Life Chat 🧡 What's going on in my world? 💙 ASMR Whisper 

Happy Monday! 😊 Let's just hang out and chat about life a bit today?! 00:00 hellos and look around my office 02:10 Muse candle 05:10 This channel's community 06:40 Life after child 09:20 Invisalign 10:27 Construction 11:30 after Covid blessings 15:30 Zumba 17:09 Starling ASMR and lighting setups ru-vid.com 20:55 Apple candle 23:56 River ASMR 24:56 ASMRsense my sister 😁 ru-vid.com/show-UCDYwm5Vr1znuOkZLSsnqb2A 28:20 Mom visit and Russian speech 30:38 how am I? 36:50 Gratitude daily. simplicity and feelings 39:10 Future trips Thank you so much for being here! 💜

I don't know why, but it made me feel warm inside when you shared that most of your audience is women your age (including me! hi!). I also have a toddler, and I do relate a lot with what you share about parenthood and life. As I grow as an adult, more and more I'm grateful for the community of women in my life. Women power everything in this world, and we are so much more powerful when we come together.

fun fact for americans: when candles say "bougie", it's just because they're sold in canada too, so the labels legally need to have both official languages (english and french), and "candle" in french is "bougie", and "parfumee" is "scented". so, it just says "scented candle" XD

Mila figuring out who to speak Russian and English to and how to speak the languages are helping her brain function on a more complex level than someone who is only exposed to one language. I believe this will help her in more ways than one throughout her life. Many times, it may seem like kids are struggling (and sometimes they may need help), but I believe most of the time what appears to be a struggle may just be problem solving and foundation-building for them. It's really great that her dad is so supportive of that! Please do not be self-conscious about speaking Russian in public... the fact that you can speak something other than English surpasses the limitations of some people and creates insecurities in them, so try not to worry about them. You are doing great and just focus on doing all you can do to raise a beautiful daughter and family! [From my personal experience... My (American) English-speaking dad wanted my Korean mom to speak Korean to me so I could grow up bilingual. She didn't believe that was possible without it hindering my English. I was fine. After my parents separated when I was 7, she stopped speaking Korean to me and I lost it. For a few more years, I could understand it (in spoken conversation) but I couldn't speak it fluently or read it at all. Currently, I only know food names, commands, some basic phrases and what my mom says when she yells at me lol.]

You’re giving your daughter a wonderful gift to be helping her grow up bilingual, it’s worth it!

*Maria* I especially *LOVE* these relaxed whisper rambles. PLEASE Never feel like you have to make extravagant videos every time. Make content you love, and that you want to make! I think I can speak for everyone when I say that we love anything you do! I know I do!!

I wish we could talk more about how much we sometimes lose ourselves as first time mothers. Especially when we’re in our 30’s. It’s very rewarding but also very traumatic. We go so many years with our bodies being ours, caring only for ourselves and our spouses being able to do anything we want in our peace. Then you have a baby and everything becomes about them. You’re so tired, you have to relearn your body, and your hormones are out of control. But the love you feel is so rewarding. Watching them grow up and thrive is so rewarding and those little humans become your life. I love my son to the moon and back but sometimes I miss my old self.

This woman could make ASMR out of anything. This is amazing.

The way you described life after having a child is just so… 100%. Spot on to how I’ve felt in my life- being someone who was always “on top of everything” before kids, I felt like NOTHING was in my control after that! It’s magical and weird and beautiful and tough. It’s a relief to hear I’m not the only one! Sending lots of love to you and yours! ETA: and YES. The obsessive thoughts. Such a struggle for me too right now, worse than ever. You aren’t alone!

Машуленька! Так неожиданно 😊 Спасибо, спасибо тебе за добрые слова обо мне! И вообще за всё спасибо🤗❤ Я так горжусь, что ты гордишься мной 😁🥰

I love the update about Olga’s channel and why she got in to it. Hopefully her business picks up with restrictions lifting and she can do both. I absolutely love her videos. She’s beyond talented and I love watching her confidence and own style develop.

I don't know if you read this so far afterwards, but never in human history have we been flooded with negative news the way we are now. We get all the misery that happened around the world the passed few minutes presented to us all day. It's a lot of misery and many minutes. It's not really natural for us. You're not selfish for not listening to all of it. It's too much for most of us.

One thing I've learned as a parent (8yo son, baby due any day) is you can't borrow against future tragedy... I've found myself trying to think through exactly how I'd feel and react if some unlikely scenario happened, and I realize I'm trying to dull it like it I won't feel so bad if it really did happen. But you can't "pre-feel" pain like that, and in the meantime I've stressed myself out imagining it! So I shut those thought trains down now because it doesn't help anything. I've also been doing some short term counseling over Zoom because I'm having a lot of stress with pregnancy complication, and I had a good experience with therapy in my 20s, and would definitely urge anyone whose life and happiness is being disturbed by these kinds of thoughts to try to find a good therapist you connect with. Not everyone is the right fit but when you find someone who really understands you and how your brain works it can be amazing and help so much.

Maria- someone can have all the bells and whistles, the greatest background with all the props, expensive makeup and hair just done at the salon- the best camera and microphone and lighting set up money can buy, know which angles are most “attractive” but none of it means anything at all if they don’t have heart. I’ll pick you face to face, just woke up hair in a bun, glasses on with a cup of tea and a plain background (or just a room in your house) recording on your iPhone with one light on over pretty much everything else. You raised us. You’re our family. You’ve been there for us through and through and shared all the highs and lows of your life with us. You are our best friend, that feeling of wanting to go “home”. You’re who we feel comfortable with to be vulnerable. You are amazing. You are perfect. You don’t need to be like the others because that would mean you wouldn’t be YOU and we love YOU. The genuine, honest, REAL, loving, vulnerable, Maria. ❤️

while what you make on your channel is 100% your choice, as a longtime viewer, i really missed these chit chat videos when you weren't making them. they're my favourite, and i'm so glad you're making them again. thanks

Children are not part of my plan in life. I don't consider myself being capable of exactly what you described it takes to bring another human being into this world and take care of them. That is why I REALLY admire you Maria, and the rest of the people who embark in such complex yet fulfilling journey such as parenting. And being the absolute Queen of ASMR, established as a talented creator for so long, shouting out to new asmrtists like Starling (which I have been following for a while now) and to keep learning new things from them and even willing to put in practice their techniques says it all about what kind of humble angel you are. Gracias por existir, Maria ❤️✨ Abrazos desde Argentina 🇦🇷

It always kills me when you say you don’t have enough close friends in her life. You honestly seem like the greatest lady any woman would be lucky to get to know and call a friend xx

Today is a national holiday here in Brazil, I was trying to take a nap and suddenly got the notificiation for this video! I got so excited because I forgot today was a Monday, haha! Maria, you always brighten my day, thank you for your amazing videos!

I love these types of videos. I also feel a huge lack of in person friendship at this point in my life. It’s difficult and lonely but, with this type of video, I honestly feel like we are best friends and just sat down for a chat haha. I hope after recording you get the same feeling. Sending you nothing but good vibes for the rest of the year and 2022!

Girl. It is SO hard keeping and maintaining authentic friendships after having children. I’m talking real, no pretensions, true friendships…especially with people who reciprocate. You’re not alone, I hope you know that. And you bring friendship to many people just through the screen. Keep keeping it real mami!

Having Maria talk about how adorable her daughter is, was probably the cutiest thing ever! I have a new 2 year old and I have loved the changes from 1 to 2 so I can't wait to see how much more he grows from 2 to 3. Plus I had a baby on 11/11/21

Oh Maria I love this. You are like a bigger sister to me. I could never describe in words what you truly mean to me, especially because English is not my native lenguage. But please never stop with these ramble videos, they’re my favorite. Thank you❤️

i love that despite everything, Mila can have a great relationship with her grandmother, and can practice Russian with her. It's amazing that Mila is catching on so well to the concept of language and the differences!

My favorite thing is just sitting in our living room reading while my son plays video games. Simply “being” and not “doing” together. He even “invites” me to do it. Those are the best moments

"Don't play with fire Maria." LOL Also, as a man in my "50's, I broke your analytics! My 28 year old daughter loves you as well!

I am male, 58 years old, and I enjoy your asmr videos as much as anyone else most of the time. And at my age, I have been experiencing natural visual, audio and tactile asmr as opposed to video asmr for longer than you and likely longer than most of your viewers as well. My observation over the years of experience as a standard person, adult and former parent is that we keep changing. Our perceptions change and our senses change and our views change and our beliefs change, and we will never know what it all will culminate into until the end, but we never return to our former selves.

As bizarre as this may seem, I’ve taken so much comfort recently, in telling myself that “I am not alone” in whatever it is I’m feeling.. whether it be stress regarding the kids, my marriage, money, the state of my damn house at times, my sanity! I just have to tell myself exactly as you once worded it in quite an old video of yours “there is someone out there experiencing it the same way you do” I cannot remember the video, but it is so damn TRUE!! Our struggles & feelings are not unique to us: there’s always someone having a similar issue or struggle.. and that makes me feel so much better every, every time. You’re not alone Maria🤍

Maria 💜💜 I am truly speechless, I’m happy that my work is inspiring to you and it’s the same for me too.💜 Мы с тобой напрямую ни разу не общались, хотя мне очень этого хотелось бы. Ты по-настоящему добрый и искренний человечек. Если тебе понадобится помощь с чем-либо, ты всегда можешь на меня рассчитывать 😘 я всегда на связи 😘 люблю 💜 спасибо ещё раз!

These rambly “simple” videos are actually almost always my favorite and trigger me most. Not sure why but it does!

I was just talking with my mom about friendships last night. Feeling a desire to have someone my age to talk to and rely on as a friend is something I’m lacking as well. It’s so lovely to be able to have friends that understand and care about you. Hang in there! You’ll come across your tribe! Thank you for all of your videos. I always enjoy them!! 💗

Not the same age as you. I’m fifteen years older, but your videos are still very relatable. As an HSP, ASMR videos help a lot. Thanks for that. 🤗

I related mostly to your obsessive thoughts comments. I suffered from Obsessive thoughts all my life, and never understood why. In 2020 I finally got my necessary OCD diagnosis, and began EMDR therapy (something I had never heard of before beginning- a hypnotic therapy I believe to be so underrated and extremely beneficial.) These two steps changed my life for the better in so many ways. I still have obsessive thoughts, but it’s so much easier to understand the true nature of where they are coming from versus feeling ashamed of them. I know this is pretty vague, but I thought I would share with you ❤️ Loved this video, big sis!

I don’t ever comment on RU-vid videos but I had to for this:: This is why I love Maria! She never jumped on the social media band wagon of Tictok and IG reels. She has remained natural and pure. So many people changed after joining that bandwagon where now all their videos are to make money! (Click bait videos etc) Keep doing what you are doing Maria!

I'm home from school with a cold, I've just been reading and watching Juno today. Love these types of asmr, will really keep me interested and relax when my body is hating me!

I have missed this kind of video soo much! I love it when you simply talk to us and allow yourself to just 'be' ❤️

Sometimes I forget how humorous and bubbly your personality really is with the professional roleplay videos. Seeing personal chit chat videos like that are refreshing. I don't have any friends either but watching you makes me feel better 🙂

To whoever is reading this comment, although I don’t know you but I wish you the best that life has to offer 💫🌟

I’m the same way with the news, Maria. I think deeply-feeling people (empaths) are hit harder with death, disaster, and destruction. It’s okay to protect your peace and sanity - there are problems that I can’t solve. Spending my time and energy obsessing over the pain is not productive or helpful to myself or the victims of the terrible event. Give yourself that grace!!

Thank you for being there for me the last 6 years I've been a viewer. I'm not close with my family so having your videos to turn to when I'm stressed really helps me.

These are my absolute favorite videos. You are such an intelligent and kind person. I could listen to you talk about life for hours any day of the week.

I’m just getting over Covid and it’s absolutely horrible. I was in the hospital for nearly a week. I definitely understand what you’re saying about having a new appreciation for life and having an anxiety level unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. It’s been very scary.

Beautiful Maria. I have 2 kids now 12 and 14. The time has flown as much as it was very very very slow. I can relate to all of your story. Particularly the drinking, the ups and downs of social media (not really any upsides I've realised) zumba!! Yay, and an ever moving and evolving life of family, friends and a constant mind. These challenges still exist and Im getting better at adjusting to them but I wanted to quote a very smart lady I listen to a lot. I have taken on her advice in terms of my own life journey and all things challenging. "Enjoy the process". Sound familiar!! Lol. You'll look back, and the little details we were anxious about in the past dissolve, and the moments and memories of the process to where we land are what we are left with and are cherished.

I love when you do these videos because it reminds me to slow down and savor the simple things in life (like having a quiet meditation watching a candle burn) 💖 Thanks Maria

There have been some great ASMRtists who have graced RU-vid but, in my 45 years of actively seeking the perfect ASMR tingle provider, you are without any doubt whatsoever... the BEST I've ever heard. The day that you decide to close up shop, will be a truly sad day. Thank you for being amazing Maria and Thank you for being my Unofficial Mental Health Therapist for the past 8 years!

Love the chit chat videos and your shopping hauls. They are the best 🥰 thank you Maria, I found you during my masters degree and now I’m starting the third year of my PhD - you have done me wonders!! Xx

I started watching you in 2013 right after I had my first baby. I was so anxious and you helped me relax and fall asleep. I've been through a rough divorce and was a single parent for a few years. You have always been there when I needed a escape for awhile. I love hearing about your daughter and life!! I love your channel so much!

I find it so sweet that you, the Queen of ASMR, give shoutouts to other asmrtists that inspire you 💖 you’re so humble and down to eart 🙏

I understand feeling like you don’t have enough close friends. I’m a veteran military wife so I’ve been all over the place in the last decade+ so I have lots of acquaintances, but close friends are far fewer because we always wind up on opposite sides of the globe. Your videos, especially videos like this one, make me feel like I have something in common with another woman my age, same sleep-deprived parent problems, same 30something woman daily struggles and laughs. Thanks for helping me feel not so alone. My son absolutely loves you too. We’re both mega-fans! Thank you for the comfort and peace you bring to millions of us, and special thanks from a military wife & son who you’ve been unknowingly connecting with and truly helping for years now ❤️ you are an amazing human. I’m sure you don’t even realize how many people, most of them perfect strangers, absolutely love you for the comfort, love, and sleep you help us to find when we need it ❤️ much love! Happy Holidays 😊

Maria, you are a light in my life. I lost my brother and mom this year as well as going through a separation. It’s been a doozy but I’m staying strong. Thank you for helping me to sleep. 💞 I have two young kids myself and I love to hear about your experience in motherhood. I can so relate!! Xx

I’m hugely lacking friendship too. Hard in adult life without meeting people at work. Stay at home mom life isn’t super social.

Having a child will definitely put you on a rollercoaster of emotions. I wouldn't change it for the world! My son turns 2 on my birthday and I'm so glad we share that day together. Being a dad is awesome♥️

Being a mom and partner myself, everything you talked about struggling with this year speaks to me so deeply. I have struggled so much with how to be healthy and happy for my family-and be the best me. Thank you for your candor, and being a positive voice in this platform 💗

I agree with you, Maria. River ASMR was one of my favorites, too, and I really miss his channel. His voice and gestures were melodic and soothing. His videos were well thought out and executed, clever and witty. I hope he reopens the channel to at least bring back the old favorites, if not to treat us to new ones, as well. I've been enjoying your sister Olga's channel, she has such a peaceful presence. I'm sorry you've been going through so much. I can empathize. This last year or two has been especially rough. I wish for peace of mind and inspiration for you. All the best.

Maria, I have had such a hard time over the past week. I'm a first time momma who suffers with postpartum anxiety. I had to leave baby to go go to work last week after 10 months with her. It's been... Almost impossible. But then I hear your gentle voice and you make all the anxiety go away for a while. Thank you so much!!

Maria - it is also so great to hear you talk about life. I love these videos that you do once in a while. You mentioned that your daughter Mila is still with you in your bedroom - No matter what people say - enjoy those moments as long as you can. She will eventually go to her room, but every moment you have with her near you is a great moment. The bond you have with her is something so unique and wonderful. The more you can build it, the better. SHe will eventually be in her room and sometimes with the door closed doing her own thing. The moments you have with her now will build the bond between you both and her. When she needs to speak to someone and when she needs someone to just hold her and let her know it will be OK - that bond you spent time building with her will be the reason she chooses to come to you and just hug you... maybe with no words. Some parents wonder why their children do not connect with them like that, but these connections are built over the years and developed. Openness is something that is forged from the beginning. It IS possible, of course, to develop it later but so much harder, and it is not present when she needs to have it. The love you show her and the love you give her by being with her and close to her, letting her know you are there and letting her indulge in that well of love you have for her will stand her in great stead later in life. She will know that she is loved. It will be a knowledge that is with her at her core. That love will mean the world and help her to be her best. We have only a few years to show our children how we love them and what love is. WE have only a few years to help them show love to someone and know what real consistency of love can feel like. They are children for a short time. In the blink of an eye, they have grown up, so I love hearing you enjoy being with her. You sound like a wonderful mother, and I wish you every success. Nothing is wasted, and every chance you take to encourage and strengthen is a valuable deposit made. Just my two cents worth ...... It is not the exclusive and definitive truth ... it is just my opinion, experience, and learning.

I LOVE all your videos and the work you put into them but I always find myself going back to these chats! I think there’s something so comforting about a chat with a friend and after all these years, I feel that same comfort with you! It’s so great to hear what you’ve been up too, I will always be hear to listen :) ❤️

Thank you for being so open and honest about your life after having a child. We are hoping to start a family next year and it's good to hear the realness of it all. Also, these types of videos are my favourite! Lots of love, a lady in your age bracket 😉

It's so nice to listen to you chat. Your smile is contagious. 💗

I think it's so lovely you chatting away. It's like you're sitting right here. So nice hearing about your achievements, your downtime, your daughter as she grows. Keep doing what you do. You're like a best friend Maria. You help so many people by being real 😘😘

I adore your gentle chats and updates. Been watching your videos since pretty much the beginning and have had the privilege to see all the changes in your life. Thank you so much Maria for letting us be a part of your internet family and for just being you.

I often think about what it would be like to meet you. I’ve “known” you for so long that I can’t even put into words what I would want to say. You are my friend, I think of you often, and always wish you the best. Thank you for all you’ve given us!

Maria, I would love to see a video on raising a bilingual child from your perspective. I understand that it would suit more the other channel but it would be so nice to hear from you how you’ve been raising your kid in 2 languages! 🥰

LOVE when you talk to us on a personal level in your videos, it’s both relaxing and interesting at the same time

This is amazing. Thank you Maria!! You're truly an ASMR genius, even just talking normally is enough to trigger tingles! ☺️☺️

"I just wanna be". Such a mood Maria, I feel the same way!

I just love this girl and her sweet “chats”.

I love these chill videos. It feels like hanging out with a friend 💚

ive been binge watching all of your videos from 6-7 years ago, and i was just thinking about how much i missed the casual vibes so much. this was such a lovely surprise (as are all of your videos) and i’m so thankful for every single upload 💖

“She had a different idea.” Parenting in a nutshell. 😂 But for real, if everybody sleeps and is happy, why change it? That’s a huge win!

I love these casual chats you have with us 🥰

I love these types of ASMR videos! It's always nice to get updates about your life ❤ Hope you're well

Maria I absolutely LOVE these type of videos. They always come in time for when I feel like I need a good sit down chat

Not crazy Maria. It doesn't let up, no matter how old your children get. Then they have their own children and the momma bear feelings intensify. This journey we call life is filled with love. Keep finding your blessings and remember God loves you.

I’ve never had a strong relationship with my sister, so I get a lot of big sister vibes from you throughout most of your videos! She’s not girly in any way (which is totally fine), but it’s nice learning about hair, makeup, skincare, and color theory from you!!! I hope you are doing well and know you always have support from us 🥰🥰🥰

Love your honesty, Maria - your videos have helped me to relax during a time of being unwell, going through loss and the stresses of being a mum in these times of COVID with lockdowns and homeschooling etc. Thank you for being so open with us all, please continue being your warm, authentic self and I have no doubt it will serve you well! 🤗

I love the soft intimate feel of this type of video It’s so close and you feel You are listening to a friend talking Thank you Maria xx❤️

All of our children slept in our bed or in our room. There’s nothing wrong with it and it won’t last forever so enjoy it while you can!!

The day I found out that I was going to be a father, I was freaking out inside, because I knew I had to become the best parent that I could be. To calm myself down, I discovered your ASMR videos that day. It’s the coolest thing imaginable to see how you’ve become a parent now. We’re all grown up now!!

This was one of your most heartfelt chats. I LOVED it. Thank you for your warmth, love and kindness. You are a beautiful human being.

I've been subscribed to you since 2017, when I was at my lowest. You have really helped me in so many ways, and I absolutely love hearing about your life in videos like this. Even though us subscribers don't know you personally, I really feel like we are all friends. It's extremely nice and comforting. You and your community is truly beautiful.

One of the best decisions I made in the last couple of years is to stop following the news. You become aware of most of the major news passively anyway because you still hear people talking about them, see headlines in passing, etc. And if you feel like you ought to know more about something, you can always go look it up. But I realized that I don't actually need to keep up with the blow-by-blow news, I don't need to scroll through it every day, with all the news articles competing to see who can make us the most scared and depressed to get more clicks while adding no actual new information. I noticed when I stopped paying attention to it, I was basically just as informed as before, but SO MUCH happier. A religious community can be great too. I am not really spiritual at all, but religious communities are some of the best, and only, real COMMUNITIES left. I think a lot of the alienation and purposelessness people feel is just that they don't feel like part of any real-life communities anymore. Online communities help a little, but it's not the same as a group of people you go to meet with every week, who you trade babysitting duties with, who you help through hard times, with a real diversity of people where you all have to learn to get along instead of everyone loudly proclaiming their opinions and then blocking each other any time they disagree. Personally, I really wish there were some kind of religion where you could get that without the spiritual stuff, which has never appealed to me. Unfortunately, that kind of thing doesn't really seem to exist (and any time someone tries to make one, it just become an obnoxious atheist convention). Forget "spiritual, but not religious", we need more places for people to be "religious, but not spiritual"! But if you're looking for a more spiritual community too, then even better! There are a lot of them out there to find!

God bless you, Maria. You’re such a wonderful soul!

I’m 23 now and I’ve seriously been watching you since I was like 15 😭 it’s crazy to think you were my first asmr artist ever. You’re seriously the only artist I can fall straight asleep to. It’s so crazy to think how long I’ve been watching you 😭

Maria: you are SO right about the ages of 2-3 being the “magical times”. My kids are 8,9, and 11 and I miss those young years TERRIBLY now🥺 You have a great perspective though when it comes to being thankful for the “little things”. I don’t dwell on the HUGENESS of the world, I focus on the little things I can control and give thinks for the little things. Even though my kids are getting older, I still relish the time I get to spend with them every day. My youngest daughter fell asleep on me Saturday night….and I LOVED it. Each picture my kids draw of the family always shows a happy family, full of smiles and sunshine. To me: that shows me how THEY are viewing the world and their family. And that shows me IM doing an okay job. Thanks for doing all you do, and thanks for doing these little chats! I love seeing the human side of things, and love hearing the updates from your family! Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!

I hope we get another decorating us as the Christmas tree video again this year... That was such a great video!!! ❤️💚

I had my first child in 2020, daughter, and I’m definitely obsessive about her safety. Especially with covid. It’s a lot, but we still get up and it it every day ❤️

Omg yes! Can’t wait to hear about your life. So relaxing!

Maria, you are such a breath of fresh air & you inspire me to be a better person. I have learned so much from you in the years that I've been watching your videos. You introduced me to the world of ASMR & w that came so much more. Your kind, humble, beautiful heart has renewed my spirit more than once. Your videos bring me peace & calm but also remind me of what is most important. I know that I have grown as a woman, as a daughter, as a wife, & as a friend bc of your videos. I am forever grateful to you & your videos. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of the time effort & energy that you put into each one. You are truly a gift to so so many. Lastly, these are my absolute favorite types of videos. Thank you for every single one. Blessings to you & yours Maria. 🧡

I’m 52!! ❤️ I am unable to have children so sometimes I feel sad that I’ll never have this quintessential female experience. I also have come to appreciate the advantages of childless living.

Probably 3/4 of the world’s parents sleep in the same room as their little one. Not from choice, but for logistical reasons. It’s only we, in the West, who are fortunate enough to have another bedroom. Whatever suites your family is right for you. That’s all that matters. 🥰

Casual videos are my favorites💙Very relaxing thank you for that🌃🙏

I love these types of videos and feeling like you're just right here with us and just talking about life💜 I can feel your love radiate through all of your videos and especially in these more "personal" chit chat videos. You absolutely light up and glow when you talk about Mila🥰

Firstly, I love this video. Your openness and willingness to connect as well as this microphone -its amazing and so crisp! Secondly, I am with you. I go through a lot of your same concerns as a mother with mom guilt. You help so, so many people and I just feel that you are an incredible mother to your daughter. I also love that you co-sleep! This is actually really healthy. I did this for awhile and my daughter is super independent now. 🌹🌙✨

As a parent of an almost 4 year old girl, I feel this in my soul. I'll wake up in the middle of the night sometimes because of anxiety that bubbles up over the safety of my child. It's overwhelming at times, and you are absolutely right when it comes to information: ignorance is bliss. Parents stress enough about imaginary scenarios where something catastrophic happens to their child without hearing information that helps to affirm those fears. Worry not, mama bear, it's completely normal and unavoidable as a parent I'm afraid. Just keep your head up and remember that you have those feelings because you care about her which is how it should be! Try not to let it consume you.

my absolute FAVORITE type of video from you! I’ve been rewatching all your life updates this past week for some reason. I’m happy for a new one! thank you for all that you do Maria ♡ I was half asleep and remembered that you posted today, so I turned on my phone and saw this video! I can’t wait to watch it.

My son is 2 and sleeps in our room, in his own bed. He's been sick a bunch so it helps so much when he needs something.

Hi Maria, I am from Ireland 🇮🇪. If you decide to travel to the UK 🇬🇧 & stay in London It is only a 1 hour flight to Dublin there is so much culture & history to experience in Ireland😁. London is also an awesome place to visit so much to see & do. 😘

Your smile is so warm and kind - thank you for posting your videos, as they make me feel happy and calm.

Please make MORE of these CHIT CHATS! I listen to these on repeat! I absolutely love the casual nature of these videos.

You need to visit Pembrokeshire in the UK. It’s in Wales and it’s very beautiful!