We practice the conversation before the crisis.
Real families. Real tools. No judgment.
Helping parents, youth, and families have the conversations that matter, before a crisis happens.
A show born from a hard question.
What if parents didn't have to wait for a crisis to learn how to listen?
HYMOM began as a doctoral project exploring how families can communicate before emotional distress becomes a crisis. The podcast became the first step, bringing parents, youth, and professionals together for honest conversations.
Myiesha Freeman
Retired U.S. Army veteran turned crisis responder and family communication advocate.
Myiesha spent her career in uniform before turning her attention to the families carrying invisible wounds at home. As a crisis responder and doctoral researcher in social work, she has sat across from teenagers in their darkest moments and the parents desperate to reach them. HYMOM grew out of that work: a place to practice the conversation most families never get to have until it's too late. Her focus now includes veteran and military-connected families navigating a distress all their own.
“Parents don't need to be perfect. They need to know how to listen.”
Stories from HYMOM
Conversations from the show, straight from the families living them.
The HYMOM Model
Five stages that turn silence into connection.
Awareness
Notice the emotional shifts before your child has to say them out loud.
Recognition
Name what you're seeing without minimizing or panicking.
Engagement
Show up consistently, not just in the hard moments.
Dialogue
Practice the conversation, the real one, before it becomes urgent.
Support
Connect your family to the people and resources built for this exact moment.
Your family doesn't have to navigate this alone.
Join a community of parents learning to recognize distress, start hard conversations, and find support before a crisis takes hold.