The Conversations We Should Be Having With Our Daughters (And Why I’m Done With Politics)
Here’s what’s been on my mind recently.
SEASON 1 | EPISODE 103
This week on Being Different, it’s just me.
I start by reflecting on emails from women who are overwhelmed, burnt out, and quietly drowning trying to balance work and motherhood. It took me back to a place I don’t love remembering: a time when I was exhausted, stretched thin, and trying to live up to a version of success that wasn’t actually working for my family.
We talk about what I wish someone had told me at 18. About preparing our daughters differently. About not structuring your entire life around two incomes before you even know what motherhood will feel like. About why honesty with young women matters more than empowerment slogans.
I also talk about the role of aunts, babysitters, and other women in shaping the next generation, and why cultural change might be more grassroots than political.
And then I pivot.
Because I’ve also reached a breaking point politically. I voted for Donald Trump three times. I defended him. But the handling of the Epstein files and the protection of powerful people has pushed me to a place I didn’t expect to land. This isn’t about party loyalty. It’s about children. And I can’t ignore that.
This episode is about family, cultural lies, personal responsibility, and the uncomfortable realization that sometimes the systems we believed in don’t deserve our loyalty.
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