Dam Parenting

Dam Parenting

Dam Parenting Podcast

Episodes 206
Avg. Duration 28m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (7)
Since Oct 2023
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Every Few Days
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60%
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About This Podcast

Parenting in the Netherlands as an international family can feel overwhelming — but you don’t have to do it alone. DAM Parenting is a weekly podcast supporting international parents through pregnancy, birth, and parenthood in the Dutch system. With 175+ episodes, we explore everything from giving birth in a system you may not fully understand to raising third-culture kids in multilingual homes. Featuring real birth stories, expert insights, and honest conversations, this is your space for clarity, reassurance, and community. You are not alone.

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Recent Episodes

S2 Buying a House in the Netherlands: What No One Tells You

Jun 13, 2026 15m

The Dutch housing market is fast, opaque, and genuinely unforgiving if you don't know the rules — and most of us didn't get the rulebook. In this episode, Eva is joined by Nic, co-founder of Buy Home…

S2 Vaccinations in the Netherlands: Everything International Parents Need to Know

Jun 10, 2026 33m

Confused about vaccinations in the Netherlands? You're not alone — it's one of the most asked questions in every expat parenting group. This week I'm joined by Youth Healthcare physician Dr. Marenne…

S2 ‘We’re Housemates Who Share a Bed’ — How Can Emotionally Focused Therapy Help You?

Jun 03, 2026 19m

‘We used to be so passionate. Now we’re housemates who just happen to share a bed. I’m scared we’ve lost something we can’t get back.’IIn this episode, sex and intimacy counsellor Debby Poort answers…

S2E56 Gossip, Gossib & Godsib: The Medieval Women's Ritual That Became a Dirty Word

May 31, 2026 21m

Gossip. Gossib. Godsib. The same word — and the meaning was changed on purpose. Before gossip became something shameful, it meant godsib: God's sibling. Your circle. The women who gathered around you…

S2 You don't have to do this alone: MamaSocial, mum friendship and maternal mental health in the Netherlands

May 30, 2026 14m

We close Maternal Mental Health Month with something the research says matters just as much as therapy: community. Rachael Forester — therapist and new lead of MamaSocial — joins Dam Parenting to…

S2 Delft Mama - The Thing That Actually Helps Expat Isolation

May 30, 2026 6m

Maternal mental health doesn't always look like crisis. Sometimes it looks like not having a single person to call when your baby spikes a temperature at midnight. This week, as part of our Maternal…

S2 Music, Dance & Mental Health: The Amsterdam Events Where Parents and Kids Can Let Go

May 30, 2026 11m

When was the last time you danced? Not in the kitchen with a toddler on your hip — actually danced, to music you love, in a space that felt like yours?On this special episode on Dam Parenting closing…

S5 Finding Your People Abroad: How Expat Kids Eindhoven Is Fighting Expat Loneliness One Hangout at a Time

May 30, 2026 9m

For those in the Eindhoven region, we have reached out to a community down there, ready and waiting to welcome you.On this episode I'm joined by Sylvia, founder of Expat Kids Eindhoven — a community…

S2 Singing for Mental Health: Why Mums Who Sing Together Feel Less Anxious, Less Alone

May 30, 2026 18m

What if one of the most powerful things you could do for your mental health as a mother didn't involve a therapist, a screen, or a to-do list — but your own voice?This week on Dam Parenting, we're…

S2 Starting Solids Anxiety: What to Feed Your Baby with Petit Gourmet Academy

May 27, 2026 35m

Starting solids is meant to be an exciting milestone—but for many parents, it brings anxiety, confusion, and a constant feeling of getting it wrong.When do you actually start? What should your baby…

S2 Postpartum Mental Health in the Netherlands: Veronika's Honest Story

May 23, 2026 25m

In the Netherlands, if you are experiencing postpartum depression (PPD), your first point of contact should be your huisarts (general practitioner) or verloskundige (midwife). They can formally…

S1E58 The Hidden Mental Load of Raising Multilingual Children (And Why It's Not the Languages)

May 20, 2026 27m

We talk a lot about the beauty of raising multilingual children — the richness, the connection, the gift of language. But what about what it actually costs to hold it all together?In this episode for…

S2 The Algorithm Isn't Your Friend Postpartum with Eva from the Joy Embassy

May 18, 2026 27m

If you have ever lain awake in the dark, baby in arms, scrolling Instagram and feeling quietly worse with every post you see — this episode is for you.This week as part of our Maternal Mental Health…

S2 ADHD in Motherhood: The Shame, the Chaos & Finding Your Way Back to Yourself

May 16, 2026 28m

Do you ever feel like you're constantly dropping the ball, losing yourself in the chaos of motherhood, or just can't seem to keep up — no matter how hard you try? It might not just be motherhood. In…

S2 Touched Out, Low Desire & Feeling Like a Feeding Machine: Let’s Talk About Sex After Baby

May 13, 2026 27m

You’re exhausted. You’re touched-out. You haven’t wanted sex in months and you’re quietly wondering if something is broken. Nothing is broken.This Maternal Mental Health month we’re talking about…

S2E78 What's actually normal after birth (and what isn't) — pelvic floor physiotherapy in the Netherlands

May 11, 2026 21m

After birth, so many women are told their symptoms are normal — and then left to quietly wonder if they are. Leaking, pain, pressure, discomfort during sex. Normal? Or not?This week I'm joined by…

S2 Late night recording - but for us on Mothers Day

May 09, 2026 5m

After a late phone call with a friend, I felt the urge to record something very different than usual, as we already are bombarderd with Mothers Day deals, discounts and bundles - but the reality is -…

S2 Why Pregnancy Loss Doesn't End When a Healthy Baby Arrives

May 06, 2026 15m

There are some experiences in motherhood that don't end when we think they will.Pregnancy loss is often spoken about as something that happens — and then we move forward. But what's talked about far…

S2 The Hard Conversations — Postpartum Rage: What It Is, Why It Happens, and What To Do About It

May 04, 2026 31m

Nobody told you about this part.Not the rage that rises out of nowhere. Not the way you can go from calm to completely overwhelmed in seconds. Not the fact that it usually lands on the person closest…

S2 Maternal Menal Health Month - it starts here.

May 01, 2026 8m

This month is about the conversations we don’t say out loud.I’m bringing in familiar voices and new ones to talk about maternal mental health, the reality of motherhood, and what it actually feels…

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How many episodes does Dam Parenting have?

Dam Parenting has published 206 episodes since October 2023, covering topics in Kids & Family, Parenting.

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