When Mom When Mom Has a Cloud: Talking to Kids About Mental Health |Kendall Concini-Moore
✨ Episode Overview
In this episode of Who We Become — Life Beyond Change, Amanda sits down with Kendall Concini-Moore to explore mental health, motherhood, identity, and the power of honest communication within families.
Together, they talk about navigating depression while parenting, breaking generational silence around mental health, and learning how to explain big emotions to a young child, how Kendall transformed her experience into a shared language of “clouds,” and what it looks like to keep becoming — even when life doesn’t go as planned.
This conversation is for anyone who is parenting while struggling, feels the weight of invisible expectations, or is learning how to live more openly with their mental health.
👤 Meet Our Guest: Kendall Concini-Moore
Kendall Concini-Moore is an author, mental health advocate, and creator of Cloudy Day Chronicles who has experienced lifelong depression while navigating motherhood and identity.
Through her journey, she’s learned that honesty creates connection, not distance — and that mental health doesn’t need to be hidden to be handled with care, and today she shares how she continues to move forward with honesty, courage, and hope.
🔗 Website: CloudyDayChronicles.org
📷 Instagram: @cloudydaychronicles
🎧 Book: Mom’s Cloud and the Beach Adventure
🕒 Key Moments from the Conversation
00:00 — Introduction
03:45 — Growing up without language for mental health & breaking generational patterns
11:20 — Creating “clouds” as a way to explain depression to her daughter
19:40 — Redefining parenting: releasing guilt and unrealistic expectations
28:15 — How to support a caregiver: “solution or comfort?” framework
36:50 — Building community, advocacy, and what comes next
Quotes that Stayed With Us
“I can have a loving home, food on the table, and still be struggling.” — Kendall Concini-Moore
“Honesty, especially around mental health, doesn’t create distance — it creates connection.”
📌 Resources & Mentions
Here are links and resources shared in this episode:
📖 Book: Mom’s Cloud and the Beach Adventure
🌐 Website: CloudyDayChronicles.org
🤍 Support Organization: Drop Dead Generous (community + kindness initiatives)
🎙 Episode Mentioned: Cloudy Day Chronicles storytelling + advocacy platform
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