When you are pioneering anything or introducing new ideas to the culture, you get criticized.

You do?

Yeah. Did you hear about that?

I didn't find the one. I found someone I respected and we made it the one.

In the sort of longing kind of view of love, people understand each other as if by magic.

Nothing in itself is addictive on one hand. And in the hand, everything could be addictive if

there's an emptiness in that person that needs to be filled. I now know that nobody changes

until they change their energy. And when you change your energy, you change your life.

I'm Gwyneth Peltro. This is the Goop Podcast, bringing together thought leaders, culture

changers, creatives, founders and CEOs, scientists, doctors, healers and seekers. Here to start

conversations, because simply asking questions and listening has the power

to change the way we see the world. Here we go. Welcome to the Goop podcast. I'm Gwyneth Paltrow,

and today I'm joined by someone who has changed the way women talk about some of the most intense

transitions of their lives. Pregnancy, birth, postpartum, fertility, and the in-between moments no one warns you about.

We talk about what it means to prepare for the unpreparable, from how motherhood can

dismantle your need for control and shatter the illusion of being ready, to the curse of competency,

the grief that can coexist with gratitude, and why women deserve better information,

support, and products at every stage, from fertility to the fourth trimester and beyond.

Founder and CEO of Frida, one of the most influential brands in modern parenting and women's health, smart, unfiltered, and deeply empathetic, Chelsea Hirshhorn.

Chelsea, it's so nice to meet you.

Likewise, I'm so excited. I've been looking forward to this conversation for so long.

Me too. As have I.

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