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The Kim Constable Podcast

Top Tips for Surviving Modern Parenting - Interview with Jen Fulwiler - Episode 88

The Kim Constable Podcast

Kim Constable

Business, Entrepreneurship, Health & Fitness

4.9743 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Women weren’t meant to be the primary caretakers of their kids. And yet, most mums nowadays end up that way. To make matters worse, we have the constant societal pressure to reach obnoxious levels of perfectionism...   (Like juggling your career, your family, the non-stop schedules, the homework, the cooking, the cleaning, the midnight feedings...with little to no help! And don’t you even think about sitting your kids down in front of the TV while you take a moment to yourself.)   All of these impossible standards are making mums crazy! They are blaming themselves and feeling like sh*t parents, when the reality is, they weren’t meant to handle all of this alone. This isn’t the way motherhood is supposed to be.   You’ve likely heard the common phrase, “It takes a village…” but where the hell IS the village?   In this episode, I interviewed the lovely Jen Fulwiler—best-selling author, stand up comic, and mum of 6 kids! We dished all about the struggles of modern parenting and how utterly insane expectations are these days. She gave some great tips on how to survive parenting, including how to hire help when you don’t have any money so that you can relieve some of the pressure of being a mum without your village.   I really hope this episode brings you the peace and calmness you deserve in your parenting journey. Love Kim xo Reference List:  Jen’s IG: @jenniferfulwiler Jen’s Tiktok: @jenniferfulwiler Jen’s Comedy Tour: https://jenniferfulwiler.com/tour/ Jen’s Hair Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh2hQLihq5g Jen’s “Screen Time Studies” video: https://www.tiktok.com/@jenniferfulwiler/video/6974776969275673861 QUOTES USED:   “We are not supposed to live this way...being the sole entertainer, the sole childcare provider for your kids 24/7 is utterly unnatural.”   “It takes a village to raise a child, but we don’t have that village anymore.”   “When we live without a village community, we are literally doing the job of 30 people.”   “If you feel like your brain is melting after minute 2 of playing shapes and colors with your 2 year old, that’s because women in human history never did this! The other kids in the village would entertain your kids!”   “If I can just say at the end of my career, that I got a few more moms to stop blaming themselves, to stop thinking that the problem is you, and realize that the problem is that you are living in very unnatural circumstances, then I feel like that’s a success.”

Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, hey there, welcome to the Kim Constable podcast. Nobody cares work harder. How the hell are you this week? It's so good to talk to you because I have an amazing episode for you today and it is not another Q&A. It is actually an interview

0:22.2

with someone who is quite possibly one of my most favorite people in the world, one of my

0:26.9

newest most favorite people in the world because I only met her a few weeks ago, but yet we

0:31.0

have become firm friends and are messaging each other every day and I absolutely adore her.

0:36.7

And I know that you are going to as well.

0:38.8

Her name is Jen Fulweiler and yes it is spelt as you would think it is Fulweiler and she is a comedian

0:46.4

who was introduced to me on Instagram quite by accident by a friend of mine, Michaela Peterson.

0:51.6

Now, Michaela actually shared one of Jen's videos on her reel and or on her Instagram story.

0:57.4

And if Michaela shares something and thinks it's shareworthy, well, I'm going to click on it and watch.

1:02.5

And it was a video by Jen who was talking about something, which I always talk about on this podcast,

1:07.2

which is why I know you're going to love it.

1:08.8

And it was about how it takes a village

1:11.2

to raise a child, about how we are surviving in the modern world without, you know, our support

1:16.9

of our friends and our family and our women in our lives and our mothers and sisters and aunts

1:21.1

and everyone who would be there to support us. And we are literally doing the best we can in a very

1:26.0

unnatural situation and how we just should be a little

1:28.8

easier on ourselves. And Jen just takes these kind of difficult topics or these things that women

1:34.8

struggle with, her mother struggle with, and she makes them into something absolutely hilarious.

1:39.9

And quite simply, she just gives you permission to feel okay about the decisions that you make and that you're not failing as a mother.

1:46.3

And she does it all through her incredible comedy.

1:49.9

I reached out to Jen immediately that I watched this reel and I just knew she was someone I had to have on the podcast.

1:54.6

She was a kindred spirit.

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