Parenting through grief, career vs. motherhood, and raising confident kids - with the Abbys

Always Here

Abby Howard and Abby Howard

Kids & Family, Society & Culture, Parenting

4.9 • 936 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

The Abbys talk parenting through grief, the Kelsea Ballerini song that makes them cry, and what it brings up about family and regret. They share why they’re grateful they started their families young, discuss the pros and cons of young marriage, and explain how modeling pride in your work helps raise confident kids. Leave your voicemail: (602) 456 - 9690 Chapters: 02:19 - The Hope & The Hard 08:18 - WOW, That's Crazy! 12:55 - Kelsea Ballerini Deep Dive 26:05 - Starting a family in our early 20's 34:44 - The cons of getting married young 52:05 - Ask Abbys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	My name is Sherlock Holmes.
0:02.0	It's an unusual name.
0:03.0	Introducing Young Sherlock, a new Guy Ritchie series.
0:07.0	What game are we playing today?
0:09.0	Discover the origins.
0:10.0	It's cleaving. Those days are surely behind me.
0:12.0	Of crime's most iconic mind.
0:14.0	There has been a break-in.
0:17.0	Astoned. You should be a detective.
0:19.0	Starring Hero finds Tiffin, Donald Finn and Colin Firth.
0:22.6	If you start wearing a hat like that, I will no longer be friends with you.
0:25.6	Young Sherlock, new original series, watch now only on Prime Video.
0:29.6	I'm not showing up at all from my kids because I'm just so wrapped up in my own grief.
0:33.6	There's this narrative to women that being a mother is such a burden and like
0:38.1	children are chains. I felt that in the past. This is probably going to get cut. But when I was
0:43.4	thinking about pros and cons, getting married. This is un-in. Found out I was pregnant. My business was
0:49.0	failing and I was like, dang, this is just not at all what I pictured my life to be like.
0:52.5	It'd take a long time for newlyweds to catch us.
0:54.8	You'll never catch up to us.
0:56.5	Oh, my God.
0:58.7	Always here to share the hope and the heart with heart and humor.
1:07.9	Welcome back to Always Here.
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