Emma Grede

Like I have a lot of sadness and I have difficult times and I feel guilt and I feel fear.

And so I think that when we constantly project this idea that everything is amazing and Instagram ready and you are just like,

you know, rolling from one amazing thing to the other.

It's not helpful for other women.

And when you are in the kind of throes of your life and trying to do important stuff, it's hard.

Like you get down, like I go down and that's just life.

What does your down look like?

I think for me, it's probably, you know, when I was younger, I used to suffer terribly from migraines.

And I would almost use a migraine as an excuse to like get out of like the, you know, the kind of pattern of my work and my life for a few days.

So I would just like go to bed.

You know, now that I'm older and I have kids, I...

And again, it's sometimes hard for people to kind of take, but it's like, I am like right at the top of my list, like me, myself.

And I'm kind of unapologetic about it because I can't be good for anyone unless I'm good for me.

So I listen to all the signals.

I know when I'm going too hard and I will counsel something.

I will say, I'm not going to do this.

This doesn't feel good for me.

I'm not getting on that plane.

I'm not doing that thing.

Because I have to be constantly checking in on myself.