Episodes

  • Teaching Kids to Trust their Guts

    Teaching Kids to Trust their Guts
    Feb 17 2026
    Gut instinct is only partially innate – it’s also very much learned and developed over time. And it turns out to be a fundamental safety skill kids need to master. To do this, we need to shed the “stranger danger” approach of the 1980s, replacing it with the concept of “tricky people,” because it turns out that those who harm kids are often not strangers to them at all. This episode is all about helping kids recognize when someone makes them uncomfortable, how to set boundaries, and express difficult feelings in relationships. Show Notes: Watch the full episode on ⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠! ⁠⁠⁠Join the LESS AWKWARD MEMBERSHIP HUB⁠⁠⁠ Go to ⁠⁠⁠Quince.com/AWKWARD⁠⁠⁠ for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns. Download the ⁠⁠⁠FREE Playbook for Getting Your Kid to Talk⁠⁠⁠ Order our book ⁠⁠⁠This Is So Awkward⁠⁠⁠ Check out all our speaking and curriculum at ⁠⁠⁠www.lessawkward.com⁠⁠⁠ and our super comfy products at ⁠⁠⁠www.myoomla.com⁠⁠⁠ To bring us to your school or community email ⁠⁠⁠operations@lessawkward.com⁠⁠⁠ To submit listener questions email ⁠⁠⁠podcast@lessawkward.com⁠⁠⁠ Produced by ⁠⁠⁠Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    58 mins
  • Parents Have Feelings Too: Anger, Disgust + All the Messy Emotions

    Parents Have Feelings Too: Anger, Disgust + All the Messy Emotions
    Feb 10 2026
    Parenting brings up so many difficult emotions like: disgust, disappointment, anger and more. Layer on top the shame parents experience for having those feelings! Two mental health professionals, Hilary Hendel and Julie Fraga, authors of Parents Have Feelings Too, join us to normalize the full emotional landscape of parenting and offer tools for moving forward in loving and constructive ways. Show Notes: Watch the full episode on ⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠! ⁠⁠Join the LESS AWKWARD MEMBERSHIP HUB⁠⁠ Go to ⁠⁠Quince.com/AWKWARD⁠⁠ for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns. Download the ⁠⁠FREE Playbook for Getting Your Kid to Talk⁠⁠ Order our book ⁠⁠This Is So Awkward⁠⁠ Check out all our speaking and curriculum at ⁠⁠www.lessawkward.com⁠⁠ and our super comfy products at ⁠⁠www.myoomla.com⁠⁠ To bring us to your school or community email ⁠⁠operations@lessawkward.com⁠⁠ To submit listener questions email ⁠⁠podcast@lessawkward.com⁠⁠ Produced by ⁠⁠Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • It’s Not Fair!

    It’s Not Fair!
    Feb 3 2026
    Kids are constantly analyzing and expressing their views on fairness––they do it in school, at home, on the sports field, basically everywhere. There are two different interpretations of fairness: equity and equality. We explore the difference between meeting each person’s individual needs vs slicing the pie the same way for all. While the constant refrain of “It’s not fair!” can be irritating to adults, the skill of understanding fairness is critical to kids’ social and moral development. Show Notes: Watch the full episode on ⁠Youtube⁠! ⁠Join the LESS AWKWARD MEMBERSHIP HUB⁠ Go to ⁠Quince.com/AWKWARD⁠ for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns. Download the ⁠FREE Playbook for Getting Your Kid to Talk⁠ Order our book ⁠This Is So Awkward⁠ Check out all our speaking and curriculum at ⁠www.lessawkward.com⁠ and our super comfy products at ⁠www.myoomla.com⁠ To bring us to your school or community email ⁠operations@lessawkward.com⁠ To submit listener questions email ⁠podcast@lessawkward.com⁠ Produced by ⁠Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    50 mins
  • Mattering in Today’s World

    Mattering in Today’s World
    Jan 27 2026
    It’s easy to feel untethered in a modern world filled with stressors and tech-laden realities, but research tells us that the secret sauce is mattering: a combination of feeling valued and offering value back. Mattering fuels wellbeing. Journalist Jennifer Wallace, author of Mattering, joins us to explain this beautiful concept, sharing data-driven ways to achieve it for ourselves, our families, and in our communities. Show Notes: Watch the full episode on Youtube! Join the LESS AWKWARD MEMBERSHIP HUB Go to Quince.com/AWKWARD for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns. Download the FREE Playbook for Getting Your Kid to Talk Order our book This Is So Awkward Check out all our speaking and curriculum at www.lessawkward.com and our super comfy products at www.myoomla.com To bring us to your school or community email operations@lessawkward.com To submit listener questions email podcast@lessawkward.com Produced by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    53 mins
  • The Wild West of AI + Education

    The Wild West of AI + Education
    Jan 20 2026
    The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence is affecting every aspect of our lives, including education. When it comes to the impact of AI on kids’ learning and overall wellbeing, we don’t have the luxury of waiting on long-term studies. There is, however, a new “pre-mortem” study out from Brookings, looking at whether AI does more good or more harm in education. Here with the answers is Dr. Rebecca Winthrop, Director of the Center for Universal Education at Brookings Institution. She helps make sense of this new landscape and the best way forward for schools, policymakers, and parents. Show Notes: Watch the full episode on Youtube! Join the LESS AWKWARD MEMBERSHIP HUB Go to Quince.com/AWKWARD for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns. Download the FREE Playbook for Getting Your Kid to Talk Order our book This Is So Awkward Check out all our speaking and curriculum at www.lessawkward.com and our super comfy products at www.myoomla.com To bring us to your school or community email operations@lessawkward.com To submit listener questions email podcast@lessawkward.com Produced by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    52 mins
  • Weightlifting + Cross Training in Teens

    Weightlifting + Cross Training in Teens
    Jan 13 2026
    The pressure to look a certain way and perform at peak athletic levels keeps moving younger and younger. It begs the question: what’s actually healthy and safe for growing bodies? This episode starts with the science of growth spurts and then answers some of the most common questions we get: is it safe for tweens + teens to weight train? If so, at what age? How important is cross-training really? Show Notes: Watch the full episode on Youtube! Join the LESS AWKWARD MEMBERSHIP HUB Go to Quince.com/AWKWARD for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns. Download the FREE Playbook for Getting Your Kid to Talk Order our book This Is So Awkward Check out all our speaking and curriculum at www.lessawkward.com and our super comfy products at www.myoomla.com To bring us to your school or community email operations@lessawkward.com To submit listener questions email podcast@lessawkward.com Produced by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    53 mins
  • Consent 101 for the Early Years

    Consent 101 for the Early Years
    Jan 6 2026
    Teaching kids about consent begins in their earliest years as they learn what it looks like to give and receive permission for any number of things. Hand in hand is their developing sense of privacy and safety in relationship to others. All of these skills become critical as kids grow and mature. Pediatrician and author of Eyes, Knees, Boundaries Please!, Dr. Krupa Playforth, joins us for a joyful unpacking of the language, choices, and routines families can use to integrate a culture of consent into their own homes. Show Notes: Eyes, Knees, Boundaries Please! Watch the full episode on Youtube! Join the LESS AWKWARD MEMBERSHIP HUB Go to Quince.com/AWKWARD for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns. Download the FREE Playbook for Getting Your Kid to Talk Order our book This Is So Awkward Check out all our speaking and curriculum at www.lessawkward.com and our super comfy products at www.myoomla.com To bring us to your school or community email operations@lessawkward.com To submit listener questions email podcast@lessawkward.com Produced by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    50 mins
  • A Different Kind of Resolution

    A Different Kind of Resolution
    Dec 30 2025
    We’re not big believers in New Year’s resolutions, but we ARE big believers in resolving to make change and do better. This episode is about learning lessons from the past, recognizing where we want to (and need to) take a do-over, and harnessing that wisdom as we head into the new year! Show Notes: Watch the full episode on Youtube! Join the LESS AWKWARD MEMBERSHIP HUB Go to Quince.com/AWKWARD for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns. Download the FREE Playbook for Getting Your Kid to Talk Order our book This Is So Awkward Check out all our speaking and curriculum at www.lessawkward.com and our super comfy products at www.myoomla.com To bring us to your school or community email operations@lessawkward.com To submit listener questions email podcast@lessawkward.com Produced by Peoples Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    32 mins