Melissa tells a story about how she ended up in an uncomfortable position with her husband's friend due to a misunderstanding. 

My Guest: Melissa Guida-Richards is an author, mom, and adoptee. Her book, BEDTIME, THE ULTIMATE BATTLE, is a humorous sleep guide that contains the meat and potatoes of sleep solutions for babies and toddlers. It will be out on January 28th with Skyhorse Publishing and available where all books are sold online. Her work has appeared on HuffPost, Zora by Medium, Restless Mag, Her View From Home, and more.

• She is loving audiobooks, epecially this series, Serial Podcast, and the Manuscript Academy Podcast.
• Her best advice is to go for what you want with boldness
• She shares that she found out she is an adoptee at the age of 19; here are some of her articles about that
  • My Adoptive Parents Hid My Racial Identity From Me for 19 Years
  • How Immersion into My Own Food Culture Changed Me as an Adoptee
  • The Book All Prospective Adoptive Parents Need to Read
• Where to find her
  • Her Book: Bedtime, the Ultimate Battle 
  • Her website, Guida-Richards.com
  • Her blog, Spoonie-Mama.com
  • Twitter & Instagram @guidarichards

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