We Should Talk About That

Updated: 10 Jun 2025 • 282 episodes
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Join host, Jessica Kidwell, as she attempts to unpack the uncomfortable topics that nobody is talking about, but definitely should. With intention to hold real, authentic, conversation about EVERYTHING, Jessica brings her humor and a healthy dose of self-deprecation to the table as she invites a weekly guest to unpack issues relating to parenthood, grief, imposter syndrome, body image, middle age, the plight of the working mom and more.   

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Send me a Text Message about the show! Well, I"ve saved the best for last in this season finale.  In 2022 I introduced you to my daughter, Grace.  Close to finishing up her freshman year in high school, we talked about her experience being autistic and what ways she felt like she was different than "typical" teenagers.

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Send me a Text Message about the show! We should talk about divorce.  I mean, talk about a topic that absolutely fits the theme of this show: talking about the things people DON’T want to talk about. Divorce is gotta be top three. Right?  And it is definitely a topic that leaves those going through it feeling very isol

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Send me a Text Message about the show! May is Foster Care month I could not think of a better person to talk about child welfare, child poverty, and children in the care of the state than David Ambroz. David is a national poverty and child welfare expert and advocate. He was recognized by President Obama as an American

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Send me a Text Message about the show! Melinda Wenner Moyer is back to talk about her latest book, Hello Cruel World, Science based strategies for Raising Terrific Kids in Terrifying Times, which comes out 5/27/25.  This book is a science-based, hopeful guide on how to raise children who will not just survive, but thri

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Send me a Text Message about the show! What if joy has been misdefined?  What if it isn"t some luxury that we have to find and keep, but instead something inevitable?  Something that always finds it"s way back to us?   Dr. Mary Catherine McDonald joins me this week to talk about her new book, The Joy Reset, and it is e

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Send me a Text Message about the show! Daria Burke is an American writer, speaker, and wellbeing advocate.   Daria largely raised herself in Detroit, tiptoeing around the mood swings of a drug-addicted mother, often without running water at home. She became a model student, hiding any evidence of struggle.and determine

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