“Teenage parenting is a whole other thing!” Mae exclaims. This episode is a raw admission to a kind of grief that snuck up on Mae. “I didn't know how much I missed my son,” Mae says about her fourteen-year-old whose increasing independence had unknowingly created a whole in her heart. If you've raised a teenager, can you relate?

Mae Yoshikawa

Mae is an author, yoga & meditation practitioner, teacher, and mother. In 2006, Mae became the first Japanese woman to be authorized by the founding school of Ashtanga Yoga in India. In 2016, Mae was awarded the “Yoga People’s Award” for her remarkable social impact in the wellness field. She is known as the face of adidas yoga as well as being the founder of ⁠MAE Y⁠, a premier online community s ...