🚲 Parenting Is Easier Outside: Mountain Biking Through Pregnancy + Building the Mothership Collective with Julie Bacon

If you've ever worried that becoming a parent means losing the adventurous parts of yourself, this conversation is the antidote: Julie mountain biked through both of her pregnancies, and she's built a community of thousands of moms proving you don't have to shrink your world after kids.Julie Bacon is the founder of Mothership Collective, a community helping moms stay connected to the outdoors, adventure, creativity, and themselves through motherhood. (And they fully embrace "alien disco ball vibes" as feral moms.)Julie and Angie talked about:What moms are missing in traditional outdoor communitiesThe viral climbing-wall photo that drew hundreds of critical comments a dayHow pregnant athletes can modify sportsThe hardest parts of the first year of motherhoodBuilding the Mothership: a viral reel, a 10,000-member Facebook group, and 160 Rally the Village events across North America in one monthWhat outdoor brands get wrong when talking to moms and why honesty beats polishHer pep talk for new moms: you don't have to wait, and you can start smallCheck out these resources:Mothership CollectiveMothership Collective on Instagram: @the.mothership.collectiveThe Cairn Project on IGThe Cairn Project's newsletterBecome a TrailblazerSummit Scholarship FoundationLike this episode? Leave a 5-star rating and review on your podcast app!You can help us close the gender gap outdoors and beyond:Become a Trailblazer. Your Adventure Fundraiser makes wilderness experiences possible for girls and women.Check out the Summit Scholarship Foundation.Send this episode to a mom you know — or somebody who's kid-curious.Make sure you subscribe to the See Her Outside Podcast so you don't miss a story!Follow on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsListen on: Amazon, Pocket Casts, iHeartRadio, other platforms