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10/16/2026

Empty nest. New state. No PTA to make friends.

My whole community in New Jersey came from raising three kids there. Here, I've had to figure out how to get out into the world as just me, a 50-something woman.

So I'm starting something new on the show: Tourist in My Own Town. Go find the things in your own area you've taken for granted, or just haven't noticed yet.

What's one place near you that you've never actually visited?
Listen to Wonder in the Weeds wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio. 🌿

Also on Substack: http://critzking.substack.com

10/15/2026

There's a bar in town that only shows women's sports. And people still ask them to put the football game on.

The answer is still no. And it's packed.

Since moving to Minnesota, it's women everywhere I go: golf, pickleball, leagues, fans in the stands. After the news we've all been living through, it feels like an antidote.

Would you go to a bar that only shows women's sports?
Listen to Wonder in the Weeds wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio. 🌿

Also on Substack: http://critzking.substack.com

10/14/2026

Ted Lasso Season 4 is cheesier than the first three. And I'm so grateful for it.

Yes, it's sentimental. Yes, it wraps everything up in a bow. But I sit with real struggle in my office every day as a trauma therapist. I don't need my TV to do that too.

Season 4 is the beach read of television: real conflict, real women's issues, and still a little shot of hope and joy when we need it most.

Too cheesy for you, or exactly what you needed? Tell me below. 👇

Listen to Wonder in the Weeds wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio. 🌿

Also on Substack: http://critzking.substack.com

Ted Lasso Season 4 is cheesier. It's more hokey. And I'm so grateful for it.As a trauma therapist, I sit with people's h...
10/14/2026

Ted Lasso Season 4 is cheesier. It's more hokey. And I'm so grateful for it.

As a trauma therapist, I sit with people's hardest moments every day. I don't need my TV to do that too. This season walked straight into real women's issues and still let things work out: a little shot of hope when we need it most.

Swipe through, then tell me: too cheesy, or exactly what you needed?

Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio. 🌿
Also on Substack: critzking.substack.com

10/10/2026

"It wasn't me. I would never do that. So that makes me the good guy."

No. The bar has been raised on good guys.

We have to stop settling for raising kids who simply don't do the bad thing, and start raising the ones who stop it from happening.

Full episode: Listen to Wonder in the Weeds wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio. 🌿
Also on Substack: critzking.substack.com

"It wasn't me. I would never do that."For a long time, that was enough to count as a good guy. It isn't anymore.The youn...
10/10/2026

"It wasn't me. I would never do that."

For a long time, that was enough to count as a good guy. It isn't anymore.

The young men who stay silent when the group chat lights up aren't neutral. Raising boys who would never hurt anyone is the floor, not the finish line. We need to raise the ones who stand up, speak up, and step in.

That's our job as parents. And someday, it's going to be theirs.

Share this with someone raising boys. 🌿

This week on the podcast I talk about raising upstanders, not just good kids. Listen to Wonder in the Weeds wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio.
Also on Substack: critzking.substack.com

10/10/2026

Everyone online is saying the new Ted Lasso lost its touch. I think a lot of that is because this season is about women.

It's about starting a women's team, and all the things that are still true for women in 2026. Sometimes it's uncomfortable. Sometimes it's difficult. But it's always fun. I've cried at every single episode.

Are you watching? Team loves it or team misses the old Richmond?

Full episode: Listen to Wonder in the Weeds wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio. 🌿
Also on Substack: critzking.substack.com

10/09/2026

My kids learned consent before they knew the word.

When they were little and roughhousing, the moment one of them said stop, it was over. Even if they'd both been playing rough a second before. Stop meant stop.

I also told them I would never be mad if they stood up for a classmate, even if it meant taking the side of the "bad kid." Standing up for people was their job.

How did you teach consent in your house?

Full episode: Listen to Wonder in the Weeds wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio. 🌿
Also on Substack: critzking.substack.com

Last week the news would not let up. A senator mixed up the Hawks and the Hawkeyes and forgot that women play basketball...
10/08/2026

Last week the news would not let up. A senator mixed up the Hawks and the Hawkeyes and forgot that women play basketball. Title IX got rolled back. A Cornell student says seven fraternity brothers assaulted her, and some of them were disciplined with an essay. At LSU, a football player was found responsible for r**e and allowed back on the team.

My daughter and I kept landing on the same question. Not how did this happen. Do we know the young men who would have stepped in?

My generation of parents taught our daughters how to protect themselves. I am guilty of that too. I'm not sure we ever taught our sons how to stop their friends.

Not raising one of the seven isn't enough anymore. We have to raise the ones who get that text message and do something about it.

In this episode I talk about what that looks like at home, starting with the conversations about consent I had with my kids when they were little, long before they knew the words.

Swipe through, then come listen to the whole thing. Listen to Wonder in the Weeds wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio. 🌿
Also on Substack: critzking.substack.com

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10/08/2026

I taught my daughters how to not get r**ed. Don't wear anything too short. Don't walk by yourself. Don't go places you shouldn't go.

I was raised the same way, almost like assault was an inevitability and I just needed to lower the risk. I tried to do better with my son. I talked about consent early and often. But I'm honest enough to say I don't know if I raised a bystander or an upstander.

Parents, what did you teach your sons?

Full episode: Listen to Wonder in the Weeds wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio. 🌿
Also on Substack: critzking.substack.com

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