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The Chaos Chronicles: Modern Motherhood with a Laugh

Lian Dolan gives her take on modern motherhood and all that includes, from news headlines to parenting observation to advice- giving.
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Satellite Sisters 120314: Holiday Visit in Dallas, Sony Hacking; Book & Movie Recs and The Busy Vortex

Lian and Julie connect on Tuesday and discuss: Holiday Visit in Dallas: Art Museums, Shopping, Arboreteum and Lunch at Neiman Marcus In the News: Martha Stewart opens a cafe Sony Gets Hacked and Julie knows why From Self Magazine: The Busy Vortex. Surprising generational statistics. Movie news: The Theory of Everything Thanks to Audible for Supporting Satellite Sisters. To download a free audiobook, go to our special URL: http://www.audiblepodcast.com/sisters Lian recommends The Glassblower by P...

Dec 03, 201449 min

Satellite Sisters Mother's Day Special: We share your Mother's Day messages and meet Julie's daughter-in-law Vera

On today's Mother's Day Special, we have a two-parter. In Part One, Liz and Lian share all of the Mother's Day messages you posted on the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. Thanks to all who shared with us there. In Part Two, we interview Julie's daughter-in-law Vera Ogorodnikova. Vera is raising her three children in Dallas, Texas but she grew up in Kyrgystan, a former Soviet republic. They did not have Mother's Day there, so she's really get to love the whole Mother's Day concept. Plus, an upda...

May 11, 201450 min

The College-Bound Chronicles Podcast 120: The New Sats and Gap Year Advice

The College-Bound Chronicles 120: SAT Shake Up A podcast series for parents tackling the college admissions process with their children. Advice and information from the parents’ perspective. Hosted by: Dr. Nancy Berk, psychologist, mother and author of College Bound and Gagged. Lian Dolan, mother, broadcaster and host of The Chaos Chronicles. On this episode: Nancy and Lian discuss parental panic and the implications of the redesigned SAT. Nancy reviews a list of tips from top college consultant...

Mar 17, 201425 min

Chaos Chronicles 809: Sleepy Monday, Young Entrepreneurs, Life Animated and Harriet the Spy

Lian Dolan is back behind the microphone and discussing: Meeting her hero at an author's event in Santa Barbara Daylights Savings Distraction: Waking up teens and car accidents Young Entrepenuers: They invent apps and they get bad grades. Phew! Life Animated: The new book by Ron Siskind about educating his autistic son through Disney animated movies Books: the 50th Aniversary Special of harriet the Spy and forcing my son to listn to The Fault in our Stars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...

Mar 11, 201444 min

Satellite Sisters 02162014: Olympic Coverage; Legal Issues Answered; and Blow Dryer Fail

Today on the show, Lian, Julie and Sheila connect along with Satellite Sisters Next Gen Meghan Dolan Saporita joins us from Long Island: We catch up with what's up with Meghan after her spectacular summer wedding. New job and maybe new house Sheila opens up about the worst field trip ever and then compares the death or her blow dryer to her personal relationships. Julie has a canine legal question and a theory about Pleshenko's withdrawl from the Men's Fgure Sakting Lian on Footloose & Forty...

Feb 16, 201454 min

Chaos Chronicles 808: Freelance Life Coaching; Gap Year Meltdown; Tiger Moms Returns; Detoxing my Office

New Chaos Chronicles Podcast. Modern Motherhood with a Laugh! Gap Year Meltdown Freelance Life Coaching Tiger Mom is back! Three Traits of Successful Groups . Check out the article from the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/opinion/sunday/what-drives-success.html?_r=0 Philip Seymour Hoffman and the lessons of his death To Do List: Detoxing my Office Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 04, 201437 min

Bonus Satellite Sisters Podcast: Lian's got a new theme for 2014

A bonus podcast for The Chaos Crew. Lian's got a new theme for 2014. Here what it is and tell me your own theme, Plus: Holiday Movies Reviews Audio Book round-Up Advice for caring for agining parents and Take the Dialect Quiz from the New York Times Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 30, 20131 hr 6 min

Chaos Chronicles 805: Chicken Marbella & the Mashed Potato Bar; Holiday Driving Tips; Decolletage Issues and Pope Francis & Gisele Bunchen

Lian Dolan's weekly show on Modern Motherhood: The Mashed Potato Bar & Chicken Marbella The Solumnity of Newtown Anniversary. Read Lisa Belkin's piece from the Huffington Post In the news: Safe Holiday Driving Tips from State Farm. For more information, clikc to go to the State Farm site Strange Bedfellows: Pope Francis & Gisele Bundchen and Does Your Blood Actually Thin in Cold Weather Finally: Holiday To Do List Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Dec 19, 201338 min

Satellite Sister Interview 101: Catching up with the kids of the original Sound of Music

Welcome to a new series of interview featuring guests of the Satellite Sisterhood. Lian Dolan talks to Nancy Berk, Parade Magazine's Show Biz Analyst, on her series of interviews with the kids of the original cast of The Sound of Music. What are the film Von Trapp Kids up to now? Nancy shares her insights on the actors then and now, secrets from the set of The Sound of Music, their remembrances of Julie Andrews and what they think of the new Carrie Underwood Production. To listen to the Whine @ ...

Dec 03, 201330 min

Chaos Chronicles 802: Outsourcing Dinner; Designer and Crafter Extraordinaire Betz White; and are Genetically Morning Person or a night Owl?

On the show today: Are you a Morning Person? Can you change if you’re not? Please help me help my teenaged son! Featured Interview with Designer, Author and Crafter Betz White: Find her work here at betzwhite.com Plus: Advice for SnapChat kid: Take the money Outsourcing your life: Does it make good ecomonic sense to hire help , like lots of help? From the New York Times article. What would you outsource and why? To Do List: Gourmet Caramel Apples! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

Nov 14, 201353 min

Chaos Chronicles 801: Mindfulness and the Family Dinner; Birth Order, Brains & Bitterness and Time to Plant the Tulips

On the show this week Triumph at the DMV Can Family Dinners lead to extra Mindfulness? Lian has a theory. To read the article from the New York Times: Mindfulness Getting Its Share of Attention, click here. Birth Order, Brains and Bitterness. Lian answers the Huffington Post’s 28 Signs You’re Dealing with an Older Child with her own list of 28 Signs You’re Dealing with the Youngest Child. To Do List: Time to Plant the Tulips Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 08, 201339 min

Chaos Chronicles Returns: Better Classrooms for Boys; Kids, Parents and Online obligations; and childhood anxiety and OCD with author Kristin Radcliffe

The Chaos Chronicles returns! back behind the mic with: Building better Classroom Environments for Boys from Time.com. Here's a link to : Chisitina Hoff Sommers: 3 Things Schools can do to help Boys Succeed Kid, Parents and Online Obligations Willow Wonder: Why Do I Worry: a new book about childhood anxiety and OCD with author Kristin Beckstrom Radcliffe. For more information, click here: http://www.kbradcliffe.com/Willow-Wonders.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

Oct 30, 201354 min

Chaos Chronicles: The Happiness Episode. Studies, Bliss Trip Tips and Happier.com

Today, it's (almost) all about the Happy on Chaos Chronicles. Or at least, the Happier! On the show this week: A Hot Chocolate Study that made me happy ( for a short time) 9 Ways to take a Bliss Trip, thanks to Health Magazine. The article by Kate Lowenstein is not online but you can find lots of other articles on Healthy & Happy here at health.com. To access and identify your Signature Strengths, the free Values in Action Inventory of Strengths Survey, click here. Click here to get Happier ...

Aug 15, 201350 min

The College-Bound Chronicles 119: Staying Grounded in a Sea of Panicked Parents

The College-Bound Chronicles 119: Staying Grounded in a Sea of Panicked Parents A podcast series for parents tackling the college admissions process with their children. Advice and information from the parents’ perspective. Hosted by: Dr. Nancy Berk, psychologist, mother and author of College Bound and Gagged. Lian Dolan, mother, broadcaster and host of The Chaos Chronicles. On this episode: Nancy and Lian discuss a different kind of college prep for families of high school seniors. The College ...

Aug 13, 201318 min

The College-Bound Chronicles 118: Off To College, Finally!

The College-Bound Chronicles 118: Off To College A podcast series for parents tackling the college admissions process with their children. Advice and information from the parents’ perspective. Hosted by: Dr. Nancy Berk, psychologist, mother and author of College Bound and Gagged. Lian Dolan, mother, broadcaster and host of The Chaos Chronicles. On this episode: Lian offers updates on her family’s college-bound experiences Nancy and Lian discuss the emotional and conversational “to do” list for c...

Aug 13, 201323 min

Chaos Chronicles 712: BlogHer Lessons; Block Island; Family Vacation; Back to School Survey

On the show today: Lian's novel Elizabeth the First Wife zooms up the charts at Nook and Kindle! An Update on Lessons Learned at BlogHer 2013: Guy Kawasaki; Steamy Kitchen; Producing your own podcast; selling your blog Book Tour Last Stand at The Book Stall in Chicago Family Vacation: Block Island, East Hampton, Wesport My friend's Inn: http://www.oldtowninnbi.com/ Back to School Survey: Who is more excited? You or the kids? according ot Land's End, the answer is... Learn more about your ad choi...

Aug 09, 201340 min

Chaos Chronicles Podcast 710: Royal Baby Predictions; Surprising Mood Boosters; Wedding Dress; and ESPN's Pat Summit Documentary

On this week's Chaos Chronicles: Lian's Royal Baby Predictions: A Boy named James Surprising Mood Boosters from O Magazine: Peppermint, Sleep and Surprises Media Recommendation: ESPN's Nine for IX series. Don't miss Pat XO about Pat Summit. For all of the documentaries in this series, please consult ESPN. http://espn.go.com/espnw/w-in-action/nine-for-ix/article/9157130/nine-ix-air-dates-set-nine-ix-series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 12, 201348 min

Chaos Chronicles 709: Book Tour; Audio Books; 4th of July

Lian is back from the Tour de Oregon. A review of the two week road trip, plus other ramblings on audio books, 4th of July, Harry & David, the joys of good beds and Jury Duty Limbo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 02, 201331 min

Chaos Chronicles 708: Book Tour Top Ten; Brad Pitt; Banana Republic; Tour de Oregon

Lian Dolan's weekly take on Modern Motherhood. On the show this week: Back from the East Coast Book Tour. Thanks to all those who showed up in Maplewood, Mattituck, Madison and Westport. Lian's Book Tour Top Ten List from Bookstores to Banana Republic to Italian food. News Round-up: Jennifer Weiner's The Next Best Thing Vladimir Putin back on the market Brad Pitt should stop talking Telephone Etiquette Apologies Martha Stewart Sundaes To Do List: Enter our Summer with Shakespeare Sweepstakes Lea...

Jun 07, 201342 min

Satellite Sisters WordWrite Festival: Interview with Author Amy Hatvany (Heart Like Mine)

A wonderful Mother's Day interview with author Amy Hatvany. Her new book Heart Like Mine is a warm, engaging story of three women and their emotional journey to find a connection to each other and their pasts. Heart Like Mine explores relationships between mothers and daughters, stepmoms and stepkids, and husbands and wives. Amy herself is a warm and engaging interview. She shares her writing porcess, how she's makes time for her creative life in a house with kids and work and her special relati...

May 10, 201333 min
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