In this week's episode, guest Angela Accomando shares the ups and downs of her motherhood journey — a path that has been rooted in resilience, strength, and love. 

You'll hear about:

• The relationship that as Angela shares, "never should have happened" — with a man 23 years her senior, when Angela was just 16 years old.
  
  
• How Angela's early childhood left her longing for the connection she saw that parenthood could offer her.
  
  
• Her experience as a young mother to 3 children, and the challenges of building a business while raising kids. 
  
  
• Angela's harrowing journey through abuse, including the complexities of love and codependency, and the impact of her experiences on her children. 
  
  
• Reflections on Angela's path to healing, the struggles of parenting after trauma, and her eventual journey to find love again. 
  
  
• Angela's advice for those in an abusive partnership who are weighing the Kids or Childfree decision.
  
  
• The role that mindfulness and self-awareness have played in shaping these latter years of Angela's life.

As mentioned in the show:

Find Angela on Instagram at: instagram.com/angelaccomando

Learn more about Conscious Parenting expert, Dr. Shefali: drshefali.com

Domestic abuse resources:

USA: 
https://www.thehotline.org
https://www.domesticshelters.org/

Canada:
https://www.sheltersafe.ca/
https://ihealapp.ca/

United Kingdom:
https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/
https://www.womensaid.org.uk/womens-aid-directory/

Europe:
https://ec.europa.eu/justice/saynostopvaw/helpline.html


About Angela:

Meet Chef Angela Rivera-Accomando, the CEO and founder of Golden Meals. Golden Meals provides organizations with food boxes and prepared meals feeding community members struggling with food insecurity. She has also worked alongside former New York State Senator David Carlucci and Assemblymember Ken Zebrowski in 2019. That partnership led to the change in law to help victims of domestic violence file reports for crimes made against them. She has seamlessly merged her passion for nourishing people with a commitment to social justice—a convergence she never anticipated.

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