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Melanie Fiona, Codie Elaine Oliver, Felicia LaTour and Ashley Chea dish on parenting and being a part of The Mama&#039;s Den podcast.

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00:00Since we live in LA, it has been quite a new year.

00:04Yeah.

00:05In the, you know, obviously the first two weeks we all spent, we all spent it in an

00:11anxious place.

00:12Right.

00:13Thankfully none of us lost our homes, but I would say that for me, recognizing that

00:20anxiety, recognizing that everyone was impacted by knowing multiple people in Los Angeles

00:26who lost homes and by that period of constant evacuation notices to our phones and texting

00:32friends, the wind is picking up, like really just all that uncertainty has left a mark.

00:38And I think the first thing for me is recognizing that, um, and, and letting it be right.

00:44Like breathing through those, those memories that are going to continuously pop up as it's,

00:49as we're still not out of the woods, as they say.

00:52Right.

00:53And so I am just trying to stay in that space of gratitude of how can I help those impacted

00:59because I know so many and, um, and taking it one day at a time, one hour at a time.

01:06When we were in that period, it was like one hour at a time.

01:08Now at least it can be one day at a time, but grace and space for myself and my family.

01:15I think for me and my family, it was, it's been, I think a reality check.

01:21I think for the thing that I keep saying is like, it's the possibility of sudden change.

01:26You know, things can be one way, one second, and then they can be another.

01:29So being grateful and present in each moment is really important.

01:34Um, that's very, very important, I think to me on a regular basis, but that really, um,

01:41became amplified during the beginning of the year.

01:43And I also think just understanding and feeling grief in a different way, you know, most times

01:48often we think about grief, um, from losing someone or something like very close to you,

01:54but the, the, um, wave of grief that you can feel for devastation for those around you,

02:00um, the compassion, the empathy, sympathy, all of it, um, you know, I think is also counteracted

02:06by showing up in the ways that you can be mindful, um, keeping those in thoughts, showing

02:12give what you can, how you can, um, energetically what you put back into the world after something's

02:17been lost.

02:18So I think with my children, you know, just trying to find small joys throughout the day

02:22and recognizing that being together and healthy and safe is a joy and a blessing every single

02:28day.

02:29So that's kind of been the, the theme from the beginning of the year for us.

02:32Love that.

02:33Love that.

02:34Love that.