What Fresh Hell Podcast

15/01/2025

It's a good thing to be aware of the emotions and needs of the people around us. For some kids, it can tip into hypersensitivity to others' emotions, people-pleasing behaviors, and asking if people are mad at them approximately twenty times a day. How can we help? (And is it way worse for girls?)

In this episode, hosts Amy Wilson and Margaret Ables discuss:

What empirical studies of gender differences in emotion really show
How empathy can correlate with social anxiety
Strategies for highly empathetic people to disentangle themselves from others' emotions

https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/are-you-mad-at-me-when-kids-live-to-please/

15/01/2025

Come see What Fresh Hell live in Philly on 2/6 at the World Cafe Live, then go see The Dumb Dads on 2/10 in Pittsburgh at the City Winery!

14/01/2025

Congrats to Kendra Adachi, the Lazy Genius for also reaching 400 episodes of her podcast! Check out her milestone episode on celebrations.

Celebrations are strangely complicated. Sometimes we shy away from them, especially if we’re celebrating something about ourselves. Other times we have them but feel pressure to celebrate a certain way, to make everything as sparkly and memorable as possible. I’m not promising that you’ll neve...

13/01/2025

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6NOxvI9XPZ0

13/01/2025

Philly and San Antonio Hellions, we are coming soon to a venue near you! We will be live at the World Cafe Live in Philadelphia on Thursday 2/6 and at the Paper Tiger in San Antonio on Sunday 2/23.

We can't wait to see you! Grab your tickets at bit.ly/whatfreshhelltour

13/01/2025

Philly and San Antonio, What Fresh Hell will be live in your marvelous cities so soon! We are performing on 2/6 at the World Cafe Live in Philadelphia and on 2/23 at the Paper Tiger.

You won't want to miss this evening of hilarious stories, unexpected tangents, and always relatable laughs with Margaret and Amy!

Tickets at bit.ly/whatfreshhelltour

13/01/2025

So fun to discuss my new book “Happy to Help” on the Authentic Parenting Podcast with Anna Seawald. The conversation touched on the challenges women face in receiving help and how societal messages often place the burden of fixing situations on women rather than addressing systemic inequalities. We highlighted the importance of women setting boundaries, asking for help, and challenging the expectation that they must constantly prioritize others' needs.

We also discussed the challenges parents, especially mothers, face in finding the balance between helping their children and allowing them to develop independence and resilience.

Some key points we discussed included:

The importance of letting children experience age-appropriate struggles and discomfort. While it's natural to want to shield our children from pain, it's through these experiences that they learn to problem-solve, develop coping mechanisms, and build resilience.

Asking empowering questions instead of immediately jumping in to fix things. For instance, phrasing help as "Do you think you can handle this?" allows the child to assess their own needs and request specific support.

Discerning whose problem it is. Parents can ask themselves, "Is this my child's problem to solve, or am I taking it on because it's making me uncomfortable?" This helps establish appropriate boundaries and encourages self-reliance.

The difference between meeting needs and making children happy. Meeting a child's basic emotional and physical needs is essential, but striving to constantly make them happy can lead to unrealistic expectations and prevent them from learning to cope with disappointment.

The conversation was rich and insightful, offering practical advice for parents who want to raise resilient, capable children. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

13/01/2025

Here are our minor and yet life-changing tips for making your car, kitchen, bathroom, handbag, and day run just a little more smoothly.

https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/deep-dive-minor-life-changing-tips/

12/01/2025

Margaret Ables gave Amy Wilson the official guest treatment for Happy to Help! Check it out and subscribe to our YouTube channel...

Stop being the default person in your life! Author Amy Wilson shares powerful insights from her new book "Happy to Help: Adventures of a People Pleaser," off...

11/01/2025

Tyler Moore aka The Tidy Dad explains how he organizes his decluttering sessions for his kids' stuff so that it's less stressful.

Listen to the full interview here: https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/fresh-take-tyler-moore-tidy-dad/

11/01/2025

Fantastic night at Brookline Booksmith celebrating Amy's Wilson's "Happy to Help".

Most in demand celebrity of the night was What Fresh Mom - Nancy Wilson!

"Happy to Help" is on sale now - order it wherever books are sold!!!

11/01/2025

Our own Amy Wilson, author of the new book HAPPY TO HELP, discusses how she has been able to let go of her inborn desire to help people no matter what.

Watch the full interview with Amy on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9_SzvNTe0jw

HAPPY TO HELP is available at bit.ly/happytohelpamazon and wherever you buy books!

10/01/2025

What do you do when you're so overwhelmed by a cluttered space that you don't know where to start? Tyler Moore aka The Tidy Dad, author of TIDY UP YOUR LIFE, offers practical tips for clearing clutter—physical, emotional, and mental.

https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/fresh-take-tyler-moore-tidy-dad/

09/01/2025

Hey, Philly! The What Fresh Hell Podcast is coming to the World Cafe Live on February 6th, so grab your tickets for the best mom's night out ever. (If you purchased a ticket for the original November date, that ticket will be honored for this performance!)

Tix @ bit.ly/WFHphilly

09/01/2025

Given five stores of any kind to place in a strip mall with absolutely no limits, what would we choose? Find out in our January bonus episode.

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08/01/2025

Celebrating HAPPY TO HELP launch week with ! Is this not gorgeous? 😍

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Read When You’re Craving: “A funny and insightful look at how women are conditioned to be “happy to help”―and what happens when things don’t go that way.”✨

“The world might think that people who see what needs to be done, and then try to help accomplish it, can be sort of annoying…Then it will ask us if we had any thoughts about dinner. The world may blame us for being extra, but that doesn’t mean it wants us to quit.”
~Amy Wilson, Happy to Help: Adventures of a People Pleaser✨

Happy Pub Day to this fantastic and deeply relatable set of Essays by Amy Wilson (co-host of the award-winning podcast What Fresh Hell). This book is exactly what I’ve been needing to read, and I absolutely loved it!✨

“Amy Wilson has always been an ultimate helper. As a big sister, Girl Scout, faithful reader of teen magazines, personal assistant, sitcom sidekick, and, finally, mother of three, Amy believed it was her destiny to be a people pleaser. She learned to put others first, to do what she was told, to finish what she started, and to look like she had everything under control, even when she very much did not.”✨

“Along the way, Amy started to wonder why doing it all had been her job. Still, when she tried to hand over some of her to-dos, no one was particularly interested in taking them. And when she asked for help, in return, she got advice: have a sense of humor, quit nagging, and stop trying to be perfect.”✨

“Amy dutifully took on these goals―with varying degrees of failure―until the day she started to question if something else needed to be fixed besides herself.”✨

“Hilariously relatable, Happy to Help is a collection of essays about how you can be the one everyone else depends on and still be struggling―how you can be “happy to help,” even when, for your own sake, you shouldn’t.”✨

Congrats to Amy Wilson on this amazing new release! I am so grateful you decided to share your experiences and wisdom with the world. And a huge thanks to Zibby Publishing for allowing me to celebrate with you all!✨

https://zibbymedia.com/products/happy-to-help

Zibby Owens