Pouring and Parenting

Send us Fan Mail Women spend years bleeding, sweating, cramping, forgetting words, and somehow still keeping everyone else alive. This episode is a hilarious, brutally honest look at the full hormonal journey from teenage periods to PCOS to the chaos of perimenopause — and why none of it is even remotely fair. Sil and Inish get real about the first time Bloody Mary arrived, the embarrassment, the panic, the pads, and the awkward lessons no one really prepares you for. Then they turn the volum...

Send us Fan Mail Mom guilt can make even a little time for yourself feel selfish. In this episode of Pouring and Parenting, Sil and Inish talk about why so many mothers feel guilty pursuing hobbies or taking a break—and how social media’s “perfect parent” pressure can make it worse. Through personal stories and an honest conversation about family expectations, they explore reclaiming your identity beyond motherhood, protecting creative space, and showing your kids that parents have pass...

Send us Fan Mail Chores are not just about a clean house - they are about raising kids who can function without you. If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re helping your child by doing everything yourself, this conversation will make you rethink the whole “it’s faster if I just do it” trap. Sil and Inish get honest about the great chore debate, from the chaos of their own childhood chores to what they’re teaching their kids now. Sil shares what it was like growing up with intense Saturday clea...

Send us Fan Mail Respect is supposed to help kids move through the world—but what happens when discipline feels too strict, too soft, or just plain confusing? Sil and Inish unpack the tension behind modern parenting, from old-school “because I said so” rules to gentle parenting that may be drifting into passive parenting. Along the way, they ask a question many families face: Is respect automatically owed, or does it need to be modeled and earned? Through honest stories and relatable parentin...

Send us Fan Mail The advice to “stop judging” is useless if you don’t understand why we do it. This conversation gets uncomfortably real about the split-second assumptions we make about parents, spouses, strangers, and even the people sitting in church beside us—and why those judgments usually say more about our own stress than the other person’s character. Sil and Inish kick things off with a confession that turns into a full-on exploration of evidence-based judgment, missing context, and th...