Big Little Choices

Meet Julie: Humanitarian worker, mom to one and stepmom to two kids. Julie talks about her journey from the Scottish countryside, to war zones and finally San Francisco to be with the love of her life. She shares what it’s like to have an unconventional path to becoming a mother and how she’s made it work.

Meet Sarah A. Development advisor, equality advocate and mom to two. We talk about her choice to breastfeed her daughter till she was over 5 years and also to co-sleep with both her kids. Sarah offers a great perspective on extended breastfeeding and why it’s best to make choices that are right for your family.

Meet Rachel. Writer, Journalist and storyteller. She shares her story on why she chose to exclusively breastfeed her son starting from the day he was born. Rachel talks about the importance of having clarity around the kind of parents we want to be and the pitfalls of making choices just to please others.

Meet Monica. Mom to three biological children and foster parent to five. Monica shares her story of living a life of intentionality and purpose. One where she and her husband deeply care about giving vulnerable children a home and their family.

Meet Emma. Mom to her two sons and gestational surrogate to two other children. Emma talks about why she chose to become a surrogate, what makes the process challenging and why it matters to her, especially as she thinks about the values she is modeling for her own children.

Meet Astaire. Mom to six kids. From being a teen mom to twins, a single mom with four kids, and now married with six kids, we talk about her journey as a mother. Astaire talks about the deliberate choices she has had to make given her large family and how that affects her life.

Meet Anjali (again!). She was the first guest on our podcast and talked about her choice to travel the world for 7 months with her husband and two toddlers. Many adventures and explorations later, Anjali is back to talk about how her choice played out.

Meet Elena. Mother to Wynter and Nova. Winter has Down’s Syndrome and in our conversation we talked about the choices Elena and her family has had to make to have a child with special needs.

Meet Melisa. An adventure seeker, a business owner and a mom. She shares her birth story and why she was unable to stick to her choice of how she wanted to deliver her baby. We talked about the choices we are told to make, the ones we want to make and ultimately the choices we have to make.

Meet Jaime. She had to make an incredibly difficult decision to amputate her daughter’s leg when she was 18 months old. Jaime talks about how nothing prepares you for choices like this, the importance of perspective and how her family stays positive even on rough days.