Hayley DeRoche embraces the joyful weirdness of parenthood

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Hayley DeRoche embraces the joyful weirdness of parenthood

On my podcast It’s a Lot this week, I was thrilled to interview Hayley DeRoche (who you might know as Sad Beige on TikTok) about everything from their creative process to working through grief, from fostering and adoption to what happens when your kids love Jar Jar Binks. It was a really fun conversation and I learned a ton from their perspective on creativity, parenting, community, and more.

Pick up a copy of her fantastic book, Dress Your Baby in Sage and Taupe: A Handbook for the Sad Beige Parent anywhere you get your books! You can even ask your local library to get a copy if they don’t have one yet.

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Eboni Jones Stewart gets real about pregnancy loss

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Eboni Jones Stewart gets real about pregnancy loss

This week on It’s a Lot, librarian and bonus mom Eboni Jones Stewart joins me for a very honest conversation about her path to becoming a bonus mom and her long journey of trying to get pregnant with a biological child of her own. We discuss the scourge that is Roblox, how special (and overstimulating) it is to have living room kids, the atrocious things people (medical professionals included) say to you after a pregnancy loss, and more.

In the second half of the episode, we explore how techno-optimists have ruined social media (and possibly the world) by never considering the consequences of their actions, and discuss how Ella has learned to use her privilege to speak up and uplift others’ voices.

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