September '26 #AskAtara

I almost feel like I need to apologize to my followers because I feel like this year, um, has just kind of hit differently.

As you know, Chloe's birthday is in NICU Awareness Month, as is my AFE anniversary.

And Claire was a NICU baby as well.

And I just really did not have the capacity to like go hard this year, go hard this year.

And so I just feel like on one hand, I'm kind of sorry that I'm not honoring it at the same time I'm self-caring.

So I'm kind of honoring it just in a different capacity.

And I, I think that's so important for our followers to know that's okay too.

It's okay to take a step back.

Even the night before my AFE anniversary, I called a dear friend and was just kind of lamenting and processing with her.

And I was like, you know, I don't even know that I have the capacity to release the episode tomorrow.

And she was like, you know, and Kathy, that's okay.

Now, in my mind, as a rule follower...

I did release the episode.

And

actually, it felt really good.

Yeah.

What'd you say? I said, good job knowing that about yourself.

Yeah.

At the same time,

it felt really good.

I was really, or am, really excited about the season premiere.

this season because I talked about how perinatal trauma doesn't have a trophy case.

And

comparing my two birth stories, one was more severe, medically speaking.

One was more life-threatening.