SFP 147: Mothering Without A Village [with Lora Amigo]

Simple Families

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Kids & Family, Parenting, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 20 February 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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The journey into motherhood isn’t easy for any woman. But after giving birth here in the U.S., there is societal pressure to return to a “normal life” almost overnight. In other cultures, this transition comes more gently. Women are given more time, more support, and more grace. In today’s episode I am chatting with my friend Lora Amigo. Lora is a Mexican woman raising her children in Chicago–far away from her support network. She shares her story of learning how to mother here in America and the pressure she felt in the process. We are talking about postpartum depression, helicopter parenting, and finding joy in returning to work. The post SFP 147: Mothering Without A Village [with Lora Amigo] appeared first on Simple Families.

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0:00.0	Hi it's episode 147 and today we're going to be exploring more perspectives in
0:05.0	international parenting. I have an interview with a Mexican woman raising her
0:09.2	children in the US far away from her village. She's sharing more about her journey into motherhood.
0:15.0	You are listening to the Simple Families Podcast, a Q&A-style show that brings you solutions for living well with family. Here's your host,
0:24.6	Deney Barajona. Thanks for tuning in. This is Deney and this is
0:30.3	episode 147 and today I have an interview with my friend Laura.
0:35.0	Laura and I met several years ago when her husbands were in school together.
0:39.0	And more recently she's done some graphic design work for me.
0:42.0	She and her family are from Mexico but they're raising their money. she's done some graphic design work for me.
0:42.5	She and her family are from Mexico,
0:44.2	but they're raising their children in Chicago.
0:46.5	Laura's children are very close in age to my children
0:49.1	and I knew that her journey into motherhood
0:52.2	was anything but smooth. And today she's sharing more about this. But first here's a word from our sponsor. The sponsor for today is Zola. I recently learned about Zola this past year when both my brother and sister got
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