If you’re a longtime listener, you know that Meagan and Sarah like to occasionally set aside issues of parenting and family life and talk about all the other things making them happy: books, movies, podcasts, style, food, and creative pursuits. In this week’s show we kick off a new semi-regular series where we do just that. We’re calling it The More-Than-Mom Hour!LINKS MENTIONED:<ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812967585/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thegrebircen-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0812967585&linkId=f92c41a2495265d2690bc12b8da5f56b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thirteen Moons</a> by Charles Frazier</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062414216/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thegrebircen-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0062414216&linkId=32bbf27f4177fdc0ca10698d7180aeb9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Nest</a> by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143034758/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thegrebircen-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0143034758&linkId=e19afbd5f36340125e136154ab029593" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alexander Hamilton</a> by Ron Chernow</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062299255/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thegrebircen-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0062299255&linkId=6c57fe8191cd87d28b5936800c1beb5b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed</a> by Jessica Lahey</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525429077/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thegrebircen-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0525429077&linkId=68c3fd8e63e22e12178d02e14bdfde0f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups</a> by Erika Christakis</li><li>Dopamine by <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016FPTZVS/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thegrebircen-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B016FPTZVS&linkId=7f3160e0f7ddc38e88c6d68f48e56334" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BØRNS</a> (the band Meagan went to see)</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00114LALW/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thegrebircen-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00114LALW&linkId=16f00ec9115e0f86294611ff3cec7384" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spring Awakening</a> (Original Broadway Cast Recording)</li><li><a href="http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510310/npr-politics-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NPR Politics Podcast</a></li><li><a href="http://www.risingshining.typepad.com/girl_next_door_podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Girl Next Door Podcast</a></li><li><a href="http://www.jessicalahey.com/amwriting-podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmWriting with Jess & KJ</a></li><li><a href="http://www.elizabethgilbert.com/magic-lessons/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Magic Lessons</a> podcast and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594634718/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thegrebircen-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1594634718&linkId=c4688239207b7071d7d5cb1f9a04db90" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Big Magic</a> by Elizabeth Gilbert</li><li>Target shorts! We’re pretty sure we both have <a href="http://www.target.com/p/women-s-linen-short-mossimo-supply-co-juniors/-/A-50563474" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">these</a> (left, below), and Sarah has some similar to <a href="http://www.target.com/p/women-s-printed-wide-leg-short-isani-for-target/-/A-50499944" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">these</a>(right, below). Meagan was excited about the <a href="https://www.target.com/c/sh

The Mom Hour

What We’re Reading, Wearing & Listening To: Episode 66

Co-hosts Meagan Francis and Sarah Powers have eight kids between them, little to grown. Weekly conversations offer practical tips and real-life encouragement for moms who want to enjoy motherhood more, and cut back on comparison, worry, and stress. We’re not experts, we’re moms who’ve been there. We’re not perfect, we’re real. Welcome to The Mom Hour.