The Soft Spot
The Soft Spot, Paul Gutkowski, Genevieve Gearity, Michael, Lynsea Garrison, Justine bronaugh, Ashley Matthews, Rebecca Novack, Caitlin MacBride, Maddie Meehan, Rachel Rhodes-Devey, Julia Shield, Kate Ray, Sarah Cote-Bennett, Ally Cantor TrappInterviews, events, and features from three Hudson Valley parents of small kids
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 101 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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Issue 99: Dreaming of Better Days
You know the feeling. It’s Sunday night. You’re laying in bed, riding out the scaries, wondering how many more years of Monday morning Zoom standups you have to get through before you can finally move to a quonset hut in the desert and make...
Issue 98: We had too much fun
A big thank you to Return Brewing for a genuinely fun Parents’ Trivia Night this past Tuesday. Our fearless leader was knocked down by the wicked back-to-school plague, so the crowd had to suffer through Ashley & Genevieve’s Statler and Wa...
Issue 97: A return to dance
At a friend’s birthday dinner recently, as a means of introspection and prompting group conversation, someone asked us each to reflect on who we were 10 years ago vs. today and the lessons learned. So much has happened in that timeframe – o...
Issue 96: Learning to take up space
This week, farmer, artist, and mother Rachael Petach of C.Cassis reflects on the eight years since her son was born, and on what early motherhood taught her about asking for help, taking up space, and the quiet club of women who always show...
Issue 95: Choosing the birth I never wanted
Ashley and Genevieve first met our guest this week, Lynsea Garrison, at a local parent-child class. After recognizing her as a producer of The New York Times’ The Daily and the journalist behind “The Decision of My Life” series of episodes,...
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
We're the chatty moms at daycare dropoff, helping you land into parenthood.
Teacher, Actor, Social Worker, Bartender, Lover, Friend Host of The House Chianti Radio Hours every Monday night on WXTI Radio Tivoli
One third of The Soft Spot moms. Living that single-mom Gilmore Girls cosplay (with less codependency, and shockingly more coffee).
Gourmand in training
Lynsea Garrison is a supervising producer for the New York Times' podcast The Daily. Before that, she was a field producer for the BBC. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her family.
Founder of Mmoody Kids and mom of 2 living in Hudson Valley NY
We are animals. I wrote MURDER BIMBO.
Caitlin MacBride is an artist living in Hudson, NY
Hudson Valley parent and nursing student. CLC. Co-author of The Soft Spot, founder of Slow Moms Run Club
Music-maker, snack-seeker, mom of Oliver
therapist and mom of two in upstate NY, also Edan's former student (!!)
Kate is a Hudson Valley-based chef and writer based who gets excited about local grains and weird desserts. She shares her creations through the micro-bakery RAY BAKE, as well as essays and recipes through her newsletter kateray.substack.com.
Fond of naps
Ally Cantor Trapp is a Kingston, NY–based chef, mother, and founder of Joona Kitchen. She cooks organic, seasonal meals for Hudson Valley families and creates specialized postpartum meal support inspired by Ayurvedic traditions.
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