Drafting Motherhood

In this special Mother’s Day episode of Drafting Motherhood, we’re celebrating the beautiful side of motherhood through heartfelt stories from moms across every stage of parenting. From toddlers singing in the backseat to watching grown children build lives of their own, this episode explores the love, connection, growth, and joy that make motherhood so meaningful.

Throughout the episode, real moms share their favorite parts of being a mom: sibling bonds, personality-filled toddler moments, life lessons from children, and the bittersweet beauty of watching kids grow up. We talk about parenting, family traditions, emotional growth, motherhood iden...

Being creative in motherhood can honestly feel impossible. Between the exhaustion, the pressure to “do it all,” and the constant comparison on social media, it’s easy to lose touch with yourself completely.

In this episode, I’m talking about what it actually looks like to find creativity in the chaos. From the weight of hustle culture to the double-edged sword of social media, we’re unpacking why so many moms feel stuck in survival mode and disconnected from who they used to be.

I share my own journey through healing and rediscovering curiosity, along with a pow...

What’s for dinner?

It’s a question moms hear on repeat…but what if it’s about more than just food? In this episode of Drafting Motherhood, I explore the quiet, powerful role food plays in shaping connection, memory, and family identity. After an insightful conversation with a 73-year-old mama, this episode pivoted from “perfect dinner table conversations” to something much simpler and more profound: the role food plays in how we love, gather, and remember.

I take a look at the Blue Zones and the long, healthy lives that are built around community, as well as s...

TW: grief, loss of a parent

Today’s episode is a deeply personal one.

In this episode, I share how becoming a writer wasn’t born from a lifelong dream, but from a quiet nudge I'd felt after having my first daughter. But that nudge unfortunately collided with a moment that changed my family's lives. After the unexpected loss of my father-in-law, and alongside my best friend experiencing the same of heartbreak of having lost her own father, I found myself searching for words to explain grief to my children… before I had even processed it mys...

Now boarding a direct flight to your main character energy… please check all emotional baggage (and loose rocks??) at the gate.

For years, I was living like the supportive best friend in my own life; self-aware, giving great advice, and emotionally…unavailable to myself. lol. love that.

In this episode, I’m getting into how therapy, specifically EMDR and somatic work, helped me stop intellectualizing my feelings and actually feel them—aka step out of survival mode and into my own life.

We’re talking trauma, generational patterns, unpacking the baggage we’ve gotten way t...

Girls’ Night Out in your 20s: dancing on tables, bonding with strangers in the bathroom.

Girls’ Night Out as a mom: dry heaving after 2 glasses of wine, if you get home after 10 pm, expect to nurse a 24-hour headache the next day.

In this episode of Drafting Motherhood, I’m sharing my personal evolution of GNO, from chaotic nights out to savoring connection through conversations over shared desserts and espresso martinis.

But it’s not just laughs…we’re also getting into the science behind girls’ night and why spending time with friends has real psych...

Motherhood’s a wild ride; one minute you’re crying over baby pictures thinking “Omg how did they get so big??” the next you’re googling if it’s normal to be overstimulated by your own name.

In this short intro, I’m sharing what Drafting Motherhood is really about, who it’s for, and why these conversations matter.

So whether you’re waiting in the car-rider line, taking your first solo dump in a week, or reheating your coffee for the third time, have a seat, sis. Let’s talk about it.

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