Kids & Family
#011: This week's guest is Jennifer Tracy, who lives in Los Angeles with her 10-year-old son and their two sweet rescue dogs. In this episode, Jennifer shares all the chapters of her motherhood story, starting with how she learned she was pregnant, to loving pregnancy (and pregnancy sex), to a quick, unmedicated birth, and then into a difficult and lonely postpartum period. She reveals exactly what led her to seek help for postpartum depression and all about her path to recovery and rediscovery of herself. Jennifer also shares about learning to hold exquisite space for her son’s panic attacks which stem from his ADHD diagnosis and how she nurtures herself inside of it all. Jennifer’s sense of humor comes through as she confesses to what embarrasses her as a mother, and her heart shines as she shares what she loves about her son at 10 years old. Finally, since Jennifer is a writer and creative consultant, she talks about what stirs her creativity, shares the inspiration from her own life that sparked the spicy and provocative idea for her novel, and offers practical tips for how others can begin to unlock their own stories.Jennifer Tracy is a veteran actor, writer, producer, and content creator. Starting her professional career at the age of 14, Jennifer ‘learned by doing’ and began honing her eye for composition, mise en scène, and narrative form. Jennifer received her Bachelor of Science in Screenwriting from Boston University, also studying cinema in specialized programs in Australia and France before moving to Los Angeles. Auditioning, acting, and working in TV and films for 30 years has deepened her skill set, as well as 10 years of conservatory-level improv performance, writing, producing, and performing in L.A. Women, her 2 woman sketch comedy show for 7 consecutive years in Los Angeles, writing scripts for TV and film, self-publishing a series of novellas on Amazon and more recently finishing her first novel. Jennifer also co-created one of Hollywood’s most successful Special Effects companies, Imagine That Enterprises, Inc., supplying major films and TV productions with script breakdowns, effects talent, materials, and equipment.Jennifer doesn’t do anything half-way, and she credits eight hours of sleep per night and rising at 5 am each morning for the amount of prolific creative work she churns out. That, and a steady diet of PG Tips with milk and raw honey. (Oh, and chocolate, as needed.) Testimonials from Jennifer’s creative consulting clients speak volumes. Her passion for story and unveiling vulnerability through narrative form fuels her work with clients and networks. Jennifer’s talent for teasing the story out of a writer/creator is unmatched. She has a gentle, yet palpable, electricity in her sessions whereby she elicits depth and a fresh perspective when often the creatives thought they had reached a stalemate.The Ultimate MILF: Jennifer’s popular podcast, MILF Podcast (Moms I’d Like to Follow), is now well into its second year of production, with over 55,000 downloads. Jennifer interviews moms on the show each week, sharing women’s stories of motherhood, sexuality, entrepreneurship, and captivating the ears of thousands of people worldwide. These raw and real conversations about sex, gender roles, and the social construct of motherhood as seen by culture, are all themes Jennifer mines in her novel, Honey Pie. Some notable guests have included Kathryn Hahn, Cobie Smulders, Shannon Watts, Jenna Elfman, May Lindstrom, and more.For the links and show notes for this episode, head to: http://beingmompodcast.com/podcast/episode-011