In this inspiring and deeply honest episode of Between Us Moms, we sit down with world-renowned climber Emily Harrington—a 5-time U.S. National Champion and the first woman to successfully free climb Yosemite’s iconic Golden Gate route on El Capitan in a single day. Known for redefining what’s possible both on and off the wall, Emily has built a career on resilience, ambition, and pushing limits—and now, she’s navigating her most transformative role yet: motherhood. (And yes—her documentary Girl Climber was recently nominated for a Sports Emmy.)

In this conversation, Emily opens up about how becoming a mom has fundamentally reshaped her identity, her priorities, and what fulfillment looks like in this new season of life. Once driven by clear career milestones and the pressure of a ticking biological clock, she shares how intentional she was about the timing of motherhood—and how much her perspective has shifted since welcoming her son in 2022. Now on the other side, she reflects on the unexpected joy and clarity she’s found, describing herself as “super happy” in a way she didn’t fully anticipate.

We also dive into the persistent question so many women face: Can you really have it all? Emily offers a candid and refreshing take, calling the expectation itself an “exhausting narrative.” Instead, she explores how motherhood has redefined what “having it all” even means—and why that definition is allowed to evolve over time.

This episode is a thoughtful exploration of ambition, identity, and the quiet (and not-so-quiet) transformations that come with becoming a parent. Emily speaks to the tension between striving and surrendering, and how motherhood doesn’t just add to your life—it reshapes what you want from it entirely.

If you’ve ever felt caught between who you were and who you’re becoming, this conversation will leave you feeling seen, grounded, and more at ease with the ever-evolving nature of it all.

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Spring cleaning—but make it for your mind, marriage, home and identity as a mom. In this episode of Between Us Moms, we’re diving into the real kind of reset moms actually need—decluttering your brain, your home, your schedule, and your emotional load after having kids. Because let’s be honest… when do we actually get our autonomy back after welcoming kids?

We’re talking about:

• How we’re doing a mental reset as moms (what's helping us close the tabs and what we’re letting go of)
• Simple ways to declutter your home and your mind without overwhelm
• What it looks like to spring clean your marriage after kids -- what's helping in this busy season as we check in with our husbands
• Finding yourself again after motherhood (and redefining who you are now)
• Mom anxiety, overstimulation, and the invisible mental load

PLUS, real-life mom updates you’ll definitely relate to:

• Hallie shares about her first parent-teacher conference and the unexpected anxiety that came with it
• Katie talks about seeing Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce together—and opens up about her daughter’s first school performance and why it didn’t go as planned

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, stretched thin, or like you’ve lost a piece of yourself in motherhood—this episode is your reminder that you’re not alone… and that you can reset. 🤍

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This week’s episode dives into a few stories that feel very online at first, but quickly turn into bigger conversations about parenting, media accountability, and where culture is shifting right now.

We start with Brenda Song calling out Alaska Airlines after a flight experience that hit a nerve for a lot of parents. She booked six months in advance and still got separated from her child. And that’s where we had to pause, because if you’ve ever flown with a toddler, you already know sitting together is not a preference, it’s survival. We get into why airlines treating seat assignments like “suggestions” feels completely disconnected from reality, and why separating a parent from a young child isn’t just inconvenient, it can quickly become everyone’s problem.

Then we shift into the story that completely took over reality TV this week. Just days before premiere, ABC pulled an entire filmed season starring Taylor Frankie Paul after resurfaced footage from a 2023 domestic incident sparked immediate backlash. While the case itself was already public and even documented through police body cam footage, this newly surfaced video added a level of visibility that changed everything. We break down what was shown, why the reaction was so fast, and what it means that executives chose to scrap a project reportedly worth tens of millions of dollars.

But the bigger question we keep coming back to is how it got this far in the first place. With her past already known, critics are asking whether ABC knowingly cast controversy for ratings and whether this cancellation is actually accountability or just damage control after the fact. Because this isn’t just internet drama, it involves alleged violence, a child present, and very real consequences.

And finally, we dive into a new global study that reveals a surprising shift in how Gen Z men view relationships, marriage, and gender roles. The numbers don’t exactly match the narrative we’ve all been told about younger generations being more progressive, and the gap between Gen Z men and women is noticeable. We talk through what’s behind this shift, what it might mean long term, and why it’s sparking so much conversation right now.

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