Bare Naked Moms

Ever plan a family vacation for months only to come home thinking, we could’ve done that better? Between the money, the logistics, and the kids, traveling as a fam can be A LOT. That’s why we sat down with Jacqui Gifford, Editor-in-Chief of Travel + Leisure, to get her smartest, most practical tips for globetrotting with kids. A lifelong traveler—born in Japan and raised in Saudi Arabia and Qatar—Jacqui now lives in New York City and travels the world with her husband and 10-year-old son whenever she can. You may have seen her sharing her expert advice on NBC, CBS, ABC, CNBC, and MSNBC.So listen up and come home with happier kids, great stories, and way fewer “never doing this again” moments.In This Episode:👉 When it comes to vacations with your kids, why Jacqui believes you should go big or stay home (and plan a great staycation). 👉 Last-minute family travel: possible or impossible? 👉 The surprising family travel hack involving European cities. 👉 The best way to use frequent flier miles when traveling with your family. 👉 What this intimidatingly well-traveled mom packs in her suitcase. ===============================📱Travel + Leisure Website 📱Follow Jacqui Gifford: @jacquigiff📱Follow us: @barenakedmoms

After having her first child nine years ago, Adrienne Harper started Bundles of Joy, an incredible organization that provides critical items to families living in poverty throughout New York City and Westchester County. There’s a gap in social services that you don’t know or think about unless you’re caught in it: Even families who receive the benefits of free shelter and public assistance still lack essentials like clothing, diapers, shoes, school supplies, and so on. Bundles of Joy is the leading provider of such essentials—thanks to Adrienne’s vision, passion, and dogged commitment. Adrienne takes us back to how it all started for her, why social work is so important for kids and families to engage in, and actual ways to make it happen for YOUR family.In This Episode:👉 Asking for help takes courage.👉 Rich or poor, motherhood is the great equalizer.👉 The major impact of diapers.👉 What families in need really need. 👉 What volunteering kids and families gain from helping less fortunate families.==========================🎁 Donate to Bundles of Joy📱 Follow Bundles of Joy: @bundlesofjoyny📱 Follow us: @barenakedmoms

What happens when a brilliant Wharton professor who studies household and gender economics looks you in the eye and says, “Hey… you’re not the problem—the system is”? You get one of our favorite conversations with Dr. Corinne Low about her new book, Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women’s Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours. Consider it your permission slip to set better boundaries, reclaim your time, and finally correct the imbalances at home and at work.In This Episode:👉 Why women literally can’t have it all—and why the feeling of “I’m failing” is baked right into the myth.👉 The train-station-bathroom meltdown that catapulted Dr. Low into a whole new life: ending her marriage to a man, marrying a woman, and creating a family with two kids that is thriving.👉 How using the rules of economics on your home and career can bring more joy than any self-help hack you’ve ever tried.👉 Plus: Official permission to abandon the herb garden you bought during a moment of pure delusion. Consider it… compost.=============================Learn more about Corinne Low and her book. Follow us: @barenakedmoms

Psychotherapist and bestselling author of ALL IS CALMish, Niro Feliciano helps us understand the nuts and bolts of holiday anxiety - why we have it, why it’s so harmful, and how to stop it in its tracks before it hijacks the all season’s good stuff.Some anxiety is inevitable, but Niro gives us simple, practical, insanely doable strategies to manage it and be less surprised by it. Preparing for anxiety and creating a game plan is the first line of defense. But there are so many things we can do to help ourselves during actual moments of intense stress.Niro takes the cumbaya out of practices like meditation, giving, and gratitude as she explains why they’re so effective at reducing stress: they keep us in the present—not in the past or the future, where anxiety likes to hang out. Suffice it to say, the timing of this nourishing conversation—on the eve of Thanksgiving—couldn’t be more perfect. In This Episode:👉 Understanding holiday anxiety👉 Things you can actually do to disrupt anxiety.👉 Positive loops are just as easy to create as negative loops.👉 Saying No can be just as valuable as saying Yes.Follow Niro: @niro_felicianoFollow us: @barenakedmoms

It’s the main concern parents hear about today: rising anxiety in kids. We asked an expert, Dr. Kathy Cosgrove, who is on the frontlines, how to recognize it and how to help. Here’s the twist: Sometimes, the most effective thing you can do is simply listen.In This Episode:👉 What’s a normal level of anxiety in kids and when to worry? 👉 How a seasoned psychologist handles anxious responses in her own kids.👉 Anxiety in girls vs. anxiety in boys. 👉 Moms get anxious, too; the anxieties we’re feeling these days. Learn more about Dr. Kathy Cosgrove and The Counseling CenterFollow us: @barenakedmoms