232: Reflections On Having An Only Child

Feel Good Effect

Robyn Conley Downs

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.9 • 725 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Now that my daughter is 10-years-old, I’m reflecting on what it’s been like to have an only child. A bit more personal than most episodes, I share my experience with miscarriages, infertility, IVF, and ultimately how we’ve settled into a very happy family of three. I bring in the guest of the hour, my daughter, to answer a few listener questions at the end. I hope this episode helps those of you who really need to hear it.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the feel good effect. I am sharing my thoughts on having an only child. Let's make it happen.
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0:17.4	Hi, I'm your host, Robin Conley Downs, and I believe that wellness isn't about achieving
0:22.0	another set of impossible standards, but instead finding what works for you.
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0:32.0	offers a collection of small mindset shifts that allow for more calm, clarity, and joy in everyday life and allows you
0:39.6	to embrace the idea that gentle is the new perfect. I invite you to listen in as we cut through
0:45.6	the clutter and find the small shifts that create huge changes in your life, thus striving,
0:51.2	more ease. It's time to feel good. Well, hey, feel good, fam. I am so glad you're here.
1:02.7	This episode, I am sharing thoughts and reflections on having an only child. My daughter just turned 10.
1:09.4	So it seems like kind of a good time to take stock,
1:12.7	reflect. I am well past the point where we are going to have any more. And this was a listener
1:17.9	request. I actually have one of the most common questions I get over the years is about having
1:23.2	an only child and kind of how I'm dealing with it and how I dealt with the transition of thinking
1:29.8	I would have more. So definitely a different episode than those we normally do. And if you're not
1:34.7	interested in this topic, it's the only one I'm going to do. So we'll come back next week and
1:39.6	we'll be back to our regularly scheduled program. But because so many people asked, I wanted to pause
1:45.4	and offer some thoughts. If you're in the middle of this journey at the beginning, or even
1:50.6	kind of at the point I am, some reflections and thoughts on being the parent of an only child.
1:56.1	I've done one other episode that's similar to this, and it was how I learned to accept my body
2:00.1	after miscarriage.
2:01.5	So that was several years ago. If that is part of your story or journey, you're welcome to go.
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