Podcast Episodes

509: Tantrums, Tears, and Temperaments

If you’re in the stage of parenting where tears, tantrums, and big emotions seem to take over every day, you’re not alone. Today Karen and Emily are …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

508: Parenting Strong-Willed Kids Without Losing Your Cool

Last week, Karen talked about the temperaments. This week, she takes that conversation one step further by answering real questions from moms who are…

7 months ago

507: How To Handle Big Emotions in Kids

Today Karen and Emily tackle listener questions about kids with big emotions; the pouters, the perfectionists, the rule followers, and the fiercely c…

7 months, 1 week ago

506: Raising Resilient Kids in a Fragile Culture

Are you parenting a Gen Z child and wondering why everything feels so different from when you were growing up? Today Karen and Emily sit down with le…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

505: Good and Hard Can Run on Parallel Lines

Do you ever feel overwhelmed, overtouched, overstimulated and find yourself wondering, why does this feel so hard?

Today Karen answers real questions …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

504: The Myth of the ‘Perfect Friendship’

Friendships in motherhood are rarely as simple as we expect them to be. Today Karen and Emily are continuing our friendship conversation by tackling …

8 months ago

503: Why Mom Friendships Feel Harder Than We Expected

Friendships in motherhood can feel complicated, especially when old wounds and insecurities get stirred up in new seasons. In this episode, Karen and…

8 months, 1 week ago

502: Parenting Adult Children: How to Let Go Without Losing the Relationship with Jim Burns

Parenting doesn’t end when your kids turn 18. In many ways, it gets more complicated! Today Karen and Erin are joined by longtime parenting expert Ji…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

501: Parenting Principles From Proverbs (Part 3): The Fruit of Faithful Discipline

Discipline is hard, especially when the results feel slow or invisible. In this final episode of our Parenting Principles from Proverbs series, Karen…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

500: Parenting Principles from Proverbs (Part 2): How to Be a Wise Mom

We are celebrating 500 episodes of Wire Talk and using this milestone to talk about something every mom wants: wisdom that actually works in real lif…

9 months ago