{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"YDGM Ep 024: Drea Clark","description":"\u201cI like to think I lead a very intentional life. And that isn\u2019t that it\u2019s not open to surprises or spontaneity. But I very deliberately chosen \u2026 and I\u2019ve been very lucky, I realize that when I say that. Not everyone gets to choose as much \u2018cause there\u2019s inherent struggle with being able to just to afford doing things like that. I get that. I love living by myself. I love setting my own hours. I love being able to keep everything clean and neat and how I want it. There\u2019s intention to those things. I really enjoy that." Drea Clark lives in LA and works in film. She's my sister's best friend from highschool and we've known each other for a really long time. She's basically considered to be part of our family. I asked her to be on my podcast for this current series of conversations with women who are not mothers, and she was totally enthusiastic to participate. I knew it would be a fantastic conversation, a fun one too, because Drea is just so articulate in just about anything.  Yeah. You ask her about anything, and she'll have something to say about it. And it usually makes you want to go, "Hmmmmm." I love Drea. She's fabulous. In this episode, Drea opens up and tells it like it is, raw, and direct, sharing her views on why she\u2019s not a mother and that she\u2019s very happy in her life without children. \u201cYou should live your life in a way that you feel bad for other people for living it differently.\u201d \u201cOh my God. I had it so good. My parents are legit good parents, and they are a very loving couple. So it\u2019s ironic to me that I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh you guys knocked it out of the park on both fronts. Do not take it personally that I am not replicating that,\u2019 because I remember telling them years ago when I sort of knew that I wasn\u2019t gonna have kids - I wanted them to know.\u201d If you want to get in touch with Drea or find our more about her, go to her website: dreaclark.com or find her on Twitter @thedreaclark  You can check out my website, You're Doing Great Mom and be sure to subscribe and write a review. I would be so happy if you all do that. Thanks, and see you next week! ","author_name":"You're Doing Great Mom","author_url":"http:\/\/youredoinggreatmom.com","html":"