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.
Episodes
12 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...
Letting Go of Perfection and Finding Support in New Motherhood | Amanda Nguyen
In this episode, I sit down with Amanda Nguyen, founder of Butter& and Discover Pastel, to talk about the emotional journey of new motherhood and the pressure so many parents feel to get everything right.Amanda opens up about the st...
Managing Allergies, Finding Resources, and Building a Community | Josh Lasker
In the second half of this conversation, Josh and I dive deeper into the realities of parenthood and why no one can do it alone.Josh talks about building a reliable support team, finding the right resources, and learning to adapt when p...
Superdad Mode: Managing Allergies, Daycare, and a Startup | Josh Lasker
In this episode, I sit down with Josh Lasker, founder of Sapling Energy, to talk about what happens when parenthood doesn’t go according to plan.Josh opens up about the emotional rollercoaster of raising a daughter with food allergies. ...
Bottle Feeding, Guilt, and Finding Yourself Again | Asha Woodall
In the second half of our conversation with postpartum doula Asha Woodall, we get real about some of the most emotionally charged parts of new parenthood: feeding decisions, guilt, and identity.Asha walks us through the rea...
Navigating Parenthood with a Postpartum Doula | Asha Woodall
In this episode, we sit down with postpartum doula Asha Woodall to talk about what really happens after you bring your baby home.This conversation gets honest about the emotional side of early parenthood: the parts no one...
Travel with a Newborn, Postpartum Struggles, and Reconnecting as a Couple
In this second part of our conversation, Sammi and I continue sharing what our first 5 months with Atlas looked like, but this time, we dive into the messier, more unexpected moments.We talk about how we managed to travel across Japan an...
The First Months, The Sleepless Nights, and The Doula
Sammi and I originally recorded this episode just for ourselves and close friends as a way to document what our first 5 months with Atlas really looked like. We weren’t even sure if we would ever publish it. Atlas is now 13 months old… and here...