44 | Motherhood and purpose in a bilingual family – With @dorotheemarossero
RELEASED MAR 2, 2023
In this episode I am joined by @dorotheemarossero engineer, scientist, yoga teacher and coach. Dorothee shares her experiences:
- Pre-motherhood growing up in France
- Studying engineering and science while living and working abroad in the USA, Asia and Europe
- Her surprise pregnancy and move to Australia with her husband
- Motherhood as an expat navigating life in a bilingual family abroad
- Reflections on working motherhood, values and experience of mothering after the loss of her own mother
- How yoga influenced Dorothee’s life and her choice to pursue yoga teaching and coaching as a career during her second postpartum.
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Trigger warning
This episode includes discussion of positive birth stories, a challenging conception journey and loss of a parent.
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