EP167: The Minimalist Mama, Diane Boden
The Pregnancy to Parenting Show with Elizabeth Joy
Elizabeth Presta
4.2 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2021
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Diane Boden is the voice behind the top-rated podcast, the Minimalist Moms, where she spreads her ideas and interviews others in regards to living a life in the pursuit of less. Her goal is simply: think more and do with less. Diane has been featured on other popular podcasts: Find the Magic, Mindful Mama Podcast, With Intention, Pure Nurture and many others. She was featured in 614Magazine in August 2019. She lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband and three children. You can follow her at @minimalistmomspodcast on Instagram or “Like” Minimalist Moms page on Facebook.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome back to the Miraculous Mama's podcast. I'm your host Elizabeth Joy |
| 0:10.4 | and we believe in empowering women through storytelling and education. I am a certified |
| 0:15.0 | birthdula and a prenatal coach and I'm super passionate about informing people about their |
| 0:21.3 | birthing options, about their healthcare options in general and just ways that we can be |
| 0:27.7 | the best versions of ourself when it comes to trying to conceive parenting and everything |
| 0:33.2 | in that season of life. I am deep in that season of life with my eight-month-olds and I'm just |
| 0:40.2 | wondering when do they sleep through the night because it is rough. I'm like at a point where |
| 0:46.6 | I don't know what to do. I'm so tired but I know that it's a phase, it'll this two shall pass |
| 0:55.0 | and one day she will be sleeping through the night. I do try to cherish all the moments that I wake |
| 1:01.7 | up and I'm nursing her and just taking it in but whenever people are like, oh yeah, maybe |
| 1:07.6 | you started sleeping through the night at four months. I'm like, shut up. Just being honest, |
| 1:13.2 | that's what I think in my mind or like, oh really good for you. Because that's rough and all |
| 1:19.7 | kids are different but then I'm so blessed in the fact that like when she's awake like she's the |
| 1:25.4 | happiest baby. She's so easy, just loves life so happy and just like such a joy to be around. |
| 1:37.0 | So she's not a picky eater, she's not picky about really anything. Love's the dog, |
| 1:46.4 | loves to play with her toys, mostly loves the laundry basket right now but she's just so much fun. |
| 1:54.0 | So I mean we all have our things you know. I'm just really feeling tired these days so it's all |
| 2:02.4 | you moms out there who your babies aren't sleeping through the night yet. I feel your pain and |
| 2:09.2 | your struggle and I see you and we are in this together. If you guys didn't listen to last |
| 2:14.7 | week's episode, Leslie Murphy was on and she shared her birth story and just what new mom |
| 2:19.4 | life has been like for her and it was fun. It was fun talking to a new mom who went through this |
| 2:25.5 | whole thing in a pandemic and she just has a great perspective. She's dealt with some online hate |
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