Abigail Wald breaks the “mommy code” and gets raw about the minefield of parenthood. She reveals how getting brutally honest about her struggles as a mother encouraged other women to share their unconventional truths, and how those transparent conversations developed into a global community.

Mother Flipping Awesome helps thousands of women and men get real, hit the “reset” button on their parenting journeys, and navigate the challenges and celebrate the joys of raising kids.

We discuss the necessity of getting out of the parenting vacuum of “having the same experiences alone,” and into a community where you can share all your stories honestly and acknowledge feelings and thoughts you’ve been told are taboo. Abigail insists that giving yourself permission to express your full human experience as a parent enables you to feel the depth of the love you have for your children.

She leads with a central philosophy that parenting isn’t just about raising kids. It’s an invitation to step into your own leadership. Claiming the unique parenting style that aligns with your values and with the needs of your child, she says, is the key to creating a harmonious “mini society” that is your family.

TESS’S TAKEAWAYS:

• A family is a mini society.
• Being a mother is a complex journey with distinct phases.
• Parenthood is an invitation to rise into your own leadership.
• Allow your parenting style to align with your values.
• Understand and respect each child's particular needs.
• Your child is an individual, not an extension of you.
• Find a community that catches and supports your experience.
• Harness your anger as a marker of your values and an instrument for change.

MEET ABIGAIL WALD

While raising her children, Abigail Wald maintained a successful voiceover career, and created the Yes Bar out of her home kitchen. While navigating her son’s medical condition, she joined parenting groups hoping to hear other moms tell it like it is—and instead she got sanitized stories that didn’t match her experience. And it turned out that those stories, telling only one side of parenthood, ignored a lot of people’s experience.

While parenting fills our hearts with more love than we thought possible, and gives our lives purpose and meaning, it also messes with our minds, bodies, sleep, relationships, careers, identities, priorities and even our sanity. So Abigail established the Mother Flipping Awesome community as a space for mothers and fathers to share no-holds-barred accounts of real-life parenting.

The community, with Abigail and her team as coaches, helps parents press “reset” on their parenting lives, cleaning up one sticky, gooey corner at a time.

CONNECT WITH ABIGAIL

Website: https://abigailwald.com/

Parenting Blog: https://abigailwald.com/blog/

Strong-Willed Kids Class: abigailwald.com/kids

Tweens and Teens Class: abigailwald.com/teens

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motherflippingawesome/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@motherflippingawesome

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abigail-wald-77413837/

Meet Tess Masters:  

Tess Masters is an actor, presenter, health coach, cook, and author of The Blender Girl, The Blender Girl Smoothies, and The Perfect Blend, published by Penguin Random House. She is also the creator of the Skinny60® health programs.     

Health tips and recipes by Tess have been featured in the LA Times, Washington Post, InStyle, Prevention, Shape, Glamour, Real Simple, Yoga Journal, Yahoo Health, Hallmark Channel, The Today Show, and many others.   

Tess’s magnetic personality, infectious enthusiasm, and down-to-earth approach have made her a go-to personality for people of all dietary stripes who share her conviction that healthy living can be easy and fun. Get delicious recipes at TheBlenderGirl.com.  

Connect With Tess: 

Website: https://tessmasters.com/  

Podcast: https://ithastobeme.com/   

Health Programs: https://www.skinny60.com/

Recipes: https://www.theblendergirl.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theblendergirl/  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theblendergirl/  

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/theblendergirl  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessmasters/   

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