God asks me to be faithful with what he’s given me—NOT what he’s given someone else.
Lara d’Entremont
My stance on talking about motherhood is that it should never, never be sugar-coated. When we aren’t honest about the ways our humanness intertwines with parenting, we do a disservice to mothers everywhere.
That’s why I want you to listen to this conversation with Lara d’Entremont. She wrote the book A Mother Held: Essays on Motherhood and Anxiety and she holds nothing back. Lara is super honest and super courageous as she talks about her personal experiences with pregnancy loss, anxiety and depression, difficulties with breastfeeding, obsessive compulsions, and so much more. What I love best is that she doesn’t offer pat answers or false positivity; no, she is a woman who has worked through these struggles with fear and trembling and has come out on the other side, ready to help us through it, too.
In this interview, we talk about:
What The Velveteen Rabbit can teach us about postpartum body image
The myth of self-sufficiency
Learning to stop “shoulding” ourselves
Why it’s okay to set the bar reeeeeeaalllllly low when it comes to hospitality
Our rational and irrational fears as parents (and how to handle them as they come)
What resonated most with you? Let us know in the comments below!
Show Notes
Connect with Lara on her website
Connect with Lara on Instagram @lara_dentremont
Buy A Mother Held on Calla Press Publishing
Connect with Deidre on Instagram @deidressecondcup
Buy The Shape I Take on Bottlecap Press (Deidre’s poetry collection on motherhood)
Episode 9: All The Things Moms Want to Say Out Loud with Lara d'Entremont