{"id":686,"date":"2025-12-01T21:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T02:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playpokpok.com\/blog\/?p=686"},"modified":"2025-12-02T10:31:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T15:31:47","slug":"introducing-were-doing-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playpokpok.com\/blog\/introducing-were-doing-great\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing: We\u2019re Doing Great!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A podcast for imperfect parents.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hi Friends,

It\u2019s Esther and Melissa here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the four years since releasing Pok Pok, we\u2019ve talked to parents and parenting experts from every corner of the world. We\u2019ve had conversations that were hilarious, heartbreaking, wildly relatable, deeply informative\u2026 and sometimes all of those things in the span of about 30 seconds (parenting will do that to you).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And honestly? We\u2019ve learned so<\/em> much from these conversations. Not just as founders trying to build something meaningful for families, but as two mothers who are just trying to do our best without losing our minds. These chats have helped us feel seen in our insecurities, validated in our choices, and a little more grounded in the chaos of raising kids while running a company.

And let\u2019s be real for a minute:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though we\u2019re \u201cexperts\u201d in kids\u2019 development\u2026we still have no idea what we\u2019re doing half the time. Truly. Some days we\u2019re crushing it; other days our expectations are held together by coffee and delusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This podcast is, in many ways, our hack: an excuse to talk to people who are smarter than us, ask the questions we\u2019re too embarrassed to ask ChatGPT, and create a community of parents who are just as curious, confused, hopeful, worried, and utterly fascinated by everything from screen time to neurodivergence, to kid\u2019s behavior and what influencer parents are really<\/em> like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of our goals with Pok Pok has always been to give caregivers more peace<\/em>. And it just felt right to open up these conversations\u2014to let families in on the insights and perspectives that have supported us through every messy, beautiful part of parenthood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, with that\u2026

We\u2019re so<\/em> excited to introduce We\u2019re Doing Great<\/strong><\/a>, our new podcast for imperfect parents. Because have you ever met a perfect parent?! The phrase \u201cperfect parent\u201d is already an oxymoron.

Parenting is a relentless parade of firsts, plot twists, and new phases that arrive exactly three seconds after you finally figure out the last one. Just when we think we\u2019ve got a handle on something, life slingshots us directly into the next challenge. And through all that, we\u2019re supposed to keep our kids alive and<\/em> maintain our own mental health? Cute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve ever had a friend who\u2019s trying to lift you up while also personally drowning\u2014yes, it\u2019s adorable\u2014you\u2019ll get this. Somehow, we found that in each other. Starting a company, having our kids around the same time, living on opposite ends of the world (Melissa in Canada, Esther in Belgium)\u2026we\u2019ve been through a LOT of highs and lows. And without fail, whenever one of us is spiraling (about parenting, work, life, or literally everything at once), the other one says the same magic three words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re doing great.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It started showing up on Zoom calls, middle-of-the-night nursing texts, and every \u201coh god, what now?\u201d moment in between. Eventually, it became our mantra. Our comfort. Our superpower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(And yes, we once unknowingly bought each other matching WDG t-shirts in the same month. Fate? Maybe. Chaos? Also maybe.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So now, we want to invite you<\/em> into our little ritual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our hope is that We\u2019re Doing Great<\/strong> becomes the same powerful reminder for you that it is for us\u2014something that carries you through the shitty days, soothes the panic-spiral moments, and celebrates the days where you genuinely think, \u201cDamn, I am seriously<\/em> the best.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because you are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And even when you don\u2019t feel it\u2026you\u2019re doing great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P.S. Please listen to this podcast and help make it successful\u2014if only so we can get We\u2019re Doing Great shirts for every parent, ever. \u2665\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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