re overwhelmed and need therapy but can’t fit it in, plus what the hosts are watching and how they’re…2 Sep 2026 · 55 min · 15 chapters
Your Kid Lied to Your Face. Now What?How to respond when a kid lies, arguing that lying isn’t proof of “dishonesty,” and that parents should match responses to the lie’s function (developmental, fear-based, impulsive, strategic).26 Aug 2026 · 48 min · 16 chapters
Billy Eichner: How His Parents Gave Him the Audacity to Be HimselfBilly Eichner discusses how his parents, Jay and Debbie Eichner, fostered his identity and ambitions with unconditional love—leading to his “audacity” to pursue performing arts as a gay Jewish kid in…19 Aug 2026 · 1 h 21 min · 25 chapters
Is Everything Toxic Now?! Here’s What Parents Actually Need to KnowParents’ exposure to “toxins” in children’s sleep and other everyday products, with practical swaps and advocacy ideas.14 Aug 2026 · 33 min · 12 chapters
If We Could Only Teach Our Kids 5 Things, It Would Be ThisParenting and life lessons distilled into “five things” kids should carry into adulthood—core values and beliefs that help them navigate heartbreak, failure, and self-doubt.12 Aug 2026 · 1 h 3 min · 21 chapters
Stassi Schroeder Tells All: House of Stassi, Her Marriage to Beau & the Vanderpump Rules YearsStassi Schroeder (now Stassi Clark) discusses her “peace” mindset during COVID, leaving Vanderpump Rules, motherhood and postpartum, and how her new reality projects connect—especially House of…5 Aug 2026 · 49 min · 26 chapters
Amanda Frances on RHOBH: What You Didn't See on TVAmanda Frances’ experience as a new cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, focusing on how reality TV filming differs from her expectations, how she found her voice, and how she manages…29 Jul 2026 · 1 h 17 min · 29 chapters
Solo Parenting? Here's How to Make It Feel Less ImpossibleDina (a mom of three) discusses what it’s like to solo parent when her husband, Mike, travels frequently for finance work, and shares practical ways to make that season feel less…22 Jul 2026 · 42 min · 16 chapters
Your Hardest Parenting Questions, Answered ⭐A Q&A episode with child behavior experts Kristen and Dina (Big Little Feelings) answering listeners’ hardest parenting questions, including potty training (especially nighttime accidents), helping…15 Jul 2026 · 44 min · 17 chapters
Forget the Perfect Summer: Here's What We're Doing InsteadA “summer trends” episode about ditching the pressure to have the “best summer ever” and choosing low-stress, kid-friendly plans.8 Jul 2026 · 53 min · 21 chapters
Why You Always Fight With Your Partner on Vacation (And How to Stop)Family vacations trigger bickering and “whisper fights” because travel magnifies existing stress patterns (financial pressure, disrupted routines, sleep loss, increased responsibilities, and…1 Jul 2026 · 56 min · 23 chapters
You’re Making This Sibling Mistake Every Day (And It’s Making the Fighting Worse)Sibling fighting during summer—how to decide when to intervene, how to avoid escalating fights, and how to teach conflict-repair skills so siblings can disagree without hurting each other.24 Jun 2026 · 48 min · 12 chapters
Dateline’s Andrea Canning Knows Why Women Are Obsessed With True Crime — And Her Answer Gave Me ChillsAndrea Canning (Dateline True Crime Weekly, Dateline NBC) explains why true crime—especially the “marriage, not the murder” angle—hooks viewers, what she’s learned about relationships and…17 Jun 2026 · 1 h 3 min · 25 chapters
The Anxiety Playbook Every Parent Needs: What Anxiety Really Is, Why Reassurance Backfires, and How Brave Kids Are Built.Explains child anxiety as a brain “safety” alarm (fight/flight/freeze/faint) and gives a parent “anxiety playbook” to reduce reassurance cycles, avoidance, and anxiety-reinforcing responses while…10 Jun 2026 · 41 min · 15 chapters
3 Things Your Strong-Willed Kid Needs to HearAfter Bedtime episode on strong-willed kids—how they get mislabeled as “bad,” what research says about long-term outcomes, and three specific phrases parents should repeat to reframe the child’s…3 Jun 2026 · 36 min · 13 chapters
The Real Reason You’re Exhausted All the TimeWhy many women feel exhausted and “behind” in modern parenting and life, arguing the problem is unsustainable expectations plus chronic mental load, social comparison, and perfectionism—not personal…27 May 2026 · 1 h · 21 chapters
Stop Escalating Your Kid’s Meltdowns (And What To Do Instead)How to stop escalating kids’ (and adults’) meltdowns/tantrums by focusing on what’s underneath the trigger, using brain/nervous-system concepts like amygdala activation, “window of tolerance,” and…20 May 2026 · 39 min · 12 chapters
Your Hardest Parenting Questions, AnsweredQ&A parenting episode answering listener questions about potty training resets, toddler boundary-setting when kids laugh during discipline, and how to support “big feelers” (highly sensitive,…13 May 2026 · 48 min · 17 chapters
The Mental Load Solution: The New Tool That *Actually* Sets You FreeThe “mental load” in parenting/households isn’t mainly a communication problem; it’s an infrastructure/capacity problem.6 May 2026 · 44 min · 14 chapters
From Trauma to Peace: Deena's Third Birth StoryDina’s third home birth story, framed as healing from prior traumatic/less-supported births; also discusses preparing kids for birth and postpartum processing/therapy.29 Apr 2026 · 41 min · 16 chapters