121: How to return to the water as a surf mom, sleep deprivation, & learning to love our bodies with Katharine Gerhardt

The Soul Mammas Podcast

In 2021 the pressure we put on ourselves as moms to be all and do all is at an all time high. Today’s mama is a longtime surfer who admits she is still adjusting to motherhood-after almost 3 years. Katherine Gethardt, mom of a toddler & former model/ actor, talks about learning to accept her new identity& body more openly. She also shares about how intense sleep deprivation in new motherhood can be, how co-sleeping is sometimes frowned upon, and how it's okay to not always fit into one motherhood box!

Today we talk about:

• Choosing to have a child later in life and being considered an "older mom"
• The identity shifts that went along with returning to the water as a new mama
• Learning to accept her new body postpartum and realizing that her former world in the modeling industry wasn't healthy for body image.
• Navigating the physical changes that go along with new motherhood
• How she chose to co sleep with her son and how it made her felt guilt.
• How sleep deprivation affected her personally, and how it can change our entire lives.
• How she tries to eliminate mom guilt from her life, but it's not always easy