Ep. 65: How to Keep Your Identity, Creativity & Passion After Becoming a Mom - with Soldana | An American Mom's Story from Paris

Nina Krutan, a Filipino-American singer-songwriter and author raising her baby in Paris, gets real about pregnancy abroad, the French healthcare system, and what it actually takes to stay yourself through motherhood. No filter, no performance, just an honest conversation about identity, grief, creative life, and refusing to disappear into the role. If you're an expat mom, a multipassionate creative, or a woman who's tired of being told motherhood means giving everything else up, this one's for you. Why listen: How Nina navigated pregnancy in France as an American expat, and what the French healthcare system Behind-the-scenes on working with European brands as an American creative abroad, plus how Nina balances brand deals with her own personal brand How to keep your creative life alive through pregnancy and early motherhood without losing yourself in the process Real talk on the grief of leaving your old self behind, and how to welcome the new one without losing the parts that made you, you How to build actual community as an expat mom in a country that isn't yours Find Nina: Instagram: @iamsoldana Books: @soldanabooks Music: Spotify Find host Laura: Instagram: ⁠@laurafama