259 - The Truth About Becoming Your Mother w/ Jessi Cruickshank

Barb Knows Best by Michelle Maros & Barb Schmidt

May 26, 202600:32:35Education

Comedian Jessi Cruickshank joins Barb and Michelle backstage at Lynn University for a raw, funny, and unexpectedly emotional conversation about motherhood, performance, anxiety, and becoming the women their mothers raise...

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