You spend hours making the perfect Halloween costume, and your kid wants the store-bought one. You try to get into the Halloween spirit, but apparently even dragons have to be sexy now. And somehow, embarrassing your children becomes one of the best parts of the holiday.

Sound familiar?

This week on Moms Unhinged, Andrea Marie is joined by comedians Lisa Lane and Tiffany Burke to laugh about the wonderfully ridiculous side of Halloween motherhood. From rejected homemade costumes and questionable trick-or-treat treats to family traditions, haunted houses, and the art of embarrassing your kids, they're sharing the Halloween moments that don't always go according to plan.

Because Halloween is a mixed bag of mothering. And sometimes the things that go wrong make the best stories.

Mentioned in This Episode:

• Moms Unhinged Comedy Shows & Tickets: https://momsunhinged.com
• Lisa Lane: Website | Instagram | Facebook
• Tiffany Burke: Website | Instagram

Health insurance and employee benefits? Not exactly the fun part of being a grown-up. And figuring out what's right for your family or business can feel like a whole other job.

Thankfully, you don't have to sort it all out alone.

This episode is sponsored by SCA Solutions, where owner and Strategic Benefits Advisor Holly Wilson helps businesses, individuals, and families navigate their health insurance and benefits options.

Connect with Holly:

• Phone: 516-718-BNFT (2638)
• Email: wilson@scasolutionsinc.com
• Website: scasolutionsinc.com
• Instagram: @scasolutions
• Facebook: SCA Solutions Inc.

Who decided there was a “normal” way to move through the world anyway?

Andrea sits down with her longtime friend Dr. Julie Watson for a conversation about getting diagnosed with ADHD in midlife—and how finally having an explanation for the way her brain works changed the way Julie understood herself.

Because the diagnosis didn’t necessarily change the life she had lived. She’d still chased new interests, taken on big challenges, moved to new places, and followed the things that excited her. But knowing earlier might have changed the second-guessing, guilt, shame, and pressure she felt to fit in along the way.

Andrea and Julie talk about why ADHD can go unnoticed in women, the particular “Category 10 shit storm” of hormones, kids, aging parents, work, and relationships in midlife, and what happened when Julie finally stopped masking and let more of her weirdness show.

They also get into Julie’s decidedly unconventional approach to motherhood, the time she escaped her house in nothing but a diaper while her mom was taking a shower, caring for aging parents, and learning to find delight even when life looks very different than you expected.

Maybe understanding yourself doesn’t mean becoming someone different.

Maybe it just means you can finally stop trying so hard to be “normal.”

Catch Up with Julie:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsjuliewatson/
• Website: https://www.juliewatson.com/

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Just when you think you’ve figured out this whole motherhood thing, the kids go and change the job description.

Comedian Amy Brown joins Andrea to talk about raising two boys through all the different versions of motherhood—from being the fun, crafty mom to teaching a teenager to drive to figuring out how to get college-aged sons to tell you literally anything.

Amy also shares how a night with Cheez-Its and white wine led her to comedy, the parenting meltdown that turned into an accidental kick line, and why she’s decided chocolate chip cookies may be her best strategy for getting her kids to come home.

Because apparently the goal of motherhood is to spend years getting really good at a job while simultaneously working yourself out of it.

Mentioned in this Episode:

• Amy Brown Comedy Podcast: https://amybrowncomedy.com/podcast
• Indoor Wife: Amy’s comedy special on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0eZEVW1Wfk
• Moms Unhinged shows: https://momsunhinged.com

Connect With Amy:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amybrowncomedy
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amybrowncomedy
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjWEzSFwmUdD_vUneaHBEOw
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@amybrowncomedy