NBC’s Vicky Nguyen on Her Journey from Refugee to Reporter and Mom of Three
Milano and Alanna welcome NBC News anchor and correspondent Vicky Nguyen to talk about her recently published memoir Boat Baby. The New York Times bestseller chronicles her family’s escape from communist Vietnam to America, the rollercoaster ride of growing up with immigrant parents, and her experiences as a mother of three daughters. How is Vicky following her parents’ lead as a mom, and what is she handling differently? For one, she’s an only child who decided to have three kids. Her parents’ hard work and love of travel are qualities that she admires and emulates. The open communication that she enjoys with her own daughters, though, is not something she experienced growing up.In This Episode:👉 The difference between “woman with children” and “mother”👉 An immigrant family’s survival and commitment to the American Dream👉 Different generations and cultures living together under one roof 👉 Grandparents as caretakers for their grandchildren👉 It takes a village: a working mother’s ecosystemBuy Boat Baby hereFollow Vicky: @vickynguyentvFollow us: @barenakedmoms
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Calm Parenting Podcast’s Kirk Martin on How to Parent Strong-Willed Kids
Have a child who lacks motivation, talks back, lies and steals, and fights you over everything? Given the chance, strong-willed kids would suck the calm and patient right out of Mother Theresa, let alone their actual mother. In this week’s episode, Calm Parenting Podcast host Kirk Martin teaches Alanna and Milano the power of reframing. Shifting the way we think and act with our strong-willed kids—and examining what we as parents bring to the dynamic—can turn the job of parenting them from burden to blessing. He shares brilliantly simple and practical reframing techniques that establish boundaries and expectations without damaging the all-important parent-child connection.In This Episode:👉 How the brains of strong-willed kids are wired.👉 Helping strong-willed kids create new neural pathways and behavioral patterns. 👉 Understanding the role parents can play in struggles with strong-willed kids.👉 The power of language and tone with strong-willed kids. 👉 Tips for navigating strong-willed kids without losing your cool or connection.Links:Learn more about Kirk here.Listen to Kirk’s podcast.Follow Kirk: @calmparentingpodcastFollow us: @barenakedmoms
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Puberty Expert Vanessa Kroll Bennett on How We Should Think and Talk About Modern Puberty
Did you know the new average age for girls to begin puberty is 9?! Or that if you don’t talk to your kids about porn by the age of 12, it might be too late? In this week’s episode, Alanna and Milano are joined by puberty expert Vanessa Kroll Bennett, co-host of the chart-topping podcast This is So Awkward and co-author of the newly released book by the same title. Vanessa, who is known for flipping puberty positive, level sets our expectations of what we should be talking about with our kids, the ages we should be having these conversations and how they should sound (spoiler alert: it’s not a five-hour kumbaya sesh). Vanessa also helps us understand how different puberty is for kids today than it was for us—and how important it is, because of that, to not project our experience onto theirs.In This Episode:👉 Understanding how modern puberty is different from our puberty.👉 Knowing the conversations you must have with your kids—and when/how to have them.👉 Practical tips for removing the “icky” and “tricky” from puberty talks and moments.=============Learn more about Vanessa here.Listen to Vanessa’s podcast.Follow Vanessa: @less.awkwardFollow us: @barenakedmoms
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Actress Jordana Brewster on Humility, Perseverance, and the Importance of Feeling Uncomfortable
When actress Jordana Brewster rocketed to fame in The Fast and the Furious franchise in her 20s, she says she second-guessed every move she made. Over the years, as she continued to land major roles in movies and on TV, she became a mom to two sons, and these days, she finally knows what she values – as a person and a parent. On the show, Jordana opens up about her Mom wins and woes: unexpected insecurities that bubbled up from having kids through surrogacy, pushing back on today’s insane expectations for kids to pick a lane early on and the freedom that comes from ditching perfection.Jordana is currently starring in the psychological thriller Cellar Door as a woman who struggles with infertility. In This Episode:Navigating modern pressures for kids to find their passion early on. Negotiating insecurities that can emerge after becoming a parent through surrogacy. Processing failure. Please follow us: @barenakedmomsFollow Jordana: @jordanabrewster
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Big Time Adulting’s Caitlin Murray on Boozing, Becoming Famous and the Serious Business of Being Funny
Big Time Adulting’s Caitlin Murray is the Nora Ephron slash Larry David of today’s mom culture. The not-to-be-messed-with mom of three (whose oldest is a cancer survivor) points out the nonsense in everything from Daylight Savings to palate expanders. The only thing missing from her side-splitting insights on the absurdities of modern mom life are flying f*cks. In addition to her ninja kitchen dances and daily pearls of witty wisdom on Instagram, Caitlin recently started a weekly newsletter called Soul Snacks. And she’s currently writing her first book. On the show, she opens up about her evolving relationship with alcohol and being sober-curious these days. We get into the slippery slopes of tween girl fashion. She talks about how she’s navigating her newfound fame and how having a child who survived cancer changed everything about her as a mom.In This Episode:Our relationships with alcohol and being sober curiousDrawing boundaries around tween girl fashion Being a normal mom who suddenly becomes super famous What good days and bad days look like after your child has survived cancerPlease follow us: @barenakedmomsFollow Caitlin on Big Time Adulting: @bigtimeadulting Check out her Soul Snacks newsletter: https://bigtimeadulting.beehiiv.com/
As a parent, do you ever feel bare and naked? Totally unsure of what’s right or wrong, loaded up with experts’ tips and tricks yet still feeling lost, misunderstood, and (worst of all) alone? We do. Let’s talk.We’re Milano Buckley and Alanna Leavell, two moms of three and hosts of Bare Naked Moms—a weekly tell-it-like-it-is parenting roundtable of celebs, influencers, experts, and bold everyday carpoolers like us, taking on the messy, uncomfortable moments of modern family life that usually lie between the lines or out of bounds, but always leave us feeling like defenseless emperors without clothes.We believe that no matter how high-flying you are, at one point or another, you will get stuck in some patch of thorny, tick-infested parenting weeds. Whether you were born rich or poor, whether you had terrific parents or terrible parents, whether you know a lot or a little, whether everyone knows you or no one knows you, whether you’re black or white or green or red, whether you’re married to a woman or a man, whether you identify as He, She, or Furry…parenting doesn’t give a sh*t. It will come for you. And take all your clothes. Whether they come from Gucci, Walmart, or the hands of sheep-sheering monks. In each episode, we’ll roll up our sleeves for an honest, respectful rumble in which sticky stories and questions are swapped. Through that brave exchange, our hope is that everyone gains some relief and clarity—on how to find more peace, joy, connection, and humor in your lives as parents.
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