All The Things With Working Mom Olivia Carlson

This week we are joined by Olivia Carlson. We talked about all the things she has experienced in motherhood from premature birth, NICU stays, food allergies, breastfeeding, pumping, supplementing with formula and extended breastfeeding all while being a busy outside the home working mom. I know that everyone will be able to find something to relate to with her story.  Olivia is a real estate broker in the City of Chicago. Originally from Jasper, Indiana, Olivia first moved to Chicago in 2002 for an internship opportunity at an Architecture Firm and fell in love with this city. After finishing her bachelor's degree in Interior Design from Purdue University, she moved permanently to the Lakeview neighborhood. She met her husband, Scott, in 2005 at Park Community Church, where they are both active members. They’ve been together for 15 years and have adorable two children, Theodore and Meredith. They currently live in Roscoe Village in a hundred year old row home that they completely gutted and rebuilt over a two year project. Olivia loves working in real estate because she is able to directly invest in her community, friends and family. She loves helping clients find their homes in the city where they can thrive. Her experience makes her a valuable partner on construction projects, for investors and private clients, alike. Olivia loves to travel the world with her husband. Their favorite trips have included Greece, Italy and Israel. She enjoys being with her family, playing tennis, eating at new restaurants, running on the lake front path and seizing the day!  Connect with Olivia on IG @oliviadail & @oliviaschicago and online at www.oliviaschicago.com Follow us on IG @fitformotherhoodpod Join our community at www.fitformotherhood.com Shop Esembly diapering systems head to www.esemblybaby.com and first time users can get 10% off your order using code FFMPodcast. To try out Firstleaf head to the link in our IG profile @fitformotherhoodpod and click on “6 bottles free wine”. You will be taken through a few steps to pick out your perfect wines and will receive your first 6 bottles of wine for free, you only pay for shipping. 

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Hi friends, welcome to the Fit For Motherhood Podcast!!! Thank you for taking time out of your day to listen, we are SO excited to have you with us! We have been friends since early childhood, grew up together and are currently the moms of littles 5 and under. A LITTLE BIT OF INFO ON US Ali lives in central Illinois with her husband, Matt, and their three kids (4, 3 & 1). She is a part time hair stylist and spends the rest of her time at home with her kids. She is an enneagram 9w1. Alyssa lives in Chicago with her husband, Grant, and their two toddlers (3 & 1). She works part time as a pediatric oncology nurse and is also a certified holistic health coach & life coach and the owner of Grounded Roots Coaching. She especially loves working with women during their first year postpartum. She is still trying to figure out her enneagram. WHY ARE WE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE TOPIC OF MOTHERHOOD? • We’re MOMS • We’ve both experienced difficulties in our journeys as moms and have felt alone in dealing with those challenges. • We’re tired of the perfect images that are crafted on social media to which we find ourselves comparing our lives. • For Ali, she has become more self-aware in the last year or so and is tired of being dragged along by life. She has challenged herself to find ways to be more proactive about her mental and physical health because she realizes how much those things affect her ability to parent effectively. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS PODCAST? • Letting moms know that they are not alone in questioning their fitness for parenting • Encouraging other moms to know that we can do the hard things of motherhood, even when we doubt our abilities. • Sharing practical applications and also ideas that can be helpful in keeping ourselves mentally and physically fit for motherhood. We would love to have you with us every week as we talk together through topics that are important to us (and hopefully you!), interview other moms who are walking through all the different issues that come with the different stages of motherhood, and bond together over the things we have in common that truly make us fit for motherhood.