Brick By Brick
Welcome to Brick By Brick — a real, honest space for new parents navigating the messy, beautiful, and sometimes really lonely early days of life with a newborn.
If you’ve ever felt like you're supposed to “just know” how to do this: the feeding schedules, the sleep routines, the healing, the mental load, you’re not alone.
Here, we talk about what actually happens after the baby arrives: the physical and emotional recovery, the middle-of-the-night Google spirals, and the quiet moments no one really prepares you for.
Hosted by a fellow parent who's been through it, this podcast brings you grounded guidance, supportive stories, and practical tips: from hiring a doula, to staying connected as a couple, to safe ways to move your body and protect your peace.
No fluff. No pressure. Just the kind of support every parent deserves.
Brick By Brick
Latest Episodes
Essential Gear, Home Setup and Planning for your Relationship | 10 Essential Things Parents Can Plan For - Part 2
Sammi and I continue sharing the biggest lessons we learned as brand-new parents, especially during those first intense weeks after birth. We talk about feeding choices and how we used formula as a tool to help everyone get extra sleep, how to ...
Birth, Feeding and Sleep | 10 Essential Things Parents Should Plan For - Part 1
Sammi and I break down the essentials we wish we knew before the baby arrived. We had no idea how many decisions we would have to make until we were already in it.We talk about why having a flexible birth plan matters, how choosing the ...
The Balance of Twins: Marriage, Purpose, and Finding Yourself Again in Twin Parenthood | Amy Li
In this episode, I continue my conversation with Amy Li about what it truly means to find balance in the middle of parenthood. We talk about how a strong partnership and marriage can carry you through the exhaustion, and how essential it is to ...
The Shock of Twins: Discovering Twin Parenthood and Surviving the Early Days | Amy Li
I talk with Amy Li about the emotional rollercoaster of discovering she was having twins: from the shock and fear of a twin pregnancy to the overwhelming reality of life in the NICU. She opens up about how she learned to balance gratitude and a...
Generations, Growth, and Finding Yourself Again in Parenthood | Amanda Nguyen
In part two of my conversation with Amanda Nguyen, we dive deeper into what it means to grow through motherhood.We talk about the generational differences in how our parents raised us versus how we raise our children, and how those diff...