If you've listened to All In for a while, you've probably noticed by now that this podcast

tends to be a representation of both what I see people around me experiencing, but also what I

myself am going through. I love to share thoughts that helped me in hopes that if it helped me,

it might help someone else. So recently, when I listened to a podcast about motherhood

that shifted my paradigm completely, I had to find a way to share. On her podcast,

Down the Well, Elle Roley interviewed a woman named Dr. Lisa Marchiano, and Dr. Marciano said

this. If we're lucky, life is going to use us up. That's kind of the point. You know,

that we should spend ourselves on something larger than self. Motherhood is not the only thing

that you could spend yourself on, but it's a pretty good thing to spend yourself on, end quote.

The quote stopped me in my tracks. And so on today's episode I talk with El

Roli about why Dr. Marchiano's message resonated so deeply with her and why she is now on a

mission to reclaim motherhood as a powerful life-giving force, not only to the children we bear,

but to the women we become in the process.

Elle Rowley is a writer and founder of the award-winning baby carrier company, Solly Baby,

a multi-million dollar company that she and her husband recently sold their majority

stake in. The couple now invest in family-owned businesses like the one they started.

She is the mother of four children ranging in ages from 8 to 16, and most recently,

she hosts a podcast called Down the Well.

This is All-in, an LDS Living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really

mean to be All-N in the gospel of Jesus Christ?

I'm Morgan Pearson, and I am so honored to have L. Roli. Do you say it Roli? L?

Yep, like Roli, Polly. Yep. Perfect. Okay, I wanted to make sure I got that right.

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