Turning Pain into Purpose with Dani Morin

March 8, 2023 / 57:50/E1

Trigger warning: in this episode, our guest speaks about losing her child that was only a baby at the time. If this triggers you, please consider skipping those time stamps, you can see them below.

Welcome to Unscripted Pivots. In the very first episode, I have Dani Morin as my guest. She’s a mom content creator, single mom by choice, child safety advocate, and breastfeeding clothing designer. In this first episode, Dani and I speak about the unscripted pivots in her life and how she was able to turn pain and loss into purpose.

In this episode, Dani speaks about:

[07:07] Her first unscripted pivot in life: pregnancy
[09:47] The experience of being a mom to her first baby
[13:42] Trigger warning: Losing her first child to negligence
[21:10] Trigger warning: How she turned pain and loss into her purpose in life
[29:55] Having her second child and doing home insemination
[34:10] The ripple effect of posting a video about fertility on TikTok
[39:33] Starting Zippy Mamma: her own clothing brand for breastfeeding moms
[46:30] How she became a TikTok travel correspondent
[51:48] What’s coming next for Dani

Unscripted Pivots [UP] takes a deep dive into how women can chart their career, marriage, and family and then end up in the most unexpected places as "life is what happens while we are busy making other plans." But no matter our unexpected detours, we can always move UP.