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Announcing the Cast of LTYM Boulder 2018

by Stephanie | Mar 1, 2018 | LTYM Boulder | 0 Comments

We are so pleased to introduce the cast of the 2018 LTYM Boulder show! This is Boulder's 6th LTYM show, and our third season as a production team. For the third year in a row, we were completely blown away by the high quality, inspiring, hilarious, poignant, and...

Early Bird Tickets Now On Sale for LTYM Boulder 2018!

by Stephanie | Feb 28, 2018 | LTYM Boulder | 0 Comments

With our 2018 auditions recently completed, we are eagerly anticipating the 6th Listen To Your Mother Boulder show, taking place on Saturday, May 5th at 7pm at Unity of Boulder. Thanks to you, our last two shows sold out! So this year, for a limited time only, we’re...

This Crappy Corner of the Mom Internet Is Alive & Well

by Stephanie | Jan 30, 2018 | blogging, motherhood | 7 Comments

So I read this article over the weekend that I can't stop thinking about. "How the Mom Internet Became a Spotless, Sponsored Void." You've maybe seen it too. The gist is that the original mom bloggers (still can't say "mommy blogger" you guys. Not doing it.) from like...

The Legs Up The Wall Challenge

by Stephanie | Jan 21, 2018 | motherhood, Your Best Self | 2 Comments

It's January, so that means the masses are frantically setting goals that aren't attainable, making masochistic resolutions, setting themselves up for failure, and trying to be healthier and happier by changing their lives in expensive and impractical ways. Oh, just...

Announcing LTYM Boulder 2018 Auditions!

by Stephanie | Jan 19, 2018 | LTYM Boulder | 0 Comments

It is our pleasure to announce Boulder's Listen To Your Mother Show 2018 Auditions! The LTYM Boulder show this year will take place on Saturday, May 5th, and although that may feel like light-years away during the long weeks of January, it will be here before you know...

Save the Date for Listen To Your Mother Boulder 2018!

by Stephanie | Jan 10, 2018 | LTYM Boulder | 1 Comment

Thank you so much for supporting the Listen to Your Mother show the past several seasons! Your ticket purchases helped raise over $28,000 nationwide for charities last year, including Boulder’s Emergency Family Assistance Association. LTYM has raised a total of...

This Christmas I Will Not Have a Meltdown

by Stephanie | Dec 21, 2017 | family life, funny, motherhood, parenting | 7 Comments

I mean, maybe. Maybe I won't have a meltdown this year. I hope not. I want to make a solemn vow not to, but . . . let's be realistic. Tonight I posted this update on my Mommy, for Real Facebook page If you are angry that your invisible work goes unnoticed, I see you....

5 Reasons I Love Stitch Fix for Moms

by Stephanie | Nov 20, 2017 | Your Best Self | 0 Comments

I think I'm going to make a master list of all the things I blatantly made fun of was skeptical to try that I now love. Friends, it's a long list. As one who approaches trends with trepidation and perhaps even a misguided superiority, I am usually a pretty harsh...

So You Want To Go Gluten Free? Start Here.

by Stephanie | Nov 13, 2017 | Your Best Self | 4 Comments

It has been nearly four months since I went gluten free, and aside from a few "accidental glutenings" (glutened is totally a verb now), I have stuck with it completely. And at the risk of sounding dramatic, it has completely changed my life. If you haven't read my...

Why Are We All Drowning?

by Stephanie | Nov 9, 2017 | family life, motherhood | 3 Comments

I stood at my kitchen island, wiping spilled food off my to-do list, staring at my weekly meal plan, and feeling the biggest case of déjà vu ever. Hadn't I just been standing here, frantically stirring something on the stove and scanning my list to identify the latest...