The Motherhood Metamorphosis
They say that when a baby is born, so is a mother. But while you are there to help your baby grow into the person he or she is meant to be, who is there to help you? Many women feel lost and alone when they become mothers, wondering “who AM I now?”
Sometimes it feels like transformation from woman to mother is as radical as a caterpillar’s transformation into a butterfly.
Did you know that inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar literally turns into goop before it rearranges itself into a butterfly? This podcast is about the goop, what soul transformation looks like as you transition from being a woman to a mom.
Your baby’s growth matters. But yours does too. You’re not alone. I’m your host, Brittany Meng.
Welcome to the Motherhood Metamorphosis.
The Motherhood Metamorphosis
Mikala Albertson: Transitions, listening to your body and heart, and finding yourself again
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Dr. Mikala Albertson is a board-certified family practice doctor, author, and well-being advocate who is passionate about women’s health and healing in the middle of our messy, ordinary lives in the imperfect bodies we actually have.
She’s the author the book Ordinary on Purpose and continues to inspire readers every day to stop striving for ‘perfect’ lives or some unattainable cultural ideal of ‘beauty and wellness’ and instead aim for wholehearted living through a gentle, achievable, sustainable approach.
She and her husband of 22 years are raising five children near Salt Lake City, UT.
Mikala and I launched into this conversation talking about transitions in motherhood, specifically the transition we can go through if we've been a Stay at Home Mom when our youngest child enters school and we wonder, "what am I going to do with my life now?"
She talks about the internal struggles she experienced in choosing to follow her passions (as well as the privileged involved in having a choice), and how if we are listening to our hearts, we often know the direction we want to go in when we are wanting a life change.
I hope you enjoy and are encouraged by this beautiful, contemplative, life-giving conversation!
Find Mikala at ordinaryonpurpose.com
IG: @bewell.ish
@ordinaryonpurpose
Baker Books: Ordinary on Purpose
New book coming in September: Everything I wish I could tell you about midlife
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