Nap Trapped

2 weeks ago | naptrapped.substack.com | Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Hi my friends!Welcome to the second edition of my REPORT series here on Substack! I am making zero promises for how often these come out because I want to truly have stuff to SHARE! I want to be excited to write it for you vs. feeling tied to an imaginary deadline, filling it with fluff just for the sake of hitting publish, ya know?

1 month ago | naptrapped.substack.com | Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Hi my friends!I'm trying out a new format to make more space for other writing (šŸ‘€!!!) so let me know what you think! This will be a monthly feature where I share everything Iā€™ve been loving to consume, with little updates from my world as well! In addition to the monthly REPORT, Iā€™ll be sending out 1-2 more ā€œdeep diveā€ type posts like thisor this as well.

1 month ago | naptrapped.substack.com | Gordon Neufeld |Gabor Maté |Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Just like nearly everyone else on the planet, my husband and I recently finished Adolescence, the new British mini series explodingon Netflix. The show is raw, entertaining and incredibly well produced (each episode is filmed in just one take without any cuts) and has stirred up a lot of conversations online. If you haven’t watched it yet, you absolutely should, but I’ll give you my main takeaways (without spoilers although the show isn’t really spoilable).

2 months ago | naptrapped.substack.com | Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Before diving into this weekā€™s piece on self-care, I thought it would be helpful to hear from some of you! I realize I come from a place of immense privilegeā€” I work on my own schedule, my husband is a stay-at-home dad, I have access to childcare etc.

2 months ago | naptrapped.substack.com | Rachael Shepard-Ohta

This week I posted to Instagram “rating” my transitions with each new baby from 1-10, 10 being the hardest. Wheeewwww there were so many comments and they were ALL. OVER. THE. MAP! I was shocked at how so many people could have such similar experiences but then how many people had the complete OPPOSITE ratings that I had. It goes to show that this is so individual and depends on lots of factors.