23 Years Married, Entrepreneurs, Speakers, Filmmakers, Parents, and Best-Selling Authors with Christina & Edward Sledge - S6 E58

We have been married for 23 years and have been parents for 22 years. We managed two careers and two daughters while completing four degrees between us. We are now parents to a teenager and a young adult. MORE ABOUT THEM: Married couple, entrepreneurs, speakers, filmmakers, and best-selling authors Edward and Christina Sledge wrote and published their memoir, The Story of Christina and I. Their memoir is about triumph over tragedy. Both are first-generation college graduates. The high school sweethearts met in Brooklyn, NY. Their romance was predestined since they were both born in the same hospital, and their families lived within blocks of each other. They were also the first to obtain master's degrees in their families. They got engaged when Edward was a soldier in the U.S. Army while Christina was a senior at Temple University. They eloped two months later and have been married for twenty-two years. Edward and Christina founded Sledge House Media, a Maryland-based multiplatform entertainment company created to share diverse and compelling stories through books, films, TV, and digital and audio projects that highlight relationships, unique perspectives, and experiences. Together they have published seven books and produced two short films, with more on the way. FIND THEM HERE: Website:https://www.sledgehousemedia.com/ ( https://www.sledgehousemedia.com/) IG:https://www.instagram.com/sledgehousemedia ( https://www.instagram.com/sledgehousemedia) FB:https://www.facebook.com/sledgehousemedia ( https://www.facebook.com/sledgehousemedia) Twitter:https://twitter.com/house_sledge ( https://twitter.com/house_sledge) BECOMING PARENTS: Sharing stories about infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy, labor and delivery, bottle feeding, breastfeeding and relactation, self-care after birth, sex to get pregnant and after kids, birth options, to medicate or not to medicate, adoption, midwife vs hospital, the struggles, surprises, joys and exhaustion, and - holy cow - you’ve become a parent! WHAT NOW?! Jenn Taylor is Mom Of 18 (yes - 18 kids!). She has written the blog - Mom’s Running It since 2011, has been a published author since 2016, and host of the Becoming Parents Podcast since May of 2017. She is an NLP Practitioner, Speaker, and has 15+ years in the foster care sector as both a parent and a trainer. Jenn spent 12 years as a doula, lactation consultant, and CBE trainer in The Bradley Method and Birthing From Within, and ran LaLeche League meetings with a passion for supporting women who have become Moms. Jenn is grateful to be a Certified Birth and Bereavement Doula® to help families struggling with grief and loss, as well as an Adoption and Surrogacy Doula. She is also married to an amazing man in Reno, NV, and is a runner, minimalist, and healthy lifestyle enthusiast. CONNECT WITH JENN! https://linktr.ee/momofeighteen (https://linktr.ee/momofeighteen) Share your experience! I answer all comments personally and will select one to read at the beginning of the next show. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/becoming-parents/message