Helena Shannon is back on the show! Friend and client of Dr. Gertrude, she joined the show last year along with her husband to muse on their newlywed life, and now she’s here again to share how much she’s grown and evolved in the past year. Once becoming sober herself, she found a gap within online communities for those interested in alcohol-free living, so she created a successful sober-curious meetup group for young women in Chicago. Now she’s currently dipping her toes into the “mother curious” world. Listen to learn exactly what that means, how attending Dr. Gertrude’s retreat unknowingly prepared her for a new job opportunity, and why we all mother something, whether we’re childfree or not.

Today on mot(HER):

• How learning to mother herself led Helena to sobriety 
• You’ve heard of sober curious, but are you mother curious? 
• How Dr. Gertrude’s retreat prepared Helena for a new job opportunity
• When you’re unsure if motherhood is for you
• Why we all mother, even those who choose to be childfree 

Connect with Helena:

• Instagram: @hail_shan
• Listen to the last time Helena was on the podcast here!

Join Dr. Gertrude’s community online: 

• Visit her website to learn more about Rewrite The Mother Code®: drgertrudelyons.com 
• Follow Dr. Gertrude on Instagram: @drgertrudelyons 
• Sign up for Dr. Gertrude’s Newsletter

Download Dr. Gertrude’s FREE ebooks and explore your own Mothering Journey:

• To the woman who is unsure if she wants to have children
• To the woman who never wants to have children 
• To the woman who is certain she wants children in the future
• To the woman who has a child

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

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Learn more about the 2024 Spring Equinox Self-Mothering Retreat at https://www.drgertrudelyons.com/spring-equinox-24