12 LONGISLANDPRESS.COM • MAY 2019
HILARIA BALDWIN:
By KATARINA AVENDANO
Hilaria Baldwin is a busy mom. How
can you not be in New York? She
is married to actor Alec Baldwin,
mother to four kids under five years
old, and a hustling entrepreneur
with multiple businesses and passion
projects.
There is a reason why Hilaria has
more than half a million followers
on Instagram: Despite her glamorous
lifestyle, mothers everywhere can
relate to her. She isn’t afraid to be honest
and raw about the joys and challenges
of parenting, documenting the
less glamorous side of motherhood
on social media. By peeling away the
layers of glamour, we see a mother
who is willing to be transparent. She
helps parents feel that they are not
alone when their kids start screaming
in public or refuse to eat their
vegetables at dinner.
Hilaria has recently extended her
authentic, transparent approach to
more painful subjects. On April 9, Hilaria
shared that she had experienced
a miscarriage, thanking her social
media followers for their support by
saying, “Thank you all for listening,
for your support, and for sharing
your own personal stories. We are
stronger together … I hope this conversation
continues to grow and that
we stick together through both the
beautiful and challenging moments
in life.” Many of her followers who
have experienced this heartbreak
thanked her for her bravery.
According to a recent op-ed she
penned for Glamour, Hilaria felt it
was important to share her experience
to destigmatize the experience
of miscarriage. Despite the fact that
miscarriages are common (10 to 25
percent of pregnancies are estimated
to end in miscarriage), discussing
them remains taboo.
As her career goes stratospheric, Hilaria
ensures she makes her health
a priority. With her background
as a dancer, she has always been
active, and after discovering the
benefits of yoga, she trained as a yoga
teacher, and then cofounded the New
York City chain of yoga studios, Yoga
Vida.
We caught up with Hilaria to chat
about her daily routines, how
she manages her brood of kids
while keeping her marriage to
Alec strong, and her popular
podcast with Daphne Oz,
Mom Brain, by Gallery Media
Group.
You are a busy woman — neither
you nor your husband have
the typical 9-to-5 job. How do you
juggle this along with having four
children? I will have days where I
work really hard, but then I have days
that I can stay home with the kids. It
is a very luxurious way to work as a
mother because it allows you to be
really present with your kids, and
I realize that it’s quite special that I
get to have that. In some ways there is
a different balance in that we don’t
always have the predictability
where you know what we are
going to be doing in a month
which is kind of nice. If you
have a typical 9-to-5
job, you know
what May is
going to
look like.
For our
s c h e d -
ule it
keeps it exciting, different, and
allows us to be with
our kids.
With your hectic schedule, what
are some simple ways that you stay
connected to your husband? I am a
big believer in staying connected
to your body, practicing what you
preach, and spending time with my
husband. Once our kids are sleeping,
we spend time together. This is really
important for us because you hear
so often how relationships (especially
with so many kids) can get
really disconnected. We talk a
million times during the day,
and as you can see, he has
come in twice during this
interview! When we are
not talking on the phone,
we are texting. We
COVER FEATURE
Hilaria Baldwin and her husband, actor and Massapequa-native Alec Baldwin, have a home in Amagansett.
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