Mandy Moore shares some of the lessons she’s learned as a parent.
On Thursday’s episode of Chelsea Handler’s podcast, dear chelseaMoore, 38, spoke about her touring life with her husband, Taylor Goldsmith, and their two sons, August 1 and 2-month-old Oscar (“Ozzie”).
Moore admitted that the biggest difference between working as a teen pop star and now working as a mother of two is her determination to prioritize her physical and mental health while working for extended periods of time. In June, Moore canceled the remaining tour dates, telling fans that being pregnant on tour “made it very difficult to continue”.
“I know I have to put my family and my health (and my baby’s health) first, and home is the best place for me right now,” she wrote on Instagram.
“As if in any other part of my life I would have totally ignored that little voice until now,” she explained. “I’d say, ‘No, I’m going to put everybody else’s expectations ahead of my own,’ and I’d continue serving in the military. It would probably be fine, but I feel like I’m a better woman and wife and mother and stuff because I kind of listened to that intuition and took that time for myself.”
This This is us star then highlighted the importance of mothers seeing that other mothers prioritize them.
“As women, I realize that other women draw these boundaries and say, ‘No, I can only do this much. I’m human. I can make mistakes. I need to listen to myself and listen to my body,’ and so did I,” she said. When you do that, you “give it to other people,” she explained. [the idea] to give them the same permission.”
Moore has spoken publicly about how prioritizing her mental health has made her a better mother.
Speaking to Yahoo Life in September, just weeks before giving birth to Ozzie, Moore began balancing work and home life.
“I totally understand the privileged position I’m in,” he said. “Being in a job position where I can have my child and then be allowed to bring him with me – with support of course – so I can connect with him and care for him, nurture him and spend time with him when I’m not working – I know that’s not the situation most parents are in. I’m grateful and I accept that. But yes, I think like any working parent that balance and guilt is real.”
Shortly after Ozzie’s birth in October, Moore took a closer look at her birth by posting a series of photos from her hospital bed with her newborn on Instagram.
He captioned the post “One month with our Ozzie”. He included photos of Goldsmith hugging their newborn baby and a picture of Moore, Goldsmith, and Ozzie with their doctors and nurses to the post.
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