705: Mia Hemstad: Leaving Lethal Racism in the US to Find Safety Abroad

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

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

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Mia Hemstad is a mom, speaker, self-care coach, and the founder of No Longer Last, which is a movement that helps women prioritize their health, happiness, and well-being. Mia is an abuse survivor, and she lives with diagnosed PTSD and depression. She shares her healing journey online to fight mental health stigma and to help other people heal too. Mia's work has been featured in major media outlets such as Parents.com and Romper. Mia continues to write and teach from Portugal, where she recently moved with her husband and two kids. Mia is a past guest of the SMA, as well as a Shameless Mom Con Speaker. She’s well-known and well-loved in our community. I’ve been watching her as she’s ventured across the globe to move her family to a safer country and I’ve been in awe of her entire experience. I asked her if she would be open to coming back on the show to talk us through what motivated their family’s move and what it’s been like as they’ve gotten settled in a new country. I’m so grateful she said yes. Listen in to hear Mia share: What inspired her family's move to Portugal - specifically around gun violence and lethal racism in her community, as well as across the US The role of her mental health on her decision to move How living in a safer place has changed her life Her shift from being a self-sacrificial mom to giving herself permission to make such a different and bold move How to discern resentment vs taking responsibility for your life in hard times Links mentioned: Connect with Mia: miahemstad.com Mia's Free Portugal Visa Guide:.miahemstad.com/d7visa Mia’s Podcast: The No Longer Last Journey: anchor.fm/mia-hemstad Mia on IG Mia on Youtube Sponsor info and promo codes: Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/ Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 705 with Mia Hempstead.
0:05.3	Show notes for this episode, including any links mentioned in the episode, can be found by going to
0:09.2	shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 705.
0:17.3	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean. I'm here to give you and other
0:22.8	passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help you lead
0:29.0	more positive, powerful, and purposeful lives every damn day. One of the best things about the
0:34.4	Shameless Mom Academy is our community. So be sure to join us in our free private Facebook group to connect with other
0:40.1	shameless moms just like you.
0:41.9	You can find us over at shamelessom.com forward slash Facebook.
0:46.5	All right.
0:47.1	Let's dive into today's episode.
0:53.3	Mia Hempstead is a mom, speaker, self-care coach, and the founder of No Longer Last, which is a movement that helps women prioritize their health, happiness, and well-being.
1:03.1	Mia is an abuse survivor, and she lives with diagnosed PTSD and depression. She shares her healing journey online to fight mental health stigma and to help
1:12.1	other people heal too. Mia's work has been featured in major media outlets such as parents.com
1:17.7	and romper. Mia continues to write and teach from Portugal, where she recently moved with her
1:22.7	husband and two kids. Mia is a past guest of the SMA, as well as a past shameless momcon speaker.
1:29.6	She's well known and well loved in this community.
1:33.1	I've been watching her as she ventured across the globe to move her family to a safer country,
1:37.2	and I've been in awe of her entire experience and just found so much joy in seeing what her
1:43.2	journey's been like and the lessons that she's learned
1:46.0	and how she's made it manageable if a move across the globe with two small children can be manageable.
1:51.6	So I asked her if she'd be open to coming back on the show to talk to us about what motivated their
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