145. How To Raise Healthy Kids, WITHOUT Sacrificing Your Career Goals | Jen Fulwiler

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Mikhaila Peterson

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🗓️ 13 April 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Jen Fulwiler is a standup comic, bestselling author, and mom of six. She hosted The Jen Fulwiler Show before launching her own podcast, This Is Jen. She has been featured on the Today Show, and her viral social media sketches have racked up millions of views. Her comedy special, The Naughty Corner, is out now on Amazon. We got to talk about the challenges of modern parenthood, self-financing, thrill-seeking, personal ambition after parenthood, touring, and Jen’s approach to mastery. Be sure to subscribe if you enjoy this conversation! _____________ Follow Jen Fulwiler on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jenfulwiler Instagram: https://instagram.com/jenniferfulwiler Check out The Naughty Corner: https://amazon.com/Jen-Fulwiler-Naughty-Corner-Jennifer/dp/B08LQXX141 Get tour tickets: https://jenniferfulwiler.com/tour Or check out her books: https://amazon.com/Jennifer-Fulwiler/e/B00H8XPQ1K%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share _____________ Follow Me On _____________ All Platforms: https://linktr.ee/mikhailapeterson Facebook: https://facebook.com/mikhailapeterson Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikhailaAleksis Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikhailapeterson Telegram: https://t.me/mikhailapeterson _____________ Chapters _____________ [0:00] Intro [4:25] Self-financing [7:31] Book Tours [8:56] 6 Kids in 8 Years [11:14] Personal Ambition & Motherhood [18:19] Analysis & Improvement [22:19] Pressures of Parenthood [29:19] Playdates & Personality Types [36:51] Touring with Kids [43:48] Thrill-Seeking & Risk Aversion [46:21] Jen’s Mission [51:05] Life After Children [57:31] Negotiating with Partners [1:02:47] Confidence [1:08:01] Outro #Comedy #Parenthood #Children #JenFulwiler #Ambition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When I think back to the person I was,
0:01.9	when I thought I didn't want to have kids,
0:04.2	it was all based on this misunderstanding.
0:06.4	It was based on this false idea
0:08.8	that you have to be boring, especially as a woman.
0:11.8	If you're going to be the ones having the kids
0:14.0	and doing it right, then you had just better get ready
0:17.0	to be boring for like two decades out of your life.
0:20.0	And I can't sign up for that.
0:22.1	I don't, like I'll die.
0:23.4	I mean, my brain will melt.
0:25.2	I just, maybe this is even a bad thing.
0:27.6	Maybe it's something I need to go to therapy for,
0:29.4	but it is what it is.
0:30.9	I can't have a boring life.
0:32.2	And I almost missed out on this incredible life.
0:37.8	Like I'm so grateful for my kids, for my family.
0:41.4	I love my life so much.
0:44.2	I can't even put it into words.
0:46.9	And to think that I almost missed out on it
0:49.3	based on the misunderstanding that you have to be boring.
0:52.8	If you're a mother, I swear my life's work.
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