If you've ever worried that becoming a parent means losing the adventurous parts of yourself, this conversation is the antidote: Julie mountain biked through both of her pregnancies, and she's built a community of thousands of moms proving you don't have to shrink your world after kids.

Julie Bacon is the founder of Mothership Collective, a community helping moms stay connected to the outdoors, adventure, creativity, and themselves through motherhood. (And they fully embrace "alien disco ball vibes" as feral moms.)

Julie and Angie talked about:

• What moms are missing in traditional outdoor communities
• The viral climbing-wall photo that drew hundreds of critical comments a day
• How pregnant athletes can modify sports
• The hardest parts of the first year of motherhood
• Building the Mothership: a viral reel, a 10,000-member Facebook group, and 160 Rally the Village events across North America in one month
• What outdoor brands get wrong when talking to moms and why honesty beats polish
• Her pep talk for new moms: you don't have to wait, and you can start small

Check out these resources:

• Mothership Collective
• Mothership Collective on Instagram: @the.mothership.collective
• The Cairn Project on IG
• The Cairn Project's newsletter
• Become a Trailblazer
• Summit Scholarship Foundation

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You can help us close the gender gap outdoors and beyond:

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• Check out the Summit Scholarship Foundation.
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