Michelle Duncan-Wilson became a mom for the first time at 17 years old.\xa0She now has a 17 year old daughter and two sons, ages 8 and 3.\xa0\n\xa0\nMichelle will tell you she was \u201cnot meant to be a mother\u201d.\xa0While she is now thriving it took her years to arrive.\xa0She had to find her mothering soul and give it some room to grow.\xa0\n\xa0\nIn this episode Michelle shares:\n\xa0\n\nWhat life was like as a teen mom\n\nHow she crammed 40 years of life experience into her first 25 years of life\n\nWhat she wants her 17 year old daughter to know about being a 17 year old mom\n\nHow motherhood has been different, but not easier, in her thirties\n\nWhy we are not meant to mold our children, but to accept them in any shape they are\n\nWhy mothering pain is not for nothing\n\nHow she is currently thriving in \u201cevolution through motherhood\u201d\n\n\xa0\n\xa0\nLinks Mentioned:\nMichelle\u2019s Website: soulworkformoms.com\nFacebook Group:\xa0soulworkformoms.com/community\nInstagram: @soulworkformoms\nBook: Carry On, Warrior by Glennon Doyle Menton\nBook: Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton\nBook: Tears to Triumph by Marianne Willamson\nBook: Shift into Freedom by Loch Kelly\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices