DEEP DIVE: How Motherhood Changes Us

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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

Parenting, Kids & Family, Comedy

4.6 • 962 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Amy Wilson's book Happy to Help is out now and available wherever you buy books! Join Amy and Margaret in Philadelphia and San Antonio in February 2025 for their latest "What Fresh Hell Live!" shows. For tickets, head to bit.ly/whatfreshhelltour. This Deep Dive series is about reflecting on our trajectories as mothers - looking back, reflecting on where we are now, and thinking about the future. Listen to the whole playlist on Spotify. Becoming a mother changes everything about us. Literally: the very structure of our brain changes during pregnancy, along with our eyeglass description and our shoe size. That most of us become more hypervigilant and more anxious isn't a personal failing– it's a biological imperative. But while the ways motherhood has changed us may be very natural, that doesn't mean those transitions were always easy. In this episode we discuss how motherhood has changed us, how it's also made us more aware of who we always were, and how giving ourselves grace about those changes has been what has always gotten us through. Here are links to some research- and a few of our other episodes- that are worth your time on this topic: Adrienne LaFrance: What Happens to a Woman’s Brain When She Becomes a Mother Fresh Take: Janice Johnson Dias on Raising Joyful, Change-Making Kids Fresh Take: Dr. Christine Koh On Building a Family After Adverse Childhood Experiences Our episode Did We Really Do That? We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/ What Fresh Hell is co-hosted by Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson. mom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips, mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid’s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent, parental stress, kids stress, brain development, mom brain

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone. I am so happy to report that after many months of hard work, my book,
0:05.4	Happy to Help, Adventures of a People Pleaser, is available for sale. If you've already
0:10.4	pre-ordered your copy, thank you. That is always a great way to support any author and any book.
0:16.8	If you haven't pre-ordered the book, today is a great day to buy it. Just search, happy to help
0:21.8	wherever you buy your books, or ask at your local indie. If you've bought the book and read the book,
0:27.6	today is a great day to review the book. Once a book is out in the world, one of the best ways
0:33.0	you can support that book is to review it on Amazon, on Goodreads, wherever you post your book reviews,
0:38.3	particularly, obviously, if you liked it. If you'd like me to talk to your book club about Happy
0:43.0	to help, I would love to discuss this book with readers. You can reach out to hello at amy
0:47.8	wilson.com to receive materials for your book club, questions and talking points to consider,
0:53.0	and then I would love to join a Zoom or a Google Meet to talk with your book club, questions and talking points to consider. And then I would love to
0:54.6	join a Zoom or a Google Meet to talk with your book club about the book. So reach out at hello
0:59.9	at amywilson.com. Thank you again to all of you who are reading and reviewing and telling
1:05.6	your friends about happy to help. Winters in full swing, Amy. and that means kids and their parents are in the thick of
1:13.1	cough, cold, and flu season.
1:15.0	And that's why VIX humidifiers are an absolute lifesaver at this time of year.
1:19.9	VIX is the only humidifier brand that offers a one, two, three combination, cough suppressant,
1:25.5	menthol vapors, and a hydrating mist, which provide powerful relief
1:29.5	from coughs, congestion, stuffy noses, and dry air discomfort so you can breathe better and feel
1:35.6	better. Helians, I had that awful chapped nose and cough combo going at the beginning of this
1:42.0	month, and I'm going to tell you, I fired up my VIX
1:44.6	humidifier with the Vapo steam and vapo pads. And I am here to tell you the relief was real.
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