Ask Me How I'm Really Doing: A Mom's Podcast

I used to think ambition meant spreadsheets, hustle, and crossing off goals. But this week, ambition looked like whispering a dream to myself while Estelle clung to me. I never planned to quit my job. I thought I was just taking a year to bond and breathe, but here I am...still home, still mothering, still building something from scratch. And in the middle of that mess, I found something I didn’t...

I made this episode in the quiet glow of a humidifier, sitting on the edge of a spare bed in Virginia while Estelle slept beside me. It was day eight of solo parenting, and everything felt raw. No sisters. No backup. Just me, my baby, and a t-shirt I hadn’t changed in three days. But somehow, in that exhaustion, something lit up inside me and I followed it. If you’ve ever felt like your dreams are...

I recorded this one from the edge of a spare bed at my mom’s house in Virginia, in a t shirt I hadn’t changed in three days, while Estelle napped beside me with her tiny hand curled around my shirt. It was day eight of solo parenting, and I was holding so much. Not just my daughter, but the ache of what I’d quietly put down since becoming a mom. I didn’t plan to write that day, but something spark...

I am recording this right after dinner, right before bath time, squeezing it in while my partner distracts our daughter for just fifteen minutes. This feels full circle because tonight I am talking about how we redefine success for our children by first rewriting it for ourselves. When I started this podcast, I knew I wanted my daughter to grow up seeing her mama dream out loud, try new things, an...

I can still feel that gut drop when I sat in front of a campus computer and saw my classes were dropped because my tuition was unpaid. I was fresh off move-in day, full of dreams, and my dad looked at me and quietly said, “We might have to go home.” My heart said no way. In this episode of Ask Me How I’m Really Doing , I am sharing how that stubborn hope carried me through unpaid bills, financial...

I still laugh about how hard it felt to name a tiny person I’d never met. I remember sitting at my computer, nine months pregnant, blankly scrolling baby name websites while sipping my morning latte and wondering, who are you in there? In this episode of Ask Me How I’m Really Doing , I’m telling you the truth about how Estelle got her name, why I didn’t find out her gender, and what this name mean...

😬 I almost didn’t hit record today. My daughter and partner had just come back from a run, and I was hiding in the other room trying to grab a moment (and a cookie). I’m recording this in the same outfit I’ve worn for four episodes because that’s what batching looks like right now. I’m learning to honor this season as it is, not as I wish it would be. If you’ve ever felt like you were supposed to...

☕️ Hey friend, I recorded this after finally catching a quiet moment—one I almost filled with noise and doing. My daughter was with my partner, and I felt that familiar pull to “use the time wisely,” to run and be productive. But instead, I paused. I cleaned. I breathed. I gave myself space to feel. This episode was born from that moment. The kind where you realize you’ve been carrying too much a...

🥹 This episode was recorded during one of those sacred nap time windows and to be honest, it might be one of my most personal ones yet. I talk about the mirror moments that made me pause, the postpartum fog I didn’t expect, and the slow, quiet ways, as a mom navigating early postpartum identity loss, I’m reclaiming my beauty and worth. From forgetting to brush my teeth to finally getting my nails...

🏝️ Someone once told me that maternity leave was like a vacation. I was six months pregnant, sitting at work, and I remember thinking— vacation? Girl, no. I’m not heading to a beach. I’m about to give birth. This episode of Ask Me How I’m Really Doing is me pulling back the curtain on what maternity leave really feels like: the emotions, the mess, the identity shifts, the exhaustion, the unexpecte...

I recorded this episode of Ask Me How I’m Really Doing after nursing and tidying up, after one of those quiet moments when the house finally felt still. And even in the stillness, I found myself aching for something I hadn’t named out loud, a real mom friend. Not the kind who talks only about bottles or bedtimes, but the kind who looks at you and really sees you . If you’ve ever felt the lonelines...

Episode 9: Choosing Me Meant Changing Everything, Even My Relationship 🫣 Hey friend, I’m recording this episode right after Episode 8. Dinner’s done, baby’s doing her bath time & bedtime routine, and I’m back in front of the mic but this one’s heavier. I got into a big argument with my partner right before recording. And it hurt, because it was about the podcast. About the dream I’m building....

Some days are beautiful. Other days are brutal. This postpartum day was one of the hardest... I recorded this episode at the end of one of the hardest days I’ve had in a while. I couldn’t remember what my original outline was because the truth of my day completely took over. My only goal was to show up to record something honest while juggling life as a full-time mom to a nine-month-old who wants...

I’m recording this one while the baby naps and the house is finally still. I’ve been sitting with the story of how I became a mom and how nothing went like I imagined, how I broke down in ways I didn’t expect, and how I’m slowly piecing myself back together. This isn’t the birth story I dreamed of, but it’s mine. It’s real. If you’ve ever felt undone by motherhood or mourned the version of life yo...

Hey love, I didn’t always know how to name it The kind of weight that doesn’t show, but lives in your body, your breath, your bank account. The quiet pressure. The job of being okay for everyone but myself. This episode is about that. I’m taking you back to my early days navigating college with grit and not much money, stepping into motherhood with eyes wide open, and slowly realizing that I’ve al...

Hey mama, I almost didn’t hit record on this one. I told myself I’d wait until the background was cleaner, the lighting was better, or at least until I had a shirt without a stain. But something inside me said no. This dream can’t wait for perfect. This episode is for the version of you who shows up even when everything feels undone. It’s a love letter to the messy middle. The stretch of motherhoo...

☕️ Hey friend, welcome to the very first episode of Ask Me How I'm Really Doing: A Mom's Podcast! Today, I'm opening up about something deeply personal: those foggy early months of motherhood where every day felt exactly the same, my own version of "Groundhog Day." I'm sharing how I struggled with isolation, baby blues, and that desperate search to find myself again amid the beautiful chaos of ne...