The podcast host, Alex Cooper, introduces her guest, Nara Smith, as a highly discussed internet figure. Smith then addresses and deconstructs the 'tradwife' label, clarifying her role as a working mother in an equal partnership. The video then pivots to Smith sharing a vulnerable story about her difficult experience with postpartum anxiety and feelings of disconnection, serving as a promotional trailer for the full episode.
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The internet has its version of Nara Smith, this is hers ❤️ This week, Nara joins Alex to share how she built her career from scratch, address the “tradwife” label, and set the record straight on what people still get wrong about her. She also opens up about her relationship with Lucky, navigating what to share online about her family, her experience with postpartum anxiety, and getting through one of the hardest chapters of her life. Link in bio to listen now.
Transcript
Nara Smith, welcome to ColorDaddy. I'm so excited. You are one of the most talked about people on the Internet. They kind of used me as the poster child for the Bad Wife movement. I understand where that can come from. I was like, well, let me say something. Let's Google what the definition of a trad wife is. I don't prioritize being a homemaker. I'm a working mom. Yeah. I like to cook. Sue me. Because I don't think a trad wife would be cooking in Schiaparelli. Primary caregiver for my kids? No. My husband and I split it fifty fifty. There's this, like, standard where people are like, he's holding the baby? He's watching the baby? What do you mean? He's a bad, of course. And I find it very concerning that we need to put women in very narrow boxes in order to make sense of them. So why can't we do it all? I realized that a lot of the people that are very, very stuck in this narrative do not wanna be corrected. Last year, you did post about struggling with postpartum anxiety. Each pregnancy was so different. It was one of the scariest experiences postpartum for me because it felt like everything was a dream. This doesn't feel real. What is happening? Every morning, I'd wake up looking at this baby being like, who are you? I was so disconnected from myself, while internally, I was like crumbling, truly crumbling.
