gDiapers Blog, Stories & Podcasts
April 17, 2018
It can be tough to “be green,” especially as a parent. Your brain isn’t always working correctly, and you have less time, shifted priorities and added expenses. In this episode of It Takes a Village to Raise a Parent, host DJ Waldow chats with Emily Silverstein, former gDiapers Community Manager and current owner/founder of Urban Oreganics, about being green while being a parent. She also shares a few tips on how to save the planet. Have a listen. Episode Highlights How and why Emily launched an organic skincare product company Growing up environmentally aware How her eco-passion grew once she had children Educating...
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March 14, 2018
For many couples, passion and intimacy (and sex!) change after you have children. Time, lack of sleep, and other factors impact the sex lives of post-children couples. Is this just a fact of life or can you still have a passion-filled life with your partner after having children? Today’s episode (Part II of II) is all about sex ... well, passion and intimacy and reconnecting with your partner — after you have children. Listen in as DJ interviews licensed clinical social worker and AASECT certified sex therapist, Kristin Hodson. Missed Part I? Check it out here. Episode Highlights How your...
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February 12, 2018
Today’s episode (Part I of II) is about passion, intimacy and reconnecting with your partner after you have children. For many couples, passion and intimacy (and sex!) change after you have children due to lack of time, sleep, and other factors. Is this just a fact of life or can you still have a passion-filled life with your partner after having children? We asked two super-smart “sexperts,” Sarah Peck and Nate Bagley. Sarah Peck is the host of The Startup Pregnant Podcast, a weekly show featuring pioneering stories of women in leadership, life, and parenting. Nate Bagley is host of The...
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October 23, 2017
In honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, we're sharing our podcast series on this important topic. Listen in as we honor those special babies born sleeping, those we carried but never held, those we held but could not take home, and those who came home but could not stay. This is part two of The Impact of Pregnancy Loss. During part one, we talked to Jessica Daggett, who is the mom of three living children and who has also lost two babies during pregnancy. She told us the story of her daughter being born still and about a subsequent...
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October 15, 2017
In honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, we're sharing our podcast series on this important topic. Listen in as we honor those special babies born sleeping, those we carried but never held, those we held but could not take home, and those who came home but could not stay. Pregnancy loss is a common occurrence, with about one in four pregnancies ending in miscarriage or infant loss. It’s a difficult topic to talk about, however, and sometimes women feel alone after experiencing such a loss. Today we are going to be talking to Jessica Daggett, a wife, mom, and...
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June 13, 2017
Today’s episode is about dads. The transition for fathers into parenthood is different from what many mothers experience. Today we are talking to Chris May, one of the founders of SMS4Dads, which is a project that sends dads text messages to encourage and inform them about various childcare and fathering topics. This show is great for not only dads, but also moms, because we’ll be discussing how dads can become more engaged with parenting. Episode Highlights: Why Chris thinks that dads have traditionally been the ones being left out of the parenting conversations and how this has been changing in...
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