In this episode, I go back to the moment—years before becoming a mom—when I first felt a baby kick beneath my friend’s hand. I didn’t know then how deeply fear and longing would weave themselves into my journey toward motherhood. I didn’t know how much surrender it would take…or how much I would grow to love the softer, slower, stronger version of myself that motherhood would shape.

This episode is for anyone who has ever wondered if they’ll be a good mom…or if fear disqualifies them.

In this episode, I share:

✨The moment I first imagined myself as a mother—and why it terrified me

✨What I wish I could tell my pre-motherhood self about fear, readiness, and vulnerability

✨How HG, birth trauma, and the NICU broke me open…and made me softer and stronger

✨Why motherhood isn’t about conquering fear, but being shaped by it

✨The kind of love I didn’t expect to find—in my baby and in the new version of myself

If you’ve ever felt unprepared for motherhood—or wondered if you’re too anxious, too afraid, or too tender—this episode will remind you: the very things you worry disqualify you might actually be your greatest strengths.

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