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Transcript

Hi, I'm Violet, and this is the mediocre show. Hello, I am finally here recording my very first episode, and I am so excited, I kept giving myself excuses and kept giving myself reasons as to why I couldn't just hit record. All of these things kept getting in the way. And I realized, well, I am chronically depressed.

I have two children under the age of five and I'm living in a home that we're renovating. So basically it's never going to be the right time. I just wanted to explain what this first episode is going to be about and kind of what the show overall is going to be about and why you'll want to kind of stick around with me. I know some of you have been with me from the very beginning. You've seen my postpartum depression story. You have made me heard me on a couple other podcasts and then just, you know, following me on social media.

A lot of you already know my story.

But for those of you who don't know and for those of you who might be newer to the mediocre mom community, I basically started a blog September 19th over a little over a year ago to get my story out, not for any other reason, but to get it off my chest.

I had really bad postpartum depression with my second. And we will get into the details and the nitty gritty of that on a different episode. But we had a really tough time and I used the blog which actually started out called Perfectly Mediocre, to get my story out there, to get it off my chest and to feel better. It turns out, though, that so many people resonated and understood exactly what I was talking about and started messaging me and commenting and telling me how they were going through the exact same thing.

And some of these people I've known for many years. So it was shocking to me that so many of us have gone through something that just nobody is talking about. So I set off to talk about it. But when talking about postpartum depression, I realized we're not talking about most of the things that we need to be talking about. Mrs. Mediocre Mom is all about being real and honest and removing the filters and, you know, laughing when something's funny, but crying when it's sad and just being honest.

Mothers are going through this weird competition where they have to make everything look perfect all the time. They have to do all the right crafts and they have to have the perfect family photos and they have to make sure to have the the perfect caption on their pictures on Instagram, because they just want everyone to think that everything is fine when the truth is, is that they're probably drowning. We need to bring awareness to those who are drowning, which, by the way, is all of us.

We need to stop pretending like we're not, because the only way to get our head above water is to grab each other by the arms and lift each other up. So, yes, some of it is going to be serious. Some of it is going to be humorous. Some of it is going to be inspirational. But also there's going to be episodes where I'm just chatting with you because I also believe that no matter what, although we should work on ourselves and work on our lives and do better and be better, there's also plenty of time to take a break.

We don't have to be consuming personal development all the time. We don't have to be working on our marriage and listening to podcasts and reading books about parenting. And we can take a break from learning, too. So there's going to be a lot of episodes that you really gain something from. But there's also going to be a lot of episodes where just you and I are having a conversation like best friends, because that's what we are. I want each and every one of you who takes the time to even listen to me, to know me.

But I also want to know you. I want you to reach out. I want you to message me. I want you to subscribe to my text subscription list. I'll have all of this information out there ready for you. But the point is, is I just I don't want to just talk at you. I want you to talk to me, too. I want to know what's going on in your life, because the only way that we can do this together is if we all are honest about what's really going on.

Let's help each other. Let's stop putting each other down. Let's stop pretending like one parenting style is better than the other because it's not. The truth is, we're all doing it wrong in some way or another. It doesn't matter if you're Crunchie or the hovering helicopter mom or the free range mom or it doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter. You are not doing it right in comparison to someone else. In fact, like I said, we're probably all doing it wrong and we're screwing them up in some way. And at some point they will be seeking out therapy to talk about their mothers just like we do. Not a good joke, considering my only fan. And right now is probably my mom and my mom, you're the only one listening anyway, so we will have guests on.

We will hear inspiring stories. We will hear nitty gritty truth stories. We are going to laugh.

And I just really have a good feeling.

I know that this show is going to be great for us. Everything I do is for you. And so I just want to make sure that you know that and that you know that you can reach out to me anytime, not only to talk about personal experiences, but, hey, if you want me to blog about something or do a podcast episode over a specific subject, I would love to hear that, too. I just really think. That the bigger this community gets, the easier life is going to get, the more honest and the more fun and the less fake we can all be with each other, just the better everything's going to be.

So connect with me on social head to my website, Mrs. Mediocre Mom dot com and brush up on some of the older blogs and the older interviews if you haven't yet, just to kind of get to know me a little bit more. And I really look forward to releasing the first true episode, not just the introduction episode, but the first real episode that I want to say there'll be about 30 minutes because that's easier for moms and parents and and for people to do while they're while they're driving.

But the truth is, I think every episode will probably be a different amount of time. So we'll just have to see how that goes.

Also, if you're looking for an extremely professional podcast and a professional podcast host, I can refer you to a couple of those, but it's not going to be me.

So if you just want to stick around while I go through the growing pains of whatever all this is and editing and releasing podcasts and I mean, I'm entering a world of stuff I have no idea about, but if I keep waiting and keep watching videos, trying to learn about it instead of just doing it, I will never do it.

So let's make twenty, twenty one the year that we do it and we just say screw it.

So we will see you on the next episode, probably next week. And I just really can't wait to connect with all of you. Thank you so much for having me with you in the car. Or maybe I mean your ears and some ear buds right now or hey, maybe I'm even with you in the shower. Doesn't matter. I'm just happy we're together. So, yeah, don't be perfect. Just be better. All right. Bye.

Bye bye bye.