This week, Janelle is joined by another follower, Vanessa, to talk about something that comes up more often than people want to admit… low-effort grandparents.

What do you do when your kids want them at an event, like a birthday party, but your experience tells you they might not show up the way your kids are hoping?

They talk about the tension between protecting your kids from disappointment and giving them the space to form their own relationships, what it looks like when effort is inconsistent, and how to manage expectations without overpromising on someone else's behalf.

Their conversation also touches on navigating these decisions as a parent, how to handle the emotional weight that comes with it, and why sometimes the hardest part is knowing that you can't control how other people show up for your kids (as heartbreaking as that may be).

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This week, Janelle is talking about something that happened in her own neighbourhood.

What started as a normal school pickup turned into a very uncomfortable interaction with a woman walking several dogs… and somehow ended with that same woman following Janelle home.

The experience got Janelle thinking about something bigger. How some people react when you set even the smallest boundary, and how quickly a simple situation can escalate when someone refuses to take the hint.

Because sometimes the issue isn't the boundary… it's the person who refuses to respect it.

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This week, Janelle does something a little different and invites a follower onto the podcast to share her own story. And, it's one that so many women will quietly recognize…. What happens when you slowly pull back from your husband's family group chat… and suddenly you're blamed for "ruining" the family dynamic?

In modern families, there's often a pressure to perform closeness in digital spaces. But in reality, busy seasons of life naturally shift priorities, and that sometimes looks like pulling back from surface-level interactions, which can be interpreted as rejection.

The conversation also touches on what happens when your relationship with your mother-in-law changes, how adult kids becoming more private can shift what you share, and why the daughter-in-law so often becomes the default scapegoat when family dynamics change.

If you've ever muted a chat, left a chat, taken space, or been labeled "the problem" for simply refocusing your energy… Yeah, this is for you.

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