How things change when you become a mom

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When I first had my first child, my daughter, and I was hanging out with my old friends, my girlfriends, my single friends, I went through a very hard transition, because a part of me was trying to stay the same. I was trying to stay like hip and yeah, I mean, like not a care in the world. But the truth was, I was now a mom. I’ve just gone through this huge, you know, life-changing experience and I wasn’t the same. So it was kind of tough hanging out with my single girlfriends. So I had to regroup, I had to pull back for a second and I really had to check with myself what was going on. And what I came up with was that I had to allow the fact that I was now a mom to happen. And I had to allow my friendships to evolve to include this new part of me that was a mom. I couldn’t stay the same. My whole world had changed and I really had to honor that.

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Andrea Bendewald

Actor & Mom

Andréa Bendewald is an actress who has worked in television, movies and theatre for the past 15 years. Some of her credits include, Last Man Standing, Without a Trace, The Game, According to Jim, Two and Half Men, House, Entourage, CSI Miami, Center of the Universe, Men Behaving Badly, That '70s Show, Providence, Ellen, Friends, Seinfeld and Employee of the Month.

In addition to her acting career Andréa, is founder of MyEnchantedCircle.com where she brings the power of celebration to Angelenos by creating sacred ceremonies and facilitating transformational circles. She is happily married to actor/writer, Mitch Rouse, and is a proud mother to their two beautiful children, Tennessee Louise and Strummer James.

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