458: Heather Siegel: The Intersection of Marriage, Motherhood, Domesticity & Feminism

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This show contains explicit content. Heather Siegel is the author of the award-winning, coming-of-age memoir, OUT FROM THE UNDERWORLD. Her newest work, THE KING & THE QUIRKY: A Memoir of Love, Marriage, Domesticity, Feminism, and Self was just released. Heather was named a semifinalist for the Kore Press 2018 Memoir Award. Her creative nonfiction has appeared on popular sites like Scary Mommy, as well as Salon.com, The Flexible Persona, and Entrophy Magazine. She holds an MFA from The New School University, and lives on Long Island where she teaches academic and creative writing for local colleges and continuing education programs. Listen in to hear Heather share: Her story of growing up in a basement with her funeral director father while her mother was missing What compelled her to write a memoir and share her story How she lost her hard edges in order to fall into a love narrative she never believed in Whether or not we should teach our children the “true love” narrative The three legs or the true love triangle: Erotisim, romance, companionship and whether or not we can have all three for the lifespan of our marriage How to find your way back to relationships and your own identity outside marriage and motherhood How feminism and motherhood and being a SAHM intersect Links mentioned: Get on the Waitlist for Momentum Mamas: shamelessmom.com/waitlist Connect with Heather: heathersiegel.net Thank you to our sponsors: Blinkist: Go to Blinkist.com/SHAMELESS try it FREE for 7 days AND save 25% off your new subscription. EveryPlate: Get 3 weeks of EveryPlate meals for only $2.99 per meal by going to EveryPlate.com and entering code shameless3. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 458 with Heather Siegel.
0:04.8	Show notes for this episode, including any links mentioned in the episode, as well as any
0:08.4	discount codes from our sponsors, can be found by going to shamelessmom.com and clicking on
0:13.0	episode 458.
0:19.3	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy.
0:21.5	I'm your host, Sarah Dean.
0:23.3	I'm here to give you and other passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources,
0:28.8	and a little bit of humor to help you lead more positive, powerful, and purposeful lives
0:33.8	every damn day.
0:35.3	One of the best things about the Shameless Mom Academy is our community. So be
0:38.5	sure to join us in our free private Facebook group to connect with other shameless moms just like you.
0:44.0	You can find us over at shamelessom.com forward slash Facebook. All right, let's dive into today's
0:50.4	episode.
1:00.6	Heather Siegel is the author of the award-winning coming-of-age memoir out from the underworld. Her newest work, The King and the Quirky, a memoir of love,
1:05.4	marriage, domesticity, feminism, and self was just released. Heather was named a
1:10.3	semi-finalist in the Core Press
1:12.2	2018 Memoir Award. Her creative nonfiction has appeared on popular sites like Scary Mommy,
1:18.4	as well as Salon.com, The Flexible Persona, and Entrophy Magazine. She holds an MFA from the
1:24.9	New School University and lives on Long Island where she teaches
1:28.1	academic and creative writing for local colleges and continuing ed programs.
1:33.0	So Heather came on the show to talk about the book and I'm telling you, you're going to
1:36.2	want to go buy both of her books because the stories are so compelling. I had like one million
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