Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and this is Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.

As a mom of four kids in New York City and a writer myself, I know all too well how short everyone is on time, so I'm here to help.

I'm going to interview authors and writers of all types about their work, especially as it

relates to parenting and family issues. Hopefully you can listen while doing 8 million other

things and fall in love with these talented scribes in their fantastic books, essays, and songs

like I have, plus get some tips on surviving parenthood. For more about me,

you can check out my essays at zibbyowens.com. Also, this episode has been sponsored by Chloe's

Fruit, the cool way to eat fruit. I'm here today with Sirica Chala. Serica is a Los Angeles-based

writer and editor and mother of two. By day, she does marketing

for the travel and tourism industry. In her spare time, she writes about women's health and

parenting. Her freelance work has been featured in places like Salon, Vice, and the Washington

Post. Her recent piece on abortion after 20 weeks, which started with a moving story about her

best friend's troubled twin pregnancy, was selected for an honorable mention in ASJA's 2018 awards.

You can learn more about her on her website, suricachala.com.

I actually discovered Sarika Chala on Facebook, her essay, which was called How I'm Raising My Kids to Have a Healthy Relationship with Food, despite my eating disorder was published in the Washington Post's on Parenting Section, and I just thought it was awesome, so I reached out to her. Hi, Zarka, it's Zibby Owens from Moms Don't Have Time to her books. Hi. How are you? How are you? Good, good. Good. Well, thanks so much for doing the podcast. Oh, no worries, yeah. I know it's crazy for you too. I don't know. How old are you? Good, good. Good. Well, thanks so much for doing the podcast. Oh, no, worthy. I know it's crazy for you, too. I don't know. How old are your kids? My kids are, I have twins who are almost 11, a four-year-old, almost five-year-old, and a three-year-old. Wow. Okay, that's, yeah. I remember when I had just one, and I was like, I'm tired it all the time. And now I have two. And I'm like, how does anyone do more than this? I know. That's crazy. And how old are your kids again? My son is six and my daughter is 21 months. Oh. It's cute. Yeah, it's very cute. Yeah. And they're at an age now where they can like like, interact with each other, which is nice. Yeah, that does make life easier. Yeah, exactly. They play together now. Sometimes not so well for mine, but no, I'm kidding. Well, sure, yeah, there is that. Well, because now she's at the age actually where she's, like, annoying to him, which is kind of funny. Right. And he's like, leave me alone. And she's like, ah, but she's also really pushy.

So it's very annoying to him, which is kind of funny. Right. And he's like, leave me alone.

And she's like, but she's also really pushy.

So it's very cute to watch.

Yeah.

Well, I wanted to talk today more about your Washington Post on parenting article about how you had eating disorders of your own diagnosed or not and how you find that

impacting your kids.

Yeah, absolutely.

...