Big Little Feelings is bringing their 'After Bedtime' podcast back. Why they're ready to dive into the 'real, messy, hilarious, sometimes hard parts of parenthood.'

Yahoo

06-05-2025

For parents looking for answers as they try to navigate everything from potty training and sibling rivalry to the pressure to do everything perfectly, Big Little Feelings has been a lifesaver, offering practical advice while having 'ridiculously honest' conversations about the messiness of parenthood. It's an approach that has clearly resonated with many parents: Big Little Feelings boasts 3.5 million followers on Instagram, along with popular online parenting courses.
The moms and real-life best friends behind the parenting platform are Kristin Gallant, a parenting coach with a background in maternal and child education, and Deena Margolin, a child therapist specializing in interpersonal neurobiology. Together they blend their expertise with candor, humor and 'real talk' about what it's like raising kids.
Now, after a yearlong hiatus, they're bringing a parenting podcast back into the mix. The podcast, After Bedtime With Big Little Feelings, hosted by Gallant and Margolin, will relaunch with Dear Media starting on May 28, with new episodes dropping every Wednesday. The duo will be diving into some big topics, including 'imperfect marriages, miscarriages, managing toddler mania, apologizing to our kids and everything in between,' Gallant and Margolin tell Yahoo over email.
'We're going there — no topic is too big, too small or too 'did I just say that out loud?' this season,' they say. 'We're excited to talk about the invisible side of parenting that no one tells you about, how parenting can sometimes feel like Groundhog Day (and that's OK) and what it actually looks like to keep your identity and your sanity when you're raising little ones.'
Gallant and Margolin say they're also digging into tougher topics with the podcast, 'like what happens to your marriage after kids and how to deal when your toddler's behavior triggers you. It's the real, messy, hilarious, sometimes hard parts of parenthood — and we promise you'll never feel alone in it.'
The moms say that what makes this parenting podcast different from others is that they're not just spouting advice. 'We're in the trenches with you — laughing, crying, learning (sometimes failing) and figuring it all out in real time,' they say. 'Yes, we bring expert-backed tools, but we also bring the perspective of two real-life moms who know how overwhelming, lonely and straight-up wild parenting can be.'
Their hope is that podcast feels more like 'a late-night group chat with your smartest, most supportive mom friends — the ones who keep it 100% real and remind you that you're doing way better than you think.'
Both Margolin and Gallant have gone through a lot themselves since launching Big Little Feelings in 2020, from the ups and downs of infertility to new babies, and they say they've grown 'a ton' in the past five years. 'There's been a lot of joy but also a lot of pain and challenges that have stretched us and deepened our empathy for what parents are going through at every stage,' they say. 'We've learned how to hold space for grief and gratitude at the same time, and that's changed how we show up as moms and as a team.'
They've also learned to give themselves 'permission' to ask for help when they need it and 'rewrite the story of what 'good parenting' really means. 'We're still learning every single day — and that's what makes this next chapter so exciting,' they say.