We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Jordan Morgan. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Jordan below.

Jordan, appreciate you joining us today. If you had a defining moment that you feel really changed the trajectory of your career, we’d love to hear the story and details.

Becoming a mother changed the trajectory of my entire life! I went from using my Bachelor’s in Biology and working in science labs to being a stay at home mom and trying to navigate motherhood.

I struggled, very much, in the transition to Mom. I suffered with PPD & PPA and later was diagnosed with PTSD. Since then I’ve had another child, and experienced less postpartum issues that round, but still struggled. My kids are almost 5 & 3 now and some days are still hard!

Motherhood changes everything about your life. I floundered in that and was lost for a few years. I wasn’t myself. But once I sought help through therapy, medications, friends, family, and lifestyle changes, I was able to recognize I could work to change things not only for myself but for other women struggling in the transition to Mom like I did (and still do most of the time!).

So truly I guess you could say that becoming a Mom defined my professional career. I went from scientist to stay at home mom to now a working from home mom.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I am a very proud wife, mama of two humans, one dog, and one cat. I love to be outdoors, travel, spend time with family, sit on the front porch, take a nap, do some yoga, write, and you can always find me at church on Sunday.

Married at 19 and mama at 22, I’ve spent the past few years in the thick of marriage + motherhood. My kids keeps me on my toes daily and if I’m not running around after them, then I am inevitably dealing with our human-like animals or trying to spend five minutes with my husband.

I try to find humor in all things and keep motherhood real – the good and the bad.

I struggled in my transition to Mama and found ways to soothe my soul with writing & yoga. So, that’s how this blog and Mama Yoga were born. The goal? To help women on the motherhood journey feel less alone.

My B.S. in Biology, extensive trainings, and struggles & triumphs in motherhood have both uniquely qualified me and led me here.

My goal is to help moms feel less alone. Motherhood, especially women that stay home with their kids, become isolated and depressed. I know this because I did myself and it was a total struggle!

My yoga class offerings open a door for a new mom to find community. She enters a safe space and finds other women in a similar phase of life. There she can find support, understanding, no judgement, and safety. I’m proud of the friendships I see being built in my class series.

Women are stronger together. Motherhood is easier when we are honest about our experiences, especially the hard ones. Authenticity about my motherhood journey, both triumphs and struggles, is so important to me. I want moms to feel comfortable talking about the hard things and know that they can come to any of my classes and be heard, valued, and honored.

If you could go back, would you choose the same profession, specialty, etc.?

I think I would! My degree in Biology has given me a deeper understanding of human anatomy than most and it has been invaluable when approaching almost every aspect of yoga. It’s been nice to build upon my college foundation.

And I’d absolutely go through an additional prenatal and postnatal yoga training again. It gave me so much more appreciation for women and all of our individual journeys through motherhood. My training also had a doula focus, so I learned a lot about birth and labor and how to help soon to be mamas lead themselves into motherhood.

Helping moms feel empowered and less alone is something I’m very passionate about.

Putting training and knowledge aside, what else do you think really matters in terms of succeeding in your field?

Authenticity. Women, especially moms, are tired of the social media picture perfect life.

Moms need to know they aren’t alone. They need to know that everyone else has a house that’s a disaster, the kids don’t behave, there are issues at school, that marriage after kids is a rollercoaster, and that we all do things we regret as we raise our kids.

No one wants fake motherhood. We want to be able to be honest, open, and authentically ourselves. Women need space to be just who they are – without any pressure to feel like they need to change.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.jordanmorgan.com
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/mamayogatn
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/mamayogatn