In their first year as parents, content creators Micah and Sarah Wallace have been navigating the beauty, intensity, and daily adjustments of raising a baby while sharing pieces of their life with millions online. The couple, known for their warm, comedic, and family centered storytelling, joined Motherly co founder Liz Tenety to talk about the reality of transitioning into parenthood, how they protect their boundaries in a digital world, and the faith centered values that guide their choices. In this honest conversation on The Motherly Podcast, they open up about the surprises of new parenthood, why vulnerability creates community, and how they hope their story brings encouragement to others.

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About the Experts:

Micah and Sarah Wallace are New York based content creators who share marriage centered and family friendly videos across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Their creative journey began during the pandemic after both previously working in musical theater and dance. Since then, their relatable storytelling has reached millions. They welcomed their son, Shelton, in 2023 and continue to build a community rooted in joy, connection, and intentionality.

Q&A

Liz Tenety: What surprised you about parenthood?

Sarah: I feel like everything. Because, if you have not done it, there is no way to prepare for it. I do not think you can read all the books and get all the head knowledge that you want. But when your little human is there and you are actually doing it, it is a completely different and unique experience.

Micah: Life is pretty easy, to be honest, before [parenthood]. But our life just feels so much fuller because of our son.

Liz Tenety: Micah, what was it like watching Sarah become a mom?

Micah: You are lucky enough to be a husband that gets to witness your wife give birth. That in itself is such a miraculous experience. But then to witness and see Sarah do something so, for lack of a better word, just so boss, I do not know, it is just amazing. I knew she’d be a great mom, but she exceeded what I even expected her to do. She does so much and she loves him so much, and it makes me fall more in love with her.

Sarah: It is going to make me cry over here!

Liz Tenety: You both share your parenthood journey online. How do you think social media has shifted how parents understand and talk about motherhood and fatherhood today?

Sarah: I looked to social media for so much because it has come to be a place where I can see other people’s experiences. It is nice to hear a few different experiences as you are going into something you have never done before. Our goal with what we share is to give people the sense that we are all in this together. We may be very different people living very different lives, but we also have so much in common.

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Liz Tenety: You have shared openly about experiencing a miscarriage. What was that like for you as a couple?

Micah: It was pretty overwhelming. The amount of stories and feedback that we got from several people that have gone through something similar helped us feel like we were not alone in it.

Sarah: What we got back was a hundredfold of that feeling. I felt so uplifted after sharing that experience by the people who shared their experiences with me and were so encouraging.

Liz Tenety: Tell us a little bit about how you got here. Did you ever imagine you would both become creators and build this online community?

Micah: Social media was never on our radar. It was never the plan. We met doing a national tour of Beauty and the Beast. Then we were pursuing acting and dance, and an online business. Then the pandemic happened, and it kind of halted things. And that was when I was like, well, I’m home now. I’m not working. I’m bored to tears. I always liked making silly videos and I would send them to our friends, so I’m like, well, let’s post on this app that nobody follows us on, TikTok. And it was a video from our honeymoon that kind of took off. And then we started gaining followers, and that was when I was like, oh, this could become something. 

We posted two or three pieces of content every single day for a full year on TikTok and Instagram and YouTube. We never had explosive growth. We just were consistent. We’ve posted every single day, I think, pretty much since then. And now we have gotten to a good place now where we’ve gone back to focusing on quality versus quantity. And we’ve been doing it full time and it’s which is such a huge blessing to be able to do something that we love. It’s been very, very cool.

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Liz Tenety: What do you think people misunderstand most about being full-time creators?

Sarah: I would say the time that is put into it. It is very easy because all you see is a quick video that is posted online. But the time that goes into it is hours.

Micah: A 15-second or 30-second video could take three or four hours. I do think you have to love it. If you don’t, I think it’ll eat you up just because of the consistency that you need to put out.

Liz Tenety: You are power users of social media. How do you create healthy boundaries for yourselves and for Shelton?

Sarah: I am constantly trying to not be on the phone in front of him. If Micah is editing, he will go in the other room versus having Shelton look at him on his phone. When I am in the playpen, my phone does not come into the playpen with me. If I need to get something done, I try to go do it elsewhere.

Liz Tenety: You talk a lot about marriage and parenthood online. How do you decide what to share and what to protect?

Micah: It is just having conversations before we do or say anything. Where is the boundary we want? What do we feel like would bring the most value without it being an overstep? Are we comfortable sharing this piece of us?

Sarah: What we are okay with now, we might not be okay with later. It is something we pray about constantly.

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Liz Tenety: Your faith clearly guides your work and family decisions. How does it shape the kind of content you create?

Sarah: Our goal is that our faith is the foundation from which everything else sprouts. We work to make our content align with our value system. Faith is meant to be encouraging and uplifting and bring people hope and joy. That is what we hope people get from our content.

Liz Tenety: You talk with millions of parents online every day. What message do you want to leave other parents with?

Sarah: If you have made a decision for how you are going to steward your family, be confident in that. Do not let someone else’s opinion shake your tree when it comes to where you know you want to take your family.

Micah: You will have some days that you will be the best parent ever and some days that you will not be. Just wake up in the morning and do your best. You are probably doing better than you think you are.

Liz Tenety: At Motherly, we believe parenthood brings out our superpowers. What are your parenthood superpowers?

Micah: I think my superpower is getting Shelton to laugh and be distracted when he is getting upset. I have a good ability to make him laugh and forget what he was being upset about.

Sarah: This is probably not unique to me, but I had no idea how much I was capable of doing at one time until I became a mom. I think I was a little bit afraid before I became a mom because I was never that little girl that was like, I can’t wait to be a mom. I knew I wanted to, but I didn’t want to rush it. And, for some reason, that put in my head that I wasn’t going to be as good of a mom as a woman who had had those desires as a young girl. 

So I think realizing that that is not the case. You’re gonna be the exact mom that your baby needs, and just because you have desire for a big career or a business and whatever, the desire to be an incredible mom and have things for yourself that that that make you feel empowered and inspired can coexist.

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