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HERself

10. HERself Expert: Molly Millwood on Motherhood, Marriage, and the Modern Dilemma

HERself

Abby and Amy

Best Self, Comparison, Opportunity, Health & Fitness, Purpose, Grow, Education, Parenting, Honest, Vulnerable, Mental Health, Future, Kids & Family, Real, Self-improvement

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2020

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Molly Millwood joins the podcast today as our first author in our first ever book club. If you have read her incredible book To Have and To Hold: Motherhood, Marriage, and the Modern Dilemma...you know how powerful her message is. We both consider this a must read book for every new mama as we found it to be a life changing book. It is both freeing and validating for women in the throes of one of life’s biggest transitions: motherhood. Special takeaways: Resentment for our partners ar...

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0:00.0

This is a huge issue.

0:02.0

Women don't want help in the form of an assistant,

0:06.0

the way that an assistant would take orders

0:09.0

or receive a list of tasks and get things done.

0:17.3

We want a partnership in which all that needs doing is mutually seen and felt and tackled. I'm Amy.

0:25.0

And I'm Abby and as women we are constantly comparing ourselves to others.

0:31.7

But your life isn't supposed to look like hers. Being your best

0:35.6

self means standing firm in your decisions and always being willing to grow with

0:39.7

a purpose. We get vulnerable and real with an honest look into the challenges and triumphs we all face.

0:47.0

Every woman listening gets an opportunity to choose what life looks like for herself.

1:00.8

Molly, I consider myself one of your biggest fans. I read your book To Haven't A Hold and ever since then I haven't stopped talking about it and I tried to get every woman to read it.

1:09.0

Thank you so much for your work and for helping any woman that does choose to read it. We're going to start off by asking

1:16.9

you to tell us a little bit about who you are, what you do, and why you're so passionate about it.

1:22.0

So thank you, first of all, for having you do and why you're so passionate about it?

1:22.6

So thank you, first of all, for having me on the podcast.

1:26.2

I've been very excited about this,

1:28.2

and it's really an honor.

1:31.7

Well, first and foremost, I'm a woman and an imperfect human being and a mother and a wife and a friend and a daughter just like the two of you

1:45.0

and just like most to everybody who's listening I'm sure so I want to establish that before I talk about who I am as a professional.

1:49.0

I mean of course I want to share any wisdom and insights I've gained from my

1:54.5

training and my experience as a psychologist but my degrees don't make me immune

1:59.5

to the struggles that we all have as women and mothers and I don't have all the answers.

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