Lessons from Jeju
Join Kimi 欧博会员入口rner on her journey in Lessons from Jeju, where she learns about motherhood, culture, diving and providing from South Korea鈥檚 mothers of sea, the haenyeo. 鈥淭he world doesn鈥檛 seem to embrace how badass motherhood is,鈥� says Kimi.
Seven months pregnant and apprehensive of the effect motherhood would have on her career as a professional freediver, Kimi 欧博会员入口rner took a trip to the island of Jeju in South Korea to meet her heroes, the haenyeo鈥揳 group of freediving and fishing women whose culture dates back centuries, and who broke cultural norms by becoming the first group of working mothers in South Korea. In Kimi鈥檚 quest for understanding, she saw that these women of the sea, most of whom are well into their 70s, never let motherhood slow them down鈥搕hat in the water they move and feel like young women. The same way that Kimi, while pregnant and wobbly on land, still navigates the sea with precision and grace.
Join Kimi on her journey in Lessons from Jeju, where she learns motherhood for a professional athlete isn鈥檛 a roadblock but instead a path forward. 鈥淭he world doesn鈥檛 seem to embrace how badass motherhood is,鈥� says Kimi.
