Ep. 7 – Reflections on Motherhood – The First 10 Months

This week, I’m sitting down for a solo episode to talk with you about motherhood and my experience so far raising my ten-month-old baby, Lila.

As you can imagine, we’ve learned a lot in the time we’ve had her in our lives. There has been so much expansion, growth, joy, tears, and learning. But all of it has brought me so much love and purpose as our family grows.

In this episode, I’m going to share all the moments — happy, messy, scary, and humbling — starting with the first 40 days of our parenting cocoon. I’ll share what it was like to not leave the house for almost 2 months in the beginning, what traveling the world with a newborn was like, our first big health scare as a family, and all the expectations and teachings I’ve had throughout the last 10 months.

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Key Moments:

(01:19 - 6:26) Feeling so supported by family and friends in the first 40 days of our parenting cocoon

(6:27 - 7:46) The shocking realization that motherhood is a lot messier than it seems

(7:47 - 8:34) Honoring Lila and her spirit sibling in a Balinese placenta burying ritual

(9:56 - 11:45) The sweetest, most expansive moments of motherhood so far

(11:46 - 14:07) The messiness of traveling for 36 hours with a 2-month old

(14:08 -18:00) Navigating difficult emotions through our first health scare as a family

(18:02 - 19:35) Realizing the importance of having friends who relate to motherhood

(19:35 -23:16) Throwing away the parenthood playbook to find what parenting styles worked best for us

(23:17 - 25:27) Screens, or no screens? Adjusting our parenting styles over time

(25:28 - 29:36) Balancing being a wife, mother, entrepreneur, and individual

(29:38 - 32:33) Reflecting on how I’ve grown and evolved over the past 10 months as I navigate first-time motherhood