Podcasts by Big Little Choices
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Special Episode: Perfection Cannot Be Our Goal from 2020-01-03T01:00:03
Meet Alyssa. Early childhood educator, founder of Seed and Sew and host of Voices of Your Village podcast. She’s passionate about building emotional intelligence as young as infancy, and her ‘show ...
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Ep 35: This Is His Journey from 2019-12-20T04:47:25
Meet Neva. Business owner, accountant and mom to 4 adopted, multi-racial children. Neva shares an inspiring story of her son, Alex, who is a trans-youth.
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Ep 34: Going After A Life She Wants from 2019-12-06T01:00:03
Meet Melissa - Mom to seven and a LGBTQ activist. Melissa talks about being a mother to a transgender youth, their journey through the transition, adjusting to a new identity and the importance of...
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Ep 33: You Need To Take Care Of You from 2019-11-15T06:34:53
Meet Haley. A military spouse, mom to two and postpartum doula. She talks about how she got diagnosed with bipolar manic and how that has affected the choices she’s had to make personally and profe...
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Ep 32: To The Beat Of Your Own Drum from 2019-10-31T22:16:16
Meet Joey and Jesse. They share their story of being a gay couple, choosing to have a baby via a surrogate, the hesitations that came with it, and what life is like in this unconventional setup, fo...
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Ep 31: Your Journey, My Journey from 2019-10-17T22:15:18
Meet Mercedes. TV personality, real estate professional, and mother to Shams Francis. Mercedes talks about being a mother in the public eye and how that affects the choices she makes for herself an...
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Ep 30: You Are Stronger Than You Think from 2019-10-03T23:11:51
Meet Laura. Senior tech strategist, fertility advocate and mom to Owen. She shares her story on going through 11 rounds of IVF and 33 embryo transfers in order to have her son. It's a story of pers...
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Ep 29: Put Fear In The Back Seat from 2019-09-20T00:00:06
Meet Marianna. Mother, cancer survivor and founder of a sustainable children’s clothing brand. She shares her inspiring story of overcoming an unusual type of cancer, and then making an unconventio...
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Ep 28: Guided By Our Hearts from 2019-09-06T01:00:06
Meet Sophie. Mom to two girls, wine entrepreneur and owner of a spectacular vineyard estate at very the top of Sonoma Mountain. In our conversation, I talk to Sophie about her journey to starting S...
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Ep 27: I Owned The Whole Process from 2019-08-22T22:45:37
Meet Sarah: Author, musician, and mom to two. Sarah talks about her decision to have both her children via a home birth, a choice made by less than 1% of pregnant women in the United States. She ta...
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Ep 26: Just Take Your Time from 2019-08-08T19:00:52
Meet Julie: Humanitarian worker, mom to one and stepmom to two kids. Julie talks about her journey from the Scottish countryside, to war zones and finally San Francisco to be with the love of her l...
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Ep 25: Knowing What Feels Right For You from 2019-07-26T09:51:41
Meet Sarah A. Development advisor, equality advocate and mom to two. We talk about her choice to breastfeed her daughter till she was over 5 years and also to co-sleep with both her kids. Sarah off...
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Ep 24: To Be The Kind of Mother I Wanted To Be from 2019-07-12T01:00:04
Meet Rachel. Writer, Journalist and storyteller. She shares her story on why she chose to exclusively breastfeed her son starting from the day he was born. Rachel talks about the importance of havi...
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Ep 23: A Life of Intentionality and Purpose from 2019-06-21T00:59:59
Meet Monica. Mom to three biological children and foster parent to five. Monica shares her story of living a life of intentionality and purpose. One where she and her husband deeply care about givi...
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Ep 22: Love, Kindness, and Generosity from 2019-06-04T18:15:06
Meet Emma. Mom to her two sons and gestational surrogate to two other children. Emma talks about why she chose to become a surrogate, what makes the process challenging and why it matters to her, e...
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Ep 21: The Calling Of Motherhood from 2019-05-13T22:52:47
Meet Astaire. Mom to six kids. From being a teen mom to twins, a single mom with four kids, and now married with six kids, we talk about her journey as a mother. Astaire talks about the deliberate ...
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Ep 20: I Wouldn't Change A Thing We Did from 2019-04-18T16:13:26
Meet Anjali (again!). She was the first guest on our podcast and talked about her choice to travel the world for 7 months with her husband and two toddlers. Many adventures and explorations later, ...
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Ep 19: She Can Love, She Can Laugh from 2019-04-04T19:19:31
Meet Elena. Mother to Wynter and Nova. Winter has Down’s Syndrome and in our conversation we talked about the choices Elena and her family has had to make to have a child with special needs.
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Ep 18: He Came The Way He Was Supposed To from 2019-03-19T20:01:36
Meet Melisa. An adventure seeker, a business owner and a mom. She shares her birth story and why she was unable to stick to her choice of how she wanted to deliver her baby. We talked about the cho...
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Ep 17: Raising A Beautiful Wildflower from 2019-02-25T20:25:29
Meet Jaime. She had to make an incredibly difficult decision to amputate her daughter’s leg when she was 18 months old. Jaime talks about how nothing prepares you for choices like this, the importa...
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Ep 16: Where I Was Meant To Be from 2019-02-13T06:42:40
Meet Ishani. Raised in New York but raising her son in India. She talks about why it was important for her to move to India to start a family and the deliberate choices she has to make as a mother.
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Ep 15: The Right Thing To Do from 2019-01-19T00:56:14
Meet Meighan. She tells her story of a whirlwind international romance, an unhappy marriage and her choice to leave and become a solo parent to her two kids.
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Ep 14: The Greatest Gifts Of My Life from 2018-12-13T06:15:48
Meet Karen. She talks about her infertility diagnosis, the decision to adopt and the realities of having a mixed race family. She tells an inspiring and vulnerable story of how you can make unconve...
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Ep 13: I Didn't Want To Regret It from 2018-11-26T18:25:41
Meet Joyce. From a career in tech to starting an upscale Asian bakery called La Chinoiserie, she’s had to make many choices to follow her passion for food. She tells her story of leaving a financia...
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Ep 12: My Body My Choice from 2018-11-06T05:06:08
Meet Mari. An activist and feminist, she marches to the beat of her own drum. All her choices speak to her intention of ‘my body my choice’. We talk about her choosing to be a single mother by choi...
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Ep 11: We Were More Similar Than Different from 2018-10-04T23:58:42
Meet Sharon. Raised with a Jewish and American identity; she talks about her inspiring choices to marry an Indian, raise a child in a culturally mixed home, and the challenges of adapting to a life...
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Ep 10: He Grew Up And Did OK from 2018-09-21T22:10:58
Meet Neha. Mother to 3 kids, doctor and an unconventional educator. She didn’t want to conform to societal norms of where and when her kids went to school and instead found an alternative path to e...
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Ep 9: So Much Gratitude from 2018-09-07T16:15
Meet Rhea. Funny, genuine and smart. She talks about the choices she had to make when she had her son, Kai. And how prioritizing her child's needs over her own health was the only choice she though...
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Ep 8: The Lifestyle Didn’t Matter from 2018-08-21T23:27:30
Meet Lauren. She grew up with lofty goals and a desire to pursue a career that gave her status and a sense of achievement. A career in finance gave her all that until she realized that she didn't w...
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Ep 7: A Shift In Perspective from 2018-08-06T21:45:50
Meet Sheila. Political activist, brand strategist, animal lover and more. She talks about how she is redefining what family means to her and choosing a life that's exactly the way she wants to live...
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Ep 6: There Is Absolutely No Compromise (poor sound quality) from 2018-07-31T23:52:06
Meet Shilpa. An author, financial analyst, mother and homemaker. Choosing to raise her child on her own terms; with 100% of her attention and yet never feeling like she is compromising on time for ...
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Ep 5: An Identity for Myself from 2018-07-09T18:25:50
Meet Sirisha. A working woman from a conservative Indian family. She pushed boundaries in order to pursue her life goals - to be able to work, create an identity for herself and and be a role model...
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Ep 4: The Best Possible Outcome from 2018-06-27T05:31:47
Meet Madhavi. Designer, entrepreneur, mom and more. We talked about her journey with infertility, postpartum health and her choice to focus on rebuilding her identify.
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Ep 3: The Work Of Raising Children from 2018-06-13T17:58:37
Meet Inna. A mom who is passionate and giving. A mom who made a choice to drop out of a prestigious law program in order to give her full attention to her children. Being a stay at home mom is hard...
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Ep 2: The World Is Your Home from 2018-06-07T06:02:49
Meet Anna. An adventure seeker from an early age, Anna rejected the conventional choice of going to college when she was 18, to pursue a life that felt right for her. Many years, continents, states...
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Ep 1: You Are Only Answerable To Yourself from 2018-05-31T05:01:40
Meet Anjali. She made the bold choice of leaving her reputable job in order to travel the world with her two toddlers and favorite travel companion, her husband. She made this decision as it allows...
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