Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books

The award-winning, top-rated daily, 30-minute author interview podcast.

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Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books, the award-winning daily podcast hosted by Zibby Owens, founder of Zibby Media, isn’t about a microphone. It’s about friendships and camaraderie, support and curiosity, connection and compassion. More therapy than text book.

The Pandemic Pulled the Rug Out on My Book Tour — but Bookstores Continued to Be the Sacred Spaces That I Needed Most

My Mother-in-Law’s Near-Death Experience Taught Me How to Be a Better Parent

Becoming an Empty Nester Has Ushered in a New Kind of Grief

I Wanted to Get Back to “Normal,” but My Body Wouldn’t Let Me Until I Fully Processed What I Had Endured

After 50,000 Minutes of Meditation, a Mom of Two Recounts How the Practice Changed Her Life

Binging Horror Movies Helped Me Through the Numbness of My Grief

The Recipe That Taught Me to Embrace Holiday Chaos Involves Upside-Down Poultry

I Feel the Sting of Loss on the Anniversary of My Father’s Death Like It Was Yesterday

I Go to the Supermarket When I Miss My Mother

It Took Me Years to Understand the Genius of Stephen Sondheim

I Found My Voice at the Moms Don’t Have Time to Retreat

Exercising Burns Off More than Calories — It Helps Me Release My Anxious Feelings

An Unexpected Day of Detox From WiFi Allowed Me to Reconnect With Myself

After Months of Grieving the Miscarriage of my Twins, I Began to Find Myself Again

My Grandmother Is One of the Few Living Japanese Americans to Have Experienced the Internment Camps

Being Forced Into Self-Isolation Allowed Me to Rediscover My Teenage Self

I Was Diagnosed with an Extreme Grief Reaction When My Marriage Fell Apart

A Simple Act of Gratitude Helped Me Grieve My Mom’s Death

A Trailblazing Woman Showed Me How to Re-enter Society After a Pandemic

The Soundtrack of Dear Evan Hansen Saved Me When My Dad Was Dying

Finishing My Third Book Proved That I Didn’t Have to Abandon Motherhood to Be a Writer

I Needed to Get Back to Caring for Myself, but First I Needed to Get Out of My Pajamas

I Narrowly Escaped a Predator — but I Questioned Why He Didn’t Pick Me

Writing a Memoir Awakens the Voice of Iran

How I Reconnected With My Father on His Deathbed

What No One Told Me About Being an Empty Nester

Why Food Memoirs Make Me Dream of the Flavors of My Youth

My Husband’s Favorite Pastime Was My Greatest Fear

The Dinner Party Confession

I Didn’t Believe I Deserved to Mourn My Miscarriage

Finding the Friends That Fit

My Mom Named Herself After My Daughter — Yes, You Read That Right

What Motherhood Revealed About My Own Mother

Can a Freelancer and the Nine-to-Fiver Stay in Love?

Don’t Let Your Children Accept the Limitations Imposed on Them

The Difficulty of Grieving in Front of Our Kids

The Secret Recipe for Family

How to Not Go Insane While on Maternity Leave

My Mother Struggled With My Illness, But I Still Needed Her More Than Ever

After My Infant Daughter Died I Never Thought My Grief Could Transform into Anything Positive

The Day I (Almost) Met My Favorite Writer

How the Father of My Daughter Helped Me Overcome My Own Fatherlessness

My 9/11 Story — From Tragedy to Transformation

Why Is It So Difficult to Take Women’s Health Concerns Seriously?

After My Wife Died I Committed to Grief As a New Form of Love

For Moms, the Pen Is Good for the Soul

I Went to the Spa for a Facial and Left With So Much More

It’s My Husband’s Birthday and I’ll Cry If I Want To

One Year Later: Covid Loss

Being Estranged

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