The One About Becoming A Single Mother (By Choice) with Alyssa Garrison

The Papaya Podcast

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 19 July 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Alyssa Garrison had a life goal and no partner to meet it with, so she took matters into her own hands, armed with a menstrual cup (yes, you read that right). This content creator and single mother by choice is now 3 years down the line from the decision that would change her life forever. With details on how it all happened, the surprises along the way, and why this isn’t quite like the Gilmore Girls. An inspiring episode about owning your story, shaking up the traditional family and just what it’s like to be dating, with a baby in tow. Just because she chose it alone, doesn’t mean she did it alone.

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0:33.5	Hi friends and welcome to the papaya podcast. I'm your hostess,
0:38.5	Trine Hermosta, Sarah Nicole, and each week I'm going to be dishing out some sweetness mixed in with
0:44.3	some seeds of wisdom or something like that. So get ready to get inspired, get candid, get real
0:51.7	because we are all in this digital space together.
0:57.5	Today's guest has been somebody I've known for years. We run in sort of the same circles when it comes
1:07.2	to our jobs and we've met each other at different events and stuff as well. She is known for her
1:13.5	most aesthetically pleasing of Instagram accounts named Random Acts of Pastel. But in the last few years,
1:20.4	her account went from just being really beautiful pictures and outfits into something much more.
1:26.3	A few years ago, we watched Alyssa enter into motherhood, but she did it on her own terms.
1:32.0	She entered into it by choice as a single mother. And today, we are here to hear that story,
1:37.4	learn about those choices, and where she's at today. Please welcome Alyssa Garrison.
1:44.8	Welcome to the show. Thanks so much for being here. You and I know each other from Toronto scene,
1:49.7	basically, even though I don't live there. I didn't live there. You recently moved. You made the
1:54.4	trip out west. You're in Vancouver now. I am. Yeah. COVID emergency move. And that turned out
2:00.7	being a really good choice. Is your family out in Vancouver? Is that my whole family's in Vancouver?
2:05.8	Yeah. So when you first had summer, your daughter, who is now two and a half to two say,
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