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HERself

40. Bonus Episode: Welcome to the World Owen!

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

🗓️ 10 September 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Owen Williams Green joined our world on August 22. He is happy and healthy and defying the odds already! Today we dig deeper into the weeks leading up to his entrance, his birth story, and how the Green family is truly doing now that Owen is in their arms :). Let’s connect! HERSELF INSTAGRAM MEET AMY MEET ABBY

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0:00.0

As a little note of encouragement if you need it, just take it day by day, know that the plans are going to change,

0:07.0

and know that that's part of the plan.

0:09.0

You don't have control over all these little things and that's okay because the end result it's worth it.

0:14.8

We look at Owen right now in our arms and every little piece of him is just

0:20.6

absolute perfection.

0:23.0

And on that crazy April day,

0:26.0

when we found out his diagnosis, it was really dark.

0:29.0

It was really, really dark for us and everyone around us.

0:32.0

And now, all we see is lighten.

0:34.0

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

0:45.5

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

0:49.0

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

0:54.1

a purpose. We get vulnerable and real with an honest look into the challenges and

0:59.5

triumphs we all face. Every woman listening gets the opportunity to choose what life looks like for herself.

1:10.4

We're so excited for this bonus episode today. As many of you know, we

1:15.5

batched ahead of Abbey's new addition, but we decided we wanted to do an episode that focused on the exciting things that have

1:28.1

been happening in her life and Abby is our type A, Eniagram 3, lover of doing things.

1:37.0

So she, to say the least, does not mind doing this episode. She's on maternity leave right now, but it is a

1:46.4

blend of newborn snuggles, and she does like a sliver of adulthood and talking to adults. So she does not mind being here. I wanted to mention

1:58.3

before we dive into all the questions, episode 22. It is our heaviest episode that we've ever done because at

2:09.3

that time you were really in it. You had just received the Down syndrome diagnosis. Does that feel like a long time ago now?

2:21.5

Yeah, and even when I'm thinking back, that was, gosh, was it, six days after we received our news that we recorded that? So pretty fresh, it was in May, so it's been four months. I think the reason it feels like it's been so long is because so much has happened since then.

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