Postpartum, Celebration & Creating Connection | Madison Gonzalez | Part 1

How can we embrace celebrating every part of ourselves (even the parts we don't feel like celebrating) as a way to recognize our full humanity?What connection happens when we share our most vulnerable parts with others, especially when we are still in the middle of figuring them out? How can we make time to pursue creation (in any of its many forms) as a way to "check-in" with ourselves and reflect?...Madison Gonzalez is a poet and the author of Dear Mirror; the Executive Director of Morning Light Inc., a non-profit located in Indianapolis, Indiana that provides end-of-life care to those in hospice; a mother to two (very lucky) kids; and Abbie's former babysitter (among many other things). Madison has used her passion for storytelling and her aptitude for event planning to organize fundraising efforts for Morning Light Inc., including the highest-grossing fundraising events in Morning Light history. She also teaches her non-profit communication methods nationally to help other organizations advance their missions as well.In today's conversation, Madison shares how she learned to stop running from herself and listen to what her Postpartum Depression had to teach her.  Abbie and Madison discuss "the creative power of communication" and how we can think of our work and its impact using the metaphor of a dandelion. Madison talks about her book of poetry, Dear Mirror, and what it means to her. Finally, Abbie and Madison discuss the stories the world tells us, how those often become the stories we tell ourselves, and the new kind of story that Madison is hoping to tell herself (and her kids). ...Stories Lived. Stories Told. is created, produced & hosted by Abbie VanMeter.Stories Lived. Stories Told. is an initiative of the CMM Institute for Personal and Social Evolution....Music for Stories Lived. Stories Told. is created by Rik Spann. Find Rik on ⁠YouTube⁠....Follow Madison on Instagram!Buy Dear Mirror! Learn more about Morning Light Inc.Get Involved with Morning Light Inc.Email me! [email protected] me on Instagram!Subscribe on YouTube!Check out my website!Learn more about the CMM Institute.Learn more about CMM.Learn more about Cosmopolis 2045.Learn more about CosmoKidz.Follow the CosmoTeenz Fellows' work on Instagram.