After Bedtime with Big Little Feelings

If you’re raising a boy, this episode will light a fire in you - in the best, most empowering way. Because here’s the truth: The kind of men our boys become is not random - it’s not just personality, or fate. It’s shaped - day by day - in childhood. In how we respond to their anger, their tears, their mistakes.

Parents are not just witnessing who their sons become; we are actively building the men they will be - through parenting. And the most hopeful part? There are concrete, science-backed things you can start doing today that measurably shift your child’s emotional trajectory - and the kind of partner, friend, and human he will one day be.

In this bold, honest, sometimes funny-so-you-don’t-cry episode, Deena goes straight at the stuff that feels big and scary to say out loud: male entitlement, emotional shutdown, aggression, consent failures, unequal partnership, and why “boys will be boys” has quietly lowered the bar for generations. Then, she flips the script - with science, real stories, and concrete parenting tools you can start literally today - so you walk away knowing exactly how to raise a boy who feels deeply, respects boundaries, takes accountability, and is safe to love.

Here are the 10 daily actions that turn little boys into great men - starting TODAY:
• Why emotional skills in men are built - or blocked - in early childhood
• The critical difference between allowing anger vs. allowing harm
• How to teach consent and bodily autonomy starting in toddlerhood
• Why boys receive less emotional coaching (and how to change that)
• Rough play, wrestling, and what it’s actually doing in the brain
• Teaching boys about periods, care work, and partnership early
• How to build empathy and perspective-taking in daily moments
• Accountability and repair: the skill many men never learned
• Why punishment and shame backfire - especially for boys
• The core message boys need about love, power, and safety

You’ll leave this episode feeling seen in the weight of raising boys today, and radically empowered in how much influence you actually have. Because you’re not just raising a child; you’re shaping the kind of man the world will one day meet. And once you hear this, you’ll parent your son differently tomorrow morning.

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If you’re a woman - or you love one! - this episode will change how you understand women’s bodies. Because here’s the sad truth: Women’s health has been built on research that largely ignored women. We’ve been handed one-size-fits-all advice for bodies that are anything but. And millions of moms are walking around exhausted, depleted, hormonally off, and wondering, “Why the hell do I feel like this?” So today, we’re going deep into what’s actually happening inside women’s bodies, and what real support should look like.

Deena sits down with Victoria Thain Gioia, co-founder and CEO of Perelel, a doctor-backed women’s health brand created after her daughter was born with a nutrition-related birth condition - a moment that exposed just how massive the gaps are in prenatal and maternal care.

Together, they unpack the reality women live every day:
• Hormones that shift constantly
• Nutrient needs that change across life stages
• The invisible physical load of motherhood
• The pressure to function while depleted
• Why “just take a vitamin” was never enough

This episode is designed to be practical, with simple tweaks you can start making today to optimize your health. You’ll learn:
✔ Why women’s bodies need different support than men’s
✔ The biggest daily nutrition gaps affecting moms
✔ How protein, fiber, and muscle health impact hormones and energy
✔ Why simple routines matter more than perfection
✔ What “stage-specific” support actually means
✔ The small daily shifts that help women feel better in their bodies

This conversation is equal parts science, motherhood reality, and permission to make yourself high up on your to-do list. If you’ve ever felt exhausted, off, depleted, or like your body changed after kids, this episode will make you feel seen, informed, and empowered to start supporting yourself again. Because moms give everything. It’s about damn time someone supported YOU.

Visit www.perelelhealth.com and use code BIGLITTLEFEELINGS for 20% off your first purchase.

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PBS KIDS is one of the only places in kids’ media that still feels like it’s made by people who actually like children. It’s the show your kid watches and then… somehow… can still turn the iPad off without acting like you just stole their life force (because their programming is slow paced, based on research enhancing your child's brain rather than rotting it). It’s the content that teaches real skills (letters, math, emotional regulation, empathy) without turning your child into a tiny zombie who can’t look away. And right now? That lifeline is being cut.

This week, Kristin sits down with Sara DeWitt (Senior VP + General Manager of PBS KIDS) for a conversation every parent needs to hear, about what PBS does differently, why it matters for kids’ brains, and what’s at stake after federal funding was cut, including the termination of the Ready To Learn grant that helped fund PBS KIDS’ education and research work.

In this episode, Sara shares:
Why some kids’ content is designed to be impossible to turn off, and how PBS builds the opposite
Why “developmentally appropriate” shows are rarer and rarer these days in the media outside of PBS kids
The real impact of funding cuts (reduced staff, paused research, fewer new shows in the pipeline)
The magic of Daniel Tiger (yes, we talk about the iconic “beach in the house” moment)
And the story behind Carl the Collector, PBS KIDS’ first series with an autistic lead character, and why this kind of representation changes kids forever

If you’ve ever felt like PBS KIDS helped you survive early parenthood… if your kid has learned more from Daniel Tiger than from any parenting book on your nightstand… if you’ve been looking at the screen time landscape like “WE ARE NOT OK”… this one’s for you.

How to help (fast + doable):
Watch PBS KIDS + download the apps (usage matters).
Donate to your local PBS station (go to PBS.org, enter your ZIP code).
Tell your story — why PBS matters to your family. Those stories protect this work

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Divorce is one of the most painful decisions a parent can make, and there's one thing that's always top of mind when facing a possible separation or divorce: will my kids be okay? Today's episode will give you a big, firm, YES. And shows you EXACTLY how to move through this difficult chapter to ensure the best outcomes for you, and your kids. Because the truth is, a healthier household is the BEST choice for your kid, and often, this means choosing the difficult path of divorce, not despite your kids, but FOR your kids.

In today's episode, Deena sits down with Gabriella Pomare, a family lawyer, co-parenting expert, and mom who has lived this reality herself. Together, they go far beyond surface-level advice and into the real work of co-parenting when emotions are raw, grief is heavy, and your kids still need you to lead.

This conversation tackles the questions parents are often too afraid to ask:
How do you support your kids through separation while you’re still breaking inside?
What actually harms kids after divorce, and what protects them long-term?
How do you co-parent with someone who won’t cooperate?
How do you set boundaries, reduce conflict, and stop kids from carrying adult pain?
And how do you grieve the family you imagined… without letting that grief shape your child’s future?

Gabriella shares practical tools, hard-earned wisdom, and a powerful reframe: divorce doesn’t create broken families, unresolved conflict does. This episode is about emotional leadership, healing without involving your kids, and redefining what a healthy family can look like after everything changes.

If you’re considering separation, in the middle of it, co-parenting with a high-conflict ex, or supporting someone who is, you need this episode. You'll walk away with everything you need to have a healthy, happy family - even in this new, different looking stage of life.

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For more than a decade, Scheana Shay has lived her life in the public eye, on Vanderpump Rules, in headlines, and under constant scrutiny. But while the world watched one version of her story, a much harder one was unfolding behind closed doors. In this deeply honest sit-down, Scheana opens up about the reality she was carrying while cameras kept rolling. A traumatic, life-threatening birth. Debilitating postpartum OCD and intrusive thoughts that left her afraid of her own mind. And the moment she discovered her husband had cheated, while she was raising a young child and barely surviving herself.

Scheana shares what it was like to endure all of this while being judged in real time. To hold herself together on set while falling apart at home. And, for the first time ever, the real reason she decided to stay in her marriage. This episode is a story of resilience. Of a woman rebuilding herself while the world dissected her choices. Of motherhood in its most vulnerable moments. Of mental health struggles that don’t wrap up neatly. And of a marriage that broke and had to be rebuilt slowly, imperfectly, and honestly.

If you’ve ever felt like you were falling apart behind a brave face, this episode will stay with you.

Trigger warning: birth trauma, postpartum OCD/intrusive thoughts, infidelity.

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