Living in the Compound

You know that moment when you realise parenting isn’t a “season” but a lifetime membership with no exit clause and really, really small fine print you unhelpfully only lightly skimmed? Yep, same.

This podcast ep, witnesses QuantiPapa McGill and QuantiMama Jodi diving headfirst into Compound Living—where type-A personalities, crunchy parenting, and four kids under one roof get messy together. A place where the tension of wanting to “do all the things” bumps up against also just wanting to lie down for 5 minutes or more improbably, toilet, in peace. A place where we wrestle with the guilt, the grind, and the pervasive societal expectations that tell success is demonstrated by productivity and big screen TVs.

• How do we value the invisible work of parenting when it feels so universally thankless and repetitive?
• What shifts in us and our kids when we stop trying to control our kids’ emotions and instead hold space for them?
• And how do we untangle ourselves from the need for permission to rest, reset, or simply say, “This is hard.”

This episode touches on the quiet wisdom of surrender—the kind that doesn’t mean giving up but instead choosing to be present with what truly matters; embracing our kids’ natural curiosity (even when it means pulling apart sewing machines) and why the best moments of parenting often happen when we let go of gifted societal perceptions of perfection.

For anyone feeling stretched thin, stuck in the grind, or questioning if they’re “doing enough,” Jodi & McGill offer ‘permission’ (not that you need it, but that’s a whooollllleee other conversation) to rethink it all. This parenting gig—this unwitnessed, messy, relentless, thoroughly common ‘work’ of raising conscious, thoughtful, harmonious humans—shapes the world more than we realise. And to be honest, the world desperately needs them. 

Tune in, get curious, lighten your mind, and maybe shift gifted perspectives because in the chaos of Living in the Compound, there’s plenty of room for life-changing memories, conscious connection, and at least a few ‘fark it’ moments along the way.

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