Atomic Moms

Ellie Knaus and Adam Sztykiel share their attempts to keep the peace with their tyrannical two year-old, what it's like for Adam to parent with an autoimmune disease, the surprising redirection Ellie's life seems to be taking, and more.

Dr. Cara Natterson, MD and Ellie Knaus discuss when to have "the talk" with our kids about their changing bodies, raising teens in the digital age, and how to navigate the emotional rollercoaster we can expect as our children reach adolescence.

#245 • #CleanBeauty: True Botanicals CEO, founder, and mother of three HILLARY PETERSON joins us in studio for a heart-to-heart about raising a family while nurturing ambitions and the importance of educating ourselves about what dangers lurk in our skincare products. Shortly after becoming a mother of twins Hillary was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. The experience awakened her passion for non-toxic living. Alarmed by the chemicals in leading skincare brands, she spent eight years researching a solution, which in turn became her award-winning, eco-friendly clean beauty line True Botanicals, embraced by Olivia Wilde, Laura Dern, and Zazie Beetz. In this relaxed and warm conversation, we talk about how each of our major health crises led to vipassana meditation retreats (and laugh about what happened once we got there), confess to our guilt-ridden working mom habits, and agree that I will take the 30-something rite of passage and finally try a "face oil". x Ellie Knaus Show Notes: https://www.atomicmoms.com/true-botanicals-hillary-peterson-atomic-moms-podcast As always: subscribe, rate, and review! Your support for this independent pod never goes unnoticed! Subscribe + Listen on the Go: Apple Podcast | Stitcher Join our @atomicmoms Instagram, Facebook, and Facebook community.

Dr. Britta Bushnell is BACK, this time sharing her new book: Transformed By Birth - we discuss the profound opportunity for transformation that comes with motherhood, we crack open cultural birthing expectations and how they are getting us stuck, and I catch myself in a moment of ‘mom judgment’ and, together, we unravel what’s really behind it.

Actress Claire Coffee (Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector) and director Bridget Moloney share their excitement in premiering their short film BLOCKS -- an existential comedy about the mother of two young children who begins to spontaneously vomit plastic toy blocks -- at The Sundance Film Festival.

#242 • Psychologist Dr. Kathleen Smith, author of "Everything Isn't Terrible: Conquer Your Insecurities, Interrupt Your Anxiety, and Finally Calm Down (Hachette Books, Dec 2019)," encourages us to curiously examine our anxiety and offers tools for living authentically in our relationships.

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From fashion show runways to celebrity kitchens, Catherine McCord feels right at home - in celebration of Catherine’s third cookbook The Smoothie Project, debuting December 17, 2019 and already the #1 New Release in Cooking for Kids on Amazon, we cover everything from how she transitioned from Glamour cover model to culinary chef, and how McCord built her company Weelicious after becoming a mother.

Best-selling author Kate Northrup joins Ellie on Atomic Moms to discuss time management for busy moms, how exactly we’re supposed to “do less”, how to break through newborn-land isolation, why tracking our menstrual cycle can increase productivity, and how to ask for help when your family's health is falling apart.

The bestselling phenomenon The Invisible String by Patrice Karst has helped countless families with separation anxiety and loss.

Episode #237 • In this compilation episode, we share highlights with three trailblazing founders: Jessica Rolph (Lovevery), Jacq Tatelman (STATE bags), and Raegan Moya-Jones (Aden and Anais).

MICHAEL C. REICHERT, Ph.D. (clinical practitioner and founding director of the Center for the Study of Boys' and Girls' Lives at the University of Pennsylvania) joins Ellie to share transformational insights from his extensive studies on discipline, understanding how a boy learns, and his book How to Raise a Boy: The Power of Connection to Raise Good Men (TarcherPerigee, April 2019).

CNN host Kate Bolduan and former Glamour executive editor Lauren Smith Brody give tips and momhacks for heading back to work after having kids.

Join Adam and me on our micro-date, the latest trend in staying connected after kids. In this episode, Coach Adam discusses what to do when your kid's soccer team loses every single game, and Ellie takes a premature super mom victory lap for organizing a flu shot house call for the whole family using a popular medical app. We report back after it goes horribly, insanely, outrageously awry.

A current New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine bookclub pick, FAIR PLAY by Eve Rodsky tackles the question: how can we share domestic responsibilities in a fair and systematic way so that mothers can reclaim their lives from the thankless time-suck of “invisible labor”?