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April 16, 2025 โ€ข 38 mins

๐ŸŒž๐Ÿ‘™๐ŸฉดSummer Without the Stress: Intentional Fun + Extreme Parenting = Yes, Itโ€™s Possible!


ย In this episode, Deena & Christina continue their real-talk conversation on how to prepare for summer when you're a mom navigating special needs, multiple kids, or extreme parentingโ€”and how to avoid burnout in the process.

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This episode also kicks off our Summer Fun Challenge ๐ŸŽ‰ and the official launch of the Junk Drawer Mamas Facebook group! Itโ€™s your new go-to spot for summer mom hacks,real-life ideas, and โ€œHelp a Mama Outโ€ moments from moms who get it.

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Whether youโ€™re parenting through special needs, sensory overload, teenage eye rolls, or toddler tantrumsโ€”this episode is packed with laughs, ideas, and wisdom from twomamas who have been there.

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If youโ€™ve ever found yourself dreading summer before it even starts, this episode is a game-changer. Learn how to create a summer youโ€™ll actually enjoy, not just count down.

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๐ŸŽง๐—ง๐—จ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ'๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ.

ย ๐Ÿ‘‰ย ๐——๐—ข๐—กโ€™๐—ง ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—™๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ชย  ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ดย ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†! ๐Ÿ‘ฏ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉท


๐ŸŽง๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜†, ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€, ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ถ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฒ! https://tinyurl.com/5e2nhnae


ย ๐Ÿ’Œ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ:ย 

๐Ÿ“บ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง๐—จ๐—•๐—˜: https://tinyurl.com/pdp7nzpd

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๐Ÿ“ธ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ: https://tinyurl.com/ms4yttb5

๐Ÿ“ฑ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ธ: https://tinyurl.com/mvbvbyjf

๐ŸŒ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ: https://www.speciallyempoweredmoms.com/junkdrawermamas

๐Ÿ“จ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น: junkdrawermamas@gmail.com

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โœ”๏ธ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€

โ ๐ŸŒWebsite: www.speciallyempoweredmoms.comโ  โ 

๐Ÿ“˜Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/4r8k9e9j

๐Ÿ“ธInstagram: https://tinyurl.com/yxka7fdt

๐Ÿ“ฑTikTok: https://tinyurl.com/48jan3pc

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ย โœ”๏ธ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ

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๐Ÿ“จ ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€@๐—ด๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ We would love to hear from you.

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