You can love being a mother so much more when you're not swimming against the current. When you let this life be as it's supposed to be instead of fighting it, I promise you, it's going to feel easier and you're going to get so much more enjoyment out of motherhood. And I think that if you're herself listener, and if you've been listening to Amy and I for a couple of years now,

you know that that is one big thing we bring to the podcast. We want to make sure that we are

loving this one precious life that we have. I'm Amy and I'm Abby, and as women, we are constantly

comparing ourselves to others.

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

Being your best self means standing firm in your decisions and always being willing to grow with a purpose. We get vulnerable and real with an honest look into the challenges and triumphs we all face.

Every woman listening gets the opportunity to choose

what life looks like for herself.

Hi, herself listeners. We are doing something a little different this week. So this is Abby Green,

and I'm actually jumping on solo this week to talk about

something that has really been hitting home with me a lot lately. It has been hitting home

in a lot of the conversations I've been having with friends and with community members. And I wanted

to bring it to the podcast because this last week, I feel like it's hit home more than ever before in parenthood.

And it's this pull between loving motherhood, but also really grieving the freedom that we used to have.

And if you've been a listener for a while, you know that freedom is one of my number one values.

I love freedom.

I love being able to have the flexibility and freedom to do what I want, eat what I want, go to sleep when I want, be where I want,

and having kids definitely through a runch in that. And it was one of those things where for some of us,

having that first kid, it's this reality check. You just don't know what to expect.

So you go from being pregnant with just you and your partner, being able to, you know, get up and just go on a date night whenever you want to.

Sleep in, watch Netflix, whatever it is, whenever you want to, to all of a sudden, there's this tiny human that is so cute and so squishy and so wonderful, but they require so much of your

attention. And overnight, all of a sudden, you feel like you lose your autonomy. For others like

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