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In this episode, Liz talks with actress Julie Bowen. Julie is a…
“I want to solve childcare. I want to invest in childcare. It is broken and people are finally paying attention.”
“There simply aren't enough hours in the day to do it all, let alone to do any of it well, let alone to enjoy any of it along the way.”
“Connection is the reason why we're here on the planet.”
“You just increased the human population by one. The least you can do is to take time off and take it slow.”
“You can't control everything. But I've also learned that we can shape environments to improve situations.”
“Learning to delegate a little bit at a time is something that we want to instill and teach.”
“I definitely don't have all the answers. I never will. And we created Motherly in part because we needed Motherly.”
“I think we try to hold it together so much that we make no room for our emotions.”
“Puberty is just another one of those growth things.”
“Just remember no one can ever take away from you what you put in your mind.”
“As our experiences change, ‘normal’ evolves. Therefore, so do we.”
“You can't change your parenting if you're not simultaneously working on reparenting.”
They are the anchor that keeps me connected to myself—and gives me reassurance that I am not alone on this journey of parent and motherhood.
“If it's important to me, then it's gonna be important to other people.”
“Whenever our dignity is threatened or we don't feel it's upheld, it is a form of trauma.”
“Understanding the difference between physical intimacy and sexual intimacy can make the world of a difference in a relationship.”
“Why do we not look at the whole person when they become a parent in the same way that we look at them before they become a parent?”
“I'm definitely going to be showing up as my unapologetic, glorious self every day. If you don't like it, you've got to take that up with someone else.”
