Sep 9, 2026 · 49 min · 22 segments
Like many first-time parents, Sona Movsesian felt as if she was doing everything wrong. In this episode, she opens up about the challenges of conception and her C-section turning unexpectedly vivid…
Sona MovsesianGuestHillary FrankHost
I'm an assistant, I'm a podcaster, and I'm an author, and I'm very comfortable only admitting to one of those things, which is assistant, which is very telling, I think.
Sona still identifies as an assistant, even though she works more as talent now than behind the scenes.
She wrote a book about it called The World's Worst Assistant, and she's got a new book out.
Um, just like I don't think I'm the world's worst assistant, but to, to me, I feel like I am sometimes.
You know? And, and I, like, I really felt for you because I was like, "I can totally relate." I have a 16-year-old, and-
... like, I can relate to so much of this, like, um, feeling like you failed at childbirth or, like, y- that your, your body is, has screwed things up for you or, you know, that, that you don't know how to handle a tantrum.
Um, but then I was also like, I, I, I wanted to, like, jump in and be like, "Sona, no." Like, "No, you're a great mom.
I, I'm glad you said that, but it's the same way that people around you probably also wanna jump in and say, "Hillary, stop being so hard on yourself."
I'm an assistant, I'm a podcaster, and I'm an author, and I'm very comfortable only admitting to one of those things, which is assistant, which is very telling, I think.
Sona still identifies as an assistant, even though she works more as talent now than behind the scenes.
She wrote a book about it called The World's Worst Assistant, and she's got a new book out.
Um, just like I don't think I'm the world's worst assistant, but to, to me, I feel like I am sometimes.
You know? And, and I, like, I really felt for you because I was like, "I can totally relate." I have a 16-year-old, and-
... like, I can relate to so much of this, like, um, feeling like you failed at childbirth or, like, y- that your, your body is, has screwed things up for you or, you know, that, that you don't know how to handle a tantrum.
Um, but then I was also like, I, I, I wanted to, like, jump in and be like, "Sona, no." Like, "No, you're a great mom.
I, I'm glad you said that, but it's the same way that people around you probably also wanna jump in and say, "Hillary, stop being so hard on yourself."
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