Hi, guys. Welcome back to the preview lines podcast. This is Sarah and I've got Whitney with us. And we are so glad to be with you. We're in 2025.

We made it, France. We made it. And Whitney, this is a really

good time to talk about control. Okay. Well, I say all the moms, but I feel like everybody,

not just moms really resonate with control, a lack of control, all the things. And not to be overly political,

but, you know, inauguration is like around the corner. And we don't have a ton of control as far as

those results. All we can do is vote. And so a lot of people feel like, you know, the world is

out of control. And it's out of our control. You know, like it gets so heavy, so quick when we think about it.

You know, my own therapist told me, she says, Sarah, control is an illusion.

I would agree.

And I thought, you know, but it makes me feel better.

And it does make us feel better, yes.

It makes us feel better.

And, you know, she's also been teaching me the more we try to control things, you know, ultimately, the less control we really have.

I agree with that.

I do.

And that's super hard.

But I think we're talking about moms and we think we talk about motherhood.

If it goes back to even trying to get pregnant, you can do everything in your best effort to get

pregnant, right? Or to not get pregnant. And sometimes it does not happen the way we want or it does or it does vice versa.

But then you ultimately, I mean, you do the best you can, but you cannot control the outcomes of that pregnancy sometimes.

Correct.

So I think in general, I know I personally struggle with this and I've heard a lot of moms, these type A personalities, the Whitney's and Sarahs of the world, the Intergram ones,

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