Moms Brain Is A Coffee Stain | Parenting Teens, Mom Life & Real Conversations
A parenting podcast for moms of teens about teen mental health, digital parenting, AI, family communication, burnout, and real mom life.
Episodes
33 episodes
Conscious Parenting: Ending Power Struggles, Triggers & Raising Emotionally Aware Kids with Katherine Sellery
What if the biggest parenting struggles… aren’t about your child’s behavior—but about how we respond to it?In this powerful episode of Mom’s Brain Is a Coffee Stain, Kayla sits down with Katherine Sellery, founder of the Consci...
The Power of Your Words: Raising Confident Kids with Jody Hill’s “Parent Secret Superpower”
What if one of the most powerful tools you have as a parent… is something you use every single day?In this impactful episode of Mom’s Brain Is a Coffee Stain, Kayla sits down with parenting expert and author Jody Hill to talk a...
Good Enough Parenting: Letting Go of Perfection, Mom Guilt & Burnout with Emily Beecher
What if the secret to better parenting… was letting go of perfection?In this powerful and deeply relatable episode of Mom’s Brain Is a Coffee Stain, Kayla sits down with Emily Beecher, certified life coach for women at life’s c...
Single Parenting Survival to Thriving: Practical Tips, Time Management & Financial Stability with Pat Hankin
What does it really take to go from surviving to thriving as a single parent?In this powerful and practical episode of Mom’s Brain Is a Coffee Stain, Kayla sits down with Pat Hankin, author of The Field Guide for Single Parents
Healing While Parenting: Trauma Recovery for Moms with Emily Cleghorn
What happens when motherhood brings unresolved trauma to the surface?In this powerful episode of Mom’s Brain Is a Coffee Stain, Kayla sits down with Emily Cleghorn, trauma-informed trigger recovery coach and host of ...
Design Your Life, Don’t Drift: Intentional Parenting with Nathaniel A. Turner
What does it mean to design your life instead of drifting through it? In this powerful conversation, Kayla sits down with Nathaniel A. Turner, JD, MALS, fatherhood advocate, speaker, and creator of The Journal Forward Audiocast an...
From Corporate to Stay-at-Home Dad: Tony Berardo on Fatherhood, Entrepreneurship & Real Life Balance
What happens when a Fortune-500 career, health scares, infertility struggles, and a major life shift collide?In this honest and inspiring episode of Mom’s Brain Is a Coffee Stain, Kayla sits down with entrepreneur, content crea...
Teen Exposure, Internet Safety & Shame-Free Conversations with Chris Rogers
In this powerful episode of Mom’s Brain Is a Coffee Stain, Kayla sits down with teen coach Chris Rogers to tackle one of the most uncomfortable — yet critical — parenting conversations: teen exposure to pornography, sc...
Community vs. Isolation: Helping Teens Balance Alone Time, Social Life & Emotional Well-Being
In this relatable and honest episode of Mom’s Brain Is a Coffee Stain, Kayla and Crystal dive into a parenting question many families quietly wrestle with: how much isolation is normal — and when should parents worry?From...
We’re Not Fixing Our Kids — We’re Supporting Them | Teen Mental Health & Raising Teens with Dara Wax
In this heartfelt episode of Mom’s Brain Is a Coffee Stain, Kayla sits down with Dara Wax — founder of SAM+LEO and mom of two teenage boys — for an honest, practical conversation about parenting teenagers in today’s world. This teen ment...
Teen Dating 101: Boundaries, Red Flags & Raising Respectful Teens
In this relatable and real episode of Mom’s Brain Is a Coffee Stain, Kayla and Crystal spill the coffee on one of the most nerve-wracking parts of parenting teenagers — teen dating.If you’ve ever texted your teen from the ot...
Be the Lighthouse: Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids with Dr. David Marcus
In this powerful and practical episode of Mom’s Brain Is a Coffee Stain, Kayla sits down with Dr. David Marcus — clinical psychologist, family stress expert, and founder of ParentRX — to unpack what truly transforms parent-child commun...
Bonus Parents & Big Influence: Navigating the Step-Parent Role
Crystal is back and we’re diving into one of the most layered parenting conversations out there — step-parents and their influence on our kids.In this episode of Mom’s Brain Is a Coffee Stain, we talk abo...
AI & Teens: Smart Tool or Slippery Slope? (Crystal’s Back, Y’all!)
Crystal is back in action and we’re diving into one of the biggest parenting conversations of 2026: teens and artificial intelligence.In this episode of Mom’s Brain Is a Coffee Stain, we’re talking real-life AI use in our homes ...
Yelling Less, Connecting More: Parenting Strong-Willed & Neurodiverse Kids with Confidence
In this powerful and relatable episode of Mom’s Brain Is a Coffee Stain, host Kayla sits down with parenting coach Melissa Schulz, known for helping parents yell less and smile more. Together, they dive into the realit...
Parenting Fire Feelers: Supporting Teens with Big Emotions | Katie K. May, Author of "You're On Fire, It's Fine"
In this powerful conversation, host Kayla sits down with licensed therapist and author Katie K. May to discuss her book You're On Fire, It's Fine: Effective Strategies for Parenting Teens with Self-Destructive Behaviors
Unburdening Motherhood: Finding Calm, Compassion, and Yourself Again
🎙️ Episode OverviewIn this heartfelt and eye-opening episode of Moms Brain Is a Coffee Stain, host Kayla sits down with Dr. Angele Close, clinical psychologist and motherhood coach, for a powe...
Motherhood, Messy Middle Years & Figuring It Out Anyway with Jessica Danel
In this episode of Mom’s Brain Is a Coffee Stain, we dive into real-life motherhood, parenting, special needs advocacy, and what it looks like to start over when life doesn’t go as planned. Host Kayla is joined by auth...
The College Conveyor Belt, Parent Anxiety, and Finding Their Why (with Prasant Nukalapati)
What if the question isn’t “Which college should my kid go to?” but “Is my child actually ready for what comes next?”In this episode of Mom’s Brain Is a Coffee Stain, Kayla sits down with Prasant Nukalapati
Raising Sons, Losing Sleep, and Hoping for the Best — with DJ Logory, Founder of Be That Guy
What does it really mean to “be that guy” in today’s world—and how can parents support their sons without pushing them further away?In this powerful and honest conversation, Kayla sits down with DJ Logory, founder of Be That G...
We’re Not Strict, We’re Not Gentle — We’re the Exhausted Middle
If your kid has rolled their eyes at you more times today than you’ve sipped your coffee… welcome home. In this episode of Moms Brain Is a Coffee Stain, Kayla and Crystal dive into the wild zone between strict parenting and gentle pare...
Helicopter Parenting vs Intentional Parenting: Finding the Balance
Holiday break is creeping up, the house is chaos, and you’re one TikTok scroll away from forgetting everything on your to-do list… sound familiar? Grab your coffee and hide with us as Kayla and Crystal break down the real differenc...
Meet The Host and......
Ever wonder what it's really like becoming a mom as a teenager? In this raw, heartfelt episode, host Kayla welcomes her sister-in-law (and hopefully permanent cohost!) Crystal for an unfiltered chat about young motherhood, the chaos of rais...
Back-Pocket Predators, Cyberbullies, and Why I’m Still the Cringe Mom Listening on Discord
If your kid just got out for Thanksgiving, you finally sat down — then remembered the laundry has been marinating since Tuesday… or you Googled “what is 6,7” and immediately needed a priest and a drink — this episode is for you. Grab t...
College Apps, Trade Schools, and Why My Stepdaughter Calls Me ‘The Interrogator’
Grab your cold coffee and hide in the pantry—A new episode of Moms Brain Is a Coffee Stain is here to scream what every parent’s thinking during senior year!Join millennial mom Kayla (former teen mom, current chaos coordinator) ...
