Nursing, Motherhood and When Life Doesn't Follow the Plan With Amelia Boileau

<p>In this episode, Sam sits down with his little sister Amelia Boileau, clinical nurse and new mother from Roma, and walks back through the years that made her: the freedom of a Roma childhood as the only sister to two brothers, boarding school at Toowoomba Prep and St Margaret&#39;s, five years in ICU at Princess Alexandra Hospital, and the day a patient&#39;s brain came out of his head and landed in her hands and she knew she was done.</p><p>They talk about hitting 30 with none of the milestones ticked, sitting on her brother&#39;s kitchen floor and crying about it, and the notepad she pulled out to write ten things down about the partner she actually wanted.</p><p>They talk about Gus arriving two months later, the wedding, and the daughter she&#39;d wanted for a decade. They talk about the disconnection she couldn&#39;t explain and the shame that kept it hidden longer than the disconnection itself. They talk about the isolation of a beautiful rural property, the 10 days in Roma that were the best of her life, and a simple coffee with another human being as the thing that fills her cup.</p><p>They talk about the invisible calendar rural women are handed, the village they no longer have, and Sam&#39;s honest reflection on losing 50% of the woman he married when the first child arrived. They talk about the nervous system side of motherhood, the 60-day challenge with Gus before the wedding, and what Amelia has learned about presence as the thing her daughter actually needs, community as what the property alone cannot give her, and the safe place she&#39;s chosen to become.</p><p>Talk about it before it becomes shame. Fill your cup so your family gets the version of you they need. What&#39;s meant to be for you is meant to be.</p><p><br></p><p>Connect:Instagram: @rural__bridgeWebsite: theruralbridge.com</p><p><br></p>