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Hi lady! This episode has lived a long time in my heart, but I waited to speak until I had something coherent to say. :) Here, I talk (at length!) about the idea of losing yourself in motherhood or not feeling like yourself after baby. On a practical level, I share how many hours of consecutive sleep I've found I need bare minimum in order to not feel like a zombie. But then I ask you to go deeper, to consider the question: what does it mean to you to 'lose yourself' or 'not

When I was expecting baby #1, I focused on the stereotypical things: keeping track of baby’s height and weight in relation to various fruit and vegetable sizes, taking my prenatal vitamin, attending all my prenatal checkups, picking out names with my husband (we chose to be surprised, so we needed boy and girl names at the ready), creating a registry, and anticipating and then enjoying every minute of my baby shower (plus an impromptu one thrown by my coworkers. So thoughtful

In this interview with Lisa Canning for the Guiding Star Project's Fearless Future podcast, I shared the #1 way I get help during postpartum: by building a Grandma Tribe .