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15. Lili, 31, shifted her marriage timeline and focused on her career before having her first child.

15. Lili, 31, shifted her marriage timeline and focused on her career before having her first child.

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Meet Lili. She felt called to the caregiver role and remembers wanting to be a mom as early as 6. In this episode, we talk about her thoughts on motherhood, career aspirations, and her relationship journey with her husband, Gustavo.

Topics include:

  • ​Holding the duality of feeling the joy of being engaged and having concerns voiced by her family from the age gap between her and Gustavo
  • ​How Gustavo proposed to her...twice!
  • ​Her decision to work on her career to become a marriage and family therapist before having her first child
  • ​Observing her parents interacting with her son as grandparents and how it differs from her childhood
  • ​Listening to parents' difficulties of raising young children through her occupation, and facing her own struggles after giving birth


Listen to her husband's, Gustavo, episode here: Episode 7

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