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Jul 2018
35m 11s

Facing Mortality and Your Own Truths

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Facing Our Mortality - Tova and Kristen love to talk about pop culture and motherhood, but in this episode they get real. Kristen reveals a major diagnosis in her family and how it's effecting her life and the realization of mortality, and Tova explains how much she enjoyed her break away from her kids. The two emphasize the importance of allowing yourself to feel your feelings, and a major parenting lesson in kindness to yourself. In Not-So-News Tova shares the tale of a proposal getting stuck/

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