The Motherly Podcast

Tori Kelly wrote the bulk of her sixth album, God Must Really Love Me, after her son was 10 days old. This week on The Motherly Podcast, the three-time Grammy winner opens up about playing stadiums with Ed Sheeran throughout her entire pregnancy, hiding her bump under oversized jerseys, and the wave of inspiration that hit her almost immediately after giving birth. She talks with Motherly Co-founder Liz Tenety about learning to trade perfectionism for surrender, the spiritual meaning behind her album title, and what it's really like raising an eight-month-old on a tour bus.

In this episode:
(00:00) Postpartum Inspiration
(06:44) Pregnancy On Tour
(16:43) Album Title Origin
(25:40) From Perfectionism To Surrender
(31:22) Marriage As Teammates
(33:54) Mom Life On Tour Bus
(36:16) Rapid Fire And Wrap

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Kellie Gerardi was the first person to pump breast milk in zero gravity. But she almost didn’t have her baby. This week on The Motherly Podcast, Kellie opens up about the nine-year journey between her two daughters: multiple IVF cycles, pregnancy losses, and the "girl math" of timing a spaceflight around fertility treatment. She talks with Motherly Co-founder Liz Tenety about destigmatizing infertility, pumping breast milk in microgravity, and the surreal moment when she wasn’t on the same planet as her baby.

In this episode:
(00:00) Functional Hope
(2:10) Kellie Gerardi Interview Begins
(04:08) Becoming an Astronaut
(08:36) Two Dreams: Motherhood and Space Travel
(09:28) Secondary Infertility Journey
(12:59) Sharing to Break Stigma
(16:57) Finding Support and Resources
(20:29) Workplace Fertility Benefits
(24:35) Spaceflight Timing vs IVF
(28:58) How Infertility Changed Me
(31:51) Cosmic Perspective on Life
(35:12) Pumping in Microgravity
(38:34) Risk and Talking to Kids
(44:42) Rapid Fire Questions

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Tay Lautner passed her nursing boards in February 2020 — and was a COVID nurse by the end of that year. What followed was burnout, a PTSD diagnosis, and a mental health journey that eventually became a platform, a nonprofit, and a podcast called The Squeeze. Now she's pregnant with her first child, a girl, and thinking deeply about how everything she's learned about healing, self-care, and asking for help will shape the mother she wants to become. On this episode of The Motherly Podcast, she joins Liz for an honest conversation about the first trimester nobody warned her about, what it took to leave the hospital for good, and why she's actually excited for her daughter to watch her work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tara Overton went into motherhood as a self-described planner — and new motherhood humbled her fast. As COO of Ni-Q and MaiaMilk, she'd spent years working with overproducing donor moms before becoming a low-supply mom herself. In this episode of The Motherly Podcast, Tara talks about what it felt like when her body didn't cooperate, how she learned to swap her own expectations for grace, and what it actually takes to get freeze-dried donor breast milk safely from one mom's body to another family's diaper bag. Plus: why she's adamant that MaiaMilk is just another option — not another thing to feel guilty about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Busy Philipps has spent nearly three decades in Hollywood — but some of her biggest revelations have happened off-screen. In this episode of The Motherly Podcast, the actress and mom of two opens up about her late ADHD diagnosis, what it felt like to send her daughter to boarding school in Sweden at fifteen, and why she believes the greatest gift you can give your kids is being your truest self. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.