I'm Friends With You, Not Your Baby

I'm Friends With You, Not Your Baby

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I'm Friends With You, Not Your Baby episodes

  • When Life Doesn't Go As Planned

    It's the stuff of fairytales; the big white dress, a Ritz Carlton wedding reception, a handsome groom... everything in place for the "Marriage & Carriage" happy ending. But what happens when the dream becomes a nightmare?

    With vulnerability and transparency, Life Coach Rachelle Indra shares a painful story that ultimately led to her life's calling. After two miscarriages and a marriage that ended in divorce, Rachelle found a new relationship that was ready-made for her, or so everyone thought. A perfect-on-paper guy and his two beautiful daughters set the stage for Rachelle to play the part of stepmother. But when it didn't work out, Rachelle found herself plunged into shame.

    In this Part One of her story, Rachelle shares the script she stuck to based on obligation and expectation. In the Part Two that follows, she shares how ripping up that script in favor of a re-write led to her living her authentic life and helping others to do the same.

    34 min
  • IT'S OKAY TO SAY "NO" TO A BABY SHOWER… WHAT?!

    Boston event planner Kelly Elizabeth Soule was asked by her closest friends to plan their baby showers...just as she suffered a miscarriage. But rather than bitterness and anger, Kelly overflows with grace and wisdom. Which isn't to say it didn't hurt. But she's talking about how she's healing, and whether her husband was any help...or dropped the emotional ball. And for the women who are too worn out and heartsick to attend yet another shower, Kelly delivers up some gems through her experienced insight.

    34 min
  • Keeping Friendships After A Baby

    Former Morning News Anchor Marissa Bailey wrote a letter describing the heartbreak she felt at losing friends to motherhood. Years later, and now a new mom herself, will her viewpoint have changed? Has she forgotten her former "otherhood"? Marissa shares the one thing women need to do to hold on to their relationships when their paths diverge, to protect against a friendship break-up. ...From 3am and closing down the club, to 3am and nursing, she's looking back at her former life and new one to offer some perspective.

    37 min
  • Do You Have Kids? Life When the Answer Is No

    Author and "World Childless Week" ambassador Kate Kaufmann lends her wisdom to women who are stopped dead in their tracks when asked, "So do you have kids?" Her book explores life when the answer is "No." After attempts to become pregnant through fertility treatment failed, the question about children once sent her running in tears. We talk about infertility and IVF, the childfree and childless, the friendships with moms and grandmothers that succeed or break-up, religious abuse, expectations, the pain of social media, grief, and healing using our "observer self." Faced with stereotypes; you'll never know true love, you'll have no legacy, you'll never be happy, Kate was forced to confront all "the scaries" to create a new, joyful, paradigm in her life. Now, the question of whether she has kids is an exciting launch point to Kate. But it's not all smooth sailing. Deep into living from a healed place, Kate shares how she was suddenly forced to confront an old wound...

    49 min
  • I'm Friends With You, Not Your Baby
    Ours is a big tribe. We're childless or childfree, fur moms, not moms, or bonus moms, infertility warriors trying to conceive naturally or with NaPro, through IUI or IVF, don't want kids, or aren't sure what we want. So why do we feel so alone? Because no one is talking to us. And we can't say how we really feel. Risk cancel culture in our own family? No thank you. So we'll hold her baby when it hurts to, laugh off the questions about family planning, stare at our feet when the conversation becomes a parental debate over whether to mask kindergarteners. But also, we'll travel, we'll volunteer, we'll find fulfillment, we'll reflect and evolve and grow, we'll have spiritual awakenings, we'll plan an early retirement.
    When you don't have kids in a kid-centric world, yours will be an unpopular opinion. But we're talking about it anyway. In this roundtable discussion, I'm gathering my friends to hear their experiences; Sheila is an executive for a global software company, Amy is the sales and marketing VP for a food start-up company, and Ashley is a lifestyle television executive. Their stories are fun and funny and painful...and the makings of a great conversation to kick off "World Childless Week."

    Find our show notes here:

    www.ImFriendsWithYouNotYourBaby.com

    Follow us on Instagram & YouTube:

    www.Instagram.com/friendswithyounyb

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcQtsHifLdXzXiMUs73XaGQ


    38 min
  • TRAILER: I'm Friends With You, Not Your Baby
    These are the stories that we don't share on social media.
    They can't be captured in a snapshot.
    Rings and weddings, bumps and babies play well online.
    But for us, there's quick caption to sum up the story.These are stories about choices, stories of a forced hand.... Of peace and pain...and back to peace again.Whether you're lingering in a place you love or homesick for a place you've never been, join me at a table where your hidden heart is heard. I'm host Elizabeth Hopkins.I'm Friends With You, Not Your Baby, the podcast

    Find us here:

    www.ImFriendsWithYouNotYourBaby.com

    Join us on Instagram & YouTube:

    www.Instagram.com/friendswithyounyb

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcQtsHifLdXzXiMUs73XaGQ

    2 min

About I'm Friends With You, Not Your Baby

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We all have hopes, dreams, goals, and aspirations...But what we don't have sets us apart. Sometimes that's a good thing. Sometimes it hurts. This is where we talk about it. I'm host Elizabeth…