2044: What Being Knocked Up During A Pandemic Taught Me About Presence by Kat Medina on Happiness & Gratitude

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🗓️ 16 July 2021

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Kat Medina talks about how getting pregnant during the pandemic taught her about presence. Episode 2044: What Being Knocked Up During A Pandemic Taught Me About Presence by Kat Medina on Happiness & Gratitude As a child, Kat Medina wanted to be MacGyver when she grew up. Now, as the founder and Creative Director of a Silicon Valley startup, she's become a well-traveled bookworm who finds creative solutions to entrepreneurial challenges with the resourcefulness of a figurative shoelace, paperclip, and bubblegum. Her forthcoming book, The Joys of Jet Lag, explores the most valuable lessons she's learned during the process and shares the keys to creating a life of adventure through an openhearted approach to living. These insights, when embodied and applied, have the potential to transform the ordinary to the extraordinary and craft unbridled joy and fulfillment, no matter where you are. The original post is located here: https://www.katmedina.com/article?id=eightmonths Let Ryan Reynolds help you cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/OLD Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts and join our online community: OLDPodcast.com/group Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2044. What being knocked up during a pandemic taught me about
0:06.3	presence by Kat Medina of Kat Medina.com and I'm Justin Malik. Happy Friday and welcome to the
0:12.5	podcast where I simply read blogs to you for free covering personal growth and self-help topics
0:19.1	like mindfulness, minimalism, self-care, happiness and a lot more. If you like this show,
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0:33.5	sharing it or see people sharing it online so thank you for that. And now let's get right to
0:38.0	today's post and start optimizing your life. What being knocked up during a pandemic taught me about
0:48.3	presence by Kat Medina of Kat Medina.com. Last week I kicked off my eighth month of pregnancy
0:56.5	and as I stood sideways in front of the mirror scoping out my growing bump, I couldn't help but
1:01.6	trip out just under two months until everything changes forever. Once the baby creeps out of the
1:07.6	depths of my lady bits, life will no longer be an individual pursuit. I'll be eternally connected
1:13.2	to another soul. One that I happen to grow in my body like a crazy sea monkeys experiment.
1:18.7	Being knocked up during a pandemic has been interesting because of my history with infertility
1:24.0	and multiple miscarriages. My doctor advised me to be incredibly cautious during this time.
1:29.5	AKA, hunker down in isolation with baby daddy and my giant doggo named donut.
1:35.0	In a time that is usually celebrated with baby showers or random old ladies gushing as they
1:39.9	play spinly fingers atop your enlarged belly, my experience felt a bit more subdued.
1:45.9	People are scared to approach strangers during COVID and most would not dare acknowledge a
1:50.3	potential pregnancy when it could actually just be a little extra pandemic pudge that's gone
1:54.8	out of control with the switch to business casual sweatpants and couch snacks between zooms.
2:00.9	The first public attention I got while pregnant was at the dentist office at seven months,
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