Life, Marriage & Parenting After Loss with Brian & Lindsey Moon

Hey everyone, thanks for joining us for another episode of Fit For Motherhood. We hope that all you mamas who are listening had a wonderful Mother’s Day this past Sunday and that your families made you feel very loved.  We know that for many people MOther’s day brings out all kids of emotions. Many of you have wonderful relationships with your moms and daughters, but many of you also have either estranged relationships with your moms or they have passed away.  We wanted to do an episode for all the moms out there who have lost their own mothers in the hopes that it makes you feel not so alone. This week we are joined by two dear friends of Alyssa's, Brian & Lindsey Moon. They shared their stories of the loss of Lindsey’s mom and both of Brian’s parents along with his brother. We talked about how they have coped with the loss and grieved together as a couple, how they talk to their children about it and what they are doing to honor their memories.  Brian owns his own real estate and development company.  He and Lindsey live in Chicago, IL with their family.  He's been in the business for 20 years since graduating from University of IL.  When he's not working, he loves all things water, including surfing, sailing and standup paddle boarding. Lindsey is a SAHM to their 3 kids Parker (7), Declan (5) and Everly (3). Lindsey graduated from Taylor University and after college she worked planning events as a Conference Services Manager at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago for 10 years until both their boys were born.  While she is no longer working in hospitality, she has a passion for it in her personal life at home and loves connecting with other women who are in similar stages of motherhood. Connect with Brian by emailing him at brianmoon@kw.com Connect with Lindsey on IG @lindseymoon1 Connect with us on IG @fitformotherhoodpod Join our community at www.fitformotherhoodpodcast.com  

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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.