Author and Storyteller, Alyssa DeRose

In this episode we talk with mom of 2 and author of soon to be released book- Momoir, Alyssa DeRose. Join us for a heart to heart conversation about the joys and struggles Alyssa found in motherhood, along with her journey first as a stay at home mom to rejoining the workforce. 

Alyssa DeRose—who is on a first-name basis with Jesus, the local garbage man, and her local Lululemon sales representative—is the Mom to two young boys, Micah and Levi. She has spent the early years of her stay-at-home motherhood questioning her decision to give up her career, making more mistakes than most, and somehow—with the help of her husband and a skilled professional therapist—managing to find freedom in her new identity as a mother. With her debut work, MOMOIR: A New Mom's Journey to Embracing Her Not-So-Perfect Motherhood, she brings her story of becoming a mother to life: with bravery, camaraderie, and a healthy dose of humor.

About her book: 

Written from the trenches of early motherhood, MOMOIR: A New Mom’s Journey to Embracing Her Not-So-Perfect Motherhood is the book every Mom needs within arm’s reach when she hears the baby cry in the middle of the night–AGAIN–and she finds the emotional and physical burdens of her motherhood (and her snoring husband) too much to bear alone. In her debut book, Alyssa’s magnetic transparency allows readers to access the intimate–and too-often glossed over–details of her “normal” Mom life in a way that permits us to become truer versions of ourselves. Providing a front row seat to her not-so-perfect journey of becoming a mother–through miscarriage and postpartum depression and marital stress and a surprise second baby–she shares her colorful story of motherhood with authenticity, faith, and a healthy dose of levity; three ingredients she has learned every mother needs to survive.
 
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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.