You're Allowed to Be Exhausted: A Reality Check Before the Summer Holidays
Feeling like an exhausted parent before the summer holidays have even started? You're allowed to be. This short, one-take episode — no editing, no polish, on purpose — is a reality check on parent bur...
22 Jul 0s
Why Does a Hand Lotion Calm Me Down? Nervous System Regulation with Elif Durgel
You catch a smell. A lotion, a tea, something cooking. And in under a second — before you've even thought about it — you're home.That's not nostalgia. That's not weakness. That is your nervous system ...
15 Jul 25min
What Is Trauma? Big T, Little T, and Why It Might Be You
Have you ever reacted to something and thought — why did I react like that? Or carried a weight you couldn't quite name?Today we're breaking down what trauma actually is — plainly, warmly, and without...
8 Jul 31min
Obligation Sex Is More Common Than You Think — Here's What It's Really Costing Your Relationship
This episode is brought to you by MamaSocial, who connect mums across the Netherlands so you actually have a community to lean on. Brunches, mingles, networking, whatever you need — MamaSocial will be...
1 Jul 23min
Queer Parenting in the Netherlands: Why One Dad Built a 250-Family Community From Scratch
When Aldo's daughter arrived via surrogacy in Canada, he looked around and realised he'd spent 10 years focused on becoming a dad — and forgotten to build a community for her. So he started a WhatsApp...
27 Jun 28min
Raising Bilingual Children in the Netherlands: What Summer Travel Really Does for Heritage Language Development
Your child speaks the school language all year without thinking. Your language — the one you grew up in, the one your parents use, the one you hoped would just stick — has to fight for space. And then...
24 Jun 24min
Coparenting After Separation in the Netherlands: One Dad's Honest Story
What actually happens after a relationship ends — when you have children together, you're living in the Netherlands, and your village is far away?Niko, a German dad, joins us this week to talk honestl...
20 Jun 29min
Why Becoming a Dad Made Me Finally Realise I Had ADD - Mens Mental Health Week
If you became a father and suddenly felt like you couldn't keep up — with the admin, the overwhelm, the switching, the forgetting — this episode is for you.Liam, founder of Dads Do Art and familiar Da...
17 Jun 35min
