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Becoming a mom can take your lifelong habits, chew them up, and spit them out. So how do you build new ones when there's no such thing as a typical day in parenthood?

In this Summer Rewind — our season one finale — Dr. Carrie Pagliano sits down with James Clear, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Atomic Habits. Carrie picked up the book thinking it was about business... and realized it was secretly written for every mom trying to find herself again after kids.

They get into systems over willpower, the four laws of behavior change, identity-based habits (casting a vote for the person you want to be), the two-minute rule, and how to set up your space to outsmart yourself. If you've ever set a goal to get back to movement in postpartum or perimenopause, this one was built for you.

Lane note: returning to activity looks different for everybody — loop in your maternity care team and pelvic floor PT as you go.

Time Stamps

1:00 introduction

1:35 setting habits for parents

7:20 life as a series of seasons

10:00 comparison on social media

15:22 navigating your identity as a parent

22:20 taking the first step to building the habit

27:25 scaling to build momentum

37:00 mental toughness as flexibility versus rigidity

40:15 James’ experience as a parent

CONNECT WITH CARRIE

IG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/

Website: https://carriepagliano.com

CONNECT WITH JAMES

IG: https://www.instagram.com/jamesclear/

Website: jamesclear.com

Atomic Habits: atomichabits.com

Newsletter: https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1

The Active Mom Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause & beyond for active moms & the professionals who help them in their journey.

This show has been a long time in the making!

You can expect conversation with moms and professionals from all aspects of the industry.

If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST!

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Thin evidence. Loud opinions. And a body that still wanted to climb.

That's where professional high-altitude climber Lotta Hintsa found herself when she got pregnant — wanting to stay active and keep doing her job, in an area where the research on altitude and pregnancy barely exists and everyone seemed to have a take on it.

In this episode, Lotta walks me through how she navigated her own risk tolerance: gathering what evidence she could find, weighing it against her body and her experience, and making informed calls instead of fear-based ones. It's an honest look at staying active on your own terms when there's no roadmap handed to you.

We talk about:

-becoming a professional climber

-motherhood as an extreme athlete

-advice based on evidence instead of fear

-losing contracts due to pregnancy

-losing followers after getting pregnant

-having a plan but not expectations

-finding your identity as a mom

🛟 Lane note: altitude and pregnancy is genuinely under-researched, and risk is individual. Decisions like these belong with your maternity care team — Lotta's story is her experience, not a guideline.

Time Stamps

1:00 introduction

6:34 thinking about starting a family as an extreme athlete

9:35 deciding where to go to for advice

13:54 concerns with oxygen availability

18:20 reactions of the climbing community and sponsors

27:28 last weeks of pregnancy

32:29 climbing a mountain versus having a baby

36:00 exercise and activity postpartum

43:22 expectations for competing as a new mom

48:59 surprises in motherhood

CONNECT WITH CARRIE

IG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/

Website: https://carriepagliano.com

Course waitlist: https://course.carriepagliano.com/RSAWL

CONNECT WITH LOTTA:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lottahintsa/

Website: https://youtube.com/@highaltitudexperience?si=WS0EbOlKWiDb1bHx

Substack: lottahintsa

The Active Mom Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause & beyond for active moms & the professionals who help them in their journey.

This show has been a long time in the making!

You can expect conversation with moms and professionals from all aspects of the industry.

If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST!

If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)

The Active Mom Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause & beyond for active moms & the professionals who help them in their journey.

This show has been a long time in the making!

You can expect conversation with moms and professionals from all aspects of the industry.

If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST!

If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)