NPR’s Audie Cornish On Being A New Mom
Happy To Be Here
Greta Johnsen
4.6 • 924 Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2018
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Audie Cornish says she had something like an epiphany after posting a photo of herself and her new baby on Twitter in April.
"I realized, oh my god, I’m part of the problem," Cornish tells Greta Johnsen. "Because there is absolutely nothing worse than opening up a glossy magazine and seeing a picture of some woman with, like, a pet and a 3-year-old, everyone’s groomed to the nines, and she’s like, ‘I woke up like this.’”
Cornish is the host of NPR’s daily news program 'All Things Considered.' She talked with Nerdette host Greta Johnsen about all the people not pictured in that photo that are helping her navigate motherhood for the first time. They also talk about finding forgiveness and having children during times of strife.
"There’s always something difficult in the world," Cornish says. "But it’s so worth it. Because I look at him as being somebody who’s going to be a part of shaping his own world, not that he’s arriving a victim of it."
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| 0:46.3 | Life these days can be hectic. In a world that seems faster and louder and busier than ever, |
| 0:52.3 | it is real tricky business to find time for yourself. So we want to know how do people set themselves up for success in an exhausting world. |
| 0:55.8 | We've been asking you how you power up and some of your obstacles when it comes to taking care of yourself. |
| 1:01.5 | Here is what one listener named Selena has to say. |
| 1:05.9 | I just can't seem to find the time or energy to do all the things that I want to do. |
| 1:11.6 | It would be great if you could find someone in any field who has a full-time job, a side hustle |
| 1:18.0 | or passion project, and a family. I would especially love to hear from a mother like me. |
| 1:25.3 | So Selena's asking a really good question here. It's really interesting to think |
| 1:28.9 | about how a full-time working mother can figure out that balance. So we racked our brains, |
| 1:35.2 | and we came up with the perfect person. It's all things considered from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish. |
| 1:43.0 | We start this hour with President Obama's push. That is, as you well know from NPR News. I'm Adi Cornish. We start this hour with President Obama's |
| 1:45.7 | That is, as you well know, NPR's Adi Cornish. She hosts All Things Considered. This is a daily |
| 1:51.8 | national news show. And Adi is a new mom. She has a son who's about 10 months old. |
| 1:57.9 | Adi says figuring out how to be a mom with a full-time job is still a work in |
| 2:02.9 | progress for her. She was able to take six months off before getting back to work, which is a |
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