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Hi, I'm Meagan.
I’m a writer, podcaster, and mom of five kids ages teen through young adult. As a parenting author and the co-host & co-creator of The Mom Hour podcast, I’ve been creating content for mothers and about motherhood for decades. As my kids are getting older, I’ve been focusing on the transitional years between full-house and empty nest, and am at work on a book called THE LAST PARENTING BOOK YOU’LL EVER READ, coming from Sourcebooks in 2025.
These days, amid the hustle of a quickly-changing, increasingly-robotic world – and all the changes that are happening inside my own midlife body and soul – more and more I find myself seeking calm and connectedness. My new podcast The Tea’s Made, and my Substack publication by the same name bring you cozy conversations about creativity, self-care, and more. I’m glad you’re here – please get comfortable, pour a cup of tea, and stay a while.
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articles & podcast episodes
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Living authentically in midlife with Rachel Macy Stafford
From navigating relationships with our teenagers to how we engage with social media, the post-40 years offer many opportunities to rethink old patterns of people-pleasing and live more authentically. In this conversation with author Rachel
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Loss, change, and the importance of feeling it all
Sometimes life is hard, sometimes life is exciting…and often, it’s both at the same time. When that happens, it’s not always easy to know how to feel from one moment to the next. In this
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Thriving when your plate is (really!) full
With a graduation, a move, an anniversary, and travel all happening within a couple of weeks of each other during what was already a jam-packed spring, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to what
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Why (and how!) to take yourself on a solo adventure
Have you ever dreamed about getting away from it all…all by yourself? Five years ago, a year or so after getting divorced when I desperately needed to do something just for myself, I went on a
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How I (more than) doubled my steps-per-day
A few months ago I looked back over the last few years’ worth of my smart watch data and was shocked to see my step average had plummeted by over half in the last year
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Herbal how-to: my favorite herbal teas & how I prepare them
Herbal teas (or to be more accurate, tisanes) are a delicious and approachable way to explore the nutritional and therapeutic benefits of herbs– and I drink them literally every day! In this episode I share
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